REVELATIO DEI. The Reuelation of God / and his great Pro­pheatie: which God now ⁏in the last Daye; hath shewed vnto his Elect.

Set-fourth by HN, and by him pervsed anew and more distinctlie declared.

Translated out of Base-almayne.

O all yee People that dwell on Earth, Looke now to-it, that thesame com not ouer you / which is spoken-of in the Propheates: Beholde yee Dispisers, and wonder, and per­rish. For I doo a Worke / in your tymes, which yee shall not beleeue, when anyone shall tell it vnto you. Abac. 1. a. Act. 13. e.
Now goeth the Iudgment ouer the World: Now becometh the Prince of this World east-out.
Iohn. 12.
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Now is the Saluation / the Power / and the Kingdom / becom our Gods: and the Might his Christes.
Apoca. 12.

THE PREFACE.

FOrasmuch as that the God of Hea­uen ⁏now in thisEsa. 2. a. Ioel. 2. c. Mich. 4. a. last Tyme; is becom mindfull / of his Promises ⁏to theGen. 22. b. Luk. 1. f. Bles­singe of all Generations of the Earth; and his Couenaunt which Hee hath made with the holie Fathers of Israel, to establish thesame, and to becom IudgeEsa. 32. 42. a Ier. 23. a. 33. b Math. 19. d. 25. d. hymself with his Holyones ⁏to Righteousnes; vpon the Earth, So hath Hee also vouchsafed ⁏out of the Grace of his heartie and intire Loue;2. Pet. 3. b. Iudae. 1. b. to shewe and reueale ⁏Math. 25. d. Iudae. 1. b. in perfect Glorie; Hymself and his elected Sainctes, and also his wonderfull Woorkes, together with the Secreatnes ofMath. 13. b. his Kingdom of Heauens, and the Iudgment ofMath. 13. c. d 25. d. his Righ­teousnes / out of his holie Heauen / amonge vs Littelones,Dan. 7. d. 4. Esdr. 7. d. and Good-wyllingones to hys Righteousnes.

2. And farder / to Thestablishinge of the­same his Promises, and to the Manyfestinge and Perfourmaunce of hys Will, Hee ؛the­same God of Heauē (punctel) hath shewed thissame his heauenlie Reuelation and greate Propheatie ؛to an Admonition of all godfearinge People / for to auoyde the horribleEsa. 34. 47. b Mal. 4. a. Apo. 18. a. Destruction of the last Plages that com ouer all Vngodlie, and to a Demonstration of their Preseruation in the Godlynes; vnto HN / his elected Mini­ster, and brought-fourth thesame through Hym, To thende that thesame heauenlie Re­uelation of God / should be witnessed or pub­lished / through thesame his elected Minister [Page] ⁏first; amonge the Louers of the Trueth· and amonge allDan. 11. c. 12. c. People that seeke after the Righ­teousnes.4. Esdr. 14. c. and then also fourth / vnto all Peo­ple on the Earth, wherby that ther mought not anyone be destroyedIohn. 3. b. nor condemned· but conuerted all from their Sinnes. expres­singe vprightMath. 3. a. Luk. 3. a. 13. a 15. b. Frutes of Repentaunce· and euenso ⁏Act. 17. c. in the mercifull Loue of God and Christ; sanctified and saued.

3. Seeinge now then that God willeth not / thatEzec. 18. c. anyone of the Children of Men ⁏how great a Sinner so-euer hee be;1. Tim. 2. a. should perrish,2. Pet. 3. a. so expresseth Hee now accordinglie ⁏before the Appeering of hisMal. 4. a. Tit. 2. b. great Day ouer the vniuer­sall Worlde; hisLuk. 1. f. Tit. 2. b. Merciful-clementie ouer all People: and ⁏profferinge his Grace vnto them; sendeth-fourth his MessengerMal. 3. a. Math. 11. b. or Angell be­fore Hym, toAct. 3. c. 17. c. Apo. 2. 3. a. b. proclayme or pronounce Re­pentaunce vnto all People for their Sinnes / vnder the Obedience of his Loue. and to set-fourth thissame his Reuelation and great Pro­pheatie / before all those which loue ye Trueth, andEphe. 4. a. stande-mynded to the Loue and Peace.

4. Wherin God doth nakedlie expresse, how that Hee now in this Daye of his Loue ⁏eauen as a bounteous and true God; will exe­cute his righteousMath. 13. c. d. 25. d. Act. 17. d. Iudgment ouer the vniuer­sall Earth· and ⁏to theGen. 22. b. Blessinge of all Gene­rations of the Earth; erect his Righteousnes onEsa. 42. a. Ier. 23. a. 33. b 2. Pet. 3. b. the Earth, accordinge to his Promises.

Let eueryone respect [...] vvellEsa. 55. a. 2. Cor. 6. a. Gal. 6. b. the Tyme of Grace, the▪ vvhylst that thesame is present.

The Reuelation of God / and his great Propheatie.

The First Chapiter.

THis is the Re­uelation A of God / which God / out of his heartie Loue ؛his mostholie Beeinge (punctel) hath vouchsafed to shewe vnto his Ministers / now in thisEsa. 2. a. Ioel. 2. c. Mich. 4. a. last Time: and hath brought the­same ⁏with himself and with the gloriousMath. 24. c. 25. d. Try­umph of the Comminge of his Christ and of all his Sainctes;Iudae. 1. b. in Cleernes / to his elected Mini­ster HN, which witnesseth the Woorde ofIohn. 17. c. Apo. 19. b. God / the Trueth and this Reuelatiō / euen as Hee hath seene and hearde thesame / and as it was shewed vnto him out of Heauen / To-thende that they all which loue God / also seeke Him withIer. 29. b. whole Heart / and haue a LustPsal. 40. a. to doo his Will / should becom partakers of thesame Cleernes of this hea­uenlie Reuelation / or inioye thesame· and so vn­derstande theAbac. 1. a. Act. 13. e. Wonderful-woorkes of God / both of them which were wrought in times-passed / and which also com-to-passe now in thissamePsal. 118. c. Daye of the Loue.

2. Happie are They / Apo. 1. a. which reade and heare [Page] the Woordes of this Reuelation: and keepe-well by them / all that which is writen therin. For the TimeMark. 1. b. Luk. 4. c. is fulfilled / wherin all thatsame which God ⁏inAct. 3. c. times-passed; hath opened to his Ministers and Propheates ⁏to com-to-passe in the tocom­ing-tyme; becometh eauen-now accomplished. It is very true.

B 3. HN Elected of God and1. Cor. 15. b. 1. Tim. 1. b. his Grace / to a Minister of his holie and gratious Woorde / for to declare in the Light ⁏vnder the Obedience of the Loue;Rom. 16. c. Eph. 1. a. 3. a. Col. 1. c. 2. Tim. 1. b. the In­telligence of the Trueth of God / and the heauenlie Reuelation of the godlie Righteousnes / eauen­like as God in times-passed promised thesame / and as also it was his Will / that it shouldEsa. 2. a. Ioel. 2. c. Act. 2. b. comtopasse now in the last Daye· and becom allAct. 3. c. accomplished what-soeuer God hath spoken through his holie Propheates / Angels / and through the Euange­listes of Christ.

4.Super­scription. To the Louers of the Trueth / which loue the vprightEphe. 4. c. Beeinge of Iesu Christ, and that stande wel-mynded ⁏with all the Sainctes of God; to theRom. 15. a. Ephe. 4. a. Concorde of Heart in the Loue.

5. The LoueEphe. 6. c. of God the Father / and the Spirit of his vpright and louelie Beeing / be with you all / in all Peace.

C 6. I thanke the God of Life / in all the Good­nes of his Loue / for that Hee ⁏eauen as a spirituall and heauenlie Father; hath begotten vs ⁏through Iesus Christ; 1. Pet. 1. c. Gal. 4. a. to his beloued Children / in the hea­uenlie Beeinge / and replenished vs with al-maner [Page 4] of spirituallEphe. 1. [...]. Blessinges of his heauenlie Riches. For thervnto hath Hee chosen vs / and made vs acceptable in his Loue / vnto him / that wee ⁏in thesame Blessinge of his heauenlie Goods; should be holie andLuk. 1. [...]. Eph. 1. a. 4. [...]. vnreproueable before Hym / to the Laude of his Grace and Glorie. Amen.

The Seconde Chap.

I HN your Fellowe-brother in the A Loue of the Trueth / and aApoc. 19. b. 22. a. Fellowe-wit­nes ⁏with all the Sainctes of God; of the true Beeinge of God and Christ / was in the Lande PIETAS, for to expresse the Honour and Loue of God / amonge all Those which men ought for to loue.

2. Now whilst I thus ⁏in all Obedience of the Loue; walked in Pietas, I was combred very-much in my Thoughtes· and in the Solitarines of my inwarde Beeinge or Spirit / with the won­derfull Woorkes of God / for to vnderstande in my Spirit ⁏vnder the Obedience of the Loue; the Wonderful-actes of God. and in what maner-of-sort / God wolde accomplish his Woorkes and his vprightDan. 7. c. Math. 13. 25 d Iudgment, now in the last Time.

3. In thissame Comberment of myne / my Heart became2. Cor. 4. [...]. lighted with Cleernes. and my whole in­warde Minde / was persed-thorowe with Windes of Life and Delectable-sweetnes.

4. Fardermore / out of thissame Light and sweet Windes of Life / ther appeered vnto mee / a [Page] great, mightie, and glorious Beeinge: Thesame opened my Heart / and spread-fourth my inwarde Minde ⁏with itself; verye wyde and brode: Yea / so wyde / that the whole Heauen and the vniuer­sall Earth / stoode comprehended therin.

B 5. AFter-that / I sawe / and beholde: The Lorde satt in the Heauē / Psal. 11. a. 103. b. as in a Seate:Esa. 6. a. 66. a Act. 7. f. and Hee filled the whole Heauen / like-as a Man filleth a Stoole or Seate / wher-in hee sitteth. and with his Feete / Hee reached eauen vnto the Earth / as on his Foote-beanch: and reached-ouer euenso with his Feete / the vniuersall Earth. And thissame Reuelatiō / multiplied itself ⁏to manifolde Shewes; in my Sight: wher-through I humbled my whole Beeinge / before the Lorde and his glorious Maiestie.

6. I reioyced mee also very-much; with great Thankes-geeuinge vnto God; for that ⁏through thesame Reuelation; the Day of the Lorde ⁏Psal. 118. c. Esa. 60. c. Apo. 22. a. which shall endure for euer; was shewed vnto mee for to beholde: and that I had reached or attayned vnto thesame pretiousDan. 8. 12. c. 4. Esdr. 13. f. Tyme / wherin the great Actes of the wonderfull Woorkes of God / were shewed so nakedlie and cleerlie-vnto mee. For with thesame Reuelation of God / ther was shewed and reuealed vnto [...]ee / many and manifolde wonderfull Thinges and Powers of God.

C 7. Moreouer / in thissame Reuelation of2. Tim. 1. b. Tit. 2. b. the great Glorie of God / and in thissame liuelie De­monstration or Shewinge of the many and mani­folde Thinges / both of that which is in Heauen / [Page 5] and also of that which is on Earth / so came-ther also vnto mee out of thesame heauenlie Beeinge / Testimony-of-trueth, which distinctlie infourmed mee of the Diuersitie of thinges / and resolued mee also ⁏with cleere Vnderstandinge; of the Thinges which I vnderstoode not / & were shewed vnto mee.

8. But trulye / they are all straunge and incre­dible Thinges / before the Contemners of the hea­uenlie Woorkes of God / and1. Cor. 1. 2. b 2. Cor. 4. a. before all Vnder­standinges of ye Wisdom of the Fleash: But before the godlieMath. 11. c. 13. b. Vnderstandinges / which ⁏vnder the Obedience of the Loue;Luk. 8. a. haue a regarde on the Bee­ing of God and his Almightines / to a great Ioye in their Spirit / and to a great Thankes-geeuing to the highest God / because that Hee ؛thesame God [...] hath manifested his Light / Life / and Wisedom / and the Vnderstandinge of his secreat Woorkes / amonge the Children of Men / vpon the Earth.

9. Moreouer / in all this that I sawe and D hearde / and that was opened vnto mee / I was forced in my Spirit / to write it-all / to-thende that the secreatMath. 11. C. 13. b. heauenlie Woorkes of God / mought be also declared amonge all Louers of the Trueth and vnderstanded and loued by them / in their Vn­derstandinge. And euenso heer-withall / I ende­uoured myself to write-vp all thesame / eauen so-much as ther was reuealed vnto mee / and as was expedient or profitable to the Children of Men for to knowe therof: and so I wrote in Letters / what I had seene and heard in this Reuelation of God· that Testimony-of-trueth saide vnto mee· & that [Page] I myself had spokē: euen-like as heer-on followeth.

The Thirde Chap.

A NOw when that the Mosthighest begon for to shewe mee thissame his Re­uelation / in the Lande Pietas: and that I sawe-into the magnificent Powers of his Wonderous-woorkes / so cryed I then to the Lorde / and saide:

2. O wonderfull Power / Spirit / and Wise­dom: Esa. 45. c. O thou secreat God of Heauen: How vn­knowen are thy Woorkes / Sap. 9. b. Math. 11. c. Rom. 11. d. 1. Cor. 2. b. and how secreat is thy Wisdom / before all Wisdoms of the Fleash: and how farre doth the Intelligence of thy holie Spirit / differ from the Wyse of the Worlde and their Scripture-learned!

3. For who is-ther of all Those / thatSap. 9. b. Rom. 11. d. can vn­derstande thy Minde / Spirit / or Meaninge / or anywhat of thy Purpose and Counsell: ether-yet finde ⁏with all his Searchinge; the Daye of thy Iudgment / or ⁏through his Studyinge and Practisinge in the Knowledge; comprehend the­same? Verelie not anyone.

B 4. Therfore ⁏O Lorde; thou art onlie wyse / righteous / Tob. 3. a. and true. For all those whichRom. 8. a. 1. Cor. 8. a. are good-thinkinge-wise / against Thee and thy Ser­uice of Loue· andRom. 2. a. 2. Tess. 2. b. vnbeleeuing towardes thy gra­tio [...]s Woorde / and the Testimonies of thy holie Spirit of Loue / together with all those whichEphe. 4. b. are Straungers to thy Beeinge· and not essentialli [...] [Page 6] goddedIohn. 6. f. 17. c. with thee / in their Spirit / or that dispise thesame Codeifyinge or Vnyting-to-god / shall all no-dowt finde themselues begiled / in their good-thinking VnderstandingeRom. 1. c. or Knowledge ⁏which they suppose / to be a Wisedom of God / or Guift of the holie Spirit; / also stomble therin and fall / and ⁏how knowledgfull / and how wel-learned so-euer they be in the Languages and Scriptures; misse the vpright Trueth and Wisedom of God.

5. But ⁏O my God;Exo. 3. [...]. Esa. 66. a. Thou art thesame that thou art. In Thee is the Trueth: and thou ma­ [...]est likewise thesameIohn. [...]. c. 14. b. knowen vnto Thyne / which loue thee.

6. Thou standest firme for euer / vnchaunge­able or vnmoueable / eauen as aEsa. 26. a. Stonie-rocke: For thy Strength / Wisdom / &Esa. 46. a. Purpose / doth ne­uermore faile. Therfore suerlie / thy Iudgmentes / and all thy Woorkes / Tob. 3. a. Apo. 15. a. are onlie true. For nether in thy Iudgmēt / nor-yet in any of all thy Workes / shalt thou be made-ashamed.

7. But now in thissame Daye / all Fleash of C Adam ⁏which accordinge to the Minde of his fleashlie Vnderstanding / will iudge thy Workes / Wisdom / and Purpose; shalbeSap. 5. a. made-ashamed / and be brought to reproch / before Thee ⁏O God; and before thy Trueth.

8. (Yea / they shall all now ⁏in thissame Daye; which will take vpon them / with their Counsell andMath. 11. c. 1. Cor. 1. b. Rom. 8. a. Ingenious-prudentie of the Knowledge / to seeke-after / search-out / and vnderstande ether-yet iudge / Gods secreat Counsell / Wisdom / and Will / [Page] ronne-to-an-ende in their Knowledge of God-his Matiers.)

9. For now ⁏O God; in the Reuealinge of thy Trueth ⁏wher-through the Misvnderstandinge of all Men of Adam / becometh witnessed vnto them / and is geeuen them to see-into; they must all needes acknowledge / Sap. 5. a. that th [...]y haue missed the vpright Vnderstandinge of thy Trueth· and transgressed brutishlie against the Testimonies of thesame / To-thende that they mought euenso confesse their Er­rour· Iudith. 8. c. 1. Pet. 5. a. humble them vnder thy holie Maiestie / and vnder the gratious Woorde of the Seruice of thy Loue. honour thy Glorious-lordlynes·Math. 6. b. hallowe or magnifie thy Name· and vnderstand and com­prehende thy Wonderous-woorkes / and the Daye of thy righteous Iudgment / a-right / and accor­ding to the Trueth.

D 10. O God / that they all wolde now humble themselues vnder Thee / and so heare and beleeue thy Trueth / vnder the Obedience of thy Loue / So should they also then verelie / see andMath. 11. c. 13. b. vnder­stande the Secreatnes of thy Woorkes. and that also thy Woorke / is not broken / butGen. 1. d. 2. a perfect. For if they sawe-into & vnderstoode all thy Woorkes / accordinge to the Trueth / so coulde not also then thy Will / beIudith. 16. c. Rom. 9. b. resisted by them· thy Spirit of Pro­pheaties /1. Tess. 5. b. disanulled or queanched-out· nor thy Counsell of Wisdom distrusted. but thy Woorde should in euery-behalf be beleeued· and the Re­quiringe of thesame ⁏with good-willing Heartes; obedientlie1. Pet. 1. b. ensued.

[Page 7] 11. But now in this Daye of thy Appeering ⁏O God; in thyMath. 24. d. 25. d. Iudae. 1. b. Glorious-maiestie / thou wilt notAct. 10. c. Rom. 2. b. re­spect any-man in his Wisdom. nor-yet also make-account of anyones Vnbeleeuingnes: but thou wilt bringe-fourth the RightEsa. 28. b. 32. a. 42. a. with the Trueth: also shewe thy wonderfull Woorkes ⁏which are se­creat before all earthlie Wyse; to theMath. 11. c. 13. b. Littelones and Humble of Heart: and euenso execute thy vp­right Iudgment ⁏Psal. 94. b. 1. Cor. 1. 2. b. against all Vnderstandinges / Wisdoms / and Scripture-learned of this World; ouer the Worlde. But thesame will soundeAbac. 1. a. Act. 13. d. verie straūge or monsterous before the Eares of all those which vnderstande nor beleeue not ⁏O God; thy Woorkes.

12. Therfore it is suerlie eauen-now ⁏before all E earthlie Vnderstandinges of this Worlde; a verie straunge orPsal. 118. c. Abac. 1. a. wonderfull Woorke / that thou ⁏O God; dost woorke and accomplish in thissame Day of thy Loue.Esa. 53. a. Rom. 10. b. For who shall ⁏I saye; beleeue it / when-as it is tolde him?

13. Yea / who is-ther of all the Childrē of Men / ☜ that wolde once haue thought such a matier / name­lie: that thy Life / Rom. 5. 6. [...]. 1. Cor. 15. e. out of the Death / thy Light / outIohn. 1. a. 2. Pet. 1. b. of the Darknes / thy Vnderstandinge / out of the Simplenes / and thy Wisdom / out of the Foo­lishnes / should so haue ben made-knowen! and that thou moreouer / out of a foolish People ⁏Ozeae. 2. a. Rom. 9. c. that was not thy People; woldest prepare thee an acceptable People / that accomplisheth all thy Will: and that thou dost likewise / through thy Power and Almigh­tines (eauen-like as it in this present Daye appeer­eth) [Page] bringe thatsame to light / which seemed befor [...] all the Eyes of Men / to beMath. 19. c. Luk. 1. d. vnpossible for to com-to-passe.

The Fourth Chap.

A NOw when-as I had in such-sort spokē-fourth all thissame before the Most-highest / so looked I then vpwardes int [...] Heauen / thePsal. 11. a. 89 b. 103. b. Seate of the Lorde: which the Godhead so throughlieEsa. 66. a. Ier. 13. a. filled / that ther was no-wheare any emptie Place to be founde / through­out the whole Heauen. Consideringe now heeron / I thought in my Heart: O supreame Godhead! Thou fillest the whole Heauen. Whea [...]e is then ⁏I beseech thee; the Habitation or Place of thy Sainctes?

2. Now whilst I thus was combred heer-with­all / in my Thoughtes / ther appeered vnto mee frō Heauen ⁏out of the Beeinge of the Godhead; Te­stimony-of-trueth. and saide vnto mee: Thou lookest onlie on the Heauen / the Seate of the Lord, and not ⁏in circuite round-about; on the Multitude of all the Heauens of God-his heauenlie Kingdom / wher-in also God doth liue gloriouslie / and is also all in all in thesame.

B 3. Then turned I about my Sight / both high and lowe / and also lardge round-about: and ther­withall ther was shewed vnto mee / many Multi­tudes of thowsand Heauens of thesame great God. And yet God filled neuerthelesse all these his Hea­uens [Page 8] / with his Godhead: and yet it was all one-with-the-other / like-as one Heauen / and as one great glorious God.

4. Then asked I Testimony-of-trueth: What are ⁏I praye thee; all the Thowsandes of these­same Heauens / wherin God liueth and triumpheth so gloriouslie and through-lightinglie:Apo. [...] and that reioyce them all with each-other so triumphantile / in the Light / Woorde / and Life of God: and that also with God ⁏from the Heauen / eauen vnto the Earth;Ie [...]. 1 [...]. [...]. reach euerye-wheare ouer the vniuersall Earth / round-about the Lordes Feete: and yet ne­uerthelesse ⁏they all together; are ioyned one to-an­other and one in-another; as one Heauen; eauen vnto the Highest with the Godhead.

