The Third Birth

By Jane Leade, a 17th century prophetess

There are THREE BIRTHS of the Spirit, each one greater than the previous birth...the THIRD BIRTH, which alone is appropriated to the entire Spiritual Triune God; who as in ONE will swallow up every lower degree that must now go forward in you, in order to attain this superior BIRTH.

This Birth can only be born from out of those who ascend to Mount Zion as the proper region in which the pure Virgin can travail...Oh! It is so high, great and foremost in importance, that outside this holy climate it cannot be manifested. Therefore, consider what holy separate and sequestered spirits (set apart from others)you must be if you hope to attain this THIRD BIRTH, and to which you must give yourselves unto!

Faint no, but stick close unto that which will be as a munition of rocks to you for strength, Light and Counsel, until you are brought to this last Birth of Glory, and your Jesus appears therein. Therefore, are you to set forward, and be as those that are dead, and yet alive. Then may you expect the breaking forth of this High and Great manifestation of GOD THE HOLY GHOST. He will indeed reign Omnipotently over all that has lain under the fall. NO SONG OF FULL REDEMPTION CAN BE SUNG UNTIL this Kingdom of the Lamb and Bride do mutually meet.

The GREAT AND LAST BIRTHDAY of the Spirit is drawing near. (the 90% of the 10% earnest which we received in Pentecost)....the barren SARAH shall again bear from the youthful nature of the Virgin...for the Triune God to consummate all by this one passing act of SPIRITUAL GENERATION. This is that which must bring the cure upon the mortal wound, as this whole Triune Birth is born in each one...

Man has not yet known that last Celestial Baptism of the HOLY GHOST. This is the Breath of Power, a flame of purity and clarified Earth, through which golden streams do run within every vein to make up a Transparent Body that may be worthy to become the vehicle of the Holy Triune God. HERE IS THE BIRTH THAT HAS NOT YET COME INTO THE WORLD. There has needed to be the VIRGIN WOMAN clothed with the Sun to bring it forth, who must be drawn aside from everthing, and kept up only for this travailing work. She has an appointed daily portion from the HIGH FATHER of this Birth, sent for the nourishing of this which is so highly compacted (joined) of the Threefold Seed of Deity, so that NO DEFECT OR SHORTNESS OF POWER AND DISABILITY may be manifested, and WHICH HAS BEEN THE COMPLAINT IN THE PAST. When the Triune God agrees as ONE to pass through the Virgin Mind, THEN shall these walk as full victors ove the Sea of Glass.."

from Fountain of Gardens