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True & Faithful Relation: Liber Peregrinationis excerpts

LIBER PEREGRINATIONIS

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D. Diu Chrystallus tanquam lapis nigerrimus apparuit. Tandem in ipsa lapidis nigredine, apparuit homo nudus Crucifixus super crucem: sed tamen non mortuus; Crucis partes infra manus, omnes sanguinolentæ videbantur. Fascia linea circumdabatur Corpus ejus, (a pectore deorum) & fines ejusdem fasciæ pendere videbantur circa genna: & sanguinolenta apparebat: & ex quinque vulneribus (ut Christi erat) videbatur sanguis guttam cadere. Tandem disparuerunt hac omnia: & quasi deorum subsidere videbantur; & lapis clarus factus est, & apparebat Cortina aurea: subita erat hæc mutatio. E.K. Jam videtur lapis esse valde magnus, & ante lapidem stare quidam magnus, (quasi Michael) cum gladio ancipite evomenteignem ex utraque acie ejusdem. Mic...... Justus & mirabilis & per maximus es tu, O Altissime Deus. [genubus flexis hæc dicit] qui tua judicia manifestas, ut possis super terram cognosci; & ut tua gloria amplificetur, ad consolationem eorum qui electi sunt, & ad dolorem, & dedecus talium qui crucifigunt lumen nubdi (unigentum Domino nostri, Salvatorem humani gereris) quotidie. Ecce portæ præparatæ sunt iniquitati. Attollite oculos, & videte quo modo filii hominum stulti devenerunt esse; quia eorum habitatio est facta nigra, Terra sigillata est ad eorum destructionem: quia Deum dereliquerunt, & sibimet ipsis adhæserunt; & adhuc in partes dissecant Servatorem mundi Jesum Christum [os alatur (?) ensis sui crucem] continuò cum blasphemis eorum sacrificiis. Ve illis, quia illos adio præsequimur, & ve illis qui inter illos habitant; quia iniquitate sunt polluti. Orate, dum inter illos estis, quia vestri inimici sunt multiplicati, quia vobis dico nuncium Domini exercituum, Regis fideliium. Reliquite infantium, & vivite, & ambulate per vias prudentiæ; & vivite cum Deo in domo sua. Quia Domus Iniquorum, non est habitatio vel sedes prophanis, neque potest [p. 37] Nomen Domini efferri legitimè, in illegitima Natione, illegitima facta, quia dereliquerunt statuta Altissimi. Hoc dicit Dominus; Ego sum Deus Justitiæ: & juravi & non est unus inter illos qui vivet, immo ne una anima. Quomodo Bestiæ esse devenerunt? de quibus scriptum est. Absq; notatia Dei (?): Homo ille factus est pecus. Vita illorum, qui devorantur, & talium quos ignis consumpsit sedebit in judico contra istam Nationem. Blessed and Sanctified, and for evermore praised art thou...... Judge, which hast said, and Rainest for ever. D. Si multiplicati sunt inimici nostri, &c. E.K. He is gone. D. Si multiplicati sunt inimici nostri propter peccata nostra, ut difficilior nobis incumbat lacta, Misericordiam Dei imploramus ut ipse nostram etiam multiplicet fortitudinem, &c. Gab...... Pluck up your hearts, bow your knees, & audite quæ dicit Dominus. Thus saith the Lord, If you will prevaile against the wicked, and rejoyce among the sanctified, you must observe and keep such commandments, as are ordained by the God of Truth, unto those that are partakers of his Covenant. Ask Counsel of God; Remember it. Be milde, Fast and pray. Be Charitable. Use true Friendship in the service of God. Persevere to the end. E.K. Gabriel also noted these Commandments in a pair of Tables, after he had pronounced them. Are not these Commandments necessary to be kept of all Christian men? D. They are undoubtedly. Gab...... And must of necessity be kept of those that are faithful. [E.K. He standeth as though he stood behind a Desk, and preached or taught.] Gab...... Well thou sayest; Lo our enemies are multiplied, multiply thou therefore our strength O God. Nature is subject unto you for the name of the Lord, not as unto Kings, but as unto the Ministers of his eternal will, whereby your justification is settled above the works of Nature already; For, behold, you participate the mercies of God through his Son Christ Jesus, in us: in that we open unto you those things that have been sealed; even from the just, for the which we are become slaves unto Corruption; shewing our selves in divers shapes, to the dishonour of our Creation: Yet are we quickned and revived, because we are become the finger of God: and you are sanctified, and withal justified, because you are touched with the finger of him that reviveth all things. Therefore, Rejoyce, Rejoyce, be Joyful and sing Praises unto God, and faint not: saying, Our enemies are risen up against us, yea, they are multiplied; for thus saith the Lord, and it is already spoken by the Holy Ghost. [E.K. He maketh now great obedience or reverence.] Flices sunt, quibus Deus spes est. [E.K. He looketh now up unto a thing like a Throne.] Et omne opus operatio Dei. [E.K. Now there cometh a beam down into his head, and he is covered with a great thing like a white cloud.] E.K. Now the Stone is all on fire. Now the fire ascendeth upward, and the streaming beam stretcheth into his head