Stone yet in the Earth again Who will open in some such first that in a seperated Mind and Spirit do wait herein as Virgins not as with a double Eye to look forward and backward up and then down no such unsteady Spirit will ever be taken in Therefore the Spirit of Jesus doth give you this seriously to weigh as a seasonable Caution who would that this Prophecy might be fulfilled on you Oh pray for Stability and constancy continually March the 8th 1676. A Vision which I saw I with another Person was walking and conferring about the things of God in a by-place where no resort of Creatures use to be nor any did we see But suddenly lifting up my Eyes upon a lofty Tree I saw an Eagle's Nest they bâ—ing fledged did all present themselves to view The old one was flown from them to bring Provision to them At which sight of these young Eagles we who walked together consulted how to take them and to bring them away as a Prize While thus considering how to climb the Tree we were on a suddain carried level with the Nest and did not know how we got so high But one Eagle I did see had fluttered out and hung by the Twig of a Tree all martyred the Legs and the Neck all Bloody and broke The rest suffered themselves to be taken though they were so strong and fledged as they might have flown from us But that other Person took the Number of them which were Six and I did receive them into my Apron and so as strangely we were let down from this high Place as we were drawn up to it After this I set the Eagles down and they did very tamely eat Bread which I did provide for them I did remember nothing further hereof March the 9th 1676. But when I came to call over this Vision with all the Circumstances of it much from the Lord was opened to me from it Whose Spirit did immediately open this as he did the Parable to his Disciples as when he appeared in Person upon the Earth For this Word did through me pass Thy Jesus is at hand in Spirit to give the meaning of these presented Similies that so a Teaching by and through all ye may obtain for the perfecting of what doth remain behind that so ye may be gathered up among the Eagle train with that mighty Throne Eagle to Reign The Interpretation of the Vision Then was the Vision which I saw thus Interpreted The lofty Tree which thou didst see in that desert Walk presents that living Tree whereto none can reach but such who be of an Eagle birth whose Eye is fixed steddily on high where that mighty she Eagle hath fixed her Nest as in the munition of Rocks there to hatch her Number Seven Who then is this that favour hath found and that leave should be given to build upon this Tree of Life where of the holy one hath given such charge to the watching Cherub In plainness of Speech then it is Eve her self that hath lain long as dead under the Tree of Good and Evil whose time of raising is very nigh But with what Body will she now be raised up Look and see what is Prophecied of her Then I was pointed to the 6th of the Canticles ver 8. Who is she that looketh forth in the Morning fair as the Moon clear as the Sun terrible as an Army with Banners Then again ver 13. which was opened to me to be the Resurrection Call to lâ—psed Eve Return return O Shulâ—mite return return Thuâ— the lapsed Soul of the inward eternal Man is this fallen Eve here she is called to return to her Restoration State that we may again see her as bringing forth another more happy Generation a true Eagle Off-spring indeed But how and after what manner shall this be My Spirit was in deep Query as also when it should appear Then it was thus said Know ye not that Eve lost her Virgin Eagle Body and so hath long been sown into a slumbring Death in Folly Weakness and Dishonour But now the Life-Tree hath so fluently conveyed it self in this long Vacation as to raise Eves dead Body in the Strength and Honour of the Eternal Virgin Wisdom of God So as old Eve will now come forth as a mighty strong terrible Eagle And henceforth will more wisely build her Nest than at first she did through the Lord's permission For now she will be dignified with the Spirit of Virgin Wisdom to outvie the Serpents Subtilty according as it is written She now will build her House or Nest more sure to wit upon seven Silver Pillars Which do present the seven Eagle Birds which were seen in Vision they Wisdoms fiâ—st Brood shall be through Eves Wombs Restoration who will bring forth a most glorious Church in the Earth without Spot or Wrinkle Wisdom hath made choice of Eve for to be her Mate that is the lapsed Soul of the inward Man whose Hand must help to build this Nest for her Thus choice Eagle Spirits will be raised up out of old Eves Dust for this use and service to be Members of this perfect Church on Earth You may evidently see with an Eagle Eye that thus and after this sort a new Virgin Body must be raised up by Virgin Wisdom in this World for the Spouse and Church of Christ and so for every Member of that Body and so consequently for every lapsed eternal Soul to be cloathed upon with its new Virgin Body Oh! who then will strive first to mount and fly up in Spirit liberty hereunto being granted from the Power of the risen Body to prepare the First Matter for this Nest Because this Tree of Life is so pure that nothing but what is of its own must come upon it Which are the young sprouting Twigs and golden Leaves whereof the matter is to be which are no other then as in the Mystery Hereby they signifie a pure solid weighty Off-spring of holy Cogitations Words and Actions Which do ye skilfully unite for this purpose bâ—inging nothing out of the low â—â—ruâ—â—y Principle to enclose here Then your defence will be mighty and sure and your Bread and Waters will be serene The true Eagle Bird need not fly far the Tree of Life so nigh here are still fresh Fruits upon the Branches from it by no means start aside but keep close upon the Nest. You cannot yet be able to conceive what here by abiding close may be brought forth from this vertual Eagle Body to wit Throne Eagle Powers mighty to ascend to the number seven But if any shall look again downward into this Principle to descend before it is fully Feather'd great damage and hurt will necessarily accrue as in the Similitude I did see Therefore cauâ—ion take and let none trust themselves that would be of this Number to wander out before their time Ye had need to be strong as Eagles to encounter with what aversness you may meet withal from this
lower Orb. Therefore abide till full â—â—edged in Wing ye shall be able to fly and mount away when any creeping thing or hurtful Beast shall set upon you from this low World then fly to your munition Rock This is allotted for your more constant place of Dwelling for to be which so near bordering is upon the Heavens of Heavens where the immense Deity is Resident Who may appear while we keep oft to his Eagle Off-spring For when you come hither to Paradise there is still another Principle that must be passed through which will be very easy when ye shall bear this risen Eagle Body on you How suddenly will the ghostly Dove bring you into the very third Heavens there to see your Jesus with your Eagle Eye as Iohn Personally did when he upon the Wing of the Spirit was risen high Possibly somewhat of these Glories may be seen before ye actually enter in For blessed will they be called who are flying Angels that can declare what they have heard or seen in these higher Worlds These are they who shall bring down glad Tidings to the elect Number When any of these begin to sound the Tabernacle of God will out of the Heavens descend Oh what of Flesh shall live When the mighty Eagle shall call her own away to behold what she doth unfold within the third Principle The fight of the Eye and the hearing of the Ear in that eternal Sphere will so fill all with the Melody and Joy of the holy Ghost as nothing of the earthly Sence of things shall or can enter into this Eagle Brood Now hereby try your selves For the understanding of the foregoing Mystery you must then know every one of us have within our selves an inward eternal Man and an outward Man Now the inward eternal Man hath within himself his own eternal Adam and his own eternal Eve His eternal Adam is his own eternal Spirit within himself and his own eternal Eveâ— it is his own eternal Soul within himself This eternal Adam and Eve in themselves are now to be considered in their fallen and lapsed State as both being separated from their first true original Mate to wit from the eternal Virgin Wisdom of God who was united to both these in Paradise For they both sinned in Paradise then lost the Life of the Virgin Wisdom of God and their Virgin Purity in Paradise And therefore their true Mate being lost out of themselves in Paradise they were driven out of Paradise For when as before the eternal Spirit in Union with the eternal Soul both being united to their true Mate the Virgin Wisdom of God could and might have brought forth a holy Generation in their own Image and Similitude like unto themselves in Holiness and Righteousness and in Perfection But after that the eternal Spirit and Soul had sinned in Paradise that is after the eternal Adam and the eternal Eve belonging to the inward eternal Man had transgressed in Paradise and were ejected out then they lost their fructifying Power and then they could not bring forth a holy Off-spring Now this eternal Eve which is the eternal Soul belonging to the inward Man is called to return to her Restoration State and to return again to her first State in Paradise and to reunite her self again to her lost Mate to wit to the eternal Virgin Wisdom of God and then her Womb should be fruitful again and she shall bring forth none but Eagle Birds none but a holy Off-spring to make up a perfect Church on Earth without Spot or Wrinckle Here is now a Prophesie a Prediction that now the time is come that this eternal Eve which is no other but the inward eternal Soul in its lapsed State whose Womb hath been hitherto barren and unfruitful but now the eternal Virgin Wisdom of God will sow her Virgin Seed into her Womb and she shall be fruitfull and shall bear Twins and bring forth a perfect Eagle Off-spring and they shall make a perfect Church on Earth And now the Soul in her Restoration shall again be fruitful in Child-bearing in bringing forth Children to inherit perfect Justification and perfect Sanctification and Salvation but then this Eve must continue in Faith and Charity and Holiness with Sobriety as the Apostle mentioneth 1 Tim. 2. 15. The restored Soul by its Union with her true Guide and Mate the Virgin Wisdom of God shall bring forth a Royal Off-spring presented to be the strong Eagle Brood and this is the Work that Wisdom is about to do to reunite her self to the eternal Soul which is the eternal Eve as her true Mate and Guide and to sow her Virgin Seed into the Womb of Eve to break the Head of the Serpent then Eve shall be no more deceived but now shall become the Mother of Celestial and Heavenly Children all her Children shall possess Mount Sion and the new Ierusalem State of Glory This is the eternal Eve the eternal Soul which now shall be the Mother of all Living that is all her Posterity shall now feed upon the Tree of Life and thereby become all eternal immortal and incorruptible And all this shall be brought about by Wisdom's Art and Contrivance to wit by reuniting her self to the Soul and thereby becoming again the Souls true Mate and Guide This is the State of Restoration and this is that State that Wisdom is bringing forth upon the Earth and in this Figure of the Eagle birth Wisdom Prophesieth and Predicteth what is near at hand to be fulfilled and brought to pass to egg us forward in the belief of it to be done within our own eternal Man in the work of Regeneration But now there is belonging to the outward Man the mortal Man the immediate Product of the Fall a mortal Adaâ—â— and a mortal Eve The mortal Adam is the mortal Spirit of the outward Man and the mortal Eve is the mortal Soul of the mortal Man She is in her fallen State the Mother of all Living that is of all living mortal Spirits with mortal Souls and with mortal Bodies Her Womb in this state of Apostacy hath been very Fruitful She hath ever since brought forth in all Ages a mortal Off-spring subject to the death of Mortality who have only fed upon the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. She hath brought forth a fleshly Off-spring in her likeness and similitude and hath had a long Day in the World Now the Prophesie and Prediction is not concerning this mortal Eve belonging to the outward Man in relation to her Restoration but it is to be understood of the eternal Soul that eternal Eve that hath been so long barren in her lapsed state But now Sophia will once more espouse her self unto her and she shall bring forth a holy Issue a birth of Divine eternal Eagles to make up a perfect Church on Earth whereof Christ will be the Head and King to reign over This is only wrought for explanation sake that you might not
think that That which is written and manifested from above in the crystalline Glass of Divine Wisdom is mere Confusion Therefore you must distinguish between Eve and Eve between the eternal Eve and the mortal Eve the one belonging to the inward eternal Man the other to the outward mortal Man and the Prophesie is only to be understood of the eternal Soul and not of the mortal Soul Secondly You must distinguish in the eternal Eve between her fallen state and her restored state for the Prophesie is not what she is at present but what she is to be in her restored state In the Third place You are to consider that the eternal lapsed Soul is unable to effect it but it is the Work of God's eternal Wisdom who will freely espouse her self to her again after this long time of separation and alienation and then she shall be the Mother of a holy Generation Her Womb shall bring forth no other Children but such as shall make their Nest upon the Tree of Life And these things premised and understood the Representation will be easily understood by Wisdom's Eagles and confirmed sufficiently by the Holy Scriptures For you may read that Adam and Eve were both created eternal immortal and incorruptible Creatures in their Paradisical state and they both were created perfect without any spot of Sin or blemish of Weakness while they stood in their Paradisical Innocency and they were both to have brought forth an eternal holy Generation a perfect Church on Earth had they remained in Paradise But sinning in Paradise they thereby lost their Virgin Power and so consequently their Virgin Birth and they could not bring forth a perfect Generation having transgressed and lost their Virgin Power through Wisdom's withdrawing and estrainging her self therefore they were driven out out of Paradise But now being banished from their Paradisical Power and having both eaten of the Tree of Mortality and having both of them both Adam and Eve cloathed themselves with mortal Cloathing with a mortal Spirit that is with a mortal Adam and with a mortal Soul that is with a mortal Eve and with a mortal Body of Flesh. Now the mortal Eve hath been very Fruitful in the Birth of her Mortality but the eternal Soul the eternal Eve that Eve typed out in the state of Paradise to be the representative Mother of a perfect Generation to make up a perfect Church on Earth The Womb of this eternal Eve hath been barren to this Day but now Wisdom Prophesieth and Predicteth that she will look upon this eternal Eve this eternal Mother and will make her the fruitful Mother of a joyful Generation but she will reject the outward earthly