you can set sure footing to go over to this Ocean Sea therefore stay a while and provide them and then you will not slâ—…de Considering this in the Morning and knowing that all Presentations of this Magical Nature have their certain Effects which I have observed ever since I came under the Discipline of the Word of Wisdom who hath been my Glassy Eye to spy out things within that Ocean and having now from this new subject matter to exercise my Spiritual Senses in laying aside the Garment of my outward Sense which to the Intellectual Understanding is the great Impediment the Glass which represented these things became altogether Clear in me so that in seeing I did see being divested of all outward Covering For which Cause the Spirit of Wisdom doth take advantage when the External Reason is laid asleep and the Animal Sense drowned even then by Internal Idea's to manifest the Objects of the Inward Worlds Which was God's method for the discovery of his Mind in foregoing Ages or by any other way for the busie working of the Astral Mind of Reason is the greatest Let to Divine Vision this I can give witness to Therefore this Command I often have received from the Most Holy Inspirator to unstrip her from her dark Leaden Body which hath not the true Organ of Sight The holy bright Aiery Spirit can admit of no such clog it is like Saul's Armour to the nimble sprightly David it must be thrown off For there is for this an absolute necessity for such as will hold any free Parly and Conference with their now glorified Jesus they must come to be in the Spirit as John was when he in Vision saw and talked with him who was for that time without any touch or feeling any weight of his gross Corporeal Senses for he dyed out of them as he saith he was as one dead which made way for the opening of this New World's Scene and unclasping that Book of Revelation which before was hid and concealed But here riseth an Objection Who can fall into such a Trance and Sleep at any time when they would enjoy such close free manner of Communion with the High Principality of Glory The Eternal Word of Wisdom doth give this Answer to this Query True it is that no Natural Person can fall into this Divine and Spiritual Lethargy so as to still and quite suspend all operation of the Ratinoal Faculties for through these the fallen Birth-Life moves and acts and can never do Violence upon it selâ—… to seek its own Destruction for this iâ—… most Unnatural But where there is another Life Birth introduced and risen in opposition to this and that can prove its lawful descent out from the Eternal Womb of the Virgin-Body This may take authority and arise in its Magical Might and depress the Sensitive Life that hinders and clouds and keeps one back from these Seraphical Sights Now I say to this pure Essential Thing begotten by the Holy Breath and infused in let that potent Will which is free enter in and be one with this pure Conception then ye will soon master the Contrariety If at any time the Starry Birth in you should be unruly then make use of that precious Stone which into your Custody is put that can and will if put forth dash and crumble all into Dust which shall henceforth either within thy own Precinct or without make attempts against this high Birth state Which grow must still till it fills with Power every part to act a Tragedy upon the Serpent and all his fallen party that strives so hard and would have cut off the Tide and Stream which from the Sea thou didst steer and run so free that no Gally could be swifter then this strong Arm which as a Boat hath wafted thee over where now sit down and wait upon my Love-Ocean Heart This seems to be a Digression from that Thing Represented which is now returned to upon the Third Day after May the 28th 1676. I saw again in a Vision a Stream from this pleasant calm Sea of which I mentioned that for want of being suitably shod we could not pass over to it which gave much Exercise to my Mind thereby stirring up matter of Enquiry and Intercession to my God pleading from the Spirit of Jesus why that Gulph should remain betwixt this Ocean-Treasury and us Who had now declined and turned our Faces from all Things Terrestrial that so we might come to possess what Wisdom's Glass had opened of this Scene of Glory This being the Matter of my Contemplation after which in the Night falling into a Transical Sleep of a suddain I found my self in a Boat that did run with the greatest swiftness that neither the Bogs nor Quicksands which formerly I saw could stop it For the Waters from the Sea had risen high over all bringing me safe and secure to this Sea-shore where I was to sit down fixed upon the Mountain of Precious Stones there to choose and pick out what was of greatest value And when I came to my Spiritual Sense waiting for the Interpretation of this Vision it thus spake in me The Ocean Sea which thou didst see doth present God the Immense Deity who contains all full rich and weighty Substance and Treasury who by no Corporeal Spirit could ever be reached for there was a Gulph and Eternal Separation between as this boggy miery Passage did present thereunto But only by Sion born Spirits whom I have seen in the true Sorrow and Mourning because hereunto they could no Path find for sure footing whereby might be attained this rich Mine where all the desirable Good doth lie Now in tenderness and compassion unto thy sorrowful Spirit this Arm and Stream hath risen which represents thy Jesus who from the Ocean-Love of the Immense Deity doth to thee flow to bring thee back to the Head-Fountain where thou mayst come to know God the Holy Ghost covering thee as the Waters do the Sea till when upon this Jesus fix who this lovely Mountain of all Precious Substance is Where be thou sure now to look turning over every Stone till thou come to find that only Saphire Stone which will change gross Mettals into bright transparent Gold and shine through dark Bodies a flaming Light These things presented are to the Eternal Eye so to speculate upon as thereby thy whole Mind may be transmuted over hereunto in order to the fulfilling of what in Vision thou hast seen May the 29th 1676. O how unutterable was it What Joy did I feel upon this secret Parley which my dear Immanuel whose Words like Butter and Oyl did distil so that hereby was lifted up the Banner of my Hope that possibly we might yet live to see the Day of the Holy Ghost who out of his Mountain-Treasury is for to come to put an end to all Sin and mortal frail Impotencies under which we do yet groan looking and hastening for this Perfect Thing to come which will
it given me to understand the several Offices and Business belonging to each one of these to make ready for the Birth-Day and to protect this High-born One from the raging Floods the tempstuous Winds of the Adversary The Spirit 's Work is to reprove convince exhort counsel caution and comfort in order to the carring on this great Affair The work of the Water is another witness as you find it in you as a bubling Pool cleansing every part within that so not the least defect may be found in the Matrix whereout the Birth must open Then the Blood is a great Testimonial Witness and Evidence as in a mystical manner conveyed tasted and drunk down by them that do carry the matter of this Birth for it doth produce a vigorous Life that will be known and felt to refresh both Mother and Babe So keeping all these in their several acting-Properties they will be the clear evidence unto thee that the Ghostly Birth is working out it self Therefore with these three let thy Will-Spirit agree hereunto to throw out every misconceived thought For now all things must be new again by the Father Word and Spirit through this new Birth wrought That ye may come to a mighty Record among the New Jerusalem Stones where all are waiting this rising day to see because it will fix in thee an unknown Liberty both in Spirit and Body November the 21st 1676. It was also further expresly opened unto me that we were at present brought thus far as to witness these three as Spirit Water and Blood being Witnesses in our Earth which did fore-run the Ministration of the Holy Ghost For they must go before as the Ministration of Jesus who came by Water Blood and Spirit that is Death