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 from this Publication the Headers may dis~ 
 cern what is hastening upon the Land, 
 as they are daily provoking the Lord to 
 Anger, by false Doctrine, as well as the 
 crying Sins of the Nation. 
 
 nPTVVO books were lately brought to me, which 
 J[ made me shudder to read : The one, deny- 
 ing the Divinity of CHRIST; and the other, 
 from the doctrine in it, must deny the prophets ; 
 as he denies every condition held out by them, 
 and makes the Lord the author of every evil. 
 Now, if the Gospel is denied, and the Prophets 
 are denied, what have we to expect and look for, 
 but a fearful judgment hastening on. 
 
 For the good of the public I shall point out 
 their errors, that the wise may discern that such 
 doctrine as thes.„ books contain hardeneth nieri 
 in sin, by denying the promises of the LORD, 
 held out by the prophets to returning sinners on 
 the one hand, and the truth of the Gospel they 
 are denying on the other. 
 
 One I allude to is the doctrine of the Unitarians, 
 as is set forth in the review of religious Publica- 
 tions in the Evangelical Magazine for September, 
 1808. 
 
 1 The New Testament, in an improved Version, 
 upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's new 
 
 B 
 
 W. Marchant, Printer, 3, GrevLHe- Street, Holbom, 
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 Translation ; with a corrected Text, and Notes 
 Critical and Explanatory. 
 ' The introduction to this -version gives its 
 history, in narrating the means and method pur- 
 sued to its completion, by the ministers in that 
 connection, to whom it was committed. The 
 work includes all the books in one common ver- 
 sion ; but divided into two classes, the genuine 
 and the doubtful ; the latter including the Epistle 
 to the Hebrews — James — 2d of Peter — 2d and 
 3d of John — Jude, and the Book of Revelation ; 
 which are to be considered as the Apocrypha of 
 the New Testament ; and may be publicly read 
 in Christian assemblies, for the edification of the 
 people ; but not be alleged as affording alone 
 sufficient proof of any doctrine. Nor is this all : 
 — even in the books admitted as canonical, several 
 chapters, and parts of chapters, are printed in 
 Italic, as, at best, extremely doubtful. Of this 
 class we have noticed Matt. i. 17, to the end of 
 chap. ii. — Luke i. 5, to the end of chap. ii. — 
 John viii. 1 — 12; beside many verses or parts 
 of verses. — We submit it, therefore, to the better 
 judgment of the society, whether, in the next 
 edition, the apocryphal books and passages might 
 not better be wholly omitted, as it would save 
 great part of the expense of the printing, and 
 much improve the portability of the book I ! /' 
 For the readers who may not have seen the 
 Magazine, I have inserted the parts that mention 
 the chapters that are to be left out of this New 
 Testament. This society was instituted in 1791, 
 for the express purpose of opposing the doctrines 
 usually denominated orthodox, and generally 
 called The Unitarian Society. 
 
 Here we see, from this sect of people, how they 
 are fulfilling the words of the Apostles, and wish 
 to put the truth from them, and the day-light 
 from others,, that they may not see the truth 
 
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 before them. And they are fulfilling the words 
 of Peter — " false teachers among you, who shall 
 bring in damnable heresies, even denying the 
 Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves 
 swift destruction. And many shall follow their 
 pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of 
 truth shall be evil spoken of." Now these people, 
 to stifle their conscience, that the word of truth 
 may not appear as a swift witness against them, 
 are trying to put it out of their sight : and 
 that the way of truth may be evil spoken of, they 
 are endeavouring to put away the very chapters 
 that make the Gospel plain to men,- — that Jesus 
 Christ was verily the SON of GOD, as is so 
 clearly proved in these chapters they wish to put 
 out of the New Testament. But to make their 
 doubts clear they must likewise put out many of 
 the Psalms, and the 53d chap, of Isaiah, with 
 many others of the prophets, which agree with 
 the Gospel, as in a chain, joined together. But 
 such men as these, Peter said, would be in the last 
 days, and St. Jude describes them — " Clouds with- 
 out water, carried about of winds ; trees, whose 
 frjuit wi there th; without fruit, twice dead, 
 plucked up by the roots." And twice dead must 
 they appear ; first dead as to the knowledge of 
 the prophets, and the meaning of their words ; 
 secondly, dead as to the knowledge of the 
 Gospel, or any knowledge of him who loved 
 us, and gave himself for us. These are the 
 heresies that one sect of people are trying to 
 establish in this land; denying the Gospel and 
 the Prophets, worse than the Jews, for they are 
 waiting for the Messiah, whom they believe to be 
 the Son of Gocl, to come in Majesty and great 
 Glory, to bring in their Ptedemption. But these 
 men are allowing of one part of the Gospel, of our 
 Saviour's being a Prophet, but are putting out 
 the very things that prove him the Messiah 
 