Eve and will make her Womb to be barren that hath exalted her self in the Multitude of her Children but they were only to be the Brats of Babylon But the Children of the eternal Eve shall be the Children of Mount Sion and the Children of the New Ierusalem And this is the meaning of this Vision and divine Presentation for to support those that wait for Wisdoms Day to appear in Eves Birth through the eternal Souls Restoration in Union with eternal Wisdom It is not only the inward Man the eternal Adam that is an eternal Spirit with his Mind Will and Senses that shall now be restored but also his eternal Eve this is his eternal Soul withal his Affections and Passions shall be also restored And though the holy Scriptures make mention chiefly of the first Adamical Man's Restoration but yet it also mentioneth Eves Restoration I say the Womans Restoration as well as the Man's It is also clear that the whole inward eternal Man shall be Restored and not only one part of him not only the Will-Spirit which is but the superiour part of the inward eternal Man commonly called the first Adam that sinned but also his eternal Eve that is the eternal Soul the inferiour part of the inward eternal Man called the Woman this shall be Restored also So that the whole Man with his Spirit and Soul with his Adam and Eve shall be Restored in the Day of his Restoration when divine Wisdom shall espouse and contract her self to the inward Man Oh blessed Day Come dear Wisdom and finish this Act of Restoration in the Body Soul and Spirit of the inward eternal Man who is hid within the outward March the 10th 1676. This Day we were set upon by that strong Warriour that had assumed a poor corporeal Shape to shoot forth his venemous Arrows in great bitterness for to disturb us Which Grievance I did present in Prayer to my God that these raging Spirits might be bounded My Spirit crying and bewailing this wrathful boyling Cauldron that the Infernal dark Powers had kindled the Fire hereunto that so unsavoury Fumes do Daily as Scurn herefrom rise I besought then the Lord that if by any means both she and we might be delivered from these Buffetings and serpently Stingings My Spirit crying Oh Lord what have we done that this foaming tempestuous Sea must still roar about our Ears Is it needful it should be so Then reveal thy Mind herein still further to us Upon which I quietly reposed committing the whole of this Concern to that mighty One from whom both the Help and Power must only come to allay all of this boisterous Nature About break of Day this Word came to me saying Behold and see it is but a Worm that is of no moment who thus troubleth you only the subtilty of the Serpent hath entred to work through it but if you knew your own Spirit of Might and Fortitude ye might easily it suppress and bring all of this under and â—o nought Then again this Word came saying To what end is that Nest prepared upon the Tree of Life Is it not that you might fly away from all these hurtful Beasts Why do ye walk upon their Ground corrupting your pure spiritual Minds while ye do talk with serpently Worms Consider that to you both is given an Eaglewing that whenever you will its Rayâ— out-spread it will soon release you from all prickling Thistles Therefore give charge to your fellow Eagle from him who is the holy Watcher that henceforth ye wander not out from that munition Rockâ— where ye have that which is more weighty to regard than all of this low Oâ—b Then this Word run like Lightnâ—ng through me Oh faint not but as mighty Eagles renew your Strength and then ye will have rest from out all Tribulation Then this Word immediately also followed Though the evil One moves in the form of a Worm yet fear not for ye shall bruise him as a Worm March the 11th 1676. In my first Sleep in the Night time many magical Workings and Ideas were presented to me As first a Figure of a Woman with a Crown upon her Head who seemed to me to be but of a small Stature but her Visage was bright as the Sun and clear as the Moon with a
Dispensation to come that shall answer to the Ierusalem above which is said to come down Here is a Mount Sion Church to be gathered out from among all Churches of Men by the preparing Ministry of an Elias Spirit who is to make ready against the Lord's return from that solemnized Wedding with the present triumphant Church Now what is meant by this Elias Spirit But such a Spirit as hath Power to transform and translate at pleasure This Elias is not an abstracted Ghost but is in Conjunction with a flaming Body of Light This was that which the Apostles eyed much in their Days and had the Revelation thereof but it was reserved for the latter Ages This pure abstracted ghostly Power did come upon them and did great things through their own Bodies but did not work to the height of a ghostly Body for then Mortality would have been over Cloathed with Celestiality Therefore it was reserved for a future Season This Apple is not yet fallen upon any one but is growing to the full golden Colour to give a full Body and Spirit to them For whosoever shall eat of this golden Apple shall be transmuted into a Body as of fine Gold And so who shall first partake hereof the Elias Spirit will soon operate to translate them from terrestial Things Then was this Question with me But who of all Flesh living now shall this great Elias personate Or ever come his Day to see Many various Visions and Prophesies and many Persons tending hereunto have been both in former and present times But oh dearest Lord when and how and upon whom shall this be accomplished seeing all so universally are slow of Heart to believe To know positively I dare not will lest I should grieve the holy Spirit remembring that Rebuke which Christ gave when his Disciples asked Whether he would at that time restore the Kingdom Who did not seem to be pleased that they did urge the thing so closely Which made me sober upon the like occasion though through the Vision and Revelation upon it I had some temptation to encroach upon that which is said to have the Mind of Iesus which had its Times and Seasons which waiting upon great things might be revealed And accordingly this Word in way of Answer sprang freely in me Go your way in that Measure and Portion of Spirit received and wait as Elias under the Iuniper Tree which signifies a Paradisical Preparation from which Tree all sweet Scents do flow as the holy Gusts thereupon do blow Which will send in that which will give a Rich and Pleasant smell to your God in order to somewhat else Oh who but those that are of an Elias Spirit that are weary and do make complaint of their mortal Terrestrial state and would know a Transmutation are fit for this which is here Prophesied of Then again this Word was spoken to me That the great Melchizedeck King who hath charge over the Houshold of Faith doth design before his own personal Manifestation in the World to depute and raise up some who shall be as the Seven principal Shepherds to go forth in the Power and Spirit of Elias to turn the Heart back again of the vagrant lost Prodigal Children to the Father of their eternal Spirits and thereby to reconcile the two different Principles That the Enochian state may be revived for a free walking with God by the Light of the one eternal Day to pass in and out not making reflect on upon this course material Body being supernaturally Cloathed upon with that which giveth holy Boldness to appear in that most pure Sphere Thus the Enoch and Elias Spirit are to arise upon some who will mutually together agree to break through this vile Principle though it be with Mountains rending and with Rocks breaking and Earth quakings All which make way for the dividing from that low terrestial state to incorporate with the very Body of God As to this query The Spirit hath only to say further thus Do not you put far away this Day through Fear and Unbelief but turn into the mystical Paradise and under the Iuniper Tree bemoan your disappeared Virgin Bodies which sweet unknown Solitude attend for its Restoration While you abide here the Angelical Powers shall minister spiritual Fare to strengthen you for what is further to be accomplished by you If you will hereunto fixedly wait then also given may be the deep magical Book in which Wisdoms Spirit will make you Skilful in the circling Planets appertaining to that invisible Element which governeth all belonging to the New Ierusalem with all its Inhabitants there Now then as any shall desire in Enoch's and Elias's Spirit to break away from this terrestial Globe let them faithfully Obey this deep Revelation â— with the Councel hereunto annexed April the 10th 1677. As I was in my Bed contemplating the unknown and invisible Orb of Glory longing for a Body with which I might have entrance thereinto While I was thus deeply mufing there first appeared to me a bright Cloud which gathered it self into a round Compass then it opened into various Colours wonderful Splendorous with numerous Stars which were only discernible as they did not so visibly appear because the brightness did overcloud them In the midst of this did suddainly break forth somewhat like the Figure of an Eye which did look terrible piercing through all with flaming Streams round it which were transcendently glorious Upon which I could not stedfastly look till I had closed my mortal Eyes which then for some space of time I did behold and then it vanished in the twink of an Eye then opening to see whether I could bear the glory of it it did retire out of sight with this Word What Flesh can live in this refining Element Then answered my Spirit True O Lord therefore the destruction of it I would see that I may come to live with thee in these New Heavens Why dearest Lord is this Crystalline Orb of Light let down only for view If we may not partake something of the Nature of it How is it that we have been so long lodged out of the sight of thee in this remote Principle if it must still be how can this vile Terrestial state be grateful to Spirits who did pre-exist in thee before all Worlds coming now to understand what is their true Eternal Dignity to live in such lucified Bodies free and unclogged of Corporeity After I had thus presented our deplorable Condition through the sight and sence of what was in the Idea of my Spirit I could not but move this Question to my Sovereign Creator Why such a pure Spirit generated out of the highest and super excellent Matter should unite with such course mean Corporal Forms acted by a mortal sensual rational Soul that governed it by the Starry Region To this deep Question the Spirit gave this Aaswer readily That the Immense Deity did hereby prepare high and worthy Ends in sowing pure Spirit into
transparent form of God having no more Shadow of Mutation to prevent those higher Degrees of Glorification which but by the ascended cannot be known or felt Hereupon I called all in me to account to be judged by the Superiour Will and Spirit of Light which gave me to see what was in Bondage and what was free that would not now be any longer in Bondage to the Condemnation of Sin Having that Word brought to me to search and find out that Salt Stone that would make all perfectly sound and savoury which the Corrupter had most subtlely defiled For I saw for every Sacrifice to be salted with this Stone of Fire was absolutely necessary for in it lay hid all Perfuming Sweets Therefore an express Charge came down to re-assume it to our selves as the choice Altar-Stone where the unknown Superscription should be written Oh then said the Spirit of Truth ye cannot ask any thing fruitlessly as ye have done do but will and it shall be done Oh that the Most High could have such as were so fixed in Body Soul and Spirit to this all-seasoning Stone of Wisdom as to trust them with this Jewel of Superiority so as to leave all Matters whether great or small with them in whom his Heart might rest That all and every Circumstance of things might be managed for those Ends and Services which might agree with the In-written Name that as a Fountain of Oyl doth run into those Vessels which are seasoned by this Salt Stone of Fire For know in Verity the most Holy hath no pleasure to see his own in this World to live and walk up and down in so mean a Capacity unskilful to set a Foot or Hand to what lieth in the Divine Magia Root Which you may lawfully stir up since for you Christ the Lord hath made the Way by ascending on High for to subdue all things under him that so of the same Power he might subordinately pass away from himself unto you Who calleth you to draw out the Purchase of his Death by like dying and by like immortal Living according to the penetrating quality Which by stirring up may effect thereby great and mighty things answerably to the Wisdom and Soveraignty of Holiness which all as in Inclosure doth lie about this holy thing for you You little know what a Principality is nigh to you but your Superiour Will hath yet somewhat that doth clog its Wheel which is designed for to be the running Chariot whereunto the Spirit of Infinite Might must joyn Now then by all means seek the unthralling of your Will for could nothing mingle therewithal but what did fall from the pure Deity how would you find God all-active in and through you But herein lieth the great Nicety to keep the Will-Spirit untouched that nothing from the Bryery Root doth twist about it if this is kept spotless and free what may you not find Power to do with the Most Holy Observe and keep this great Secret it is from great and high Love that I have given an insight to thee that so all Offences may be removed who would you should come to Reign over all of the Earthly Further of this I besought the Lord might be revealed For the great Depravation was in the matter of the Will for it was shewn me it was unequally yoked and had married strange Flesh from which there must be a Separation by Death Had not the Royal Will yielded to the tempting Eve but had kept its Priority how great and mighty a Lord might Man have been in and over the whole Creation of God having absolute Power in himself But hearkening to the Dalilah that is still acted by the Serpent-like Spirit to this day it becometh successively despoiled of this Lock of Strength and Power and so hereby the Shame of our Nakedness doth appear as to what Cloathing we might have been made known in Had not Adam thus lost his Dignity and so hereby brought forth Fruit unto Death running through all his Posterity in and after the Similitude of his Sin Which hath brought Impotency deflowring us of all that Spiritual Might of this we need no other Proof then what we do each one carry about with us But the great Thing is Oh thou who art promised as the mighty Restorer of this Breach What must we do who are so unavoidably overtaken with the same Thral and come bound with the same twisting Cords which hath altogether weakened the force of our Wills To this great Query as I humbly pursued so I had my desire resolved February the 7th 1676 7. This know and well consider that your Original is from high extracted Matter which is so Eternal that it cannot dye but it stands at the pleasure of the Will what way it will drive forth it self into For now it is a distinct Essence and had it not been corrupted from that simplified Being of Purity you could never have fallen into such an dishonourable state wherein the Royalty of your Power is so withdrawn as ye have no defence nor can make against those numerous Circumstances of Evils that do conspire where they may find degenerated ground for to work upon Now then yet for a more clear and perfect Information what further on your behalf is to be done that the choice faculty of the Will may come to regain its Primary Liberty that so it may have all powerful success as before it was enthral'd by the tempting Eve No other way there is but for the Will to be born again that thereby it may recover its Virgins Might and Force then every right Essence will move and open from pure Nature's Center This Birth is not according to the Will of Man but God Who out and from an infinite Pity and Love is come by Water Blood and Spirit to recover and lift up your relasped Wills that so they may stand upon their true native Prerogative being also set free from the flattering Dalilah which includes the whole variety of all attractive Delights from this Principle that as with Cords hath bound the Will down Oh now then as beloved of your God for ever drink in this Word of Counsel and herein joyn and work with the Spirit of your Lord Jesus who is come to perswade and allure you to fuffer joyfully the breaking up of your whole Earthly Family Which only consisteth of what is indged but lawful and expedient by the false Seers who are Babylon's Merchants But to you I have other things revealed and do incite you to be at variance with whatever will not consist with the new-born Will Who is to be matched with her who is the real Bride and Heir to whom a great Retinue doth belong of which Family you are to bear the Name only Therefore let it not seem grievous to rend and divide from what is of this evil World for verily hereby as God is true ye shall sustain no loss For your Superiour Will will hereby be so free chast pure