5. THen saide Testimony-of-trueth vnto C mee: All the Multitudes of Heauens / which thou seest ⁏as if it were one Heauen; so ioy­ned-together in each-other. and yet notwithstand­inge streatch-out themselues / ouer the vniuersall Earth / vpon the Earth: That is the spirituall hea­uenlie Rom. 12. b. 1. Cor. 12. c. Eph. 4. b. Bodie / with his manye Members. name­lie / all the Sainctes or Holyones of God / Leui. 26. [...] 2. Cor. 6. [...]. wherin God dwelleth and liueth.

6. Which one Bodie ⁏with the manie Multi­tudes of his Members;Apo. 5. 22. b. raigneth with God: and beareth euenso his Dominion with God. Therfore it is namedGe [...]. 32. [...]. ISRAEL.

7. Thissame heauenlye Bodie ⁏with all hys Members; is also iustifiedEphe. 5. c. Apo. 1. b. 7. [...]. [...]1. [...]. or clensed from the Sinne. and is likewise ⁏to his Saluation and [Page] Ioye in the euerlasting Life;Act. 2. a. 3. Iohn. 2. c. annoynted with the Holie-spirit of God. Therfore it is alsoRom. 8. a. Gal. 5. c. called / Christian.

8. When I now had once hearde and vnder­stoode thissame / I marueiled ther-at very-much: and demaunded yet farder / whether that those­same Holyones / were the Generations of Abrahā, and the Children of God and Christ/Gen. 22. b. Ier. 31. d. Iohn. 1. b. according to the Promises of God the Father / and the Te­stimonies of ye Scriptures / of the holie Propheates and Euangelistes.

D 9. THen saide Testimony-of-trueth vnto mee: Yea / they are the-same. Howbeit / the Woorking of God touching These / hath euer­moreEsa. 29. b. Abd. 1. 1. Cor. 1. b. rested-secreat before the Wise of ye Worlde: but according to the Will of God the heauenlie Father / they haue ben alwaies; through his Light of Life / and of the heauenlie Trueth; shewed and made-knowen / vnto theEsa. 57. 66. a Math. 11. c. Humble and Single-mindedones / which ⁏with whole Heart;Psal. 40. a. had a Lust to accomplish the Will of the Lorde.

10. Then saide I: O my Lorde / infourme mee I praye thee / in what-sort / and also from whence / all these MultitudesApo. 7. a. of Sainctes / are com or growen to such-amaner of heauenlie Beeinge: and how that the Worlde / and all Generations of the Earth / Gen. 22. b. shall obtaine their Blessinge and Salua­tion / which is promised vnto them / accordinge to the Testimonie of the holie Scripture. For in my Thoughtes, I am also combred heer-with.

The V. Chap.

AFter-that spake Testymonye-of-trueth, A and saide: Consider-well then on my Woordes: TheMath. 11. c. 13. b. Secreat-misterie of thesame ⁏wher-after thou demaundest; shall be declared vnto Thee / aboue Manye in this Worlde. For thy Heart hath forsaken the earthlie Consumeablenes / and ⁏entring into the4. Esdr. 7. b. Math. 7. b. Waye to the Immortalitie; powred-fourth his Vnderstan­dinge / before the Trueth of God / for to compre­hende Wisdom / and the Thinges / wherthrough theGen. 22. b. Blessinge and Saluation of Men is to be obtayned.

2. Beholde / God hath in times-passed / Gen. 12. a. 17. b. 22. b. fore­seene and elected to him an holie People / out of Abraham, for to seale or sett-fast his Couenaunt ⁏to a Token of his People; in thesame / To-thend that Hee / through thesame People ⁏to ye Blessing of all Generations of the Earth; wolde establish his Promises / made vnto Abraham. Which Pro­mises of God ⁏through Abraham and all Gods holie Propheates and Euangelistes; haue not he­therto in any One; of all whatsoeuer hath ben pro­mised by God;Esa. 44. c. 46. a. once fayled / but it is all com-to-passe. Howbeit / the Lordes Minde and his Pur­pose ⁏what Hee therwith wolde accomplish / at the very-last; hathDan. 12. c. remayned secreat before Manye.

3. Notwithstanding / it is permitted mee / that I ⁏touching That-thinge which hathMath. 11. c. 13. b. 1. Cor. 2. b. hetherto rested-secreat / before the Vnderstandinges of Men; [Page] should vncouer the Minde of the Lorde· and also declare the Trueth ⁏of thesame; vnto Thee HN.

B 4. COnsider and note-well: The Promises of the Lorde stretch heere-vnto / namelie / that God ⁏out of the Seede of Abraham; wolde reuealeGen. 18. b. his holie Minde / Will / and Purpose / on the Earth· and bring-fourth ⁏through thesame; theGen. 12. a. 15. 17. 22. b. Blessinge of all Generations of the Earth. Which Seede of Abraham ⁏for the Promises cause; was first procreatedGen. 17. b. 21. a. b. after the Fleash / vpon the Earth. Therfore was also thesame Generation ⁏in his former Procreatiō;Rom. 9. a. Gal. 4. c. ISRAEL after ye Fleash.

5. The-whilst now that this saide Israel / did yeat beare the fore-passing Procreation according to the Fleash / in him: and that also many People / did not knowe nor vnderstand ye heauenlie Trueth of God according to the Spirit ⁏wherin the pro­mised Blessing becometh inherited; / So hath the Lorde ⁏the God of Abraham (punctel) Exod. 20. &c. geeuen a Lawe or Ordinaunce vnto the People of Israel. and out of thesame Generation / Exo. 28. 29. Leui. 1. 2. 3. ordayned also vnto him a Priesthod: wher-vnder that they (the-whylst that they were Fleash and fleashlie-minded / and had not yeat attayned vnto the Seconde-birth / Iohn. 3. a. accor­ding to the Spirit and heauenlie Trueth)Gal. 3. c. 4. a were sustayned· and kept through thesame / from the Estraunginge from their God / till that the Time was fulfilled / that God ⁏Luk. 1. c. 2. a through the Mightie-power of his Holie-spirit; procreated his true Bee­ing and spirituall Seede ⁏which tooke on him the Seede of Abraham; out of the fore-mentioned [Page 10] Seede of Abraham: And euenso / out of thesame Seede of Abraham / God manifested his beloued Sonne / in Israel, euen-like as God ⁏through his holie Propheates; hadEsa. 9. a. Ier. 23. a. Dan. 9. c. fore-saide and promised thesame / To-thend that Hee wolde euēso ⁏through thesame Seede of his spirituall and heauenlie Pro­creation; confirme or fulfill ⁏accordinge to his Trueth; theGen. 22. b. Blessinge and Saluation / which God had promised / out of the Faith of Abraham.

6. BEholde / This wolde God: and the­same C was Gods Minde and Will / through his Promises / to-thende that at the last / his vpright Procreation according to the Spirit [namelie / thePsal. 32. b. Frute of his Loynes] should becom manifested· also hearde and beleeued of all the Generations of Mankinde / to their Salua­tion and Blessing / according to the Promises· and they likewise ⁏through thesame;Iohn. 3. a. Rom. 6. a. Ephe. 4. c. renewed in their Spirit and Minde. Which vpright Procreation of the Godlynes / cometh out of ye Faith / Rom. 1. a. b. 4. b. through the Faith / and in the Faith of Abraham.

7. These PromisesGen. 12. a. 13. 15. b. were made to Abraham / ereuer that ther was a Seede borne vnto him. But afterwarde / when-as Abraham had once receaued the Promise of the Seede / and that the Frute could liue / Gen. 21. b. ther was a Sonne brought-fourth vnto him / namelie, Isaac.

8. Howbeit / thissame former Procreation ac­cordinge to the Fleash ⁏Gal. 4. c. d. whose Children were not free / but were all vnder the Lawe; had the Fore-goinge / andExo. 1. 2. 3. increased them to a great [Page] People / vnder the Lawe of the Lorde.

D 9. Vnder which saide Lawe ⁏for their Captiui­ties cause / vnder the Sinne & vnder the Mindes of the Fleash; they were also subiect or capty­ued / till that the Time wasGal. 4. a. fulfilled / that the Lordes heauenlie Procreation ؛y• Seede of Abra­ham accordinge to the Spirit? was borne ether brought-fourth on the Earth / Luk. 2. a. and euenso mani­fested itself ⁏of the Stocke of Dauid; out-of the Faith of Abraham, to the Blessing of all the Ge­nerations of the Earth: Wher-through the Spirit and Minde of the Lorde ⁏how his Counsell and Will was of thesame; was made-manifest in Is­rael. and wher-through ther was also published to thesame People Israel /Esa. 42. 61. a. Luk. 1. f. 4. b. the Releassing or Free­makinge from their Captiuitie.

The VI. Chap.

A MOreouer / when God now had begotten his Sonne / so did not thesame Sonne / ؛the verytrue Seede of the God of Heauen? take on him the Seede of the Heathen / that sinfull People after the Fleash.Math. 10. c. 15. c. Rom. 9. a. Gal. 3. c. Heb. 2. c. but the Seede of Abrahā / that vpright People accor­ding to the Fleash [namelie / of Abraham / that was of the Howse of Dauid· and vnrebukeable in the Lawe of the Lorde] to-thende that God wolde also bringe the inwarde Righteousnes according to the Spirit [which is / to be incorporated ⁏Iohn. 15. 17. Ephe. 3. c. accor­ding to the inward Man; into ye Sonne of God] [Page 11] to thesame Generation: and that euenso all Gene­rations of the Earth / should ⁏ther-through; ob­taine theirGen. 22. b. Blessinge andMath. 11. c. Heb. 4. b. Rest of Life / accor­dinge to the Promises. For that is theLuk. 1. f. Eph. 1. a. 4. c. vpright Righteousnes and Holynes in the Spirit: wher­vnto God hath chosen the Seede of Abraham· and loued all Heathen.

2. See / eauen-thus in all thissame / and for the Birthes cause of ye Seede of Abraham ⁏which was borne after the Fleash· andExod. 20. 22. &c. Gal. 3. b. 4. a. captiued vnder the Lawe / and for-that-cause vnderstoode not the Minde and Will of the Lorde; so hath God ⁏euen out of the Fulnes of his Wisedom / Grace / and Mercie; likewise vnder theGal. 4. a. Lawe / com-tow­ardes or mett-with after the Fleash / thesame Seede of Abraham, accordinge to the Frailtie of his fleashlie Vnderstandinge. and hath likewise / by thesame Seede of Abraham after the Fleash / of the Seede of Dauid ⁏also accordinge to the Fleash; begotten hisLuk. 1. c. 2. a onlie Sonne. andGal. 4. a. sett Him also vnder the Lawe / to-thentent that his Lawe should not beMath. 5. b. broken, disanulled, or for­saken. but should remaine-of-force by all People ⁏so-longe as they yeat caryed the2. Cor. 3. b. Foreskinne of the Fleash before their Heartes / and remained fleashlie minded / or were not com to theIohn. 17. c. Eph. 3. c. 2. Pet. 1. a. Incor­poratinge with God and Christ; in her vpright Seruice or Office· and the People beGal. 3. c. 4. a euenso sustayned thervnder / vntill that ⁏in the Obedience of the Lawe; the Foreskinne of the sinfull Fleash / beDeut. 10. b. 30. a. Ier. 4. a. remoued from their Heartes. and that also ⁏in [Page] the Beleef and Righteousnes of Abraham; the spirituall Seede of God ⁏with spirituall and hea­uenlie Mindes; became procreated or borne out of Heauen / in them: and that euenso theLuk. 17. c. Apo. 21. a. Kingdom of the God of Heauens ⁏full of all louelie Beeinge; were com vnto them / in the Spirit.

B 3. Notwithstanding / albeit now that thissame Sonne of God / was thus vnto the People of Is­rael⁏ Luk. 2. a. Rom. 1. a. Gal. 4. a. out of the Seede of Dauid / according to the Fleash; begotten as a Sonne of Man / vnder the Lawe: and had also the Fourme of aPhil. 2. a. Ser­uant of the Lawe / Yet hath Hee neuertheles ex­pressed / that heeGal. 4. c. was free· and ⁏according to the Spirit;Luk. 1. c. 2. a. Rom. 1. a. a Sonne of God / or ⁏ out-of the Seede of God of the holie Spirit;Phil. 2. a. Heb. 1. a. the very-like Beeing of God his heauenlie Father. Howbeit / HeePhil. 2. a. Heb. 2. b. 5. b was obedient ⁏in all; vnto his Father. and also taught vnto his Bretheren after the Fleash / ye true Passe­ouer out of the Fleash / to God in the Spirit. and is also first / Iohn. 14. b. gon the Way himself before them / which ⁏through ye seconde BirthIohn. 3. a. Rom. 6. 8. a. from the Death; leadeth or bringeth to the euerlastinge Life.

4. Also Hee hath ⁏accordinge to the Fleash; borne all Contempt / Esa. 53. a. b. 1. Pet. 2. c. Math. 26. 27. Curssing / and the Sinnes of the Worlde. and suffered the Reproch / that Hee wasSap. 2. c. iudged, condemned, and killed ⁏ eauen as an Vngodly-person; of the Children of Men / that could not away with Him. Howbeit / through the Mightie-power of God / Hee isMath. 28. a. Luk. 24. f. Act. 2. c. 3. c. risen-vpp a­gaine from the Death: and is euenso ⁏by his Fa­ther; begotten againe; from the Death / and made [Page 12] lyuing / after the Spirit.

5. Fardermore / after his Resurrection from C the Death / Hee hath1. Cor. 15. a. manifested himself vnto Hys / lyuinglie: but not so / to the Worlde / nor to her Wyse / that could not away with Him after the Fleash. but to his Disciples / whichMath. 28. a. Mar. 16. b. Luk. 24. c. d. Iohn. 20. Act. 10. 13. d. were becom Partakers with Him [that is: with Christ after the Fleash] of his Passion / Mortification / and Death: and kept euenso the Phase or Pascha with Him: which is / the Mortifyinge of the Sinne / and of theRom. 6. 8. a. Gal. 5. c. Eph. 4. c. Col. 3. a. fleashlie Lustes and Desires / and to passe-thorowe the Passe-ouer with Christ, out of the Fleash / to God in the Spirit.

6. Through thissame Passe-ouer / these Disci­ples were alsoAct. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 13. &c. Witnesses of the Suffering and Death of Christ, and of his Resurrectiō from the Death / or Making-aliue accordinge to the Spirit.

7. Also they haue thus published Him / amonge all People. and confessed that thesame Sonne of God / is the right Messias orIohn. 1. c Christ, and the true Kinge of Israel and Iuda. andHeb. 1. a. b. annoynted therto / by God himself / and ordayned to aMath. 1. c. Eph. 5. c. Saui­our of the People: and that they all ⁏Act. 4. b. 10. c. which beleeue in his Name; should through Him obtaine ye Bles­singe of the Promises / and the Saluation in God.

The VII. Chap.

THissame Sonne of God / Iesus A or Sauiour / which wasLuk. 1. c. 2. a begotten out of Heauen ⁏to a Seede of Blessinge; to the [Page] Howse of Israel and to the Howse of Iuda, is likewise ⁏after his Resurrection from the Death; receaued-vppMar. 16. b. Luk. 24. f. Act. 1. b. of his Father / into the heauenlie Beeinge. and in-sort of the fleashlie Procreatinge / was vnfruitfull on the Earth: Wherin that the Lawe after the Fleash / was not fulfilled. But-yet well / after the Spirit. For in the Lawe ther stan­deth writen:Exo. 23. c. Deu. 7. b. None amonge you shall be vn­fruitfull.

2. Wher-out now it seemeth according to the Fleash / as-though his Genealogie ⁏after the Pro­creation of the Generations of Israel; Deu. 25. a. Ruth. 4. a. ceassed with Him / or was at-an-end in Israel. But that is not so / after the Spirit.

3. For Hee hath ⁏out of the heauenlie Beeing; eauen from the Right-hande of God his Father / powred-fourthAct. 2. a. his holie Spirit / vpon all those which beleeued in Him / and were his obedient Dis­ciples: and is euenso ⁏through thesame Seede of his holie Spirit; becom very fruitfull / Act. 2. e. 4. d. 5. b. 10. c. 15. b to manye thowsande Children of his Holyones / in the hea­uenlie Beeing: First / in Israel. and then fourth / amonge allEsa. 60. a. Rom. 15. a Heathen / through the Beleef of A­braham.

B 4. BEhold: Thissame Sonne of God ⁏which is a Beeinge / Light / Life / and Woorde / withIohn. 1. a. God his Father; and ye manyApo. 7. b. Multitudes of his Sainctes / is the heauenlie Bodie / which raignethMath. 25. d Iudae. 1. b. Apo. 21. 22. or hath his Dominion / with God: and is named Israel and Christian. And Those-same are also the Multitudes of the manye thowsande [Page 13] Heauens / which thou hast seene so triumphantlie. All which these Sainctes / or Members of thesame spirituall and heauenlie Bodie / are begotten of the Sonne of God (eauen as I haue tolde thee heere) / and areAct. 2. 4. 5. b. 10. 15. b. becom to so many thowsande Sainctes / in the heauenlie Beeinge.

5. MOreouer / in that thou hast also seene / that these-same Multitudes of Heauēs / did also reach euerye-wheare ouer the vniuersall Earth ؛theEsa. 66. a. Beanch of the Lordes Feete?: That is: Those-same Sainctes ؛Israel and Christian? shall now in this Daye of ye Loue ⁏as true Priestes orExo. 19. Esa. 61. a. 1. Pet. 2. a. Elders of the holie Vnderstandinge / and as Kinges ⁏or wise Gouernours; raigne with God and his Righteousnes / euerlastinglieApo. 1. a. 5. b 22. a. vpon the Earth: and all Generations of the Earth / shall euenso ⁏through thesame Sainctes; obtaineEsa. 3. b. Sap. 3. a. Math. 19. d. their Blessinge according to the Promises of God / and Testimonies of the holie Scriptures.

6. BEholde: This is thesame Sonne of C God / which now at the last time / name­lie / in this Daye of the Loue / appeereth in his Cominge-againe ⁏with God his Father / Math. 25. d. Iudae. 1. b. and with all his Children and Sainctes; verie glori­ous and triumphantlie / to Iudgment / with Righteousnes. Wher-with also Hee now expres­seth / that his Name / is not put-out in Israel. but shall continuePsal. 76. a. in Israel for euer-and-euer: Also that the Lawe becometh not broken / nether through Him / nor-yet through his Children or Sainctes· butMath. 5. b. fulfilled and accomplished: and that God his [Page] Father / hath had the Power ⁏through ye Sonne; to raise-vpp / out-of the dead Stones / and out-of the brutish Heathen / Math. 3. b. Children vnto Abraham.

7. See / this is the Fruitfulnes of Christ / the Sonne of the God of Abraham. Which Fruit­fulnes ⁏to an Increasinge of his Holyones / and to many-more Thowsandes of his Children; shall now likewise in thissameEsa. 2. a. Zach. 8. c. Mich. 4. a. Act. 2. b. last Daye, com-to-passe or take-effect, vnder the Obedience of his Loue: and that altogether after the former sort / like-as it came-to-passe ⁏through his holie Spirit; in times-passed / namelie / out-of the Beleef / and in the Be­leef of Abraham.

8. Which new-begotten Children / do all ⁏tho­rough thesame Christ; Eph. 1. a. Heb. 1. a. obtayne the Purginge of their Sinnes / and becomRom. 8. b. Eph. 2. a. Coenheritours in the Testamentes of God / and of ye holie Fathers / according to the Promises. For their Righteous­nes / Faithfulnes / and Trueth / shall now ⁏in this­same Daye of the Loue; enlardge itself / so wide as the Worlde is / Luk. 24. f. to-thende that it all ⁏what-soeuer is writen of Christ; mought euenso becom fulfilled in the Loue.

D 9. WHen I now vnderstoode all this ⁏that was saide vnto mee; according to the Trueth / I reioyced mee very-much / in my Spirit: chiefliest / for that I had heard this Resolution / with so cleere Distinction· andIohn. 8. d. seene the Daye of the Lorde / cominge ouer the Worlde. and that in thesame / the vniuersallEsa. 11. 42. a. Earth should be iudged with Righteousnes·2. Pet. 3. b. Apo. 22. a. gouerned by the Sainctes [Page 14] of God· and all Vngodlie / rooted-out from the Earth / Psal. 37. b. Pro. 2. c. Math. 25. d. and becom condemned.

10. Moreouer / in all thissame / I lauded and thanked the God of Heauē / for his great Loue and Mercie / which Hee in this last Time ⁏Math. 24. [...]. that is full of all Iniquitie; is extending ouer vs Littelones and Poore: and for that Hee also reuealeth to vs so nakedlie / and letteth vs see / Eph. 1. a. to what a Glori­ous-dignitie / He hath created, chosen, and also ⁏through his Christ; called the manlie Genera­tion: and ceasseth not yeat presentlie in this last Daye ⁏through the holie Spirit of his Loue; to call and intirelie-bidde them / To-thende that they all now whichSap. 8. a. loue the Righteousnes / and which areMath. 11. c. laden with many Sinnes / or are fallen into manifolde Iniquities / mought yeatMath. 3. a. Act. 3. c. 17. c. turne them· and becomEph. 3. c. 2. Pet. 1. a. incorporated ⁏to their Preseruation and Saluation; into the louelie Beeing of God.

The VIII. Chap.

