The day dawned both to Jews and Gentiles, and clear discoveries of light and righteousness; the bright and moning star appearing. Jacob wrestled with the angel until the break of the day, and would not let him go until he blessed him.

The Day dawned both to Jews and Gen∣tiles, and clear discoveries of Light and Righteousness.

IN the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the same was with him in the Beginning; by it was all things made that was made, and without it was nothing made that was made: so without him their is nothing can be made: as he said without me ye can do nothing, so then it is by Grace in Jesus Christ that Salvation cometh; for by Grace are ye saved, as he saith unto Paul, My Grace is sufficient for thee; so Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ the Lord of Glory, in whom all Glory endeth, unto whom all Glory is returned and ascribed, unto him who si••teth upon the Throne, who liveth for ever, before whom the four and twenty Elders and Beast fell down and Wor∣shipped God, saying, Worthy, worthy is the Lord God and the Lamb, and to receive all Power, Honour, Glory, Might, Majesty, and Dominion be given unto him that liveth for ever and for ever more: not unto us beause we can do nothing, but all honour unto him because he can do all things, who created all things by the Word of his Power, which word breathed into Man the breath of Life, in the beginning, and the word is Life, and in it is the Light of Men, and the Light is perfect, and cometh from above from the Father of Lights, and as the Father hath Life in himself, so he hath given the Son to have life in himself; and whosoever believe in the Son, hath Eternal

Life in him, and he that hath not the Son hath not Life, but I am come that ye may have Life, and that ye may have it more abundantly, that your joy may be full, that ye may know Life and Immortality brought to light. By him that is true, is the perfection of Beauty, who is the Glory of all Nations, unto him shall the gathering of all Nations be, that they may see him in his shinings, of whom the Prophets have foretold, and behold, it is now come to pass, his coming was prophesied of, that he should come in, and with his thousands and ten thousands, with his innumerably companies and Troups and Armies of Saints and Angels, and the Armies that are in Heaven fol∣low him, who rideth on his White Horse, whose face is as lightning, and his Raiment as white as Snow, who hath a Rainbow about his Head, and now he is come to Reign, and to sit on the Throne; he that was dead is now alive, he lives for evermore; he that saith, Behold, I come quickly, and I will not tarry; and for the cry of the Poor, and the sighing of the needy, I wil arise, saith the Lord of Hosts, I have heard, I have heard the cries of my Afflicted, I have heard, I have heard the groaning of the oppressed, and I am coming down to deliver, because the cries of Sion as unto me the cries of the travelling ones, whose pains shall hasten, deliver; and because this is her cry, How long Lord holy and true art thou, arise and avenge our cause on them that dwell on the Earth, also this was the cry of the slain that lay under the Altar, that was slain, and filled all the day long, these had the Testi∣mony of Jesus, these were beheaded for it, these had no other head but Christ, these were hidden in him, and he was head over them, and all that did Reign as head over them were taken away; So Christ in them was the Su∣preme Authority, he Reigned King in his Kingdom, where the Kingdoms of the World are become the Kingdom of God; and his Christ, and he is become all and all in them: These are the true Spouse that is coming up out

of the Wilderness, leaning upon the breast of her beloved, and indeed there is no other to be leaned upon besides him, upon whom help is laid, he hath laid help on him that is mighty, and whither shall we go but unto him, Thou hast the word of Eternal life, the word of life and peace, that satisfieth the disquieted Soul, for it is he that dissolves the doubts by the sweet incomes of his love, and sweet distilling Showers from above, by his former and latter Rain, and blessed are all they that feel and enjoy it, yea, most of all happy and crowned for ever shall they be that dwell in his love. O what shall I say, there is not greater love, more enduring love, more constraining love, confirming love, it confirms and establisheth that heart that feels it; they can say, O God my heart is fixed in thee and upon thee not in the form but in the power of God; such are fixed Stars, fixed in the Firmament of God's power, shi∣ning Stars, some greater and some lesser, every one in its Degree and Order, the wise Creator hath fixed them in the Firmament of his glorious power, such come to shine above the Word, above the dark forms of the World, in the Firmament of the Heavens in Paradise. Again, where God hath Planted them, as in that day wherein the Morning Stars did sing together, and the Sons of God shouted for joy, there was a mutual harmony, an Angeli∣cal harmony, an innocent harmony, all must be brought unto this into Innocency, into Joy and Humility; as the Angels in Heaven, so God will make up his Church of such Jewels, as he will compleat and bind them up in the bond of Peace and covenant of Love, out of all strife, he will redeem them, and from amongst men. And the num∣berless number which John saw on Mount Sion of all Na∣tions, Kindreds, Tongues, and People which were to be brought there, which God is bringing to pass in this our day; yea, of all Nations, and of all sorts, of People the Lord is now gathering, as a Shepherd gathers his Sheep together and brings them to their Fold; so is Christ the