Life and Resurrection from which he passed and so must we As he did bear our Record in Heaven which will be a different thing though agreeing to one and the same end as thus the three first make way as the Water-Baptism into the Death the Blood into the Life the Spirit quickneth and giveth a Body of the Resurrection So the Ministration of Jesus hath its twofold Use upon us in order to the second thus which are to bear Record as the Father Word and Holy Ghost in our Heavens So here is to be understood the rising Degree or changing from Jesus in Spirit to that degree of Unity of Father Word and Holy Ghost all which agree to enter into a Virgin Mind thus prepared and in it after a high Mystical mauner themselves conceive so as to include them as one only Being contracting the Virgin-Will and Spirit with it self hereby becoming one inbred with it as that Heir who was darkly prophesyed of in Micah's day who said the glory of Israel was to come unto the Adullam the very pure Tabernacle of the Virgin-Nature born again of Water Blood and Spirit so made indeed a meet reception for this holy thing to be sealed up as in an unknown Pavilion or hiding Place of Strength which must be till it hath attained every measure and part to the growing big and filling up the Birth 's place with Breasts full of Milk the Spring Word of the Spirit diffusing into them the natural course of the Bloody Issue of Sin also stopping all which will be evident Signs unto you that are still apt to be questioning whether this Ghostly Birth is in you forming Therefore be still and wait for that great travelling hour that is to come upon ye before which sometimes ye will be in Pains and Heaviness because ye may meet with many a throw of Temptation all which will work the Birth forward therefore be not dismayed Oh Daughter of my Zion so long as thou walkest steadily not going out of Sion Court where you are to wait at my Council-Board to enquire what shall fore-run and be in that travelling Hour which will make great Spoil of the Mortal Shell which must break away at this great Birth-day Therefore look and expect this will make a mighty alteration for the Heavens will rend that the Throne-Spirits and Powers may descend as helps and Guardian defence and Witness-bearers to this Sion-Birth For which great Provision is aforehand to be made to answer to the greatness of the Sion state all of the rich concealed Furniture and Golden Cups Pots and Vessels at such a time as this will be brought out with all the rich Robes for those to wear who do attend upon this Birth Great and mighty Preparations thou dost see are hereunto expedient for to be Because this World is so blind ignorant and unbelieving that it will be no less needful to rebuke by all high and Spiritual Magnificency in the very height of Sion Glory and to outvye hereby not only vain pompous Glory but those Abominations and false exalted Lighâ—… set up in Temple-Worships as no better then false Births Coverings which will not be removed till this mighty Standard of this Holy Ghost come to be lifted up and set upon the top of Sion-Hill in Visibility November the 22d 1676. I saw as a Preludium of this rising Birth of the Holy Ghost a bright Firmament opne and all dignified with splendorous Stars some much more blazing then others And one Star encreased so great as it became like the Body of the Sun Which Vision was thus opened unto me after some days being called over in me by a fresh vivification of Spirit that shewed me that the one Star which I saw so suddenly encrease to that largeness as the very Body of the Sun it was the Virgin-Woman that was all to be encompassed with the Birth Light of the Holy Ghost which would arise out of that Orb at which the rest of the Stars that did encompass it should shout for Joy and be Witnesses â—…hereof at the opening of this greater Day-Star which should enlighten the whole Earth Oh this left great Amazement in me provoking to some travelling Sorrows for to see this mighty Wonder â—…rought forth as in Vision so existently in that Star who is hereunto by the Omnipotency elected A further Confirmation hereunto was the Idea of an Ark that was shut up floating up and down not upon muddy troublesome Waters which once covered all Mountains and Hills whenas the Deluge was upon the Old World but these Waters were pure and healing like the Waters under the Threshold of the Sanctuary that where-ever they came quickned unto Life And it was said to me Behold the Dove is in the Ark and will be this place of broad Waters that shall cover the Earth no more to kill or destroy but to save alive according to the New Covenant that all shall know God from the least to the greatest When out of this Ark the Dove shall flye with the Everlasting Gospel as the Olive-Branch which carrieth in it that oily Property we will kindle a sweet Fire that can mix with these pure Waters and not bâ—… quenched but still maintain servent heaâ—…
then in all former Ministrations whatever Oh now then to my Call and Cry within you take special Recognizance it is my Elijah's Voice that the Way of the Holy Ghost might be made plain and strait Take heed no Lyon or Wolf so much as once set their Foot on it Make your Watch still strong for slimy muddy Pits are on each hand the great Levia than there doth under Water lie waiting to see if here you do set your Feet awry For this subtle Serpent doth well know hereby all former and present Prophecyes will be prolonged if not cut off So that if by any means he could Ingulf you within this noisome Pit where all devouring Fish of Prey do lie which still would be eating out your Belief and Confidence in what do's lie beyond the Border of the Senses he will not fail to do so Because it is not for the gross but for the pure and immaculate Eye only to espy those Celestial Glories Whereof not only to the Sight I do here you my beloved Lambs invite but come I say and tast what in my upper Banquetting-House is to be found to which ye yet so high never ascended where the Ghostly Body upon the Crystalline Sea is set But stay yet ye must and ye must it not touch with unwashen Hands with strong scented Oil your Finger must drop while in this Dish ye them dip to give proof ye are a prepared Guest who have put on the Bridegroom your Robe this will be your Tickets Testimony that right you have to eat of this choice Mess which only for the Bride and Bridegroom are set forth Though with many sweet and pleasant Fruits I have out of my Paradisical Garden you fed and with the Spirit of the Vine I have your Thirsts often satisfied yet none like or to be compared to this Therefore it is reserved as the strong Meat which only those that are come to ripe and perfect Age can bear thereof to eat Therefore go thy way and be comforted that ye are entred into Love's Eternal Calendar and may assuredly of this last and great Gift partake as ye shall in the bright Temple grow reaching to the full Stature of your Jesus To which Coming fear not but your Father will equally dispence the Holy Ghost as his free Benevolence Grow grow get up to this high Nativity with all speed The Most High hath great need of such worthy high Disciplined Spirits to go forth bearing the Heavenly Trophy and Banner of Glory which may take away fallen Nature's reproach How much will it be the joy of Wisdom your Mother to see you come up through all Tribulations to inherit the Antient and Royal Seat near unto that Great King your Prince and Personal Saviour through the introducing of his pure Spirit and Nature without which ye never had been capable of so high a Calling as to have fellowship with him not only in the Knowledge but in the joint Possession without any defraud as ye shall see impartially when this Ghostly-Dove with her Cherubin-Wing doth with all Power upon you rest so as no more from you ever to flye or withdraw O run hard still cry knock and call I will assure thee from the Word of a God it shall abundantly answer to all A Memorandum March the 13th 1675 6. FRom the 6th of this present to the 13th I have been exercised in great Conflicts upon and through a sudden surprize upon the mortal part of my Companion and Fellow-Labourer in that Paradisical Husbandry he being smote and struck as with a Leviathian Dart