spoken of by the Prophets ; so, with their doubt* 
 ful wisdom, they are endeavouring to blind the 
 eyes and darken the understanding of all those 
 that will be led by them, or listen to them. Now, 
 as these heresies are so fast increasing, as of late 
 years they have been, of various kinds; some 
 through Atheism, and some through Deism, to 
 put the whole Bible out of fdoors, sin hath 
 been increasing with a high ihand, and every 
 evil and cruelty; abounds in man, conscience seems 
 seared as with a hot iron. While they are willing to 
 embrace such doctrine, that there is no God to 
 punish the wicked, or to reward the just, we 
 must expect that sin will abound : but they will 
 find it bringeth sorrow in the end ; and the threat- 
 ened judgments that are, hastening on, they will 
 find to come upon them. Therefore, let no man 
 marvel at the visitation of the Lord, to warn 
 of what was coming upon the earth, and to 
 threaten this nation with punishment for ; their 
 crimes. The teachers qivthe 'people have been 
 threatened, as bringing cV§\yn judgments on their 
 hearers, for the wrong doctrine they are teaching 
 them. — Blind leaders of the ■ blind ; not discern- 
 ing the ditch that is before them. But as men 
 are endeavouring to put out of the Bible the 
 very prophecies that tell them their sins, I do not 
 marvel they should endeavour to put away the 
 prophecies that tell them what is hastening upon 
 them, and the reasons why this Nation groans 
 under afflictions. But they will find putting 
 away the prophecies will not put away the truth 
 of their fulfilment. From the books of the 
 Atheists, as well as the Arians and Deists, who 
 deny the Lord's interference with man ; I was 
 answered : The Lord would go on till men should 
 know there is a God that interferes with his 
 creatures, and whose eye is every where present, 
 beholding the evil and the good. And from the 
 
state that people are now come to, some denying 
 the Gospel, and others, the Bible $ I see there 
 is cause enough for the LORD'S Visitation, 
 that they may see in the end, there is a God 
 that seeth all things. And for the crimes of this 
 nation, sorrows will increase. But now let the 
 readers observe, this society, that are endeavour- 
 ing to put away the prophecies of the apostles ; 
 and what was prophecied at pay Saviour's birth, 
 began in 1791. Then, let them discern the vi- 
 sitation of the Lord, to prove the truth of the 
 gospel, and the prophets ; that the time was 
 drawing near, for the Lord is coming in Might, 
 Majesty, and Glory, to fulfil them. This follow- 
 ed in 1792, and the truth of the prophecies have 
 followed since, in the surrounding nations, to this 
 day. So that the Lord is going on to fulfil the 
 very prophecies they want to put out of the New 
 Testament, because the Revelations are now going 
 on to be fulfilled. And in like manner they will 
 find the prophecies given to me at Bristol, in 1804, 
 are now hastening on to be fulfilled. The readers 
 may expect to see in this book a new prophecy of 
 what is coming on, but that could be no pro- 
 phecy to be given at a time they are fulfilling; 
 as it would appear prophecying from judgment, 
 according to the wisdom of man. But the pro- 
 phecies given to me are not after the wisdom of 
 inen, but at a time men by wisdom could not dis- 
 cern an} 7 likeness to appear before them. And 
 the prophecies that are now hastening on to be 
 fulfilled abroad, and at home, were given to me 
 in 1804 ; and the parables are also now hastening 
 on to be fulfilled. Some that do not discern their 
 Bibles how the Lord compared an adulterous na- 
 tion, to an adulteress woman, may stumble at 
 some of the parables; but if men discern in what 
 manner they are adulterating the Word of God, 
 and what are the crimes of this nation ; and how 
 
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 greatly all the warnings hath been mocked and 
 despised, then, they will see the parables clear. 
 
 And now I give them warning they are hastening 
 on, and this, I was warned of in September last, 
 when the boasting of the nation was great, that 
 they should conquer. I was then warned that as 
 the letter sent to the clergy went on according to 
 the dates that were mentioned, and the change 
 took place for the nation, that the sign of victory 
 began to appear in the date mentioned in the let- 
 ter ; so, now, they would find the last sign men- 
 tioned in that letter, the gathering clouds would 
 hasten on ; and the other signs and parables, that 
 were afterwards published : to make it sign upon 
 sign, and warning upon warning, they would now 
 find js hastening on. These things the Lord will 
 now go on to fulfil, that men may know there is 
 a God, who spoke by tbe mouth of his prophets 
 and apostles. And the prophecies that were 
 given to me are all hastening on noxv to be ful- 
 filled. The readers must discern in 17.92, when 
 I was warned of what was coming upon the whole 
 earth, of the visitation of the Lord, from nation 
 to nation ; there was no likeness then appeared. 
 Again, in 1802, when peace was proclaimed; I 
 then pointed out, from my books, ther dreadful 
 war that was hastening on, at a time the war was 
 then over, and the judgment of men were, we 
 should have a peace for a long continuance ; and 
 so at a time since, when this nation was boasting, 
 I was warned what was said" in the books printed 
 In 1804, was now hastening on to be fulfilled. 
 And the sorrows of this nation will not cease, be- 
 fore men begin to turn unto the Lord, and own 
 the prophets and gospel true, that what our 
 Saviour said in the days of the flesh, he would 
 fulfil in the end And now the Lord hath warned 
 us, that the time is at hand. And this WARNING 
 
I give to the NATION. And they will find the 
 event of Spain will be as foretold in my fifth book 
 (called) Strange Effects of Faith, page 237, print- 
 ed in Dec. 1.801. This, I tell them, will be 
 the end to Spain before the whole is finished. 
 Now let the serious readers consider from the cry- 
 ing sins we hear of in this nation, and the abomi- 
 nable books that are published, the artful ways 
 men are contriving to make the Scriptures null and 
 void, and the word of God of no effect ; let us 
 judge for ourselves, how we can expect a happy 
 deliverance out of evil, before evil is done away, 
 that the minds of the people begin to change, 
 and discern, they have been provoking the Lord 
 to anger against them. How do we see oppres- 
 sion and cruelty now abound in the hearts of 
 men, to oppress one the other ; while the Lord is 
 forgotten by them. Others, trying to wrest the 
 Scriptures in such a manner, as to make the whol§ 
 to be forgotten. And this was foretold would 
 be, that sin and sorrow would abound, and 
 the wrong teaching of men was condemned. 
 