true Shepherd, bringing all the true Jews to the Heavenly Jerusalem from above, not onely into one form, but into the heavenly power, and heavenly life of Jesus where they shall sing Hallelujah with the Lord God, and the Lamb, who hath redeemed them, and such as are re∣deemed by his power, and washed by the word of Rege∣neration, who are made white in the Bloud of the Lamb, who are come to the Bloud of Sprinkling, and to know their Conscience washed from dead works, these come again to serve the living God, and worship him in the beau∣ty of holiness in the light of Righteousness; into it must the Nations be gathered, the Nations of them that are saved, must walk in the light of the Lord, and of the Lamb in the Light of the Holy City, in the Light of the New Jerusalem, and the Lord is gathering all Nations in∣one place of Worship, into his own Spirit, the Spirit of Truth as he saith, such Worshippers is my Father, seeking to worship him; and in the beginning of the first creation, he said, Let the Waters be gathered into one place; so the people are the Waters which are to be gathered into one place of Worship. And John saw the numberly number that stood upon Mount Sion of all Nations, and he saith, I heard the sound of many Waters, as of a great people with Harps, harping with their harps, and they sung a new song which none could learn, but they that followed he Lamb; these were the redeemed of God which were brought home, these sung before his Throne, who lived for, ever, who had their Names written in Heaven, these Reigned with the Lamb over the Beast, and over his power, these were sealed with the Seal of God in their foreheads, and in their right hand they stood upon the Sea of Glass mingled with fire; and John said, I hear as it were the sound of a Trumpet, it talking with me; so all the redemed comes to hear as well as John the sound of the Trumpet, it of God sounding from heaven in them; that Trumpet sounded clearer and clearer, which is the way of the Bridegroom

talking with them who are his true Spouse, as a man talk∣eth with his friend: So they come to the Ministration of the Spirit, unto the ministration of Angels; he saith, Come let us reason together, and Abraham reasoned with the Lord, and convened with the Lord, unto whose house the Angels came; and the Lord saith, shall I do any thing and hide it from my servant Abraham: so all that truly serve the Lord and fear the Lord, they are of the faithful Ge∣neration of Abraham, and shall be accounted to the Lord for a Generation; yea, his Seed shall serve him, the cho∣sen Seed unto whom the promise is so, they shall be a numberless number that shall come from the four Winds of the Earth, and hasten to the Holy City, whose Gates are not shop by day nor by night, but yet the unclean can∣not enter therein, none but the redeemed, the washed and purified by the Spirit of Judgment, and burning them that do pass through the Rivers of Judgment, that do pass through Jordan, such enter the good Land, and know Judgment brought forth into Victory, so the Lamb and the Lyon comes to lie down together, and the little child shall lead them; so they come to be lead by Christ their leader, they are little children in Christ, he that would be greatest amongst his Disciples, must become as this little child, as Christ himself saith, so they must be led by him as those little children that cannot go of themselves, nor are not able to do any thing without him, as he saith unto Peter, Once thou girdest thy self, and wentest whither thou wouldest, but another shall gird thee, and thou shalt be led whither thou would not, so he leads his into a dai∣ly cross and self-denial; Christ saith, if any man will fol∣low after me, and be my Disciple, he must first deny him∣self, and take up his daily cross, and follow me; a cross to the carnal mind, which stands in death and enmity to the pure appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ. So to be car∣nally minded is death, but to be Spiritually minded is life and peac; Sow to the Spirit that you may reap life; for

