Here you may see New Jerusalem's children, and the name of God, and the holy city, and the name of Christ written upon them, and their father's name written in their foreheads, that they may know that they are the children of New Jerusalem, and of God and Christ; and they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads. Rev. xxii. 4. and iii. 12. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith to the churches,' heavenly Jerusalem's and Sion's children. And therefore all that are born of the spirit, the children of the light, that believe in Christ, and receive him, their mother is new and heavenly Jerusalem; and this spiritual birth cannot own any mother below this new and heavenly Jerusalem. And all heavenly Jerusalem's new born babes are nourished with the sincere milk of the word, and the bondwoman's children, that are born after the flesh, persecute new and heavenly Jerusalem's children, that are born after the spirit; the bondwoman's children are in bondage, but Jerusalem's children, which is from above, are free, who give glory to the Lord God over all for evermore. So new and heavenly Jerusalem brings forth a new and heavenly generation, a spiritual household, heavenly and spiritual citizens, and a royal priesthood, that offer up living and spiritual sacrifices.

And in the apostles' days, before the apostacy, all the true believers and followers of Christ, had Jerusalem that was above for their mother, but since the apostles' days, in the apostacy the outward christians have gone into many sects, and they have got many mothers, and by law they force others to them; but they that are brought out of the night of apostacy, by the light, power, and spirit of Christ Jesus, they are come to new and heavenly Jerusalem, and can own none of their mothers, that they have set up since the apostles' days, that are below heavenly Jerusalem, that is from above, in whom there is neither sect nor schism, rent nor division, contest nor strife, for no unclean thing comes into it. And the Lord said, 'Behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.' Isaiah saw this by prophecy. Isa. Ivi. 17. And John said, 'I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and the first earth was passed away, and there was no more sea.' Rev. xxiv. 1. And the Lord said, 'Behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy, and I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping and crying shall be heard no more in her.' Is not this heavenly Jerusalem that Isaiah prophesied of? Isa. lxv. 18, 19. And is not this the heavenly Jerusalem that John saw in Revelations? xxi. 2, 3, 4. This new and heavenly Jerusalem that is above, it shines over all the nations, for the nations of them that are saved walk in the light of it, where it is always day, and there is no night there, for the Lord God and the lamb is the light of it, in which light the nations of them that are saved walk.

Natural men may know natural sciences, and the natural tongues and languages, and the natural arts, and natural philosophy; for the natural Jews and Pilate could set their natural tongues, which began at Babel, over Christ, and yet crucify him. And the whore of Babylon and confusion, the mother of harlots, she hath power over the natural tongues, that is whored from the spirit of God, and so these natural men, with these natural things, that know nothing, but follow their own spirits, and see not the things of God, they are foolishness to them; but God is pouring his spirit upon all natural men, upon all flesh, that with his spirit they may know the things of God, and serve and worship him in spirit and truth, and know heavenly Jerusalem their mother, with the spirit that God pours upon them.

And John saw the mother of harlots drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, and their blood was found in the mother of harlots, the mystery Babylon, the false church. And were not these saints, martyrs of Jesus, and prophets, of heavenly Jerusalem's children, whose blood was and is found in the mother of harlots; the false church, the mystery Babylon? Rev. xvii. 18.

He that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the spirit, even so it is now; and the children of new Jerusalem, that is above, and is your mother, they and their mother never persecuted any. But the mother of mystery Babylon, and of harlots, she and her harlots were and are the persecutors, in whom is found the blood of the righteous, viz, the free born children of Jerusalem from above.'

G. F.

How all nations may see with the light, the life in Christ, him the great mountain that fills the whole earth.

CONCERNING the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, spoken of in Daniel ii. which did dash to pieces the image whose head was fine gold, which was Nebuchadnezzar's and the Babylonian's monarchy, and should dash to pieces the breast and arms of silver, which was the Medes' and Persians' monarchy, and likewise it should dash to pieces the belly and thighs of brass, which was the Grecians' monarchy, and the legs of iron, and his feet part of iron and part of clay, which was the Roman's monarchy.

So all these four monarchies were but one image, the head was gold, and the breast and arms silver, and the belly and thighs brass, and his legs iron, and his feet part of iron and part of clay; and this same stone, cut out of the mountain, brake the image of iron, clay, silver, VOL. VI.

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brass, and gold to pieces, and they became like unto the chaff of the summer threshing floor, and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them. So here was the end of these four monarchies, and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. And in the days of these kings, (or four monarchies,) shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to others, but it shall consume and destroy all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.' Dan. ii. and Luke i. 33.

Now is not this stone Christ, that becomes a great mountain, and fills the whole earth? And did not he come in the day of these four monarchies, who dashed them to pieces, and set up his kingdom? And did not Christ say, when he was come, 'My kingdom is not of this world?' and also did not he say, 'All power in heaven and earth is given unto me?'

