THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST TRUMPET OR Several Visions, declaring the universal overturning and rooting up of all Earthly Powers in ENGLAND. With many other things foretold, which shall come to pass in this Year, 1650.  
Lately showed unto GEORGE FOSTER, who was commanded to Print them.  
Printed in the Year 1650.   

The Epistle to the Reader.  
O Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord, and tremble thou earth, at the presence of the mighty God of jacob; for behold, he comes to take vengeance on his enemies, and they that have exercised oppression shall be by the All of all, things confounded and brought to nothing, whether they be outward powers that have their fellow creatures in bondage to them, or the powers of flesh, ruling and domineeering in them, Isay both powers shall be brought to nothing, and shall not be able to stand any longer; for his excellent Majesty appearing in brightness, will be a terror to all flesh and all powers shall become as weak as water before him; and Lucifer that hath made the Nations to tremble, shall be brought to nothing, even all the power, strength and glory of man shall be but as grass, and as the flower of the field that is soon cut down, and then comes to nothing, and is as if it were not; even so at the appearing of the Lord of hosts, shall all powers of what sort or under what notion s●ever be, in a very little while, as if they were not, and God alone, even the eternal God appear to be King and Lord over all the Earth; at whose appearance all things besides himself shall be brought to nothing, even all POWERS shall become as nothing: and the mighty men, and great men, as Kings and Lords, for fear of the Lord of Hosts, shall run into the holes of the rocks, and into the Dens of the Earth to hid themselves for fear of his Majesty, for he doth now arise to shake terribly the earth, and all the earth shall become dung before him; and all the powers of the earth sha●l be as dung before his Instruments whom he hath made choice of, to do his great and terrible work: for he hath now a strange work to do which will not be done by the powers of the earth; but the mighty Jehovah will do his strange work by po●r, weak, and despised instruments, even by those that are as nothing in themselves, that the All of all things may appear to be their power and their strength, and so through the strength of the mighty God, level and lay mountains and hills low, and make plains n●d valleys equal with them: add so I will leave you to the ensuing Treatise, there to see what Gwd hath purposed to do: the which he hath been pleased to reveal to me by v●sions, which power as I a● a creature ha●h so powerfully appeared in me, as I have not been able to resist, but must send it forth th' the public view, as being one that that been made for a signe and wohder amongst men, and so for my own puietnesse sake, and qeace of Spirit, I am made to put it to thy view, and so am contented to be a fool, and to undergo the hard and harsh censures of many, leaveing it to thy serious consideration, or to thy malicious spirit, which may by't against it, and say I am deluded, and the Devil hath power over me: I'll leave it to you that see or hear of it; fo● time to make manifest what it is, and I'll wait upon the mighty God of Jacob, being confident he hath made out himself unto me by Vision and Revelation; and hath set me as a Wonder in the eyes of men: but wonder not as to mock and laugh at me lest your hearts be hardened, & so you be one of the vessels whom the Lord will pour out the fierceness of his wrath upon; for surely my God hath not set me as a sign for nothing; if he hath, I am contented to be nothing, that he, the Lord of hosts, may appear to be all: yea, I am confident the All of all things hath a very great work to do, & he hath made use of me, as of one that am a poor creature, purposely to s●t me a sign, for some to be forewarned that the Lord of hosts is coming to destroy all things beside himself; that they may be willing when he appeareth to forsake all, and to count that which for the present is their God, as gold and silver, as nothing that they may  and feed the hungry, and so escape the day that shall burn as an Oven. But for others to be a stone of stumbling; a gin and snare at which they shall stumble and fall. And so Reader that thou mayest understand by reading of this treatise what God is now a doing: and how powerful he is. For I have seen him to be very strong, for these things following; I did much question whether they were not a delusion of the Devil, by reason of the strangeness of them, & so did by questioning of them bring myself into a restless condition: as several times to be tempted to make away myself. For these things saith the tempter, if thou publish them will make you a hissing and a laughing stock: and flesh being willing to be at ease, I could have been contented to have buried them in the bed of oblivion, & so thought to have hid them and not to have brought them forth, but the voice of the Lord came to me saying, that thou mayest know that I the Lord of hosts, I have made out unto the by vision, & revealed things that shall surely come to pass, & that I have commanded thee to put them in print, & therefore to go to London, thou shalt be dumb (and so I was for ni● hours) as a token to convince thee of thy unbelief.  
And the next day, the voice of the Lord said I should be blind, as a token to convince me of my unbelief, which I was for eleven hours. And at the same time, the voice of the Lord said: (for to hasten me away for to be a wonder in London) I should be deprived of the use of my hand until I did go up to speak with Fairfax; and being thus taken speechless and blind and my right hand closed up, that I could not open it; I'did come up to London, and being in London I did go to the General's house for to speak with him, but could not, than I went again, and could not; and the third time; but could not be admitted for to speak with him: And all this while my hand was closed up so fast that several that saw it did not conclude it was by a supernatural power: and I did tell them that I had a message to deliver to the General: but for the present I knew not what it was but I never did tell any that it could not be opened by force and strength: but did tell them that I myself could not open it: but as soon as I did speak with the General it should open, which was now so closed for a sign to convince me of my unbelief, and also a stumbling-block for those that did by violence open it; as a Priest for one, who was the chief cause of it, I being then in the General's house intending for to have spoken with him, as to deliver to him what God should have made out to me. But I see it since to be the wisdom of my God that I did not speak with him, and likewise the wisdom of God that my hand was opened by violence, that it may prove the fall of the enemies of Zion, and give them cause to mock and laugh at me; that so th●y may be for the slaughter when the Lord ariseth to sh●ke the earth terribly.  
And this I writ● because I would not have you wonder why I do not go to the General for to speak with him, and so conclude that I am deluded, as they that opened my hand did; for the ways of God are past finding out, and my message is done for the present in that I have endeavoured for to speak with him, and I am as much satisfied with my condition as if I had spoke with him, for I see an overruling power and so am made for to wait upon that power that made all creatures (knowing that he will do his pleasure) until he doth in a more powerful manner carry me forth in such a way to act, which as I am a creature I am dead to, and when he appears in power in his own time for to make use of me or a● any other of his creatures, they shall not be able to withstand him, as I f●r my own pa●t have not been able to withstand. So with this caution to you all, not to mock at me lest you mock not only me, but the All of all things, and so dash yourselves against that rock which will beat to powder all other powers besides himself that he may be all and in all, I am willing to be silent, leaving my God to do with me, and all creatures, what he pleaseth.  
GEORGE FOSTER.   

January 14 1650.  
THe first day of the appearing of the eternal God in me, so as to make his excellent Majesty most illustriously to shine in me as the most excellent and most glorious object, was by declaring himself to be my God, and that he was come to make himself known unto me; who had a long time been in me buried under the clouds of proud flesh, and I was ignorant of him, and though I was ignorant of him [of the eternal God dwelling in me] yet he did dwell in me, and was the life of me, which is a great mystery, and unknown to most creatures, though most profess they know God, that God, even the eternal God dwells in them, by which they live and move and have their being.  
But it hath pleased the infinite jehovah [who is the fullness of all, and fills the Creation with his grace] to appear most gloriously in me, stripping and robbing me of all my former glory, that he alone may appear to be my all and in all, and so to declare and make himself manifest to me, that he the eternal God doth dwell in me, and is the life of me, and that he will no longer be buried in me, but now will arise like a man of war, tearing and destroying all proud flesh which hath covered him, that he alone may appear to be my eternal King, and so to take me up into the full enjoyment of himself, by declaring in me, saying, I the Lord of hosts am come, which voice was the most joyfullest voice that ever sounded in mine ears, though it was a terror to my flesh, yet I may say with the Prophet, this is the day which the Lord hath made, come let us be glad and rejoice in it. The Prophet was not ignorant that the Lord did make all the days, for he knew well enough the Lord did make all, but this day wherein he says, he will rejoice; was that day, even that day as the eternal God did appear to be his God; and so apprehending himself by the manifestations of God to him, to be one with God, and no longer at a distance from God●, did cause him to rejoice and be glad.  
But who shall abide the day of his coming? or who shall be able to stand when he appeareth? Surely no flesh shall be able to stand in that body when the mighty God of Jacob appeareth, neither shall any flesh abide there, neither shall that creature in whom he is pleased to manifest himself, be able to oppose him, for the Lord will do all his pleasure; He is like a refiners fire, and fullers sop. The eternal God by his bright appearing in his sons, he will purify and refine them, by destroying that which hath troubled them, and hath kept them at a distance from him, and cause them to see evil no more, and to see former things to pass away, and all things become new: And thus it hath pleased my excellent Majesty who dwells in me, to make known himself unto me, that so I may see former things, or old things pass away, and all things become new: And as the eternal God caught Paul up into the third heaven, and he heard there words not fit to be uttered; because if he should have made them know, they could not understand them, by reason of the difference of dispensations wherein they lived, Paul being a father, & all they babes and children. So my excellent Majesty the eternal God, having taken me up into himself by his appearing in me in such a high discovery of his love unto me, as to make me see himself in me, and I to have no life but he to be my all; yea, my life, and that I can do nothing without him, who hath caused me to deliver my Kingdom, all my strength [he being now the end of it] to my Father, that he may be all and in all: yea he hath [even my eternal God] so powerfully overcome me, that whether I was welling or no, destroyed my flesh (for God is a consuming fire) that he may take the kingdom to himself, and so to be all, and in all in me: even thus it pleased my eternal God even in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye to strike me dead, and likewise to raise me from the dead; and to cause me to hear the Angel sound the last Trumpet, and so to take me up to meet the Lord in the air, and so to be ever with the Lord, sounding the tune of the seven Trumpets always in mine ears, and causing me to hear the noise of the last trumpet, even the mystery of God, saying, it is done, it is done, and time shall be no longer; making me to see seventy weeks, spoken of in Daniel, to be at one end, and so to see sin and transegression to be finished, and to hear a voice within me, saying, everlasting righteousness is brought in: This is that voice which hath already shaken the earth, but yet once more (saith my excellent Majesty, who doth most gloriously shin in me) that he will shake not only the earth again but the heavens also: for it is not the work of God only to destroy the earthly powers and to bring them to nothing, though he will do it, but he will also destroy the heavenly powers, even that well-favoured harlot: even those that think themselves to be jews and are not, as well Independency and Baptism way as he hath done Episcopacy and Presbytery, and so to bring all flesh in to confusion, and to destroy the wisdom of man that he alone may be exalted, and then will the lord make a way in the wilderness, and paths in the deserts. for to give water unto his people. And when the Lord hath done this great work, as he will do, to cause the poor creatures as think themselves as lights and stars, and have taught otheres, to be nothing but in confusion, then will they appear to be the wilderness and deserts barren and empty; and that nothing will satisfy them but the pouring of the spirit from on high, which is no other, but God appearing in them, and making himself known to them that he dwells in them, which dwelling in them will be as water of life unto them, and so will the Prophecies be fulfilled; I will do a new thing, which new thing willbe the depriving of the creature of all his self-righteousness or holineste, and will make him to say, in the Lord have I righteousness, which righteousness will be God alone appearing to be the old way, and so will make them hear a voice behind them saying, this is the old way walk in it O the abundance of joy that is contained in these words: O it is the unspeakable joy which the Apostle mentions, to hear God Preaching and speaking to us, yea, in us: what a deal of labour will this save poor creatures, this will stay them from running to broken cisterns that can hold no water, this will take them off from Idolising Priests, when the voice of God speaks in us behold, this is the mystery that is to be made manifest to the sons of Zion in these later days, Christ in them the hope of glory, that so in seeing God in them, and they to be in God, are the new jerusalem that is come out of heaven, and so are the guests of that joyful wedding, hearing those joyful w●rds, the marriage of the Lamb is ready, and so lose themselves to be married to the eternal God, and they to be the Lamb's wife, and so by the power of the eternal God dwelling in them, they overcome and do inherit all things, by being brought into the enjoyment of God, and so inherit all things in God; for God being theirs, all things are theirs, whether things present or things to come so that they shall now see weeping and sorrow to be fled away, and so to go with everlasting songs to Zion, in singing and dancing to the house, of the Lord; Beloved this is that feast of fat things upon the mountain, wine upon the leaves, even God the eternal King dwelling and manifestling himself to you as he hath done to me, whereby I see by the excellent Majesty, the eternal God in me, that crooked ways are now made straight, and rough places made smooth; high places made low, and low places made high; flesh brought to nothing, and God to be all and in all; all my life joy and strength, and so no longer to labour and travel with child, but to bring forth, or declare that this eternal God is in me; and that he hath manifested himself unro me, in a more extraordinary manner then ever before he did which extraordinary manner was as followeth.  
