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What’s
New 1/28/12 E-Reader format (MOBI, AZW, etc.) now available for The SDV version of Jane Lead’s writings—free of charge. To request please email diane@janelead.org. 12/8/11 Added Resource link to Jacob Boehme texts at Internet Archive. 11/15/11 Added Q&A for November 2011. 10/24/11 Added a Question and Answer section to this website. Your comments and questions regarding Jane Lead and her teachings are welcome. 8/30/11 Uploaded to Scribd.com a digitized copy of the 1683 book by John Pordage, Theologia Mystica. Also uploaded originals of Jane Lead’s Ark of Faith, Signs of the Times, and the Third Message to the Philadelphian Society. 6/24/11 Added SDV version of The Ark of Faith, [Full title: The Ark of Faith: or A supplement to the Tree of Faith, &c. for the Further Confirmation of the same. Together with A Discovery of the New World.] 6/19/11 Added SDV version of The Signs of the Times, a continuation of the treatment found in Ascent to the Mount of Vision concerning the coming of the Kingdom of Christ, with various signs to watch for. [Full title: The Signs of the Times, Forerunning the Kingdom of Christ, and Evidencing When It Is Come.] 2/17/11 Added
the SDV version of The Revelation of
Revelations (1701 Edition). Jane Lead’s own revision of her
mystical commentary on the Book of Revelation that was originally published
in 1683. This version is especially
important because it features many corrections to the 1683 version, including
misspellings, transcription errors, and archaic language. She added new
material to those sections where she felt it necessary to clarify what she
wrote in the original. It also includes a Preface by the author, and an
Appendix in which she answers 16 questions presented to her, and 40
Propositions that she wrote to assist her readers toward understanding
this mystical commentary. In this first edit, I have broken down the larger paragraphs, and then numbered them all. Archaic language has been updated through Chapter 16, and I hope to finish the remaining chapters very soon. Check back to make sure you have the latest revision. 2/11/11 Revised A Fountain of Gardens, Vol. 1, to include all in one PDF file. 11/6/10 Revised The Eight Worlds, with paragraphs renumbered after 2:13. Also corrected publication year to 1695. 9/24/10 Revised Everlasting Gospel to correct paragraph reference #24c. Reads “Glory 24c.” Corrected to “EG 24c.” 7/8/10 Added
an Appendix to the Glory
of Sharon, which is a personal testimony of the resurrection-state, given
by an acquaintance of Jane Lead, and included in the publication of The
Wars of David and the Peaceable Reign of Solomon. 7/7/10 Added
The
Glory of Sharon (SDV), which is Part 2 of Jane’s treatise titled, The
Wars of David, and the Peaceable Reign of Solomon. [Full title: The Glory of Sharon in the Renovation of Nature, introducing
the Blessed Kingdom of Christ in the Sealed Number of the Firstfruits,
Being the Hundred and Forty Four Thousand Priestly Virgins of the Israel of
God, Standing with Him Upon Mount Sion.] 10/26/09 Added
The Everlasting Gospel
(SDV). Jane expands on the subjection of full restitution of man.
