Liber Resurrectionis (Prague and Trebona), part 8 of 9

J. D. E. K. J. D. J. K.

WEE four (whose heads appeared under one Chrystalline Crown, and in one pillar united and enclosed) do most […] and heartily thank thee (O Almigh y God, our Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier) for all thy mercies and benefits […] received in our own persons, and in them that appertain unto us: And at this present do faithfully and sincerely confess and acknowledge, that thy profound wisdom in this most new and strange Doctrine (among Christians) propounded, commended and enjoyned unto us four onely, is above our humane Reason, and our Catholick Christian Profession to like of: for that, in outward shew of words, it seemeth to us expresly to be contrary to the purity and […] which of us and all Christians (thy followers) is exactly required. No withstanding, we will for thy sake herein captivate and tread under foot all our humane timerous doubting of any inconvenience which shall or may fall upon us, or follow us (in this world, or in the world to come) in respect, or by reason of our embracing of this Doctrine, listned unto of us, as delivered from thee, our true and living God, the Creator of heaven and earth, who onely hast the true original power and authority of sins releasing and discharging; and whose pardoning, or not imputing of sin […] us, through our lively faith in the most worthy Merit and precious Blood of thy Lamb immaculate, shed for us, is and shall be our Justification and Salvation. We therefore, (according to blessed Raphael his counsel lately given) most humbly and sincerely require thy divine Majesty to accept this our Covenant with thee (to the intent that all thy merciful and gracious promises made unto us four, and any of us, may be to us performed: and also that thy divine purposes in us, and by us, may be furthered, advanced and fulfilled) That as we acknowledge thy divine wisdom and grace opened unto us in this thy last mystical Admonishment of universal unity to be between us: And dost most instantly and earnestly will us to accept and use the same, as both mystically most needful, and also lawful and just with thee: (which Admonishment standeth upon two parts; that is to wit, upon true and consummate Christian Charity between us four unviolably to be kept. And also upon the New Matrimonial-like licence and liberty indifferently amongst us four to be used:) So we the same four above-named (which hereunto will also subscribe our Names) do this day Covenant with thy Divine Majesty (besides all other respects, chiefly upon the two principal intents and respects before here rehersed) truly and unfeignedly to accept and perform henceforward amongst us four (in word, thought and deed, to the uttermost and best of our power) a perfect unity, and with incomparable true love and good Christian Charity, friendship, imparting and communicating each unto other, all and whatsoever we have or shall have hereafter during our lives. And as for the Matrimonial-like licence, we accept and allow of it: And promise unto thee (O our God, the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth) to fulfil the same in such […] the go […] are permitted to fulfil, and have been (by divers testimonies) commended for, and by divine Doctrine willed to fulfil in Matrimonial-like conversation, whensoever thy […] and allurements Matrimonial-like shall draw and perswade any couple of us thereunto: Beseeching thee, as thou art the onely, true Almighty and everlasting God, Creator of heaven and earth, Thou wilt in thy infinite mercies not impute it unto us for sin, blindness, rashness or presumption; being not accepted, done or performed of us upon carnal lust, or wanton concupiscence, but by the way of Abraham-like faith and obedience unto thee our God, our Leader, Teacher, Protector and Justifier, now and for ever. And hereunto we most humbly and faithfully require thy Divine Majesty to be our witness: And moreover we call thy holy Angels, and to bear record for thy honour and glory, and for our discharge, now and for ever. And for a further consummation of this New Covenant on our behalf, (by thy will and permission) made with thee (the God of heaven and earth) we the same four first notified, and particularly and vùlgarly named John Dee, Edward Kelley, Jane Dee, and Jone Kelley, have faithfully, obediently, willingly and wittingly subscribed our Names with our own hands day of May, Anno 1587. In Trebon Castle.

And finally, as thou hast warned us (O God) that this doctrine and doings should unto no mortal man else be disclosed, but among us onely the above-named four to be kept most secret: and hast said, that whosoever of us should by any means disclose the same, and he also or she to whom the same should be disclosed, should presently and immediately be strucken dead by thy Divine power: So we all and every of us four do request thee most earnestly, and Covenant with thee as our God, that so all this doctrine and doing may be kept most hid and secret; and also that the sudden and immediate bodily death may light and fall on the discloser, and on him or her to whom the same doctrine or doing any manner of way shall be disclosed or known. Amen, Amen, Amen.

JOHN DEE.

Note and remember, That on Sunday the third of May, Ann. 1587. (by the new account) I John Dee, Edward Kelley, and our two wives, covenanted with God, and subscribed the same, for indissoluble and inviolable unities, charity and friendship keeping between us four, and all things between us to be common, as God by sundry means willed us to do. Ad Dei honorem, laudem & gloriam in fide & obedientia Factum esto.

Amen.

