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Feb. 1. 1680

HEre follows a further Advertisement from Him, who is come to fulfill old Prophesies in the substance of his own Person, that is Born of the Virgin; from whom we may expect the perfecting of that, which all fore-going Ministrations and Manifestations have left short, in regard of those Wonders which shall be effected in this latter Age. To which end Christ hath opened the Center-Eye, that can pierce as deep as the Deity, where this Virgin lies with all her Glory: who, ever since Adam’s day hath been obscured, because she would not trust her self with any Mortal; only some of her shining Rays have now and then been scattered into holy Souls. A taste of which hath been given, as the first Fruits of what is reserved for Christ the Lord’s second Birth-day, where shall be provided a Pentecost-Feast, according to the Royal and Heavenly State of Jehovah’s Bride and Mate. Oh! how unable am I to bring forth in Words what hath been shewed me, of the latter Fruits that Wisdom’s Children shall feed upon in that day! The discovery of which we will pass by at present, and first define what wonderful Virgin this is, and of how noble an Extract, who is taken into God’s Bosom, in a mutual Love-imbracing; and therefore may be termed the Eternal Goddess, in a high and sober sense: And it is an Evil and Sinful thing to give this Title to any other; as it is too frequently done.

But to proceed to describe this Virgin, according to the delineation which God hath given of her; as first to its Matter and Substance, it is of that thin pure Airy Subtlety, so as nothing of the gross and ponderous out-ward Elements can mix with it: [Margin note: For this Virgin-Nativity, look into the Wisdom of Salomon, Chap. 6. and 7.] for they would but tarnish her Clarity; which is ever conversant with the Deity. Which was signified by the Sun and Stars which were seen about the Head of the Woman in the Revelations, signifying those superior Planets, which cannot be adulterated with the Defilements of this inferior Orb, as possessing far higher and more exalted Powers, carrying Dominion over all that is beneath them. For as the lower Planets hold down in subjection to the Curse, so these deliver and set free from it. Wherefore it is all-worthy to be Inquired, in what Planet the Nativity of the Virgin may be again Renewed? This must be by Serene Venus: which must bring forth the mighty Birth under Bright Sol: in Conjunction with the rest of the * Superior Planets, [Margin Note: *By these superior Planets are understood the seven Spirits of GOD.] which are all harmoniz’d in One. For they agree to bring forth the Mother, and then the Son, in the Virgin-Humanity, that bears from the Heavenly Matter both Figure and Form, Organically, for Operation in their various Properties: which are deciphered by the highest Wisdom, to illustrate the only true Virgin in her beautiful Form. The Divine Mold for her Shape is Again found, according to what was before either Angels or Man were formed, which is not to be portrayed, till she come to be Essentially manifested within; only her Organical Faculties are unto us described, thereby to know what makes out the Virgin’s high Descent, in these several Faculties, as follow.

The first Faculty set before me, was that of Seeing, seated in her Eye, which appeared like a fiery Ray, and sparkled as a Star, piercing all things in the Heights and Depths. An Eye that slumbers not, but watcheth at each Centers-Gate, to spy what goeth in and out, to prevent all violation of her Virgin-Chastity, that her Vow may not be broken, by which she stands engaged to her Husband.

The second Faculty is that of Hearing, seated in the Ear, which must be so Chaste as to turn away from all corrupt and unsavoury Language, which speaks not God forth in his immense Love and Goodness, or in his Greatness and Soveraignity. The true Virgin’s Ear is turned inward, to listen to the sweet Voice of her Bridegroom; she waits for the dropping of his Lips, whose Words are the strength and marrow of her Life; she is in such union with the Deity, that she can’t hearken to any strange Voice, lest she should be defiled thereby: The greatest danger and hurt she feels from the talking Spirits, from the dark Center in the Soul, from which her Virgin-Ear turns away, and dare in no wise stay in their astral Counsel; and therefore turns her Ear to those Eccho’s, Voices and Sounds, which leave a sweetness, which resists the taking of delight in corrupt and impertinent Communications from without: Thus reserving both Eye and Ear, she still moves forward in her Heavenly Sphear.

