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    Divine Revelations and Prophecies

    Jane Lead · London, 1700

    Virgin Wisdom and the Unsealing of the Living Testimony

    In the night, I had a bright shine about my bed; and it was signified to me, that as without, so it should be all light, from the seven oily lamps—a covering flame—to clothe the VIRGIN WOMAN, who should be impregnated with the birth of the Most Holy Seed of God.

    Then I queried: Who shall this woman be? It was said: Her name is known and written in one that is to be of a perfect heart—meet for high and heavenly converse—and so, thereby, to contract a sun-shine body of light, crystalline and clear, to wing unto the heavenly sphere, which is the habitation for spirits of light.

    This woman, certified of by John in the Revelations, has not had its fulfilling prophecy to this day; therefore, yet to come.

    The birth of Jesus was great and marvellous; but this shall far excel it, because it will be of such high extracted quality, as no terrestrial can or shall see its God-like form. But its going forth may be felt, and understood by its effects, to be indeed the birth of the Holy Ghost.

    From Sixty Propositions to the Philadelphian Society

    There shall be a total and full redemption by Christ.

    This is a hidden mystery, not to be understood without the revelation of the Holy Spirit.

    The Holy Spirit is at hand to reveal the same unto all holy seekers and loving inquirers.

    Wherefore, as the Spirit of God shall open seal after seal, so shall this redemption come to be revealed—both particularly and universally.

    In this gradual opening… doth consist the unsearchable wisdom of God; which may continually reveal new and fresh things to the worthy searchers.

    The ark of the testimony in heaven shall be opened… and the living testimony which is therein contained shall be unsealed.

    The presence of this divine ark will constitute the Philadelphian Church.

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