1587. Trebonae, in the fine Chappel.

Δ. THe foresaid Covenant being framed by me John Dee, as near as I could according to the intent and faith of us required, to be notified and declared by the works of unity both spiritual and corporal. Now it was by the women as by our selves thought necessary to understand the will of God and his good pleasure, Whether this Covenant and form of words performed, is and will be acceptable, and according to the well liking of his Divine Majesty: And that hereupon, the act of corporal knowledge being performed on both our parts, It will please his Divine Majesty to seal and warrant unto us most certainly and speedily all his Divine, Merciful and bountiful Promises and Blessings; and also promises us wisdome, knowledge, ability and power to execute his justice, and declare and demonstrate his infallible verity amongst men, to his honour and glory.

Hereupon E.K. and I went to the Chappel to the South Table. Δ. To this intent I prayed to the Almighty God, Creator of heaven and earth, fatherly, favourably and mercifully to regard the singleness and straits of my heart, desiring him to encrease the faith, and to open the eyes of my heart, that I may see Opera digitorum & mirabilia ejus, nobis sicuti necessaria, for his service and glory, and for the confusion and overthrow of his enemies. Amen.

I read over the Covenant (verbatim) before the Divine Majesty, and his holy Angels.

Pausa ¼ horae.

E. K. Here appeareth Madimi.

As a thing like a head with three eyes cometh upon her head, and one of the eyes seem to come one into another.

Mad...... Pepigistis.

Δ. Pepigimus.

Ratum est: perumpite sunt vobis omnia communia.

Dei, non hominis estote: Promissa quae sunt, possidete: Vobis destinata, vera sunt: AEternus sum.

E. K. She is gone.

E.K. My thought an infinite number of spiritual Creatures stood afar off behinde her like as in an half Moon.

Δ. Illi qui AEternus est Omnipotens, Sapiens, Bonus, Verus, Misericors, & rerum omnium Creator, Redemptor noster & Illuminator omnium (lumine vero Collustratoru) Sit omnis gratiarum actio, laus, benedictio, honor & gloria: Nunc & in sempiterna saeculorum saecula.

Amen.

1587. Trebonae.

PReces ad Dominum Creatorem Cali & terrae, &c. Then as concerning the Covenant which was made subscribed and delivered in, but the next day required again of Mr. E.K. and in his wifes name to put out his name, &c. But when he had it, he cut it into equal parts; keeping that half wherein his subscription and his wifes were, and delivered unto me, the other half but after a few dayes desired to have the sight and reading of both together; and then he kept the other part from me also: But afterward Madimi did with her finger draw on the two papers make them whole again, &c. and then she gave the print of my Characters, and said a red Circle should alwayes appear in the Stone to all mens sight, &c.

E. K. There is here a great Globe of fire hanging in the top of the Stone; and in the Globe a man standing with a purple Robe like Christ, I cannot well perceive his face.

..... Who sitteth upon the Cherubins, and is carried abroad with their wings: Who is he that is lifted up in thunders, and in the voyce of many waters exalted and magnified through the power of a Seraphin (which is the power of him that made him?) Who is he that stretcheth out his arms and imbraceth all things? Who is he that is not, and is? Who is he that numbreth the Stars as the letters of a V lumne? or entreth down into the waves? In the multitude of his wonders who is he that maketh his Whelps there, where the Sea glideth, and keepeth them in Chains, till the day of his stretch-forth power come? Who is he that maketh his habitation in the Sun, or filleth the Moon with a perpetual River? Who is he that hath made Winter and Summer, times and seasons? Who is he that is the Lord of all beasts and fowls? Who is he that hath made you of nothing? even he it is that hath led you out, even he it is that hath carried you to the Seas even he it is, that hath kept you sleeping, and preserved you waking: Even he it is that hath […] his thunders underneath your and hath harnished you.

With the […] of […] against the people of Ethan, yea even he it is (I say) that is, and liveth for ever, and hath provided you as the chiefest reapers, yea and over-seers of his harvest, which hath made you a promise: That the Kings of the earth shall be inriched by you, and hath made you free from all men, against the day when you shall see me. But O you of little faith and understanding, O, I say, you of little faith and understanding, how long will you be your own masters, nay your own servants, how long do you contemn, the profound and unspeakable floods of my wisdome, and fore-knowledge in you.

How long (I say) will you run after your own imaginations and contemn the present counsels which I give you, hindring the power that is ready to fall upon you, O […] of little faith and understanding.

Behold I have prepared a banket for you, and have brought you even unto the doors; but because you smell not the feast you disdain to enter, happy is he that entreth in through me: For I am the very gate to all felicity and joy, and without me is nothing: Are you more discreet then I am wise? or more honest than I am holy? Righteousness, and righteousness is that, which is rewarded with honour. Behold I made all things, Is it not contrary to Nature, that the lights of heaven should stand: Why therefore at the prayer of the Carpter call you upon the Sun in my name; Calling (I say) upon my name did the Sun stand still. Rebuke him therefore if he hath done amiss; or teach him, why he so abused Nature, O you wretches, I say unto you, you are the last of the beginning of the times to come, so figured by my determination and eternal purpose: And behold the Son and Moon shall stand still, even at your voyces, and the Mountains shall bring themselves together before the face of man, at your commandement, that the people and Kings of the earth may say, Lo this is the finger of him that hath created all things.

Be therefore obedient and full of faith.