building of great fortitude and strength it was compacted so within it self as nothing by many miles could come near to it All the scituation of it was green and pleasant but the ascent to it was so high as it seemed impossible for any to come up thereunto who had not the Wings of a Dove Neither could I discern any Road or Path-way thither After the representation hereof was passed away leaving much thoughtfulness in me I had for that present time this word given to me That this separated Building was called the City of strength Some three nights after as I was in a slumber this high Mountain appeared again and I saw two Persons beckoning out of that place to come up then I attempted to ascend or to walk up to them but found my Corporeity so weighty upon me as I could not by any means at that present make up thither which caused great anxiousness in me for my will was very earnest to make up to that desired place April the 23d 1677. A further Discourse upon this high Mountain Upon which I moved my Lord who was nigh in Spirit why such inviting Ideas should so attract both Heart and Eyes and yet no might or power to come up to that holy Mountain upon which this glorious City stood which would be strength and fortitude from all sufferings and evils which while below this Mountain we are obâ—oxious to Upon which complaint the springing word thus said how is it that thy soul is hereat disquieted that thou canst not possess so immediately what is made known to thee in Vision and Prophecy The ground hereof is known to Wisdom who also will satisfie thee why this cannot yet be attainable First consider thy present Existency that it is in a very low degree inferior to the Angelical Sphear nay hardly meet for what might be enjoyed in the Paradisical Orb. That pure leavening Unction hath not gone through Body Soul and Spirit so as to change throughout into its own Nature which hath hindred you For nothing of corporeal matter could ever thither up ascend though the Will and Spirit put forth with great earnestness out thereunto But then again be it given ye to understand that this presentation doth signifie the reviving the remembrance of what hath been prophesied in foregoing Ages For Similitudes will go before to usher in the real thing The Preludiums of which have so long slept that some fresh warnings hereof will be given to them that wait for and believe in their day to see the Kingdom of God in its height of glory As this City is a true figure hereof which seems yet to be at a great distance from this low World as to its mighty height Which is a Confirmation to that old Prophecy the Mountain of the Lords house is established above all moâ—ntains and thereto will be the flowing of Dove Spirits as to their own habitation From hence a sweet and fresh Manifestation by way of a renewed Prophecy did open from those words That it shall come to pass in the last days and which thus spake That the Lot of this fulfilling Prophecy might be witnessed by some in this Age. For which end this Transient Vision of the City was shewed for to quicken and revive the hopes of those who were Mourners to see themselves remote herefrom because of the wonderful distance and height in the situation thereof which caused such anxiousness through their own insufficiency to reach up thither as not seeing any possibility to come to God's Holy Palace where only was our hoped for freedom But while I was in this demur and fear a swift Messenger from this high and lofty Place did reach out his hand to me and suddainly this House which was so far off was now to me as nigh For I did see it pass by me as in a clear Glass-case as if it had run upon a Chariot Wheel so swift that I could only spy through the Glass a light transparent Glory Which left me in no little Concern because not taken in hereinto But that word was spoken presently for support Thou canst not follow now but shalt afterwards Then did the Comforter commune of these things further unto me revealing the mystery of this City as to its consistency It s Building is of a threefold quality as to the making out of its glorious Variety The first foundation-matter was all Saphire-like of such virtue and clarity as it extracts the Jasperstone and so consequently the the ghostly Ruby of which three this City is compacted And is exalted above all degrees of created beings that none can come to dwell here within this deified place till a high Chymical Virtue do proceed from each stone in this Building for a separated operation For these stones will attract only out of the Soul and Spirit what is their own Therefore expect no less then three baptizing fires to pass upon you before ye can be Inhabitants in this transparent City of Glass The Saphire which is the Fathers fiery Property operates in the Spirit of Salts searching quality to find out all corruptibility Then secondly Christ the Jasper-light sends out his warm fire Blood-stone both to purge cleanse and heal Then the third dispensive Power will let out such a flood of Oyl of his own high persumed Nature mingling all through the foregoing Celestial fires in a blessed light flame as will burn away the first gross Elemental Matter which hath prevented the Spirits ascent into this Mountain of the Lord's House But however draw you near to the foot of this City-mountain which while ye fit therein waiting this very Mountain may melt and before you bow And this City which is called everlasting Righteousness and Strength will through its pure constellative virtue exhale and draw you up into it self Where ye then ever will be with the Deity in Berill flaming Bodies and Spirits according to the ghostly Purity of might as those who are ready for this spiritual and suddain flight April the 26th 1677. As I was considering of the openings which I had of that Vision relating unto the Cherubim-birth which was hatched under the Hand of the Power This Query arose in me how the Spirit of this New Creature was sustained And which way it could draw in that food that constituted it to be of that strength and excellency of Body and Spirit that it could mount away as a Dove into an unknown Orb Ah my Lord what manner of Birth is this Shall such a Birth ever be known to have existency in this terrestial sphere Sure such a Birth is only meet to be Born where is a pure and unmixed Element which may not be in strife against it For verily it is hard and very difficult for such a Birth to be nursed and brought up to perfection where all things work cross rising up against it Because it is a strange Child that beareth not this worlds Image as for example in our Lord Jesus his
of those Mansions that are near to me let them be driven out for the present Therefore let this suffice from the Scriptures themselves not to mention those particular Idea's and Manifestations that to some it hath been given to see these several Heavens which upon others cannot be imposed for to believe who yet have not those anointed Eyes given to see withal But surely there are some standing in the figure of the Body Whose Spirits have roved to and fro to see these several Mansions with Spirits of all sizes and degress who are herefor designed Only hereout excluding those who are for the Dragon's Kingdom Who do pass away in a reprobate sense out of the Body Those left-hand Goats have no portion within these Eternal Gates a deep Gulf is fixed It is only of the Sheep and Lambs that I am to treat who have found out this new and only Life path-way Who though they are not come to the top-stone of perfection before they see the dissolution of the body Yet having attained to a good degree they may come unto the very next Throne Region and there awhile stay till they have drawn and assumed a heavenly clarity that is such an Essential Body against which no exceptions by the highest Courts of Dignities can be objected These now are the highest degrees of those who before Perfection be wrought do cease out of the Mortal Body Then again there are of a lower degree of growth Now what reservatory is there for them who may be but young in the New Birth As to this it was clearly imparted unto my Intellect that such did enter into a more inferiour Mansion than Paradice for that was too pure and serene for such Therefore a lower degree is prepared for them till they do attain to an Increase of the Divine Nature They want not here their true Pastoral Teachers for the Spirit of Christ is every where with his own Therefore it was said that he went and preached to the Spirits in Prison that were disobedient in Noah's days For should all the old world have been cut off at once and sealed under a final condemnation the Attributes of God's Love Mercy Goodness Truth and Long-suffering would have been obliterated wherefore he must have yet had respect unto such after the dissolution of their bodies as had a sense in them awakened for compunction and sorrow for what Evils they had committed in their Bodies To confirm this that we might not be altogether out of hope for such as may die in the first beginnings of Regeneration it is given me to declare that if these pass out of the Body such cannot go indeed immediately to God For such will find it otherwise they must wait till they have got somewhat more then what they went out withall in this world and then shall they be admitted to see God Surely there is a Provision made for a perfect Salvation in another Principle besides this For which we have that word in Peter 1 Pet. 3. 19. by which also he went and Preached unto the Spirits in Prison Also these words seem to speak fully to this 1 Pet. 4. 6. For this cause was the Gospel preached to them which were dead which generally is applied to such as are living and yet dead in sins But by the foregoing verse it concerns the first Position verse 5. who saith the Apostle speaking of Christ is ready to judge the quick and the dead so that it implieth there is a Ministry belonging to the dead that are not here made perfect Much more might be enlarged upon some particular sights and manifestations that have hereof been given to some in the Spirit From hence ariseth this Objection If this be a Truth why was it not positively declared and clearly revealed as a foundational Doctrine To which it may be answered That the Infinite Wisdom did judge it meet to conceal this mystery because none might take advantage to turn the Grace of God into wantoâ—ness and thereby to neglect the present opportunity for working out their own Salvation in this present time which would make for a far and more exceeding weight of Glory Therefore left it was for the Worthy to have this Secret made known to them by the Spirit of Revelation who God foreknew would not take Liberty to continue in sin that this Grace after Death might be made manifest towards such as did stand in need hereof But now to great holy and aspiring Spirits these lower Mansions in their Fathers house are too mean who cannot be satisfied to be so many degrees remote any time after death from their God and Lord Jesus since Liberty is proclaimed to work through all while we are in this terrestrial Body For there will be more joy and acclamations in Heaven for one such as shall finish their work here so as to make a full conquest then for milions of Souls that in the invisible Regions must perfect what was lacking to compleat them here Oh said the Spirit it will be well worth your Labour and great Travel to break open this deep Gate and so to put on Christ your Lord as in his all-powerful body that ye may make hereof but one ascending flight This was the Mark that was after Christs ascending so eagerly aimed at and by some in that Age reached to For Christ could not lose the effect of his prayer in that he did make his request that those whom the Father had given him might be with him where he was that so they might see and possess the same glory which could not be till they had gotten the victory For to none else is the admission given into his Kingdom according to that in the Revelations to him that overcometh will I grant saith Jesus to sit with me in my Throne But this may be objected further Those who had the Holy Ghost poured down in such an eminent manner had their way made very easie who was as their fiery Chariot that cut their work short And if any now in this Age had such a high endued Power it might soon give them a translation out of all mortal impediments As to answer this The Holy Ghost in that day was given after a visible manner as a sealing Character displaying and acting forth himself in Gifts and Power and miracles but now the same Spirit works in its beginning after another manner where it falleth it doth all its mighty works Within before it will shew forth his power Without For if the Apostles had not been purified by the Holy Ghost and inwardly sprinkled with the Water of Life for Soul cleansing they could not have rejoyced in that assured hope of entring into the joy of their Lord and Master Then was it plainly opened to me by the Spirit that the Holy Ghost would not now in this latter Age act out his Mighty Deeds by any one till their Hearts were perfectly purified by Faith That Scripture being repeated to me who after believing were