AT the end of this my Thankes-gee­uinge A vnto God ⁏in Thadmiration of the great Grace / which God expresseth now in thissame Daye; I cryed vnto God / which satt in hisApo. 4. a. 5. a 7. b. Stoole and liueth for euer. and saide:

2. O Lorde / Lorde ؛thou God and Father of all Heauens? thou which comest now in the last Daye / with so many thowsandeMath. 25. d. Iudae. 1. b. Sainctes / in so great Triumph and Glorie / for to iudgeAct. 17. d. the Compasse of ye whole Earth / with Righteousnes: [Page] and dost yeat in thesame Daye of thy Iudgment ⁏to theGen. 22. b. Blessing of all Generations of the Earth; callMath. 11. c. and bidde all People ⁏to a Reformation of them touchinge their Sinnes / and for to becom cleansed from the Iniquitie; vnto thee / vnder the Obedience of thy Loue!

3. What a special-thinge is this ⁏O Lorde; that thou eauen-yeat in this present Daye (wher­in trulie the Sinne4. Esdr. 5. a. 14. b. Math. 24. b. is clomme-vpp eauen to the very-highest and in the presumpteoust-degree / and all the Children of Men so whollie drowned or stiffled therin / and so diepePsal. 14. a. Rom. 3. b. sonken in thesame) shewest-fourth thy great Grace and Mercie / and dost call and bidde all Men ⁏through thy heartie Loue; to the Purging of their Sinnes / and to the SeateHeb. 5. a. of thy glorious Maiestie / to-thende that they mought not faile at any-hande to be warned for the auoyding of the Destruction / Math. 13. c. d 25. d. and of the Condemnation of the Vngodlie· alsoEze. 18. c. Luk. 3. 13. a. 15. b. refourme them touchinge the Sinne· and liue in thyIohn. 17. c. Loue euerlastinglie.

B 4. O God / this is now thy great Mercie ouer vs: For out of the Fulnes of thy Grace / thou lettest vs now see theGen. 3. a. Esa. 59. b. Rom. 5. b. c. [...]. Tess. 2. a. Defection of the Man from thy vpright Beeinge / and from the glorious Bew­tie of thy Sumpteous-garnishinge.

5. Ouer-and-aboue that / thou lettest vs see the wicked andMath. 24. b. Mark. 13. b. horrible Beeinge of the Sinne / which wee; eauen as Men distraught; haue feruently-loued· andApo. 18. a. b serued thesame with our Mindes and Vnderstandinges. and incorporated our-selues so [Page 15] whollie ther-into / that wee by that occasion / haue not esteemed Thee ⁏O God; nor-yet thy Righte­ousnes / for anything-worth: and yet thou ⁏in more-aboundaunce of thy Grace; profferest thy Loue / to­gether with thy Power and Mightines / vnto vs / for to renewe vs ⁏through theIohn. 4. 7. [...] outflowing Water­streames of thy gratious Woorde / and Testimo­nies of thy holie Spirit / and Seruice of Loue; in our Vnderstandinge: and so to release vs ⁏in the Obedience of thy Loue; from the Iniquitie / to rayse vs vpp from the Death of Sinne / Rom. 6. 8. b 1. Cor. 6. b. 2. Cor. 4. b. and to make vs lyuinge againe in Thee.

6. This is now assuredlie ⁏O God; a great C Grace / yea / euen a superaboundant Grace / that it so pleaseth thee now in thissame Daye / toRom. 9. b. 1. Pet. 1. c. procre­ate thy Children ⁏through the holie Spirit of the Loue of thy Christ; out of the Sinfullest,Ozeae. 2. a. Vn­cleanest, and Ignorantest of all: and that thou moreouer / adioynest thosesame Childrē of thy Loue ⁏as thy Seede of Abraham, and as Fellowe-bre­theren of Israel; to the Howse of Iacob, and ma­kest them glorious with Israel.

7. At thissame great Grace of thine / extended so louelie ouer all sinfull Generations ⁏wherby they mought without faile / becom ridde andMath. 1. c. saued from their Sinnes· and preserued from the hor­rible Destruction; I cannot ⁏O God; wonder sufficientlie.

8. WHen-as I now had ended this my Talking / before the Most highest / then spake Testimony-of-trueth againe vnto mee / and [Page] saide: Wonder not thou so greatlie at the great Loue / Grace / and Mercie of God / extended ouer the Children of Men: For God isIohn. 1. c. 2. Cor. 1. a. full of all Grace and Mercie: but wonder thou rather that the Man / in all thissame remayneth soEsa. 48. a. Ier. 5. a. 6. c. hardned of Heart & Minde / that heeMat. 22. b. Luk. 14. b. respecteth not Gods proffered Grace / and his intire or heartie Loue / to his Preseruation: but contemneth thesame / and disdayneth the Louelynes of the Peace / or maketh himself vnworthie of thesame: and euenso chuseth to beare ⁏in the wicked Kinde of the vngodlie Bee­ing; theRom. 2. a. 2. Tess. 1. a. Miserie of the Vngodlie. and to inherit all Vnluck / Death / Hell / and Condemnation / Math. 13. d. 25. d. 2. Pet. 3. b. in the hellish Fire / rather then thatsame louelie Bee­inge of God / which is proffered vnto him / in the Seruice of the Loue.

D 9. Then saide I: Verelie ⁏my Lorde; The­same doth also cause me for to wonder not a-little. But notwithstanding / albeit ther are many Dispisers to be found / which contemne Gods profferedPro. 1. e. 2. Cor. 6. a. Grace· his safe-making Seruice of Loue· and his heauenlie WoorkesAbac. 1. a. Act. 13. d. in the Spirit· as also the Testimonies of his holie Spirit of Loue (wher­with they prepare the2. Pet. 2. a. Condemnation vnto them­selues) yet see I neuertheles / that ye Loue of God / and Fauour of Grace / remaineth still ouer the Man: and that the Mans Destruction and Con­demnation (although the Man ⁏by reason of the Iniquitie;Rom. 5. 8. a. is Gods Enemie)Eze. 18. c. 2. Pet. 3. b. is greeuous vnto Him / ether pitieth him. For with ye great Pacience of God extended ouer the Man / are theRom. 9. b. Vessels [Page 16] of Wrath brought-fourth / to Condemnation. And that is it which moueth mee for to wonder.

10. Yet notwithstandinge / I reioyce mee also againe / in the Mercie of God / and for hisEccli. 5. a. 2. Pet. 3. b. great Longe-sufferinge: Wher-through yet Certen do turne them from the Iniquitie / and euenso ⁏vnder the Obedience of the Loue;Rom. 2. a. 2. Cor. 6. respect-well the Grace of God / to their Saluation.

11. Therfore trulie is thissame Time ⁏before all E those which haue a right regarde thervnto; a pre­tious and2. Cor. 6. a. godlie Time / of aboundaunce of Grace. For I see / that God doth now in thissame Daye / accept or receaue the most-abhominable Sinners ⁏which are vnworthie of any Grace; verye gra­tiouslie ⁏Luk. 7. 15. b. in the Repentaunce for their Sinnes; in his Loue / also forgeeueth their Sinnes / and accepteth them worthy / for to liue with Him ⁏in the Communialtie of the Loue of his Holyones; inLuk. 1. f. Eph. 1. a. 4. c all louelie Righteousnes.

12. This do wee now beholde ⁏right euidentlie; with our Eyes / that God doth now ⁏in thissame Daye of his Loue; set-vpp his louelie Righteous­nes amonge the most-abhominable Sinners. and farder doth ⁏in the Seruice of his Loue; accom­plish That / which; in appeeraunce;Math. 19. d. seemeth vn­possible for to com-to-passe / so that it cometh-to-passe or taketh-effect. Thissame is ⁏assuredlie; verytrue / and a superaboundant Grace of God.

The IX. Chap.

[Page] A O God / how bountifull art thou ⁏in this Daye of thy Loue;The Laude and Magnify­ing of the Grace of God, tho­rough HN. ouer all those which loue Thee / for thy Righteousnes­ses cause! For those-same (albeit that they haue inherited theIob. 17. b. Psal. 18. a. Condemnation ⁏in their Conscience; for the Sinnes cause· and so feele or tast the hellish Fire and all Indignation / euen-like as ther appertaineth to the Vngodlie / or as they are worthie of thesame) dost thouDeu. 32. d. 1. Reg. 2. a. Tob. 13. a. Sap. 16. b. leade-fourth out of all their Miserie / and cleansest them from all their Sinnes: lettinge them tast and feele the De­lectable-sweetnes of thy heauenlie Beeinge.

2. Thou bearest also those-same before thy Bo­som /Esa. 40. 66. b in thine Armes: and bringest them / as thy be­loued Sheepe ⁏Eze. 34. c. Iohn. 10. b. whom thou hast founde strayinge· and allured againe vnto thee / through the Seruice of thy Loue; to the vpright constant Sheepe / in thy Howse of Israel.

3. Therfore must I yeat saye ⁏as before; that God doth now in thissame Daye ⁏through the o­uerflowinge Grace of his Loue / and through the Omnipotentie of his mostholie Beeinge; bringe-fourth the Purest / out of the Most-vncleane / the Liuingest / out of the Most-deadlie / and the Sa­uedest / out of the Most-condemned: and maketh e­uenso of his cheefest Enemies / Rom. 5. b. his loueliest Frindes: also bringeth those that were most-fardest from Him, most-neerest vnto Him: and they which haue ben ⁏ler. 2. d. 3. a. euen as vnfaithfull Members of an vnfaith­full Espowsed-wife; most-vnfaithfull vnto Him / Those doth Hee now make faithfull / Ozeae. 2. a. and accept­eth [Page 17] or receaueth them for his Best-beloued.

4. WHo shoulde haue thought that an adul­terous B whoorish Wife / coulde by any­meanes Ier. 3. a. haue obtained such a Grace at her Hus­bandes handes / as that Shee (inasmuch as shee ⁏with her whoorish Lustes and vnchast Desires; had turned her awaye from her Husbande / Ezec. 16. 23. and committed her Whordom with so many Straun­gers) shoulde bee receaued againe of her Hus­bande / for such a beloued Wife. and that Hee should let her knowe ⁏in the Seruice of his Loue; so throughlie his Minde and Will: Yea / soIer. 3. a. b. to hange or addict his Heart & Loue on her againe / as if shee had neuer ben turned-away from Him.

5. Trulie / this is to be reconed for a speciall and an aboundant Grace / wherin men haue greatlie to wonder. For who should any-waye haue thought / that an adulterous Wife / shoulde in such-sort haue ben cleansed from her Whoordom· and made so faithfull and meete ⁏in the Obedience of the Re­quiring of the Seruice of Loue; for to bring-fourth all good Frutes?

6. NOw with this my Wonderinge heere­at C / I stayed mee in my Talke: but the Sight of myne Eyes / was euermore fixed on the great Reuelation of God: and I tooke good-heed / to all the heauenlie Sightes / that were shewed vnto mee.

7. But when I had a little heald mee still heer­in / then spake Testimony-of-trueth vnto mee / and saide: Rest thyself now from all this Won­deringe [Page] / in thy Thoughtes: and take good-heede vnto all that which is shewed thee heere / in the Lande Pietas. For in thesame / God will yeat re­ueale vnto thee and let thee see / manye secreat Thinges / Esa. 64. c. 1. Cor. 2. a. which haue neuer ben seene of Mans Eyes / nor heard of his Eares.

D 8. For-that-cause / Esa. 30. a. b holde thee still now before the Lorde / and be bolde / and feare not: but haue a good regarde vnto all that which becometh shew­ed vnto thee heere / of the secreat Woorkes of God / that thou mayst rightlie knowe & well vnderstande all thesame. For the Minde of the Trueth of all thissame / shall not be kept-secreat from Thee / nor from anye of all those which are one Heart and Minde with thee / butMath. 11. c. Iohn. 14. b. be all made-knowen / and declared accordinge to the Trueth.

9. Heerwith I thanked the Lorde with Ioye / for all thissame great Grace extended ouer all Peo­ple that loue the Trueth: and I endeuoured myself for to doo euenso / as ther was saide vnto mee.

The X. Chap.

A AFter this Sayinge of Testimony-of-trueth, I looked-about ouer all the Heauens / as ouer aEsa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. very-great Moun­taine. Also I looked downe al-ouer the vniuersall Earth. and beholde: On the Earth / ther were euery-wheare many littleEsa. 2. b. Hilles: as also besides that / many Valleis or Lowe-places.

2. Now as I looked vpwardes into ye Heauēs [Page 18] I sawe by the Multitudes of manye Heauens / a very-mightie and stedfastEsa. 9. a. Peace / and aCan. 8. a. stronge Loue / which was not to be broken nor rent. and a faire Light of the Daye ⁏of an exceeding passinge Cleernes; whichEsa. 60. c. Apo. 21. 22. a. neuer chaunged / and after the which also no Night ensued.

3. But as I looked downe on the Earth / I sawe and heard by all ye Multitude of little Hilles / alwayes a great Sounde of a Hurringe-noyze / withMath. 24. a. 4. Esdr. 13. d. 15. b. much Variaunce and Dissention: And that for the most-part / because that each-one of the little Hilles, wolde inforce him to be the best and lord­liest on the Earth.

4. Also ther was by them all / verie-little Light. For those-same Lightes which they had by them / were all of little Light / and of small Power. and also verye chaungeable into Darknesses. And for that cause also / the Darknesses or Nightes / were theare much-more and longer / then the Lightes or Dayes.

5. After that I had once throughlie-vewed B these chaungeable Lightes / and the Vnpeaceable­nes and Stowtnes of the little Hilles on ye Earth / and considered well theron / I turned my Sight againe to that one very-greatEsa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. Mountaine of the Multitudes of many Heauens / which were toge­ther with each-other / so whollie peaceable and con­formablie-vnyted with the Godhead.

6. NOw as I considered heeron / I sawe. and beholde: This greatEsa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. Mountaine of all Heauens with the whole Deitie / opened it­self [Page] abrode verie wide and lardge: and ther-out ther came One fourth / Apo. 12. a. like-vnto a Woman / whose Bodie was eauen as a Gods Bodie / or as a spiri­tuall heauenlie Mans.

7. Thissame gaue-fourth her-self so great and glorious / that shee stretched-out her-self ouer all Heauens / and also in all Heauens: and shee was and remained consubstantiated with the Deitie / and with all Heauens. And with the Cleernes of her Bodie, shee gaue-light in all Heauens / and ouer the vniuersall Earth. for her Bodie wasApo. 12. a. in Cleernes / brighter then the Sunne.

C 8. AFter-that I sawe / and beholde: Out of thissame Woman / ther came-downe from the great Mountaine / a very-strongeIob. 11. c. Esa. 57. b. and vehement Winde / and blewe with a vehement Power on the Earth: in such-sort / that the Earth and all Hilles on the Earth / Psal. 18. a. trembled therat.

9. Moreouer / this vehement or firce Winde / intermelled itselfInfra. 13. c. amonge all the Hilles / on the Earth:Psal. 1. a. Esa. 2. b. 5. c. 29. a. 41. b. Dan. 2. d. e. and brake them all to-peeces / and ground them to small Poulder or Dust.

10. This Dust spred-abrode itself ⁏as a drye or barren Sande; al-ouer the Valleis or Lowe-pla­ces / and ouer all the Fatt-places of the Earth. Wher-of the Earth became altogether drye / Amos. 8. a. and vnfruitfull of Corne:Lam. 1. 2. 3. Math. 24. b. in such-sort / that ⁏by that occasion; the People ⁏which inhabited the Earth; were very-sore afflicted with Hunger and Thirst: and suffred also in-part / great and deadlie Smart.

11. When I now had well behelde thissame / [Page 19] I mourned greatlie ouer the Miserie of the Peo­ple / that inhabited the Earth. For I pitied much their Hunger and Thirst.Ier. 14. a. Lam. 2. 4. a. [...]. and that ther was no Corne nor Bread any-wheare on the Earth / to the Satisfyinge of their Hunger / nor Water to the Quenching of their Thirst.

The XI. Chap.

AFter-that I sawe. and beholde:A Thissame Woman / that was so bright and glorious / in all the Heauens / opened her Mouth: and there-out flowed / Apo. 19. b. the Woorde of God / and the trueMath. 4. a. Iohn. 6. [...]. Bread and Wa­ter Esa. 12. a. Iohn. 4. 7. d. Apo. 21. 22. b. of Life / for to feede and to refreash all hungrie and thirstie People.

2. With thesame Woorde / shee cryed ⁏with lowde Voice; to all hungrie and thirstie People on the Earth / to-thende that they all should harken vnto the Distinction of her Voice· and ⁏to all their Consolation;Esa. 55. [...]. Math. 7. c. Iam. 1. c. doo ther-after· and so becom satis­fied with her Bread and Water of Life. But of all those which dwelled on the Earth / ther were very feawe which wolde harken vnto her Voice. and yet manye feawer that wolde doo ther-after. Neuer­thelesse her Voice wasCan. 2. 4. a. verie sweet and louelie: and her Voice sounded euen-thus / and saide:

3. COm hether to Mee / Esa. 55. a. Pro. 9. a. Eccli. 51. d. Apo. 22. b. all yee hungrie and thirstie Soules / so shall yee then finde all that by Mee / which yee desire. For by Mee is the Bread / vnto Life / Iohn. 6. [...]. for to feede all hungrie Heartes [Page] ther-with. and theIohn. 4. b. 7. d. Apo. 22. b. Water of Refreashinge / for to releeue all thirstie Soules ther-with.

4. Com hether now all I pray you / who / or of what Nation of People so-euer yee be. For by Mee is all Sweetnes / Esa. 55. a. Eccli. 24. c. Milke / Honnie / Wyne / and Oyle. also all Riches / and Ioye / and ther-to / the euerlasting Life.

B 5. HOwbeit / in all thissame / the People wolde not heare nor beleeue this louelie Voice: butPsal. 95. b. Heb. 3. a. hardened their Heartes somuch-the-more ther-against: and withdrewe them from thissame liuinge Voice / that spake vnto them from Heauen. AndPro. 1. c. refusinge the proffered Grace / they turned them to the Wyse of the Earth / which also cryed all alyke verie-lowde vnto them: Howbeit / with Diuision against each other.

6. And although that these Wyse of the Earth / had thus ⁏eueryone against each-other; contrary Mindes / and diuided Vnderstandinges / yet cryed they all neuerthelesse eauen-alike ⁏as with one-ma­ner of Voice; and saide:

7. Fetch Bread / fetch Bread / heere out of these our Maundes. and eate:Ier. 8. 14. a. 18. 23. c. d. Fetch Water / fetch Water / heere out of these our Pitchers. and drinke: and be one with Vs. Turne not yourselues to any other Bread nor Water / that yee be not ther / through seduced.

8. But ⁏alas;Ezec. 13. b. 4. Esdr. 6. c. they had all emptie Maundes / and voyde Pitchers / that had nothinge in them. For-that-cause also / the poore People remained whollie destitute and vnsatisfied / both of Bread [Page 20] and Water:Esa. 41. b. Ier. 14. a. Lam. 2. 4. c. and vnderstoode ne perceaued not / where the Satisfying of their Hunger / ye Quench­ing of their Thirst / the Comfort of their Life / nor-yet the Appeasment of their Heartes / was to be founde.

9. MOreouer thesame Woman cryed with C lowde Voice / out of Heauen. and saide: Harken to Mee / and to the Requiring of my ser­uiceable Woorde / O yee foolish People: and turne not about yourselues / to your earthlie Wyse / for to heare them. For by them ther is not any Bread / thatIohn. 6. c. d. cometh-downe from Heauen: nether do also theIohn. 4. b. 7. d. liuinge Waters / flowe from their Bodies. Therfore also yee finde not by them any Foode / to the Life:Ier. 23. c. d. Ezec. 13. b. Math. 24. c. 2. Pet. 2. a. but they seduce you / and bring you into straunge Wayes / and in much Misery & Smart.

10. How remaine yee thus-longe / soPro. 1. b. voyde of Vnderstandinge: and wherfore suffer yee your­selues to be yeat continuallie seduced of the earthlie Wyse? Consider ⁏I praye you; how that ther is not anye vpright brotherlie Loue / Concorde / Esa. 48. [...]7. b. nor-yet Peace / amonge them.

11. Seeing then that they themselues are yeat vnregenerated· and not incorporated into that one☜ peaceable Heart and vpright Minde of my Bee­inge: but deale-hypocriticallie towardes thesame / or seperate them therfrom / and restMath. 24. b. diuided against each-other: and cannot therfore haue any true Loue amonge each-other· any vpright brotherlie Fami­liaritie· nor without Faynednes / anye Peace or Concorde / So consider and iudge it then now [Page] yourselues / how they should anywaye be able for to bringe you / to the right brotherlie Loue and Fa­miliaritie· and to that one vpright Heart of the Loue and Peace ether Concorde.

12. They crye all ⁏no-dowt; lowde-enough: Heere / Math. 24. c. Luk. 17. c. heere is Christ: Theare / theare is Christ: The one bosteth him of the Beleef:Iam. 2. b. c. the other of the Woorkes. The one sayth: Wee are saued now. The other sayth: It is heer-after.

D 13. BVt I saye vnto you: If yee this-daye heareHeb. 3. 4. b. nor beleeue not my Voyce / nor humble you obedientlie vnto my Requiringe / so shall yee not then ⁏nether heere on Earth / nor-yet heer-after; obtaine That which the earthlie Wyse do set-fourth before you / or call you vnto. But hee which this-daye heareth and beleeueth Mee / and cometh vnto mee / Esa. 55. a. Math. 11. c. shall finde all that by mee which is Gods and Christes, and concerneth his Sal­uation.

14. Therfore com now all vnto Mee / Math. 11. c. in your Bourdensomnes / and yee shall be eased and com­forted· and finde by Mee / the true Christ ؛your Sauiour (punctel) also the Righteousnes / Eccli. 24. b. the Life / the Rest / and the Peace: for I am full therof: But the Earth and all her Wyse / are vtterlieEsa. 29. b. Abdi. 1. 1. Cor. 1. b. voyde and vnfruitfull of thesame.

15. Com now all yee that are hungrie / Apo. 2. and eate of this my Bread / whichIohn. 6. d. e. I bringe vnto you out of Heauen / so shall yee then becom satisfied and liue.