As I lay awake in my bed between three and four a clock in the morning jan. 14. 1650. the Lord caused me to hear a pleasant fit of music or melody, which music made me much admire, being so early in the morning, and one being with me I would feign have asked him if he heard or knew where it was; But as I was thinking to know where it was, I was taken in a strange manner, with trembling, shaking; burning, and groaning, which made the party which lay with me much wonder and speak to me, but I could not make him any answer. And after I had lain trembling and groaning [being full of pain within and without] for half an hour and upwards: I began to have abundance of inward joy and consolation, even so full of joy was I that I was not able to contain myself, or express that comfort I had within me; but I did at length break forth in laughter, so hearty that I scarce ever laughed so hearty before, and did utter these words, the Lord of hosts is come, and the most joyful day that ever came is now, and no joy like unto this joy: and then afterwards was I taken with trembling and Groaned as I did before; and then afterwards I broke forth with laughing, and thus I did for four times in the morning useing, the same expressions as I did at first: all this while beholding nothing with my outward eyes: for they were shut up that I could scarce open them, but beheld a glorious object within me, which made me much rejoice; and so I continued sometimes rejoicing within myself, and sometimes full of trouble, until about twelve a clock at noon. And then was I taken in the same manner as before, and had three more fits; and in the last of the three, I being filled more with joy then in any of the rest; I lifted up my hands and cried out, the Lord of hosts is come: And it is done, it is done, being so filled with joy as if it was the most joyfulls news which ever came to me; which since I have found it to be and that never no joy was like this joy to me, if I may speak the truth and lie not. And afterwards I passed the day and night, sometimes being full of joy, and sometimes full of sorrow; and the next day being thursday, I passed that with joy and went to bed, finding myself pretty well satisfied (but not quite satisfied) and slept a while, but awaked about 2. a clock; and being awake I was much troubled in myself and perplexed in my mind, but at length I heard a voice within me saying, hear my voice; and I cried out, who art thou that I should hear? and I was answered with these words, I am the Lord of hosts the holy one of Israel: and I was presently, yea, of an instant taken with shaking and groaning; and being tormented in my mind; I than heard a voice saying to me, I am now come to torment thee, to consume and burn thee up to nothing; and I did then apprehend a abundance of misery and sorrow, crying out I was in hell: & presently I was as full of joy in apprehending a glorious God within me, which made me as much rejoice & laugh within myself, as if I had been in no misery at all. yea, though I was in hell, & among all the Devils, I cried out, sorrow and sighing shall fly away. Some 5, or 6. of these fits, in my misery, I cried out I was in hell. In my joy I cried out, the Lord of hosts is come: and sorrow and sighing will now fly away; and that the Lord of hosts will not shake the earth, but the heavens also. These fits being over; there did appear to me four black horses all in harness, drawing and tugging as if they had been in a cart that was set, and strove harder than ordinary to get out: And I said Lord, what is the meaning of this (sighing and groaning until I had an answer) and I was answered, that these do represent the powers of the world that do oppose God in his people, & all powers [that they are now ready to be drawn in pieces and these being vanished: There appeared four horses al' read, and I said Lord what is the meaning of this, and the Lord said, these do represent all powers to be in blood ready to be strangled: and these being gone, there appeared 4. pale horses like unto death (for I looked much upon them) for they looked very pale, yet not withstanding they did branch up and down and kept a vaporing about. But presently death seized upon them, and I beheld till I saw all powers thrown down, and covered in the earth that they should rise no more. And after these 4. pale horses were covered under the earth, there appeared one white horse without spot or stain, and one upon him all in glory, having a sword in his hand, and he rid from East to West & from North to South, and he said, the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord, & he doth reign & Isaid Lord, what doth this mean? and the Lord said, That I the eternal God will appear so glorious in my people to the burning up of flesh and sin, that they shall appear Conquerors and Kings; and I the Lord God am and will appear to be all and in all to my people. And as he prances from East to West from North to South, without any let or hindrance: so shall my people live in the enjoyment of me; and nothing shall make them afraid, and a little while after, I beheld an Angel coming from God and having in his hand abook, and it was open. And he came to me and bid me put forth my hand and take it, and eat it and I did put forth my hand and did take it, and (I said) Lord what means this, and my God said that this is a testimony or a seal to you that I am come to you, and have put my law in your heart, and have writ it in your inward parts, and you shall sin no more; and I was made to bow seven times to this Angel and my father said, even so shall all flesh bow to me in my people: and as the book was open in his hand, it shows that the mystery which hath been his is now to be made manifest and the everlasting Gospel to be preached.  
And on the thursday morning between 5. and 6. a clock, I was taken with trembling and horror, and was struck dead for a while so as I drew no breath at all, and at length I heard a great roaring of waters, which made a great noise, and when I came to myself, I groaned, and sighed, and said, Lord, what means this noise, and my excellent majesty which dwell in me, said, that as you hear the roaring of waters and none is able to still the noise? so shall my people, even my sons come with singing and rejoicing to Zion and none shall make them weep any more: hearing of this, I was much taken with joy even overcome with joy, and continued full of joy I was taken as I was before, and my breath being gone from me again. I lay as dead for awhile; And did at length see a company of men and women standing upon Zion, having harps, and made music; and then came some others and they danced; and there was one more glorious than the rest in the midst of them. And I beheld till he that was in the midst of them did go into them all and they became all as one.  
And on Friday morning about five or six a clock, I was taken with horror and fear, and was much perplexed (in myself) in mind and at length I heard a voice, saying, hear me, and observe what I say and write: That as I have tormented and plagued thee, so will I torment & plague all powers besides myself: And I said, Lord, wilt thou torment and destroy this Parliament? and the Lord said I will destroy and consume and bring to nothing the Parliament & all power that have exercised cruelty upon my people; & will give the glory, and honour and strength of Kingdoms to my people, that there may be universal liberty and freedom, and will make the Wolf and the Lamb lie down together, and be at peace one with another; and as you did see a white horse, and one upon him all in glory the night before last night, with a sword in his hand, riding from East to West, and from North to South and none to oppose him and none to help him but that he did destroy all his enemies himself: So I will (even by my own power and by my spirit) bring to nothing all the glory, honour, and power of all fleshly powers that I alone may be and none besides me, And I said, Lord, how long will it be first? and the Lord said, in a very little while, and I will overturn, overturn, overturn, and will appear in my Temple to the effecting of mine own work.  
And on the 25. of January in the night, I was taken in the same manner as before, but only my fit of trouble was lessened and my fit of laughter more than any I had before: and after my mirth was over I was caused to lie still. And I heard a voice of very great waters, which made me grieve within myself, until I had an answer what they should mean or what the noise should signify.  
And at length my God within me told me, that the waters doth signify the persons of Zion singing and rejoicing in Zion; and as the noise of the waters was great, so should the joy and gladness of Zion be great, and as I heard a noise and did not know from whence it came; so should their joy and gladness come from God, within them and not from Creature objects. And I said Lord they rejoice and sing already; but my eternal God within me told me, that their joy now is mixed with sorrow, and so is not perfect joy. But they shall ere long be brought into a full enjoyment of me, and then shall cease from sorrow.  
And presently after I beheld two Armies of men, one coming out of the North, and the other out of the South a little Westward. And the leader of them that came out of the South did seem to be a very solentary man, and the other leader a fierce man, and I beheld till they met one another, and had a sharp bout of fight one at the other. But at length the horse belonging to those that came out of the South (there being one very glorious amongst them) broke in amongst the foot and routed them and took their General, and so had the disposing of the Field; and marched away presently to London, and searched a great house; pulling those that were in it out of it. And I said Lord what meaneth this? and the Lord said. That these be my instruments to destroy all powers, and to bring to nothing those that are in power. And so to take the Kingdoms of this world, and to give them to the Saints. And moreover the Lord said, that these his instruments by which he hath done this, he will so overpower that they shall not be like others, as to be a self seeking people (no) but he will make them to be bright. That there may be no complain in our strees. And so restore the creation from the bondage it now groans under, into the Glorious liberty of the sons of God. That there may be universal liberty and freedom; and moreover the Lord said: that the fashion of this world goeth out, or is now a destroying; and that the men of this world shall now use it as if they used it not; and that I will (saith the Lord) make those that have riches disperse them abroad. That that saying may come to pass, and that my instruments by which I will do these things, shall confess that it is not by power or strength of men; but that it is God that is in them that doth these things. And so shall wholly deny themselves from usurping a power over others as to make Laws for others to walk by. But as I have taken the power to myself, so shall they leave me (saith my God) to do what I see good to all people; and my work will be (saith God) to bring in universal liberty. And I said how long Lord? And the Lord said, within a month or a very little while, and it shall come to pass.  
And in a little while after I saw a company of men and women singing and dancing, and they had every one of them a book open in their right hand. And I said, Lord what meaneth this? and my eternal God within me said. That these represent my sons and daughters that shall sing and dance in Zion, and go up to the mountain of the house of the Lord with everlasting joy: and as they had every one of them a book open in their hands: it sets forth that the mystery which hath been hid, is now by me (saith the Lord) made manifest, even Christ within them. And so shall be as my Thundering Angels crying out it is done, it is done, and time shall be no more (saith my God) and so shall se transgression finished, & everlasting righteousness brought in. And all things with them to become new; former things be passed away. And so to be married to me the Lord: to be one with me. God living in them and they in God; and indeed are the new Jerusalem that comes out of heaven, and the Tabernacle of God with men. These fits being over, I was wrappped up in silence for a while: And the condition that I was in afterwards, was not a condition of horror, of trouble or fear, for about three nights before this, I heard a voice within me say, I am come, and will declare unto you, and I did wait for to have some thing from my God (by the working of my spirit within me) which having now, I was taken in a most pleasant manner, & was forced to lie singing & whistling; and then to rise out of my bed between one and two a clock for to dance I and so continued singing & dancing near upon two hours by the clock, singing in this manner as followeth, or the expressions which I used some of them I will here relate, though I am not able to remember a quarter of them. The King, the everlasting King, the King of glory comes; hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, the Lord God omnipotent reigns: Sing, sing, be glad O Zion! for behold thy King, the everlasting King, the King of glory comes: shout, shout O Zion for behold thy King, the holy, one of Israel is in the midst of thee; & thou shalt see sorrow no more: now o'er the kingdoms of this world becomthe kingdoms of the Lord, & of his Christ, & he shall reign for ever. Sing, sing, and rejoice for behold thou shalt no longer have need of the sun of moon to give thee light, that is, outward ordinances, no but saith the Lord, I will be thy light & glory. Sing & rejoice, & go up with joy & rejoicing to the mountain of the house of the Lord; for now shall the light of the moon be as the light of the sun. & the light of the sun shall be seven fold more now then hath been. Shout and be glad, for behold, I come; and he that is weak and feeble amongst you shall be as David, & David shall be as the Angel of God, even as God: Sing & rejoice, for behold you shall now say, this is the Lord our God we have waited for him, and he is now come; therefore let us be glad and rejoice in his Salvation. Sing and rejoice and be glad, for now the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them: Shout, shout, cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet. And say unto Zion, thy King cometh: prepare, prepare, make ready, the marriage of the Lamb is now come. For behold, I come as a bride adorned for her husband. Sing and rejoice for now Jerusalem cometh out of heaven: and former things shall pass away, and now shall all things become new: Sing and make ready, for the marriage of the Lamb is come: Shout and be glad for the water of life doth now appear for to heal the Nations.  
Cry. Cry, what shall I cry? Cry all flesh is grass, the grass withers, the flower fades and comes to nothing, but ●od abides for ever: Cry, Cry, the spirit of the Lord blows upon flesh, that so flesh may come to nothing: I have a long time holden my peace and have been still, but now will I arise (saith the Lord) like a man of war and will tear and devour in pieces and none shall deliver.  
And now will I appear to be (saith the Lord) the stone cut out of the mountain: Cry, cry, what shall I cry? the Lord of Hosts will overthrow the strength of Kingdoms. And will appear to be an Iron rod that shall break in pieces all powers like a potter's vessel. And will make every one to throw their Idols of Gold and Silver away: money which men have made Idols of, shall now by the bright appearing of God, be counted nothing, but shall be thrown from one unto the other: And they that have abundance shall hid themselves for fear of the Lord of Hosts. These and such like expressions by way of singing I did utter: and why I count it singing, is because I did (as being overpowered with joy) cry ha' ha' tall toll lall derah la loll la dero tall derall tall toll dero tall aroll atoll loll loll dero, in such a way I did break forth between every 4. lines I have writ or oftener.  
And on the 29. day of the same month about 7. a clock in the night I saw in a vision two armies of men one a coming against the other; the same Leaders that were in the vision before, concerning the last two armies mentioned, & I beheld till they were drawn up in a body, seeing their drums beating and their colours flying; their muskets charged, and the soldiers with lighted matches in their hands: and I beheld till I saw that these two armies did meet, and the musqueteers fired and fell off, and I saw men sometimes drape down: But at length I saw the General's horse (which came out of the South) break in amongst their enemies and utterly routed them, and took the General and killed him, and so had the field to themselves. And I said Lord, what is the meaning of this? and my eternal God within me told me. That the General and his army that came out of the South, are instruments which I have chosen to do my work: and the other General and his Soldiers are for the Parliament: and I beheld till the General that overcame marched with all his army to London, and entered the City, and went to the . But they were dispersed, and I saw the General and his Officers sit as a Parliament in the room of the other, and did promise that they would now restore freedom to the people: and I saw the General and his Officers go into the Halls where money was and threw it to the Soldiers, and the Soldiers had so much, that they gave it away to the poor; and I heard the poor say one unto the other, these are joyful days.  
And I desired the substance of it and it is this (as my Lord hath revealed it to me) That the General and the people with him are the instruments of God. And he hath chosen them for to beat in pieces all powers; and to thresh mountains and hills to chaffy, that they may be no longer: and so to give the power to them that they may (or God in them) restore England from bondage: and by their giving of money away so freely, it shows that the time is now come, that the Lord will redeem the creation from bondage, and that I will (saith God) so break that domineering self that hath been in man: That he shall now throw away his Idols of Gold and Silver: that there may be universal love and freedom, and war shall cease.  
Well, afterwards I had much joy within myself, so much that I am not able to express, and which caused me to break forth in singing and dancing; and afterwards I was taken in a shaking fit, and after the fit was over, I was forced to give my money to them that were with me, and did give them all that I had.  
So by the appearing of me (saith the eternal God) shall all mighty, great and rich men, throw and disperse their silver and gold to them that have need, that there may be no complaining in our streets.  
And after this, I beheld a company of men and women with Crowns of gold upon their heads; and I asked my God, what meaneth these to have Crowns upon their heads? and my God said, these Crowns betoken victory, for these are they that have overcome all things by my power, and have come out of great tribulation, and now have I wiped from their eyes, all sorrow and weeping, and they shall reign with me.  