is hereby to be revealed only as this pure Spirit comprehends its own Original from whence it proceeds infinitely and so sounds and finds infiniâ—â— things contained in the immense Being By vertue of a new Covenant tye which the Spirit of a new and perfect Heart is for ever under the obligation of a Love constraining Law from which there may be no departing But while upon these Myrrh-dropings my Soul was feeding this Word for Confirmation was added What if this may become such a time of Love as by passing by to look upon thee I shall Swear unto thee and not repent that I thy God will be unchangeable And will enter into such a Covenant as thou mayst henceforth become mine Then shall I know what to do with thee for further Glory and Excellency For in that thou wilt be commendable to thy God whose Eye only can take pleasure therein Then was presented a transient sight to wit a Pool wherein I was bid constantly to wash and bathâ— for the Word signified that such Virtue was herein as it would make White the very Blackamore's Skin and cleanse away every Leopard's Spot For it is a Bath of burning Oyl that will the first Birth of the earthly Heart to purpose try and melt away that so all pure Spirit of Life may spring and a body of a shining Skin as a Cherub-Covering be given For it was revealed to me that this should be done unto us as we were become the Lord 's by League and Covenant Whence it stood upon the Honour of the Lamb and of his Kingdom for us to be found all clear and perfect through this Pool of Balsoming Blood that throughly Baptizeth all who are in the true Memberhood of his Body November the 28th 1677. A holy and pure Communion and freedom being maintained in a Spiritual way betwixt the Spirit of the Bridegroom and the Spirit that is preparing to be the Bride of the Lamb thus it was manifested by this similitude presenting before my in-seeing Eye a Golden Charger and in it somewhat of a Spirit of an extracted Virtual Matter upon which fell a sparkling Star as from the Invisible Orb and caused the Liquor in the Charger to flame up And I heard presently the Word say Come my Spouse and draw near for here is provided Heavenly Chear Behold the Lord the Spirit is presented here in a Lordly dish wherein the true Body of your Jesus is both tastable and discernible Whosoever of this are able to drink in it will make them Spirits as all burning Flames Upon which great things were further opened in the Magia Line Which could I have but totally acquitted all those motions that concur to sense-awakening I might have given an account of an infinite space into which my Spirit was launching but was driven back by some stirring Essence that would not let my Spirit pass naked and pure in But this Word came tho thou canst not pass now yet thou shalt after thou hast eaten of this Lordly dish Which will turn Nature into Spirit then thou may into the secret ranges of all eternal heights and depths as an Eagle flye and see and know what lies beyond the Starry Sky November the 30th 1677. This divine Speculation which I had begat a mighty Magical drawing into those infinite heights and depths which did but just open upon me but then shut up But my Spirit did make again a fresh onset if by any means I might pass into that profound light Orb according to the Nature of a Spirit For an eccho did cry in me from that Sphere that the holy Trinity was there in the highest dimensions of Glory Which was a sufficient motive to attract my Spirit out of this vile Corporeity from which I found much resistency For I perfectly felt somewhat therefrom did rise that did bind my Spirit I was in great struggle for some hours for the Spirit wrestled for a full Liberty Then came this Word saying By all these Encounters the way will be made Only keep thy course strait on towards the everlasting deep Gate according as ye shall feel the Wind of the Spirit driving thereunto and so wait with it to moâ—e Oh to have a spirit in a Body of Flesh to be as free as a Bird which can when it will fly from his Nest This was to me a new revealed thing by which great discoveries may be made in the invisible Region who have been altogether Strangers to what is transacted there because the sensitive Soul doth claim such a Marriage Union with the Spirit that neither what is present or what is to come must sever them This is the Law of degenerated Nature which lawfully may be broken For the Spirit of the Soul is not for ever to be confined to the soulish depravity when once it comes to know and understand that it is a pure Grain let fall from the Deity into the soulish property Then it will not suffer it self to be imprisoned as under a Mountain-weight No sooner doth it spring and rise above the Ground as an ear of Corn which doth grow ripe but a separation from the earthly part or ground may be made by the mighty Lord of the Harvest who will come to reap where he hath sown pure Spirit And that in the very time of this exteriour Elementary Being Christs Last Day of Resurrection and Ascention shall appear through the Might of this precious Grain of the Deity by which I mean the Eternal Spirit of the inward man which is a Spark descended from the Deity and it differs from the eternal seed of Christ's Deity which is incorporated with this for its Resurrection and Ascension sake This spark of Eternity the Spirit of the eternal Soul belonging to the inward man will free it self from all and every corporeal tye For no â—errestrial Image though accomplished with all external Righteousness can ever attract this superiour spirit to be in a conjugal Union because it is too much below therefore it now seeks release from it as being ashamed of all and every circumstance concurring to the outward Life which would hold it so fast But Wisdom and Counsel is come from him who will be Salvation to the ends of our Earth His Spirit it is that hath called us from the other to an eternal conjunction with that wherewith it might most suitably agree so as to raise and heighten the Spirit to such a high degree of sublime purity as that it might pass as swift as a thought into the deep space where the infinite Globe of Eternity might come to be conspicuous with the glorious Trinity and with all those innumerable Spirits who incompass the Throne-Majesty Such Visions of Glory Spirits have been carried into while in the Body and so it shall come to be again and that more frequently and durably For upon an earnest enquiry hereunto it was revealed unto me by this Word The Way of the East should be prepared and the Gate thereof
will dignifie and honour what hath been set mostâ— light and contemptably by therefore observe and narrow up to this Death-Path in the first place and that most circumspectly Aâ—d the Blessing of Life will evermore attend you Ianuary the 30th 1676 7. In the first part of the Night my Meditations were wholly intent upon that Way Order and Method by which a Decease might be to the Body of Sin For the Spirit intimated and declared plainly that while it was alive there could be made no Claim to Mount Sion's Revenue For as much as the wise and holy God and our Father had made a Settlement according to eternal Counsel upon the true Birth-Heirs begotten of the Virgin-Spirit who only the Eternal Goods can inherit Now then so long as the false evil intruding Birth reigneth in the Mortal Body the Heavenly Off-spring must needs be kept down and made to serve in a strange Country Because of their first-born Lord Esau that is so potent and great in this earthly Principle that until such time as the Iacob's Birth is grown strong and mighty he cannot look the supplanted Esau in the Face Therefore full armed with God's Host we must maintain our Battel and be in no fear but the Edomites will fall down when they shall see the Angel of the Most Holy with his Flaming Sword passing before us to make our way into our own Land where our Inheritance doth lie God saying unto us Come return unto your Rock and there I will hide you till the Fury Wrath and Indignation shall pass away and I will be unto you and Eternal Cleft of Stillness Where secured ye shall be as in Death's sweet passive Liberty so as ye shall no more hear the noise of the pransing Warriour who always is annoying while he can find you on this side of Death Therefore see it of necessity ye must from Mount Nebo into this Rock ascend where buried as out of sight ye shall be for your Dying shall only be Hiding till such time as the Life Power and Goodness of the Deity shall re-enter as a quickning Breath all fully to Spirit you withal That so the very Nature and Goodness of this Rocky precious Stone may out-flow in you Then when-ever you will smite this Rock with the Rod of the Spirit it shall gush out Rivers of Living Waters to be come in each of you a Springing Well That so you may Proclaim the mighty Name of him that hath gotten unto a Life and Victory by lying close hid as in the Heart of this ever blessed Saphire Rock February the 1st 1676 7. AFter this Opening I saw as I lay in my Bed waving Clouds descend upon me one after another as the Night and the Day dark Clouds and Light swiftly following one after another At which I was somewhat amazed till I did understand the meaning hereof Which was thus manifested that the black Clouds were hard pursuing as the dark Shadow of Death that still would be enterposing with the light Cloud which presented the Life that was to reign over Death I saw the Sâ—rife and Contest was very great but the bright Cloud was last which descended By which assurance was given that Death 's black Cloud of Mortality in the Light of the Crystal Rock should be swallowed up If we thereto did resort and fixedly abide as the unknown Sepulchre where the Dead in the Lord as Lillies of Paradise shall first thereout spring as the Glory renewed for to plant as encrease a most Holy and Priestly Generation For this Word followed also sayiâ—g What Goodness the Lord hereby shall shew unto you the same shall ye be able to do and shew forth in marvellous Deeds as giving Proof that the Cloud of Death is passed away and that Life which hath been hid with God is risen with a Body like to the Rock from whence it hath proceeded Then with the high Saints in Light ye shall be equally Sharers in what hitherto hath been kept from you February the 2d 1676 7. There was this Day set before me a Crystal Gate by which Glassy clearness we might see and take a measuring view of that wonderful place Wherein was the New Ierusalem-Seat with all her Temple-Magnificency which was shewn to be the high Serene Majesty who as circling Bow all of Saphire Stone did include such as could pass through chis Gate For only those true and Sacred Worshippers who with the Lamb had overcome could stand within that Temple as Kindly Priests of the high Tabernacle-Order for to be Then this Word hereupon followed What have you through this Glassy Gate beheld but such things as might make you strive hard and even force an entrance within the Glassy Screen For these Presentations are given forth from the Celestial Globe to set a Work that transforming Stone that must all-power fully Anatomize the gross fleshly Body that no way can pass through here till it is changed like to that Door which you did see which till then is as a bright Bar of Separation This Privilege only you have a Prospect as Moses had of the Figurative Land but hereinto you can by no means come till you have endured the Refining Fire of the Saphire Stone Which will be given for to do the last finishing part that so Transubstantiation may be set afoot The Worthy will certainly it see who are found in the Life of Conquest resolving to beat down that Sinacting Body which is all the Alienation that separates you from your God and this Holy Place which within the pure Gate hath been viewed These words lay up as from the Holy and Just One and go forward to this high Procedure As not being satisfied with these transient Discoveries no further then as Mediums of Provocation to call up all your Powers and thereby to encourage that other who is to be for me a Witness in Priestly Power working in his measure steadily till the Shadow of Death shall fully flee away That so successively each one may be cloathed substantially with a Body declaratively which will be God's mark to testifie who are partakers of the First Resurrection Therefore set your Hearts hereunto fully for your Labour shall not be in vain as co-working with the Lord whose Spirit will have its day for to do Wonders February the 3d. 1676 7. Thus I did by all come to learn and know how strait the Passage would be into that Temple which all over was a God-flaming Glory with the mighty great Change that must come upon Soul Spirit and Body before entrance here could be Which awaked and set all my Intellectual Powers fresh awork to Nothingnize what in me was found in the non-conformity to the Rule day by day set before me Such a force of Attractive Sweetness did take hold upon my Heart that I did desire upon some other to shed of the same abroad that they might not faint or be weary till we might walk and talk together as in the
and mighty as by its Conjunction with its Bride may out-spread into a wonderful fruitfulness more terrible then whatever hath been displayed to the check and rebuke of all and the best of those Mortals that yet are come no further than to a lame and divided Property of Will who nothing of Might can do February the 8th 1676 7. It was further discoursed to me the great and mighty Effects that would accrue to that Will which could from its Original Purity spring passing as a Golden Arrow with mighty swiftness nothing thereof touching by the way to spoil its force and with a fixed Eye dertermining to bring about that very thing which the Arrow of the Will is gone into Which verily will have the same success that our Lord had when he said I Will such and such to be made whole All those great and marvellous things which have been done in the World before and since Christ's time have been by the Act of the Will as delivered from the Poysonable Web of Mortal Self Oh then how free is it in it self to summon in the mighty Force which is laid up in God's strong Tower for the unbyassed Will to draw out to act and do upon the Holy Ones account as a just Steward entrusted with a power of so high a Nature as all Matters to determine in the Counsel of a simplified Will This was shewed to me as a great and wonderful Prerogative into which the holy Driver made me search and still further to pry into the Mystery hereof opening that Scripture to me in the Revelations Whosoever will let him come and take of the Waters of Life freely The force lay all in the Will taking and recovering by lawful Violences the Crown of Immortality and Life that hath during the Captivity of the Mind and Will been out of reach and sight But now our dear Immanuel in Spirit is come to unbind and set our Wills free revealing what the clog and stop hereunto hath been which hath prevented the going forth of the Will-Spirit in Soveraignty Who this more said Yet I will give thee a deeper Sight that ye may see what hath lain as upon the Mouth of the Cave which hath kept down the rising Power of the Will that it could do no mighty things February the 10th 1676 7. As I was Considering in my self to wing up in the Power of a Free-will according as it is said There is a willingness in the Day of God's Power and making an Enquiry throughout all the Regions of my Mind how in this matter it stood with me I found the Will deficient much after the manner as the Apostle Paul in the 7th of the Romans gives a Character in which is presented a divided Will in an uncertain Motion which argued great Strife Weakness and Imperfection Which by no means was to be found in us staying here For said the revealing Unction To this end I have manifested unto you the adjoyning Power of Supremacy Which must be looked after as the Bride-Mate of the Will which addeth the Dowry of all-sufficiency in the Lord's Work and Business to go forward uncontroulably carried up in the Chariot of the free willing Spirit that trampleth all down before it Upon this Word of Counsel I had a mighty Voice with it crying thus in me with many Ecchoings following upon it saying You now know the way why is it that you still stay with the viler sort try and see every day what force ye can raise for your Revenue to that Heavenly born Family where is nothing but Peace and Unity with Palm Trees of Victory and Wells of Salvation that so ye may come to tast that which is so sweet while you are yet but in your way The smell and sight of Paradise will you first entertain through the perfect Death of the mortal Life and a while must stay with those lower Inhabitants well viewing that native Place and Country for somewhat that was lost there shall be upon recovery as soon as you there appear Then the Tree of Life will invite you to eat of it that so Immortality may be regained Then your Souls and Spirits are with Bodies suited for a higher Degree to come up among the greater Dignities For Paradise is as your Bride-Chamber where ye must put on again your Virgin Body February the 11th 1676 7. After this Call to Paradise the Spirit presented that Scripture to me Mark 10. 