 And now I shall come to the other book I alluded 
 td, a sermon preached and published, August 
 11, 1808, byW. M.Smith, 
 
 Wherein he trieth to confirm his doctrine of 
 election and reprobation, leaving out all the pro* 
 mises of the Lord, spoken by the mouth of the 
 prophets. 
 
 He saith, in the 3d page of his book, "So that 
 free-will and human power, nor man's reason, 
 falsely so called, has any hand in salvation;" — 
 for " it is not of him that willeth, nor him that 
 runneth, but God that sheweth mercy:" — for 
 he saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I 
 will have mercy, and I will have compassion on 
 whom I will have compassion;" — for the Scrip- 
 ture saith unto Pharaoh, "even for this same 
 
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 purpose have I raised thee up, that I rhight shew 
 my power in thee, and that my name might he 
 declared throughout the earth. Therefore hath 
 he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom 
 he will, he hardeneth." 
 
 Now these texts of Scripture he hath brought 
 forward in a manner to blind the eyes of his hear- 
 ers, and sink many in despair; thinking they are 
 reprobated if they are not elected : all conditions 
 and promises of mercy to returning sinners are 
 left out by him, he hath brought forward the 
 words of Moses, saying the Lord will have mercy 
 on whom he will have mercv, "and I will have 
 compassion on whom I will have compassion, 5 ' 
 without shewing that the offers of mercy, 
 held out to the Jews were all on condi- 
 tions. If they obeyed the commands of the 
 Lord, every blessing was promised them. And 
 so the Lord would have mercy on them, if they 
 obeyed him. But the threatenings were pro- 
 nounced if they disobeyed ; this, we may find in 
 the 28th chap. Deuteronomy on what conditions 
 these promises and threatenings stood. The same 
 we may find in the 30th chap, all stand on con- 
 ditions; that if they sinned against the Lord, 
 they would bring on the threatened judgments, 
 pronounced against them. But then, if they re- 
 pented and turned to the Lord their God, and 
 obeyed his voice, according to the command- 
 ments that were given them ; then (Moses said) 
 the Lord their God would turn unto them, and 
 have compassion upon them. In this manner, 
 the Lord spoke by Moses, that he would have 
 mercy on them that turned unto him, and he 
 would have compassion upon them even after they 
 had provoked him to anger, if they repented, and 
 turned unto the Lord. On these conditions stand 
 the books of Moses. And he said " I call heaven 
 and earth to record this day against you, that I 
 
 
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 set before you life, and death; blessing, and 
 cursing ; therefore, choose life, that both thou and 
 thy seed may live/' 
 
 Here, Moses told them what they should 
 choose, if they expected the blessings and pro- 
 mises the Lord had made them. In this manner 
 stand the books of Moses on conditions, whether 
 the people obeyed the Lord to receive the blessing; 
 but, if they forsook him, the threatened judgments 
 were pronounced against them, and in the like 
 manner the Lord spoke by the mouth of all his 
 prophets ; his willingness to save to the utmost 
 all them that repented and turned unto him. 
 Let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the 
 unrighteous man his thoughts, and turn unto the 
 Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to 
 the Most High God, and he will abundantly 
 pardon him. But these conditions are left out 
 by Smith, who placed all evil as fixed by the Lord, 
 because of Moses saying, -the Lord hardened 
 Pharaoh's heart. Here men take Scriptures with- 
 out discerning tl^e meaning of them, or under- 
 standing why they were thus spoken. Pharaoh 
 in the beginning was a man hardened in sin, 
 cruelty, and murder ; to put to death the children 
 of Israel ; which may be seen in the 1st chap, of 
 Exodus. And when the Lord sent Moses to 
 Pharaoh, to deliver them out of his hands; 
 Pharaoh said, who is the Lord that I shall serve 
 him ? Here was the pride of his heart, to 
 speak with contempt against the Lord. Then w r e 
 have nothing to marvel, that the Lord seeing the 
 pride of his heart, and knowing he would not 
 repent, and his heart was hardened against God ; 
 that the Lord should harden on his heart, to 
 pursue the children of Israel ; that the Lord might 
 shew his wonderous power, in the manner of his 
 destruction, that the living might lay it to heart, 
 and see the power of the Lord, whom Pharaoh 
 
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 had treated with scorn and contempt. This was 
 done m mercy to mankind, that others might take 
 warning thereby ; seeing, if the heart is hardened 
 against God, to speak with contempt against all 
 his words, the Lord will harden them on to their 
 own destruction ; which might be seen in others, 
 as well as Pharaoh, that also stand on record in 
 the Scriptures. But, had they been cutoff by 
 death, as soon as their evils appeared, then they 
 could not have appeared as marks of judgment 
 for the living to lay it to heart. So, what the 
 Lord hath done in justice and mercy, to turn 
 men from the evil of their ways, is falsely turned, 
 by these preachers of election and reprobation, 
 to be the fixed decrees of the LORD ! ! that 
 they should commit evil ; because, the Lord 
 permitted them to go on in the hardness of their 
 hearts, till he shewed his judgments, visibly, upon 
 them, here upon earth. In the likeness of- 
 Pharaoh, we may see thousands going on in this 
 land, who know not the Lord ; neither do they 
 believe there is a God in power, to punish their 
 crimes; therefore, they go on hardened, until 
 divine justice overtakes them. And of this sort 
 I hear there are a set of men who meet publicly 
 to dispute against the existence of a Devil ; such 
 men cannot believe there is GOD, who created 
 man in the beginning ; in his own image, and his 
 own likeness, and pronounced him to be GOOD: 
 — for, if there Was no devil to tempt him to evil, 
 from whence came evil, sin, and iniquity, to 
 abound in man ? Will they answer, all this came 
 from God? Then, I ask such what they make of 
 their Creator, any more than Pharaoh did; to 
 say, " who is the Lord that I shall serve him," if 
 they try to prove that all evil came from him ? 
 such men must say, as Pharaoh did ; they know 
 not God, neither will they believe his words that 
 he spoke by the mouth of the prophets, any more 
 