upon his Animal and Vital Spirit the first time was on the Monday being abroad upon his returning home which went over again The next Day about the same time a Feaver took him and in great Violence ceased on his Heart and so he wrestled a good space of time in great Anguish which so affected me that I drew in and awakned a great Travel for his escape from these Sorrows of Death which had so ceased upon him I having had some warning of an imminent Danger and Peril which I saw the Night before he was first affâ—…cted and came down to advertise him hereof before he went from home As thus there was a deep Pit with great Swelling Waters under which the subâ—…il Levia than with his outstretched Jaws did lie to grasp in such as near there did walk Now the Doctor with my self being that way to pass I heard a word uttered Be ware come not too near it is a dangerous place Upon which I watchful was and took good heed and avoided it that the Doctor might not therein be ingulphed but draw off with all speed Which did predict there was some Danger nigh this being the Pit of Death as by the effect thereof soon did shew it self But the mighty Jehovah hereunto a Counter-check did give to reverse what the destroying Angel was upon executing For this second assault was very grievous being upon Tuesday which did abide on his vital Spirits from 4 in the Afternon till 10 at Night In which interim a Daniel's Spirit did come down which in us did Pray with mighty fervency winged up by Faith as knowing that in this ascending Power stood our help For after I had ceased and the Doctor began to Pray I saw a bright Star dance about his Bed and a Word came with it unto me I have heard and I will deliver for my own Name sake out of the present Jaws of Death This was a signal Evidence that Saving Health was near and that in this Hour of Exercise Jesus with his Healing Vertue would appear which soon after was witnessed So the Pains for that time were asswaged and he slept that Night and the next Day had respite So as we did hope this Storm was gone over But on Wednesday Night he found himself ill again So together we did seek the Lord for his Counsel whether or no he might venture upon some outward means to help to remove that violent Humour which by that strong Leviathan would have grasped away his Life For without permission from the Court and College of our Spiritual Physicians we dared not to adventure because we had committed the whole Cure of this deadly Wound to those All-healing Soveraign Powers While then we were supplicating and soliciting to know the Mind of Wisdom â—…erein this Word came It is suffered â—…n condescention to the instability of â—…our Faith however by Grace the corruptible Drugs shall be changed in their Constitution and Quality for else they in this case could not be available For know that my secret Medicine must be the Preparative Then after this the Doctor was free to take a Powder which gave him two or three Vomits and Purgations On Thursday Morning after which he was very cheerful and thought himself to be eased of his weight and talon which had so terrified him but after he had Dined it beset him again more fiercely and violently then at
Holy Place p. 294. The Seven Compassings p. 298. The Golden Fleece ibid. The Uncloathing of Joshua the High-Priest p. 299 A 〈◊〉 against the Composition-Poyson p. 303. The Consubstantiation of the Heavenly Bread p. 304 The Gourd ibid. The Jubilee 305. The Covering of the Son of Man p. 306. The Pot of Manna and the Bowl of Oyl ibid. The Fair Achsah presented to Othniel p. 307. The All-Golden Grain or the true Masculine Spirit p. 309. The New Creation p. 311. A great Battel against it from the Dark and middle Worlds p. 31â—… A Renewed Evidence hereupon of the Resurrection Body p. 316. The Dew of Hermon ibid. The Swan-like Washings p. 318. The Return of the Beast to the Lake and the Chaining up of the Dragon p. 〈◊〉 323. The Name aâ—…d Mark of the Lamb p. 321. The Guardian Eunuch p. 324. A sâ—…t Battel from the Outward Worldly Principle p. 527. The Captain of the Lords Host appears to the Combatant p. 329. A Call to the Shulamite p. 350. The Shulamite's Obedience so this Call p. 331. The Blessing of Zebulon p. 332. Vision and Fruition p. 333. The Golden Globe or the New Mold of Imagination p. 334. Rules for the Government of the Imagination p. 337. The Lamb's Book p. 340 344. The Lamb's Feast p. 341. Ejaculations after the Lamb 's Great Appearance p. 345. His Fountain-Body unsealed ibid. The Golden Mist or the Circling Breath of the Deity p. 346. The Holy Incense p. 349. The Healing Word p. 352. The Eâ—…postulation of the Spouse p. 354. The Bridegroom's Answer by his Spirit p. 357. The Marriage-Union p. 360. The Working Mines p. 362. The Divine Chymist p. 364. The Chrysolite p. 366. The Virgin in Labour to bring forth her First-born p. 367. A Râ—…sentation of the Lamb and of his Bride Triumphant p. 369. Her Cup of Blessing p. 372. The Royal Purchase p. 374. Wisdom's Wardrobe or the Virgin Rayment p. 375. Repeated Cautions and Reproofs from the Importunate Lover to his Beloved that she might hasten out of the Land of her Captivity p. 376. The Eunuch-Spirit or the Sabbath of Rest p. 380. A New Onset causing an Interruption in the Spiritual Calling p. 382. The Sabbatical City p. 383. The Breaking through of the Divine Glory p. 384. The Oracular Glory speaking Mouth to Mouth p. 386. The Ministration of Elisha p. 387. The Comforters Message from the Bridegroom p. 392. The Day of the Spirit p. 394. A fresh Attack against the Spirit of Faith p. 396. The Covering of wrought Gold interwoven with Scarlet Silk p. 397. The Caterpillars p. 399. The Viâ—…eyard or the Magical Ground p. 401. The Weighty Drop p. 403. The Life of Divine Soveraignty or Man is become as one of us p. 404. The Gods ascending out of the Earth p. 406. Ahasuerus or the King as the Banquet p. 408. Esther's Preparatory Fast p. 410. Her Feast and Petition p. 411. Mordecai and Haman or the Princely Spirit of Faith and the Insulting Spirit of Reason p. 413. The King's Answer to Esther's Petition p. 416. The Flying Horse of Power ibid. The United Crown or the Nazarite Covering p. 418. The Burning-Wheel or the Spirit 's Workmanship p. 419. What it is to be a Standard-Bearer of the Spirit p. 420. The Seraphim covering the Wheels of Nature p. 421. The Progress of the Wheel-Work p. 424. The Cherub-Tent p. 425. The Way of the Spirit cleansed by the Cherubim Oracle p. 426. Wisdom's Armory disclosed ibid. It is broken up by the Mighty Cyrus p. 427. The Sign of the Son of Man p. 430. The Binding of the Four Winds p. 432. The Olive-Tree or the Sealing of the Deity p. 433. The Mystery of the three Heavenly Witnesses p. 435. The Ternary of Witnesses on the Earth p. 437. The Unity of these Three p. 439. Adullam or the pure Virgin-Tabernacle p. 440. The Great Day-Star p. 442. The Ark floating upon the Waters of the Sanctuary p. 443. The Seven Sealed Doors p. 444. The Transmutation into Birds p. 445. The Interpretation hereof p. 446. The Accusers Opposition to it p. 449. The Victory gained by the Spirit of Faith p. 450. Another Defeat of his Dark Magick p. 451 455. The Basis of the First and Second Creation p. 452. The Birth of Immanuel guarded against the Dragon p. 454. The Coming of Elias p. 455. The Conquering Bow or no Conquest no Portion p. 457. The Sword of the Lord in Gideon's Hand p. 458. The Fruits springing from One Eternal Element p. 461. The One Elementary Body p. 461. The Garden-Plantation p. 463. The Olive-Berry p. 464. The Strong Force of United Spirits p. 466. A Resolution of some Queries relating to the Wonder-Woman p. 468. The Wilderness-Temptation or Floods of Jealousie cast out against the Woman p. 476. The three Ghostly Bodies p. 479. The Three Distinct Births of the Spirit further unfolded p. 480. A Prolongation of the Outward Life promised to some that are to Open the First Seal p. 484. The Messengers of the Isaac-Birth p. 485. The Excellency of this Third Birth above the two former p. 487. The Young Elephant p. 091. A Letter of Resolution in Answer to some Objections sent from a Learned Physician to the Publisher hereof upon occasion of the English Edition of The Letter to some Divines concerning the Question Whether