CHAP. II. The ſight, reception, and enjoyment of the TRUE BLV (which far ſurpaſſeth the Philoſophers Stone, &c. Hinted at.

— Hoc accidet dum vile fui

For wo is me, I am undone, I have ſeen the Lord the King.

I am undone. I am a fool.

Suffer fools gladiy; if you may, if you can.

If I am a fool, it is for your ſakes.

I am beſides my ſelf; and if I am — it is to God

I am not — for God hath took me.

I am undone, yet gloriouſly and joyfully undone.

I have ſeen the Lord. THE King;

Who appeared unto me

On [Innocents Day] the 28 of the laſt moneth.

He ſpake to me and with me, (as a friend ſpeaketh to his friend) of things unſpeakable and unutterable.

By^**viz 28 Jan. from ten at night til about 3 i'th' morning. night (on my bed alſo) he whom my ſoul loveth, ſet before mine eye, both mental and corporal.

BLV

Exceeding glorious, moſt tranſparent and moſt tranſplendent.

And what I am now about (with fear & trembling, as alſo with high rejoycing) I can preſent to you, no more, no otherwiſe, then as part of the black, dark ſhadow of a man, againſt a ſun-ſhine wall, &c.

At this ſtrange, glorious, and unexpected ſight,

The Spirit of Burning (by which the filth of the daughter of Sion is purged) did ſo ſurround me, and took ſuch real poſſeſſion of me,

That it not onely waxed hot within me;

But alſo (on a ſudden) ſet my body on ſuch a flame; that (at a diſtance) it would warm the ſtander by, as if they were warm­ing their hands at a burning fire, &c.

Then was I raiſed to ſit up in my bed (in my ſhirt) ſmoaking like a furnace.

And with glorious holy fear and trem­bling, I bowed the Knees of my ſoul; as alſo my body

With all awful reverence before the dread­ful, (yet to his friends) the glorious preſence of the God of Abraham, the God of Iſaac, the God of Jacob,

With my hands wringing, the Spirit groaning,

And at length ſaying,

I beſeech thee, I beſeech thee, I beſeech thee

Tell me what is this?

Then HE ſpake;

Whoſe voice once ſhook the earth; But now not onely the earth, but the heavens alſo.

Saying,

Fear not, it is I BLVI.

Whereupon the Spirit within me (with exceeding joy) exceedingly groaned; & with a loud voice, out-ſounded

O the BLV! O the BLV! O the BLV!

And the worm, and no man ſaid, what BLV;

Lord

He, as a loving Father, gave me (as it were) a box 'ith' ear, ſaying,

Doſt not remember, when thou was't a

School-boy, thou heard'ſt this ſaying,

TRUE BIV wil never ſtain, will never fail, White is the ſignal of Innocency. BLV, of Truth. —

And I that am incomprehenſible, without colour, inviſible,

Yet in (an unfathomable ſenſe) ^**as viſible,

And as I may, can & wil ſo ſay;^**Heb. 11. 27

I both have, can, wil, & do ap­pear in my COULORS, at my pleaſure.

The White — as Innocency, the BLV — as trueth.

TRUE BLVI, True BLVI IAM.

And though I am in heaven, earth, & hel, &c

Yet earth, hel & heaven, yea the heaven of heavens is not able to contain me, &c.

Now have I in an unſpeakable eminent way bowed the heavens, & am come down upon the earth. And will ſhew my ſelf,

As in my Coulors, — &c.

Whereupon he drew a ſharp two edged flaming ſword, &c.

(Another manner of Sword then that hee wore on Mount Sina)

Saying,

Bear thou the typical teſtimony thereof.

And in a dark, low, beggarly ſhadow, wear BLV, With this Superſcription,

And (not conferring with fleſh and blood) I was obedient to the heavenly command­ment.

Whereupon with an exceeding holy fear and trembling, fiilled brim-ful [alſo] of joy and rejoycing,

I bowed down hoth ſoul and body, before the God of Abraham, Iſaac, and Jacob.

And the Spirit within me ſounded forth, O eternal ſpirit of TRUTH, which wil ne­ver fail.

What am I, a worm, and no man? — — A Nazarite (By the Lord of Hoſts, which dwelleth in Mount Sion) made blac­ker then a cole —

— Not known in the ſtreets —

Known at home Only.

Fear thou not, I am thine, & I am with thee and a wal of fire round about thee.

I will alſo tell thee what I am doing in Theſe whipping Times,

And in this my Day

Which burns as an OVEN.

Hark!

Chap. III. What the Lord is doing theſe whipping Times? &c.

Hark!

The noiſe of a whip, on the top of the Mountains,

Whip and burn, whip and burn, whip & burn.

