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True & Faithful Relation: Liber Peregrinationis excerpts

LIBER PEREGRINATIONIS

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E.K. The cloud appeareth, and openeth, so that the Sword may be seen. D. O Lord deal mercifully with us, as thy children, to be corrected with rod or whip, and not with thy enemies, with sword to cut or wound us. Let not Satan force thee to justice more mightily, than thy fatherly goodness can incline thee to shew mercy upon us. E.K. An hand cometh and nippeth off an inch of the top of the Sword, and some of the rags are fallen down; some hanging on the hilts of the Sword, and some are thrust through with the Sword. Now the Sword is shut up again in the Cloud. D. Have mercy on us, O Lord, and deal with us as thy younglings and novices. E.K. Now come in an eleven, all like Noble men. One of them hath a regal Cap, and a Gown faced with Sables. The Cap is like a Polonian Cap, but trimmed up with rich Sables. Now cometh one and bringeth a very rich Chair, beset with precious Stones: Four of the Company set down this Chair for that Principal man. He that brought the Chair went away. They all do low obedience to this principal. He sitteth down, and putteth his Gown over. He is a goodlier man than the Lord A.L. The 4 pluck a thing like a Canopy over the Chair, and they put a round Cusshion under his feet. This Principal speaketh as followeth...... Pluck up thy heart and be merry, pine not thy Soul away with inward groanings; for I will open unto thee the secrets of Nature, and the riches of the World, and withal give thee such direction, that shall deliver thee from many infirmities, both of body and minde: Ease thee of thy tedious labour, and settle thee where thou shalt have comfort. D. Thanks be given unto the Highest, now, and ever, of all his Creatures...... If by doll thou... within thy thought: Hast thou not need of Counsel? D. Yes, God knows; for I am half confounded...... Then first d... with thy self to rest thee, for this Winter. Secondly open thy mind to desire such things as may advance thy Credit, and enrich thy Family: Reap unto thee many friends, and lift thee up to honour; For I will stir up the mindes of Learned men, the profoundest in the World that they shall visit thee. And I will disclose unto you such things, as shall be wonderfull, and of exceeding profit. Moreover, I will put to my hands, and help your proceedings, that the World may talke of your wisdom hereafter. Therefore wander not farther into unknown places, contagious, the very seats of death for thee, and thy children, and such as are thy friends. If thou enquire of me where, and how. Every where: or how thou wilt thy self. For thou shalt forthwith become rich, and thou shalt be able to enrich Kings, and to help such as are needy. Wast thou not born to use the commodity of this World? Were not all things made for mans use? D. Will you give me leave to speak?..... What canst thou speak hereunto? Wilt thou thank me for this? D. All thanks be unto the King of Glory, &c. D. Is it your meaning that we shall stay here, and go no farther with the Lord Albert Laskie?..... Yes, in the Summer; when it is more fair. D. I beseech you, Where would you, that we should make our.... this Winter?..... Where you will. Are you so unwise to go with him now. Let him go before, and provide for himself, that he may the better provide for you. The weather will be hard, and the travel unfit for children. If thou covet to live in ease, heap not up thy wives sorrow. D. I desire to live in quiet, that my spirit may the better attend to the service of God...... Well, Tarry you, and my promise shall be quickly performed. I will not halt with you. How say you Sirs? [E.K. He speaketh to his Company, who make cursies, and say nothing.] D. I beseech you to appoint an apt place: This you see is no fit place...... I will stir thee up such friends, as shall content thee. As for dwelling places thou shalt bestow them. Well, you are contented. D. Is it your will, that in this Town we should part from the Lord Albert Laskie?..... What should you do else? Are you mad men? Will you run headlong into danger? wilfully? D. I beseech you, shall this be nothing prejudicial to our former doings, and order already taken and decreed for our going together?..... What, is this contrary to reason? Well you are content. D. As the will of the Highest is, so is mine and none other...... Sirha, do you see this sword? I will be a surety for this (I warrant thee) also. D...... Your brother is clapped up in prison, How like you that? Your house-keeper I mean. D. And why I pray you?..... For that, that thou mayest be ashamed of. D. What is that?..... They examine him: they say, that thou hast hid divers secret things. As for thy Books, thou mayst go look them at leasure. It may be, that thy house may be burnt for a remembrance of thee too. Well if they do, so it is: if not, as thou wilt. I have told thee my phansie, and given thee my counsel, offered thee my help, and desired to do thee good: The choice is thine. D. O Lord the Author of all truth, and director of such as put their trust in thee, I most humbly beseech thee to consider these premises, thus to me propounded. If they be true, and from thee, confirm them: If they be illusions, and not from thee, disprove them. For, hardly in my judgement, they do or can agree with our former precepts and order taken by thee. A voyce..... He that ascendeth up to the top of the hi;ll, let him believe: For until he come thither, let him do his labour. O Lord, I doubt of these things, and promises of ease, wealth, and honour. A voice..... Judge the Truth, by the last Action. O Lord, what is that Action? A voice...... Wensdaies Action. This Cloud (said the voice of the Lord) is put betwixt us and you: Wha therefore may come between? Now judge you. D. I suspect the whole apparition of the eleven to be an illusion. O Lord confirm my judgement or disprove it. A voice...... The Spirit of the Lord is not amongst you. D. What misery are we then in? O Lord, Mercy, Mercy. A voice...... Dispute not with God, where whoredom is great. D. O Lord, This whoredom we understand not. A voice...... Pray daily, with repentance, that this cloud may be taken away, and this sword diminished. For the Seal cannot be broken, until Satan have done his uttermost; yea the uttermost of his malice. For it is granted him and he must strike. But pray you unto God, that the sword may be made shorter, or pluckt out of the hilt, that in striking he want power. For your sin is abominable, and a sevenfold offence in the sight of the Lord. D. What this whoredom is (God knoweth) we understand not perfectly. If the Spirit of God be not with us, how can our prayers be acceptable? A voice...... Thus sayeth the Lord, Turn unto me and be sorry for your sins, and let my Angels be witnesse thereof. For I swear by my self, that my Justice shall hang over you: And when I punish you next, I will raze you from the f ace of the earth. Therefore, Vow your selves unto me, and make your vessels clean; for your habitations in my sight are nothing: neither is the substance whereof I framed you acceptable. I am the Spirit of Truth and Understanding, and will not be dasht in pieces with worldlings; Neither use I to dwell in defiled places. For my Sanctuary is holy, and my Gates are without spot. And with me there dwelleth no unrighteousnesse. D. Lord, is it thy will we shall go with Albert Laskie to Lasco? A voyce. The Lord saieth, What I have said, is true. Who rebuketh me, saying my words are untrue? The correction of him that reigneth is mightie; who hath numbred it? But to his destruction. Be you holy, that my hand may be weak. D. O Lord, the fear of thy punishment astonieth my heart: and uncertainty of it in time, and place, doth also encrease my grief, &c. A voyce. The fool saith in his heart: Oh, how great is thy punishment over me. Teach me the place of thy correction: And where thou wilt chastise me. Who is he that desireth to meet God his vengeance, or the punishment of him that confoundeth the damned? Make your hearts clean, and wipe the sin from amongst you: And desire to be forgiven, for miserable are they that meet with vengeance, or that know the place where she taketh up her Harbour. D. Gloria, Honor, Laus & gratiarum actio perennis sit Deo nostro Omnipotenti: Nobis verò a Deo Patre, propter Jesum Christum in Spiritu Sancto, sit Misericordia, Pax & Consolatio in via virtutis & veritatis. Amen.