since Christ's Ascension God doth any more Reveal himself to Mankind And may for the like Reason refer to this present Work p. 493. How are Spirits to be discerned p. 499. Two Testimonies for the Ministration of the Spirit Revived The Testimony of Dr. J. P. the Author 's Follow Traveller The Testimony of Mr. T. B. An Advertisement WHereas in the Year 1683. there was Printed a Treatise of that Inlighten'd Philosopher and Profound Divine Dr. John Pordage this Author 's most Intimate Friend entitled THE OLOGIA MYSTICA or the Mystick Divinity of the Eternal Invisibles viz. the Archetypal Globe or the Original Globe or World of all Globes Essences Centers Elements Principles and Creations what soever wherein many Deep and Hidden Mysteries have been Unfolded from a Ray of the Divine Light and the same though Published with great Disadvantage to the Author's Memory and the Great Things therein deliver'd has excited in several Searching Spirits are eager and longing Desire to see the rest of his Writings made Publick This is to give Notice that Leave having been at last obtained after many reiterated Solicitations from the Executors of the said Dr. John and of Mr. Francis Pordage the Publisher of this Book will undertake to Gratifie the World with all the Theological Theosophical and Philosophical Works of the said Illuminated Son of Wisdom which are come to his Hands if there shall be any suitable encouragement given to such a Design The Titles whereof are these that follow viz. Mystica Philosophica or a Treatise of Eternal Nature wherein the Distinction of God from Nature is Discussed and many Weighty Questions both Physical and Divine relating
out this Parable for here is Meat for the Strong November the 4th The Opening of this Parabolical Vision IT was now given me to understand what this did drive at The first Angler that went representeth the Forward and Willing Mind that a Fishing would go to draw up out of the Broad River wherein the Everlasting God is to be understood who is said to be the Place of Broad Rivers in which holy Spirits as in their proper Element do live and swim Flesh cannot live in Water but Fish is of another kind which nature the Holy Ghost doth present as a Similitude for the New Creation that will live and move much in the Watery Element which is a Degree much beyond the Earth though under Purgations by Fire Neither is Fish so gross or corruptible but they are still under a Washing Stream and therefore not used for Sacrifices in the Old Law Whereas all that is of Flesh is by that ordained for Burnt-Offerings that it may pass through the Purgation in the Flames of the Altar Now what the Sea and Rivers of this kind do feed and generate must signifie a Generation of Creatures that is nothing so course and bruitish as are the Earthly Beasts But from this it was shewn me that this River figureth out God himself and the pure Angelical Spirits that move in God as in the Glassy Sea wherein contained are the vast Riches that none in Flesh can see nor fathom till they changed be into such a Body as in God their Watery Element to live and there to swim and dive for the unutterable precious Stones to bring them up according as need doth require It is not the Angling upon the Outside of the River but the Adventuring into it will obtain the desired Prize And consider what Bait is to be the attracting Matter to draw both Spirits and Substances of this unto us Now then it may needfully be inquired into what this Bait compounded of is for drawing Angelical Spirits that will also soon draw us after them It was thus hereupon delivered to me that it must be the Composition which consisteth of all those excellent Virtues and Properties that were and are in the Spirit and Nature of JESUS For no other can attract and take in God but what is so much like to God who must be Signatured upon us For else it will be as fruitless as when the Disoiples went a Fishing till the Lord the true Angler come no Draught could be fetched up Even so this is to Instruct us that we examin whether or no we upon this High and Worthy Undertaking do carry our full and compleat Bait with us which is the precious smelling Spikenard of an humble meek and clarified Mind that expresly answereth to the very Mind of JESUS Then doubt we not that we shall fail of drawing to us Spirits sublime that live in that pure Climate where we shall with them most willingly back plung in and in a pure Body swim always under the Stream of these Waterings Jesus the Lord our Bait and Angle will be Then in what Riches shall we excell Oh this all-worthy is of our Consideration in the Element of this Water of Life how to live and appear for a while as Drowned and Dead till that we shall arise and swim with the rich Pearl in our Mouths Then will it be cryed This the Christ indeed that hath the great Draught brought up through sinking down into Faith's Obedience Who now venture will to walk upon these Living Waters wherein the Healing Medicine is but such Hero's in the Faith as will not afraid be to dive into the Bottom of this River deep For otherwise the Rich Prize which is in the Fishes Mouth can never be caught up The Wise in Heart who by the pure Spirit have been taught will what is by the Parable meant well understand November the 7th The Magical Journey § 1. IN my Spiritual Journey on to the Land of all Blessed Stores a Figure hereof was acted Magically before me I being carried to a Gate which was so narrow and strait that there was no getting through but by creeping upon the Knees and that with great Difficulty too And so led on was I still till at length I came to another Gate which was somewhat more easily to get through then the First but strait enough So passing on yet further there was a two Leaved Gate but the One Leaf opening was fitted exactly to my Stature in Heighth and Breadth which gave entrance into a Place where neither Beginning nor End was to be found And I said what make I here alone And the Invisible Guide that led me through these three Gates answered that There would be some others that would come after me when they did hear where such a vast Plantation was which was to be replenished with all sorts and kinds of good things and yet no Toil Labour or Care required is But know that it is appointed only for Wisdom's high Magicians to Act here their Powers that had passed through all her strait Gates § 2. This Presentation and the Advice attending it was very powerful which still I called over and searching deeper to have the Exposition of the Gates given unto me by and from the dropping Unction For though my Spirit saw nothing but an Infinite Space yet such a Perfuming Gale I felt as if all manner of Flowers were growing But this Word came also to me saying Here is the Place for Love's Kingdom to grow with its Natural Inhabitants that have left behind the gross selfish Love That must not come here for that it is that makes the Passage so strait § 3. For as much as none can come in till they be unstripped and uncloathed of the low sensual Nature For in this place all that counted worthy shall be to come in here with thee must put on Transfiguration and act in the Supercelestial Philosophy as holy Magus's that skilful are to work in the Furnace that maintained is from the One Burning Element which giveth the High Superelementary Matter the Composition whereof maketh up the Store of all Acting Wonders Here then on a sudden did I in my Spirit view several Persons so Divinely Modified in their Bodies that in this Mystery highly Learned were that would sound forth such a Spirit from themselves that might give an Existency and Being to whatever they pleased to will sometimes raising up Golden Tents to go in and out and at other times making some places which seemed all empty and bare to spring up with wonderful Plants that perfectly did yield their Fruit appearing in a Golden lustre of Brightness that was said to be Magical Food for the Inhabitants hereof to live upon In other Places they without digging or moiling did bring up Mines of all precious Stones and Golden Oar which was at the command and service of these Princely Spirits that did walk up and down here And whereas I thought at my first
