9. This I seemed to hear Him say, and to see
Him do, and besides, to hear Him shouting to His people, which once
were few and scattered and miserable, and have now become many, and
compact enough and enviable, Go through Go
through, etc. This passage refers to the restoration of
the churches to the orthodox by Theodosius, Jan. 10, a.d. 381. My
gates Isai. lxii. 10. and be ye enlarged. Must you always be
in trouble and dwell in tents, while those who vex you rejoice
exceedingly? And to the presiding Angels, for I believe, as John
teaches me in his Revelation, that each Church has its
guardian, Rev. ii. 1. Prepare ye the way
of My people, and cast away the stones from the way, Isai. lxii. 10. that there may be no stumblingblock or
hindrance for the people Ib. lvii.
14. in the divine road
and entrance, now, to the temples made with hands, Acts vii. 48. but soon after, to Jerusalem above, Gal. iv. 26. and the Holy of holies there, Heb. ix. 3, 24. which will, I know, be the end of suffering
and struggle to those who here bravely travel on the way. Among
whom are ye also called to be Saints, Rom. i. 6. a
people of possession, a royal priesthood, 1 Pet. ii. 9.
the most excellent portion of the Lord, a whole river from a drop, a
heavenly lamp from a spark, a tree from a grain of mustard
seed, S. Matt. xiii. 21. on which the birds come and
lodge.