The Everlasting Gospel is one of love, peace and good will toward all. She
informs us that this full restitution includes the fallen angels, yes, and
even Lucifer himself. Jane also responds to several objections made
concerning to this Gospel of Love. [Full title: A Revelation of the
Everlasting Gospel-Message, Which shall never cease to be Preached, Till the Hour of Christ’s Eternal
Judgment Shall Come: Whereby will be Proclaimed the Last-Love Jubilee, in
order to the Restitution of the Whole Lapsed Creation, Whether Human or
Angelical. When by the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant, All Prisoners shall be set free.] 10/6/09 Added An Alarm to the Lamb's Holy Warriors (SDV), which is Part One of Jane’s treatise titled The Wars of David and the Peaceable Reign of Solomon. [Full title: An Alarm to the Lamb’s Holy Warriors, to fight His battles, in the power and might of that Spirit, that shall go on conquering and to conquer, till the Peaceable Reign of Christ shall take place, and be established on the earth.] 9/23/09 Added full text of Jacob Boehme’s The Aurora in printable PDF format. (1.5M) This is his first work, and is by many considered to be his most important one. He addresses the creation of the world, the creation of man and angels, origin of sin, and the fall of man and angels. [Full title: Aurora, that is, the Day Spring, or, Dawning of the Day in the Orient, or, Morning Redness in the Rising of the Sun, That is the Root or Mother of Philosophy, Astrology, and Theology.] 8/25/09 Added
A Revelation of Revelations 1701 Edition, the
17th Century Version of Jane Lead’s own revision of her
mystical commentary on the Book of Revelation that she originally published
in 1683. This version is especially
important because it features many corrections to the 1683 version, including
misspellings, transcription errors, and archaic language. She added new
material to those sections where she felt it necessary to clarify what she
wrote in the original. It also includes a Preface by the author, and an
Appendix in which she answers 16 questions presented to her, and 40
Propositions that she wrote to assist her readers toward understanding
this mystical commentary. Presented here in the 17CV but will soon be updated
to the SDV. (As of 2/17/11, this is now available in
the Spirit’s Day Version. See link above.) 8/2/09 Updated Homepage to include brief information about Jane Lead, about this website, about the Spirit’s Day Version, and about how I converted these manuscripts to text for publication on this site. 5/28/09 Added The Enochian Walks with God (SDV). Jane addresses the preparation and qualification for the Enochian life, the various stages of rest, and the soul’s ultimate arrival to the City of God. Other important topics include: the communication between the saints above and the saints below; the manner of Christ’s appearing; how sin came in; and the ultimate reconciliation of all, including the fallen angels. 4/20/09 Added The Ascent to the Mount of Vision (SDV), an enlargement on the Heavenly Realms that Jane originally presented to us in the Eight Worlds. Also contains a treatment on the First Resurrection and the Kingdom of Christ. 4/20/09 Added Preface to Theologia Mystica (SDV), a modern text version of Jane Lead’s 9-page preface to John Pordage’s spiritual treatise which was published after his death. This preface is important because it gives us a glimpse into the spiritual relationship between Mr. Pordage and Mrs. Lead, and provides some details concerning the life and death of this man who “groaned and travailed hard in himself after the Birth of Perfection.” 3/2/09 Solomon’s Porch
(SDV) A prefatory poem that appeared in Jane Lead’s spiritual diary,
A Fountain of Gardens, Vol. 1. It was signed “Onesimus”
and is believed to have been written by Richard Roach, Jane’s close spiritual
associate and member of the Philadelphian Society. Since Jane permitted it to
be included in her diary, she must have felt it was of great spiritual
importance to her readers. (Presented in its original 17th Century format). 3/2/09 Added resource
link to Inaugural
Address to the Philadelphian Society, written by Richard Roach, 1697. (Note: located halfway
down web page) 2/18/09 Added The 1679 Prophecy
(SDV), concerning the coming Kingdom of Christ. Also known as Sixty
Propositions, which was extracted from The Third Message to the
Philadelphian Society. 2/15/09 Added Resource link to John Pordage biography at Absolute Astronomy. 2/13/09 Boehme
manuscripts at Scribd.com. A link to fourteen of Boehme’s
manuscripts that are available online in text and
PDF formats. Includes The Forty Questions of the Soul, The Clavis, Mysterium Magnum, The
Three Principles of the Divine Essence, The Three-fold Life of Man, The
Aurora, etc. (Files
are large and so download works best with high-speed Internet.) 1/30/09 Added The Eight Worlds
(SDV). Full title, The Wonders of God’s Creation Manifested in
the Variety of Eight Worlds. 1/8/09 Added The First Message to the Philadelphian Society (SDV). 12/19/08 Added The Second Message to
the Philadelphian Society (SDV). 12/4/08 Updated Chronology to correct Jane’s age at death, and to insert the full title of her last work, The Resurrection of the Dead. 12/2/08 Updated Resources with Jane Lead biography at Dictionary of Literary Biography, John Pordage bio at New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, and article on the English Behemists. 11/19/08 Added Jane Lead Chronology. 11/13/08 Updated Resources to include A Word About Resources, Enotes and Prophetic Telegraph links about Jane Lead, bio links for Francis Lee, John Pordage and Jacob Boehme. 10/2/08 Added The Laws of Paradise (SDV). 10/1/08 Added The Heavenly Cloud Now Breaking (SDV). 05/11/08 Jane Lead website created, presenting the Spirit’s Day Version, which features modern language and paragraph numbering. |
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