unbelieving as to be terrified although ye should like Elisha be encompassed with Legions of contradicting Spirits Which may happen to prove what Magnanimity and Spirit of Faith ye have to trust unto And whether or no ye will resort to this Treasure that lately hath been broken up for you that ye might know where still to retire and on all ocasions go to seek out what Power and Armory of Strength ye shall need for your present Succour and Fortitude Oh towards this let your Eyes be most absolutely fixed for it is your Father's pleasure out of this Temple and Treasure-House to bless you Covet nothing here below but wait ye upon that liberal Hand which doth all out here command If ye can arrive to believe without doubting then ye shall see what weighty Draughts out of Wisdom's Deep you will be able to draw up at pleasure so as ye will no more need or regard to go down to this World 's enchanted Sorceries for aid All and enough you will have in your own Power Search and see what in this City-Treasury is as you are by Wisdom brought up hereunto Take boldness and freedom to ask and take what may make for your Preferment in all proportionableness to Christ your Head Who is the great Prince and Commander here and would have you dispatch and clear off all Earthly Scores and come after him with all your ascending Might where there is depth of Glory to drown ye out of all transitory Sight Remember ye that Word which he said and do now in Spirit aver it again to thee that all whatever the Immense Deity hath to the utmost and full extent of that fulness in all Riches Power and Greatness to an Everlasting Dominion is now possessed by this Jesus as his own in common with the high Throne-Majesty And hath power to entail the same where and upon whom he will By which Will ye are elected and chosen by this great and high Apostle to the same Profession and Participation of Power and Dignity as joint Heirs with him Therefore take heed that ye derogate not from this your high Calling but bear up to the Witness hereof and to the acknowledgment of the Father the Word and the Spirit of Wisdom all agreeing to empress the Mark and living Seal upon you that so right to all those wonderful and rich Goods that have been shewn you in the House of your God ye may jointly enter upon as your own Inheritance Hitherto ye have stood off in the mistrust and dispute whether or no ye might make challenge hereunto as being anxious of Sin and inaffected which indeed might well clip the Wing of your ascending Power and dash your confidence For no boldness indeed here could be till Jesus by Water Blood and Spirit did come to cleanse you fully and throughly from all Sin and Unrighteousness and thereby he himself became your Temple-Body as now ye may witness indeed Therefore Stowage is made for taking in of these precious things Open wide henceforth and let all in which shall drop from the Everlasting Oily Mountains and Heavenly Hills upon the pure Gardens of your pure Minds and whatever shall distill as upon my choice Lillies on the smooth Waters of Shiloh March the 19th Upon this Day is a large Transcript by Dr. P. of some Divine Opening which he thought good to conceal under a secret Cypher and may possibly relate to some Oppositions against this Temple-Work March the 23d 1675 6. On the Morning Watch as I was spreading the present distress of things this Word came to me Salvation Salvation and Victory The oppressed at last shall go free If zealous as Phineas he shall be for me His Eye is not to pity or spare but he is to rise up in his Priestly Power to kill and destroy that which hath his Nazarite Purity defiled and annoyed Then no more Curse nor Plague but all shall be stopt and staid I have attempted this Bloody Offering nothing more precious is to my Sight nothing like this could make way for the high ascending of my beloved Pilgrim who so long with Weights and Fetters from me hath been kept down and evermore by one or other was still bound Oh the free and undefiled Virgin-Spirit is for me who makes but one Heart with me This Word came very emphatically and powerfully and hath a weight speaking in them which my Spirit did breath out for their effect upon this beloved Nazarite that so all Plummets might be cut off and the Tomb-stone removed which did keep down his rising Body that is no more to be touched with mortal Senses being elected for a high and unparallelled Work which will admit of no hanging upon by any thing that is ponderous March the 24th 1675 6. A Breviate of the late Perils we were in HAving for some space of time encountred with high Storms great Blusterings one swelling Wave following another threatning to tear and to make a wrack and split our Ship in which we were embarked through the good Hand of the most high Wisdom Being now come within the sight of out Land-mark which so near was to be anchored upon such were the contrary Winds from the Troubler as to put us back again in this our Spiritual Voyage But the good Pilote whom the Seas and Winds must still obey was for and with us sending forth the Words of Power and Authority for this raging foaming Sea which cast up Miery Mountains to be still and quiet which otherwise would have sunk the Ark of our Faith which to the Praise of Jehovah was mightily in all these violent fumations born up and secured we being charged not to fear nor to move out here but still to hoist up that mighty Sail and to wait for that holy Breath and Wind Which none know but they that are in it from whence it comes and whether it will carry such as wholly confide in it as may be spoken by the Experienced For being in great Conflict upon the Doctor 's account whom the evil ones Malice was chiefly set against to keep him down from rising in his work having put such an Iron-Yoke upon his Neck and Burthen upon his Shoulder as grew more heavy and oppressing as his Sight was grown clear and Judgment sound having been a long time in great Sufferings under it which for the working Wheel sake which jointly we were engaged in I was often and much in private with my God for a total release and acquitment that whatever pestred and hung upon him now undesirable might be cut off For to me it was said again and again An untouched and free Nazarite from all Dalilah's thy Yoke-fellow must be or else under the Curb of this grievous Iron-Yoke which will crush and stop his Vital-Breath Powers so as to hinder the free passage and play of Wisdom's bright Star which alone will lie as a bundle of Myrrh in the Bosom of his pure Heart Single Chastity is all and the
a fruitful Womb always bringing forth that which may grow up to the Ghostly Fountain-Body To which giving heed thou mayst at the Mouth thereof set and draw up Water of Life I say of Life abundantly Fourthly Oh then love to live within thine own Fountain which is blessed desire not to taste of any other which may be Salt or Sweet or of a Mixed property Fifthly Wait upon the Effusion of this rising Sanctuary-River which will run till it become broad all over Which is the right and true covering of the Spirit Under this no evil surmisings can dwell all of that Nature hereout will be expelled at the opening Source of the holy Ghost Sixthly This is the true and everlasting Sign that shall no more be worn out nor be cut off but it shall be a sure Nail fastened within for the more signaâ—… and lasting Impression That thou maysâ—… see all shadowy Ministrations of little use and service to the Substantial thing Which will grow from the pure rarified Mind that hath got victory from superfluous Thoughts from which do thou divide and then another Spirit within thee will reside Seventhly Having considered thus the Immutability and Unchangableness of this substantial Thing growing from the pure Mind and of all the Thoughts therefrom arising and also considering the great Mutability and Instability of whatever groweth and proceedeth from the Imagination it remaineth that thou wholly divide and seperate thy self from every vain superfluous mutable and Imaginary Thought looking up only to receive such Idea's into thee as are Solid Necessary Immutable and Spiritual According to which thou art to try examine and prove whatever would enter into thy Heart and accordingly to Acquit or Reject them if thou wouldst remember to keep a true and