A fountain of gardens Vol. II. Being a continuation of the process of a life according to faith, of the divinely magical knowledge, and of the new creation. In mutual entertainments betwixt the essential wisdom, and the soul in her progress through paradise, to Mount Sion, and to the new Jerusalem. By J. Lead.

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A fountain of gardens Vol. II. Being a continuation of the process of a life according to faith, of the divinely magical knowledge, and of the new creation. In mutual entertainments betwixt the essential wisdom, and the soul in her progress through paradise, to Mount Sion, and to the new Jerusalem. By J. Lead.
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Lead, Jane, 1623-1704.
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London :: printed, and sold by by the booksellers of London and Westminster,
1697.
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Mysticism -- Early works to 1800.
Spiritual life -- Early works to 1800.
Christian biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"A fountain of gardens Vol. II. Being a continuation of the process of a life according to faith, of the divinely magical knowledge, and of the new creation. In mutual entertainments betwixt the essential wisdom, and the soul in her progress through paradise, to Mount Sion, and to the new Jerusalem. By J. Lead." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49867.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.

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December the 4th. 1677.

This Word did spring in me, saying, Do you well consider, what your Virgin Garment must be made of; that no Moth may eat any hole in it? For if any thing of the earthly Fleece should be inter∣woven with it, it would damage the whole part. Therefore all of one sort of fine Linnen, let your Lord know you in, upon which no Moth can come to eat.

Then it was further given by way of Command, saying, If ye resolve to fol∣low the Lamb up to all perfect degrees, then observe this as a new Command∣ment,

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Take your self off from all old traditional Conformity, which is after the manner of men, who are after the Flesh. From such the Spirit calls to withdraw, and to walk with him after another way, according as divine Precepts shall be revealed.

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