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 than Pharoah believed the words of Moses. For, 
 in denying the existence of the devil, from whence 
 evil sprung, they must deny his working in the 
 serpent, to betray Eve, in the beginning. They 
 must deny his coming to condemn Job, when the 
 Lord justified him. And who is the rebuke of 
 the Lord's people, that is said (in Isaiah xxv,) shall 
 be taken away from off all the earth ; when the Lord 
 cometh to swallow up death in victory, and wipe 
 away tears from off all faces ; to establish his 
 kingdom in righteousness and peace? The devil 
 is spoken of as our adversary, by the mouth of 
 the prophets ; but is more particularly made 
 manifest through the Gospel, by our Saviour's 
 being tempted by him ; and casting him out of 
 the people. So, if men dispute there is no devil, 
 they must dispute as Pharaoh did ; that they will 
 not believe the prophets, or the Gospel, any more 
 than he believed Moses. But, now I warn such 
 men that Pharaoh's destruction they have to fear ; 
 though it may not come in the same maimer ; 
 because the judgments of the Lord hath been in 
 various ways, to punish those who mock and 
 despise his words. And it is his words that 
 stand on record, as a swift witness against such 
 men. And now I must be plain to tell them, they 
 would never have drawn such judgment, if the 
 devil had not got a strong influence over them, to 
 harden their hearts, and darken their understand- 
 ing; that they may tempt other men to go on in 
 sin, thinking they have nothing to fear ; and so 
 are willingly led by him. But every serious 
 thinking mind, knoweth, by experience, there is 
 a devil, who is alwavs ready to tempt them to do 
 evil : and nothing but the POWER of GOD, 
 trusting in him, will keep us from Satan's power. 
 But, if these men go on to persuade other men, 
 there is no invisible devil, I now tell them what 
 they have to fear; they will find him visible in 
 
men ; because, by such disputation, they give 
 the devil every advantage over them, and are 
 bringing destruction upon their own heads: and, 
 when it cometh upon them, they must own they 
 have been calling down divine vengeance, that 
 hath overtaken them. These things, I was shewn 
 in the beginning, would bring on judgments in 
 this land. The many errors that were amongst 
 mankind, from the Arians, and the Calvinists, 
 and other false doctrines, I was warned of. But 
 now I see they are rising high, making the Lord 
 the author of all evil. In the 2d page of Smith's 
 book, he says, "That Adam's fall, and every other 
 circumstance, came to pass, through him who 
 worke.th all things after the council of his own 
 will, and according to his good pleasure." 
 
 In this he wickedly charges God wrongfully, 
 and denies the Scriptures like the former ; not 
 discerning what the Lord spoke by the mouth of 
 his prophets. As I live, saith the Lord, I have 
 no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but 
 rather in them that repent and turn. Turn ye, 
 turn ye, why will ye die, O house of Israel ! 
 Again, the Lord saith : O that there was such a 
 heart in them as I could wish. Isaiah v. The 
 Lord saith, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men 
 of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and 
 my vineyard. What could have been done more 
 to my vineyard that I have not done in it? 
 Wherefore, when I looked that it should 
 bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild 
 grapes; when he looked for judgment, but 
 behold oppression ; for righteousness, but be- 
 hold a cry. In this manner stand the 
 Scriptures through, which our Saviour said 
 he come not to destroy, but to fulfil. And 
 our Saviour said, he come to seek and to save 
 that which was lost; and whosoever come unto 
 roe, I will in no ways cast them out. So, if we 
 