On the next morning about six a clock, as I was in my bed, I saw the same vision as I did before, as soon as I saw the Army routed, and the General slain, I cried out, they are now cut down; and so I did at the night before twice or thrice, I cried they are cut down, and did afterwards express a abundance of joy, both as it appeared by singing and lifting up of my hands; and in this fit, I was commanded to declare it to the General, and was told me by a voice within me, that I should have no rest until I had declared it. And I asked who it was that commanded me to declare it? and the voice said, I am that I am, the Lord of hosss, the King of Israel, and thou mayst know I have made choice of thee to reveal these things, and that I have commanded thee to declare it to the General, and that my purpose is now to destroy all powers; yea, the Parliament, and that this vision is from God: thou shalt be presently taken in a shaking fit, and in a very little while I was taken so; and I desired my brother that lay with me, to lie upon me, and so he did, to try whether I should then shake, and I did tater him up and down and shake so much, that he could not make me lie: & about two a clock at noon, and on the morrow morning, I heard the same words as I did relate; that I have made choice of thee to reveal these things, & that thou mayst know that I have commanded thee to declare these to the General, and that this vision is from the Lord of hosts, and that thou shalt have no rest until thou hast done it; thou shalt be taken in such a shaking fit, as thou shalt be shaken more than ever thou hast been yet, and so I was of a sudden: thus perceiving I should be shaken, I laid me upon a bed, and called a man that was in the room to lie upon me, and so he did lie upon me, and I shook him as if he had been in a Cradle, and rocked by a man: And I desired to know what I should declare to the General, and my God told me, I should declare that it was his determination to bring to nothing the Parliament, and so destroy all powers besides himself, that he may be all in all.  
On the fourth day of the second of February in the morning between five or six of the clock, at the appearing of my eternal God to me; and indeed I had great cause for to rejoice: for my father within me, told me saying, I thy comforter, thy Redeemer & Saviour will declare some things unto thee: & after my flesh left trembling: I heard a voice saying, behold, behold, what dost thou now see? and I beheld, and lo there appeared a company of men, and I told them and there were seven, that were very gallant, some of them had Satin , and some of them were in  that were laced with Gold and silver lace: and they had each of them two or three men a piece waiting on them, and they were merry: and I said, Lord, what meaneth these? & the Lord answered me, & told me; That these doth represent the Parliament; and as the were very merry amongst themselves, I beheld & there appears a hand upon the wall and writ these words, Mene, Mene, Tek: Peres: and I asked the meaning of this writing: and I was told that they were weighed in a ballande & were found too light: & their Kingdom shall be taken from them and given to others: & I beheld them that they were very sad and hung down their heads at the appearing of this writing: and I heard a voice say, cry, cry, and I said, what shall I cry? cry that the Lord of host will bring down the Power, strength and might of men, and will lay their honour ie the dust: for my determination is to power out upon them the fierceness of my wrath and indignation, and all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy: for the day of the Lord is come that burneth as an oven and all they that do wickedly shall be as ashes under the sools of my feet; & I will take the Kingdom to myself and give it to my Saints: and after this was over: within a very little while my eternal God within me, uttered these words again: behold, behold, what dost thou now see? & lo I beheld a company of men & women Singing and dancing together with Crowns of gold upon their heads: and I looked on them, and did see them put their hands in their pockets, and they pulled out their money and gave it to one another: & presently after this I saw a company of men which were very gallant (with their men waiting upon them) come to them and bowed to them: And I said, Lord what are these that dance and sing together? and the Lord said, that these are my Sons and daughters, and three crowns betoken victory: that they have through the strength of me overcome sin and flesh, and now are come to Zion with everlasting joy and rejoicing, and sorrow and sighing is fled away; and these shall reign with me. And whereas thou seest Lords & Knights & their men come with bags of Gold & silver, bowing & presenting their money to them that were danceing: these show the fullfilling of Scriptures: " that the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending down to the soles of thy feet & shall call thee the blessed of the Lord, the Zion, the holy one of Israel, & that the Kings, and the fullness of the Gentiles shall bring their glory and honour to it: and as thou seest my sons receive their treasure, and upon the reciving of it they became one, and their men put on their Hats, and were no longer SERVANTS but Fellows with them: the time is now at hand that I will be such a terror to all men that they shall throw away their idols of gold and silver one to the other, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of my Majesty, when I arise to shake terribly the earth: that they will no longer assume unto themselves, such a Pre-eminence as formerly they have done.  
And after a little while I heard these words uttered within me again: behold, behold, what seest thou now? and lo I beheld an Angel with a sickle in his hand come into a field of wheat; and I heard a voice say, thrust in thy sickle, for the harvest is ripe: and I said, Lord, who is this that hath a sickle in his hand? and the Lord said, this is my messenger that I have sent; and the sick'le in his hand is my power; by which he shall reap the harvest withal, And lo I saw him thrust in his sickle, and cut down all those that were higher than the rest, and so made all equal; and all the field became as one, in greatness none bigger than another. And I said, Lord, what doth this field represent? and the Lord told me, That the field of wheat are men, and as you see the great ears cut from the little ones until they were all alike; so will I by my own power and by my bright appearing in my sons and daughters; Cut down the loftiness of men, and bring low their haughty looks: and I like a mighty Leveller, will lay lowthe mountains & hills, and make them as a plain; and will make crooked paths strait, that I alone may be exalted: and so will take away that stumbling-block of private interest, that men shall no longer seek for honour, as to war one with another: but I will make them beat their swords and spears into plowshares preuning & hooks, that there may be universal peace and freedom, and all dwell in love together.  
But in a little while after this, I heard the same words within me uttered. Behold, behold, what seest thou now? and lo I beheld a mighty Angel going from one end of heaven to the other, crying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is thrown into the Sea, that it shall never rise more. And my excellent Majesty within me (which is my eternal God) said, by Babylon is meant all forms of governments and ways of worships which men have set up, and all Laws which men have made to keep their fellow-creatures in bondage and slavery: but as thou seest this Angel throw a stone into the sea and the stone never rise more: so will I by mine own power take away the power of man for ever making any more Laws (to hang men) e●e long, and so will destroy the searletcolloured whore, and will slit her nose and burn her flesh with fire; for the heaven and the earth shall now fly away and there shall be no more place found for it.  
And after this I heard the same words uttered within me again. Behold, behold, what seest thou now? and lo I beheld a mighty Angel crying aloud, the Kingdoms of this world are now become the Kingdoms of God, and he shall reign for ever and ever: and now the mystery of God which hath been hid shall be made manifest; and time shall be no longer; and now are former things passed away, and all things become new. And I said, Lord, what is meant by this Angel? and the infinite God (by whom we live and move and have our being) said that this Angel holds forth my servants crying against the powers of this world, and crying me up as the only power that they will set up: and as he cried the mystery of God is now finished and time shall be no longer, it shows that my sons and daughters shall see & know the mystery of God; which mystery is, God in them: and that they shall now say, time shall be no longer: by Gods working so powerfully in them burning up sin and fl●sh, that so sin and flesh or Satan, shall no longer have any power over them; but God will be their all and in all, & they shall now see it and know it too; which will occasion them to cry time shall be no longer. And thus by the strength of me (who am the Alpha and omega) they overcome all things, & so all things are become new: & so my sons & daughters shall inherit all things: for the Angel after he had cried all things are become new: so he cried, they shall inherit all things: for my sons and daughters (saith my God) shall now see me to be all and in all, and so shall see and inherit all things by the enjoyment of me: for the mystery being finished in you, and all things become new: it is such a change in you, that those things that you thought were unlawful before, will now appear to be lawful: for this is the new thing, you will now see and know that all things are Gods, and so will see and know that as God is yours, so all riches, as houses or Lands, are as much yours as any man's; for saith God; time shall be no longer. You shall know this (saith God) that sin and transgression being finished with you, and everlasting righteousness brought into you, and so swallowed up with righteousness, living in God, and God in you, you shall know that my work, my strange work which I will do, is now to break in pieces all things, and to make all things become new: which change is to restore the whole creation from bondage and slavery, into the glorious liberty of the sons of G●d; and so to take off the curse that is upon all crearures, and to restore the creation to the first estate, as Adam was set in; that as I made Adam Lord over all creatures, and all creatures were for the use of Adam (saith the Lord) so now shall all the creatures men and women, have that privilege (which by reason of the curse) have a l●ng time been deprived of as to have the enjoyment of the outward creatures, which now they shall have: for as the appearing of me in one single person Jesus Christ my anoyted Son, did cause a communion to be among my Saints in those days; so at the appearing of me in my sons and daughters now, I will cause union and fellowship to increase, first amongst my sons and daughters, and then will burn up some by my spirit in them, and will confound others by might and power; and will make such a strange work, that I will make all sorts and degrees (some for fear of me, and some from the enjoyment of me) give up give up, and relieve one another; that there may be universal love, peace and freedom; all enjoying the work of my hands without let or hindrance,  
And being carried above myself (or taken out of myself) with joy, I burst forth crying hallelujah, hallelujah, the Lord omnipotent reigns: but could not rest myself contented until I did burst forth with singing, because of the abundance of joy I was in.  
And on the 5. day of the second month in the morning, came the word of the Lord unto me and said,, I come: which made my flesh to tremble: and at length I heard these words within me, behold I come to reveal unto thee things that must shortly come to pass: therefore behold what thou now seest. And lo, I beheld a great water, for the bigness of it I could see no earth or ground; and in the midst of it a woman gloriously arrayed, sitting on a throne with a Crown upon her head, and presently there came one with a sword in his hand, and cut off her head, and she and her head tumbled into the sea: and I said (Lord) what meaneth these waters and this woman that sitteth thereon? And the man that came with a sword in his hand and cut off her head; and my eternal God (within me) said: that the waters and multitudes of people: and the woman, is the Queen or the whore of Babylon, mentioned in the Revelations, that hath made all nations drunk with her fornication; and this Queen, or lady, that saith she should see no sorrow: is Governments, and worships, and laws which men have made and set up; and the man that came with a sword in his hand and cut off her head; is my messenger which I have sent, or myself appearing in my sons and daughtera, which will cut off all power, as Kingly and Parliament powers, and so will destroy all Governments and forms of worships. And when her head was cut off: I heard a lamentation, men and women weeping and grieving, and some I saw were laughing and singing, crying Halelujab, hallelujah; for thou art worthy to receive Glory, and Honour, and praise; for thou hast Judged the great whore, and taken vengeance on her for shedding the blood of the Saintt. And I said (Lord) who are these that weep? And who are these that rejoice? and the Lord said that these are the Priests and those that have been made rich by her fornications that weep and howl: as the Priests that have made merchandise of souls of men: but now their trade is destroyed, and they shall no longer preach as to receive money for it; therefore they weep: but these are my sons that sing and rejoice; and indeed they have now great cause for to sing and rejoice, because that which hath troubled them (as forms and worships) are now destroyed: and I said Lord, wilt thou destroy the Parliament? and the Lord said, I will begin first in this nation, and will by my bright appearing bourn up some, and destroy others: that there shall (to men's apprehension) be nothing but confusion; for I will make great and mighty men run into the holes of the rocks, and throw away their Idols of gold and silver for fear of me, that there may be universal love and freedom. And I will be such a terror to the great men, they shall hid themselves for fear of me. And I said (Lord) wilt thou do this by thy own power without making use of any Instruments? and the Lord said no: but I will harden the hearts of the Parliament, and they shall raise an army for to fight with the General, whom I will stir up to oppose their cruelty, and their actions, and so will destroy their power by my Instruments: and I said Lord, shall I go and declare this to the General as yet or no? and the Lord said wait upon me as yet and thou shalt know more, for I have somethings else to reveal unto thee.  
And at night about eight of the clock on the same day, being in my chamber, the word of the Lord came unto me saying, behold, behold, what dost thou now see? And I looked and lo a white horse and one upon him with a sword in his hand ready drawn: and he rid from East to West, and from North to South, cutting down all men and women, that he met with, that were higher than the middle sort, and raised up those that were lower than the middle sort, and made them all Equal, and cried out epqualitie, equality, in that I have now made all men alike: and he lifted up his hands to heaven, and did swear by him that liveth for evermore, time should be no longer; and so did thrust his sword into his scabbard again. And I said, Lord, who is this that makes all alike? and my glorious God within me said: that I the Lord of hosts have done this: and I said, without any instruments Lord? and the Lord said, no: but by instruments which I have chosen to do this strange work: which shall cut down all powers, even the Parliament, and I said Lord, shall the Parliament raise forces against thy instruments to fight with them? and the Lord said they shall, but they shall be destroyed by Fair. (whom I have made choice of, and his Army: and whereas he cried, time shall be no longer, and so put up his sword into his sheath again: the meaning is: that when the time appointed is come, all visible powers shall cease: and I alone will be all and in all, both King and Parliament, and Governor; and then wars shall cease. And as you see him make all alike; so will I destroy some, and burn and consume others, and be as a terror to the rest; that there shall be none greater or richer than others. And I said, how long will it be first? and the Lord said, in a very little while it shall come to pass, but wait thou upon me and thou shalt know; upon this I desired of my God, that if he had judged me worthy to reveal this vision to me, and that it shall come to pass, and that it was from the Lord of hosts: I might have some token that I may know it to be from God: and my God said within me. That I should be presently shaken as if I should be shook to pieces, as a token that he had made choice of me to reveal this vision and the rest to, and that it should surely come to pass: which token proved true, for I was presently shoaken, even so much that two men (which were in the room with me, that I desired to lie upon me or hold me from shaking, which they did) could not keep me from shaking.  
But before this fit came on me one hour and half or such a matter, I saw a company of men and women, singing and dancing, giving away their money one unto the other: and my God within me, told me, that these were my sons and daughters that were come to Zion; and that he had now wiped all tears from their eyes: and that selfseeking is now ended with them: and instead of it there shall be universal lvoe, or a community, like unto the community of his Saints mentioned in the Acts: whereupon I was forced for my own rest, to give away that little money I had, about me: which thing others shall be made to do hereafter.  
Again the word of the Lord came unto me saying (about one a clock on the 6. day of February) Behold, behold, what dost thou now see: and lo! I beheld an Army of men with their drums beating, and their colours flying, and they were upon their march: And I beheld till there came one to their General, being all glorious: and gave the General a sword, and said take this sword, for with it shalt thou beat down all thine enemies: and I said Lord, what is this General's name? and the Lord said his name is Fairfax; the Army that are with him are my instruments whom I have stirred up to hate the oppression, covetousness and cruelty, of the Parliament. And whereas thou seest one give him asword. It is I the Lord of hosts, that have given him power to beat down all those that are coming to fight wi●h him: and presently I beheld another Army of men coming to fight with them: and I said, Lord, who doth this Army fight for? and the Lord of hosts said, they fight for the Parliament: and the Lord said, I stirred him up to oppose the Parliament, b●cause they have exercised cruelty upon my people: and I beheld so long, that at length I did see both these meet together and did fight; and I beheld some now and then dropped down of Fair. his men; but they fell apace on the other side: but at length Fair. horse routed the o●her horse, and followed some of them in pursuit; and some of them came and fell upon the foot, and at length broke in amongst them and routed them, and took the General and killed him, and so had the field.  