The third organical Faculty is that of Smelling: This may be understood in a two-fold Sense; the first is a drawing in of the Paradisical Perfumes, and those sweet ravishing Odours, which are sufficient to renew languishing Life, and to make it strongly active and vigorous: Secondly, the Virgin is in her self an high scented Odour; her Garments send forth a Fragrancy far surpassing all the spicy Compositions of this earthly Climate. How Vile and Despicable doth every thing, that hath lost its Paradisical Property, appear to those who sometimes draw in these ravishing Odours, which might they but continue, they would never desire any other Food. Shall I declare what is made known to me of the Virtue of these Virgin-Perfumes? It is aver’d to me, they will recover a putrified Soul, and eat out all the Poyson of Original Sin, and recover dead flesh, and keep it from Putrification; it is a Balsam endued with so penetrating a Spirit, that it can go through Stone and Iron, Flesh and Bones. None can know this till they have passed the Virgin’s Womb, and then they will double this Witness. Now it is to be considered how unsupportable all rank Plants of the Earth are to the Virgin, who continually breathes this Perfumed Air: When ever she makes a swift pass through this noisom Kedar, what a strong scented Garland doth she need, that nothing of Infection may hurt her Virgin Purity: To which end, this Provision is made to keep out the Evil Scents, which every where meet us in the Walks of this World.

The fourth Faculty is that of Tasting. Here we find what it is that nourisheth the Virgin; her Food is in her self, and it is no other than pure Deity, which riseth as a flowing Spring from her own deep: She lives upon Spirit of Air, which maintains and blows up the Quint-Essential Fire, as the first Virgin matter, out of which the Soul was made, which in Adam became adulterated, by eating of the forbidden-fruit, who might have lived upon the Root of Eternal Life, which he had in himself; he might have tasted the Paradisical Fruits at pleasure; For what was palpable without, he had essentially in the Virgin within himself, so that he might chuse whether he would eat of them or no in a corporeal way. This hath been a secret hitherto little understood; but God in Christ, through his appearance hath revealed it, and for this end, to let us know what we are to feed upon at the return of our Virginity, whose Life’s Nourishment will be in itself, without any dependence upon any thing from without. Oh! there will quite another thing be known in the Virgin Soul, when she is espoused to Her, though she hath liberty to eat, as Adam had before the fall. So here the outward Mouth may taste of the mortal Fruits, but not of necessity, because the Life is centred in, and maintained from the Heart of the Deity, for the encrease and growth of pure Virgin Nature. And truly nothing but God can be the Virgins Food, nothing is so well digested by her, for it is a flowing source of Almighty strengthening, and pleasant tasting, according to an infinite variety. This being once found, the Soul can no more eat down the Fruits of the mixed Tree, in whose Root the Curse is, whereby Death comes in, which hides the Virgin from the Soul’s Essence.

The fifth Faculty is the supersensual Feeling: What sence more excellent than this? Can there be a greater Confirmation than a feeling Life, out of which Joy, Peace and Assurance do spring? The Virgin feels her self in the Centre of the Deity; she handles what doth not appear to be tangible, viz. Breath, Spirit, Fire and Air; in all these her feeling-motion is in great Serenity. A Center-Life, that burneth from the Mirror of the Deity, boyles Love up to that height, as nothing is felt but Pleasure and ravishing Delight; it is the Heat and Blood that runs through every Vein of the Virgin-Body, and is an Antidote against all Fear and Pain, which is felt in the mortal Sense: Oh! what Deaths, Achings and Griefs have we felt in our Souls, as well as in our Bodies! our Minds being in continual Anxiousness and Trouble, to see what we are fallen into; I speak of such who have been touched with the Fire-Stone of the Virgin, which must go before her Healing Medicine. And blessed are they who have first known the painful feeling under her severe Discipline; for such shall be her polished Pillars on which she will engrave her Virgin Name, as he saith, who is the true and faithful Witness, who is come to take off the Virgin’s Vail, that we may see her in the Glass of perfection, and come to know and feel her, not as distinct and a-part from us, but all Virginized in her Essential Deity, that the joyful feeling In-breath of Fire and Air may be witnessed, and then we shall see what shall follow the Harmony of these Scenes, which is the Character of the Virgin-Nature, the Pattern we are to try our selves by, for which end we are also called to look into her Mirror, that so it may stir up all savour of desire in us, to have those Sences in their excellency awakened in us. Oh, great Empress and Queen of all Worlds! wilt thou, after so long a time of Desertion, once appear again! Who is it that hath entreated thy Favour, and gained a Promise from thee, of a Visit? Though this be too short: because nothing now will satisfie, unless thou bestow thy self, with all thy divine Sences, as a co-deified Life, to shew that thou art now prevail’d upon, to joyn with the Redeeming Blood, to restore thy own Virginity, where thou findest Humility and Importunity in that Personality, which is all beloved of the highest Wisdom, and only Spouse of God. Know and remember us who are brought to thy feet, and have been under thy severe Discipline; therefore allot thy self to be our Garland and Crown!





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