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 trace the records of the Scripture through, we 
 shall find the lov6 of God towards his creatures, 
 as a tender father towards his children. If we 
 discern from the fall of man we may see the Lord 
 did not forsake them in his anger ; but made a 
 promise in the beginning, that he would bruise 
 the head of the adversary that betrayed. And so 
 great did the love of God then appear in Christ 
 Jesus, that he would suffer for the transgression 
 of man, to destroy the adversary that betrayed 
 the woman. Here, the love of God appeared at 
 first. And when the world by sin had provo- 
 ked the Lord to anger, to bring the delude over 
 the world of sinners, he preserved Noah, that was 
 a just man. Again; how did the Lord visit his 
 people in the land of Egypt ? And how was he 
 with them in the wilderness? So, in all ages, wc 
 may discern how the Lord rose up one prophet 
 after another, promising blessings, and fulfilling 
 them, when they obeyed him : but when they 
 did evil, then the Lord punished them, that they 
 might return from the evil. So we may discern, 
 through the Scriptures, the fault was not in the 
 Lord to make them commit evil ; because he 
 tiled them every way, that they might do well ; 
 and this, every just man must see, if he will judge 
 aright, between the Lord, and his vineyard ; — ■ 
 between God, and his people. No other way can 
 he judge aright, if he do not see the mercies of 
 the Lord to his creatures, trying every way with 
 man, to turn them from the evil of their ways, 
 that they might find favour in him ; and have 
 peace, and happiness, one with the other. I 
 might fill a volume with texts of Scripture, from 
 the prophets, and through the Gospel, to prove, 
 the mercies and the goodness of the Lord ; and 
 his long suffering, and forbearance with them : 
 waiting to be gracious, if they would return. 
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 and thus they are doing to this present day. But 
 av ill men presumptiously speak like Adam in the 
 fall, who cast the blame on his Creator, and say, 
 they are God's elect ? Then let them discern, it 
 was not on Adam's words the promise was made, 
 but on Eve% who cast the blame on the ser- 
 pent, that the Lord promised to bruise his head. 
 There the promise stood in the beginning, and 
 here the promise stands in the ending, to be ful- 
 filled ; — the enmity against the serpent. But will 
 men presumptiously say they are the elect of God, 
 who are laying the blame upon the Creator, that 
 they may free the root of all evil ? Can such 
 men plead that they are the seed, that is at en- 
 mity against the devil, when they are trying to 
 prove it another way, that evil does not come from 
 the devil? Smith says, in his book, "that the 
 power of evil is destroyed, Christ having destroy- 
 ed death and him that had the power c^ death; 
 that is, the devil. When he ascended up c p high, 
 he led captivity captive ; and as the mighty con- 
 queror has vanquished all the foes of his church." 
 Now, if the power of the devil was then de- 
 stroyed, as he asserted ;t was for the elect ; how 
 came it. to pass that many of these preachers, that 
 boast of their election, write their lives, as being 
 such very wicked men, whose hearts were har- 
 dened in sin and cruelty, if it came not from 
 the devil, who had power over them to work in 
 them to commit these crimes'? then they of all 
 people upon the earth must disgrace the Lord, in 
 whom they say they are chosen, if the power of 
 the devil was then destroyed ; that he hath no 
 power to work in them to do evil. As he says, 
 "Faith, being the gift of God, is bestowed on the 
 chosen seed, through which, they are brought 
 to receive Christ, and live on him, as their all in 
 all And, from this precious grace within, gives 
 evidence without, by their works/ that from him, 
 
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 (and not from themselves) is their fruit found. 
 Now, my inquiry is; how sin come to reign in the 
 elect, that were made perfect in Christ; that he 
 had conquered all for them? Then it is his fruit, 
 and his only, must appear in them. Will this 
 man answer, the Lord knew him from the be- 
 ginning, and completed righteousness in him ; and 
 destroyed the power of the devil, that he had no 
 power to tempt him to do evil ? And will he 
 prove, from the manner of his life, that he hath 
 shewed forth the fruits of righteousness, and fol- 
 lowed the footsteps the Lord hath commanded. 
 That he is in Christ, and Christ in him, to shew 
 forth the fruits of Christ, without sin ; that Sa- 
 tan hath had no power over him ? This he mu§t 
 prove, to make his doctrine clear, that Sa- 
 tan hath had no power over the Lord's people, 
 after Christ was crucified ; that he then destroyed 
 the power of the devil over them. If Satan's 
 power was then destroyed, that he could have no 
 more power over the followers of Christ; how 
 came it to pass that his disciples were put to 
 death, if the devil had no power over men to 
 tempt them to do it? And how came the disci- 
 ples to complain of temptations within, while they 
 suffered persecution without ? This could not be, 
 if Satan's power had been then destroyed ; neither 
 did the apostles say it was then destroyed. For 
 this man hath wrested the Scriptures through. 
 The apostle Paul said to the Hebrews, ii. 14. for- 
 asmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh 
 and blood ; he also himself likewise took part of 
 the same, that, through death, he might destroy 
 him that had' the power of death; that is, the 
 devil might do a thing, is not saying it is done ; 
 but, that it will be done. For St. Paul says, the 
 mystery of iniquity doth already work, he who 
 now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the 
 way; then shall the w T icked be revealed, whom 
 
the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his 
 mouth, rind shall destroy with the brightness of 
 his coming*. So the apostle did not say the power 
 of the devil was destroyed, or would be destroyed, 
 before the Lord cometh in POWER and Great 
 Glory. 
 
 I should not have entered into arguments to 
 contend against a man so blind as Mr. Smith ; 
 but I was answered, his books hurt the minds of 
 ihany; it filled some with hardnessof heart, to think 
 the Lord had created them to do evil ; and then 
 to punish them for the evil he designed them to do ; 
 and no offers of mercy for them, if they repented ; 
 which hardened their hearts not to repent. These 
 are the errors on the one hand, which hardened 
 men in sin, while, on the other, it sunk many 
 in despair ; and filled others with presumption ; 
 thinking they were elected, and had nothing to 
 fear, do what they would. But though I was 
 ordered to bring forward the Scriptures, to shew 
 the errors of such doctrine, yet I do by no means 
 condemn the innocent. There are some, who do 
 not carry the doctrine of election to such a height, 
 as he hath done ; there are many good meti 
 amongst them, that will not be cast out for the 
 wrong judgment they may have drawn, as it is 
 placed before me from types and shadows of the 
 sealed people; which were shewn me in the begin- 
 ning, when I was warned of what was coming 
 upon the earth ; and the end of all things being 
 at hand. I was then shewn, in a dream, trees 
 standing together, whose branches joined one in 
 the other, and some fruit was fallen under them; 
 and I thought the Lord, said to me; open the 
 shells, but thou shalt not taste of the fruit ; it is 
 not good. I dreamed I opened the nuts, for they 
 were like French nuts; but were withered and 
 drv, and a black veil round them. The Lord 
 