And I said Lord, wilt thou also destroy the Parliament? and the Lord said he would do it. for saith the Lord, I will now turn Leveller, and will levelly mountains and hills, and will make them equal with low places and valleys; that there may be universality. And I said, how long will it be first? and the Lord said in a very little while and it shall come to pass, and I said, Lord, shall I go to the General and tell him of it? and the Lord said I should go: but should stay a little longer first. And saith the Lord, whereas I said (when I shown thee this vision at the first) that thou shouldest have no rest until thou hadst done it: so I have troubled thee ever since day by day, and will till thou hast done it: but thou shalt stay a little longer and wait upon me; and that thou mayst know, I the Lord of Hosts the mighty God of Jacob, by whom thou livest, ●ovest, & hast thy being hath done this, Thou shalt be presently taken in a shaking fit: that thou mayst know I have made choice of thee: which fit of shaking came on me as soon as the words were ended: which terrified my flesh, but my Spirit rejoiced within me for joy.  
And in a little while after: the Lord within me said; behold, behold, what seest thou now? and lo, I saw the heavens roleld up together as a Scroul: and figs fall off the figtree before they were ripe: and I said Lord, what is meant by the heavens rolling thus together as a scroll? and the Lord said, by the heavens, is meant, all outward administrations or forms of worship; preaching and baptising: and I saw one throw the srcoule into the fire, and it was consumed; so saith the Lord, shall all outward heavens be burned up; and the fig tree is the Parliament in this nation, and it represents all powers which are a bringing forth some young figs, which are some new forms or ways of worship, or a doing some new thing, but before they can bring them to perfection, the day of the Lord overtakes them, and shakes them, and causes the figs to fall off before they be ripe: and so I the Lord destroy the things that men would do.  
And the Lord again said: behold, what seest thou now? and lo, I beheld four men stand upon the four corners of the earth; which is East, West, North and South, and they held the wind in their hands that it could no longer blow upon the earth or Sea: and I said Lord, what meaneth these four men to do thus as they do? and my excellent Majesty the Lord of hosts said, these four men are my sons and daughters in whom I have spread myself through out the world. And by the wind which they hold in their hands, that it should blow no more upon the earth or Sea: is meant all outward forms or ways of worship, which of one kind or other have been in all places, set up by men: but now I have taken their power from them, and have given it to the Saints; and by my bright appearing in them, they shall not suffer any forms or ways of worship to be set up.  
And again the Lord said: behold, behold, what seest thou now? and I beheld a Throne and one that set thereon; before whose face heaven and earth fled away, and there was no place for them: and I said what is meant by this Throne? and the Lord said, by this Throne is meant my sons and daughters: and as you saw one that sat thereon: 'tis I the Lord of host's who●… rule and reign in my sons and daughters; and they are my temple and house wherein I dwell: and by the heaven and earth that fled away is meant: all earthly powers, Governments and forms and ways of worship, all outward administrations, which by the appearing of me the God of Gods, shall be consumed and burned up; that they may never be more: but that I the God of Gods, may appear to be their teacher and ordinances, and so all and in all: and so my Covenant of grace spoken off by Jeremiah my son, be fulfilled: you shall not need to say, know the Lord: so they shall know me from the least to the greatest: and that other Prophecy, ye shall be taught of God.  
And on the seventh day of February, The word of the Lord came unto me, and said behold, behold, what seest thou? and lo, I beheld, and there appeared a table and a cloth laid upon it, and trenchers and napkins upon it, and stools pulled out for men to fit upon them: and one cried with a loud voice, come all ye fowls of the heavens to the supper of the great God: and presently there were dishes of all sorts of meat set upon the table: and after this I saw three frogs creeping up and down, and at length they entered into Kings and Lords, and great men; and presently they gathered themselves together and their armies; and I said Lord, what is the meaning of this Table; and of the things that are there on? and my God said, the table is the earth: and the things thereon being of all sorts, represent, all things in the earth: and I said, what is he that makes the supper? and calls all the fowls of the heaven to come to it? and my eternal God within me said: it is I the Lord of hosts that make this supper, and invite the fowls to it: and I said, what fowls? and the Lord said: by fowls you must understand; my sons and daughters who live in the heavenly enjoyment of me: and they have all sorts of things here to supper: I, even the flesh of Kings, and Lords, and mighty men, and captains, and of all both small and great, bond and free: it shows that the day is now a coming that they shall have the full enjoyment of all creatures, and so shall inherit all things: the flesh of Kings and great men which they eat, is the ways of worships and forms of governments which they have set up: their eating of them, shows a final consummation of them, as that they shall be consumed and never be more: the three frogs that went into the King and great men of the earth; are the spirits of devils, which is the proud flesh domineering over the spirit of God, & so ruling in their hearts, makes them raise armies of men, & gather their forces together to resist the appearing or coming of me saith the Lord of hosts: And thus through the pride of their hearts and loftiness of their spirits, they gather Gog and Magog together, to compass the Saints round: But I said, what is meant by Gog and Magog? and the Lord said, by Gog and Magog, is meant, all the wisdom, power, and strength of proud flesh, which the great and wise men of the earth have invented, as their power on one side, and their false ways of worships, and forms of governments on the other side, and Laws which they have made, to make the Saints and people submit unto, are the great armies that compass the Saints round, or make war with me, saith God: But you see fire come out of heaven and burn them up; so by the bright appearing of me, saith the Lord of hosts, shall all the enemies of my Saints (which have deceived them) be consumed and burned up; as forms, and governments, and ways of worships, that they may be no longer deceived by them: and I beheld the Devil that had deceived them; and I did at length see him thrown into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone, there to be tormented with the false Prophet day and night: and I said, what is meant by the Devil thrown into the fire? and my God said, by the Devil is meant all the wisdom, cunningness and craftiness of proud flesh, which hath invented forms, and ways of worships to deceive the people: they are all now burnt up and consumed by the fire of my jealousy, saith the Lord of hosts, and are to be day and night tormented by me: That is, all proud flesh and false Prophets (which is the wisdom of the flesh) shall from day to day, and from night to night, be under my wrath, and afraid to look me in the face: and so by my appearing (saith the Lord of hosts, who am a consuming fire) shall they be tormented: who? all flesh and filthiness, the power and wisdom of men Gog and Magog: that I (the Lord of hosts) may be all in all: For this lake of fire, is my wrath (saith God) into which I have judged and sentenced proud flesh (that opposes me and thrown it; that so I may consume proud flesh, and bring it to nothing.  
And again the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying, what seest thou now? and I looked, and presently I saw a great City, which to me did appear to be very gallant, as if there were none like it: and I said, Lord, what meaneth this City, or what City is this? and my Eternal God within me said, this great City is spiritual Sodom and Egypt, where the Son of God was crucified: and I said, Christ was crucified at Jerusalem: though he was (saith the Lord of hosts) put to death by the Jews, yet he was also crucified in Sodom and Egypt; that is, the Laws, and forms, and customs of the Jews, is Sodom and Egypt; because their Laws and forms did slay my Son; and though he was put to death literally a● Jerusalem, yet he was perpetually slain by the filthy abominations of Sodom and Egypt, as Rebellion and disobedience against me the Lord of hosts: and so (saith the Lord of hosts) all forms, Laws, governments, and ways of worship opposing me, is spiritual Sodom: and Egypt, that put to death my Son Christ, and hath from time to time, been the great whore that hath shed the blood of my Saints. But as thou sawest one set it one fire, and the people which thou sawest running to quench it, as Kings, and Lords, and great men, and of all sorts of men, with buckets of water, and hooks, to pull down some of it, that was on fire, but they could not quench it, as thou didst see until the tenth part of it was consumed: I the Lord of hosts (by my appearing in my sons and daughters) have set this City on fire, and it hath been burned a long time; by my manifesting myself to them to be their all in all: and now the day of my judgement is at hand; I have sentenced this City to be burnt, for I the Lord of hosts, do burn up and consume all forms and governments of men by myself, I being a consuming fire: and I said, Lord, what meaneth that, that the tenth part of it and not all, is consumed? and the Lord said, by the tenth part is meant all: for ten is a perfect number; as ten horns mentioned, that sets forth a perfect strength, or all their strength, or all their power: and I said, Lord, it hath been generally understood, to be Nations, as our Nation for one, that shall fall off from Rome first, to be the City: but I the Lord of hosts say, this City is forms and Laws, Governments, and ways of worship, which is in all Nations, and so is the spiritual Sodom and Egypt that crucified my Son; and hath from time to time, murdered my Saints: But the time of her power is almost at an end, and she must be destroyed.  
And whereas you see all sorts of people run to quench the fire that it did not burn: It shows the unwillingness of all sorts of men and women to have that which hath most deceived them, to be burned up; because some, yea most, have made the observations or traditions of men, to be their rule to walk by: and so have walked more by form and custorne then by any thing else: But now I come, I come, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will take from men, & from the powers of the world, those things which they have gone a whoring after: and they with all their might shall not hinder me from doing my work.  
And the word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Behold, behold, what dost thou now see? and lo, I beheld a Temple, and it was full of smoke; and there appeared one in this temple with a crown of gold upon his head; and his raiment was of all colours, like unto a rainbow: and I beheld that he stretched forth his hands; and as he stretched them forth, the smoke vanished away: and I beheld that after the smoke was gone: there went out of his mouth flames of fire, and burned up the pictures that were in the Temple: and after they were consumed he cried with a loud voice that the forty and two months and the time, times and half times, is now come to an end and then the temple and holy city which for 42 months was given to the Gentiles to be trodden under foot; shall now no longer be trodden under foot: But I will redeem it and deliver it from the bondage and slavery that it hath been subject unto: and after this I beheld seven lighted torches brought into the temple. And said, I Lord whose temple is this? and the Lord said, it is mine: and I said, what doth this temple set forth? and the Lord said; this temple are my sons and daughters: and he whom you see in it, is I the Lord of hosts who am come to take possession and to make them my dwelling-place: But as you see it was full of smoke: this smoke is darkness, and gloominess, and cloudiness, and such a mist, that until it be consumed, my people are not able to know me: but I said, Lord it is said, that no man was able to enter into the temple for the smoke: which seems to hold forth the temple to be somewhat else then thy Saints: and the Lord said; that is a metaphor which seems to hold forth some thing else, that is, my sona and daughters are not able to come to the true knowledge of me, as to see and know that I live in them, without a more fuller discovery of myself to them, saith the Lord of hosts: but as you see me spread forth my hands; and the smoke vanished away, that they come to have some knowledge of me: but as you see flames of fire issued forth from me that burned up the pictures: these flames are a full manifesting of myself to my sons and daughters: and the pictures, are all the ways of worship, forms and governments which by the wit of man are set up: and as pictures resemble something else besides what they are; so these forms, and ways of worships, and governments, and all outward administrations, have seemingly appeared to be the way which I would have them observe: Though indeed it hath been but a picture of me. Or my way: and not my right way, or mine own way, but a way of confusion So that when I shall fully manifest myself to my sons and daughters: my spirit shall burn up all their pictures; that is, all their ways of worship and forms of what sort soever, and consume them to nothing: for I the Lord of hosts am a consuming fire; and will ere long appear to be so: that they may see me to be forms and ways of worships, and see me all and in all: and so to see that they shall have no need any longer of outward administrations: But to see me to be their teacher: & I said, Lord what is meant by the temple or holy City that hath been trodden under foot 42. months? by this temple or holy City; is meant, my sons and daughters which for the time of Antichrists reign hath been kept in darkness, or in forms or ways of worships which men have set up, and by his crying with a loud voice, he was come to deliver it from bondage or from the Gentiles, and so from them both: it is I by my coming to Judge all the powers of proud flesh which hath been an Alien and Gentile to me; and to destroy them, burn and consume them up; as the forms of men and worships set up by them: that so I may deliver them from bondage, saith the Lord of hosts, for the days of my coming is at hand.  
What doth these seven torches or lamps signify? And the Lord said: the seven lamps burning, shows a perfection of light that shall be. When the forty and two month (that are spoken of) shall be at an end: for these forty two months are a certain time, saith the Lord of hosts, that I have suffered myself to be hid: and my glory hid from the Temple: but now the set time is at an end; and my light and glory shall shine: and as you see the lamps burning and none put them out: So will I appear burning up flesh and sin, and none shall hinder me from doing my work; saith the Lord of hosts, that will reign in mount Zion for ever.  