perfect Sabbath unto thy Lord rising in his Spirit from all that is Earthly Elementary and Imaginary September the 6th 1676. My Friend being at Prayer my Spirit ardently joyning therewith This Word in the Heavenly Orb was spoke What shall be done for these diligent Seekers and Heaven-violaters who for the Kingdom thus persue Upon which Word pausing and finding that within my self to Echo hereunto I waited to hear what Answer would follow hereupon I then in my Spirit saw there was a demurr or consultation thereupon but had not at that time any positive Answer from the Lord. September the 7th 1676. In the Night I awaked upon some Voice that was uttered but could not remember what it spake And then I saw a Book that was opened of an unknown Print that I could not read it which also passed out of sight Then was this Word sounded forth Here are the Children of the Bride-Chamber who to me do cry for stronger Meat they have weaned themselves from the nutriment of the Breast telling me they can digest Spiritual Flesh. Then was let down a Charger to me with a Lamb that had been slain and the Word said Take hereof and eat this is Paschal Meat Then said I Lord not so this is raw and undressed who can feed hereof Then this was drawn up and behold one as in the Figure and Stature of a Man but not in a fleshly Image only the fashion of a Man all bright as the Body of Heaven for clearness out of his Mouth went a white Mist or Breath having seven Pipes or conveying Powers one of each side and another at the Navel where somewhat was as the Form of a Belly but all after a very lustrous manner Out of his Mouth went forth pure Breath and Air then out of the Pipes that were fixed on the Breasts sprouted Milk Then from the Heart went forth Streams of Blood and upon one side grew out a Branch bearing Olive-Berries then a Stalk which did bear some kind of large solid Grain Then on the other side from the Navel-Pipe did spring clear crystal-Crystal-Water After this manner did this Spiritual Body appear and said to me Draw near for this is the great Day of the Feast where the Spiritual Body doth convey it self in variety Here is high spirited Blood and Flesh for the strong in Spirit to digest Whoever can on this my Body feed Of no perishing thing he will have need September the 8th 1676. The Interpretation of the former Vision The Representation of this former Conveying Body of my Lord Jesus did not only affect my in-seeing Eye but by it I found my Life-Spirit fed succoured and strengthned The very sucking down these Spiritual Sweets as compounded all at one draught had their operative Power for some hours after And again this Morning they did plentifully give out themselves after the manner of a Conduit that hath many Pipes at once springing yet all in their Order and as soon as one stops another opens Oh who can of these deep Manifestations judge but such as are overtaken with these Golden Floods that from the glorified Body do thus open for the nourishing up of every part till we answer hereunto in a perfect lustrious Body like to like Which my Spirit prayed vigorously for seeking also to have a clear understanding of this Vision waiting in great and pure awe for my Immanuel to give me his Mind herein Who said to me By this is shewn thee what the Counsel of the Trinity hath determined to do for you that have out-grown the Child's Food Here are new and fresh sprouting Powers which will make my imbreathed Spirit grow into a Body As a Nazarite it is to be who must wait continually hereupon and must be under a restraint so as only to take in what these Pipes shall give forth that so the pure Crystalline thing may live in you which will Leaven you throughout Whereby the Most High and wonderful Consubstantiation will be effected to the glory of the New Creation Then I further queried about the Book and the Lamb which was first presented to feed upon It was said as to the Book though opened none could it read because we were not come to such a growth of understanding as being such as are newly weaned from the Breast Then it was opened to me concerning the Lamb that it was the Dying Dispensation which did go before the rising Living Body which quickens and brings to Life again as it is written I am the Lamb slain that is risen and do live to feed my Flock for evermore from that Body wherein is the chiefest store Then it was revealed to me that the Book which I saw opened was and still should have been sealed up had not the Lamb in me over Death prevailed but now the Seals are undone and it is given to the Redeemed for to look into it though not learned yet high enough to comprehend those great and wonderful things which are reserved for the full grown Spirit Who understands all of the high Tongue and Seraphick Canaan Language in which we shall be taught as we are strong and have aptness of Ability to take in from this sevenfold Fountain-spring of which
15. 26. were thus opened to me Here is a stock of Life to be given out in an absolute way of propriety but to whom is it but to the Royal Birth of such as are born into the Spirit Whereof ye who through strong travail are hither come are to be fellow-sharers in this Life with God the Son But ye are yet but young and do not understand what this Life will extend unto if preserved choicely you shall find in it the the root of that matter to work upon which is sufficient to create and translate according to the will and skill of thiâ—… Life-Operator Which derives a Power out of its own free Birth-center which hath no dependency out of its own Being Call to remembrance that saying Man is become like one of us and he would still have exercised the same authority as a God had the evil been only known and eschewed for which end Jesus hath sent his redeeming Spirit to clear off all your old Accounts as being found in the Debt-Book of Sin and also to convince you there is no necessity that you should run one Mite more upon that score ye being born of a free estate of Righteousness of your own which now you are charged to expend upon For in the time of Ignorance before you came to know what was sown in your Ground ye might be more excused But now I have revealed where doth lie the rich Revenues of the all-sufficiency ye need neither seek ask or borrow did you know â—…ow to stir up and awaken your own Magia Through which all wherein you have been taught must throughly â—…e wrought as the mighty Engineer to bring forth what hath lain under the Vail of Faith and Hope Plunge plunge â—…et deeper in within the Circle-Birth of â—…his pure thing October the 25th 1676. As I was considering of this Discoursive Opening of the Spirit it was immediately confirmed to me by a presentation after this manner The Word said Behold the Idea of another Paradisical Sphear I saw a Tree spring suddenly out of a great River with three laden great Branches then sprang divers more young Plants all sprouting from the Veins or Strings from this one Tree Each one with no more then three Branches but of different growths Some new budded others bearing Flowers in order to Fruits others grown to palpable Fruit. All round about this one Tree Upon which it was said to me These are as so many Gods which are ascended out of the Earth to replenish that which lay void and desolate Here each one hath and is growing up in a Life of Subsistency and Almighty Soveraignty deriving all this Power and Might from the Tree of Life Which sheds its Kernel-Seed into this River for such is the Nature of this Thron-River that it no sooner falls in but it springeth immediately into this threefold Form of the Deity O stagger not neither be confounded at this for except ye had been born again of this Water and Tree of Life that sheds the Golden Seed of the Spirit ye should never have known the existency of a Life-Soveâ—…aignty Therefore to you not only the â—…ight and Spring of Understanding is â—…iven but the everlasting Life-Line from his Tree doth run free because you have â—…rned in your Spirits and hearkened to â—…y Inspirations But remember your â—…ife hath many subtle treacherous â—…riends that pretend to it that will say â—…s Peter did far be it to thee to give up â—…e loss of all the old Life and only rest â—…bsist and alone depend on this But â—…ow this