16. Com now all yee that are thirstie / Esa. 55. a and [Page 21] drinke of this my Water / which now to-daye ⁏eauen-as a Floudde of liuinge Waters;Iohn. 7. d. floweth from my Bodie / so shall yee thenMath. 11. [...]. finde Refreash­inge in your Soules.

17. Com now all yee that are tender-hearted and faint of Courraige / Pro. 31. a. Psal. 104. b. Eccli. 32. a. and tast of this my sweet Wine: and set yourselues be annoynted with this my wel-smellinge Oyle or Oyntment / so shall yee then bePsal. 104. b. wel-strengthned and becom of good-cour­raige. as also ioyfull in my Loue. Wher-through also your IoyeIohn. 16. c. 1. Iohn. 1. a. shall be perfect.

18. Turne you hether to Mee / andMath. 18. a. 1. Pet. 2. a. becom E borne-anew ⁏as Babes or Infantes; out-of Mee / so shall yee then ⁏eauen-as my beloued Babes; suckeEsa. 40. 49. my Breastes / and tast the Milke of my Sweetnes / Louelynes / and Frindlynes / there­out. Yea / than will IEsa. 66. b. imbrace you / and dandle or play-with you / also let you rest in myne Armes / and make you all Heyres in the Riches of myEph. 1. a. b. Apo. 21. a. spi­rituall and heauenlie Goods· and ther-to / in the euerlastinge Life.

19. Heer-withall did thissame Woman staye her Voice / for speaking any-more on the Earth.

20. NOtwithstanding / in all thissame Loue­lye-alluringe of the Voice / which so let it-self be heard ⁏out of Heauen; on the Earth / the Men which dwelled on Earth / wolde notIer. 2. b. Iohn. 3. b. c. once geeue any eare nor credit vnto the Woorde of God / or ⁏at least-wise; very-little: but they chose much-rather / to followe-after the Foolishnes of the igno­rant earthlie Wisdom / then to respect thissame [Page] proffered2. Cor. 6. a. Grace / and the Requiringe therof / wherby they mought haue liued. And thatsame mooued mee more for to wonder far-away / then all the reast wher-at I had wondered.

The XII. Chap.

A NOw after-that this Voyce had geeuen-fourth his Sounde in such-sort / ouer the vniuersall Earth / and ceassed for speaking any-more on the Earth / So be­came then the whole Worlde / and all Men which inhabited the Earth and had Breath / 4. Esdr. 7. d. turned into Silence: and were as theEsa. 59. b. Dead / which do nether see, heare, nor feele. And ther-with I turned my Sight to the liuing God / which satt in the Heauen ⁏Esa. 6. 66. a. Apo. 4. a. 5. a. 7. b. his Seate (punctel). and thought in my Heart: O God / what shall now ⁏I beseech thee; com vpon the Worlde and the Men, in thissame Silence as the Dead?

2. After-that / I looked / and beholde: The Godhead opened his Side / on his Right-hande: and in thesame Side / I sawe seuen cleere Lightes: and each Light in-seuerall / was in Cleernes verie bright. These Lightes stoode in-course ⁏as on-a-rewe; one-by-another / as beinge redie to appeere on the Earth / and to geeue-light on the Face of the Earth / with their Cleernes.

B 3. After-that / I sawe / and beholde: The formost Light appeered first / on the Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and [Page 22] Cleernes on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man sawe nor knewe not the Cleernes of the first Light.

4. After-that appeered the seconde Light / on the Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and Cleernes on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man had no regarde to the Cleernes of the second Light.

5. After-that appeered the thirde Light / on the Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and Cleernes on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man was not aware of thesame / for to perceaue the Cleernes of the thirde Light.

6. After-that appeered the fourth Light / on the C Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and Cleernes on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man wist nor vnderstoode not anything at-all of the Cleernes of the fourth Light.

7. After-that appeered the fifth Light / on the Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and Cleernes on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man had no vnderstanding of the Cleernes of the fifth Light.

8. After-that appeered the sixth Light / on the Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and Cleernes on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man knew not the Cleernes of the sixth Light.

9. After-that came-fourth the seuenth Light: And I sawe / and beholde: The perfect Godhead / andGen. 2. a. Gods Rest / was in the seuenth Light. This seuenth Light appeered also on the Earth: and gaue ⁏from God and out-of God; his Light and Cleer­nes [Page] on the Earth. Howbeit / the Man walked not / whylst that the Cleernes of the seuenth Light shy­ned on the Earth.

D 10. BVt of all these / the Man had not any Feeling nor Vnderstanding at-all. For the Worlde together with all Men on the Earth / were in all these seuen Lightes / 4. Esdr. 7. d. turned whollie in­to Silence. and so insencible / that they could not di­stinct the Lightes from the Darknesses.

11. Then pitied I the case of all Men or Gene­rations of the Earth / for that they were so whollie dead, insencible,Esa. 6. b. 59. a Apo. 3. b. and blinde. and sawe or knewe no­thing at-all of all these-same.

12. After-that I sawe / and beholde: These seuen Lightes with their Shyninges and Cleernesses / passed or went in againe to God / in the heauenlie Beeinge: First-of-all / the seuenth Light / which ap­peered last: after-that the sixth Light / vntill that they all / were becom consubstanciated and hidde a­gaine in God / eauen-like as at the first. And after-that it becameEsa. 5. d. 9. b Math. 27. [...]. Luk. 23. [...]. darke ouer the vniuersall Earth.

13. Then cryed I vnto God / which liuethApo. 4. 7. b. from euerlastinge to euerlastinge. and sayde:

E 14. O Lorde God! Wher-to is ye Man com / which is now so whollie couered with the Darknes / on the Earth: whom Thou notwith­standinge / dydstGen. 1. d. 2. a Sap. 2. c. create to such an Excellentie and Pretiousnes / on ye Earth / and elect for to liue in thy Light? Oh / How vtterlie deadEsa. 59. a. and insencible or voyde of conceauing of thy Loue / and of ye Cleernes of thy Lightes / is now the Man becom!

[Page 23] 15. O God! Hast thou then created the Man ⁏which lyeth now thus whollie in the Death of Sinne / and couered so vtterlieEsa. 9. b. 59. a 60. a. with the Darknes­ses; altogether in vayne?

16. Shall then all the Loue / which thou ⁏eauen-heatherto; hast bestowed on him / be frustrate?

17. Are then now thyGen. 22. b. Ier. 31. d. Ioel. 2. c. Act. a. a. b. Promises touching the Mans Saluation / whollie at-an-end / as if they were nothinge / or had not any effect in them?

18. Shal-ther nothinge then ⁏I saye; becom of all that / whervnto thou hast ⁏out of thy gratious Loue; elected the Man· and ⁏through thy Christ; calledMath. 11. c. 22. a. Eph. 1. a. 1. Tess. 2. b. and bidden him for to com? so shall then ⁏no-dowt; the Man remaine in the state of perdi­tion / & thy Promises rest vnfulfilled / for euermore.

The XIII. Chap.

AFter-that when-as I had made-an-end A of these Woordes / then sawe I. and beholde: The Heart and the verie-inmost Minde of the Godhead; which is full of great Grace / Loue / and Mercie / towardes the Man; opened itself verye wide-abrode: in such-wise that I sawe through-and-out / the verie-in­most of the mostholie Beeinge of the Godhead / wherout all the Treasures of God / Math. 1 [...]. b. 1. Cor. 2. [...]. Eph. 3. a. Col. 2. a. and ye Most-secreatest of his godly Wisdom / was shewed vnto mee.

2. Which mostholie Beeing ⁏that was shewed vnto mee / so full of Grace / Li [...]e / Loue / and Power [Page] or Abilitie· and so full of all louely Bewtie and sweet Sauour; is2. Cor. 12. a. vnexpressible and vnwritable. For it is the whole Secreatnes of God.

B 3. AFter-this I sawe / and beholde: Out of thesame Fulnes of Grace / Life / Loue / and Powers of the Minde of God / God reuealed a NewPsal. 118. c. Day / which was verie-aboundant of Light and Cleernes· and also ⁏in itself; to an euerlasting Ioye and Gladnes.

4. Now when-as all these Secreates of God / were thus ⁏out of ye heauenlie Beeing; reuealed vnto mee: and that this great wōderfull Worke of God / was so shewed vnto mee / out of Gods mostholie Beeing / so feared I / & cryed-out with lowde Voice / and saide: Where art thou Testimony-of-trueth? Resolue mee ⁏I pray thee; of all this which I haue seene and heard heere / and is shewed vnto mee.

5. Then appeered Testimony-of-trueth vnto mee / and sayde: Feare not. I will not forsake thee: but throughlie infourme thee in it all. Ther­fore be now strengthned / andDan. 10. b. of good-cheere: and harken vnto the Resolutiō of those Thinges / wher­in thou art cheefliest mooued for to wonder.

C 6. THou lookedst downe on the Earth / and sawestSupra. 10. a. euery-wheare vpon the Earth / manye little Hilles. and that ther was by the Multitudes of those-same little Hilles / great Va­riaunce and much Dissention / continuallie.

7. These Multitudes of manye little Hilles / which thou hast seene ⁏with so much Variaunce; so diuided on the Earth / are the manye. Kingdoms [Page 24] of the diuided Wyse of this Worlde / which are be­ [...]om so diuided / out of the last Kingdom of Babel: like as Daniel ⁏in Babilon; saide vnto Nabucho­donosor (punctel)the Kinge of Babel (punctel) Dan. 2. d. touchinge the Imaige that the Kinge had seene / whose Feete and Toes / were part of Yron and part of Lome: and that thesame Feete and Toes / signified a diuided Kingdom or the last Kingdom of Babel: and that ⁏moreouer; the God of Heauē ⁏Dan. 2. 7. [...]. Esa. 9. a. Luk. 1. c. at the time of the­same Kingdom; wolde set-vpp an euerlasting and peaceable Kingdom / that should neuermore be disturbed.

8. THat which thou sawest like-vnto a Wo­man D / to com-fourth ⁏out of the lardge Openinge of the Heauens and of the Godhead; so glorious and bright in Cleernes and Bewtie: and that shee with her Cleernes and Bewtie / stretched-out herself ouer all Heauens / and also in all Hea­uens / That is the Loue / 1. Cor. 13. a. Iohn. 14. c. 16. b. eauen the Holie-gost itself.

9. THe vehement Winde / which thou sawest to com-downe ⁏with great Power; out-of the Woman / from the great Mountaine of Hea­uens. and al-to-brake the Hilles on the Earth / and ground them to Dust / Dan. [...]. d. That is the Stone / wher­of also Daniel tolde the Kinge in Babilon, which the Kinge had seene in his Dreame / that it came-downe from the Mountaine / with-out any healpe of Handes. and did grynde euery-whitt of ye great Imaige / Dan. 2. d. [...]. Agg. [...]. c. together with the Feete & Toes ⁏which were part of Yron and part of Lome; al-to-poulder.

[Page] E 10. THe Woorde of God / which passed-fourth ⁏with • sweete Voice; from the Mouth of the Woman / and did let his Voice go-out ⁏on the Earth; amonge all People that were in Miserie / in such l [...]elie-maner / for that they all should heare and beleeue thesame / and doo ther-af­ter: wher-with the Woman called all People vnto her / and yet was not harkened-vnto nor beleeued / Thatsame is theDan. 9. c. Math. 27. c. Phil. 2. a. Sonne of God / which in his Seruice / is named Iesus Christ: and was in times-passed not beleeued on the Earth / of ye Wyse of the Worlde. but killed of them / and which is also yeat in this present Daye / 2. Tim. 4. a not beleeued of the Wyse of the Worlde.

The XIIII. Chap.

A THe seuen Lightes / which thou hast seene in the Side at the Right-hande of God / and appeered therout on the Earth / and gaue also their Cleernes on ye Earth / areGen. 1. the former seuen Dayes / which became or ap­peered in the Beginninge / out of the Eaueninges and Morninges: Wherin also God in times-passed / wrought his glorious Woorkes / and let them to be seene therout.

2. THe First Daye / is the Paradice ether Will of the Lorde / Gen. [...]. [...]. b. wherin God hath sett the Man / in the Beginninge: and required ther-withall of the Man / that hee ⁏in thesame Day or Light; should vnderstande the Lust or Will of [Page 25] the Lorde / from out-of his owne Lust or Will: and euenso ⁏Deu. 30. c. 4. Esd. 7. g. that he mought liue; distinctlie-diuide the Death from the Life / and so liue in the Life. In which Daye / the Man hath not endeuoured him therto· but procured ⁏with his owne LustSap. 1. b. or Will; the Death vnto himself.

3. THe Seconde Daye / is theExo. 20. Deut. 5. Lawe / the Doctrine / or the good Ordinaūce: wher­withall God requireth of the Man / that the Man should be obedient vnto God / in all good Ordi­naunce: to a goodGal. 3. c. 4. a. Heb. 7. b. Sustentation and Preseruinge of the Man / the-whylst that hee is yeat younge or childish in the holie Vnderstandinge· and for-that-cause yeat to weake / for to liue in the Righteous­nes of God. Wher-vnder the Man hath notEsa. 5. d. 4. Esd. 7. c. 8. f. 9. b. d. sub­mitted him / for to be therin obedient.

4. THe Thirde Daye / is the Righteousones B (punctel)the true Spirites or holie Angels (punctel) which are consubstantiated or of-one-beeinge with God & his righteous Iudgment: wher-with God requi­reth of the Man / that the Man should also be of-one-beeinge / with those-same Righteousones / to-thend that hee mought also appeere ⁏with all Righ­teousones and holie Angels;Sap. 3. a. 5. a. before the righteous Iudgment and Trueth of God / in Righteousnes. and euenso in thesame Daye ⁏wherin all Righte­ousones doDan. 12. b. 4. Esd. 7. d. Iohn. 5. c. 1. Cor. 15. f. 1. Tess. 4. b. rise-vpp; becom preserued with all the Sainctes of God / in the Life of the godlie Trueth. Whervnto ye Man hath had no will to apply him.

5. THe Fourth Daye / is the Dominion with God / or Hee which raigneth with God [Page] [that is: Hee which ⁏in his Dominion; is god [...]ded with God / one BeeingeIohn. 17. c. 2. Pet. 1. a. Apo. 21. a. with Gods Bee­inge / and euenso preuaylinge or gouerninge with God:] Wher-with God requireth of the Man / that Hee [to-wit] God himself ⁏eauen-like as Hee is a true God and holie Spirit; should haue with the Man, in his Manhod·Iohn. 17. c. and the Man with Him in his Godhead / Esa. 43. a. 45. b. c. the Dominion ⁏in euery-behalf; on the Earth. Which vpright Do­minion ⁏like-as the Man ought for to gouerne; the Man hath not knowen· and for-that-cause also not borne-dominion in such-sort.

C 6. THe Fifth Daye / is theEsa. 16. b. Stoole of the Maiestie ؛the Possessinge of the most-excellent Glorie (punctel) / wher-with God ⁏Esa. 9. 32. a. Zach. 9. 13. a. eauen as the right Kinge and Prince; requireth to all good Gouernment / at the Mans hande / to haue ⁏al­wayes and for euer; the Stoole or Seate of his most-holie Maiestie / by or in the Man / as-well on the Earth as in Heauen. After the which the Man hath not framed himself nor indeuoured him therto.

7. THe Sixth Daye / isHeb. 12. c. Apo. 21. a. the Vision of Peace: wher-through the Perfection or the vpright Fourme of all Thinges / is seene and vnderstoode. wher-with God requireth of ye Man / that Hee himself ⁏as a God or Light of Peace; should dwell ⁏in all good Ordinaunce of the vp­right Fourme of all Thinges;Leui. 26. Iohn. 14. c. 2. Cor. 6. b. Apo. 21. a. euerlastinglie with the Man. and that the Man euenso ⁏in thesame Vision of Peace; should gouerne all Thinges wel [...] [Page 26] on the Earth ⁏in his vpright Ordinaunce and Fourme;2. Pet. 3. b. vnto Peace. From y• which / the Mans Sight hath ben closed· and for-that-cause also / notLuk. 19. [...]. seene nor vnderstoode the vpright Fourme of all thinges· nor the good Gouernment and Or­dinaunce / which stretcheth to the vpright Fourme and to the Peace of all Thinges / and ought to be on the Earth.

8. THe Seuenth Daye / is the Annoynted D [That is / Hee which isPsal. 45. b. Heb. 1. b. annoynted with the Oyle or Oyntment of the Holie-spirit:] Wher-with God requireth of the Man / Math. 9. b. 13. b. the Health of Mans Soule / or toMath. 1. c. Iohn. 3. b. saue the Man from the Sinne / to-thende that God ⁏withEsa. 61. a. the Ioyful-oyle of his holie Spirit; shouldLeui. 26. Ier. 31. d. Apo. 21. a. dwell and liue in the Man / and the Man likewise in God. and that it mought euenso ⁏with God and the Man; be an heritable Rest / a stedfast Peace / and a perfect Ioye. Wher-vnto the Man hath not geeuen-ouer himself / nor beleeued thesame.

The XV. Chap.

MOreouer / wher-as thou hast seene / A that the Worlde together with y• Man­hod / were4. Esdr. 7. [...]. turned into Silence ⁏eauen as the Dead; all these seuen Dayes: That is it / which the Angell in times-passed (and is now in thissame Daye fulfilled) hath sayde vnto Esdras / as a thinge for to comtopasse:4. Esd. 7. [...]. The World (saith hee) shall be turned into the olde Si­lence [Page] / seuen Dayes: like-as in the first Iudgment.

2. Beholde / These seuen Dayes / are now de­clared / and passed-thorough ouer the Worlde: and y• Worlde hath ben turned in those-same / into the olde Silence. and not vnderstanded nor know­en anye-thinge therof: eauen like-as it came-to-passe in the first Iudgment / Gen. 6. 7. ouer the former Worlde / which also knew not of Gods Lightes nor of his Woorkes ⁏what Gods purpose was therin; before that the Deluge or Floudde came ouer thesame.

3. Euenso is now also in thissame Daye (ac­cording to the Woorde of the Angell vnto Esdras) the4. Esdr. 7. d. Most-highest reuealed on the Seate of his Iudgment. In which thissame Daye of Iudg­ment / of the most-high God / all the Propheaties of God / shall becom fulfilled· the Lordes Dead / rise-vppEsa. 26. c. Dan. 12. b. 4. Esdr. 7. d. 1. Cor. 15. c. from the Death and made liuinge· and all Vngodlie / rooted-out from the Earth.

B 4. Howbeit / all This shall rest vnknowen to the last wicked Worlde / which shall perrish tho­rough the Fyre (eauen-like as also theGen. 7. a. former wicked World which perrished through the Wa­ter / vnderstoode not their owne Destruction / nor the Preseruation of the Righteous) or they shall not vnderstande any-thinge therof / Luk. 17. c. d. 19. d. nether-yet also they all which remaine lyinge-still in the vn­godlie Beeing of the last wicked Worlde / Luk. 21. d. before that the foresaide Destruction / Math. 25. d. 2. Tess. 1. a. 2. Pet. 3. a. and the Condem­nation with the hellish Fire / fall vpon them / and roote them all out from-of ye Earth / and condemne [Page 27] them in the Hell, euerlastinglye.

5. MOreouer / in that the Heart and the ve­ry-inmost Minde of the Godhead / vn­locked or opened-abrode it-self: and that thou sawest / that it was so full of Grace / Powers of God / Apo. 21. a. and so full of all godlie Goods and Bewti­fulnes: Thatsame is the Mostholie of the true Tabernacle of God / and the Most-secreatest of his godlie Wysdom. which also no Man / Esa. 64. c. Rom. 8. a. 1. Cor. 2. a. with any Minde of the sinfull Fleash can comprehend· nor see or perceaue with any Eyes of earthlie Vnder­standinge. For the2. Cor. 3. a b. 4. a. fleashlie Minde / with the earthlye Vnderstandinge of the sinfull Fleash ⁏which is a Fore-skinne before the Heartes of the vncircumcised and vnregenerated Men; couereth his inwarde Sight / and estraungeth him / from the Mostholie of the vncouered heauenlie Cleernes of God.

6. ANd in that God ⁏out of thesame Fulnes C of his Grace / Loue / and Power of Life; declared and reuealedPsal. 11 [...]. c. a New Daye / which is so aboundant in Cleernes / and so full of eternall Ioye: Thatsame is theEsa. 43. b. 2. Cor. 5. b. Gal. 6. b. Apo. 21. a. New Life / which God ⁏to an euerlasting Life of all repentant Men; bring­eth-fourth out of the inmost Heart of his Minde. and is also the Newe Ierusalem, / which now in the last Time descendeth from Heauen / and wher­in the right Perfection is to be inherited. Which Light / is the Eight Daye / wher-out the Seruice of the Loue ⁏through the holie Spirit of Loue; hath his Ministration. Through whose Appeeringe [Page] ouer the Earth / all the Dead ⁏which are disceassed in the Lorde1. Cor. 15. c. 1. Tess. 4. b. Apo. 14. b. Iesus Christ; do rise-vpp from the Death / and areEsa. 26. c. Dan. 12. b. [...]. Esd. 7. d. Iohn. 5. c. Apo. 20. b. made liuinge. and all Genera­tions of Heauen and of Earth / Act. 17. d. becom iudged ⁏in the Iudgment of God; with Right and Equitie.

7. Beholde / this Eight Daye / is the New Daye / Psal. 118. Iohn. 6. f. which the Lorde himself reuealeth: in which all the Righteous and Holyones of God / do reioyce them. Wher-of also ther is writen in the Booke of the Psalmes. Yea / it is the New Daye of the Lorde / which will now eauen at the very-last / enlardge itself ⁏with all Fulnes of Life / Grace / and Loue; ouer the vniuersall Worlde / Eph. 1. b. to the Re­newinge of the Earth with Righteousnes / and to the Saluation of all People that loue the Righte­ousnes. After the which Daye / Apo. 10. a. ther is not also any Daye of Saluation more for to com / seeing that thesame verelie / is the Perfection· and the Fulfillinge of the Scriptures· as also the very true Righteousnes itself.