if ye sow to the flesh you will reap the wages of sin and death; but all that come to the gift of God, which is Life and Truth, and receive it in the love of it, they come to be set free by it, and if the Truth set you free, then are you free indeed, no more children of the Bondwoman, but of the Freewoman, which brings forth the Heir of life, the Son of Righteousness, which she comes to be clothed with, and to have the Moon under her Feet, she is clothed with his Righteousness, with the Righteousness of Faith, which speaketh on this wise, Justification by Jesus Christ, Abraham by Faith was justified, and his Faith was imputed to him for Righteousness: so every one that is a child of Faith, they are of Abraham's seed, according to promise, they feel their Faith speaking to them better things than the bloud of Abel, so they grow up in Faith, and from Faith to Faith, and from strength to strength, and so at last they meet with the Lord in Sion, where they behold the King in his beauty; and these come to say, How beautiful are thy Tents O Israel, how excellent are the dwellings of Jacobs O Israel? who is like to thee a Peo∣ple saved of the Lord; and this shall be the Song that shall be heard in the Land of Judea; we have a strong City for which God hath appointed salvation for Walls and for Bulworks, a City that hath foundations whose Builder and Maker is God.

The God of Abraham and of Israel, Hath caused us in pleasant Tents to dwell. Abraham was perfect, he was in his Tent when the Angel to him God then had sent. Jacob a plain man dwelt in Tents, Therefore O Israel hasten in within thy Tent, And stand within thy Tent door that the Angels of God thou mayest see come in unto thee, When they do glad tidings brings That thou may'st Hallelujah sing, for evermore.

For such redemption is drawing nigh, That the redeemed shall sing on high; Yea their peace shall so increase, They shall make sweet melody.

So turn into your strong hold ye Prisoners of hope, hold fast your Hope, Faith, and Confidence, which Anchors go in him that is the Rock, which the Storms ne∣ver did nor never can, nor never shall more, that it may be known you are the mans building, that the Rain nor Storms could not beat down, because it was grounded upon the Rock; then you will come to say, and experience, that Greater is he that is in you, than he that is without you, or he that is in the World; so the Prince of this World cometh to try and to sift your Building, but all that are anchored in the Rock in Christ Jesus, who did conquer and over∣come, and was made perfect through suffering so all that are in him, shall be made more than Conquerours, through his love; this is their victory, even their Faith, by which they overcome the World, the Flesh, and the Devil; so by Faith Noah entred into the Ark, which by Faith he had built: so all ye that have built this day, the Ark of God's. Covenant by Faith, and are entred into it, will have a safe hiding place within the rock, an hiding place, which is sure for ever; and all who are without this, who are not so surely builded, the Flouds is coming that will wash them away, and quite beat down their building, such will be seen to be the foolish builders, whose house is upon the sands, where no foundation can be laid, and blessed is that man whose God is the Lord this day that comes to ex∣perience, and to say, O the height and the depth, the length and the breadth of the love of God which we have in Christ Jesus, that unseparable love, that super∣abounding love, that far exceeds the love of Women, of which I am perswaded, neither Principalities nor Powers, things past, things present, nor that which is to come, will be able to separate those from this love of God, which they have in Christ Jesus, who are firmly fixed therein, as the Sun in the firmament, by a perpetual decree, so do the fixed Stars stand upheld by the Lords right hand, these are the true Spouse, that leans on her beloveds breast; he doth her Aid and Assist, he nourished her in the Wilderness, for in times, time, and half a time, until the Floud and Storm is over and the Man-child, the Whale is cast up unto God, and into his Throne, so he that overcometh will I give to sit in my Throne, as I overcome and sit in my Fathers Throne, so he that overcometh hath right to eat of the Tree of Life; he that doth the commandment of Jesus, he overcometh he entreth into the Gates of the holy City, whose Gates are filled with praises and everlasting Hallelujahs, which all the Redeemed shall sing for ever, who doth know the overcoming in them. Come up thou North wind and blow, and thou East wind and blow, and South and West wind and blow upon the Garden, and kindle the Spices thereof, that the frequent smell of the sweet Spices may go forth, that when the beloved comes to walk there in his Garden, he may take delight in the sweet favour thereof, that it may be as the savour of Jacob, as of the field which the Lord hath blessed, the sweet breath of Jacob, and breathing forth of life: my beloved is become as a Fountain of Gardens, and sweet distil∣ling showers, always distilling and dropping the sweet heavenly showers, my be∣loved is become as a bed of sweet Spices, and as the dew of Hermon distilling and running down as the sweet Odours and precious Oyntment, he is altogether lovely, he is the chief of ten thousand, his doctrine drops as the