still. E.K. There appeareth a little woman a far off, and she is so clear and transparent, that there appeareth a man child in her; She hath a Coat as though it were Crimson, and hath a long little face, and hath a strange silk attire about her head..... as... Videtur esse uxor mea. Gab...... Go woman, thy grief shall be lesse than it hath been. E.K. Habet multos tanquam parvos nigros canes post se. Now she goeth one and tyeth their mouths with packthred. Gab...... So God useth to give a snaffle to the wicked. E.K. A great wind bloweth on Gabriel. D. De Angliæ & meo privato statu cupio aliquid audire: tum ex pietate erga patriam, tum propter famæ meæ rationem. Gab...... Quiescite paululum, & iterum venero. My Lord saith, Let my servants sit up,[1] and take their rest, I will visit them forthwith in peace. D. After a great quarter of an hour, he came again. E.K. He appeareth now clothed, with all his garment hanging with bells of Gold, and flaming fire coming from them, with silverish flames. He hath hanging about his Crown as if they were seven Labells, the tops of which come from above, from an uncertain place and distance. Gab...... Venite Morvorgran. E.K. He calleth with a loud voice. E.K. Now cometh a big black man, with a white face, and after him hath 24. They stand in four rows, and in every row six. Gab...... Let me see thy seale. Mor...... Behold power is given to me: Neither is the liquor that thou ministrest of any taste with me; Neither shall I be overcome, for I have placed my seat here. Gab...... But by whose permission? Gag lah nai. E.K. Now Morvorgran falleth down on his knees, and the rest on their face. Medicina Dei, malis, Justina vera. E.K. They tremble that lie flat on the ground. E.K. Morvorgran sheweth to Gabriel on his own left breast a Character. Gab...... For 19 moneths. Behold the will of God: Because thou hast conspired and risen against the Lord, in his chosen, and hast said; It is to weet those that are subject unto thee, Let us rise up against him, and persecute his soul: let us secretly entrap him, for, without doubt, he is rich. And because your conspiracies are not of theft onely, but [also] of murder: Therefore I seal thee with a weaker power; And be it unto thee according unto the word of God, that judgeth Righteously. From evil unto worse. From worse unto confusion. From confusion unto desperation. From desperation unto damnation. From damnation unto eternal death. [E.K. Now Gabriel did put another prick to the Character on his left breast.] Mor...... Cursed be that God, and defaced be his power; for he handleth us in unjustice, and dealeth with us without mercy; Because he is not merciful nor just. E.K. Gabriel goeth from me to one of the 24, and sealeth them. Now they go all away; and he breaketh off the points of their Swords. They go from him. D. Qui est iste Morvorgran, & quo modo hæc nobis instituit inferre mala? Gab...... Dockum, thou shalt carry this malice unto thy grave: But I have made weak thy strength. Blessed be those that entertain those that are annointed in the Lord: for they also shall taste of the oil of his mercy. I had care of you, saith the Lord, neither will I suffer you to perish in the way; Therefore be thankful, and forsake the world; for the world hath forsaken you, and conspired against you. But these things are nothing. Behold lastly, thus saith the Lord. E.K. Now cometh a falet (?) or helmet on Gabriel his head, or an half sphere; A great noise of many voices is heard as of Pillars that fell. Now that thing is taken off his head. Gab...... Thus saith the Lord. The world on both sides, shall rise up against thee, and they shall envy thee. E.K. Now cometh a beam from above (again) into Gabriel his head. Gab...... Gna semeroh Jehusan gonsag vi cap neth Jehustach omsomna dedoilb. E.K. Looking up, he said thus, Hoc est Ne paveas repentino terrore: & eruentes tibi potentias Impiorum, Laskie, Dominus. [E.K. Now cometh about his face little things of smoke, and he putteth them from his face. He would open his mouth, and they come upon his mouth. They rise out of a pit before him, inumerable. Gabriel seemeth to be as big as one of us. [E.K. They swarm continually.] Dominus ille Abraham [Gab...... Adhuc D.. s laboro] [E.K. Now cometh another streaming beam down to him.] [E.K. Now cometh a fire down by the same beam that came into his head. erit in latere tuo, [Adjutor meus;] E.K. Looking up...... Now cometh a bigger fire down on him.] & custodiet pedem tuum ne capiaris [E.K. Now they run headlong down into a great pit in the earth, and one pincheth me by the head.] Spera igitur in dominum Deum tuum For thou shalt overcome; & erit tibi Victoria maxima, in Deo, & propter Deum, qui est Dominus & Deus exercituum. E.K. Now the aforesaid spirits invade Gabriel again. Gab...... What I suffer, is not lawful for man to see; Therefore Cease for a while, and suffice nature: But return and hear of my commandment. E.K. He is gone, but his Desk standeth still.