continued his cry unto the lord saying I ask thee O lord in the name of thy only begotten that thou wilt have mer[c]y upon Noah & his seed that the Earth might never more be coverd by the flods floods & the Lord could not withhold & he coveenanted with Noah that he would call upon the children of Noah & swore unto him with an oath that he would stay the floods that he would call upon the children of Noah & he sent forth an unalterable decree that a remnant of his seed should always be found among all Nations while the Earth should stand & the & the Lord said blessed is him through whose seed the Masiah should come for he saith I am Masiah the King of Zion the rock of heaven which is broad as eternity & whoso comeith cometh in at the gate & climbeth up by me shall never fall wherefore blessed are they of which I have spoken for they shall come forth with songs of everlasti[ng] joy | & it came to pass that Enoch cried unto the lord saying when the son of man cometh shall in the flesh shall the Earth rest I pray thee shew me these things & the lord said unto Enoch look & he looked & beheld the son of man lifted upon the cross after the maner of men & he heard a loud voice & the heavens were vailed & all the Creation of God mourned & the Earth groaned & the rocks were rent & the saints arose & was crowned at the right hand of the Son of man with Crowns of glory & as many of the spirits as were in Prison came forth & stood on the right hand of God & the remainder was reserved in chains of darkness until the Judgement of the great day]- & again Enoch wept & cried unto the Lord again saying when shall the Earth rest & Enoch beheld the Son of man assend up unto the father & he called unto Lord sa[y]ing wilt thou not come again upon the Earth for in as much as thou art god & I know thee & thou hast sworn unto me & thou hast commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine only begotten thou hast made me & given unto me a right to thy throne & not of myself but through thine own grace wherefor I ask thee if thou wilt not <​come​> again on the Earth & the Lord said unto Enoch as I live even so will I come in the last days in the days of wickedness & vengence to fulfill the oath which I have made unto you concerning the Children of Noah & the day shall come that the Earth shall rest but before that day the Heavens shall be darkened & a vail of darkness shall cover the Earth & the heavens shall shake & also the earth & great tribulation shall be among the children of men but my People will I preserve & righteousness will I send down from heaven truth will I send forth out of the earth to bear testimony of mine only begotten his resurrection from the dead yea & also the resurrection of all men & righteousness & truth will I cause to sweep the Earth as with the flood to gather out mine own elect from the four quarters of the earth unto a place which I shall prepare an holy city that my people may gird up their loins & be looking forth for the time of my comeing for there shall be my tabernacle & it shall be called Zion & new Jerusalem & the Lord said unto Enoch then shalt thou & all thy City meet them there & we will receive them into our bosom & they shall see us & we will fall upon their necks & they shall fall upon our necks & we will kiss each other & there shall be mine abode & it shall be Zion which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made & for the space of a thousand years shall the earth rest & it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the son of man in the last days to dwell upon the earth in [p. 15]