And again the the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, what seest thou now? And I beheld, and saw the Moon, and the Sun, and the Heavens, and the Stars, and at length I saw them turned into blood, and they fell from the place that they were in, and fell to the earth: and I saw a company of Swine and Dogs lick them up; they being like unto blood, and with their falling upon the earth, the earth was changed: And I said, Lord, what is this Sun, and Moon, and Heaven, and Stars, which is changed into blood? is it the material Sun that gives light by day, and the Moon that give light by night? And the Heaven; the Heaven that fouls fly in? and my eternal God, within me, said, No: but by these is meant other things: as the Moon is a borrowed Light from the Sun, and not a perfect Light itself, so by the Moon is meant outward Ordinances that People have and are under, by which they have received some Glimpse of Light: but not the Light itself: by the Sun is meant a more glorious Dispensation of outward Ordinances, or Ordinances in a more higher Nature: As the one, being a Baptising of Infants; and so they in this Dispensation, fetch Light from Creatures, or from the Men of this World, which seemingly have light, but have not: So the other which is of a more higher Nature: as the Baptising of Believers, is a Sun-light (as they call it:) and so the Baptisme-way of Baptising Believers, and breaking of Bread together, is a way wherein, according to the Scriptures, they seem to be more like the Sun, than the other: but yet is not the way which I approve of, saith the Lord of Hosts: and the Heaven, is the Heaven of outward Dispensations, and Forms, and ways of Worships, Governments, and Rules to walk by; that so long as People living under these, and do observe punctually to fulfil these, as the observing the Sabbath Day, Praying, and Preaching, and going to Church, as they call it; and others meeting in private Places, as they think fit to meet in, and so to hear a Man speak something of God; this is Heaven which People live in, and meant by this Vision, saith the Lord of Hosts: and the Stars is their professions of God according to the several Dispensations they are under: and so this Heaven, and the Stars therein, and the Sun and Moon mentioned in Scriptures, turned into blood, is meant, all outward Administrations, as Forms, Governments, and Rules, and ways of Worships, which have been as lights that People have seen something of God in, and so have seen God at a distance from them, are now changed from light to blood: and so are fallen from their places that they may no longer be as lights: and by the Dogs and Swine licking them up: is nothing else but a total Distinction of them, that they may never be more: and the People may from hencefortb loathe them: and see me the Lord of Host, to be all, and in all, for my great and notable Day which these shall be turned into blood: my coming to my sons and daughters, and so judging all these things in them; and making of them darkness; is the Earth that they fell upon: and was changed, and the Dogs and Swine's (as is set forth by them a total fall of Worships) by licking up the blood: so by them is set forth the most greatest and most wickedest Men: which have by their power set up these things, a change in them, that they shall no longer do so any more: but shall become new; for I have taken their power from them; and they are become new, saith the Lord of Hosts; and as thou seest a new Heaven, and a new Sun and Moon in the place of the former, and a new earth; is but the fulfilling of Prophecies; that have a long tine since been spoken of; and now are come to pass; this new Heaven is the enjoyment of me; they living in me, and I in them; so they shall have no need of Heaven, of Ordinances or ways to walk by; but I will be their light; both Sun and Moon; and so that they shall have no need of these lights to walk by: but I will be the glory of them: and as you see former things passed away and all things become new, it is the passing away of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Heaven; which are outward Administrations and Forms of Worships, Teachers of Men, that, I the Lord of Host, may be both Heaven, Sun, Moon, Stars, and Teacher to, and in them, that they may hear a voice, saying, this is the way, wallk in it: and the new earth is a change of Men, which have had power over their fellow Creatures, and did desire to have so, that they may be accounted great: but this was not an Earth wherein Righteousness dwelled: and so must pass away; that there may be a new one; which new one is an alteration or change of men's minds; that as they have desired a superiority, and have strived to cousin and cheat others, for to make themselves great, they shall no longer strive for these; but instead of them, shall humble and abase themselves, and throw away their Idols of Gold and Silver: their money, I mean, which they have made gods of, to them that have none, that there may be equality and universality, all enjoying the fruit of the Earth, saith the Lord of Host, who hath commanded the Writer hereof to write it, as my will and not his, that so all things may become now, and there may be an Earth wherein Righteousness shall dwell.  
And again, the word of the most high, came unto me, saying, behold, behold, what seest thou now? and low! I beheld something almost in the fashion of an house; but it was not an house: and I said, Lord, what is this? and my God said, it is a tabernacle: and as you saw one with a Crown of gold go into it: it was I the Lord that went into it: and I said, is this the tabernacle of God, that is said to be with men? and the Lord said, it is: and this tabernacle is my people wherein I will dwell: and as he had a Crown of gold that went into it: it betokens a victory, that I have taken it to be my possession: and as soon as I was in it, you saw flames of fire burn up the gold, pearls, and precious stones, and the wood hay and stubble; and presently the Tabernacle that stood upon a foundation, had none: but hung only by the power of him that went into it: this glold, pearls, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, which was burnt up: are all manner of outward administrations that ever were, or is now at present; as forms, and laws, and Governments, and rules of worships to walk by; which in one kind or other have been highly esteemed of all sorts of men, according to the dispensation they have been under: and though they have laid Christ for a foundation, yet these hath been, in one sort or other, the work which they have built upon: which work is to pass under the fire, for the Apostle says, every man's work shall be tried by fire: and if any man's works suffer loss, it will be by burning; yet he shall be saved so as by fire: which fire is myself even I the Lord of hosts) appearing in this tabernacle spoken of: which as soon as I did appear or entered in, all was consumed, and burnt up: all the most glorious dispensations and forms of worships which in my absence they have received comfort from: though all these outward administrations are consumed, yet the creatures remained, saved by fire: that is, by myself saith the Lord of hosts, who am a consuming fire: and as you see the temple as soon as these outward things? (gold, silver, wood, hay, stubble, were consumed) It had no foundation: but was held up only by the power of him that was in it between the heaven and the earth: so this is the ultimate end of my burning up all the forms and ways of worships and rules of men, that they may see that they have not had me to be their foundation: for if they had, and had built right upon it: the dross would have been burnt from it, and they would have stood fast, and not have been removed which now thou seest they are, and have no foundation: their worships and ways being taken from them, they fall, if I by my own power, do not hold them mp: but I have to this end destroyed them all and routed them of their forces; that they may now stand by my power alone; and see me to be their lives, and their all and in all. & that I would have them no longer receive comfort from streams; but from me their fountain of life: & as thou herds me say, I was a Alpha & Omeg. & they that overcome shall inherit all things; & I will be their God, & they shall be my people: if nothing else but a declaration that I am all and in all: and he that over comes must be by my power (who am the all of all things) that he doth overcome some; flesh, and Devil, and so by his overcoming he shall inherit all things; he shall inherit me, or enjoy me the Lord of host; and I will in love communicate myself unto him; and by enjoying me, he shall enjoy all things, for all the beasts of the field, and all the houses, and lands, and money in the world is mine, saith the Lord of host: so shall they be my sons and daughters, and they shall have a full enjoyment of them all: for as I made Adam Lord over all creatures, and made all creatures to be for the use of Adam; and Adam, so long as he stood, he did enjoy them all: so will I now, saith the Lord of hosis, recover my wool and my flax, and redeem the creation from bondage, and make such a work in the earth, by my bright appearing, that the rich misers shall howl and weep for depriving my sons and daughters of the outward creatures; and their rusty gold and silver shall so much rise up in their consciences, that they shall no longer sayts theirs, but it's the Lords; and so shall suffer my people, and all other poor creatures that want the outward goods of this world, to have what they please, that there may be universal love, saith the Lord of host.  
And the word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, what seest thou now? and lo I beheld seven men, and each of them had a trumpet; and one of them seven sounded his Trumpet, and the rest did not; and as soon as he had done sounding, there appeared one with a book open in his hand, and lifted up his hands to heaven, and did swear by him that liveth for ever, time should be no longer; but now the mystry of God is finished as he hath declared by the voice of his former Apostles: And I said, Lord, who be these Trumpeters? and my eternal God within me said, these be my sons which have from time to time sounded an alarm to the world, & as you see but one sound, and the rest did not: It shows, that they that did not, had sounded already: That is, they according to their light, have preached and spoken against Antichrist; and have given Antichrist warning of what the seventh was to sound; but now the seventh sounds, the mystery of God is finished; that is, a great and glorious discovery of light is now made manifest, more thensever hath been, by the appearing of one, saith the Lord of host; which makes my sons and daughters know the mystery which hath been hid, and so cry a loud that time shall be no longer: not only cry, but through their knowledge, swear by God, that liveth for evermore, time shall be no longer: And I said Lord, what is this mystery that hath been hid and now is made manifest? and God said, this mystery, is my own self making out of myself to be all and in all: and that I do not dwell in a place afar off, that is, only Heaven, and only there; but that my dwelling place is now in my Temples, which Temples are my sons and daughters: and that I, who am the life and fullness of all things, have been always the life of all creatures, and the life of man, and have been in man, but not known to be there: but have been covered under the clods of proud flesh, but now the day of my appearing is come, that proud flesh shall be destroyed; and all that have kept the creature from looking after me the Lord of Host, within them: but have caused the creature to look after me afar off: But now by my bright appearing, the book which thou seest in the Angel's hands being open, will cause the mystery to be known that I am in all men, and the life of all men: for this book is the mystery, which mystery is I the Lord of host: and as the book is opened, so I the Lord of Host, have made myself, by my coming to judge proud flesh, to be God in all men: manifesting myself in love to my sons and daughters; and appear in wrath to mine enemies. And I said, Lord, what is meant that time shall be no longer, is it judgement? a dissolation of the world? or that time shall be no longer to them that thou hast manifested this mystery to? or that time shall be no longer for the beast to reign? or the whore that hath shed the blood of Saints? And the Lord said, that by my appearing in my sons and daughters, I will burn up sin and flesh, so that time shall be no longer with them; for they shall sin no more, nor see no evil: which mystery is a riddle to most men, that the Sains sins & transgressions should be finished: but though it be a riddle and few know it, that the seventy weeks (for to make an end of sin, & to bring everlasting righteousness) is at hand; yet the sounding of this Trumpet will make more know it: I mean the Saints, I mean that the Saints shall see that they shall now no longer commit sin; for transgression is finished, and everlasting righteousness brought in, saith the Lord of host: and by time that it shall be no longer, is meant, that set time which I the eternal God have allotted Antichrist the man of sin or the beast to reign, which was for forty and two months, but now the forty & two months being expired, & come to an end, all the powers of flesh, Devil & sin, and that have been set up by the powers of this world, by Kings & Lords, and great men, their power shall be taken from them, and so shall all time be at an end with them; I mean, their powers shall be destroyed, when the time is come as it is now, that the beast shall be destroyed: By the beast is meant, all forms and ways of worships, rules and Governments which is the wisdom of the flesh, as teaching and praying by the wisdom of the flesh, and living in outward administrations at a distance from God, and so thinking to make I the God of gods, in love with you for your observations and traditions: Time is come, and time shall be no longer for these things, but all these I have judged to be burnt up as being the Beast and flesh of the Word: for the mystey of God is now finished and time will cease; that I the Lord of Host may be all in all.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: behold, behold, what seest thou now: and lo I beheld a woman and she was all in white, and not one spot to be seen about her: and she had a Crown of gold upon her head, and in her right hand she held a Sceptre: and I did see men with Crowns of gold upon their heads, and other Gallants, and of all sorts, come to her with presents: and some brought gold and silver, and some pearls, and some jewels, and some precious stones, and some one thing, and some another: and presented them to her with bowing and bending. And one I did behold that proclaimed with a loud voice, that Jerusalem was come down from heaven: and that the marriage of the Lamb is now come: and presently I beheld one all in glory to come to this woman, who had a crown upon his head, and he went into the woman, and they became one, and the woman delivered her Crown and Sceptre to him that came to her, and presently there cried out to make supper ready: and presently I beheld a long table & table cloth laid upon it, with trenchers and napkins, and stools pulled forth; and I beheld the dishes brought to the table; and there was set on the table all manner of varieties that could be; and the guests were all in white: and there I saw them eat and drink, and were very merry together. The time being come that all sorrow and sighing shall fly away: and I said, Lord, what woman is this with a crown upon her head and a Sceptre in her hand? and the Lord said: this woman is the Jerusalem that comes out of heaven, the Lamb's wife: and as she was all in white without spot: it was the righteousness of I the God of gods; and her Crown and Sceptre shows, that she doth by the power of me, overcome all her enemies, as sin; flesh and hell: and by the great men, as Kings and Lords, bringing presents to her: it shows that I the Lord of host hath set my house above all mountains: and that my people shall suck the riches of the Gentiles: and that those, as Kings & Lords, that have persecuted her by the names of horeticks & sectaries, and have laughed at her, shall now come, bowing and bending at the sols of her feet; and shall a knowledge of a truth, that the God of gods is in them. And as thou seest one come to her, and entered into her, and she gave him her Crown and Sceptre: it shows that I the Lord of hosts, and my people, shall no longer be two but one: and that I shall no longer appear to be in heaven a great way from them: but in them and one with them, married to them, their husband and joy: and as she at his coming to her, delivered her Sceptre and Crown to him: it shows that by my manifesting myself in them, to dwell in them, and to be one with them: will make my sons and daughters resign up all unto me: that so I may destroy all their proud flesh, and cover their nakedness with my righteousness, saith the Lord of hosts: and as you saw a table and all things thereon, as napkines and trenchers, and all manner of varieties, and the guests all in white: is nothing else but I myself saith the Lord of hosts: wherein is all manner of plentifulness; and that my sons and daughters are here set forth to be the guests all in white: That is, washed and made clean by my righteousness; are now come to the feast of fatthings, of marrow, and wine on the lees: where they my eat and drink and be satisfied with the fullness of me. Therefore eat and drink, yea drink abundantly: and as they were at supper they were merry together, that is nothing else, but I enjoying them, and they enjoying me: I did fill them so full of joy as to make them merry, that I told them sorrow and sighing should now fly away: for my sons and daughters that have been at this banquet and see themselves married to me to be one with me: and so feed continually of the bread of life, henceforth not knowing sin, nor hunger any more, but being satisfied in living in the enjoyment of me, saith the Lord of hosts, who am life and joy, and time, as to sin, shall be no longer: and so knowing no sin: shall have no cause to see sorrow, or to weep any more; for all thine enemies both within and without shall be destroyed: that thou mayest come with everlasting joy and rejoicing & singing to Zion, saith the Lord of hosts the holy one of Israel, who is in the midst of thee, & the days of thyweeping shall be at an end.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me saying, behold, behold, what seest thou now? And lo! I beheld, seven Angels (mentioned in the Revelations) one more glorious than the rest, and he had some thing in his hand, which I did not know, till I asked God: And then it was told me it was a vial: and he poured it forth upon great men, As Kings and Parliaments, and all sorts of men, and on the beast that comes out of the bottomless pit, and on the Locust, and on the scarlet coloured whore that is decked with all manner of precious things: and they all became dead: and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to God: and I said Lord, what is the meaning that but one of them poured forth his vial? and the Lord said, that the rest had poured forth their vials & had tormented the men of the earth already: but this one that pours forth his vial now, doth not only torment but destroy the men of the earth: and I said Lord, wilt thou take their lives from them that they shall be no longer? and my God, said, I; I will take from them that which hath been their life: but yet I will not take from all of them their natural life: but from Kings, and Parliaments & great men; I will take from them their power, which they have had, and they shall instead of having power become humble and submissive and be as lowly as the poor: for this vial is my wrath, that shall burn and consume all fleshly powers: and as he that pours it forth is more glorious than the rest: it shows my sons & daughters shall have more glorious discoveries and manifestations of me their God dweling in them, saith Lord of host; and through the fullness they have of me (I being in them) they shall now say, time shall be no longer: and I said Lord what is the meaning of the bottomless pit: and the Lord said, by the bottomless pit is meant the heart of man: and by the beast that riseth out of it is not meant the Pope and Emperors: but is meant, all the wisdom of the proud flesh, that hath and doth still invent all the wicked actions of men that have murdered the Saints: as forms and governments: and from this bottomless pit ariseth threaten and malicious words, even such there is hatched within it as a man is never able to know from whence they come, or whether they go. For the putting to death of Saints, is first contrived here in this pit; which I the Lord of host doth say, is the heart of man: and then according as they have invented how and after what manner they shall put them to death, they put their power in execution to do it: and by the Locusts, is meant the Priests; for as Locucts destroys and devours the fruits of the earth, so have these Priests from time to time been the chief actors and setters on of the Kings and great men of the earth for to make Laws for them to worship God by, as they call it; and so poor creatures have been deluded by them to worship something, but they nor the Priests knew not what, instead of me saith the Lord of host; and so have destroyed the earth, tha● is, their bodies; and being Spiritual Merchants, they have not only destroyed the bodies of men, but have also made Merchandise of the souls of nem; and all this they have done pretending they did preach to bring them to heaven: when indeed they rather did the things that was a cause of ignorance and darkness (by telling them they were the ministers of God sent to Preach, and that none was to preach but they, and so did keep them from the enjoyment of me, saith the Lord of hosts) and to throw them into hell: so their preaching of me was more for their fat Benefices then to bring souls to me, as they made it appear to be: for if at any time any did outstrip them, or did do something tending to the setting forth the glory of me, or had some discoveries of me, and so would teach for nothing; they must be heriticks and so must he cut off; and thus these priestlike Locust, have devoured men and kept them in bondage by their philosophy and cunning craftiness: but time shall be no more. And the woman which thou faw'st arrayed with all manner of precious things, is the whore of Babylon: and her Scarlet Coloured  and precious things, sets forth her forms and ways of worships, decked with outward zeal of professions, so that they seem to the eye of men to be my way, saith the Lord of host: for she being so gloriously arrayed, sets forth all outward administrations of what sort soever: but time shall be no longer; for the vials of my wrath is now powered forth upon them all, and they shall all be consumed and brought to nothing: and all these outward administrations, which seemed before to have life; shall now be slain and appear to be dead: that I alone may be all and in all: such is the work that I will now do that those that shall be left alive shall be affrighted and give glory to me; for the remnant were affrighted and they gave glory to God: these of the earthly powers, as Kings and Lords, and of all sorts of men that doth escape with their lives as they be not taken away, shall give glory to me: some of them by being purified and my sons, and some of them by bringing their riches to my sons and daughters: for those that know not me I will be a terror to them and will make them throw away their Idols of Gold and Silver, and in so doing they shall glorify me: and I said, are these that poured forth thy vials Angels that are invisible, or be there no Angels but thy servants and sons here below? and the Lord said, that they that power forth my vials are my sons, and my sons are Angels, and ministering spirits: they are Angels: and the Angels mentioned in Scriptures, are no other but my sons and daughters: and those two Angels that came to Lot in Sodom, where two men: but because I made them my messengers, they were called Angels: and the Angel that smote the Assyrians and slew so many thousands. Was a man whom I appointed to do that work, and so was called an Angel of the Lord, because he did my will saith the Lord of hosts: and for those that think Angels are invisible spirits, and so cannot be seen; and so doth likewise think, that I am in a place above the skies called heaven, and so think I have invisible Angels to keep me company, are out of the way, and have miss of the mystery; which I will now make manifest, saith the Lord of host.  