28 29. and opened very powerfully to me every Sentence of it as shewing we both should sustain no Loss by acquitting all those Particulars there mentioned The occasion of our Lord Jesus giving forth the assurance of a better exchange upon the very fore-going of what was in present view and possession This Query was started upon the coming of the Young Man who had as he thought bid fair for the Kingdom of God supposing none could go higher then to observe and keep all the Commandments but our Lord had a more searching thing to try him withal which he was not aware of when he so confidently moved his question The Answer to which brought great Anxiousness that no doubt he repented him that he urged such a Discourse whereby as in a Glass he might see the impossibility of inheriting Eternal Goods till that he was stripped of all that whereby he was inriched from this lower state of things Which made our Lord to cry out of the great Hardship and Difficulty that would be to quit all to follow him to come to be no more of the World then he was but as a Stranger not having any dwelling place but to pass through it as a foreign Country only biding so long as to do the Lord's Message and perform his Work which ought to be our end and design For the whole drift of our Jesus in and by all his Life Example and Doctrinal Admonition was still to wind us off and ungraft us from out of the strange degenerated Vine from whence we so readily suck that Life from which a Death is to come upon But to come to what was opened to me from Peter's asking Christ so bluntly what they should have upon the account of forsaking of all for him Which seemed to be a pretty selfish Question but however our Lord overlooked that giving an high encouragement to whomsoever shall by forsaking of all give proof of their Love to him and esteem of the Heavenly Treasury above the Earthly Now upon the Call and Cry which I had follwed me to draw off and come away from what would make a Prey of us My Heart ecchoed back again saying Ah Lord how is it possible we should put off all so quickly when so deeply engaged and settled as House-keepers amongst the Inhabitants here below as not seeing our selves capable of passing into another Sphere because we do bear gross Bodies Upon which the Spirit brought those Words to me As first Whosoever shall forsake Houses that Word in Particular was thus interpreted
Lilly will sprout out of the Immaculate Body and shall be watered from the Heavens so fair and lovely that she will be elected for the Lamb's Bride and Mate who raised is to the high Eagle state who may have Power mount into the Heavenly Place and again be sent therefrom for such purposes and intents as here are premised She being big with such a travelling Seed as may break the Serpent's Head in dethroning him who hath got into the Heavenly Place Where now expect he will be cast out as strong travelling Powers do take hold upon this Woman These Pangs and Sorrows will differ much from those that were in Eve's day whose Sorrows greatly multiplied hereby through a natural vile sinful Body no hope whereof there is that ever it shall be destroyed till this Birth of Births doth grow to ripeness in any such one Who in Wisdom's Virgin likeness shall be bred up to the Wonder in Heavenly Places from whence all Wonders shall go forth For who but this Man-child shall be the Ruler of Nations in all Soveraignity no more under the Power of any Herod or Pontius Pilate to be arraigned unto Death For he is immediately caught up unto God and his Throne and from thence is to descend again to bring up the Remnant of the Virgin-Seed against whom the Dragon still makes War But to each one who belongs to this his Kingdom of Priests they shall be mightily born up upon his strong Eagle-Body so as all the Dragon's Floods shall be too short to reach this high Eagle-Nest which is prepared in the Heavenly Place Upon this Rock of Strength I saith the Amen will build my Virgin Church who shall know no more any thing of the Number of the Beast but shall be totally acquitted from Men of the earthly quality Therefore I give this Word to you in particular that ye may know there is somewhat of Grace to you peculiarly by this Prophecy which is upon renewing Therefore consider hereof and ponder it deeply for to the pure chast Virgin Mind much of this may happen suddenly You daily from the Unction have received much in order hereunto which Golden Talent I do expect should be improved that so ye may further be trusted with more considerable Dignities and Powers tending to Wisdom's Star sparkling Crown which to none is given till they be quite driven out of the Worldly Principle If now then ye can ascend with all your Might to this Tree of Life you may find quick Removes to him who is that Ghostly overshadowing Power who can impregnate with this last all-saving Birth O saith the Spirit that hereunto ye could give your selves without further debate to the glorified Person of your Jesus that the issue might be to wit a glorious Son of Might brought forth to all Wonderment March the 13th 1676. Now as concerning the latter Vision whereof I gave a Narrative according as I had magically seen it The Interpretation whereof was after this manner given to me this is the Child that is born from the Heavenly Virgin Womb after all those spiritual and deep â—ravels Moreover it was said to me Dost thou not remember that thou didst ask some Years since a Son of God with great earnestness aâ—d engagedst to dedicate him to be a Temple Priest and Prophet if herein thou mightest be answered Though thy Petition was not granted in that way as to have a Son by earthly Generation but much better it shall be if thou shalt see the travel of thy Soul and Spirit in the Birth of a pure Nazarite given unto thee from the Lord. Which is a thousand degrees beyond what once thou were greatly sollicitous after to wit a fleshly Birth Since which time much hath been wrought for thee Wisdom hath so highly favoured thee as to cast thee into her Virgin Mould or else no way capable to embrace such a Man-child who shall have Power to do great and mighty things on the Earth and to hold up the four Winds an Elias Spirit to shut and open the Heavens Such a one God will need upon the Earth to have but none could yet arrive to this mighty high and glorified state the mortal Spirit hitherto so hindred and the Dragon hath raised great Seas of partition and hath brought down such with his twisting Tail as were ascending for Heaven for out of Mount Sion's Heaven Wisdom's deputed Virgin Woman is to descend with all accomplished Power and Perfection of Holiness Then what manner of Child thinkest thou this must be Who is begotten by the Eternal Word of Truth and is daily to be brought up a Nazarite by the pure honey Dews and Milk from the Virgin Breast that so his strength may hereby daily grow Happy thou and blessed wilt be called if such a spoiless Nazarite Lilly thou shalt bring out of thy Spiritual Womb. At which I tell thee who am the All-Seer the Serpent doth heave mightily against it there is daily plotting to make hereof an abortive nay when thou hast him in thy Arms it may slip away Which for Caution was shewn that thou mightest take hereof sure hold because this Holy Birth is designed to be in that Person to whom the Serpent hath had long Indignation but through great heed and daily watching and care he may keep out from this last prepared hurtful Snare Who then shall indeed bear the Banner of Victory over all his and thy home-bred Enemies Who if obedient to his Eternal Virgin-Mother in all things which shall proceed from the Law of her Mouth may then be the Man of Wonder indeed But before-hand take thou charge on his behalf lest he suffer any Dalilah to come near his Head with a Rasor where only his strength doth lie if so all will be undone as ye did see in the case of Sampson This holy spiritual Off-spring must be for the Conversation of Masculine Virgins who are of his own rank and sort For whatever shall from this low contrary Sphere interfere with this holy Nazarite the Marks and Spots thereof will be obvious upon that smooth shining Skin to his disgrace Therefore let him abide in that Milk-white Nature answerable to his Birth still keeping washing with the Water of Life that so Wisdom may have great joy and delight in her first-born in the Earth Seven ecchoing Voices I did hear in me to declare who it was should Personate this Nazarite Birth If he could clear himself from all clogs and weights then said Wisdom who but he my first Born Heir shall be This Word of Truth do thou give him for Meat to eat no other but what doth proceed from the pure Unction in his Heavenly Nature in him as he can digest it and as Wisdom's Springâ— Well flowing thence continually in him This Person noted so oâ—â—â—n by me did not arrive to this Perâ—ect Degree so as Wisdom's First-born to be though he reached far yet not able was he while in this Principle he lived the Crown-Number to
True it is that thou lovest the Lord thy God with thy whole Soul and Spirit which is more then all Burnt-offerings or Worship though spiritually instituted yet this is not enough For Love as it may work in an ardent Spirit by and through internal flowings to the Object may stop again This many have reached unto and yet have doubted in it again Therefore God would have a pledge left in his hand something given him as a fruit of Love to wit Life it self must seal the Truth hereof as going along with it Christ was put upon giving this proof to his Father not only in bare love but by laying down of his Life for which saith he I am beloloved of my Father Iohn 10th So as God had this proof from him so he expects the same from you who if you love the Father and Him then his Commands will not be to you grievous Ye will then observe all the Antecedents belonging to this Law of Love Which Love rightly born carrieth a mighty force with it it cannot deny or keep any thing back from that which it is centred in as hath been evidenced by those great Saints before Christ's Manifestation and since As Abraham he did unfeignedly love God when he forsook his own People and Land of his Nativity to go where the Lord gave him a word of Command to go yet this was not sufficient but ye did see God would prove him further as in Isaac's death Which when God saw that he stopped not in that which touched the very Life nay then said the Lord Because thou hast done this thing in blessing I will bless thee I am now sure thou lovest and fearest me and therefore God will be thy exceeding great reward which the Patriarck did fully witness in his day Numerous instances might be added out of the Scriptures hereunto as also the late and private experiences of holy Souls that have been obedient to that true Prophet and Seer that daily giveth and maketh known the Councel of God Under which seal opening ye are come To which Spirit of Wisdom give now an obedient Ear saith the Holy and True Upon this I made my application in great earnestness according to that Power and Life that stirred in me being greatly distressed to know what was further to be given up and parted withal that consisted in the power of our own Wills having gone far in the self-abnegation suppressing and keeping under the earthly part that so sin could not reign but be kept under condemnation So as to this degree some are come As I was thus silently in the Spirit of my Mind parling this word was uttered to me All this is acceptable but the very giving up of the Life must be that my Name may be written in the very Blood thereof and be returned in a Life-quickning Spirit again Then will the property of that which was dull dark and corrupt become all light vigorous pure and Chrystalline as the Spirit of Christ was in the Corporeal Figure The same Mind which only respects things that are above in the Fathers Kingdom of Glory is to be in you as it was in Jesus your Lord. For this is the sum and head to which all Prophecies and Revelations tend even the finishing of this Mystery Christ the Light Wisdom Power and Righteousness of God Which can be brought to pass only by giving up and laying down our Life as to all sensitive properties which is the highest and most resolute act of the Will-spirit to give its Name up thus and to subscribe your Spirit Soul and Body in the Blood of that Life that must die that so Christ may be only alive in you And albeit while ye are laying down with great reluctancy that Life which is so agreeable to this terrestrial Life because of contempt and dishonour that it suffers hereby As your Lord in his Crucifixion went through so by your spiritual mystical giving up your Lives though as to this worlds eye in shame rebuke and weakness yet in Truth and Verity it shall rise in Strength Victoâ—â— and Power in Ghostly Majesty whereby ye will possess the Gates of your Enemies This is most wonderfully deep if it may be fathomed by the Spirit in you May the 11th 1677. My Spirit entred into a deep sense upon some occasion that was administred how apt it was for such who had taken upon them part of the Ministry to ingross and confine it to Persons and Sexes and to bring down the superior Spirit and Light under the inferiour Government of the low and mean Spirit that respecteth man and savours that Glory which is after the Flesh. For Christ told the Jews they loved the praise of men more than that of God in that they sought honour from one another as the great and learned Rabbies who in their high learning despised an illiterate Christ as they called him From whence I did observe that the leaven of such a Spirit might be ready to mingle with some in this present Age though partly illuminated in and through the knowledge of the Mystery of God in Christ As I was pondering I say and considering these things in my Mind and making request that nothing of the exterior might have wherein to glory but that God would appear in such as little and nothing were in their own account and that all Flesh might be silent that Spirit might only go forth in its own Power and Clearness Upon this I had a full gust come in upon me with this word speaking in me There is a Gospel that nothing of man shall mingle with that shall only be intrusted with such Child-like Spirits For which nothing of the Creatures Testimony will be needed for it will be the Breath of an irresistible Power of which none shall be ashamed Then was that Scripture the next Morning spoken to me Be not slothful but followers of them who through Faith and Patience inherited the Promises Which word was taken up by the Spirit and spoken audibly unto us upon the account of thatâ— which opened before in way of Prophecy as to that unmixed Ministration that should arise in some qualified for it Of which much was revealed in the discoursive way of the Spirit that there was now given to all an open Door that would look hereinto from that in the Heb. 6. v. 11. where Paul directs this word in general to the whole Body consisting of Men and Women And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end Here is none left out but both Sexes implied Whose work and labour of Love in Ministring to their fellow Saints according as they had tasted and received of the heavenly Gift God was not unrighteous to forget Therefore from hence he did incite them to go forward not excluding the Female but laying it as a weight upon both Male and Female as all one in the Spirit to shew the same diligence