Now Christ's kingdom is an everlasting kingdom that shall never be destroyed, but shall stand for ever, and his kingdom stands in righteousness, and power, and peace, and joy in the holy ghost; and Christ said to Nicodemus, Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God;' and again, he saith to him, Except a man be born again of water, and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' John iii. And also the apostle saith, that none that is defiled or unclean shall enter into the kingdom of God and Christ; and the natural man knows not the things of God, they are foolishness to him.'

So this everlasting kingdom of God, which was set up above sixteen hundred years ago, shall never have end, for no unclean or defiled person can enter into it, nor none can see it, nor enter into it, except they be born again of water and of the spirit; this everlasting kingdom stands and remains over all, and the unclean and defiled cannot enter into it, and they that are not born again cannot enter into it, nor see it, so they are not like to destroy this everlasting kingdom, it remains firm, and will never have an end; though the unclean and defiled, and them that are not born again do not see it; yet John saith in Rev. i. 9. he was in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.' And the apostles told the saints, That they were delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of his dear son.' And was not this while they were upon the earth? Col. i. 13. So these were born again; and Christ saith, 'The law and the prophets were until John,' and he was the greatest prophet born of a woman, 'but the least in the kingdom is greater than John;' and since John Baptist preached, men pressed into the kingdom, and those are they that are born again, and have the spiritual eye that see the end of the

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prophets and John, that see Christ's everlasting spiritual kingdom, and press into it.

Now Christ is the stone that became the great mountain, and fills the whole earth, (mark, the whole earth,) and none shall hurt nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.' Isa. lxv. 25. And this is the mountain of the house of the Lord, that is established on the top of all mountains, and exalted above the hills. Isa. ii. 2. Mich. iv. 1.

And now Christ this mountain, filling the whole earth, you may say, what, does it fill Asia, Africa, Europe, and America, and the east, west, north, and south? I say yes, Christ this mountain fills the whole earth, and he doth enlighten every one that comes into the whole world; 'for in him was life, and this life was the light of men.' This was the true light which enlightens every one that comes into the world, and that every one with this true light, the life in Christ, both in Asia, Europe, Africa, and America, both east, west, north, and south, that is come into the world; I say with this divine light, the life in Christ, they may see Christ, the mountain, in their own country, which fills the whole earth, for the light shines in their hearts, to give the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus. John. i. 4. 9. 2 Cor. iv. 4. And Christ saith, 'Believe in the light, that ye may become children of the light.' John xii. 36. So the light, which is the life in Christ, gives the knowledge of him in all places, who is the mountain that fills the whole earth, for the light is the life in Christ, that great glorious mountain, and they that believe in the light, the life in Christ, and are become children of the light, they see this everlasting glorious kingdom, and enter into it, and so are the children of the kingdom of God and Christ.

The Lord saith, speaking of Christ, I have set my king upon my holy hill of Sion, or upon Sion, the hill of my holiness. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession: thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, and dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise therefore now, O ye kings! be ye instructed ye judges of the earth! serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling; kiss the son least he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.'

How can the kings be wise, and the judges instructed, and kiss the son, and keep in his way, and trust in him, but by believing in his divine light, which is the life in Christ? Now Christ with his divine light, doth inherit the heathen, and possess the utmost parts of the earth who receive him; but the wrath of the lamb is turned against them that do evil, and hate the light, which is his life, then he dashes them to pieces, like a potter's vessel, and they perish from him the way ;

and therefore all must believe in the light, which is the life in Christ, the great mountain that filleth the whole earth; and here, in this mountain the Lord will teach them his ways; and so the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters covers the sea. God's and Christ's everlasting kingdom is over all, and from generation to generation, and the sceptre of his kingdom, is a righteous sceptre, and he rules in the kingdoms of men; for by him kings rule, and princes decree justice; and his seed I will make endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

G. F.

Here you may see how male and female were meet-helps in the government, when God made them in his image of righteousness and holiness, and how Christ restores man up into his image again, and how that male and female are all one in him, and of the increase of Christ's government and peace there is no end.

God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over all the cattle, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth: so God created man in his own image, in the likeness of God created he him, male and female created he them, and blessed them; and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over it,' &c. as before, as in Gen. i. ii. chap.

Here the female which was the meet-help for Adam, and they both male and female were meet-helps, joined in government, dominion, and rule, being in the likeness and image of God, and they were blessed in it; for God said unto them, (mark, them,) Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over it,' &c. And this was before man and woman fell from his image. So God who made man and woman in his own image, gave them an understanding to understand what he said to them.

And the apostle saith to the Colossians, 'Seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of God that created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision, nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.' Col. iii. 9, 10, 11.

Now this old man, in Adam, in the fall, being put off, and this man in the image of God, that he made and created them in, put on in righteousness and holiness, in such Christ is all and in all, a ruler and a governor, so that he rules in the male and in the female; in the new