I, THE conſuming fire in An. BLVII — have bowed the heavens, & am come down, I am am come to baptize with the Holy Ghoſt, and with^**Some have felt it with a witneſs. Fire.

My Fan is in my hand, and I will throughly purge my Floor, &c.

But,

The chaff I will burn up, with unquench­able Fire.

O chaff, chaff, hear the Word of the Lord.

To the unquenchable fire thou muſt, it is thy doom.

It's a whipping Time. The day burns as an Oven.

Wherein (II) all the proud, and all that do wickedly ſhall be ſtubble. And the day that cometh, and [NOW is] ſhall BURN them up.

It ſhal leave them neither root nor branch, Mal. 4. 1. Learn what that meaneth, Whom it hitteth, it hitteth.

It's a whipping time.

And he that is TRUTH, and no Lye, hath bowed the heavens, and is come down. (III TO whip the Thieves out of his own^**Ye are the Temple of the li­ving God, as God hath ſaid, I will dwell in them, &c. 1 Cor. 6. 2 Cor. 6. 10. Temple. And amongſt all the rabble that are there, he wil whip out that old thief, that foul & unclean ſpirit that ſaith, Stand back, I am holier then thou, &c.

That Thief alſo ſhall not ſcape his Laſh, who ſaith, Lo here, or lo there, &c,

Theſe are whipping time; and

The day Burns as an Oven.

And thus ſaith my God,

Who (to my exceeding, exceeding joy) is a conſuming Fire, I have bowed the hea­vens, and am come down.

(IV) To try every mans work ſo as by Fire; and this conſuming fire ſhall enter in­to the marrow and the bones, and ſearch the heart and the reins:

And ſhall go on and do its work, as it hath begun:

And turn the IN-ſide outwards.

To the eternal fame of ſome; and to the everlaſting ſhame of others.

Let the later expect what is upon them coming with a vengeance.

The day burns like an Oven.

For (V) He hath bowed the Heavens — and is coming down in flaming Fire,

To render vengeance to thoſe that know him not; eſpecially to thoſe who talk much of him, yet call him, Beelzehub, &c. &c. &c.

Theſe are whipping times.

For [VI) he hath bowed the heavens, and is come down to whip

Theſe froward fooliſh children who call their Father Rogue, if he appear in any o­ther garb then what they have uſually ſeen him in, &c.

And he will never give over whipping them, till they give over ſaying to him, What doſt thou?

Till they give over Injoyning him his way, &c.

And their daring to be ſo arrogantly foo­liſh, as

To JUDGE the things THEY know not —

He that hath an ear to hear let him hear.

And AL ſhall feel

It is a whipping time.

For (VII) He hath bowed the Heavens, and is come down to whip and burn, whip and burn. —

None ſhall eſcape his laſh,

No not his dearly beloved Daughter of Sion.

Among many other things he will ſound­ly ſcourge her for her haughtineſs, and outſtretched-neckedneſs.

For holding her neck ſo high.

For her curſed Scorn, Helliſh Pride and niceneſs.

For not remembring her Siſter Sodom in the day of her pride, &c.

And the roaring ramping-Lyon, with the ſharp two-edged Sword, wil run her through and through.

And with unquenchable fire

Will burn up the bravery of their tinkling Ornaments.

The bracelets, &c. The changeable Suits of apparel, &c.

The Glaſſes, and fine Linnen. The Hoods and the Vails, &c.

And inſtead of ſweet ſmelling there ſhall be a ſtink; and BURNING inſtead of Beauty.

And becauſe ſhe turneth away her eyes from her own Fleſh, yea, and denies her own Spirit and Life;

Yea, her Father that begot her; and

Her eldeſt Brother, the Heir of all,

For this her haughtineſs, and ſtretch­ed-neckedneſs, ſhe ſhall not onely be whipt, but alſo the crown of the head of the Daughter of Sion ſhall be ſmit­ten with a Scab. And

The Lord wil diſcover her SECRET parts.

And this ſhall be done to the green Tree.

And if this be done to the green Tree,

[VII] What ſhall be done to the Dry Tree?

At preſent I will not tell them.

They ſhall feel with a witneſs, &c.

And Ile only here inſert a Prophecie, which ſparkled forth from the Spirit of Prophecy, before theſe whipping times were thought on or expected.

The Prophecy.

Sith that their wayes they do not mend,

Ile finde a Whip to ſcourge them by;

And with my Rod Ile make them bend, and ſo divide them ſuddainly.

This is but the beginning of ſorrows

And this that is now (in this dead Letter hinted) is but the bare contents of ſome of thoſe many things which the conſuming fire is about to do theſe whipping times; and in this day which BURNS as an Oven; and where in tri­umphs and joy I now live.

You ſhall have it more at large one way or other, one time or other.