as one entire Body of Glory Iune the 6th 1677. This Morning about four of the Clock awaking with a raised Mind ready to entertain discoveries from that invisible Orb to which my whole Heart tended to I found my self suddenly carried out of my animal sense and several idea's did open to me from the Upper Region I saw in the Firmament of the Heavens Bright Figures like Half Moons and great rolling up and down of the Starry Heavens which seemed to be in a troubled Commotion Then there were great fears at the sight hereof among the lower Spirits of this Region Then I saw somewhat like a Standard set up with a Writing upon it proclaiming War with all the Inhabitants upon the Earth And about these I did see Bows and sharp Arrows and because I saw this Piller or Standard at a distance I thought it was or might not be real and so I went to it and touched it with my hand and read the Writing which was Controversie with the Nations of the World Then after this I saw the Clouds of Heaven pass away and various Persons of great Majesty descended down to the place where the Standard was set and they appeared as those that were Judges of the Earth And two or three of them made towards me to have spoke with me and their Presence was terrible that I shrunk away For my mean Corporeity was very inconsistent to their Glorious Personalities And this word followed This is the Lord who after this Tribulation will come with his Ancients to raign over the Earth Iune the 7th 1677. Then this word did speak through me Haste and pass away from Paradisical Righteousness to Sion's Glory For let your Condition seem never so mean and low yet verily designed ye are to work through all vicisitudes till Palms of Victorious Glory in the hand of the great Alpha and Omega be given to you which will make you to be the admiration of all in the higher and neather Regions Then these Rules were given expresly in order hereunto 1st Suffer gladly the Transplanting Power to crop off all what it finds superfluous dry and sapless 2dly Permit no other Pruning Hook to come near any Branch of your superiour Life-trees but that flaming word of the Spirit that knows rightly to divide betwixt the dead and the living 3dly Seek and make application to the Most High for an impregnable fence while these Fruits are ripening there will be required an invincible gard or else the subtile Foxes and Beasts of Prey may get in for to make spoil In the 4th place Then again watch not only against the Invasions from what Ministers from this visible Principle but from a near and more inward Center whereout the Serpent may move and twist himself while yet you are but in the Paradisical Property For in this first Transplantation lieth all your danger Therefore if all the Fruits of this mystical Life-tree can but reach to a Golden Hue so solid as to become a fixed Seed then ye are out of all hazard and fear But cast this Seed into Earth Air Water or Fire it will attract to it self out of every thing a bright consuming Glory Then this word was added saying Weigh and consider this mystical thing for here lieth the highest state of Perfection Observe the Most Holy in all his removes within your Heavenly Plantation for every new ingraffing from the Mighty Arm of Power will be an evidence that he will not leave you till Scions ye are made as Branches of this Saphire glorious Tree Iune the 8th 1677. This Morning this word was given me to feed upon saying I the Most Holy will Tabernacle with with a Spiritual Mind My Life and Peace as a Spring will bubble there The carnal and earthly Mind is Satan's seat the pure Mind is God's Throne Now choose which of those you will give place to for accordingly your Mind must be ordered If for the high and most holy Society then all Spiritual Then was that Scripture repeated to me For to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace Which life of Carnality is enmity to God who will be evermore a Stranger to such who shall know nothing of his Love Joy Goodness Power and Sweetness For if they commune with earthly Spirits and things of this terrestrial being then such dark influences are left upon their Minds as make them altogether unmeet to talk with God or to take in of those Species which tend for transfiguring the Soul into a bright body of Glory When the Mind is pestered and overcharged with thoughts that tend only for this gross elementary Life there is no room for the Holy Ghost that proceedeth and cometh from such a wonderful being of holiness as the Father of Spirits is Iune the 17th 1677. I saw a Ball of Fire and out therefrom went Flakes of Fire and fell amongst thorny Bushes so as they were no more being consumed by the Flame And it was said to me these are the particles and dispersive Powers that will go forth from the substantial God head to devour the Shrubs of the Earth Then after this internal sight I was as in a sleep where much combustion strife and spiritual Labour for the attainment of somewhat that was of Eternal Consequence And such was the clamorous onset of earthly Spirits that for a time I found my self sunk down into a dark Vally Upon which I awaked with great perplexity Then after this I saw in way of Vision a rich Golden Sledge set up and I was to slide down upon it And a voice cried Fear not for an end to all weariness and travel will come when this out of the Heavens shall descend Iune the 23th 1677. Sarah and Abimelech This Morning as I was recollecting my interiour Powers and Faculties which I found had been somewhat scattered by being let out and employed upon secular concerns and which I found was as going upon Thorns grievous and unsavory Upon this my Spirit made application with Soul-meltings for Life-recovery and restitution to those wonted familiarities and divine discoveries wherein consisted all my peace life and satisfaction Upon which my care now was how we who were under a peculiar obligation should discharge our selves of all and every weight that had beset us For it was presented to me that while we were gathering together what might accommodate our outward man as Paul did the sticks to warm him after his perilous voyage even so we upon necessary and lawful things being employed were in danger of the poisonous Vipers which would stick so close to our hands as we should be constrained to awaken and call up the Most Holy Adjuring Power of the Mighty God Whereby we might be able to cast them off before they infected our pure eternal Life-blood that so we might proceed forward in our Spiritual Work For this word was spoke why seek ye to dwell in ceiled houses and let the most holy in
regenerated Heart Which the Spirit of a good Heart feeds upon miraculously while this Worldly Heart doth see nor tast nothing hereof So strong so high are Zions Walls that are built for these holy Hearts that no groveling Spirits nor low earthly Hearts can tast any thing of their Seraphick Life Whose natural soil it is to live like the Hearts of Beasts breathing after their perishing Fodder and sensual Pleasures but this Heart from Jesus in a Regenerated good Heart is created for better things It knows its own true temperature to be such as can no more lust after what is terrestrial Because it hath been so much touched upon by the Divine Flames of the most Holy Altar Because also it hath been so often impressed from the sealing Powers of the Deity Whose breath doth so strongly move as to maintain upon the good Heart a pleasant soft Fire burning as a signal Witness that a Sacred Presence liveth there for whom is provided the best of Celestial Chear Also because the creating Word may still renew a fresh Life with all its secret and unknown Retinue of pure Spirits that may be refreshing to the Solitary who indeed have made their choice to live in the Heart of Jesus till with their inward Eyes they have spied where that only massy Gold-stone of all-working Powers doth lie Which is only sounded by these Hearts but to raise up this all-golden Power is not found out by them till they are come to have more innate Union and Communion with this Heart For by virtue of their Co-Union there will be co-working For thus it was betwixt God and Christ there was but as one Heart betwixt them in which they did in all things agree From whence it was said hitherto the Father doth work and I work that was by a mutual agreement going out in acts of Power from deep Councel and Wisdom as foreseeing all events of things So it will be between Christ and a Christian when they have co-union of Heart then there will be co-operations together bâ—tween Christ and a Christian Co-union of Heart is when Christ's Heart dwells in a Christian Heart and the Heart of a Christian is one in Union with Christ's Heart Then will follow intimate communion and co-operations in harmony together Iuly the 23th 1677. This word run through me as a burning stream saying Seek make out with all speed for a partnership with this perfect and all-powerful Heart For it will not only discover a Spiritual Substance by a Reflective Light but it will give an Inherent being in it self Hence it is that Wisdom's Pearly Stone doth shine and hence all her Divine Magia doth work Let it not stagger thee that little hitherto thou couldst do as to works of Eminency that might demonstrate the Heart-Power of the Deity See what wanting hath been the Heart of Jesus is a Seal must be set upon thine that what as his may be thine in an absolute propriety Such an innate life of conjunction will be of most wonderful consequence Consider now then and know nothing is more expedient than to be found in this most perfect and all-seeing Heart that all you do may be wrought herefrom Then further it was testified that it was not the sudden flights of the Spirits up into this Heart which would do or perfect the remainder of what was to be finished For in that there might be an uncertain motion as our own Hearts sometimes being up and then again down by reason of which so little hath been brought to pass For a steady Heart and Mind is Wisdom's Pavilion where she dwelleth Therefore this caution and word of Councel the Spirit did give that when carried up at any time by the Spirit into the Heart of Jesus there to fix for ever and there to abide till so knit as Twins of Hearts to grow up together in then Powers and Gifts there will spring Iuly the 24th 1677. The word of Admonition was given unto me Take heed unto the Spirits Doctrine and continue stedfast in the things which ye have learned and have been assured of knowing of whom ye have received them From these words it was shewed me that it was not sufficient that we were under the distillings of the Spirit-doctrine to drink it in so as to let it pass away again but this word of Truth was to dwell and to be deeply rooted in us as it is brought forth into a plain discovery by way of Precept For in this day the Word of the Lord coming to any one immediately is so rare and pretious that God looks that they whom he shall herewith favour should more than ordinarily set by it and wisely observe and make great improvement of this more excellent Ministry For every slight neglect or disobedience is weighed over as done agaâ—â—â—â— the Love which not being answered by the fruits of Love again will cause the Spirit to retire to its own center Therefore henceforth live by every word that shall proceed from the Spirit This Councel did very much reach my Soul engaging all the Faculties of my interiour Mind lest at any time I should let slip any word so expresly spoken unto me from the Spirit for it is love and grace worthy of all acceptation And I must own it is good dwelling under the droppings of this Fruitful Bough which is loaden with all sweet Hony-dewes that no sooner are touched with the twig of Faith but the Eye of the Heart is both enlightned and is therewith highly refreshed as with its true natural food Therefore One many Ages past experienced this when he cried out Oh how sweet are thy words unto my taste yea sweeter than hony unto my mouth The respect that the Most Holy and Worthy Ones will have for this Living Testimony will be evidenced by a disrespect and a real disgust to whatever is not given out from a fresh annointing For the Right-born Spirit trieth all by its tast it can know old stores that has not that juicie Life and vigour in it like Fruits that have been long plucked off from the Tree or like a Flower that hath lost its true Life-scent by being cut off from the springing Root and so both Fruits and Flowers though once fresh and good in their proper time yet when laid up and their moisture gone and dried up are no longer so And this is well known and discerned by such a Spirit as has liberty to go into the Vineyard and Garden of God to pluck fresh and gather according to present spending And although there has been a living upon an old Store laid up yet know it is not to be so always The seven years Famine of the Pretious Word and Ministry of the Spirit is come to an end with some already Who have made use of it for those ends designed which was to sow their ground with it and that by the hand of the true Seedsman the Spirit who hath made choice of good and well-prepared ground to