The word of the Lord came unto me saying, behold, behold, what seest thou now? And lo, I beheld a woman clothed with white, and black spots upon her Gown; and I beheld, and there came one with fire and laid it upon her , and the fire burned all her : and upon her breast were knots of several ribbons, but they were all consumed: and so I saw her naked stripped of all: but presently he that burned her  (and she was not hurt in her body) brought her  again to put on her all white without spot; and she, to my thinking, was then far more glorious than she was before: and I said, Lord, what woman is this? And my eternal King said: it was his Church: and as she was in white it did show that she did apprehend herself to be clean by Christ: as she had black spots, it doth show that she is not so pure as to be free from imperfection: and as she had knots of several ribbons on her breast: it doth show, that she (the Church) hath several outward ordinances or dispensations, forms by which she doth worship me, saith the Lord of Hosts: but as you saw one came with fire and burnt all her  and all her ribbons; and yet did not hurt her body, it shows, that I the Lord of host who am a consuming fire, will burn all her dross, or consume all fleshliness and dross from my people, or Church; and so will strip her naked of all her administrations, and outward ordinances, and Church-fellowships, and pastors, and teachers, and of all though it seems never so glorious. And as you saw he that burned up her , bring her new  to put on all white without spot or wrinkle: it shows that I the Lord of hosts: after I have burned up and consumed all the flesh and fleshliness of my Church, as all her outward ordinances and dispensations, as forms of worships; and all her pastors and teachers and Church-fellow-ships, and so they striped her naked of all, that then I will new  her, that she shall (the Church) appear far more glorious than ever she was before; for when she is thus striped of all and is naked in her own apprehensions; she shall be clothed with the Sun mentioned in the Revelations: and the Moon shall be under her feet: this Son is my righteousness: which will make her (the Church) all in white: as you see the woman after she had lost all was clothed in white, and all outward Ordinances (represented by the Moon) under her feet: that when my church is stripped of all outward excellencies, then shall I appear to be excellent: as to be her pastor, and teacher, and ordinances, and so her all and in all, and then shall she be more free and at more liberty, when these shall be taken from her, than she hath been yet: for then my Church shall not run after men and so go gadding about for food: but shall quickly rest herself contented, with me the bread of life: and so shall worship me in spirit and in truth: and so my Church shall be compacted of living stones, that the prophecy may be fulfilled: there shall not be a Cananite in the house of the Lord any more: but she shall now wholly throw away that which she hath highly esteemed of, as outward means: which hath been but streams, which have flown from me who am the fullness of all things: and shall now wait only to hear the voice within her saying, this is the way walk in it: and so heard this voice, which voice (is I the Lord of hosts speaking in her) she shall have more satisfaction and rest in her spirit then ever she has had as yet: for she thus waiting upon me; shall speak the pure language, which none shall have but those my sons and daughters that I make out myself unto: for the effect of this language (which is the spirit of me) will cause all difference and confusion to end, that some shall no longer worship me the Lord of hosts one way, and some another way: but being possessed of me and hearing me teaching in them, I will make them all to serve me with one consent, which cannot be, so long as they worship me in several forms: therefore do I this saith the Lord of hosts, to strip my people of all forms: that some might not run one way and some another; but that all may serve me in one way: which way is only to wait on me, saith the Lord of hosts, who will bring it suddenly to pass.  
And as thou sawest one bring a book and it was sealed: and he that brought it opened it and gave it her in her hand: this book is the mystery of me which is now to be finished: and as you see it was sealed up: it shows, that this mystery (which is I the Lord of hosts in my people) have been hid and none hath been able to look into it: but as he that opened it and gave it to her doth show, that though it hath been hid, yet (I the Lord of hosts) will now open it and make it known to all my sons and daughters; as the woman doth represent, by having it open in her hand, and when they shall see this mystery, I the Lord of hosts to be in them; then shall they know how to worship me, which will be without ordinances or forms, only waiting for me to teach them, and no longer to wait upon the teaching of man; for man hath teached them to look for me in heaven, or that I do dwell in heaven in a place above the skies, but they know not where, not teaching them to look for me within them, where they now, in waiting upon me, shall know that I do dwell saith the Lord of hosts.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, behold, behold, what dost thou now see? and lo, I beheld a beast that had upon his head one horn, and he continied pushing until there came one and cut him down, and burned his body: and I said, Lord, what beast is this? And my eternal Majesty the King of eternal glory within me said: this beast is that beast with one horn mentioned in Daniel: and yet is the same beast mentioned in the Revelations: That made an Image like unto the former beast: that had a wound and did live: which caused all both small and great bond and free, to receive a mark in their foreheads or in their right hand, that they might live and have a being amongst them: but here is wisdom: let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of man: and his number is six hundred threescore and six: And I said Lord what doth this Beast represent? That proceedeth from the Kings, and doth think to change laws and times: and had power given him until a time, and times, and dividing of times? And my eternal God within me said: that this beast is, the Parliament: who have their poewr by reason the 10 horns are cut down: that is by reason Kingly power, as the name of it is cut off with the late King that was beheaded: and likewise these forms of worships as the Episcopal Government for matter of rules of worships to walk by; as to do as the Bishops was pleased to have people do; they are all cut down by the Parliament: which the beast as thou sawest did set forth: for as the beast that was to rise after the Kings, should be divers from the rest: even so hath the Parliament been divers from King Charles; for though King Charles did oppress the people with ship money, which he should not have done, and so did show his cruelty and tyranny: yet the Parliament hath exercised as much cruelty upon the people as he did: for as Charles laid his little finger upon the people, the Parliament have laid their loins: and for matter of oppression to the people have been far more cruel than Charles that was before; and so have been Divers from Charles: which word Divers shows more than one, though called by one: as the Parliament are more than one: yet being compacted together they are but one in respect that what is done, is done by consent of all or most of them, and not by some few. And as the beast did think to change Times and Laws, they being given into his hands: so the Parliament hath pretended to change times, that is, to take off the oppression of people and Laws; that is, to alter the Laws of the Land: for the Parliament have had power to do so: and the Parliament have done these in some sense; as the taking away the high Commission Court and Star Chamber, instead of being Governed or having Bishops; we must have classes and Presbyters, or at least they have declared that we should have: but though the first beast in the Revelations, had a wound with a sword and did live; though high Commission Court and Star Chamber, I mean the oppression that was used by them, though the name be taken away; yet in regard of oppression they live: for the Image of the beast, is nothing but the same oppression: as to have a new name, as not to be the same: but by this new name, and so under this new name exercising cruelty and oppression, is to make an Image, and so to represent the former: and though the Parliament have given themselves a new name, by styling themselves a Free State, yet they are but the Image of the former beast: in regard as the former exercised cruelty upon the people, and the Parliament doth the same: and as the beast mentioned in Daniel had power, and likewise in the Revelations, for to cause all both great and small, to worship the Image of the beast that they might live. Even so the Parliament: by the setting forth their Engagement (as they call it) and by forcing all to take it (which was their intents when they set it forth) and so to deprive them of the benefit of the Law, for denying submission to this power or Image which they have set up, and so the mark which the Image of the beast hath set forth, and caused all to receive, doth represent the Parliament, who have set forth their mark, the Engagement (as they call it) for people to receive it, in their foreheads; that is, to profess them to be the supreme power, and that they ought to worship them, and submit to their Laws: and on their right-hand, is meant, the aiding and assisting of them with power and with money; that the former, which was Kingly power, might not rise again: but that they might be now adorned and have the honour: even the Parliament, seems to be the Image of the Beast, and the Engament the mark of the Beast but the Beast, or Image of other, is but for a time, times, and dividing of times, mentioned in Daniel, and also in the Revelations, to be the forty and two months, which is a set time that this Image of the Beast shall have power; and when that set time is at an end, which I have appointed, this Beast shall be destroyed and burned to nothing; all their powers, and all their Laws and forms, and ways of governments and worships, and shall never rise more, nor any like it, saith the Lord of host: here is wisdom! this wisdom is I the Lord, and let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast, and let him that hath my spirit and this wisdom revealed from me to him count, for the number of the Beast: is the number of a man, the number of a man is his continuance, or abiding here in this earthly body before it returns to the earth which number is set forth or appointed by me the Lord of host, for his time here, before he be brought to the dust of the earth; which number being accomplished and come to an end, man must come to the grave: so the Beast is numbered, his days are set down how long he shall have Power, or how long he shall continue.  
By the Beast that is numbered here, is meant the Parliament or powers of the earth, which (I tell you) is the Beast that must be burned or destroyed so soon as his time which I have let him, shall come to an end: for his number is six hundred threescore and six: which I the Lord of host, tell you they are so many days that this beast shall have the whole power to himself: that the Parliament shall have for their time to reign, from the day that they beheaded Charles six hundred and threescore and six days: and I said, Lord, shall I take them to be literal days, as fivescore to and hundred and so seven of them to make a week as we call it? and my God said, you shall take them to be literal days, and so count them from the day that Charles was beheaded: for that is and shall be the time of their power: and before these six hundred and sixty and six come to an end, the Parliament shall be consumed and destroyed and brought to nothing: and I the Lord of host that hath revealed this vision to thee, will surely bring it to pass; and that thou mayst know that it is I the Lord of host that have revealed this to thee, and that this is truth, I will presently shake thee in a strange manner more than ever I did at once, as a token to satisfy thee that these shall come to pass: and as soon as the voice which spoke these words ceased, I fell a shaking, and was so shaken that I made the bed I lay in tatter, and was lifted up as if some body had taken me up, and threw me down again, which one that lay with me can tell; for I told him before I shook, I had received words that I should be shaken, which proved true, and I am satisfied in myself, that that which I now write, will (to the terror of Great men, and to the amazement of all sorts) prove very true, and that it is the pleasure of the Lord of host to bring to nothing all earthly powers, that the Lord may be all and in all: and who shall hinder him from doing his pleasure, for he will work and who can let?  