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 s&id to me, the first fruits are fallen, they arc 
 not good ; look up and thou wilt see berries, and 
 Vhen they are ripe they will be good. I looked 
 up, and saw berries, like the berries of potatoes* 
 
 Another dream I was shewn in 1796. I dreamt \^/ 
 I was in an orchard ; some of the trees were full 
 of leaves, without any fruit, and withered ; others, 
 with fruit that fell into the mud ; and other trees 
 had fruit very thick, and very high, so that no 
 pole could reach nor shake down. And other 
 dreams were shewn to me in the same likeness, 
 and explained, what different fruit there would 
 come in, in one likeness, professing to join for 
 the coming of Christ, that the evil of sin might 
 be done away, and righteousness and peace be 
 established on the earth ; and, by professing this 
 desire, thev were like the branches that were 
 joined together ; but the evil fruit would fall 
 where the black veil appeared, and the good fruit 
 would remain on the trees to ripen for glory. 
 This I was first shewn, in visions, before the 
 sealing began, and then I was answered, from the 
 Gospel, it was like the net cast into the sea, ga- 
 thering in good and bad, and the bad would be 
 cast away ; and some would come in like thieves 
 and robbers. When I saw the perfect truth ap- 
 peared, from a wicked man and woman, at Leeds, 
 who artfully came in and deceived the people, 
 projessing to believe Christ's kingdom was at 
 hand, and longing for evil to be done away, that 
 righteousness and peace might be established qjx 
 the earth. By this deceit they got a seal. And 
 now their crimes have appeared to be like the 
 fallen fruit of the blackest dye. I was wounded 
 and grieved to the heart, to hear that such 
 wretches should have power to deceive the peo- 
 ple, by their artful false pretences ; to which I 
 was answered, types and shadows of all things 
 
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 must first appear ; and what thou art wounded, 
 and grieved to hear, are the very things I shew- 
 ed thee before. Know, I have told thee all my 
 Bible will be brought forward ; now it is draw-* 
 ing near to the end, to shew men in what like- 
 ness this present age agrees with the past, and 
 with every age since the fall. And know, the 
 parables, I said, of the enemy sowing the tares 
 amongst the wheat, that both should grow to- 
 gether till the harvest ; perfectly so of mens 
 taking the bread and wine in remembrance of 
 my dying love, to set forth my death till my 
 coming to destroy the works of the devil, and 
 redeem you from the fall. Thus, discern how the 
 wheat and the chaff, the corn and the tares, 
 hath been growing together at the table ; they 
 have taken- the bread and wine together in one 
 likeness; they have met together; and this has 
 continued ever since my death, which ye may 
 discern from the apostles, how it began in early 
 times. And this I shewed thee, in visions, from 
 the different fruit, how the wheat and the tares 
 would grow together till the end. But I now 
 tell thee, the harvest must be come, if no tares 
 appeared amongst the wheat ; no thieves and 
 robbers appeared amongst the sheep ; if no fish 
 came into the net to be cast away ; and none 
 came in without a wedding garment ; then the 
 end must be come. For this I said in my Gospel 
 would continue, before I come to separate the 
 wheat from the chaff, and the sheep from the 
 goats. But, if they did not appear together, 
 then my Gospel could not be fulfilled, to shew 
 that the enemy sowed the tares amongst the 
 •\vheat. This, I have told thee, will be to the 
 end. But now I ask thee, concerning the sealed 
 people, how couldst thou simply suppose, in thy 
 heart, that Satan would sow no tares amongst 
 them, when thou may est discern, from my Gos- 
 
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 pel, how tares hath heen with the wheat* to this 
 day, to receive the bread and wine, which they 
 have done as thieves and robbers; and, as thieves 
 and robbers, many have received the seals. For, 
 now I ask thee, what faith, or what belief, dost 
 thou suppose this man and woman had got in my 
 coming to destroy the works of the devil, and to 
 establish my kingdom in righteousness and peace? 
 Dost thou vainly suppose they have any belief 
 these days are at hand ? Then, I tell thee, they 
 must believe they theirselves shall be destroyed, 
 being joined with the devil in every wicked work. 
 Now here, 1 tell thee of such ; they are the tares 
 that the enemy have sown with the wheat; and 
 much greater is their condemnation than those 
 who fell back through doubts and fears; because, 
 the one who fell back through unbelief, not be- 
 ing rooted and grounded in faith, they do not 
 shew so black a heart to be sown bv the devil as 
 the others, that came in full of all manner of 
 evil, to deceive mankind. Therefore, I shewed 
 thee, by the fruit, the black veil that was round 
 them. And now, from the present, look to the 
 past, and discern, from all ages, how sin and iniquity 
 abounded, while the author of evil remains. See, 
 from the children of Israel, after I had shewn 
 Signs and wonders in Egypt, and delivered them 
 from the hands of Pharaoh, promising them the 
 land of Canaan, where I would bless them as a 
 people, the deliverance on the one hand, and 
 the promise on the other ; yet, discern, they 
 were hardened in sin. In like manner thou may- 
 est discern through my Bible. But now I tell 
 thee of the children of Israel, the sins and rebel- 
 lion of those that perished in the wilderness did 
 not prevent Joshua and Caleb from possessing the 
 promised land ; nor those children who saw the 
 errors of their fathers, and forsook their evil ways, 
 