Vile Body which is compacted all of putrefaction for this thou dost upbraid me that I do it not transform Now though I stand not liable to give any account to thee of my Will and Pleasure herein yet for the sakes of them who have been hereinto inquiring in fear and humility and have heard this thy severe Charge I shall Answer It is then Objected As to that ignominious form of Corporeity which the Fellow-heirs with me do bear upon which a transmutation hath been expected that yet no such thing doth appear but they do still expire in all things like others Answer There is good cause why it hath been so hitherto because the Fire-spark of the Deity hath not burnt through in any for the consumption of the drâ—ssy part meeting still with cold muddy damps that have often choaked the Life-flame which is cast in from thy ingendring property Who since Eves day art upon the revenge to slay and destroy that which remains of the Heavenly Matter Thou hast had thy inrode as a subtile Spirit for to prove and tempt all of her Race propounding this as an impossibility ever to see corruptibility made sublime Thou hast by thy craft thus raced out that grain of Faith that should produce this White Lilly Body For my way of redeeming proceeds from within the Heart-center Thereoâ—t my Birth-Life springs and will ever display it self through Soul and Body in fiery streams It is a deceit to believe that I am come to redeem any other way I shed my Blood to purifie and cleanse the inward ground that so the godly Plant of Righteousness might grow thereout whose clothing is of unchangeable Glory For my own Life wrought it self thus through while I was found in the earthly mould the invisible Perfect thing could put transparency upon the elementary Body So no other way can I bring any to my own transfiguration but by the same inkindling and by the Spirit springing up gradually All of this kind will be understood when the Wheel of the Will stands free and unclogged of all the Serpents suggested incredulity tending hereunto Who would have the Heart-purifying work evaded and us to look for Redemption to come as a violent shower to wash away the Vile Body at once which is contrary to my working method Whose internal Operation is to set free that which is under great labour and strife to get up to a flower of rich scented Glory Against which O Satan great hath been thy despight But now as to the Second Charge That my Sheep are put to their shifts and how that I suffer them to be exposed to great necessities so as to have their maintenance out of the Store-house of thy Kingdom or else their corporeal Bodies could not be sustained I Answer It is true O Spirit of Subtilty that mine are exposed to great sufferings and trials or else how could they be conformable to me their Head There are also many considerable Reasons why for the present time it should be so But this Weapon of thy Charge will turn against thy self As First If they were not to be included with the universality in the effects of that Curse that came upon all Adam's Line Thou O Lucifer wouldest have had something to have alledged as to God the Righteous Iudge that he would be partiaâ— to a certain number in securing them from all of this Worlds Calamity Therefore the Father hath in wisdom permitted it that thou mayst have nothing to accuse the Just One. As in Ioh's Case thy envy was great because he was perfect and upright And being but in a flourishing state as to Honour and Riches and all fulness from this Creation What advantage didst thou take thereby Remember that word Does Job serve God for naught is there not a hedge made up of all plenty and good things about him So then if mine elect ones were not in common with thine to take their lot thou wouldst have whereof to glory in but now thy mouth must be stopped in that those who belong to me are more deeply exercised in all suffering necessities as daring to hunt after nothing of this Worldly Pomp. Whose Eyes see through all these contemptible things And as they live in me they are in-seeing into another manner of Sphere wherein their Portion is Yet know they shall lose nothing by their being humbled through manifold distresses and penury while they are in Child-like submission and have hereby accepted the chastisement that is due to their lapsed state All of which kind shall so operate as to work out their freedom when I have proved them by all the evil consequences of the Curse so as that I may say they have been tried through all Fires Fo so it doth become mine all for to be as weighty stones of Gold Then was this Discourse maintained in my hearing my Lord still taking occasion to resolve my doubts and satisfie my queries This Word was uttered But what thinkest thou O proud Prince of this exterior World who so many Ages hast by thy Agents lorded it over my Heritage If that thy time is near upon expiring In that I shall call thee to an account who hast abused thy Soveraignty For all who have been intrusted by thee have been cruel in their Arbitrary Government So that Injustice Oppression Pride Self-love and Vain Glory have born the sway to this day Therefore it is no marvel that those who are as the Pearl in my Eye have been in such distresses and oft-times forced to gather up the scraps which thy voluptuous Brood do let fall from their rich furnished Tables This hath been long permitted but now I am come to tell thee that thy Lease of Years is near worn out when thou must give up to me the Kingdoms of this World Who will seek out such as shall be after my own Heart that shall raign over thee and thy Hierarchy on this very Earth Know such I have this very day in my Eye Who are Meek Patient and Lowly and who have been proved Iob like suffering the loss of all that pleasurable has been as to this Worlds esteem These have stood against all thy malice and envy which hath been poured out by Instruments so assumed by thee These are those to whom the Dominion shall first come and so by degrees run through till this World shall be no more thy Region For the Kingdoms of this World shall be given to the Saints of the Most High Then thou and all thy sin-loyal subjects shall be ashamed and confounded gnashing their Teeth when they shall see thee put out of all power and authority And those who have followed the Lamb faithfully through the Kingdom of Patience and Tribulation shall be thus rewarded with Crowns each one as from the annointing Power consisting in the Holy Ghost Whose day of Almightiness shall here be to the chosen known August the 10th 1677. This Vision was shewn me I with another Person was ascending up towards
possession him who is the Author and Spring of this Almighty Faith that can do whatever it pleaseth Therefore it is said seek and ye shall find that is we must grow from one ground of Faith to another and not give over as fainting and disponding till we ascend from Faith to Faith so near to the heart of God our Father as to affect him with such Faith as worketh by Love that so the grand mystery of tâ—â—s all-effecting Faith may be both revealed and dispensed as a Gift unto us and then we have the Substance of whatever hath been hoped for September the 29th 1677. As the Doctor was in Prayer this word passed through me Ye shall be marked with the Fathers Name then no slaughtering weapon can harm you Upon which word I much exercised my Mind diving to know the Spirits meaning what that Mark would be and after what manner it might be imprinted on us And I as attended with all heedfulness the rising Spring of pure Revelation it was thus given me to understand That to be marked with the Father's Name is no less than to be transformed into a Virgin Body The bearing of this Name in the Forehead was shewn to me would be the putting on a visible Form of God as considered in a glorified Figure Which may admit of such a kind of pure matter as hath not been seen or understood therefore it is well said none can know or conceive what they may be changed into Iohn in his Visions saw the Lord in several appearances of Lustre and Glory There are degrees of Celestial Clothing Esaiah had a sight of God that made him cry out he was undone seeing the disprotionableness betwixt the brightness of a sparkling Glory to a dark polluted Being Likewise Ezekiel saw the flaming Majesty of Glory that the very Seraphims covered their Faces at Upon which the Spirit did set it home upon me that we might not over-rate our selves while the Lamp of our Eternal Spirits were but yet under the covert of a dark earthly Pitcher For no Glory can shine out till that be broken away from the internal Flame that lieth hid within Which is the true and right begotten Spirit who when it comes to call over its high and eternal pre-existency considering what it was before it came into this Body and taking in the Divine Sense hereof is not at rest while yoaked and hanked with such course and putrified matter as these fleshly Bodies do consist of Seeing therefore a Promise is left us both in general and in particular for returning in to such a refined corporeity as may best agree with the pure Trinity Let us draw up hereunto with full assurance of Faith that so we may hereby reach to this all-securing Mark which will redeem us from among the Inhabitants of the Earth and give us entrance to our own Heavenly Place What is it that hath made all to die and leave their Carcases unchanged in the Region of this Wilderness but the resting satisfied in that corruptible form of Flesh in all its diseased properties There hath been only a talk and a belief concerning a Redemption but all the highest have reached no further than a Regeneration in Part and an illuminating of the Mind But where is there that fair Image of the Heavenly that shall never fade nor die that our Lord verifies he would raise up in the last day Which was declared to me to be a Resurrection out of the Grave of that Mortal Body which at present we visibly carry as a Sepulcher in which there may mistically lie hid such a Spiritual Body as only the Trumpet sound of all-powerful Faith can bring forth into visibility That so to some it may be given to see the breaking through of that which may resemble the Glorified Figure of him who is the First-born from the dead This is that Body in which the Lord Christ did the Will of his Father and we can never expect to go on to do it but in the like Figure of all-powerful Spirituality In which the Life-quickning Spirit may have a suitable Organical Body to actuate it self according to â—ts own original purity Who by coming into a terrestrial Form that is only animated by a Life which is from this visible Element causeth the great contest and strife so as the Spirit cannot do or act according to its own eternal property The which we now coming to understand do see how by this animal Life of sense we are bounded and limited from this we are made to seek after our disappeared and paradisical Body And truly were it not for the provocation and strong instigation which I feel again from him who would be unto us altogether this immaculate body I have enough strong Temptations from my sensitive part to acquit all such hopes and expectations and to be satisfied with a mixed state as to the one part heavenly and the other part earthly the whole term of Life here But having had so many remembrances by Voice and Vision that constrained me to pry into this Mystery and having many Testimonies from the Holy Scriptures to confirm what was secretly revealed which came in and were opened to me to prove the certainty and and lawfulness of such a Hope as cannot make ashamed I am not suffered to let go the Faith and shall only in brevity mention those which were brought before me As first That of the 17 of Matt. Christs own Transfiguration as the first fruits of this New Ierusalem state Then that of the 3d of Iohn 6 7 8 verses That which is born of the Flesh is Flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit though this hath been hitherto understood only of the Birth of the Mind and of the Souls Regeneration yet a much deeper thing hath been manifested to me to which I must give ear to wit the Fleshly Birth brings forth the Feshly Body but the Spirits Birth brings forth a Spiritual Body I am not ignorant of the many Objections that will be made against most of these Scriptures by all such as only do look through the vail of sense Then again that of the 1st of the Cor. 15. beginning at the 12th verse to the end of the Chapter That whole Chapter is to be understood according to a transforming sense Then the 2d of the Cor. 5th Chapt. 1 2 3 4. all which shews the expectation of the Apostle in this matter Then again Rom. 8. 23. v. waiting for the Adoption to wit the redemption of our Body That of Iohn 6th Chapt. 49th verse Your Fathers did eat Manna in the Wilderness and are dead 50th verse This is the Bread that cometh down from Heaven which a man may eat thereof and not dye 58th verse This is that Bread which came down from Heaven not as your Fathers did eat Manna and are dead he that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever These pretious Scriptures did fully learn and satisfie me that
but all single Plants save one Which grew up with Twins upon one Stalk three times two and one more from the same Root which grew right up with its Head bowing down towards the rest It seemed to be like a Tulip the Colour being of a very dark Murray The other Planâ—s grew round about it and they were overspread with Caterpillaâ—s and slugs which did devour and spoil the beauty of them which I much lamented to see But suddenly a shower came and washed them all away Yet afterward I saw them come on again when the shower ceased And I marvelled that the Tulip Branch was still kept free And while I made this Objection how it should come to pass that being in the same ground it should be exempted It was answered Thou dost not see the deep Spring that lieth under ground that watereth this Branch continually Then saw I waters rise and all over it baptise so as the dark colour was changed into a green pleasant appearance to my intellectual sight Then after a little space the Spring did rise mighty high and did it so drench as from its greenness it was changed into a Lilly whiteness which was very marvelous to see such a sudden transmutation upon this Branch Oh my Lord signifie the true meaning of this similitude for it seemeth to have much in it October the 11th 1677. This Parabolical Vision was as a Text and Doctrine given upon which the Holy Spirit might make its comment By the Garden was given me to understand that inward flourishing ground of the Eternal Mind out of which a crop of pleasant Plants did put forth from the Seed of the Spirit The Eternal Sower planting himself in the midst hereof as that Lilly Branch which grew up in its twined might and beauty to the perfect number Seven Now it was queried by me Why those single Plants which were Divine Qualifications of the Mind proceeding from the Root of Life should be under the Power of these Despoilers The cause hereof I was then made to understand why those heavenly cogitations that would proceed forward to all Divine Virtue were overâ—un by the devouring Worms It was therefore resolved that it would continue stâ—ll so to be while they did put forth themselves from one weak stalk in the scattered confusion of a dispersed property Now being thus obnoxious to the intemperate motions of the visible Element and mixing therewith they are subject to smitings of all kinds And though through the help of those distilling showers of the Word of Life oftimes refreshing this inward ground and cleansing it from this swarming flying and superfluous thoughts which the Slugs and Caterpillars did really figure out they are freed herefrom yet upon the cessation of these upper and outward Showers of a visible teaching Ministery they are apt to swarm again upon the Mind to stain and enveâ—om those Plants which do bud forth in the single and divided property So that while the inward is thus invaded upon no Fruit can be brought to perfection for as fast as it comes on it is eaten off so the Work while standing in this posture it is always doing yet never done nor perfected And yet the Soul in the mean time is in great earnestness after and for its Restoration always striving against the Stream and Tide of Profuse Imaginations which keep back the Harvest from ripening of what hath been still a sowing by the Spiritâ— fixed If you do attain to such an enrichment as to have this Plant of United Force and Power to grow in the Garden of your Mind ye may then be out of all fear that any evil of sin or the effects of it can come in to Spoil or to devour For upon its own guard it stands and can defend it self against all Invasions Now for this end that ye may persue hereafter these things are revealed Make it your own Spiritual Business to come out of the meek single Plantation into the strong Unity of that Plurality of Spirit which is able at pleasure to change you into a Body of Heavenly Lustre such as is meet for that Work whereto ye are designed For this O ye well disposed Souls keep an Holy day within the Borders of a pure Mind October the 12th 1677. This word visited me about break of day Run away to the Everlasting Morning-day there to be hidden from the wrath of the Lamb. Which will be certainly expressed against those who are found naked having only the mortal clothing for their câ—vert in this great Day which is breaking forth unavoidably upon all Flesh. October the 15th 1677. Being thus warned to pursue and make hard after that securing state and to keep all watchfulness over our Hearts lest the Evâ—l Spirit should us beguile This word was gâ—ven for further caution Far be it from him who in all things must be approved a man of God therefore he is not to be found amongst evil doers to be a reproach in such a time as this or to take liberty lest a Snare come upon the Superiority of that Life which requires great sequestration Then again this Word was with me And ye shall be Holy unto me for I the Lord am holy and have sever'd you from all others that ye should minister before me and be mine only October the 18th 1677. I saw my own Figure sitting in a solemn still waiting posture and there passed by a Golden Candlestick with many Branches and in the midst thereof was the form of a Cup or Bowl all which distinctly had Lights like Lamps burning from Oyl but that out of the Bowl in the midst gave a greater blaze then all the rest Then this Word sounded Up up Follow this Light before it be out of sight Then was given into my Hand such an other Golden Candlestick without any Lights in their Sockets but I hastily so soon as the Candlestick was given followed the other into a Room which was all enlightned with the brightness of the Glory thereof which I could only view but â—ound I could not there abide but was ordered at that open door to wait till every Branch of the Candlestick should be answerably filled with Oyl and give forth Light as the foregoing brightness did which was as a Heaven for Light This Idea or Manifestation drew my mind after it that if possibly Light might be set up in every Property accordingly October the 19th 1677. In the Night after my first Sleep there appeared unto me a bright Sun and many Stars were fixed in the circumference of it that sparkled forth with a wonderful fury so that it enlightned the Earth with its reflexion And it said hereto gathered is that which fills up and makes compleat the whole Body of Light October the 20th 1977. This Word came unto me Pray ye evermore in that Faith where each one is to be their own Advocate in the free Liberty according as it is written In that day ask what ye will and it