And the word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, what seest thou now? and lo, I beheld a house by a great mountain, and there came one and removed this house and set it upon that great mountain as was by it; and I saw men and women come from East, West, North and South to this house: and I said, Lord, whose house is this? and my God and Father said, it is my house, and the Zion spoken of in Scripture; and as you see it carried by one and set upon the top of a great mountain: it shows that I the Lord of host have removed sorrow away from Zion by my own power; and this mountain that you see the house set upon, is but the fulfilling of the Scriptures, that the Lords house shall be set above all mountains: for this mountain which you see is set an, is the powers of the world; and by its being set on it, shows that it is above them: above great mountains, which are great men as have had the power, but now have not; and the mountain being under it, it shows that great men have not power over Zion as they have had, but are rather Zions footstool, and so bend to the soles of God's feet in Zion: and I said, Lord, is this house Zion, and the place that thy sons and daughters shall come out of all Notions to? and the Lord said, this is Zion, or it doth represent Zion; and by people coming to it out of all Countries; it shows, that I the Lord of host, have people in all Countries: and this house doth only show, by standing in a place as you see it doth, the place that my sons and daughters shall make merry in: and where they meet together, if two or three of them, they shall be Zion; and they shall come to Zion with everlasting joy upon their heads; and sorrow shall fly away; for their going to Zion with joy and rejoicing, and their singing in the height of Zion, and making music as they go to Zion, is not their going to one place to worship, but they are glorying and rejoicing in me, because those that formerly were their enemies, are now cut down, so that they may speak of me without any fear; for a Law shall go forth of Zion, which Zion is my Church, and the Law is myself that they shall declare and speak abroad: for all the enemies as Antichrist and the beast, and the Whore, and forms and governments, and rules of men, being destroyed: there shall be now no other law than what shall come forth of Zion: I will now appear to be teacher, and Law, and rules, and worships, and all in all: and this Zion are my Church, or sons and daughters unto whom I have made forth myself; and appeared now by manifesting myself unto them, that I dwell in them, and am a Law in them: and unto this Zion shall people say, come let us go up to the house of the Lord, and he will teach us his ways: & the God of grace will be our teacher and instructor; and when he teaches us, we shall have no need of men to teach us: for he will write his Law in our hearts and in our inward parts, and we shall sin no more: and I said, Lord, shall there be no Law or forms to walk by as hath been formerly? And the Lord said, there shall be no other law but I myself will be all the Law: and if any offend me, I myself will terrify him and not man: for I will be a terror to them that know not me, and a joy to them that know me: and when I have thus set my house upon the top of all mountains: then shall war cease: and then shall stony hearts be taken out of men, and instead of them they shall have hearts of flesh: and so I will saith the Lord, make men to beat their swords into Plousheers, and their spears into pruning hooks; and the nation shall not learn War any more: for when I have taken the power from great men, and likewise their self interest: that so he that laboured all the day and he that laboured but one hour in the vineyard, had both wages alike: so it shall be that they that have strived for honour and greatness and have laid up bags of Gold and Silver, for five, or two, or twenty, or thirty, forty years together, shall have no more than he that hath not laid up any thing at all, or else hath laid up but a very little but in one year: and whereas he that had wrought in the heat of the day, did murmur and thought it harsh that he should have no more than he that worketh but one hour: the Lord of the vineyard told him, it was his own he might choose whether he would give any thing or no: and what I do give thee I do it out of mine own free will: for all is mine saith the Lord of hosts, all the beasts of the field, and all the riches of the world is mine, and not thine; and though I have lent thee them: and thou having not made a right use of them, I take them from thee and give them to thy fellow creatures for their use as well as thine, for when thou hadst these things as I have now taken from thee, thou mad'st them but instruments of cruelty to thy fellow creatures: and so did not use this world as if thou used it not, but used this world as if thou shouldest never part from it: but I have taken these things from thee that thou shouldest use this world as if thou used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away, and all things shall now become new: and these your Idols, of gold and silver, I will be such a terror to you, that if you do not throw them away, ye shall be consumed in my wrath. Now I arise to shake terribly the earth, and I will do this my act my strange act: as to make the low and poor equal with the rich, that they may every one sit under his own vine and none make him afraid: but all enjoying the fruits of the earth and so no longer to work for others, or others to have the benefit of their labours: but every man shall now enjoy the fruits of his own labour: and if any be servants it shall be those that know not me, saith the Lord of hosts. Thus will I slain the pride and glory of man, and will bring down the haughtiness of menand will lay low the mountains, and will exalt the valleys, and then both oppressors and oppressions shall cease: that the creation may be restored from bondage: and this is the time of the restitution of all things, whom the heavens must retain: but the time being now come that the heavens cannot retain me any longer: therefore I come for to restore all things and the creature man from slavery and bondage, into the liberty of my sons: that they may now no longer be in subjection to their fellow creatures; but shall now see themselves to be equal with them: and the fat swine, to be but men whose breath is in their nostrils: that I may appear to be all and in all: that so universal freedom may be in your streets, and nothing but peace within your borders; that righteousness may now cover the earth, and the enmity of all creatures be taken away: that the ground may now be freed from the curse; and the earth bring forth her increase, that I alone may be and none besides me, saith the Lord of Hosts, who is the life of all creatures.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of Man behold, behold, and lo, I looked and there appeared Chariots in Heaven running up and down, and I told them, and there were seven of them, and one that led them about and was before them, cried with a loud voice to them that were in the Chariots, come let us go down and destroy the earth, before this year be at an end: and I beheld that he that said so, drew his sword and gave it to a man; and said: go thou and do the work of the Lord, and I will be with thee, and thou shalt prosper.  
And I said Lord, what means these Chariots, there being seven of them? and the Lord said, the Chariots set forth those whom I have appointed to do my work; and there being seven of them, shows a perfect and complete number that shall accomplish and do all my pleasure: and one being before: shows that I, the Lord of host, have stirred them up and will lead them on and be with them: and as thou seest them in heaven; it shows, that I have retained them in my favour: and one with them, it shows that I have been kept in heaven, until the time of the restitution of all things, or I have not made my name known: and whereas he cried come let us go down and destroy the earth before this year is at an end: it shows the time of restitution is now at hand that I the Lord of host, will recover my wool and flax, my glory and honour; and I thus appearing; earthly powers, which rob me, must be destroyed: and I said, Lord, by earthly powers do you mean the Parliament? and by the year, do you mean, a year as we call it, as from Jan. to January? and the Lord said, by the earth, is meant the Parliament which shall be destroyed: and as he said, before the year is at an end: is meant that the Parliament shall be destroyed and brought to nothing before January next; and so the year, to be a year as you account years: and some of them I will bring into me, to be in my favour, and others shall be devoured in my wrath: for I will make a short work on the earth: and as thou sawest one that drew his sword being before them, he doth represent me, and as he gave his sword away to that man that stood by him, and said, take this sword and do my work. It shows that I have made choice of a man to lead my Instruments on to do all my pleasure: and whereas he gave him the sword and bid him prosper: so I will, by my own power in you & by you, effect my strange work: and I said, Lord, what man is this whom thou hast given thy sword to? and the Lord said, it is him whom I have chosen and stirred up to do my work, as I have already decleared to you: and the set time or the Longest time of the being of the Parliament is but six hundred threescore and six days as I have shown to thee already,  
And the Lord within me that hath shown me these things, told me that for the truth of what I had seen & had revealed, as that the Parliament should be brought to nothing in such a short time, he the Lord of host within me when he revealed it to me and commanded me to write it, and told me, as soon I had done writing of it, I should be taken in a shaking fit: which proved very true: and it came upon me as soon as I had done writing of it, before I could speak to them as was with me, or before I could rise from the stool I sat on; in which fit of shaking, I was by a power taken off the stool and lifted up; though one did strive to hold me down: whereby I see it is the Lords time to confound all things besides himself; that he may have the glory of all, and he only be honoured: unto which I say amen, amen.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: behold, behold, what seest thou now? and lo! I beheld a bush about seven foot high all on fire: and I said, Lord, what meaneth this bush to be of a flame and not to consume? and the Lord said, by this bush, is set forth my people, and by the fire, is set forth I the Lord of host; & as the bush was all on fire, so will I be a fire to my Church; as the bush was not consumed, but rather more fresher, so will I burn away the dross and filthiness of my Church, and make them more pure than ever they were; and as the bush stood still: so will I by my burning away their filth, make them (the Church) stand still and wait upon me, and so make them leave of running after any outward teacher or outward means by which they have received some comforts, as from streams: but will make them to come unto me, the fountain where they shall have their filland be satisfied: and as I did in old time appear to Moses my servant in a burning bush, so have I appeared to thee now in a burning bush: and as I sent Moses to Pharaoh to tell him I will have my people out of the Land, and so Redeem them from their bondage and slavery, so my time is now at hand that I will Redeem my sons and daughters from their heavy Taskmasters, as the powers of this world: but as Pharaoh was so envious against my people as to gather an army to follow them for to destroy them: ye read that instead of destroying my people, they were all drowned in the red Sea: even so all those that will not grant my sons and daughter's freedom and liberty as to enjoy the fruits of the earth, that they may glorify me: shall have their hearts hardened to war against them: but as I appeared for Moses and the children of Israel and gave them deliverance, So will I now appear against all those that appear against me the Lord of host, or against my people: and will destroy them and consume them that they may never be more: for I have spoken and it shall surely come to Pass; for I will do all my pleasure saith the Lord of host. And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, behold this man and see what he doth: and lo, I beheld a man in gay : and he had a bag in his hand; and he put his other hand and took all the money that was in it and threw it about so long as any was in it: and thus shall all Misers in time throw away their money that they have hoarded up and bring it (their gold and silver) out of their chests, and bags out of their places where they have laid them, saith the Lord of host, for I will make them do it: that they that have gathered much may have none over: and they that have gathered little may have no lack: saith the mighty God of Jacob.  
And presently after this: I saw the appearance of a man: his raiment was of all colours like a rainbow, and it came down to his feet: and I looked and could see no seem upon it, for it was without seem, and he had on his head a Crown of gold, and in his right-hand a Sceptre, and I saw him coming to me, and I cried out, in the name of the Lord of host come not to me: but he came to me, and told me, that he was Jesus Christ; the mighty Angel of the Lord of host; and that he must come into me: and then he would declare unto me things that must shortly come to pass: for now the Lord of host had done speaking to the outward ears and appearing to the fleshly eyes: and will deal inwardly; both appear and speak to the spiritual eyes, & he entered into me which made me tremble & quake: and then I heard a voice within me, saying, hearken to this noise that I will make, and I hearkened: and lo it thundered, and I said Lord, what is the meaning of this, and the Lord said: these are the seven thunders that uttered their voices to John; and he would have writ the meaning of them and I commanded him that he should not, because the meaning of them would have made my servants not to search so much into this Revelations which were written by John? but now I will declare them unto thee: these seven thunders show a perfection, or a completing of my determination. Which I have set; before I will begin to take the powers from the earth, and the last of these thunders or all in one shall take effect according to my determination (as I shown it to my servant John) in the year one thousand six hundred and fifty, but I would not have him write it: though I have now commanded thee to write it; and that I will begin my work in this year, as it was showed to John in this Island of England: and I will bring to nothing the Parliament: but will stir up their hearts and the wicked to join with them against Fairfax, that so I may destroy them whom I have appointed for the slaughter, and so to be a terror and a dread to the others; and will make them be quiet.  
But presently after this the word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, behold, this that I present to thee: and I looked and lo, a tree that had on it twelve sorts of fruits, and the Lord said, the fruit of this tree is for the healing of the Nations: and I said, Lord, what doth this tree represent? And my eternal God within me said, it doth represent me the Lord of hosts; I am the tree and only that which can cure the Nations; and the fruits of me or of my work which I am now a doing;  
Is First, to destroy earthly powers and so to bring down their strength.  
Secondly, I will make those that have drawn their swords to make war (if they be not destroyed) beat their swords into plowsheers, and their spears into pruning hooks.  
Thirdly, I will be a terror to those that have opposed me, that they shall be afraid of me; and instead of gathering themselves together as they have done: they shall hid themselves in holes of the rocks.  
Fourthly, I will destroy self-interest, that so there may be no striving for riches.  
Fiftly, I will destroy ambition, that there shall be no striving for honour.  
Sixthly, I will take away the pride of the heart, that there shall be none that shall think themselves better than the rest.  
Seventhly, I will take from man that presumption, as to think to have one or two men to wait upon him.  
Eightly, I will make those that have riches, give them to them that have none.  
Ninthly, I will make every man to be at peace one with the other.  
Tenthly, I will make all my sons and daughters, to be of one heart and mind.  
Eleventhly, I will take away the curse of the earth, that with a very little labour it shall bring forth its fruits.  
