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.
Author
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 17, 2024.
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December the 18th. 1677.
An Interpretation of the former Vision.
In the Night my Spirit was carried in∣ward,
taking in several Ideas of Heaven∣ly
things into my mind, pressing hard to
pass into the Circle-Door of Life. But a
sweet still Voice did eccho in me, saying,
That pure thing only, which through
this Circle-Eye of Eternity did come
down into Nature, can be the Door of
Entrance again, as it circleth in its Blood-Life,
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and thereby raise up it self, and
quicken it self into such a Spirituality, as
ye need to ask no leave to enter back to
your own proper Place, from whence
your immortal part did proceed. For
now the Eye that is fixed in you, will be
both your Guide, and Entrance hereinto,
if ye in Union will ever more with it
keep, and concur with it. Then it shall
carry, and lodge you in the Bosom-Circle
of Eternity, as in a fiery Chariot.
The four Wheels upon which this Cha∣riot
doth move, are Faith, Hope, Joy and
Peace. These will bear away the Lilly
Branch to be planted, where it may green
and never fade, because the River of
Life runneth there evermore. Oh when
shall we be severed by this Chariot; who
would see it gladly, that we may con∣clude
thy Heart, dear Jesus, is towards
us, and that thou wilt live no longer with∣out
us? For seeing none can enter into
this Circle-Eye, but in this Flaming Cha∣riot,
that doth move upon four Wheels.
Let not the principal Agent be wanting,
but that all may concur together in us
by that Ghostly Might, that may give a
suddain Flight, to see that all satisfying
Face, which will make us feel everlasting
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pleasure. And that no mortal things shall
sever us from thee, or come any more as
a Vail between the Spouse and her ever∣lasting
King, to hide the entring Door
of Life.
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