dew, and as the sweet showers in the Summer spring, which causeth the Lilies to grow; and the Turtle doth sing in the sweet vallies where the Rivers of God's pleasure doth flow.

The Wilderness shall become as a pleasant Spring, The Desert forth her pleasant fruits shall bring. And the faithful shall both rejoyce and sing.

And now my beloved friends, I shall shew you a more excellent way, a way which the Lord hath cast up, a high and a glorious way, a way for the ransomed and the redeemed to walk in, a way that the wayfaring man, though a fool, shall not err therein, the way which is Christ, the new and living way, and the good old way so as many as hath received Christ, so let them walk in him, and he is the way that is new cast up, for the Gentiles to walk in, the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh to the Father but by me, saith Christ, and no man cometh to me but he whom the Father draweth, so all must come to the feeling of the drawings of the Father in them, who draws them to the Son, that they may know the Son lifted up in them, who will then draw all men after him, so as the outward Sun draws up by the heat and vertue thereof, and by its shining, all the Trees and Fruits of the Earth, so the inward Sun, the Sun of Righteousness, it draws up all the Trees of Righteousness after him: Ye are the Trees of Righ∣teousness, the planting of the Lord, and he shall grow up as a young Plant, and as a Tree by the Rivers of Water, whose leaf shall never fail, but always shall prosper, they shall be as green Olive-branches round about his table. And Joseph was as a fruitful bow growing by a Well side, whose branches did spread over the wall, over the wall of Separation, his sheaf came to overtop all the other; though the Archers shot at him,

Yet Joseph's Bow abode in strength, And he got the victory at length; And how the famine got into their land, They were not aware, neither did they understand. But at last when they came to see. Then to Joseph submit must they.

And now Oh my beloved friends, you that have the living tast and sweet sa∣vour of life, eat and drink abundantly, for the more you tast, the more you will desire, it is desirable meat it is meat indeed, as Christ saith, My flesh is meat in∣deed, and my bloud is drink indeed, and except ye eat my flesh and drink my bloud you have no life in you. These were hard sayings to be understood, about which their minds fell a reasoning: Can this man give us his flesh to eat, reason∣ing like Nicodemus, who came to Jesus by night, reasoning with flesh and bloud, which stands in the darkness; but flesh and bloud never revealed these things, but he that is born of the Spirit comes to see these things revealed by the Spirit of Christ the Lord; and as the Wind bloweth where it listeth, so the Spirit descen∣deth from heaven like a Dove; and behold, saith the true Spouse, My beloved hath Doves eyes, so they that were waiting at Jerusalem for the promise of his coming the second time, he came and appeared in the midst of them, as he faith I will be in the mid••t of them, he ascended upon them, when the doors were shut, as a mighty rushing Wind so fell the Holy upon them, which sat upon each man like a Dove, they then came to speak wich new tongues the wonderfull things of

