THe Deliverer is come , let all that mourn wait for him , and let all lamps be truly trimmed , and let all stand so prepared as that he may be known in his coming , and be received and followed into the kingdome , for they that slumber are in danger to misse him , and they that are hasty cannot finde him , & on these hands the kingdome is lost : therefore thou that mourns for him , and waits to be delivered by him , keep thou in the faith , and in the patience stand thou still , and joyn not with the carelesse , or with the forward spirits , but be quiet in thy place , and keep thy eye in that which lets thee see thou wants him , and the necessity to be delivered by him , and there thou standing still in the watchfulnesse , he will come in an hour that thou knowest not of , for there is not a groan that rises from the innocent in thee , but he hath great regard unto it , and his compassion breaks in the same hour , but for the time of deliverance thou art to wait , because that hour no man must know : therefore let all be still , and eye the Lord , for his hand is at work , and they that keep their own hands quiet , will know his work to prosper , and in the stillnesse will feel his faithfulnesse to his own begotten , for where doth the Father leave or forsake his own child , and in what place is it beset , and he helps it not ; and where is it in bondage , and he delivers it not : if the faith be kept , and the patience continued in , he fails not in his work until he hath performed the counsel of his own will , for in his will the babe is begotten , and in his will in due time it is born , and none can adde unto his work ; and therefore all are to be still and quiet in the light , and therein watch and wait for his own hour , so will he draw nigh unto thee that mourns for him , and with his arms of mercy he will embrace thee , and take thee up , and heal thee , and carry thee forth of the land of thy captivity , then shalt thou return with ioy indeed , when thou art inclosed in the arms of thy beloved , and this is his own hour which none can know until he come , and in this hour he binds up the broken-hearted , and saith to the weak , I am thy strength ; and to the poor , I am thy helper ; and to the mourner , I am thy comforter ; and to the captive , I am thy deliverer ; this is my hour , and I am come to set the free , thou hast patiently waited , and hast not grudged ; thou hast been still , and hast not repined ; and in thy lowest state my arm hath reached to thee , and in all thy distresses I have drawn nigh to succour thee : but this is the hour in which I am come to deliver thee . O thou patient mourner , this is the voice of thy beloved , hearken not unto another , for his word is sure , and all his promises faithful , and behold he speaks comfortably to thee , and brings thee joyful tydings of deliverance : turn not th● face from him as if he was a stranger , for it is he , and it is his hour , he hath seen thy travail since the day he begat thee , and in all thy afflictions he hath been af●icted with thee , and he hath not delayed his coming though thou hast thought him long , and in the depth of thy misery hast secretly cried , why doth he not make hast to help me , and why are my afflictions so continued upon me , hath he not in that hour been near unto thee , and hath he not in that time been thy comforter , and hath he not secretly relieved thee , though thou hast not known it , and here he hath been thy support , that thou might not faint untill his own hour came to deliver thee . O that any who have been visited should misse of this hour , either by carelesnesse or forwardnesse ; for that which saith he delayes his coming that is the carelesse spirit , and that which saith , Behold he cometh , let us go forth to meet him , ( mark ) let us go forth that is the hasty forward spirit , it leads forth of the faith , forth of the patience , forth of the stayednesse , forth of the contentednesse , and so from waiting in the pure and perfect measure of light which cometh from him , and in which he cometh in his hour , and neither of these births are delivered in a right hour , but are both born out of due time , and the carelesse proves heavy and dies , and the forward proves a vapour , which in its rise was something , but suddenly mounts into the air , and after a while is no more seen ; but the still quiet babe that waits in the true patience , it is safely delivered in the time appointed , and in the hour determined , and though it hath been long bruised , yet it hath patiently endured , and though it hath long sitten mourning , yet it hath been contented , and in the deepest of its misery , it hath fled for refuge to the throne of mercy , and hath not been without some secret faith and hope in God , yea in the very time when it could not see which way any relief should come , yet it hath breathed unto the Father , and hath put its whole