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.

Ianuary the 7th. 1676/7.

THis Night I found the Life-Center much open, and the Oracle for to sound clear, and somewhat to talk with me from the Heavenly Sphear. The sum of which was to perswade unto a decease, from all that low activity and concern about things and matters T••r∣restrial. For as I was mourning in the feeling sence of that dark Stone, weigh∣ing the Superiour part down, upon every slight occasion, ministred from this Principle; Which I found in my very tast, to be as brinish Salt Waters, that fretted, and eat upon that interiour

vigorous part of the Spirit, so feebling it as its force was evidently felt to be aba∣ted, until the Shiloh-Spring did open again. Which washed up the healing Stone, which put all into place and order, which by the Corrupter was made di∣seased. Then this Word spake to me, Dost 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 Sensu∣alities, 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 assured∣ly 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 up∣on the true Mystical Passover, which will ••orestall the Earthly Life, giving way to that pure thing, which ye do feel stir∣ring from the light Region. This hath gre•••• sufficiency to clear that evil stain∣ing 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 Hea∣vens 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 swal∣lowed up, from an entire Act going forth from this Soveraignty: which in an in∣trinsical way will bring all into sub∣jection, that is within. He will first be∣gin with the Judgment, for cleansing the floor: make but the inside clean and pure, then Power will soon be known and un∣derstood, 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 Proper∣ty, permitting nothing to mingle with it, that should abate its vigorous pene∣tration, for to assimulate and qualifie the very outward Bark or Body into a Iu∣strious Appearance and palpable Fruit∣fulness. The meaning of the Spirit, as to fruitfulness, is not only the first and se∣cond 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 ad∣ded 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 Terrestri∣al Creature worketh and produceth acts answerable to his Animal rational Life, which may be justifiable before Men: and nothing beyond his Life-Sphere is expect∣ed. But now from a new-made Crea∣ture

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 Spi∣rit and Body is glorified.