is but the tempting Voice of â—…e Serpent as in the days of Eve by â—…hose Fall be thou aware And now â—…hile ye are but Infants suck and draw â—…ightily from this Tree of Life and you â—…ill soon grow to be strong to have this â—…se trusted in your own management â—…o you whose Ears are so open to hear â—…e I do greatly delight to commune with â—…ou that if by any means I might encourage you to hold out and not slide back from my Precepts Which will assuredly entrust you in all Zion heights and Spirit depths of unfathomed Treasury Now haste haste to your covering Strength of Glory your Nazarite Hair while abiding in this Paradisical Sphear will soon grow upon you that so therein may be your defence from all Philistines Powers Now then in Jehovah Magnanimity abide with me his Spirit evermore to dwell and be So Amen dear Lord I pray thee October the 26th 1676. Being met together to attend the Manifestation of the Spirit by which we might profit each other in the Afternoon as the Dr. was praying this Word came to me Make use of the present Opportunity when ye have the King at the Banquet then is the time to prefer your Request Upon which waâ—… brought to my remembrance the wise Pâ—…licy of Esther to King Ahasuerus Which that Night was more opened enlarged and applied for our present and further Peace Joy and Encouragement to follow on to know the whole Counsel of our God concerning us who now revealeth all Secrets by the Spirit who presented Mordecai in the Person of himself being left to him as Orphans The whole trust care and charge being cast upon this faithful Mordecai to bring us up to that degree of Humility Meekness Courage Zeal of Life and to all sweet Spiritual Disposition of Mind that the King the Father might greatly desire us for herein consisteth our Beauty and Comliness which is so taking Vashti was refused because of Arrogancy and Disobedience but Esther finds favour being mild and pliable yielding to her Guardians Commands though to the peril of her Life So assuredly said this Comforter Be ye but wise and obedient to me who will put you upon nothing but what I do fore-see will arise for your great promotion and considerable advantage as ye my dictates shall obey Who do make use of this History of the Scripture yet that my Mind may be more easily understood you not being able to bear nor understand me in my own Tongue till further learned For which I am come down to your understanding through the Skreen of the Letter October the 27th 1676. Now this Morning it was set before me according to the Example of Esther that for a certain time it was expedient that we should sanctifie our selves by a true Fast in pure Abstinency from their Assembly-Feasts 2dly From tasting any thing that is ministred from this gross Element but to draw apart from all keeping our Internal part from being defiled shutting up from all reminding only the overturn of Haman's device That great subtle Adversary that had laid the Plot against the new introduced Life to cut it off before the King had put Honour upon it to bring it through the City-Royal upon his own Eagle-Body of Power Now seeing the malicious design of the Serpent with all his Confederacy was gone very far in this matter there was no other way to reverse the
me Suffer these Wheels to turn in thee though it be painful rejoycing that ye are come to dwell under this Cherub-Covering where under abiding with all wariness the Eagle-Bird may fly out thece in great Might Strength and Glory Which Words I took great Observation of for much is to be understood therefrom as is to be believed in by us whom it concerns This Day in the Evening at our own private Meeting in which the Lord did much appear with us it was given me to speak from the new covered Earth which was once as a solitary parched Ground but now it was shewed me that it is now become all covered with the utmost variety of springing Flowers all flourishing which will still abide in us so long as the Water-Courses keep their due springing Tides with the Spiritual Constellations opening from the Cherub-Bride who dwelleth in that hot Beaming Body of the Sun that reneweth Life to every growing Plant that is brought forth under the Cherub-Tent Oh here I did see in some few a fruitful Field or Soil and a full replenished Garden which invited him who is our true Seeds-man in to view and see what might be more eminent and excellent in us to engage his walking presence with us In whose company we do witness the out-breathed scent of what is planted by his own Hand November the 4th 1676. This Day going out I suffer'd loss meeting with some scatterings which for that space stopped the Wheel-work which being sensible of I had no quiet till the holy Watcher came down and moved it forward again clearing all that did clog and made it move heavily This Word with an Emphatical Power to me came saying Oh wherewithal shall a Young Man cleanse his Way but by taking heed unto my Word which was further confirmed by another ecchoing Voice a little space after Regard this as a seasonable Warning So that from hence it was fully set home upon me that every speaking Word from under the Cherubim Oracle from whence the holy Sound does pass the Light thereof is to be obeyed in all things And it would be as the Burning Wheel refining and making pure for no longer then our Minds and Hearts as the High-way of the Spirit are cleansed can I said the Holy One walk there For my delightful Pace is through the green and flourishing Path where on either side Plants of Righteousness do stand all in their Youthful Statures November the 5th 1676. This Morning it was said to me There was a secret reservatory where the hiding of all the Armory Power was Then something of a strong fenced Place standing upon a Hill was shewn me which was so high that it would be very difficult thither to ascend Which caused great thoughtfulness in me In which interim of time the Dr. coming in to Pray this Vision passed away and I understood nothing more of it that day But while the Dr. was in a very contrite frame so expressed by Prayer this Word concerning him was spoken The humble Person I will save whose Cause I have heard and will plead Which giveth a new Sealing Witness to all former Words that the Love-Eye looketh still towards those that are lowly of Heart taking heed to the inspeaking Word watching daily thereunto November the 6th 1676. This Night the Wheel-motion was very restless in me to find out this Armory Power of which I had a presentation greatly sollicitous was the Spirit of Prayer pleading to find an entrance into that secret place where I was assured the hiding Gifts of Eternal Powers were concealed Which being found that would then by a willing suffered-force be fetched out to effect the great and high intent of that mighty Cyrus who will be raised as that principal Shepherd to go before us unto this strong fenced Place Who said unto me Be still thy Time is not yet fulfilled to enter this Tower of Strength There is an Eagle-Bird under the Cherub Wing which is a hatching for which you must wait a while till it is all fletched and flig that only can mount you up It must be this Eagle Eye that can fly so high to face this secret Place upon which the Sun-Beams do lie so hot that no other can come nigh her It is but fruitless Labour to climb up with a ponderous Body to the top of this Mountain Therefore keep close and warm under the Dove's Wing and your Spirit will answerably grow into the Nature of a swift flight to reach to this place Which is called by the Name of Shammah the everlasting Armory of Wisdom and Strength lieth there to be drawn out by such as can assume the Eagle-strength Oh hereunto watch with all heed and keep under the overshadowing Wing that ye may come hereunto at one Flight that ye may be out of all further care and fear This is so strong a Fort that commands all Worlds that stand under it They will indeed find the impregnable Power who do attain the full growth of this swift winged Might Then it will be in your own Power to scatter and make fly whatever opposeth you from the Spirit of Enmity all which shall be subdued from the Armory of this strong Tower that henceforth to you who are diligent Seekers shall be opened Look and see for