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 were not prevented by their fathers crimes to 
 enter into the promised land. Here stand shadow* 
 in the beginning; and now come to my Gospel z 
 Judas's betraying of me did not prevent my 
 faithful disciples of being with me in glory. And 
 this I tell thee of my faithful followers, who hath 
 taken the bread and wine in remembrance of me, 
 as a token of my dying love for them, will not 
 be prevented coming to my kingdom, because 
 theives and robbers hath joined Math them ; and 
 perfectly so I tell thee of the sealed number ; 
 though thieves have entered in with the sheep, 
 sown by the devil, as tares with the wheat, yet 
 they will by no means lessen the happiness of my 
 sheep in the end, or destroy m;y wheat, though, 
 for a while, they are choaked with the tares* 
 And these things I shewed thee before: so let 
 not the truth wound thy heart ; for, know, these 
 things fulfil the visions I shewed to thee, and my 
 Gospel, that I compared with the visions, which 
 could not be fulfilled if these impostors did not 
 appear- But let not true and faithful believers, 
 who are haters of these vices, and are longing for 
 all evil to be done away, let them not be cast 
 down, because they are mocked through such hy- 
 pocrites ; but let them know, it is the fulfilment 
 of thy prophecies. And, as I pronounced the 
 black veil to be in the hearts of the fallen fruit, 
 like the veil I shewed thee round it, which thou 
 knowest I told thee was bad, so let them discern 
 I shewed thee other fruit that I told thee would 
 be good ; and, therefore, good will come out of 
 evil, and light Out of darkness. The visions I 
 shewed thee of the different fruit that were on the 
 trees that were joined together ; from them came 
 the fruit, good and bad : and, let them discern/ 
 I shewed thee this in the beginning. 
 
 And now the different fruit appears, and great 
 i* the likeness between those that believe in elec- 
 
tion and the seated people. There Arc many who 
 judge themselves elected, from a true desire to 
 live in me, and to die unto sin, whose hearts arc 
 known to me to be at enmity against evil, and 
 are desirous to walk in my ways, to live in me, 
 and I in them ; such are some of' them that be- 
 lieve in election, which I shall not cast out, be- 
 cause of the wrong judgment they have drawn 
 from my Gospel. And perfectly so, I tell thee, 
 of the sealed number : there are many amongst 
 the sealed whose hearts and thoughts are known 
 to me ; they long to be freed from the evil of 
 sin, and from the power of evil, that works 
 within, and the evil they see without ; they long 
 for my coming, and for me to dwell in them, 
 and them in me, that I may free them from all 
 the burden of sin, and establish my kingdom in 
 righteousness and peace. This is the sincere de- 
 sire in the hearts of many of the sealed people ; 
 and such will find my protection in the end. 
 Here I have shewn thee the perfect likeness in 
 the one and the other ; for there are many, who 
 boast of their election, will find themselves de- 
 ceived in the end, and be like the fallen fruit, as 
 I have shewn thee of the others. 
 
 Here I have given the communication, to shew 
 in what manner all is explained ; and how it was 
 shewn me in the beginning. But the Scriptures, 
 that I was ordered to bring forward in this book, 
 are, to shew men on what conditions all stood, in 
 ages past, to the Jews ; so they stand in this 
 present age, for Jews and Gentiles, for the law 
 of God, to returning sinners, our Saviour did not 
 come to destroy, but to fulfil : and, as the pro- 
 phecies that are given to me are rejected, as 
 coming from the Loud, I was ordered to bring 
 forward the prophecies of the Bible, that they 
 may see on what conditions good and evil stands 
 
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 now before them ; so they have the prophecies 
 given to me, and what was given to the pro- 
 phets of old set before them, that they may judge 
 for themselves, what they have to hope and fear. 
 But one observation farther I shall make from 
 SMITH'S book : he says, ' The first Adam was 
 1 the head of the generation of the children of the 
 
 * flesh ; but the second Adam, the Lord Jesus 
 - Christ, the head and representative of the electa 
 i according to the foreknowledge of God, who 
 ' put them in Christ, before their natural head 
 ijfelii and that eternal union which thcjy had 
 
 * with him, before chaos was formed, never could 
 ! be severed by Adam's transgression, because 
 1 they were chosen in him, complete in him ; he 
 
 * became incarnate for them; they suffered in him, 
 t obeyed the law in him, were crucified in him, 
 
 * were buried in him, rose from the grave in him, 
 
 * are glorified in him, and are made to set toge- 
 € ther in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and 
 t they all shall be with him in eternal glory !!!!' 
 
 Now, to this I answer, here are truths and er- 
 rors blended together, which he has not dis- 
 cerned ; error, in saying, the elect number was 
 with CHRIST before the world was created : 
 for then they must have been saints in glory, to 
 be in union with him, like the angels in heaven ; 
 then they could not come upon earth on purpose 
 to be sinners ; and particularly, as he says, the 
 Lord destroyed all the power of the devil, for his 
 elect, when Christ died : so, if they were per- 
 fect in glory at first, and the power, of evil was 
 destroyed for them, then it is Christ's fruit, and 
 his only, that must appear in them. Here are 
 errors which no man can clear up. But now I 
 shall shew where the -truth is. As in Adam all 
 died, even so in Christ will all be made alive; 
 and, it was the unbounded mercies of God, in the 
 beginning, to look with love and pity upon man, 
 