And see that all things be one amongst you, and cleave not asunder, lest I take vengeance upon you, for behold Sathan hath power to cast you asunder, but a little he shouldbe faithful therefore, and provident, be watchful, and take heed for you have made a Covenant; and behold it is written before my face in heaven, even as whatsoever I have spoken unto you, is laid up in my treasures. Take heed that you run neither to the right hand, neither to the left; but that you cast away your selves for me: As I humbled my self to death, wherein the unity between my Congregation and me, was before my Father perpetually sealed, whereby I am alwayes present with such as put their trust in me. Even so as the East and the West, the North, and the South, Esau and Jacob, shall be gathered together through the power I will give you, and united for ever in the Kingdome of my Father which is to come, in one holy and eternal fellowship, so be you contented also to be the figures of the things that are to come by you, that it may be a perpetual testimony before the heavens, and before men, of your perfect and sound faith: And thou, even thou that hast tore in peeces even this morning again this Covenant which thou hast made with me, Behold the time shall come that thou shalt be torn in peeces thy self, and I will turn even my face away from thee for a time: And even as thou hast obstinately and ignorantly, blasphemed the company of my holy messagers, even so shall the people of the earth obstinately and ignorantly throw thee out from Town to Town: And even as thou hast done unto me, even so shall men do unto thee. But because thy minde was inwardly never to forsake me, even so shalt thou never be forsaken of me, but I will return again unto thee. And now behold, thou hast made a bargain, and behold thou thinkest to take thee up a new dwelling place, and thou shalt not do so: But who so receiveth thee into his house shall as truly as I am, both he and his family fink down into the very lake of hell. But before thou enter in, I will by dreams and visions warn him; therefore run not abroad: Take heed of the Tempter, Thou made a Covenant with me, which thou canst not in breaking of the papers put out; for my register is eternal: And those that bear witness before me are the compass of my wings.

And lo behold Carpio hath for his former intent of separating you, cut off the day of his Father, and is become fatherless: Behold even shortly shall his mother perish also.

And, if hereafter, he attempt any farther, I will throw the vengeance of Justice upon him, that he shall be a laughing stock to the people amongst which he was born: Wo be unto them that riseth up against me.

..... After a while I come again.

E. K: I thought we should have nothing else, but

Δ. I read this over to E.K.

E. K. He is here again.

He that pawneth his soul for me, loseth it not, and he that dyeth for me, dieth to eternal life. Behold you shall both as Lambs be brought forth before men in your latter dayes, and shall be overthrown and slain, and your bodies tossed to and fro: But I will revive you again, and will be full of power: And you shall be comforted with the joyes of your brethren, for I have many that secretly serve me, and when you have shewed your obedience, the second day after, come here again before me; for I will lead you into the way of Knowledge and Vnderstanding: And Judgement and Wisdome shall be upon you, and shall be restored unto you: And you shall grow every day, wise and mighty in mee.

This was said because I had pawned my soul, upon my avouching the spiritual creatures which have dealt with us, to be of God and good: which my bargain E. K. had by word & writing, disdainfully charged, and of late threatned mewithall. The secret servants for God. Sapientia & potentia in Deo.

E. K. He is gone: and in going he made a Cross (toward us) of blessing.

Rerum omni Creatori Omnipotenti, Misericordi & Justo, Domino nostro & Deo nostro, sit omnis laus, honor, gloria, gratiarum actio & Jubilatio: Nunc & in sempiterna saeculorum saecula. Amen.

I can, and by our two Consents, and at the request of Jane Δ... unto the women. And Mr. E.K. hereupon said to his wife, That his boots were now put off, and changed his purpose of going away with Carpio now. God confirm his minde in all good purposes according to the well-pleasing of the Highest. Amen.

..... Δ..... As I, and E.K. walked out at the new stairs, into the new Orchardward along the little River to view the small fish, and returning to the fore stairs again, E.K. saw twain as high as my son Arthur fighting by the River side with swords; and the one said to the other, thou hast beguiled me: Then I at length, said unto them, Can I take up the matter between you? one said yea that you can: in what is it quoth I? Then said he, I sent a thing to thy wife by my man, and this fellow hath taken it from him. They fought fore, and at length, he that had it was wounded in the thigh, and it seemed to bleed. Afterward he that was wounded, did bring a yellow square thing out of his bosome; then I guessed it to be my Stone that was taken away. The other said unto him, let it be carried, suddenly he seemed to have been out of sight, and to be come again; he threatned the other that had wounded him, and said he would be even with him. The other said, Hast thou laid it under the right pillow of the bed where his wife lay yesternight.

At length they both went (one after another) into a little Willow tree body on the right hand next the new stairs into the garden; the tree seemed to cleave, or open, and they to go in.

Hereupon we went away: And I coming to my Chamber, found my wife lying upon her bed (where I lay yesternight) and there I lifted up the right pillow, upon which she lay resting herself (being not well at ease) And in manner under her shoulders there I found my precious Stone, that was taken away by Madimi: Whereat E. K. greatly wondred, doubting the verity of the shew. But I and my wife rejoyced, tkanking God.