trust and confidence in him , and so by a dependancie upon the life of its generation , it hath lien under the arm of preservation , it hath not said he delayes his coming , and I am weary of waiting , neither hath it said , behold he cometh , I will go forth to meet him , but here I lye bruised , and my mourning is not hid from him , and here I will wait for the hour of his coming , I have no strength to move untill he come and help me ; and therefore he must find me where I am , and do all for me that is to be done , or here I must lye and mourn out my days . I dare not slumber least I should misse his coming , nor I dare not go forth to meet him , least I should not find him , but here will I sit and wait for his own hour . O thou babe of tendernesse , that watchest for thy beloved with diligence , thou art the object of the Fathers pity , and he is not forgetfull of thee , neither indeed can he , for thou art his natural child , a babe of his own begetting , and in thy travail he is with thee , and in all thy distresses he comforts thee , and in thy deep afflictions he is a support unto thee ; thou art the bruised , and he is come to heal thee ; the mourner , and he is come to comfort thee ; the captive , and he is come to deliver thee ; this is his hour , though the powers of darknesse be strong , Oh thou innocent babe , thou art deeper in feeling then words can expresse , there is none knows thy travail but who are of the same life with thee , neither can any eye truly pity thee but the eye which only hath compassion on thee , thou art the babe which in all thy afflictions lives by faith , and though thou hast not deliverance in thy view , yet through thy faith thou art stayed in him that loves thee , and in his strength thou standest in the time of thy adversity , and he in all things worketh for thee because thou art nothing in thy self , and whereever thou art his power defends thee , and in thy poverty his pleasure and delight is in thee , for his covenant stands sure with thee for ever . Oh thou glorious birth of immortality , thou art well-beloved and highly favoured of God , yea in the womb he loves thee and favours thee , and from the day of his deliverance , and the hour of thy birth he delights to honour thee , for out of all earthly families he hath chosen thee , and from all false births he separates thee , and the Gentiles glory he will give unto thee , and the high places of the earth he will make thy foot-stool , the glory of thy rising vanish●th the night , the appearance of thy beauty makes a perfect day , all clouds scatter before thee , and all earthly fogs and mists clears up at thy presence , the lights of heaven withdraws at thy rising , for the lustre of thy brightnesse excells all borrowed lights , and thou swallowest them up into thy glorious body , and with the splendour of thy own breakings forth thou covers them as if they were not ; there is no mixture in thee , no dross nor tin cleavs unto thee , for the furnace hath separated all earthly matter from thee , that thy life may shine forth in perfect purity , and thou alone may rule the day which belongs unto thee ; Oh thou art the precious Jewel in which is unity , none can be bound up but in thee , none can inherit the Kingdome besides thee , for the Father hath prepared it only for thee , & there thou must dwell alone , & not be numbred with transgressours any more , thy glory goes over the earth , and thy renown ascends above the Heavens , and both earth and Heaven must give up unto thee , for thou art the Son , and all must worship thee , all below thee is earthly , all above thee is airy , but in thy life is perfect temperance , and everlasting substance , and there is nothing endures or remains besides thee , all the Virgins are in love with thee , the sweet savour of thy ointment draws them after thee , and they cannot deny thee , nor forsake thee , but where ever thou goest they are constrained to follow thee , and in thy love they rejoice in union with thee , and sings thy praise in the heavenly harmony .

Oh Sion ! put on thy strength , and cast thy mourning garments from thee , for the most high Remembers thee in everlasting mercy , he hath seen the time of thy widowhood , and the dayes of thy long captivity , he hath beheld thy solitary places , and the years of thy great adversity , and now he is drawing nigh to work deliverance for thee , and to gather thee out of all places , where thou hast been scattered , and from amongst all strangers by whom thou hast been oppressed , and to advance thy holy hill over all the earthly glory , that he alone may dwell in thee and delight himself in thy lovely beauty , therefore let thy mourning be turned into joy , and thy sorrow into songs of praises , for thy deliverer is come , and he smiles upon thee with a lovely countenance , and the praise of the whole earth shalt thou be , saith the Lord , who doth all these things .