God which they had seen, and these things are now seen by his descending again from Heaven as lightning, and as die lightning cometh cut of the east, and shineth into the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man the second time without sin to salvation, and we have seen his coming and the enlightning Angels of his pre∣sence is coming to enlighten the whole earth, according to his ancient promise, it is now coming to pass, the glory and knowledge of the Lord shall fill and cover the earth, as the waters fill and cover the sea, so it is the spiritual bread and spiri∣tual wine that the outward flesh and bloud signifies; the inward and spiri∣tual Grace, the inward spiritual bread, which ail his Disciples did, and do seed on, as they said evermore, Give us this bread; and, I am the bread of life, said Christ, and whosoever eateth thereof, they shall never hunger again, and whosoever shall drink of the waters that I shall give, they shall never hunger again, and but it shall be in them a well of waters springing up unto everlasting life; these are the pleasant waters, the waters of Shiloh, which runn softly, sweetly, and pleasantly, as the honey out of the rock, so is the springing in of the word of life more sweeter than the honey and the honey-comb, this is the new Wine of the Kingdom, the fruits of the heavenly wine which the saithfull drink of every day, new in the Fathers kingdom, and this is the cup of Blessing, this is the spiritu∣al Bread and Wine, this is the spiritual Supper of the Lord Jesus Christ, and this all are to eat of, untill the Lord come in them.

The outward Supper was but a Figure and a Sign of the inward and Spiritual Grace, so the inward Spiritual Grace and Heavenly Bread, is that which the out∣ward figured out, so great is the Mystery of Godliness; Christ manifesteth in mortal flesh, and these things hath the Lord in his wisdom hid from the wise, and the prudent of this world; and he hath revealed them unto Babes and sucklings, even to new born Babes, that are new born. Again, they that desire the sincere milk of the Word that they may grow thereby, but many prophets and wise men desired to see these things, but they did not see them therefore, the world by its wisdom never came to know God, but he that will be truly wise in the things that are of God, must first become a fool as to tthe Worlds wisdom, and come to a Child-like state; My little Children, saith the faithfull and true, for whom I again travel in birth until Christ be formed in you.

The figleav'd garment though sewed with a seam, It shall not serve to cover the unclean, But their nakedness this day will be seen; The people walk in clouds and forms, They do not seee clear light, But the day draws near, he will appear, And he will shine most bright.

The Lord of Hosts is coming into the Vineyard this day, and to look over it, and to look for the fruits thereof, and behold, saith the Lord of Hosts, I planted my Vineyard upon a very fruitfull Mountain, I digged a well therein, and made a a Wine-press therein, I also made a Tower therein, all this have I done; what more could the Lord of Hosts have done that he hath not done for his Vineyard: but he cometh to look for fruit there, but behold wild Grapes, Grapes some of Sodom and Egypt; therefore thus s••i••h the Lord of Hosts, Repent and return, and work your first works, else, Behold I come quickly and lay the Vineyard desolate, and take away the Hedge that was about it, and let in the Beasts of prey upon it; I wil also forbid the clouds that they shall not tain upon it. And this is the La∣mentation