thou think to recover Immortality of Life with that Inheritour who doth belong unto it while there is a divided Eye and Ear which still open are to see and hear all those Charming Sensualities which for this Earthly Kingdom do plead and do engage you still here to be Traffickers from which ye are prohibited by Mount Sion Laws Is not Wisdom's Merchandize more worthy to be all in your Eye who will assuredly find you daily employ as to work off your selves from all those Habits and Customs as have been brought in Traditionally from the Fall From which ye are redeemed as ye do feed upon the true Mystical Passover which will â—orestall the Earthly Life giving way to that pure thing which ye do feel stirring from the light Region This hath greâ—â— sufficiency to clear that evil staining Nature from out of which strange Essences do so turbulently arise to annoy and disturb that which would be free from all Sins Casualties reigning in the Princely Spirit of what will become the absolute King of Righteousness Who hath already set a Foot upon your Heavens and Earth for this very end that his Throne and Dominion might be so fixed within the circumfering Powers of your Wills that so Time may be swallowed up from an entire Act going forth from this Soveraignty which in an intrinsical way will bring all into subjection that is within He will first begin with the Judgment for cleansing the floor make but the inside clean and pure then Power will soon be known and understood whereby a Body suitable to such a Spirit may come to be perfectly framed As thus if the Pith of a Tree be by its Life extensive it makes the Bark through which it riseth fresh fruitful and beautiful that so you may easily conclude that a Life-Sap is vailed under the Bark but it is not perceiveable till it shoots forth it self getting through every branch and twig even so it is in you considered as Trees of a new Plantation in whom the Spirit riseth as an essential Pith of Life and distributeth it self through every Property permitting nothing to mingle with it that should abate its vigorous penetration for to assimulate and qualifie the very outward Bark or Body into a Iustrious Appearance and palpable Fruitfulness The meaning of the Spirit as to fruitfulness is not only the first and second Birth-degrees of Regeneration and here to stop as in measures of Love Joy Faith Hope Meekness and Patience which are the first Fruits of the Spirit But hereunto are to be added Fruits yet more super-eminent as the product of these When so ripened as each one their Seed do shed into the pure Heart whereinto the Blood of the New-Testament is poured in From hence now it is saith the living Word that a Spiritual Body will be driven forth all in the Heavenly Form acting forth in another kind of fruitfulness then the foregoing As thus a Terrestrial Creature worketh and produceth acts answerable to his Animal rational Life which may be justifiable before Men and nothing beyond his Life-Sphere is expected But now from a new-made Creature that deriveth a Birth so high as nothing less then God's own Likeness is to be evidenced in it This must needs work like it self in various Powers of another sort of miraculous Fruitfulness by which Jesus through this Ghostly Spirit and Body is glorified Ianuary the 12th 1676 7. IN the Night there was presented unto me two Forms very displeasing to my Eye being Cloathed with a Hairy Goats-Skin where spots and botches did appear so unlovely as I was much disgusted at the sight of them But while I was viewing them first the one rent this outward Deformity in twain and likewise the other following the example of the first did also rend open And I beheld two sweet amiable Children came forth from within this deformed Figure but at first sight they were as Babes still-born Upon which I took up one and it soon revived with all motions of Life and answerably the same vigorous Spirit manifested it self in the other so as I saw them able to stand upon their Legs and so the Vision shut up in the Formality of it and opened it self in the Spirituality as I thereupon waited After a little season the Spirit thus spake within me What have you seen in these two strange pieces of Deformity but a rough and unclean Vestment that is so ignominious Behold and see your own vile Bodies thus pourtraied out while that ye do bear those uncomly Shapes which as a Vail shall rend away that so the truly begotten of the Ghostly Body may appear Who is as those innocent and all-beautiful Babes that have been shut up under a Covert as in a twofold Body As first that thick and cloudy smothering Body of Sin Secondly the very visible form of Corporiety which is but a disgraceful Image being the product of a degenerate Spirit Which with the other must be put off For corruptible Humanity in its fleshly Figure is too mean for the high Birth degree of the Eternal Spirit Though it may be suffered for a time as a disguised Cloathing till that which is born without Sin be strong enough to break through the rough humane and Animal Beast that was ever designed for a Sacrifice That so all brought in by the Fall might come to be anatomized that in the room thereof another Body might rise not only like what was in Paradise but one Degree yet higher according as your Jesus hath assumed a more transparent Body As these things were plainly discoursed of to my Spirit an Objection did arise How this twofold Body should come to be so demolished while we live in this visible Sphere as no more to appear in its sinful Frailty or Elementary Ponderosity Having not heard or seen any one that hath yet so put off the vile Body though hereunto incited and prophesied of that such a Change is upon the Inward and Outward Man to come but it hath not yet happened in this Orb. Nay our Lord Jesus himself did not alter his humane Figure to endure till he had ascended out of all mortal sight and though after his Crucifixion he did appear and disappear at pleasure yet he always assumed a body like to ours as bearable to the view of those whom he delighted to shew himself unto in and after his Resurrection Therefore though he had no Body of Sin to put off yet he had a Body of Mortality which was not put off to the humane Eye till he gave up the Ghost of his Animal Life upon the Cross. All which strengthning the Argument that our Corporeity hardly in this Region admitteth of such a Transformation as thereby to pass out by and through a sublime airy Body in and among the high enthroned Powers and Dignities resident in the New Ierusalem This Doubt lay much upon my Spirit importuning a clear resolve that the mind of my God herein might be expresly revealed through
an immediate dictate which thus far I obtained Oh Soul true it is no one President there hath been that hath so wrought out the very Originality of all Impurity as to assume a Body of that Celestial Clarity as therein to walk up and down among Mortals yet that makes not against the possibility hereof for there is that to come that yet never was in existency Which still will steal upon the World by degrees as in the successive Ages some one miraculous thing or other will be produced which was not before For this very Unbelief hath sealed up the mighty Birth-working Power which still cries How can such Transmutations be as to come forth another Spirit actuating it self in a suitable Body Ah what Doubtings and Debates have been here about it So that Age upon Age hath nothing seen of the Resurrection-state because afraid to destroy the Body of Sin Which is the first Alteration that must be made before the outward Body can be translated And know this further whoever doth attain to the one hath Power and All-sufficiency for the other as they shall see it expedient to Metamorphose their gross Corporeity And though your Jesus did not alter his Humane Shape into any visible Body of Glory it was not through any deficiency that he could not do it but it was his pleasure that he would not do it Who knew his Times and Seasons when and for what Ends such Transfigurations were needful He coming into this World upon Suffering account that thereby Concuering he might have all Power to convey such a Spirit as might form to it self such a proportionable Body for all such as do give themselves to be made like unto him as he is now in a glorified state But your further Objection is that if possibly you should attain hereunto this World would be no fit Principle for such transparent Spirits and Bodies for to live in The Inhabitants here could neither bear your Transparency nor you their gross Corporeity attended traditionally with all Evil of Sin in some more refined in others visibly lascivious running into all Excess from which the true Eagle-Body will mount away But this understand that while ye have a Work and Service of God to do here in this Principle you will not want the Fence of a Spiritual Body to go in and out to meet the Sacred Trinity in the serene Principle And as Moses did when he did talk immediately with God was then put into a shining Body that was not known or understood which was laid aside as a Garment for that purpose that so he might speak with the Most Holy but as soon as he did come out from that Holy Place and Heavenly Parley he then put on that Form in which he might be known of the lower Orb. Think it not incredible that this and much more is again to be done as your Jesus did often change his Body though it was not known to the vulgar Eye Doubt not but such wonderful sufficiency will display it self from the pure contaction of the Sapphire Body Therefore proceed to keep among the Immaculate and Just Ones according to that present transferring Power which comply'd withal will produce a change internally till a Body be assumed invisibly as shall rend the outward Temple-Vail Then the Ark of the Living Testimony shall be known read and understood yet of none but the Disciplehood As your Lord did only appear unto his own in his risen Body so shall it be when you so risen are as to descend from the Heavenly Sphere Ianuary the 13th 1676 7. AFter this Conference and satisfying Resolve as to the matter of my doubt This Word was further spoke unto me through the Holy Oracle that all those Ceremonial Ornaments which the Priests were 〈…〉 were to illustrate and 〈…〉 glorious Transfiguration 〈…〉 required in that near approach and ministring Service in all the Tabernacle-Worship wherein we come to bow our selves before the Most High Therefore it was asked me how I did think it was possible for to see the glorified Person of my Jesus till I had put on the Priestly Robe of a New Body he being now ascended into the most Holy Waiting there till the whole Priesthood called and anointed to be of the same Order with himself do enter upon the same terms having offered up in Sacrifice the vile reproachful Body of the Flesh through the same Eternal Spirit by which your Jesus offered up his Body visibly as by a violent Death so yours by a voluntary mystical Transformation working invisibly Then what a most holy Melchizedeck-Spirit will ye pass into the Heavenly Place withal to effect in the true and eternal Tabernacle where the unchangeable Priestood is known in all the Celestial Orders for the accomplishing those Superiour Services required in that most Holy Place In which the pure Offerings celebrated will be no more grievous nor tedious because a Priestly Body is prepared to hallow and sanctifie incessantly the great Name of Iehovah and to proclaim in mighty Trumpet-sounds to the Ends of the Earth that the Kingly Priesthood is come with all the Tabernacle-Furniture revealed Which hath been concealed in Mount Sion only â—â—therto Types and Shadows of it have been manifested but now the real Thing it self shall be brought to pass in them who can hold out the Sanctuary Profession without turning aside or waving observing still their Nazaritical dedication Then the new Covenant will be confirmed upon you that their will need no more offering for Sin for a New Heart with the Law of the Spirit-written in the Heart as there will be no more a departing from the Mind of the Anointing For by this Fiery Law proceeding the Law of Sin within the Members where ever stirring will hereby be consumed For it is no more a weak literal Precept that now is given forth but the very Law-giver writes and engraves himself as an Endless Power of Life to obliterate and make void the Law of Sin and Death which to no other would ever have given place This is the Foundation-Work which the Spirit of your Jesus do first set about to pull down and demolish that which would be so great an impedimeâ—t and check to all this designed Reformation Now then let it be your Joy when you feel the Spirit of Burning is dispoiling all of Sin for that will perfect all the most holy Priesthood Ianuary the 14th 1676 7. UPon the Opening of the high Order of the Melchizedeck-Priesthood wherein I perceived such a deep Mystery lay hid as the Apostle himself had not fathomed But it was shewed to me that it was of great use to know and understand who this Melchizedeck was because thereto we had great reference For he had not only the denomination of a Priest to pronounce Blessings but a King to whom Tribute was paid for Abraham presented of the Spoil that he had taken and there Tiâ—led him the great King of Salem thus far the Scriptures give an