The wars of David and the peaceable reign of Solomon; symbolizing the times of warfare and refreshment of the Saints of the Most High God. To whom a priestly kingdom is shortly to be given after the order of Melchizedeck ... first published in the year 1700 ... Containing: I. An alarm to the Holy Warriors. ... 2. The glory of Sharon. ... To which is now subjoined, several extracts ... from 'The fountain of gardens',--by the same author. : zedeck set forth in two treatises / written by Jane Lead.

Jane Leade

Date:: 1816

Credit: The wars of David and the peaceable reign of Solomon; symbolizing the times of warfare and refreshment of the Saints of the Most High God. To whom a priestly kingdom is shortly to be given after the order of Melchizedeck ... first published in the year 1700 ... Containing: I. An alarm to the Holy Warriors. ... 2. The glory of Sharon. ... To which is now subjoined, several extracts ... from 'The fountain of gardens',--by the same author. : zedeck set forth in two treatises / written by Jane Lead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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filing that thou wanfest to have done in thee; it will dry up all the springs of vice, stop all the workings of evil in thj nature ; it will hr ins, all that is good into thee, and thou wilt know what it is to he taught of God ; but until then, thy Icnozoledge will he uncertain. This long- ing tlesireof thy heart to be one with Christ will soon put a stop to all the vanity of thy life, and nothing will be permitted to enter into t]iy heart, or proceed from it, but what comes from G^d, and returns to God; thou wilt soon be bound in the chains of holy affections and desires, thy rftoulh will have a watch set upon it, thy ears would willingly hear nothing that does not tend to Goo, rro.r thy-eyes be open, but to sec, and find occasions of doing good. In a word, when this faith has got both thy hsor/aud thy hearty it will then be with thee as,it was with the merchant, who found a Pearl of great price; it will make thee glad to sell all that thou' hast to buy it. To conclude—-The reason that the light and spirit of God, which has been again restored to the soul, and lying in it as a secret source of Heaven, is called grace, free grace, or the supernatural gift, or power of God in’ the soul, is on account of its being an essential and in- dispensible something,. which the natural powers of the soul could no more obtain. Hence, therefore it is, that in the greatest truth, and highest reality, every stirring of the soul, every tendency of the heart towards God and goodness, is justly and necessarily ascribed to the holy Spirit or the grace of God. It is because (his first •seed of life, whic h is sown into the soul, as the gift or grace of God to fallen man, is itself the light and spirit of God, and therefore every stirring, or opening of this seed of life, every awakened thought or desire that arises from it, must be called the moving or the quickening of the Spirit of God ; and therefore that new man which- arises from it, must of all necessity be said to be solely THE WORK AND OPERATION OF GoD. Dear Krieud !—Mayest thou be disposed to read all the preceding, over and over again, until every sentence is most indelibly impressed on thy heart 1 to which end, Oh God, be thou the inspirer, guide, and leader. C 2

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