mentation that may be taken up over a great part of the house of Israel, who doth bound in their pride as well as other iniquities, by which the truth of God comes greatly to suffer by their unrighteous walking, who profess the Light and walk in darkness; which causeth the people to say, All are alike, but we say, No, the workers of Iniquity must bear their burden, but the children of the Light, and of the day of God, they will be clear of the works of Iniquity, and of the workers thereof: The day of separation is coming, although the Seed of Israel was in num∣ber as the sand on the Sea-shore, yet but a remnant of them shall be saved: and let not any think the worse of the precious truth, because of the ill carriages of some, and the debauchery of some because of the breaking out of the••r corruption, who never were well wounded, nor never came to the sound healing, but tins was the complaint of the daughter of Sion, her wounds were slightly healed, therefore all come to the search, how hast thou been wounded; have the Dragon had such a wound in his head that he can never be healed more: he that will wound the Dragon is come and slay Ahab: yea, the Angels hand is laying hold of the Dragon, the old Serpent called the Devil, and all his pride and iniquities shall be slain with him, the Lord will search the camp, and all shall see what hinders them, what Golden wedge is hidden in it, and every one must cast lots, and chuse to himself: Is it, I; Is it, I; What sleeper is there for which cause the waves thus beat? read within what is hidden within the Vessel, is there not a sleeper, if there be, arise and awake, it is high time, the God of Heaven is coming to make known who are his own, and what is his own, and what is not he will cast out: the King∣dom of God is like a net, that brought up the Fish both good and bad; but in the day when he gathereth them into Vessels, he shall cast the bad into the Sea again; every particular will then be concerned: Is it, I; Is it, I; am I a wise Virgin, have I oyl in my lamp, and is my lamp made ready, and is it burning, for the mid∣night crie is gone forth, behold the Bridegroom cometh, every one is concerned for himself; seeing my oyl will not serve another, nor anothers for me, what doth the witness of God say, every one must feel this, the Spirit of Jesus to justi∣fie him, and this is the peace that none can give nor take away, so every one must be reconciled unto God through Jesus Christ the reconciler, who came to recon∣cile the World unto himself, so all must follow him that reconciler that reconciles, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World, he maketh perfect as pertaining to the conscience, this is the perfect law of God, the covenant which is sure; so there is perfection in the light of the Lord God and of the Lamb, and he perfect ail that are sanctified, and all the works of God are perfect, and there are all compleat in him, so all must follow the Lord and his leadings, and direct guidings,, who goeth safely on as the measure of grace, as he hath re∣ceived and believed in, so they will come to walk by faith which they have in them selves, this is the word of saith which was once delivered unto the Saints, which word we also preach to the world, and to this word the Apostle recom∣mends every one unto the word of his grace, which is able to save them, lead them, guide them, and direct them, and build them up in the most holy faith, and I can say no other thing hut direct all unto the word of faith, unto the faithful witness in their own conscience, and there to look and wait for the ap∣pearance and coming more and more of the Lord Jesus Christ, therefore hasten Lord Jesus and come quickly.

And blessed is he, who is found this day having on his Wedding Garment; for when the King came and beheld his guests, when they were come into the Bride Chamber, he looked over them; he there 〈◊〉〈◊〉 on who had not on his Wedding Garment, he said friend, How camest thou hither, having not on the Wedding

Garment? How many this day are got under the profession pretended Friend, as he saith? How camest thou hither? Hast thou put off the Old Man with his deeds, and put on the New Man which is Christ, as he saith? Put on the Lord Jesus and be cloathed with him. But how is the Wedding Garment put on? Art thou cloathed with the Day Stars of God, with the everlasting Righteousness with the Righteousness of Saints? put on changing of Raiment the pure and white linnen, the Garment that's washed of the Lamb; which must be without Spot, or Stain, or Blemish, or any such thing. So must be every member that belong to the glorious Body of Christ, for as he is so are his members all compleat in him, this is the spouse the Lambs wife, the Bride that hath made her self ready washed and made white in his Blood: shining in his glory and in the beauty of Holiness with∣out Spot, or Stain, or wrinckle, or any such thing; these are as sheep come up from the washing made pure and white in the blood of the Lamb, these have passed through Death, and such he will crown with life and dominion over Death and Hell. They shall raign and know the thousand years Sabbath, the Sabbath of rest; as it is said they shall raign with him a thousand years and for ever and ever lasting; so blessed is he and they that hath a part in the first Resurrection, on whom the second Death shall have no power, and I am the Resurrection and the life said Christ, and he that believeth in me, said Christ, shall never die nor see Death. And I will raise him in the last day, he must be raised in the day in the Light of the Lord which is day, Christ is the light, they must arise in him; I in them, and thet in me, and he that is in Christ is a new Ceature. All old things are passed away and all things become new; and he that hath Christ hath crucifi∣ed the flesh with the lust and affections thereof; so they come to be crucified to the World, and the World to them: so they come to leave their grave clothing behind fallen Adams transgression, the sinful lust of die flesh, and pride of the world, and pomps and vanities thereof, that which people have been long a talk∣ing of; but leaving those things undone which they should have done: but the Lord is coming to face die Nations whose face is in his hand, and to make known the sayer from the doer, but it is he that doth his will shall be justified in that day, wherein he will make up his Jewels and him will he spare as a man spareth his only Son that serveth him, he that doth my commandments he is my Disciple, ye are my Disciples if ye do all whatsoever I command you.

