A fountain of gardens watered by the rivers of divine pleasure, and springing up in all the variety of spiritual plants; blown up the pure breath into a paradise, sending forth their sweet savours, and strong odours, for soul-refreshing. By Jane Lead.

December the 28th. 1675.

An Understanding was now given to me, to know and discern the Root and Seed of that growing Mystical Body, into which the Kingdom of God was to descend, which would finish and put an end to all imperfect things, because it con∣sisted of all Faith, Power, Purity, Wisdom, Strength and All-sufficiency; to make com∣pleat the comers hereunto, that so their might be an absolute Dominion within our selves, and a gathering into one Body all Spiritual Ghostly Operations, which are of impregnable Force and Might, till the Kingdom after this manner shews it self, all lieth under the vail of Obscurity, and

is little perceived or owned in one, more than another, be they never so intirely Ho∣ly, till the Deity springs and shoots forth it self into a Body, that can naturally act like to its Omnipotent Being without limitation. Oh who are hereunto yet come, and what are all Attainments till hereunto we have reached? our Mea∣suring Line can it dive and search into the deep Abyss of the great Won∣ders of the Immense Being? the whirling Wheel of my Spirit finding no sta•…•… for it self in all it had seen, known, possessed and enjoyed still stretched forth its expa∣tiated Mind after that which was still in reserve, and kept by the strong Rock of the Almightiness, to whom with a fresh on-set I resolve to make my Applica∣tion, as not to be put off with any thing less than the Kingdom and Reigning-Power of the Holy Ghost, for which I had run thus hard, and could not stop the Chariot-Wheel of the high graduated Will, which would all At∣tempts make to grasp in with Love-violence, this my fair, wise, rich and noble Bride, well knowing her Dowry was so great as it would do more then ransom me•…•… from all Sins and Earthly-Tributes, per∣fectly to set me free, and also Enfeof me•…•…

into that Estate to which pertaineth such Lordships and Dominions as are not sub∣ject to Times Chance, or Fate; all which are Motives sufficient indeed to make us press hard this Prize to take. We need not murmur or complain that this match∣less Dove and Oriental Pearl so hardly is obtained, when well considered, no less we can conclude her highly worthy the Lamb's Bride and Spouse to be only peculiarly reserved for; being the Roy∣al Princess and Queen upon whom the Crown is to be fixed, including all Ce∣lestial Dignity and Throne-Powers thereby confered to make this Bride all∣desirable, from which lustrous Presen∣tation of her perfect Comlines•…•… and Beau∣ty into one Spirit I was all inflamed, ma∣king complaint, bemoaning our selves, how we might possibly compass the ob∣taining this matchless Virgin-Dove for our Spouse and Bride, who with her piercing fiery Arrow of Love, had us wounded so deep, as no Cure through∣out the Circumference of this lower Sphere could be found, though attempts and proffers numerous was not wanting, to beguile and take off our Eye, char∣ging & highly blaming us for aspiring to

love so high, far beyond what Reason could judge to be aquivelent with our mean Estate. But all this nothing avail∣ed, or could Wisdom's Lovers pacifie, whose Quivers did daily upon us let fly, thereby still to attract us more nigh. Knot upon Knot through familiar com∣munion was here tied as an assured Pledge, that to her kind Intimacies we might arrive, as we hard upon this wor∣thy Princess did ply.