D 8. Therfore respect-well now thissame New Daye / that thou maystIohn. 8. b. walke in his Light: For / ouer all those that haue a good regarde vnto the­same / and that walke ⁏through the Seruice of the Loue; in his Light / ther comethRom. 2. a. great Ioye / Peace / and Rest / and the euerlastinge Life. All which also / shall bee kept-safe from the horrible Plages / Luk. 21. d. that are cominge ouer the Vngodlie.

9. Thus keepe or retaine-well now all This in thy Heart: and take good-heede vnto2. Cor. 6. a. Gal. 6. b. this pre­tious Time. For in thesame ther shall be shewed [Page 28] vnto Thee HN / the lastDan. 7. c. 4. Esdr. 7. d. 8. g. Math. 2 [...]. d. Iohn. 12. d. Iudgment of God / which is now cominge and passing-thorough ouer the Worlde: Which also is committed vnto Thee ⁏out-of Manye; for to reueale. For God hath chosen Thee therto / for to reueale ⁏out of his Se­creatne [...]; all this vnto thee which thou seest and hearest: and that thou shouldest also testifie thesame amonge all People ⁏which loue the Righteousnes; on the Earth· and warne them all concerning the Plages of the Vngodlie / Esa. 13. a. 34. a. 47. b. Luk. 17. 21. d. and from the horrible Condemnatiō of the reprobate or damnable Men / which2. Tess. 2. b. dispise the Loue of God / To-thende that they mought turne them repentantlie / to the Righ­teousnes· and the Dispisers haue none occasion / toIohn. 15. c. excuse them of their Condemnation.

10. FOr all thissame that Testimony-of-trueth E declared vnto mee / I reioy [...]ed mee much / with great Ioye: Chiefliest / for that the Time ⁏cominge-on; did now approch / in the which / God ⁏in his Iudgment;Esa. 11. a. 42. a. 45. a. b. c. will woorke the Righteousnes on the Earth / and roote-out all Falshod. Yet thought I in my Heart:

11. O my God! In what-sort shall Al-thinge now ⁏I pray thee; be ordered / and thy Iudgment com-to-passe? and wher-through or in what ma­ner / shall ⁏I beseech thee; the vpright Iudgment becom declared to the Man / that hee mought vn­derstande thesame? For the Man is becom ⁏in his Memorie or Vnderstandinge; whollie ignorant of thy Trueth / and voide of feelinge of thy Light: and4. Esd. 7. d. syeth in Silence / as the Dead: and is also [Page] ⁏in all his Searchinge-prouidence; ronne-to-an-ende / in the Knowledge of Good and Euell. For-that-cause also / hee hath vtterlie lost the right Dif­ference betwixt Sinne and Righteousnes: In such-sort / that hee with his Vnderstandinge / is com intoEsa. 28. 29. b Sap. 17. a. 1. Tess. 5. a. a darke Minde / eauen as into an heauie Traunce / wherin one knoweth not / Mich. 7. a. how / or what to doo.

The XVI. Chap.

A NOw whilst that I together with my Thoughtes / was thus combred ⁏heer-withall; in my Heart / I heard in the Ayre ⁏betwixt Heauen and Earth; a lowde-rushinge Noyze: then turned I my Sight and Hearinge thervnto / for to see / what it was. and to vnderstande the Crying-noyze.

2. As I was now consideringe heeron / ther appeered vnto mee two Spirites / which also were well knowen vnto mee. The one SpiritGen. 3. a. was / Searching-prouidence, which did heere-tofore ⁏through much Riches of the Knowledge; reioyce the Man / in his Vnderstandinge.

3. The other Spirit was / Thaccuser, which also in times-passed was a Iudge / in the Mans Vnderstandinge: and for-that-cause / he dwelt in the MansSap. 17. b. Rom. 2. b. Conscience. Wherthrough the Man ⁏when-as the Accuser approued his cause;Luk. 18. a. waxed­prowde ⁏in his owne Righteousnes; very-often: Againe of thother-syde ⁏when-as y• Accuser accused [Page 29] him in his Conscience / or disalowed his cause; hee became oftentimesSap. 17. b. greatly burdened ⁏in the Con­science; with greeuous Straightnes or Distresse: and so humbled hymself to all that / which was iudged of him ⁏out of the Knowledge; to be right.

4. MOreouer / As I was thus harkening B with myne Eares / to their Sounde / so heard I that Searching-prouidence spake / and saide vnto the Accuser:

5. I haue dealt or conuersated mee for a longe-time / with the Man ⁏in his Vnderstandinge; in the earthlie Beeinge: also gouerned him with al­maner of Prudence and Ingeniousnes of y• Know­ledge: Gen. 3. a. and therto ⁏out of thesame Knowledge; taught him how to distinct or seuer the Good from the Euell: and haue yet farder / let him enioye or in­herit thesame experymented Wisdom / as a Light. And ther was neuer yeat anye Vnrighteousnes founde in mee. For I am iust in all my Dealinges. For-that-cause also / my Authoritie-in-gouernment ought to be greater / then ouer the Mans Vnder­standinge / in the earthlie Beeinge.

6. Heer-vnto answered the Accuser. and saide: I haue also no-dowt / ben alwayes as a Iudge by thee: andSap. 17. b. Rom. 2. b. accused the Man / in his Vnderstan­dinge ⁏when-as hee transgressed in any of all that which hee admitted as Good ⁏through Thee; in y• Knowledg; as a Transgressour of the Good. and asscribed euenso the Right therin vnto thee. Wher-through thy Power & Gouernment ⁏in the Mans Vnderstandinge; is becom so great on the Earth.

[Page] C 7. Then sayde Searchinge-prouidence: I holde not myself contented / with thissame Gouern­ment on the Earth. For ther belongeth yet greater vnto mee / inasmuch as I haue preuayled by the Man ⁏in his Vnderstandinge; with the Know­ledge ⁏against Gods Woorde / and the Obedience that God requireth therwith; and gotten as also kept theGen. 3. b. Victorye therin in him / on the Earth.

8. Inasmuch then as God hath alwaies inuey­ed or set-vp himself against mee / on the Earth. and yet hath not ben able ⁏hetherto; to preuaile against my Wisdome out of the Knowledge / So haue I now therfore made-vpp myself / out of the earthlie Beeinge / for to appeere ⁏with my Wisdome; a­gainst God, wher-by that I mought also get the Dominion / in the heauenly Beeinge. What will you laye?Esa. 14. a. b. I shall raigne aboue God ⁏or at least­wise / equall with God; in the Heauen also.

D 9. Then saide the Accuser: Thou hast ⁏surelie; right therto. For what hath God brought-in at any-time / against thyne expert Wisdome / that hath perseuered on the Earth? Or2. Pet. 3. a. where appee­reth that which hee hath promised? For Al-thinge remayneth still in one State. Therfore go-fourth now boldlie. Thy Title is right. And I also will not faile / in Accusation against God / to be alwayes by thee. For to thee belongeth the Dominion in the Heauen / like as thou ⁏through the Light of thy Knowledge; hast thesame on the Earth.

10. Then saide Searching-prouidence: For to winne the Right / therto am I sufficientlie [Page 30] grounded / and also of good courraige. Therfore I will now not spare to presse on-fourth to the [...]eauen / and trye my TitleEsa. 58. a. in the Lawe / against God. I fore-see the mattier so ⁏through the Sear­ [...]inge in the Knowledge; that I shall preuaile / and that I ⁏with my knowledgfull Wisdom; shall [...] iudged worthier for to raigne / then God /1. Reg. 15. b. 1. Pet. 1. b. with [...]he Requiring of his Obedience. For dowtles ther [...] nothing / that can bringe-vnder or-yet surmount [...]he Light of the prudent and expert Wisdom. For- [...]hat-cause also / it is becom ⁏aboue the Obedience [...]f God; the Renowmedst and Excellentest / or the Best-esteemed / on the Earth.

[...]1. Therto affirmed the Accuser: Thy Case is E [...] questionles; al-cleere. And it is also well knowen / [...]y all earthlie Wyse on the Earth / that thy Light [...]f expert Wisdom / is exalted ⁏1. Cor. 1. b. by all worldlie Wyse and Scripture-learned; ouer the whole Worlde / aboue the Obedience which God requy­ [...]th· healde for the Best and Truest· and counted [...]o be the Excellentest: and that moreouer / by that [...]ccasion / the scientiall or knowledgfull Wisdome [...]ath gotten the Preheminence / amonge all those [...]hat dwell on the Earth. For the1. Reg. 15. c. 1. Pet. 1. b. Obedience to [...]he Woorde of God ⁏which God requireth; is [...]ith thesame (like as it appeereth on the Earth) [...]hollie gon-vnder or depressed: In such-sort / that [...]her is nomore regarde taken ⁏or very-little; on the Requiring of the Obedience to ye Woorde of God.

[...]2. Then saide Searchinge-prouidence: I [...]n sure that God ⁏for-asmuch certes as Hee is [Page] not subtile in the Ingenious-prudentie / nether yet also any of all His / that serue Him; shall not b [...] able to excuse him heerin against mee. And when-a [...] I shall then ⁏in the Lawe; excell Him with the Sub [...]tiltie of my Knowledge / Esa. 14. a. b. so may I also well ⁏with right and honestie / before all the Worlde and he [...] Wyse; take-in ye Heauē: and so then beare the Domi [...]nion / ouer all what is in Heauen and on the Earth▪

The XVII. Chap.

A WHen I had thus heard-throughli [...] the Counsell and Enterprise of these Spi [...]rites / I wondered very-greatlie at thei [...] Talke and Purpose. But yet I consi­dered on their Enterprise: and looked what th [...] Ende therof wolde be.

2. Now when they had thus helde their Counsel [...] together and throughlie-concluded all their Mat­tier / in what order they wolde handle thesame / the [...] came they ⁏with a Vehement-russhinge; vnto Hea­uen / before God: And Searchinge-prouidenc [...] made his Complaint / before God. and saide:

3. Ther is great Iniurie ministred vnto Me [...] Searching-prouidence / on the Earth: For agains [...] myne Office and my Righteousnes / ther is a [...] other entred into myne Office: by whom both [...] and also the Man ⁏in his Vnderstanding; haue be [...] constrained ⁏oftentimes;Math. 12. c. Luk. 11. c. to suffer Distourbaunce▪

B 4. Therto answered God. and saide: Be quie [...] thou Searching-prouidence: Whosoeuer mini­ [...]reth [Page 31] Iniurie / against thee and the Trueth / let him [...] thy Seruant: and beare thou ouer him thyne [...]uthoritie.

[...]. Ther-withall spake the Accuser. and saide: Thou God thyself / art euen Hee which hast mini­ [...]red the wronge / vnto Searching-prouidence: [...]nd hast oftentimes ⁏with thy Woorde; entred-in [...]gainst him / into his Office. But-yetGen. 3. [...]. Rom. 1. c. Searching-prouidence ⁏hauing ingendred ye greatest Know­ [...]edge / in the Mans Vnderstandinge; hath al­wayes ⁏with his subtile expert Wisdom / and with [...]he Mans Ingeniousnes; gon-beyonde Thee. and [...]reuayled against Thee and the Obedience which [...]hou requyrest / or hath wonne the Victorie therin [...]n the Earth / and also kept thesame.

[...]. Inasmuch now therfore as that Searching-prouidence / hath alwaies on the Earth ⁏with the [...]xpert or knowledgfull Wisedom / in the Mans Vnderstandinge; gon-beyonde Thee ⁏O God; in [...]hy Woorde and Requiring of the Obedience: and [...]hat Thou hast not atchiued or brought-to-effect [...]herwith / anything on the Earth / against the expert Wisdome and the Mans Ingeniousnes / through Searching-prouidence, A Sentence pronoūced rashlie in Partiali­tye, is often founde false. So hast thou (I saye) ministred wronge against him. And for-that-cause ⁏according to thy Woorde; thou shalt be his Ser­uant: and hee shall also raigne or beare Dominion in the Heauen / life-as on the Earth.

7. THen saide God vnto Searching-proui­dence: C Inasmuch as thou with the Ac­cuser / dost make a Complaint against Mee / and the [Page] Accuser taketh-part with thee / so cannot therfo [...] the Accuser iudge our Causes / accordinge to [...] Trueth. For-that-cause / chuse thou a Iudge [...] Heauen wheare-in I dwell: And I will ⁏of [...] other-side; chuse also One / on the Earth / fro [...] whence thou with the Accuser art com / & whea [...] thou hast the Gouernment. Both These shall the [...] be our Iudges / in discising of all Mattiers / whi [...] ether thou / or anyman els bringeth against Me [...] wherin I should haue donne ether maintaine [...] wronge.

8. Thissame which God spake / pleased Sear­chinge-prouidence very-well: and hee chose [...] Heauen for a Iudge / Testimony-of-trueth.

9. Then chose also God ⁏of his part; on th [...] Earth to a Iudge / The Memorye or Vnder­standinge of the Man. And euenso both thes [...] [Testimony-of-trueth and The Mans Vnder [...]standinge] were fore-seene and chosen / in Heaue [...] and on Earth / for true Iudges / For to pronounce-fourth ⁏now in the last Time; the right Senten­ces of the true Iudgment of God: and also wha [...] the Requiring of thesame Iudgment is of ye Chil­dren of Men / on the Earth.

D 10. Now when that the Election of the vpright Iudges / was thus com-to-passe / then spake Te­stimony-of-trueth, and saide: Forasmuch now as I am foreseene & chosen of Prouidence ⁏which i [...] com-vpp from the Earth / vnto Heauen / with Occasion of Contention against God; to a Iudge: and that also of the other-side / The Mans Vn­derstandinge [Page 32] / is foreseene and chosen of God / to a Iudge likewise / So will Wee therfore / Iohn. 7. [...]. b. accor­dinge to the Trueth ⁏now in the last time; iudge vprightlie together.

11. For presentlie ⁏in this Daye; wee will bring-fourth and pronounce the vpright Iudgment, ac­cording to the Trueth: Also execute thesame / both in Heauen and on Earth / to-thende that it all mought go in his right Course / or be reduced into his right Order.

12. Therfore I will now appeere on the Earth, by the Mans Vnderstandinge. For I knowe that the Power / Hope / and Comfort of thesame on the Earth / is vtterlie awaye.

The XVIII. Chap.

NOw when-as Testymonye-of-trueth / A had thus ended his Talke / hee went out of Heauen / and appeered on the Earth / Apo. 3. c. by the Mans Vnderstandinge [namelie / by thesame / which was wholly com to-an-ende in the Knowledg / and had a Lust to be obe­dient vnto the Will and Requiringe of the Lorde] and saide vnto her: Open vnto mee the Doore of thy Minde / and receaue Mee. For I bring vnto thee a ioyfull Messaige.

2. Then saide the Vnderstanding: How is it possible that I should let thee in & receaue thee in­to mee / inasmuch as I knowe Thee not? And what Messaige to Ioyfulnes / canst thou also bringe vn­to [Page] Mee / wheare-as I am ⁏certes;Esa. 59. b. in the Death· and in euery-behalf ⁏with the whole Worlde;4. Esd. 7. d. in Silence / touchinge the Knowledge of the Trueth: also vtterlie made-emptie of Searching-prouidence / through whom ⁏in times-passed; I obtained great Riches of the Knowledge / of the Good and of the Euell: in such-sort / that I am now by that occasion becom so wholliePsal. 88. a. poore of all thesame / that I scarse­lie knowe any Difference more / betwixt the Righ­teousnes and the Sinne. For all this is cleene de­parted from mee: and I lye heere forsaken / 4. Esd. 7. d. in the deadlie Silence.

3. Then saide Testimony-of-trueth: Thy De­stitution in deadlie Silence / and that thou art now becom thusMath. 5. a. poore of Spirit / shall extend vnto thee / to a Life eternall / and to great Riches of God. For euen to that effect is my cominge hether vnto thee / for to comfort thee / with som better-thing then that which thou hast had alredie.

B 4. Then saide the Vnderstandinge: Who art thou then? And from whence comest thou / that thou shouldest be able so for to comforte mee / with som better-thing then that which I haue had alredie?

5. Then saide Testimony-of-trueth: I am Testimony-of-trueth, which am com vnto thee / out of Heauen / and do also speake vnto thee from Heauen. Which heauenlie Trueth / thou hast neuer ⁏through all thy Riches of the Knowledge; once seene1. Cor. 2. b. nor knowen. But now in the Ende of the Worlde ⁏eauen in the vpright Iudgment; it shall all / what is Trueth and the Secreatnes of the [Page 33] heauenlie Kingdom of God / Dan. 10. e. 4. Esd. 10. f. be geeuen thee for to see-into / and be made-knowen vnto thee.

6. Also thou art now chosen of God / for to pro­noūce-fourth with Mee [that is / with the Trueth] the syncere and vpright Iudgment. For thou with mee / and I with thee / are required by God and Prouidence / to be Iudges / for to execute Iudgment / withEsa. 11. 42. a. Ier. 23. a. 33. b Right and Equitie.

7. Then saide the Vnderstandinge: Oh! wherby ⁏I pray thee; may I knowe / that thou art com out of Heauen / and art Testimony-of-trueth? For ther is no Power of the Life / nor-yet sure Knowledge by mee ⁏wheron I may sett my confidence; for to make-triall of thy Spirit / 1. Iohn. 4. a. and to prooue / whether thou art of God or no / and comest to mee with the heauenlie Trueth.

8. Then saide Testimony-of-trueth: I haue C tolde thee ⁏dowtles; Tokens enough / wher-tho­rough thou mayst well beleeue mee. But yet ⁏ouer-and-aboue these which I haue tolde thee; let this now be to a Token vnto thee / that I am of God (namelie) that I com vnto thee ⁏thou beinge so poore of Spirit; in thy Destitution / and common ⁏with Thee; soLuk. 24. c. d. Iohn. 16. c. manifestlie or nakedlie ⁏like-as I now speake with thee; of the Kingdom of God and of ye Secreatnes of thesame [with thissame Talk, Testimony-of-trueth vncouered or declared to the Mans Vnderstandinge / manye Secreat-mysteries of the Kingdom of God and of his vpright Righteousnes] which trulie the Spi­rites that are not of God / Iohn. 14. b. cannot doo. For all [Page] forren Spirites ⁏which are not of God nor of the Trueth; haue not any Cleernes nor vpright Bee­inge of the Kingdom of God / nor of his vpright Righteousnes / like-as thou hearest well / that ther is by Mee. But through the Searchinge in the Knowledge / 1. Tim. 4. 2. Tim. 3. 2. Pet. 2. a. they seduce the Mans Vnderstan­dinge.

9. Howbeit / in that thou art becom thus poore of Spirit / be not sorowfull therin: but reioyce thee. For ⁏therfore;Math. 5. a. the Kingdom of the God of Hea­uens / belongeth vnto Thee.

10. Seeke not also againe / to haue any confi­dence in the Knowledg / for to search or trye ⁏ther-through; ye Spirites / and to prooue or to1. Iohn. 4. a. knowe, whether they be of God or no. For ther-with thou shouldest most-of-all becom deceaued.

D 11. For the Spirites nether-yet also any of the godlie Causes / cannot be knowen through any Searchinge: nether can-men also1. Cor. 1. 2. b iudge them / through any Riches of the Knowledge / nor tho­rough anye Scripture-learnednes / whether they be of God. but onlye / Iohn. 8. c. through the heauenlie Trueth / and the syncere Beeing of thesame.

12. For-that-cause / heare now & beleeue Mee: and geeue-ouer all thine Vnderstandinge in Mee / so shalt thou then finde al-thinge ⁏in the Trueth; euen-like as I haue sayde vnto thee: Yet not in the Knowledge / according to the maner of the in­genious Prudentie. but in the true Beeing of the liuinge Godhead / wherwith I ؛Testimony-of-trueth (punctel) am conformablie-vnyted.

[Page 34] 13. NOw when-as the Vnderstandinge heard and vnderstoode / that all that which was chaunced vnto her / was tolde her accor­ding to the Trueth. and that also theMath. 13. b. Luk. 24. f. Openinge of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens and of his vpright Righteousnes / came-to-passe accordinglie / then opened the whole Minde of the Vnderstan­dinge itself / and receaued Testimony-of-trueth very louelie / with Ioye: and beleeued Him with whole Heart. And submittinge herself obedientlie vnder his Requiringe / shee saide:

14. BlessedPsal. 118. c. Math. 21. a. art thou to the Lorde ⁏O Testi­mony-of-trueth; E which comest in the Name of the Lorde. Thou art good, holye, and true: What is the Will of my Lorde and God? I geeue-ouer myself whollie vnto Thee / for to ac­complish according to thy Witnessinge / the Will and Requiring of the Lorde· and also all Righ­teousnes. And whatsoeuer I haue of God / of the Nature / and on the Earth / Act. 4. d. 5. a. thatsame do I also lay-downe all heere before thy Feete: For thou art my Lorde / and my right Head.

15. Therfore ⁏O my Lorde; doo with mee and with all what is by mee / Luk. 1. d. according to thyne and thy Lordes Will. ForPsal. 119. I desire to liue and walke perfectlie / according to thy Woorde and Counsell of Wisdom. For thervnto haue IPsal. 40. [...]. a Lust / eauen from my whole Heart.

16. Then did Testimony-of-trueth / take-vpp the Mans Vnderstandinge. Hee tooke thesame vnto him / as his Deerlie-beloued: and imbraced [Page] her euenso in his Armes. and in such-like-sort did also the Mans Vnderstandinge / vnto Testimo­ny-of-trueth. And beinge euenso ⁏in all Obedience of the Requiringe of the Loue; becom concordable and of-one-beeinge with each-other / theyPsal. 14. a. 16. b. Apo. 4. b. lauded and thanked the God of Heauen / which liueth from euerlastinge to euerlastinge.