The harlot like the ture Spouse doth her self adress, She stands up perfection, she doth profess, But God is come and coming, her to discover She shall be seen before the day is over. Although she sits and rules much like a Queen, The day is coming, wherein she shall be seen; And all flesh hath sinned and come short of the glory of God, And all flesh had corruped the way before the Lord: And alt hath been Children of wrath, and we as well as others Ye all hath been born blind from the Mother Eve.

Until the Lord Jesus Christ Anointed the Eyes of the Blind, with the ointment of his own making, or eye Salve: by which he hath done the cure as he did to the Blind Man, who was born blind; and when he was asked how he came to see, his answer was this one thing. I know whereas I was once blind, I now see, although the mighty and the learned could not believe, saying, How could this Man do these Works he being a Sinner? thus they condemn the Just one; and it is said, he could work no Maircles in his own Country for their unbelief sake; so they that do believe can now say with the Blind Man, whereas I was once blind I now see, and this I know is the Maircles he is now a working and a doing, that t••e Nations may see and be saved. And every eye shall see him,

and the powers of Heaven shall move, then shall they see his coming in the Clouds of Heaven with power and with great Glory; and we have more than a cloud of Witnesses who have seen his coming in them: so these are clouds who have the Rain in them, and the wells who have water in them, so many as have reserved the spirit of Christ are the clouds in which Christ raineth, not the outward clouds seeing he faith we have more then a cloud of witnesses, but in men he is coming to raign yea in thousands and ten thousands, these are the Armies which are in Heaven that follow the Lamb, these are the numberless number which no man could number, and John inquired of the Angel what are these, and he said, these are them that have passed through great tribulation, whose garments are made white in the blood of the Lamb and they follow the Lamb which way ever he goeth; therefore they were cloathed in white for they were worthy, these Sung a new Song that none could learn, nor none never can learn but the followers.

Of the Lamb it is a new Song indeed, That none can sing but the holy Seed That through death comes to be freed.

And have they not all heard, ye verily his sound is gone forth into all Lands, and his words to the end of the Earth; so they heave all hard but they have not all obeyed. If ye here and obay then it shall go well with ••ou, its the willing and obedient that shall eat the good of the Land, but the disobedient mail dwell in a dry Land they shall be like the heath in the desart that shall not know when good cometh, therefore obedience is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is bet∣ter then the fat of Ramms. Therefore hear that your souls may live, hear what the Spirit and the Bride saith, come up hither, come up to the mountain of the God of Jacob, and he will teach you of his ways, and ye shall walk in his paths in the path of peace; in which all the ransomed of the Lord walk and all the redeemed who inhabit the holy mountain of his holiness, where no destroyer can never come, therefore blessed are the undefiled in the way who walk in the way of holiness, in the path of peace: which leadeth them to that eternal Joy where all the saints in light have their true rest, and where they come to profess that year that passeth all understanding, whether hath ear heard, whether have it entered in∣to the heart of Man, neither can it be conceived by any, the riches of the love of God, the treasures of life, the fulness of joy, and unspeakable glory that is laid up for all the faithful ones who came to inhabit this holy mountain wherein is the feast of Tabernacles, or feast of fat things, the wine well refined from the lees. So they that dwell in thy house they always will praise thee, they that in∣habit thy holy Mountain, they shall always sing Hallelujah with him that inhabits Eternity and dwelleth in the light, he also dwells with the Children of men, unto that man will I look said the Lord who is of a broken heart; and a contrite Spi∣rit: and trembleth at my word. So the eye of the Lord runs to and fro in the Earth, but his eye is upon the faithful that they may dwell with him, so he saith, I will walk in them and dwell in them, and they shall be my people and the Ta∣bernacle of God is with men, and he will place his name in the midst of them; the name of the great Jehovah in which is everlasting strength, and now the An∣gel is flying forth, saying, now is Salvation come, the ••ingdom of our God and the power of his Christ and blessed are they who witness this saying, the Kingdom of God. Come, in them and the day of his power come, in them which is Christ the power of God, these know the raign of Christ and the second coming of Christ in the flesh, so every Spirit that confesieth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God; and they that deny his coming in the flesh, are of Antichrist, but many will confess that Jesus Christ once came in the flesh, but