And Twelfthly, I will make that which one hath, to be another's, that so the naked may be clothed, and the hungry fed: and if any have any thing better than others, it shall be my sons and daughters, for I will make all work in one way or other a little, for to keep themselves out of want, saith I the Lord of hosts; for I will take the curse from off the earth, that the earth may be fruitful; and I will take the enmity from all creatures, that they may be at peace with each other: and I will make them to be fruitful and multiply that they may be strong to work and bring forth thousands and ten thousands, and so will make working a pleasure and rejoicing, that I may be glorified and have the honour, saith the Lord of hosts.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, behold, behold, and lo, I looked and there appeared a river running up and down on the earth: And I said, Lord●, what earth is this, and river that runs up and down thus? And my God said, this is your body, and the bodies of my sons and daughters, which the earth sets forth; and the river is the river of life mentioned in the Revelations; and this life is the pouring forth of my spirit upon this earth of men and women; and as you saw the living waters run about, it is that living waters, which are the fullness or flow forth of myself in such a clear discovery and manifestation, as to overpower the earth man, with my glory as it is written, he that believeth on me, saith God, out of his belly shall flow forth rivers of living waters: which water of life proceeds from the throne of God; that is after my bright appearing, and filling my sons and daughters with my fullness, from them shall flow forth the water of life; that is, a discovery of me, or making me known to others, that I am the Alpha and Omega, that I am all and in all; that I will now take the power into my own hands, and will be glorified: for my people are my throne, and the place where I dwell, saith the Lord of hosts; and as there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, Word, and the holy Ghost, and these three are one: the Word is the Father, and the holy Ghost is the Father, and so I bear witness to them that have but a small discovery of me; that is they living in some light, and so have some knowledge of me, they are said to be witnesses to his soul, even the Father, holy Ghost and Word, which is all but I the Lord of hosts; witnessing to them that I make forth myself unto them that they are mine: and the three that bear record in earth, the Spirit, Water, and Blood, and all agree in one; the Spirit is the Lord, and the Water, the water of life mentioned, to proceed from the throne; and the Blood, is the Blood of I the Lord of hosts; and so all these three that witness in the earth, which is the bodies of men and women, to whom I have made forth myself, is I the Lord of hosts, witnessing that I am theirs, and so sealing them up to be mine; and those whom I have, and will make the water of life to run from them: that is myself so to overpower them, that I may appear to be all and in all, and so will I have the glory, saith the Lord of hosts; for the time is now at hand these Scriptures shall be fulfilled, and there shall be no more curse; there shall not be any wicked flesh or sin that shall hinder my servants from the enjoyment of me, saith I the Lord of hosts, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it: There shall be no power to rule and domineer in my City where I rule, which City is my sons and daughters, but I will be all in them, and they shall see my face, and my name shall be in their foreheads: I will speak in them and manifest my glory in them, which shall be as a mark on their foreheads, that they are the seed which I the Lord of hosts have blessed; and there shall be no night there: they shall have no need of a candle, neither the light of the Sun; that is, my sons and daughters shall have no need of any outward administrations, ordinances, or ways of worships which they have had, but my river of life (running in them, that is myself dwelling in them) shall give them life and make them to reign over sin, hell, and death, and all enemies; so they shall reign with me for ever, saith the Lord of hosts.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, behold, behold, that which I will now show thee; and lo, I beheld one with a vail over his face so that none could see his beauty, but only some glimmering light of him: and I said, Lord, who doth this set forth that his face hath a vail over it, that his beauty cannot be seen? And my eternal God, said, this sets forth me the eternal King of Glory, who have hid my glory and beauty from the children of men, and also from them who have been my dearest servants; that they have seen but very little of my beauty and also I have been silent and have not made out myself in any full measure or discovery of myself as yet: but as you saw him throw away his vail, and did behold him in his beauty: so will I now make out myself in the fullness of myself to my sons and daughters that they may now see and behold my beauty and the glory of me, that they may no longer go a whoring after other Gods: but that I the King of glory might have them come running to me to be taught by me, the Lord of hosts, who am the King of glory.  
And again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, behold, and observe, and I will show thee that which shall suddenly come to pass: and ●o, I looked and there appeared a man with a sword in his hand ready drawn; saying, I am now come to cut down that time may be no longer: I have a long time been silent, but I am now risen like a man of war, and will cut down and devour at once. And I beheld: and presently he fell to cutting off the heads of men that were together: and then he said, I will not only cut off the heads, but I will cut up the root too; that there may not be left root nor branch. And I said, Lord, who doth this man represent? and my God said, it represents me the Lord of host who am now risen to cut down and destroy all my enemies: I have along time been silent, but I will no longer be so: for my time is now come that I may make a short work: and I said, Lord, what doth time mean as he said, it should be no longer? and the Lord said, by time is meant the set time of my determination which is now in this year 1650. but the meaning of time shall be no longer, and time, times, and dividing of times, in Daniel, and the forty and two months spoken of, are now in this year 50. a beginning to be accomplished in this Land, to the cutting down of the Parliament and all powers besides myself in this Land, as was showed thee by the cutting off of heads with my sword: and as he said he will cut down the roots too; and he thrust the sword as he had in his hand into the earth, and did cut off the roots, and said, he will neither leave root nor branch, but I will cut off the Parliament and all the powers here in England first, and they shall never rise more on the earth: the roots being cut up, it shows the Parliament who are a power chosen by earthly men, shall in this year be cut down, and there shall never be any more power; but I will be the power that shall rule here, saith the Lord of Host: And after I had writ this, I heard a voice within me, saying, I will shake thee that thou mayst know it shall come to pass, and that I have commanded thee to write and print this saith the Lord of host, who will be all and in all: and I was presently taken with shaking, so that I was not able to hold myself still.  
And the word of my God came again, saying, Behold, and I will show thee those things that shall come to pass, and lo, there appeared to me a field of Corn, and Reapers, with their sickles ready to reap it down; and presently, I heard a voice say, the harvest is ripe, cut it down: And I said, Lord, what doth his field hold forth? and the Lord said, the Parliament and all earthly powers: and the harvest, shows the time appointed that they are now ripe for the slaughter: for thrust in the sickle the harvest is ripe: this harvest sets forth that I had a set time for earthly powers to continue before I would destroy them: but the harvest is now ripe, in this year 1650. Therefore as you saw these reapers cut down the wheat, and made the others stand bowing and bending; they represent my instruments being seven; shows they are a perfect number, which I have chosen in this year, now the time of the harvest being come: that they shall cut down and destroy all powers whom I have appointed for the slaughter, and make the rest stand bowing to me in my sons and daughters, who am the mighty God of Jacob.  
And the Lord spoke again unto me, saying: behold, behold, and lo: I beheld a beast with one horn push down men and kept them under, and some he killed of them. And I said Lord, what doth this beast mean? This beast is the powers (saith the Lord) as I have already told thee: the men are my Saints, which he hath pushed down and kept under, as the men that did appear firm against oppression and cruelty: and as he the beast killed some: so have the Powers killed some as Locker and Thomson; but as you saw some ancient men come together, the ancient men, are they that are mentioned in Daniel, that are called the ancient of days: which is only a set time for this beast to push down the Saints and to keep them under; which time is now at an end in this year one thousand six hundred and fifty: and these ancient men all in white, are my servants, that judge this beast to burned; or I appearing in them, to cause them to give judgement against this beast; and in giving judgement against him, you saw one cut off his head and burning his body; which doth show that the ancient of days is now come, and that my set time for him to have power is at an end; therefore I the Lord of host will now arise and destroy the powers and bring them to nothing before the year one thousand six hundred and fifty one, and burn them, that no other power besides myself may be.  
And the word of the most high God came unto me, saying, behold, behold, and lo, I beheld, and there appeared one like a man, and also there was a picture of a man whose head was gold, breast silver, thighs brass, and feet, part iron and part clay, and I beheld till the man break in pieces the Image and stamped it under his feet: and I said Lord who doth this man set forth? and the Lord said it sets forth I the Lord of hosts: and this Image sets forth all powers, as the Pope, and the Emperors, and Kings, and Parliaments, and as the man broke in pieces the Image: so will I the Lord of hosts, break in pieces all the powers and bring them to nothing, for the time is now come that I will cut the stone out of the mountain, which stone is my instrument which I have chosen to cut down and break in pieces all other mountains, the instrument which I have chosen and cut out of this mountain (which shall be broken to pieces) is Fairfax, and those whom I shall stir up to be with him: and the mountain is this power that is now on foot in the land, which shall be destroyed; for I the Lord of hosts, have purposed it, and it shall come to pass.  
Having received those things and written them down; about two days after I also received a command to go to London and put them in Print, for they must shortly come to pass; and I also with this command received this motto, that I should have no rest until that I did get them printed; but that I might know that the Lord of hosts, by whom all creatures are made, hath now commanded me, and hath appeared to me and that they shall come to pass, I shall be exceedingly terrified; at which present I had some thing (which was told me it was bread of life) thrust as I thought into my mouth, which was told me should be bitter in my belly; and in truth I had a bitter fit of shaking and trembling, and in my belly an extraordinary working, so that I have had but little rest: but as I saw the appearance of a man which told me that he was now come to tell me what I should do; and as he had a sword in his hand, so me thought I saw the same appearance terrifying me, and telling me I shall have no rest until I do it: which through abundance of trouble and sorrow of mind; as I have now for two days under-gone) the third night I had some music which was very pleasant: and afterwards the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, behold, and there appeared a company of women dancing and singing; I said, Lord what doth these mean to dance and sing thus? And did also throw away their money: and my God told me, that as I saw them sing and dance and throw away their money; so before the first of January next shall all my sons and daughters sing and rejoice, for joy, and throw away their money, as you saw them throw away theirs, and so shall it be in that time that men shall use the world as if they use it not: and I said, Lord, shall it be before the Parliament be destroyed? and the Lord said, the Parliament shall be destroyed first. And I said, Lord, shall there be no power, and so no law? and my God said, there shall be no power besides myself, so no other law: but I will be a power and a law to keep the wicked under; and if any have any power, it shall be my sons and daughters; for they shall have of the best, and shall reign as Kings: but not as to usurp any authority over the rest: but I will make the rest come bowing and bending to them, and be afraid of me the Lord of host in them, and so will make men to care for nothing but for things that are necessary; as for riches, they shall not strive after it: and then I said, Lord, the men will be idle if they may have it for fetching it, as  and victuals, and other necessaries: but the Lord said, that he would make all men work as to provide things necessary for them: but I will take the curse of their labours away; and then their labours shall he pleasanter to them then ever they have been: but as for drunkards and such as have wasted my creatures, in vain, There shall no longer be any such: but I will be such a terror to the wicked that they shall be afraid of me; and shall howl for sorrow and grief, when my sons shall sing and rejoice for joy; and I said, Lord, is this all their torment as they shall have? and my God, said, will not this be torment enough to be cast out of my love and favour, and so to lie under my wrath, I plaguing of them for their wickedness, and making them servants to my sons and daughters; yea, they shall think it happy to do any thing for them: but I said, Lord, it is said, that in the last day the wicked shall receive this sentence, go you cursed into everlasting fire; and the Lord said, that this fire is his wrath, which the wicked shall be thrown under, and he will be as fire in their bones which shall burn them: and I said, Lord, is there no hell for them to be thrown in? and my God said, all the hell is, they shall be cast out of my love and favour, and so in stead of enjoying me they shall be terrified by me; which hell shall be here on earth, for when my sons and daughters shall sing and rejoice, they shall howl and weep for sorrow: and I said, Lord, it is said, that thou wilt separate the sheep from the Goats; and set one on the right hand and the other on the left hand, & that in the world to come: And the Lord said, I will make a separation, and such a separation as is spoken of; and that I will now set the one, of my sons and daughters on my right hand, which is my love and favour to them: and the other; to wit the wicked, shall be on my left hand: that is under my wrath: and I said Lord, what is become of the wicked that have ceased: if there be no hell nor no other life? and the Lord said, their bodies are returned to earth from whence they came, and so shall ever be, and never be more: but their spirits as soon as they go out of their bodies being not made of the four Elements as fire, water, earth and air; neither is it the soul, which is their life: for I the Lord is their life and soul: and so soon as I draw myself, which is the soul out of the body, the body returns to the earth and there it continues: but the soul, which is the life of the body, which life is my own invisible being returns to its centre, as the body doth to his, and there remains; which centre I the Lord of host am: and so the soul which is the life cannot suffer any torment after it is out of the body: but returns to me to be at rest with me: but the spirit, and the soul being two distinct, the spirit of a man, it is that is and shall be tormented. When the body shall rest and the soul be also at rest: I mean the body of him that is deceased, when his spirit (which is his conscience, that is compounded of reason, wisdom and knowledge, and so proceeds from man) and is called the spirit of a man: shall be tormented for ever, and that in a body, though it be not in the same body; for this spirit which is compounded of reason, wisdom, and knowledge, is that which exalts and sets itself against God; and so is the utter enemy to God; it being some thing which proceeds from flesh, and proceeds out of man, and yet it is not flesh nor man: and as soon as it comes out of one man where I the God of gods do not rule, it goes into another wicked man, and there acts the same things which it did in the first; and so as Cain killed Abel, the same spirit is in wicked men, killing the Saints: which spirit of man being all that shall be tormented, I suffer it to embody itself in man, until it becomes a legion of Devils; and there they remain in man, until I by my spirit cast them out: or till I withdraw myself, and so let the body go from whence it comes: and so the Devil which my Son Christ cast out of the man, which man was tormented by it, it being in him (for so long as it was in him it did keep him from enjoying me) and so did torment him; is the spirits of wicked men transfused into one, and so rules in a man: and as it spoke and desired Christ to let it go into the herd of swine, it shows, that it was not able to a bide in that place were I would not have him tarry: neither can it go into any, but to those that I give it a commission to go into, and as it chose to go into swine; the swine sets forth wicked men: so that the Devil that was cast forth & went into the herd of swine, went into wicked men: and as the swine ran into the Sea and were drowned; so those into whom I do suffer the spirit of a wicked man to go into and remain and not cast it out, that man is tormented by that spirit and drowned in a Sea of misery. But as the spirit cried out, art thou come to torment me before my time? it shows, that a spirit is not capable of torment out of a body, but in a body: which bodies shall now be, that the spirits of all wicked men shall be tormented in, and they shall for ever as one Devil and his Angels, be burning in my wrath; that is, those wicked men that remain, shall be the places wherein all the spirits of wicked men, and their spirits shall be tormented day and night; that is in bodies, wherein nothing but wickedness dwells: so that all might be tormented and destroyed, but I the Lord of host: and I said Lord, there are some things in likeness of hens, or dogs, or any any thing else, that can speak: and my God said that these are the spirits of wicked men: whom I can make in any shape, and can give them power to speak to other wicked men, or their spirits in them: which spirit works in the children of disobedience, in this form and shape: and so these spirits are witches so called: because I suffer them in whom they remain to have power, and so to bewitch them, that they come not to the knowledge of me: that is those in whom this power of darkness rules, are so overpowred with darkness, that they become fit subjects or bodies for me to execute my wrath upon them: which bodies being sensible of me the Lord, and of the glory, and happiness of my sons and daughters, shall gnaw their tongues for pain, even in this world: so that the resurrection in Scripture mentioned is not a resurrection of the body out of the earth: but a resurrection of the the body from darkness to light, and from the wrath of me, to the love and favour of me. For saith Christ, I am the resurrection and the life: so that the resurrection and life is Christ: that is so to be raised from the body of death and sin as to be anointed with the spirit of God: and so to become new being dead before, and now to be alive, and ever to be with God. Free from apprehending God to be angry with us: but always feeling his divine power ruling in us and causing of us to see and look upon him as one that is well pleased with us.  
FINIS.