The XIX. Chap.

A NOw as the Mans Vnderstanding had whollie geeuen-ouer herself to Testi­mony-of-trueth· and humblie submitted her to his Obedience: and walked also faithfullye in thesame Obedience: and that they therto in mutual-sort / honoured and thanked the God of Life / Then sawe I. and beholde: The whole Beeing of the Godhead / opened againe his whole Heart and Minde ⁏which is full of Grace / Loue / Powers / and Life; in all respectes / Apo. 21. a. with al­maner Garnishing of Excellent-bewtie / eauen as I had seene thesame before. And God shewed himself ouer the Earth / and brought-fourth out of his Heart and Minde / the New Life / Esa. 60. c. Apo. 21. 22. a. the Light of Perfection: and it is the Eight-daye / Psal. 118. c. Iohn. 6. f. which the Lorde hath made· and declared on the Earth / to the Making-aliue of Men in his vpright Bee­inge / and wherin men reioyce them with Gladnes.

2. After that I sawe. and beholde: Thissame Eight-daye appeered on the Earth / and gaue from God and out-of God / his Light and Cleernes on [Page 35] the Earth. and the Vnderstandinge ⁏Eph. 4. [...]. 5. [...]. which walked faithfullie / in all Loue / and in all Obe­dience towarde Testimonye-of-trueth; became ⁏through thesame Light of the New or Eight Daye; borne-anew out of the Death / or out of the Mortalitie·1. Cor. 15. f. and chaunged into the euerlasting Immortalitie: and became euensoIohn. 3. a. 6. f Rom. 5. 6. 8. made-aliue ⁏with perfect Ioye of the holie Spirit of Loue; in the New Life / and sanctified vnto the Lorde.

3. THen did Vnderstandinge reioyce her B with great Ioye: and that cheefliest / be­cause the Middel-wallEsa. 25. a. Math. 27. 2. Cor. 3. 4. a. Eph. 2. b. or the Coueringe of the sinfull Fleash / was so throughlie laide-away from her Heart· the Vaile departed from the Most-ho­lie: and that shee ⁏in all Loue of the holie Spirit; was so sanctified to the God of Heauen: and sawe-into the mostholie Beeinge of God / Apo. 21. a. and all the Sumpteous-garnishing of the Riches of his spiri­tuall & heauenlie Goods / so nakedlie & cleerlie / as also inherited all thesame / in God / in Christ, and in ye Holie-gost of Loue / with Testimony-of-trueth.

4. And euenso heer-with / became the sanctified Vnderstandinge so bright in Cleernes / eauen as was Testimony-of-trueth, and as all Heauens of the liuinge Deitie. Through which Cleernes / the sanctified Vnderstandinge behelde Testimo­ny-of-trueth, and all the Heauens with the per­fect Deitie / 1. Cor. 13. b. 2. Cor. [...]. b. from Face to Face / and became of-one-beeinge with those-same.

5. TH [...]n saide Testimony-of-trueth to the C Mans sanctified Vnderstanding: Be­holde [Page] / Now vnderstandest thou ⁏through y• Light of the New Life; that Gods Light and Wisdom / and his heauenlie Riches ⁏which are com vnto thee out of his liuing Beeinge;Pro. 8. b. Sap. 7. a. doth farre excell the Light and Wisdom that proceedeth out of the Ri­ches of the Knowledge. and that thou before ⁏the­whylst thou soughtest the Wisdom / in the Know­ledge / and in the ingenious Prudentie; inheritedst not els-what but greatEsa. 59. a. Math. 11. c. Trauell / Heauynes / and the deadlie Beeinge: But now ⁏in thissame Wis­dom of God;Esa. 57 b. Sap. 3. 5. a. Heb. 4. a. Apo. 21. a. the Rest and the euerlastinge Life.

6. Wherfore / O thou holie Vnderstandinge ؛thou Blessed of the Lorde (punctel) / in that thou ⁏before this thy New-birth; hast beleeued Mee ؛Testi­mony-of-trueth (punctel)·whollie geeuen-ouer thyself ⁏o­bedientlie; vnto my Doctrine or Requiringe· and ben obedient and faithfull / in the Passe-ouer of the Sufferinge and Death of Christ ⁏eauen into the secondeIohn. 3. a. b. Rom. 6. a. Birth from the Death; with Christ, So hath God therfore turned all his Loue toward thee.

7. Also thou sh [...]lt ascende with mee vnto Hea­uen / and heare, beholde, and inherit with Ioye / all what is in Heauen. Also wee both are (like as I sayde before vnto thee) fore-seene and chosen to vp­right Iudges / for to pronounce-fourth Gods righ­teous Iudgment ⁏in this hisIohn. 6. 8. d Eight-daye; both in Heauen and also on Earth: and euenso with Righteousnes ⁏vnder the Obedience of the Loue; to gouerneEsa. 11. 42. a. Ier. 23. a. 33. b Sap. 3. a. Math. 19. a. Act. 17. d. Iudae. 1. b. the vniuersall Earth ⁏with God and his Sainctes; in vpright-maner / To-thende that it all ⁏both in Heauen and on Earth; may go in his [Page 36] right Course / or be sett in his right Ordinaunce.

8. Heer-withall did the holie Vnderstanding / D bow-downe herself before Testimony-of-trueth. and saide:Deut. 32. a. Tob. 13. a. Eccli. 35. d. Apo. 15. a. All the Woorkes of the Lorde are vp­right and good: and his Lawe and Iudgment is onlie true. Let him deale with mee / Luk. 1. d. accordinge to his Will.

9. After-that I sawe. & beholde: The Mans sanctified Vnderstanding, Memory / or Though­tes / with Testimony-of-trueth / assembled them to the Multitudes of the Heauens of God and Christ / in the heauenlie Beeinge:Luk. 15. d. Wherin all the heauenlie Societie ⁏with much Ioye; did greatlie reioyce them. And ther was made ouer all Hea­uens and in all Heauens / a great Tryumph and Gladnes.

10. After-that I sawe. and beholde: Thissame holie Vnderstandinge, with Testimonye-of-trueth / were sett ⁏of God and Prouidence; Esa. 16. b. Math. 19. d. on the Iudgment-seates. and alowed and esteemed to be worthie / for to iudge it all both in Heauen and on Earth ⁏through Gods Iudgmēt with his Ho­lyones; Act. 17. d. with Right and Equitie.

The XX. Chap.

AFter-that spake Testymonye-of-trueth, A and saide to the holie Vnderstan­dinge: Beholde / Presentlie ⁏eauen in this­same New Daye of thePsal. 118. c. Iohn. 6. f. 8. d Apo. 21. a. new and true Life; wee are fore-seene to true Iudges together-with [Page] God and all his Holyones / and also sett therto ⁏by God and Prouidence; on the Iudgment-seates / To-thende that all Mattiers ⁏both of that which is in Heauen / and of that which is on Earth; should com and be presented before vs / that wee mought heare and examen those-same / also iudge them ac­cordinge to the Trueth / and so pronounce-fourth the right Sentences ther-of.

2. After-that / Testimony-of-trueth and holie Vnderstandinge spake both-alike together / with a Thankes-geeuinge vnto God. and sayde:

B 3. Laude and Thankes be geeuen to the Most-highest / for this his great Grace. For behold: The Day which God hath sett or ordayned / for to iudg in thesame / Act. 17. d. the Compasse of ye Earth with Righ­teousnes /Iohn. 12. c. Apo. 14. a. is now appeered and com. In the which eueryone shallMath. 16. c. Rom. 2. 14. b 2. Cor. 5. b. receaue his Recompence / according to his Woorkes / and wherin eueryone hath right ⁏or is to be iustified; right shall be geeuen him / and hee shall be iudged vprightlie.

4. Therfore let eueryone now appeere ⁏in this­same Daye; with his Cause / Rom. 14. b. 2. Cor. 5. b. before the Iudg­ment-seate of Christ. And wee will bringe-fourth the vpright Iudgment ⁏accordinge to the Trueth of God and Christ, and accordinge to the Vnder­standing of the holie Spirit; / and pronounce-fourth the Sentence iustlie.

C 5. THen came-fourth Searching-prouidence in place. and saide: O thou Testimonye of the eternall Trueth, and thou Vnderstanding of the holie Wisdom ⁏yee noble Lordes and Prin­ces [Page 37] / in Heauen and on Earth;Apo. 5. b. Yee are worthie to sitt on the Seates of Iudgment / for to iudge all Mattiers vprightlie. For surelie all thingesHeb. 4. c. are nakedlie knowen ⁏accordinge to the Trueth; vnto your Noblenes.

6. Inasmuch now then as that your Noblenes can right-easelie and with small labour / knowe and vnderstande the Deepnes of all Vnderstandinges ⁏which also dowtles must now all appeere before thissame Iudgment;· and iudge eueryone ⁏accor­dinge to the Trueth; vprightlie / So do I therfore humble myself somuch the free-willinger before your noble Wisdom: and will also in that consideration ⁏with freenes of Minde; open my Case euen-heere before your Noblenes.

7. For-that-cause vouchsafe now to heare mee in this ⁏O yee noble and honourable Lordes; in all what I shall speake heere before the vpright Iudg­ment / and before your Noblenes / by the Will and goodwillinge Permission of your Noblenes.

8. I Searchinge-prouidence ⁏Gen. 3. a. beinge pru­denter D and vnderstandinger then all the Soules of the Earth; haue alwaies vsed myne Of­fice / and the right Kinde of my Nature and Fashi­on / vprightlie on the Earth. and yet notwithstan­dinge suffered often Wronge at Gods hande. For God hath often troubled mee· as also the Man in his Vnderstandinge / with his Woord ⁏wherwith Hee requyred Obedience / which is dowtles euery­wheare on the Earth / esteemed for least-of-reputati­on. and brought vs to great Dissention and into [Page] much Dowtinge of our Light / which wee had ob­tayned out of the Knowledge.

9. Which thinge also Hee hath cheeflyest vsed or accustomed for to doo / when-as our Light of the Knowledge came to be esteemed in theGen. 11. [...]. Math. 26. Luk. 2 [...]. glorioust-degree / and was euery-wheare accepted ⁏on the Earth; for the true Light of the Wisdom of God. and that wee had foreseene to purchase ther-tho­rough / with all Mindes of the Fleash / and with all earthlie Wyse and Scripture-learned / a quiet Peace on the Earth: in such-sort / that the Man in his Vnderstanding / became ⁏by that occasion; oftentymes diuided / and fell into dyuers Diuisi­ons: and was driuen euenso ⁏with greatEsa. 59. [...]. Labour and Vexation of his Minde and Wittes / in the Curious-searching after theRom. 1. c. Light / in the Know­ledge; to com-againe vnto mee· and to bringe-fourth through Mee ؛Searching-prouidence (punctel) a new Light / out of the Knowledge / for to sett his Heart andSap. 17. b. Rom. 2. b. Conscience ⁏which was whollie trou­bled; at-peace ther-on.

E 10. Forasmuch now as that I ⁏O yee noble Lordes; haue thus-longe indured ⁏with Longe-sufferinge; this Wronge / and the manye Hynde­rances touching the Peace on the Earth: and that also the Riches of my Light / & my expert Wisdom ⁏which hath euery-wheare before all the Children of Men / the most estimation and cleauing-vnto; doth farre excell God & his Wisdom / So affirme I therfore heere before the Iudgment / that such Wronge / and thesame Hinderance of the Peace [Page 38] with all Mindes and Wyse of the Fleash / ought not to be suffered any-lenger on the Earth. but to be knowen for right / that I ⁏with my Wisdom and Light of the Knowledge; ought for to raigne aboue God / or at least-wise / to beGen. [...]. [...]. Esa. 14. b. equall with God / and eauen as God himself.

The XXI. Chap.

AFter-that spake God. and saide:A Yee Holyones and Wyse / yee honourable Lordes and Iudges / and yee most-noble SeedeGen. 22. b. Rom. 9. a. Heb. 2. b. of the renowmedst kinglie Stocke of the most-puissant Maiestie: Presentlie ⁏eauen in thissame Daye of the vpright Iudgment; will I excuse or cleere myself with the Trueth ⁏before your Noblenes of so excellent and high-degree; against my contrarye Partie: and affirme heere before the Iudgment / Exo. 20. a. Esa. 41. 42. 44. 48. that ther can none other God more beare-dominion / besydes Mee. For I onlie am the Lorde.

2. Inasmuch then as that I amDeu. 32. a. Tob. 13. a. Apo. 15. a. holie, vp­right, and true / in all my Woorkes / so will I alsoEsa. 32. a. Ier. 23. a. 33. b. possesse alone the Seate of the godlye Ma­iestie· and also ⁏according to the Trueth; keepe well the Victorie / and that with Right.

3. I Heare heere before the Iudgment / a B Complaint against Mee: To-wit / that I ⁏with the Light of my Woorde; should haue made an entrie / into anothers Light / Wisdom / & Peace. and so haue brought-in Distourbaunce and Dis­sention [Page] by the Man / in hys Vnderstandinge: Wherto I rightlie make-answer / that I knowe not of anye other Light / Iohn. 1. a. but my Life: and the Life / which proceedeth or floweth from Mee / that­same is the true Light of the Man: and is to an Illuminating of him in his Vnderstanding / and ther is none other Light more.

4. Also I knowe not of any otherSap. 7. c. Wisdome / but the holie Vnderstandinge / which also is a Life of my Life· and for that cause likewise / a Light of my Light. I knowe not also of any Peace / but the peaceable1. Iohn. 1. a. 3. b. 4. b. Louelynes of my Spirit of the Loue / which also all my Holyones ⁏which are becom sanctified through the Light of my Life; do inherit in the euerlasting Life.

5. For-that-cause / O yee honourable Lordes ؛Testimony-of-trueth and holie Vnderstan­dinge (punctel) haue well in remembraunce / this my Cleer­ing of myself: and consider effectuallie of my Light. And then peruse it all / whether that ther be in Hea­uen or-yet vpon Earth / any other Light more / thenEsa. 60. c. Iohn. 1. 8. b. 1. Iohn. 1. a. that Light / which is my true Life itself: and whether that also it doth not all walke in ye Iohn. 8. b. Dark­nesses / that is or hath his Fourth-goinge with-out my Light of Life. In such-like-sort deale also with my Wisdom / Rest / and Peace / wherin the syn­cere Loue standeth-firme for euermore. For I knowe that your Noblenesses do well vnderstand and haue intelligence of these Mattiers.

C 6. THissame Complaint made by Search­ing-prouidence, and ye Cleering of God [Page 39] in his case / beinge thus com-to-passe / so did then the Lordes and Iudges / take-vp both their Cau­ses: and departed ther-with into their Counsel-chamber / for to peruse-ouer thesame groundlye / and that they mought so pronounce-fourth an vpright Sentence ther-of.

7. Now whenas they were com-fourth againe / they saide vnto God and Prouidence: Yee haue presented your Causes on both sides / heere before vs and the Iudgment: and hauinge throughlie considered therof / so is this our Counsell touching thesame / and our first Sentence / that wee pro­nounce ther-of.

8. Each-one of you shall expresse or de­clare heere before Vs / The first Sentence. the cleerest Certifica­tion ⁏that is knowē vnto hym therof; of his Right / wherby hee mought haue Iustice.

9. Out of which Declaration / wee will yet far­der throughlie-wey each-ones Mattier / To-thend that wee pronounce not fourth the last Sentence o­uer-swiftlie / and so the one or the other to rest dis­contented: but that it may be wrought with such Manifest-certification and Vnderstandinge / that it may be as-well knowen to him against whom thesame falleth-out / that wee haue spoken rightlie / or pronounced the Sentence in right-fourme / accor­ding the to Trueth / as vnto him with whom the mattier goeth.

10. NOw when these Woordes were ended / D Testimony-of-trueth saide: Let Sear­ching-prouidence [Page] bring-fourth heere before vs / his Declaration of his Light / and of his Equalitie with the Godhead: And let God also doo the like / of his Light. and that ther is none other Light more / and that Hee onlie / is God and the Lorde. Eueryone shall now ⁏in thissamePsal. 118. c. Iohn. 6. f. 8. d New Daye; heare the vpright Iudgment pronounced-fourth / through Vs ؛Testimony-of-trueth, and Holie-vnderstandinge (punctel).

11. Heer-vnto Searchinge-prouidence saide: Forasmuch as God hath now cleered himself / that Hee knoweth not of any other Light more: as also that ther should not be any other Wisdom more / but onlie his Light and Wisdom / So is therfore my Request to your Noblenes ⁏yee honourable Lordes; that God may haue the Fore-going / in his Declaration: and euenso will I then ⁏in the Vtteraunce of his mattier; take-heede vnto ye time of my Declaratiō. and speake-fourth thesame (like-as it shall also be founde right-true) according to the Trueth.

E 12. Then saide the Lordes and Iudges: Go­to then / let it be eauenso. O God, it is vouchsafed Thee / that thou shouldest first bringe-fourth the Declaration of thy Right before vs. So let vs now heare thy Declaration / to prooue that thou hast right in thy Cause. And Thou ⁏O Search­ing-prouidence; shalt turne thy Hearinge ther­vnto. Wher-in then God hath right / that shalt thou acknowledge to be true.

13. If thou then be able to disaprooue thesame [Page] ⁏by alledging of any better and cleerer Certificatiō; in any-poynt / therin shalt thou then be heard also at-full. And in such Order shalt thou likewise let vs heare thy Declaration / that thou hast to ap­prooue thy mattier right / So may wee then vn­derstande both your Cases· and yee both likewise / our Sentence ⁏that wee pronounce thesame vp­rightlie / according to the Trueth; in right-sort / To-thende that yee ⁏on both sides; may euenso approoue and acknowledge all what is right / for right· and also accomplish thesame.

The XXII. Chap.

AFter that / God spake. and saide: I A will vtter-fourth my Declaratiō ⁏to prooue my Title right; with good Certificatiō and cleere Vnderstandinge / before your No­blenes ⁏yee honourable Lordes; vprightlie and ac­cording to the Trueth.

2. Beholde: I God /Exod. 3. b. am onlie God.Mich. 5. a. Esa. 41. a. 4 [...]. b. 44. b. I was☜ from in Eternitie / without beginninge. I am con­tinuallie present / Apo. 4. [...]. also alwayes to-com or appee­ringe: and shall remaine without ende ⁏in my hea­uenlie Mansion and Glorious-dignitie; euerlast­inglie. Such-like is also my Beeinge / which is an eternall Life with mee.

3. Thissame Life of myne / Iohn. 1. [...]. is the true Light. Thissame Light of myne / is my true Woorde ؛my only begotten Sonne (punctel) which floweth-fourth from Mee / to the Peace and Saluation of Men. [Page] Which Woorde of myne / was also begotten of Mee eauen from the Beginninge / Gen. 1. a. Psal. 33. a. Iohn. 1. a. when-as I made through thesame / Heauen and Earth / with all their Ornamentes. Whosoeuer is in thesame Woorde / and the Woorde in him / hee hath my true Light: and inheriteth ⁏in thesame Light;Math. 11. c. Heb. 4. a. my Rest and Peace / and my euerlastinge Life.

B 4. Yet farder / to a more-inlardginge of this my Declaration: I God myself ⁏Exod. 20. a. Deut. 32. d. Esa. 44. 45. b which am onlie the Lorde; haue also out of Myself ⁏as out of an vn­chaungeable Light; brought-fourth Dayes or Lightes / to seuerall Seruices or Offices / on the Earth / and caused thosesame / Gen. 1. a. b. out of y• Eaueninges and Morninges / for to be or to appeere / on the Earth: also ⁏in my Light; I foresawe it-all / what ther was needfull in euery-behalf: and made all the­same myself / to a good Ordinaunce.

5. Also I foresawe the Man / to make him to myne Imaige: and euenso ⁏to an Imaige of God; madeGen. 1. c. 2. a I the Man / To-thend that thesame / tho­rough the Light of my Wisdom or Vnderstan­dinge (Gen. 2. c. which I haue begotten and brought vnto the Man ⁏out of his Life of my Life; to an Healp for hym) shoulde gouerne all that which was brought-fourth or created through my Woorde / well and vprightlie·Gen. 1. c. 9. a and euenso in my Beeinge / haue the Dominion / ouer the created Thinges on the Earth.

6. Beholde: All this wasGen. 1. a. Psal. 33. a. Pro. 8. c. Iohn. 1. a. made and orday­ned in such-sort / through my Light / Woorde / and Wisdom. Who is-ther then that may be a God / [Page 41] besidesEsa. 43. 44. 48. b. I myself? Or where is-ther an other God / that can be like Mee / in my Light and Wis­dom / and in my Woorkes?

7. Therfore I affirme heere now for Right / that I am only God. and that also it-all what­soeuer is in Heauen and on Earth / ought to submit itself and be obedient vnto Mee / in my Woorde. ForExod. 19. a. Psal. 24. a. it is all / my Proprietee or Very-owne.

8. AFter-that / Searching-prouidēce spake.C and saide: It is true: God hath made all Thinges ⁏which Hee hath made;Psal. 33. a. through his Woorde: but-yet not without Mee. For I my­self haue ben assuredlie (life as God himself hath also heere affirmed) in all his Woorkes / the Pro­uidence of thesame:Pro. 8. c. and haue foreseene it all vnto God / ereuer that hee made thesame / To-thend that Hee should make it all euenso / out of my Wisdom.

9. For I myself / was Gods Eye / or the pro­uident Cleernes of his Light:Gen. 1. 2. Pro. 8. c. Wher-through Hee sawe-into the vpright Fourme of all Thinges / ereuer that hee made thesame. And yet farder / to a more Certentie or Confirmation of my Right.