the Eagle-Shell is assuredly upon the crackling November the 7th 1676. At this time it was much upon my Spirit to seek and make after that which might evidence not only to our selves but to the unbelieving World round about us that the Life-acting Power was with us For else whereby should we be able to make out our conjunction with the Spirit but by stretching forth the full Banners of it as the great Testimonial Witness of the mighty Presence taken up in us As I was deep upon this Consideration this Word from the Lord came to me saying What more signal Sign can you desire to demonstrate your true Spiritual Birth by then this that you have not heard of and seen the Sign of the Son of Man in the Heavens as Distinct from you But behold this is given you the very same to be which in its time will shew it self to be the Son of God by and through the Resurrection from the Dead Till which time ye must suffer under a Vail in Conformity like to your Jesus who was of no reputation in the World as giving him no Credit nor Honour till by Death they saw the Vail rent and the Earth shake then they began to be convinced that this must needs be the God-Man Even so on thou must proceed to give witness by thy Death mystically as he did naturally give proof thereof by Rocks rending and Earth-tremblings which will be at the yielding up of the Ghost This happily somewhat hath been reached to but yet there must be an open shew thereof Crucifixion is a lingring Death let the Blood and Water so freely out-run from thee that may bear Record to all that thy
Spirit is ascended into the Father's Bosom From whence may be expected thy return to bring down that Spirit which will raise that Body thro which that Signal Sign shall be manifested that can assume Authority to release what hath been in Captivity And ye shall go forth with the Scepter dominion Ye have but this one thing to effect to shew out your selves risen from the Dead Then you will find that every Breath which proceeds from you is of such force as to command the whole Heavenly Host. November the 9th 1676. As I was this Morning cast into some perplexity about the instability which I found my self incident unto that I could not keep afloat upon the broad River still to swim in the full Stream of the Spirit But some entervenings would happen to stop my pace and prevent if it might be the arrival to that most sweet and blessed Port which hath been designed for us I for this called in the High Throne-Councel to know what shall be done for us who are sensible of these petty sinkings When the Lord hath given the Word to come after him though it be upon a boisterous Sea could we steer our Course upon Faith's Boat the floating tossing Sâ—…a would soon come to be Calm But oh my staggering Spirit is not to such a steadiness come as with my Jesus all like a Spirit there to talk with him who may yet now again be seen to walk in the deep Ocean These things being the matter of my Meditation and Consultation with that Word which was to me very nigh it suddainly cryed within me thus What stability can ye come unto till the four Winds are with-held which awaken the old condemned Life in all its Essences Then was presented a Hand from under a Wing which knit up these blasting Winds that they might not hurt the new replenished Field out of which are expected the Seven Years Plenty Then hereby I saw it was only this strong Eagle-Hand which could the rough East-Wind stay that caused those swarming Flies to bâ—…z and make a noise sucking away those Honey-Dews so soon as they do fall It was also further noted to me that these Winds were of that evil consequence as to put to wreck the Sailing Ship of Faith whereby all the out-ventured stock of Life is to be brought in These four Winds were also named to me as 1 st Wormwood 2 dly War 3 dly Anguish 4 thly Destruction These being let loose did blow up the Natural Senses breathing fresh Life every moment into them So maintaining the Spiritual War For so long as the carnal low Sense liveth and is hereby revived it will be active after many a deadly stroke to nullifie that supersensual Life of Revelation that cannot take its place till these Life-breathing Winds be bound up Then was shewed me an Engraving like a Seal with the Emblem of an Olive-Tree with three branches and it was said to me When ye are Sealed with this living Print you then shall know a fixed Life These Winds can no more hurt if once they may but stop till ye are feelingly impressed with this Olive-Tree This is another manner of Life then what is subject unto Mutability For what is greater then for the Life of the Holy Trinity to be appropriated penetratingly by way of Sealing Now for this great preparation thereto is required the one pure unleavened Lump all passive without Life to receive the Impression Which accordingly was performed by the overshadowing of the Dove that gave the living Witness of being Baptize into the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost By which the Contrary Winds were restrained that they could not blow up the dark Mists and Fogs any more So from hence feeling in me a pure Serene Calmness the Powers of the Eternal World did let fall sweet pleasant Dews from which the Fruitful Sharon did spring to entertain the Trinity within the circumference of this holy Ground which is now so strongly enclosed and fortified that nothing common or unclean can pass hereunto for the pure Winds from the Heavenly Element gave forth a new fresh Air all clear and bright so that in the Light thereof liberty was given for Holy Walks as in a Supercelestial Region there to take up the Souls true Central Rest. Even so sweet Jesus never let me venture out lest those perilous Winds should me overtake to unfix me out of the even Temperature wherein all stability will the Mind most safely and securely Fix November the 12th 1676. Now upon this Sealing opened and enlarged the great Mystery of the three Heavenly Witnesses which gives light to the Understanding and makes it capable of knowing and comprehending the Souls true Originality as to what it was what it is and what it is to be what it was in its first pure State then how it fell and lastly what it is to be and after what manner to be restored In which three Particulars these Witnesses do unfold themselves and bear Record but the chief and principal of these is the Third or the Restoration whereby God raiseth the Fallen Tabernacle going forth in a new Creation and Formation to produce a suitable Habitation for himself wherein the Father doth in the first place record his own Name which is demonstrated in opening a Flood-gate of Love expressed in the Gift of his Son not only to be born for us but be born in us bearing witness that we are hereby passed from the Misery Death Curse and the Wrath of God into the Liberty and Similitude of the Deity it self wherein the Righteous and Immaculate Nature of Jesus doth spring as the Lily in the Valley For it is not a bare Record or Report of these Witnesse but it is an essential Body All-Deiform which is a Record that can never be obliterated for that the Holy Ghost is the sure Pledge hereof which doth keep alive this Impression by his continued Motives and Operations So that what is Invisible in the Heavens is made Visibâ—… to the Dove Eye through which thy Soul hath its Seeing By which Seeing it is marvellously enflamed and affected with those Objects that so beautiful excellent and enamouring are that do wonderfully take the Mind off from these low Animal and Natural Things the Super-celestial Life being raised and employed altogether upon what is so ineffably Joyous and Glorious For thus the higher Heavens are brought down by this Trinity of Witnesses into the habitable part of Man's Earth November the 20th 1676. The Ternary of Witnesses upon the Earth answering to the Impression from the three Branches of the True Olive-Tree were now heard to give in severally their Testimony agreeably with that which is given in the Heavenly Places in order to the bringing about the greatest and highest of all Ministrations which is that of the Holy Ghost and to the compleating and defending of the Kingly Birth from the Virgin Woman which the Dragon ever watcheth against to destroy it And hence was