they must come to know the second coming of Christin their flesh, so than they come to a right knowledge of Christ in them the hope of their glory, and such will come to say, although, I have known Jesus Christ after the flesh, I shall henceforth know him So no more but after the spirit, a quicknig Spirit, the Lord from Heaven; who is come to quicken and make alive them that were dead in sins and trespasses: so these come to know the work that Christ came to do in them, and and to make them alive unto God, so ye that were once dead in your sins and trespasses, he hath made alive; and these are faithful witnesses of his coming and re∣surrection: who have seen his comingin them? yea Christ is their Wisdom, their Sanctification, and Redemption; and they can say the day of the redeemed is come wherein they come up as sheep from the washing, and through the washing of Regeneration. These comes to be washed from all Spots and Stains, and to ware there washed Garments without spot or stain, these were the number that John saw they were not defiled with Women, but they were Virgins that follow the Lamb so was the State of the Church of Christ signified, and foreshone by the Angel unto the faithful: and he saith, I send mine Angels to testifie the things to the Churches, he that walked in the midst of the golden Candlestick, he that is in the midst of the Holy City; the streets whereof is paved with pure gold, and he saith, I will make die Soul of man more precious than the golden wedg•• of Ophir so he is purifying and refining as a refiner of Silver, and a purifier of gold as seven times in the fire, that his workman-ship may shine forth in the Nations. And Christ saith, I come to kindle a fire in the Earth, and what if it be already kindled, but dost thou feel a spark of this holy fire, that Christ is kindling of it in thee of his fire of Love, dost thou feel the smoking flax begin to smoke in thy heart? And dost thou feel the bruised Reed? Dost thou feel thy heart begin to be made tender, and a desire begin to arise to know the Lord? Then surely the Lord will not quench this smoking flax, tho it be but a Spark, it shall become a flame: and he will not break the brased reed, but he will bring it forth to victory. So though the grace be little in appearance it is strong enough, it is sufficient to save all that trust in it, it is saving grace, so though the faith be little as a grain of Mustardseed; it is able to remove the Mountains, and to raire the hills far away, it is like the little leeven that the Woman hid in the three measures of Meal, until the whole lump was levened; so grace is the leeven which as it works in thee, it will work such a change and beget such a pure mind, such a Spiritual, a Christ like mind, so thou wilt become like minded and changed into his divine Nature, a natural branch ingrafted into the vine and taken of the wild Olive, and ingrafted into the new stock, so the root will be new and the fruit will be new also; so thou wilt come to know the root and of-spring of David, thou wilt spring and grow up in him who is the righteous branch of David, who shall spring forth as die Cedar of Lebanon, and grow as a tree by the Rivers of water, whose leaf shall never fade this tree, shall grow again in Paradise; and shall bring forth twelve manner of fruits, and shall yield its fruit every month, and bring it forth in due season; so the people of the Lord are taught of the Lord, and in righteousness they come to be established, and great shall be their peace and their peace shall flow as the River; they shall be as a well watered Garden, who feel the heavenly, bedewing and showres, the former and the latter Rain, the showers of his mercy which are renewed morning by morning, so they will come to learn the parable if the fig-tree, when she began to put forth her tender bud, as in the the time of spring, then behold Summer draweth neigh, doth this fig-tree be∣gin to cast forth her buds in the dost, thou feel the time of come in thee, is there a spring of life springing up in the? than sinners draweth neigh wherein the turtles

voice will be heard, and the singing of Birds will be known, and such will come to sing the Winter is past, the rain is over and gone.

The Turtles voice is heard now at last, The sing of Burds is came The Lord is come and secret he doth reveal They can not hinder him by all there wit and still; But his Enemies all he will out run, He will conquer them, he will them over come: The voice of the Bridegroom is heard this day, The voice of trumphet and of Victory,

21 5th Month, 1684.

Written for the Author, Do∣rothy Wight

Victory they shall all know that follow the Lord fully.