10. I myself haue also first foreseene the Man vnto God / euen-like as Hee made thesame: In like sort also / the Healp of the Man: insomuch / that GodGen. 1. 2. a. made it-all / euen-like as I ؛Prouidence (punctel) foresawe it-all vnto Him. For God coulde do no­thing without Mee / because I was ye Sight؛the Highest and Pretioust (punctel) of the Bodye of God. For-that-cause I am also the Lorde / or a God, euen-like as God himself.

The XXIII. Chap.

A THen saide God. It is true: Pro­uidence is the Eye or the Sight / and a pretious Member of my Bodye: and that I also ⁏through thesame; haue seene-into Al-thinge ⁏ereuer I made it; well and a-right: InGen. 1. 2. [...]. like-sort also touching the Man / which I made ⁏with Light / Trueth / and Prouidence; ac­cordinge to my Beeinge ⁏in all; like vnto My­self / to-thend that the Man should liue in Mee / and I in him ⁏with one Beeinge; for euermore.

2. Had now the Man with the Prouidence / remayned standinge in my Woorde / Light / or Beeinge: and not searched / for to knowe anythinge more / So should also then likewise my Light and Trueth / haue remayned still in the Man and in his Prouidence. Also the Man should not haue needed anye thinge more / for to search⁏curiouslie; after my Light or Trueth / in the Knowledge. For the LifeGen. 2. b. and also the Dyinge of the Death / was sett in sight / before the Man and his Prouidence: in such-sort / that ther was not anything wanting to the Man / for to haue lyued in my Goodnes of the true Light eternallie.

3. But now / when-as the Man with the Pro­uidence / were fallen-awaye from my vpright Bee­ing / and the Light of my Life / Gen. 3. a. and had taken-on to them the Searching in the Knowledge of the Good and of the Euell: and that it went so euell with the Man ⁏by that occasion; continuallie / [Page 42] So haue IIer. 25. a. 29. b. 35. b. sought vpon him ⁏with my Woord; oftentymes / to procure him to the Obedience of my Requiringe: and haue euenso infourmed him / with my Light / To-thend that I moughtEsa. 55. a. Math. 11. c. ridde him from his Miserie· and bringe him againe vnto Mee / in the Light of my Life.

4. Howbeit / the Man / seekinge alwayes his B Life and Light of Wisdom⁏through Searching-prouidence; out of the Knowledge / 1. Cor. 1. 2. b. could not so knowe nor vnderstand my Light nor Wisdom / nether-yet the Obedience / which I required of him through my Woorde. And is also by that oc­casion ⁏eauen vntill thissame Daye of the righ­teous Iudgment; remayning in his Miserie: nether coulde-ther also anyman els / deliuer him therfrom.

5. Therfore I affirme / that ther is none other Light / Iohn. 1. a. but my Life: nor-yet any other Wisdom / but the Woorde of my Trueth:Psal. 33. a. Pro. 8. c. Iohn. 1. a. Wher-through I haue wrought all my Woorkes.

6. It is true: That which I haue made / I haue ⁏out of the Prouidence which was of-one-bee­ing with my Godhead;Gen. 2. a. made it-all well: but not through Searchinge-prouidence, as to search ther-after in the Knowledge / how it mought best☜ accorde or ioyne-together. but as I sawe-into the vpright Fourme therof / in my Beeinge. And ac­cording to thesame Fourme / Gen. 2. a. it was all good / what-soeuer I made.

7. So is now therfore the Conclusion of this my Declaratiō / to prooue that I haue not brought-fourth [Page] my Light and Wisdom / nor-yet my Woor­kes / through Searching-prouidence in ye Know­ledge. but as thesame stoode nakedlie before Mee ⁏in my Beeinge; according to the Trueth. Wher­with I expresse sufficientlie ⁏and haue also before expressed and prooued thesame; that my Cause is right. and that I onlie / Esa. 43. b. 44 a. 48. b. am the Lorde and God.

C 8. SEarchinge-prouidence hauinge heald his peace heer-at a little-while / spake af­terwarde. and saide: God is yet for-al-that vtter­lie vngrounded in all his Declaration / for to keepe the Right and the Authoritie-of-gouernment a­gainst Mee.

9. For / inasmuch as I am the Sight of God / and the Principalst of the whole Bodie of God (which thinge also God himself graunteth / and must needes graunt ther-vnto:) and that I with the Mans Vnderstandinge / haue alwayes ⁏tho­rough the Searching in the Knowledg; sought the Welfare of the Man / on the Earth· and brought-fourth euenso ⁏out of thesame Light of the highlie-bosted knowledgfull Wisdom; so manifolde good Pollicies vnto Peace on the Earth / So will I now therfore ⁏O yee noble Lordes; yelde-ouer my Mattier ⁏which I haue heere in Cleernes / dis­couered vnto your Noblenes; whollie into your handes / for toPsal. 9. a. Act. 17. d. iudg thesame with Righteousnes. For I haue such confidence in your Noblenes / that looke whoso hath right in his cause / him will yee defende / and yelde him right in his Title.

The XXIIII. Chap.

NOw whenas the Lordes and Iudg­es A / had throughlye-hearde and effectual­lie vnderstoode this Declaration / on both sides / Then saide they to them both: Harken-to / what ther shall yeat ⁏of Iudgmentes-part; be saide and proponed heere vnto you both.

2. To both your Concorde and Peace / and to the Concorde and Peace of all those which haue any Mattiers before the Iudgment of God and Christ, yee shall now ⁏on the behalf of your Mat­tiers; er-euer that the last Sentence be geeuen / heare yeat one Sentence / wher-with the Most-needfullest ⁏that yee mought first doo euenso / or ac­complish thesame; shall be spoken-fourth.

3. For that now ⁏to a good concordable Peace; ther mought be of you Twayne and of all what is diuided ⁏which ought to be One; made One:Eph. 2. b. and that the Middel-wall / which is growen or entred­in betwixt you both / and betwixt all those which are seperated from God and from the good Bee­ing of God· and yet loue ye Righteousnes / mought in thissame New Daye of the righteous Iudg­ment /2. Cor. 3. b. becom remooued / So is this now ⁏in that consideration; yeat our Sentence / which wee ⁏as the necessitie requireth it; will pronounce-fourth before the last Sentence.

4. Which Sentence, wee ⁏as vpright Iudges and Peace-makers; do requyre / that yee both / and all those which are in Heauen and on Earth that [Page] loue the Righteousnes / should from this present howre-fourth ⁏first or before-all; fulfill or accom­plish. And when-as thesame is fulfilled / so will wee then immediatlye ther-after / pronounce-fourth the last Sentence / or the last Iudgment: and also exe­cute thesame speedelie / in Heauen and on Earth.

B 5. Presentlie in thys Daye ⁏in the vp­right Iudgment;The se­cond Sen­tence. wee saye: That euery­one / both in Heauen and also on Earth ⁏like-as it is meete and right; shall from this howre-fourth / whollyeLuk. 14. d. Act. 4. c. 5. a. 2. Cor. 10. a. geeue-ouer hymself in our Woorde and Requyringe ⁏Testimony-of-trueth, and holie Vn­derstandinge;· sett his right and wronge / in our Vnderstandinge and Counsell of the Wysdome· and euenso holde hym­self wel-contented with Vs and our Ar­bitrement or Sentence / for to doo all that which wee requyre / accordinglye.

6. For whosoeuer do whollie2. Cor. 10. a. geeue-ouer them­selues / in our Woorde & Requiring / and com vnto vs: and that it were so that the Middel-wall were by them ⁏wher-through the Diuision and Discorde hath had his proceeding or is com-fourth / Yet must thesame Middel-wall becom manifest and knowen vnto them: and Thosesame ⁏to whom the Middel-wall is so manifested and made-knowen; [Page 44] shall then also yelde themselues good-willinglie / to becom purged or ridde from thesame. let thesame be remooued from them. let themselues be prepared to an acceptable People for the Lorde· and assem­bled to the Holyones of God: for to liue euenso with all the Holyones of God / concordablie ⁏Ephe. 4. 5. [...]. 1. Iohn. 3. 4. b in all Loue; for euermore.

7. AFter-that / when-as thissame Sentence C was in such-sort pronounced-fourth / by the Lordes and Iudges / so sawe I. and beholde: It pleased God and Prouidence, and also them all / that were in Heauen and on Earth ⁏which loued the Righteousnes; very-well: and they all acknow­ledged / that it was right / and ought to be don eauenso.

8. And heer-withall / they all ⁏which loued the Righteousnes; gaue-ouer themselues goodwilling­lie / in the Woorde and Requiring of Testimony-of-trueth, and of the holie Vnderstandinge. and also promised / that they wolde gladlie endeuour themselues / to accomplish all thesame / like-as the last Sentence should signifie and require.

9 Fourth-with after that / when-as thissame Geeuing-ouer was thus don / then sawe I. and beholde: Ther appeered One vnto mee / which was clothed with white Silke: and hee had a great Trumpet / which hee helde with both his Handes. And ther stoode writen on his Forehead: The Peace of God.

10. Thissame sowned his Trumpet very-lowde / ouerMath. 24. d. 1. Cor. 15. c. 1. Tess. 4. b. all Heauēs / and ouer all those that inhabited [Page] therin: also ouer the whole Earth / and ouer all those that dwelled on the Earth and in thesame. And ye Voyce of his Trumpet sounded euen-thus:

D 11. REioyce now / Esa. 44. 49. O yee Heauens / and all yee that dwell therin.

12. Reioyce now / thou Earth / and all yee that dwell ther-on / which loue the Righteousnes.

13. Reioyce now / yee1. Cor. 15. c. Apo. 14. b. Dead / which lye in the Earth / and are disceassed in Christ.

14. For this-daye yee shall allEsa. 26. c. Dan. 12. b. rise-vpp from the Death. and all what is yeat on the Earth ⁏that lo­ueth the Righteousnes;1. Cor. 15. f. 1. Tess. 4. b. becom chaunged / and com to the Iudgment of Righteousnes.

15. Now shall the righteousIohn. 12. c. Apo. 14. a. Iudgment passe­fourth / or be brought-to-light / accordinge to the Trueth: and the syncere Righteousnes ⁏like-as it was from in Eternitie / and shall also remaine per­petuallie; becom manifestlie declared.

16. Now shall likewise all whatsoeuer is in Hea­uen and on the Earth / beEsa. 11. a. Ier. 23. a. 33. b iudged with Righte­ousnes. And the Earth / and all Generations / Na­tions / and People ⁏which haue geeuen-ouer them­selues to the Woord of Testimony-of-trueth and of the holie Vnderstandinge; shall now obtaine theirGen. 22. b. Math. 25. d. 2. Pet. 3. b. Apo. 21. a. Blessinge / accordinge to the Promises.

The XXV. Chap.

A THe-whylst that this Trumpet was yeat thus a-sowninge / so were the Lordes and Iudges in a redines / for to pronoūce-fourth [Page 45] the vpright Iudgment / accordinge to the Trueth / and to sett the Parties ⁏to Concordable­nes; at-peace: and spake both-alike together / first these Woordes:

2. INasmuch as that God hath made his Declaration / that Hee was from in Eter­nitie· and in the Beginninge when-as Hee made him ye Man / onlie the Lorde / Gen. 1. 2. Exod. 20. Esa. 44. b. the Life / the Light / and the true Woord and Wisdom itself: and euen­so foresawe it-all / what-euer Hee made. And that Prouidence hath also declared / that hee first fore­sawe all thinges ⁏according to the vpright Fourme therof; vnto God: and that GodGen. 1. 2. a. made all the­same accordinglie / So knowe wee very-well / that all thesame is good. and that ether-other / in the­same Cause of his ⁏when-as they both were yeat of vnifourme-beeing / and stood vndiuided in one Bee­inge; hath well ⁏for the first; good right.

3. But now / heere-betweene ther is a secreat B Middel-wall entred-in / the which ⁏or what the­same is; is not perhappes seene or espyed by euery­one. For wee note / that in the Beginninge of the Creation of Man on the Earth / ther was by God☜ and by all his Kingdom / and by all the Mem­bers of his Bodie / great Peace and Concorde. Howbeit after-that / when-as God had made the Man ⁏on the Earth;Gen. 1. d. 2. b to an Imaige of himself ⁏as a Life / of his Life / a Light / of his Light / and a Pro­uidence / of his Prouidence: and also out of hym / the Vnderstandinge / to an Healp of thesame Bee­inge; so became-ther aGen. 3. b. Ephe. 2. b. Middel-wall betwixt God [Page] and his Imaige / like-as it in this present Day ap­peereth before Vs. Through which Middel-wall (which also may well be a Misvnderstandinge / wherby the one cannot vnderstande the other a­right) ther is likewise entred-in euery-wheare on the Earth / so great Variaunce and Iniquitie· and so manifolde Deceiptes and Falshod.

C 4. It is true: God hath heer-vnto / bestowed alwayes great dilligence / [...]er. 25. a. 29. b. 35. b. Heb. 1. a. through his Messen­gers / for to plucke the Man with his Woorde / to the Obedience of ye Requiring of thesame Woord· and to his vpright Beeinge / wherby hee mought be ridde from the Iniquitie· and liue in all Loue and Peace.

5. In like-maner: Prouidence hath also be­stowed alwayes great dilligence ⁏through Search­inge in the Knowledge; with the Mans Vnder­standinge / for to bringe the Man into good Or­der: and for-that-cause also (to-thende that the Man should liue peaceablie on the Earth· and be deliuered from the Destruction of the Iniquitie) hath brought-in many requisite Pollicies & Lawes. Howbeit / the Man is not in all those-same ⁏Rom. 3. c. Gal. 3. b. Heb. 7. b. euen til-vnto thissame Day of the righteous Iudgment of God on the Earth; releassed from the Iniquitie / nor brought vnto ye Peace: nor-yet also theGen. 3. b. Esa. 59. a. Eph. 2. b. Mid­del-wall ⁏wherthrough all Iniquitie is proceeded; made-knowen / wherby the Man mought haue ben broughtEph. 2. b. vnto Peace and Concorde· and the true Righteousnes / haue gotten the Victorye on the Earth.

[Page 46] 6. Forasmuch now then as that this Middel-wall / D hath not ben rightlie seen-into by Many­aone: and that also by that occasion / the one could not vnderstande the other. and the Iniquitie hath preuayled in Victorie / and that the Loue is like­wise therthrough / waxen-colde with Many / So hath also the Man ⁏and almost it-all what dwel­leth on the Earth; consumed his tyme ⁏till vnto thissame Daye of the true Iudgment of God;Esa. 59. a. Math. 11. c. in greeuous Miserie / and plucked much Dissention and Iniquitie on his owne necke. But now in this­same New Daye (wher-through all1. Cor. 4. a. thinges must euen-now becom manifested) the FayleGen. 3. b. Esa. 59. a. Eph. 2. b. and Middel-wall ⁏which is the Occasion of all Ini­quitie & Variaunce; is nakedlie appeered in Sight and rightlie made-knowen / vnto Vs ؛Testimo­ny-of-trueth and holie Vnderstandinge (punctel).

The XXVI. Chap.

AFter these Woordes / the Lordes A and Iudges spake yet one other Sayinge / before the last Sentence. and saide:

2. FOrasmuch now as that y• 4. Esd. 5. a. 14. b. Math. 24. b. Iniquitie [...] / together with the subtile Falshod / and the most-wylie Heartes / are so exceedinglie multi­plied euery-wheare / with the Man on the Earth / and that the Occasion of all this Iniquitie / is not knowen vnto eueryone: and that moreouer God and Prouidence, and eueryone that loueth the Righteousnes / wolde most-gladlie s [...]e the Salua­tion [Page] and Welfare of the Man / and the Peace on the Earth: and yet neuertheles / ther is greatMath. 24. b. Va­riaunce entred-in: and that therto eueryone that loueth the Righteousnes / hath now goodwilling­lie 2. Cor. 10. b. geeuen-ouer himself / in our Woorde & Coun­sell of the Wisdom· and sett all thinges in our Handes (to-thende that all this Controuersie / andGen. 3. b. Ephe. 2. b. the Meane wher-through the Iniquitie hath so multiplied itself / as also the Iniquitie herself / should be remooued or vtterlye rooted-out· and so al-thinge beGen. 1. 2. restored againe / into hys vpright Fourme) / So harken heere now therfore vnto this our Saying and Requiringe. For euen after-that / wee will pronounce-fourth an vpright Sen­tence of it all.

3. For that euery-one mought now ⁏in this­same Daye of the righteous Iudgment of God; be preserued from theEsa. 47. b. Perrels of great Damaige both to Soule and Bodie / so let not anyone ⁏from thissame present Daye fourth;Math. 7. a. Luk. 6. d. Rom. 2. 14. b. take vpon hym for to blame or accuse the one the-other / as touching his Offices behalf. nether-yet also that the Ini­quitie and Variaunce is growen to be on ye Earth / by anymans Fault: Nether shall also anyone ⁏the one against the-other; esteeme or geeue-fourth him­self Phil. 2. a. for great ⁏ether high-of-reputation; for his knowledgfull Wisdoms cause: nor desire in such respect / to be the Lorde / or to beare the Lordship. But that which Wee pronounce to an vpright Iudgment or Sentence / shall eueryone doo / and not omitt to accomplish thesame.

[Page 47] 4. Eueryone shall from this howre-fourth B / endeuour hym for to enter-in or com theare with his Beeinge / The last Sentence. wheare hee and his Beeing was in the Beginning / er-euer GodGen. 1. a. Rom. 6. a. b. made the Man on the Earth: and assemble hym euenso againe / to his vp­right Beeinge [namelie / into thesame State / as his Beeinge was in his Peace / er-euer God made the Man on the Earth.] And all what eueryone had then / and all whatsoeuer is flowen or issued with Hym / out of thesame former Beeinge / all that shall hee bring-in againe ⁏with hymself; to thesame Bee­inge: Math. 16. c. Luk. 9. 14. d. Also forsake all that which is not of thesame Beeinge / or proceedeth not ther­from.

5. Beholde / and haue now all / a good regarde to this last Sentence: for in the Fulfillinge of the­same /2. Cor. 3. b. Ephe. 2. b. all Middel-walles / Dissentions / and Ini­quities ⁏which are growen to be euen from the Be­ginninge / and haue brought-in all Variaunce and Disturbaunce; shall not choose but remaine with­out the Man / and passe-awaye to nothinge / inas­much as thesame Iniquities / are not of the vpright Beeinge of God nor of the Man / nether-yet pro­ceede ther-from.

6. When now then thissame is thus accompli­shed [Page] by eueryone / so shall it be well seen-into and knowen by eueryone / what hee isGen. 3. b. of himself. Also what Seruice or Office ther belongeth to him for to minister or vse: and which is also his Glorie / whervnto hee hath right. For hee shall then inherit all thesame / and liue therin peaceablie.

C 7. O God, Heer-in shalt thou first haue the Fore-goinge: Settinge thy-self in the Fourme of thesame Beeinge / like-as thou hast ben from in Eternitie / and like-as thou wast in the Be­ginninge / er-euer thou madest the Man / on the Earth.

8. Forasmuch then as that thou art an heauen­lie Beeinge / Iohn. 1. 4. c. 6. b. 10. 12. 17. Heb. 1. a. Light / and Spirit / so shalt thou plucke all that which is gon-fourth or flowen-out from Thee to the Earth ⁏to-wit / heauenlie Bee­inges / Lightes / and Spirites; againe vnto thee. And all what cometh to thee ther-of / that-same shalt thou receaue / and set or ordaine it in his vp­right Ordinaunce.

9. In such like-sort / shalt thou also ⁏O Proui­dence; sett thyself in the Fourme of thesame Bee­inge / like-as thou hast ben from in Eternitie / and like-as thou wast in the Beginninge / er-euer God made the Man / on the Earth: And all that which was than by thee / and all what is flowen-fourth with thee / out of thesame Beeinge / that-same shalt thou plucke againe vnto thee / into thesame Bee­inge. And all what cometh to thee ther-of / that shalt thou receaue: and euenso shall then that-same also enter-in with thee / to his right Ordinaunce.

[Page 48] 10. LEt eueryone respect-well this vpright D Sentence of the righteous Iudgment / which Wee heere-now ⁏in the last or newest Daye; do pronounce-fourth according to ye Trueth. For it concerneth eueryone / 1. Cor. 15. [...]. [...] so-well the earthlie and naturall Beeing / in His / as the heauenlie and spi­rituall Beeinge / in His. For this is nowDan. 7. c. 4. Esd. 7. d. the Last Iudgment / wher-vnto the Loue and her Seruice reacheth.

11. For-that-cause / O thou earthlie and natu­rall Beeing / thou shalt also endeuour thyself / for to sett thee ⁏accordinge to the Requiringe of the Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue; in the Fourme of thesame Beeinge / like-as thou wast in the Beginninge / er-euerGen. 3. b. Eccle. 12. a. God made the Man / on the Earth: And all what-soeuer is de­parted from thy Beeinge / as earthlie and Nature / that shalt thou pluck vnto thee againe. And all what cometh vnto thee ther-of / that shalt thou also receaue / and sett or ordaine each-one ⁏according to his right Beeinge and Nature; in his right Or­dinaunce.

12. And when-as now thissame ⁏with eueryone which hath a Lust for to enter into his right Bee­inge and Ordinaunce; is all euen-thus brought-to-passe and accomplished. and when-as also the TymePro. 6. [...]. Gal. 6. b. of Grace ⁏for eueryone to enter-in to his vpright Beeinge; is ouer-passed or ended / Then shall all that which remayneth-ouer / with-out the vpright Beeinge [namelie / of that which is Spiri­tuall and Naturall]: and whatsoeuer is not profi­table [Page] or necessarie for anythinge in Heauen nor on Earth / be vtterlie rooted-out / and1. Cor. 3. b. 2. Pet. 3. a. Apo. 14. b. 16 17. 18. 19. burnt with the Fire: So shall then trulie the manyfolde-sort of Iniquitie and Variaunce ⁏together with all those that loue or practise Iniquitie / Variaunce / & Ren­tinge; com euenso vtterlie to an ende.

E 13. For all that which is of wicked Kynde and Will / shall be throwen to-getherMath. 13. c. 25. d. 2. Pet. 3. a. into the hellish Fire of the euerlastinge Damnation:Esa. 66. c. Mark. 9. wheare the Worme of their gnawinge Conscience doth neuer dye / nether shall the hellish Fire of their Condem­nation / be euermore quenched-out: for their Con­demnation shall endure euerlastinglie.

14. Then shal-ther not be els-what in Heauen and on Earth / but Righteousnes / Loue / & Peace. and2. Pet. 3. [...]. the vniuersall Earth be inhabited in Peace· andEsa. 11. a. Ier. 23. a. 33. b gouerned with Righteousnes / euerlastinglie. For so ⁏like-as wee haue saide it; it is right / and an vpright Iudgment / For to bringe all that which is declyned or estraunged from his vpright Beeinge / into his vpright Fourme and peaceable Beeinge againe.

The XXVII. Chap.

A NOw whenas the Lordes and Iudg­es / had pronounced-fourth thissame Sen­tence and their Wordes / in such-maner / it pleased God and Prouidence also ⁏toge­ther with all those that loued the Righteousnes; very-well: and eueryone acknowledged / that the [Page 49] Iudgment and the Sentence was pronounced-fourth vprightlie / according to the Trueth: and that it also ought so to com-to-passe by eueryone.

2. And all they that loued the Righteousnes / lauded and thanked the Most-highest / Psal. 118. c. that the New-daye ⁏Ephe. 1. b. to the Renewinge of all that which is waxen-olde; was appeered and com: and that the Generations of Men ⁏through the true Light of thesame New-daye / and through the Fulfilling of the last Sentences; mought com or be brought to theirGen. 22. b. Blessing and Saluation.

3. AFter-that I sawe. and behold: The dead RighteousonesEsa. 26. c. Ezech. 37. b. 1. Cor. 15. f. 1. Tess. 4. b. stoode all vpp / from the Death / and became ⁏with all those which yeat lyued on the Earth / and walked in the Obedience of the Loue; chaunged ⁏through the New Life of God; out of the Consumeable / into the Vnconsumeable· and ⁏with perfect Ioye; assembled ⁏Apo. 19. 20. 21. a. very try­umphantlie; to God and Christ, and to all the Sainctes of God / in the heauenlie Beeinge: And euenso ⁏with Ioye; eueryone gaue himself ⁏accor­ding to the Requiring of the last Sentence; to his vpright Beeinge / and to his right Place and Or­dinaunce. And it becameEccle. 12. a. Iohn. 17. c. all / one God with God / that was Gods.Gen. 2. a. and one Kingdom of God / in all Heauens / and that with perfect Glorie.

4. But the Curious-searchinge and the Accu­ser B ⁏which were entred-in / besides the Prouidence and ye Mans Vnderstandinge▪ had not any place in God nor in his Prouidence, nor in ye sanctified Vnderstandinge: For their Habitation was not [Page] therin / from in Eternitie. And they descended vnto the Earth / and fourth into theApo. 14. 19. c Bottomles-pitt: with whom also / the seconde Death· together with all Vngodlie / and their vngodly Beeinge / were throwen-in and damned.

5. And the earthlie Beeinge / and the Nature / together with all that which was naturall on the Earth / and loued the Equitie / did also endeuour itself / for to set itself ⁏according to the Requiring of the last Sentence; in his vpright Fourme and Beeinge / on the Earth.

6. And euenso ⁏through the Illuminatinge of the New Life of God on the Earth; all that which was Nature / and loued and had of the earthlie Beeinge / an vpright Beeing of the Nature / Eccle. 12. a. went into his vpright Beeinge and Ordinaunce. And so ther was on the Earth / Esa. 60. c. 61 a. 66. b. a great Peace / with all vpright Natures and naturall Thinges. And euenso eueryone came againe ⁏according to his vp­right Kinde or Nature; vnto his right Place / and into his vpright Ordinaunce / euen-like as it was in the Beginninge.

C 7. NOw when-as God had gathered-toge­ther all that which was His: namely / that was of his Beeing / and loued the Righte­ousnes; vnto him (eauen-like as anMat. 13. 24. d Husbandman gathereth his Wheat ⁏from the Fielde; into his Barnes) and that all the true Heauenly and Spi­rituall / was com vnto Heauē / and to God ⁏Iohn. 4. c. a. Cor. 3. c. which is a Spirit;: and that in like-maner on the Earth / all what was Earthlie and Naturall ⁏which loued [Page 50] the naturall Equitie; was com into the vpright Fourme of his naturall Beeinge: and that also the Iniquitie / with all those that loued and serued the­same / were seperated therfrom / Then sawe I. and beholde:

8. Ouer the vniuersall Face of the Earth / ther appeered One clothed with an Habergion & Har­nesse / and gyrded with an yron Chayne. And both his Handes / and from his Gyrdel-fourth / euen vnto the verye ende of his Feete / hee was very read and weat of Bloud. And hee had in each Hande a Sworde. The Sworde in his Leaft-hande / was also very read and weat of Bloud. But the Sworde in his Right-hande / was alto­gether a glowinge Fire / which glynsened and crackt very terriblie / with many Firie-flames. And ther stoode written on his Forehead / The Ven­geaunce of God.

9. Thissame cryed very-lowde / with a terrible D Sounde: and the Sounde of his Voyce sounded euen-thus:

10. Vengeaunce / Ven-engeaunce / Ven­en-engeaunce / ouer all Bloud-giltyones / which haueApoc. 14. b. 16. 1 [...]. c. 19. a. oppressed the Single-minded· and shead or spilt the innocent Bloud / together with the Bloud of the Witnesses of the Woorde of God Iesus Christ / on the Earth.

11. Now swiftlie / now swiftlie / Yea now very-swiftlie ⁏in thissame great and terrible Daye;Esa. 13. a. Amo. 5. b. Ioel. 2. a. Soph. 1. b. Mal. 4. a. ther cometh ⁏to a Reuengement; ouer all Vngodlie / [Page] and ouer all those which loue and cleane-vnto the Iniquitie / great Wo / Miserye / Bitternes-of-smart / and the euerlasting Death / with the eternall Damnation in the hellish Fire.

12. Wo / Wo-o / Wo-o-o / vntoMath. 24. c. Luk. 19. 21. d. all the Enemies of the Lorde and his Holyones / and vnto all the Enemies of the Famelie of Loue: and also vnto all those that haue not respected ye Grace of Life ⁏whilst that thesame was proffered vnto them;Pro. 1. c. Rom. 2. a. to Repentaunce for their Sinnes. and vn­to those which ⁏to the Peace and Concord of the Loue; haue not geeuen-ouer themselues ⁏vnder the Obedience of the Loue; to Testimony-of-trueth and the holie Vnderstandinge. and vnto those which haue walked and dealt falslie / against the Famelie of Loue / and haue not shewed any Sor­rowe / Confession / Apo. 2. c. nor Repentaunce for thesame.

13. After-that when-as this Voyce / had so geeuen-fourth his Sounde ouer the vniuersall Earth / so sawe I. and beholde: Ther appeered out of Heauen / many thowsande Angels. All these cryed together ⁏with a great Sounde; ouer the Earth / and ouer all those which dwelled on the Earth. And the Sounde of them all / was like as a Sounde of a great Noyze of many thowsande Trompettes.

14. Howbeit / this Sounde of all these Angels / was with great Ioye and Gladnes. and sounded euen-thus:

E 15. THis is the greatEsa. 1 [...]. a. Amo. 5. [...]. Io [...]l. 2. c. [...]oph. 1. b. Daye of the Lorde / Yea / the last Daye of the righteous [Page 51] Iudgment of God / with his Sainctes or Ho­lyones.

16. This is the New Daye / Psal. 118. c. Iohn. 6. 11. c. Apo. 19. a. b. which the Lorde hath made: wherin all the Holyones of God do reioyce them / and receaue their Rewarding / in the euerlastinge Life.

17. This is the appointed Daye / Act. 17. d. which God himself hath constituted and sett or ordained: in the which / God doth now iudge the Compasse of the Earth with Righteousnes: and will recompence all the Enemies of God / and the Enemies of hys Holyones / with that which they haue deserued. For they shall now be vtterlie rooted-out·Math. 25. d. Luk. 19. c. and throwen into the hellish Fire of euerlastinge Dam­nation.

18. AFter-that I sawe. and beholde: These Angels gathered all that to-gether on an Heape (like-as the Seruantes of an Husband­man / do gather the Weede ⁏of the Fielde;Math. 13. [...]. 25. d. all on an Heape) which remayned-ouer / and was not a­nye vpright heauenlie or spirituall Beeinge· nor a­nye vpright earthlie or naturall Beeinge: also all that which had intangled or held-fast itself on the Iniquitie / and whatsoeuer had seperated itself from the Loue and her vpright Beeinge· and not respec­ted the Entraunce into his right Beeinge and Or­dinaunce. Math. 13. 25. Apo. 20. c. and threwe it all to-gether into the hel­lish Fire of the euerlastinge Condemnation / which the Deuell and all his Ministers ⁏through the Hardnes of their Heartes in the Iniquitie; had prepared to themselues.

The XXVIII. Chap.

A AFter-that / when-as all that which stoode-mynded to ye Iniquitie & Destructiō / was thus vtterlie rooted-out frō the Earth· andApo. 20. c. condemned in the Hell or Bottomles­pitt / Then sawe I. and beholde: Ther was in Heauen and on Earth / a great and eternall firme Peace / to-wit / Esa. 65. c. 2. Pet. 3. b. Apo. 21. a. in all / New Heauens / and New Earth / wherin Righteousnes dwelleth.

2. And the Holyones of God / were chosen on the Earth / to be1. Pet. 2. a. Apo. 1. a. 5. b. Priestes & Kinges / for to raigne euenso on the Earth / and to gouerne thesame with Righteousnes. And it became on the Earth and ouer the Earth / Eight Dayes / which also remay­ned alwayes and for euer / in the Seruice or Office of their Light.

3. These Eight Dayes / were thesame Lightes / which I had seene before: andEsa. 66. c. they were all Ho­lye-dayes of the Lorde. And euenso the one Holye­daye followed on the other / all which were also sanctified / each-one in the Office of his Light. Also therEsa. 60. c. Apo. 21. 22. a. was not any-more Night. And euenso out­of great Ioye ⁏for the true Light and euerlastinge Peaces cause / which was com in Heauen and on Earth;Apo. 19. a. ther was sunge euery-wheare / in Heauen and on Earth / Allelu-ia, Allelu-ia: That is / Great Laude and Thankes-geeuing to the Lorde.

B 4. NOw when that all this was thus reuea­led and shewed vnto mee / then sawe I and vnderstoode in my Spirit / that in thissame [Page 52] New orPsal. 118. [...]. Iohn. 6. 8. d. Eight Daye / the whole Scripture of the holie Propheates & Euangelistes / wasApo. 10. a. fulfilled. and that also the God of Heauen / was becom a Kinge and Prince / Esa. 9. a. 11. a. Zach. 13. a. and the chief Iudge on the Earth. For it-all ⁏both in Heauen and also on Earth; was subiect or stoode bowed ⁏to Obedience; vnto the God of Heauen.

5. This is verelie Gods Kingdom / Math. 6. b. which is com with Righteousnes: Wher-throughMath. 6. b. the Will of the Lorde & God / becometh accomplished ⁏in all and ouer all; on the Earth / as in Heauen.

6. NOw after that I had seene-into all this / according to the Trueth: and that this­same Reuelation of God and his great Prophe­tie / together with all fore-passed and to-cominge Thinges / were shewed in naked Cleernes vnto Mee· and expounded by Testimony-of-trueth, or the Vnderstanding of those-same opened / So saide Testimony-of-trueth yet-farder vnto Mee:

7. Retaine it-all4. Esd. 14. a. in thy Heart and Vnder­standinge / which is heere shewed vnto thee / and tolde thee. For of all thesame ⁏like-as it is chaunced vnto thee; it shall not faile in one Iote / to be all eauenso brought-to-passe and accomplished in this present Daye / al-ouer the vniuersall Earth.

8. For-that-cause / thou shalt not concease ether C hide thissame. but out of the Loue ⁏wherwith thou art Deptour to loue thy Neighbour; contine [...]tlie make it manifest.

9. Thus-doinge / so shall then now in thissame Daye of the Loue / the vpright Sentences / and the [Page] righteous Iudgment of God (like-as thesame is iudged by Vs ؛Testimony-of-trueth and holie Vnderstandinge (punctel)) together with all that which thou hast seene and heard / and is chaunced vnto thee / becom ⁏through the Seruice of the Loue; spread-abrode ouer the vniuersall Earth· also pub­lished and brought⁏Esa. 61. a. Math. 24. b. Apo. 14. a. to an Euangelie or Ioyful-messaige of the Kingdom; to the Louers of the Trueth and Righteousnes· and all what is on the Earth / required and procured ⁏ther-with; into his vpright Fourme or Beeinge / To-thende that all the Children of Men / should not through the Vengeaunce of God⁏·Esa. 13. 34. a Amo. 5. c. Ioel. 2. a. Soph. 1. b. Mal. 4. a. which cometh now swiftlie ouer the Worlde; be rooted-out from the Earth / nor condemned· but that they all ⁏which loue the vpright Righteousnes; mought remayne-ouer / or be preserued / to Saluation.

10. For all that which is not of the vpright Kynde of the Beeinge of God: nether-yet decent or orderlie / in the naturall Beeinge / nor standeth inclyned ther-vnto. but is whollie mynded ther-against / shall now ⁏with twigge and roote; beMal. 4. a. Mat. 13. 25. d. vt­terlie rooted-out· and condemned in ye hellish Fire.

The XXIX. Chap.

A IN all thissame which I had seene and hearde· and that Testimonye-of-trueth had spoken vnto Mee / I reioyced mee very-much / eauen with great Ioye. And euenso ⁏with a merye Heart; I bowed mee [Page 53] downe to the Feete of the Lorde: laudinge and thankinge the God of Heauen / for that the Daye and Howre of his righteous IudgmentApo. 14. 18. [...] was com. and that I HN؛ his humble Seruant ⁏had reached to the pretious or worthie Tyme / in the which / al-thing shall now go in his vpright Course· and he gouerned vprightlye / accordinge to the Trueth.

2. REioyce you all also with mee / O yee good-willing Heartes to the Loue / and yee all that dwell on the Earth / which loue the Trueth and Righteousnes / and the Vnytie of Heart / in the Loue of Iesu Christ. For I bringe and publish to you all / a ioyfull Messaige of the Kingdom of ye God of Heauens and of his Righ­teousnes.

3. Beholde / Presentlie in this Daye / is the B Kingdom of the God of HeauensApo. 12. 21. [...] and his Righ­teousnes / the godlie Maiestie and his Glorie / as also the Saluation of Christ and the eternall Life / appeered in perfect Cleernes ⁏with great Tryumph and Ioye; vnto vs / and com on the Earth. Tho­rough which saide Cleernes / wee are also let to see and ther is made-knowen vnto vs therby / Psal. 98. a. the Saluation of Men / in Iesu Christ, Apo. 20. a. the Resur­rection of the Dead / the Clensinge of the Earth / theGen. 22. b. Blessing of all Generations of the Earth / the righteousDan. 7. c. Mat. 24. 25. d Iudae. 1. b. Iudgment of God / the Appeering of the glorious Comminge of Christ with all the Thowsandes of his Sainctes / and the euerlasting Condemnation of all Vngodlie / in the hellish Fire.

[Page] 4. For-that-cause / geeue now vnto that God which liueth from euerlastinge to euerlastinge / onlie the Honour: and laude Him in thissamePsal. 118. c. New Daye / with great Thankes-geeuinge. For Hee ؛thesame great and glorious God (punctel) hath not leaft vs Little and Pooreones / asIohn. 14. b. Orphantes / ether fatherles: but is ⁏eauen as a good and faithfull Father; com vnto vs / with full Grace / Loue / and Mercie: and hath begotten vs ⁏Wee meane I / which haue had a stedfast Confidence on God and Christ / eauen vnto the seconde Birth;Rom. 6. a. Col. 1. b. 2. c. from the Death. and made vs Heyres in his Light / in the Throne of his glorious Maiestie / and in the loue­lie Sap. 3. a. 5. a. Heb. 4. a. Apo. 14. b. Rest of his Holyones: and ⁏euen as Fellowe-members of Christ and God; incorporated Vs in­to him / and made vs glorious with him / Apo. 21. 22. a. wherby wee mought liue and raigne with God and Christ / for euermore.

C 5. Therfore reioyce and showte now all with cheerfull Heartes: and singeZach. 8. a. Apo. 19. a. on all Wayes / and in all Streates ⁏alwayes and for euer; the Laude­songe of the Lorde / Allelu-ia, Allelu-ia. and reioyce you euenso with great Ioy and Thankes-geeuing / in the New Kingdom of the godlie Maiestie / on the Earth.

6. O all yee that loue the Righteousnes / and also all yee People which dwell on Earth / and that reade or heare to-daye / the Woordes of this Reuelation of God and of his great Prophe­tie / Respect-well thissame2. Cor. 6. a. Gal. 6. b. gratious Time / and geeue-ouer yourselues now whollie / to the Testi­monye [Page 54] of the heauenlye Trueth and to the holie Vnderstandinge (like-as ther is iudged or pro­nounced-fourth ⁏by the seconde Sentence; in the true Iudgment)2. Cor. 10. a. to Obedience / and euenso ⁏vn­der the Obedience of the Loue; prepare all your Soules heerto / namelie / Math. 16. c. Luk. 9. 14. c. to forsake all that which is not Gods / together with all that which is not mynded to the Righteousnes / nor to enter into the godlie Beeinge. For This-daye yee are all ⁏heer­with; Euan. 42. b. Fid. 5. d. e. f. required ther-vnto / To-thende that yee all now ⁏in this Daye of the Loue of God the Fa­ther; mought becomIohn. 15. 17. c Ephe. 3. c. planted into the good Bee­inge of God· and so preserued in thesame / and not perrish or be rooted-out with the Vngodlie / nor with all those that are vngodlie of will / nor-yet be damned in the Hell / euerlastinglie.

7. Beholde / This-daye yee are all / yeat warned D of the Destruction / and for auoyding of the horri­ble Condemnation / er-euer that it light vpon you / to-thende that yee in that Daye / when-as the Destruction and Condemnation (if yee beRom. 2. a. vnbe­leeuinge to the Trueth) doth catch you / Luk. 21. d. as a Trap-snare / and that yee must beare the Miserie with the Vngodlie / should not haue anything (as that yee haue heard or knowen nothing therof) to excuseIohn. 15. c. or vngiltie yourselues with-all. For behold / Destruction and Preseruation / Deut. 28. 30 Curssinge and Blessing / Condemnation & Saluation / becometh ⁏dowtles; heald-fourth all Now nakedlie before your Eyes.

8. Looke now all well to it / that yee this-daye [Page] ⁏in the Hearinge of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue;Psal. 95. b. Heb. 3. 4. a. harden not your Heartes / To­thende that yee may enter ⁏with-out faile; into this holie Rest of all the Children of God (wher-vnto yee all ⁏so-well as wee; are also called)· and be founde wel-mynded ⁏with goodwillinge Heartes; vnto thesame.

9. Therfore refuse not ⁏in any-case;2. Cor. 6. 2. Heb. 2. a. 12 b this great Grace and Mercie of God / that is out of the Loue and her Seruice ⁏which trulie yee haue not deser­ued; proffered vnto you.

10. Thissame Grace of God the Father / and the Obedience of the Beleef of Iesu Christ /Iohn. 3. a. Rom. 6. a. til-vnto the seconde Birth from the Death / and the perfect Beeinge of the Loue / with his godlie Loue­lynes of the euerlastinge Life / keepe the Victorie by you all. Amen.

E 11. LEt eueryone to whose handes this Reue­lation of God ⁏out of Loue; chaunceth for to com / extend likewise thesame Loue againe ⁏accor­dinge to the [...]ro 1. a. 4. a. Eccli. 6. c. 8. b. 32. c. Counsell and Ordinaunce of the El­ders in the Famelie of Loue; vnto his Acquain­taunce / and let him permitt them also to reade or heare thesame: First or before-all / those that loue the Trueth and Righteousnes. And assemble you all to the Communialtie of the Sainctes / vn­der the Obedience of the Loue: and do yee all euen­so 2. Cor. 10. a. geeue-ouer yourselues ⁏whollie; with each-other (accordinge to the Iudgment of the seconde Sen­tence) vnto Testimony-of-trueth and the holie [Page 55] Vnderstandinge / for to be obedient / For to fulfil [...] euenso the Requiringe of the thirde or last Sen­tence / To-thend that yee may be preserued from the horribleApoc. 14. 16. 18. &c. Plages of the Vngodlie (which are now a coming-on very-swiftlie / ouer the wicked Worlde / and ouer all Vngodlie / to their euer­lasting Condemnation)· andMath. 16. [...]. Iohn. 3. 6. [...]. procreated to Chil­dren of God / through the Seruice of the holie Woorde ⁏in theIohn. 1. b. 1. Pet. 1. c. Following of the Lorde Iesus Christ / til-vnto the seconde Birth from ye Death; in the heauenlie Beeinge: Where the Fulnes and Aboundancie of the eternall Loue / Peace / and Ioyfulnes is: and ther-to / the Enheritaunce of the euerlastinge Life. It is very­true.

Take all this effectually to heart.
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Our Heart / is the Minde of God most-hie.
Our Beeinge amiable / as the sweete Lillie.
Our Faithfulnes / Loue / and Trueth vpright /
Is Gods Light / Life / and Cleernes bright.

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