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 whom he had created ; and the woman who was 
 betrayed by the subtlety of the serpent. The 
 man cast the blame on his Maker, for giving him 
 the woman ; but the Lord in mercy made the 
 promise of suffering for the transgression of man, 
 that justice might demand, to cut off the power 
 of the devil, in the end, that betrayed the woman. 
 And these decrees were made in the beginning; 
 and, therefore, our Saviour, took man's nature 
 upon him, and suffered, for -the transgression of 
 the fall. So he suffered the first to. fulfil the 
 last, and bring in an elect number to be in him,, 
 and he in them. But, when this is done, our 
 Saviour telleth us in the Gospel, that when he 
 comes in power, to fulfil the whole, he shall take 
 out of his kingdom all that offend and do wick- 
 edly, and give his kingdom to his friends and 
 followers, as it was prepared for man at first, 
 when man was created in innocence. But, then 
 Satan's power will be destroyed, and then the 
 fruit of Christ, and his only, will appear in 
 man, which was his design before the foundation 
 of the world was laid, to have a people, as Smith 
 has described. But such a people hath not yet 
 appeared, neither will they appear before the xxth 
 of Revelations is fulfilled ; for the power of evil 
 to be destroyed, and man to be created anew : 
 then will the fruits of righteousness appear, 
 and the Lord will pour out his Spirit upon all 
 flesh that will remain upon the face of the earth. 
 And now I shall give the communication given to 
 me upon the QOth chapter to the end of the Re- 
 velations. 
 
 XXth chap. Rev. 1st verse: And I saw an 
 angel come down from heaven, having the key 
 of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his 
 hand, &c. and Satan was bound for a thousand 
 years. 
 
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 The Answer of the Spirit: 
 
 Now, let men mark, from this vision, and frfcm 
 the words that I said, of overcoming the world, 
 and of casting out the prince of this world. See 
 in what manner the disciples bear record of my 
 words, from what was shewn them afterwards. 
 Now mark from the apostle : after Satan is bound, 
 he saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the 
 first earth was passed away, and the tabernacle 
 of God was with man. Now mark, from these 
 words, what is meant by the first earth being 
 passed away : it does not mean the world as it 
 stands, that all shall be passed away and have no 
 'form, as it now is : I tell thee no ; that is not the 
 meaning • for I created the world as I saw it was 
 good. And so is the foundation of the earth 
 placed, and all of its kind is good ; the fruit 
 in its kind ; and every herb that groweth is good 
 for man; and every grain of seed is good for 
 man : therefore, it is not these things that will 
 pass away, and be made anew, but it is the 
 earthen vessels of men that will pass away from 
 what they now are, and be made entirely anew in 
 ME, that have been so tainted by the powers 
 of darkness, by sin, and by the fall. Therefore, 
 it is man that will be made anew when I come to 
 bring in my kingdom, and destroy the powers of 
 darkness, from working in man. What power has 
 Satan to work in the earthly ground, to make it 
 do evil ? But he hath a power to work in man, 
 that was made of the earth, to make him do evil ; 
 therefore, this is the first earth that must pass 
 away, to be created anew, when I bring my 
 tabernacle to dwell with men; to be their God, 
 and they to be my people. Then will I wipe 
 away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be 
 no more death. Now, from these words, the eyes 
 #f men's understanding must be opened* to see 
 
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 there is no death in heaven. Then how can 
 man suppose this alludes to things in heaven ? 
 Th£re are no tears in heaven to wipe from men's 
 eyes"; there is no sorrow in heaven ; neither is 
 there crying or pain there; because, they are 
 passed from death unto life, to a world of joy, 
 that can never end. But all these things are in 
 the world, sorrow and sighing, pain and misery ; 
 these are the things that shall pass away, and 
 man shall be made anew; and none of these 
 sorrows shall remain, when my kingdom is 
 brought down to man. But I tell thee the mean- 
 ing of my kingdom being brought down; it is 
 
 MY SPIRIT that MUST BE BROUGHT DOWN UPON 
 
 man. For mark deep the words how they are 
 spoken : the seven angels, which had the seven 
 vials, full of the seven last plagues. Now, from 
 these words, you must all discern, what plagues 
 are to come upon the earth, whenitcometh to the 
 end. But know, they are the last. Then mark 
 what followeth : I will shew thee the bride, the 
 lamb's wife. And mark from the last chapter: 
 the spirit and the bride saith come. Then ye 
 must all discern it is my spirit coming down to 
 be poured out upon the sons of men. This is 
 the new Jerusalem that is coming down to 
 make the earth as a heaven for man. And now 
 I shall tell thee of the gates : the glory of the 
 light that come from the Lord will be as a pre- 
 cious stone unto man. And clear as the crystal 
 I shall make my words and my ways before man- 
 kind. And he that entered) into the gates must 
 enter in by faith. For though it is written, the 
 names of the twelve tribes of the children of 
 Israel, as though the children of Israel were the 
 only people that should enter in ; but the twelve 
 tribes do not allude particularly to Jews or Gen- 
 tiles'; or to any nation as a people ; but the tribes 
 of Israel are the tribes of faith ; for know, it 
 
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 is written, God is able of these stones to raise 
 up children to Abraham. Then it must be of 
 faith, like Abraham's, to be called the children of 
 Abraham, and the children of Israel. But what 
 nation could they be alluded to in my Gospel but 
 the Jews ? for where was the nation or the peo- 
 ple, that had the knowledge of me to walk by 
 faith, as the Jews had ? Then, I could not place 
 these things to any other nation that had not 
 walked by faith. But as Abraham, Isaac, and 
 Jacob, with others of the Jews, walked by faith ; 
 so, fronj, their faith, they were called the true 
 Israel of God; because they had faith, which 
 no other nation had in their days. But, as it was 
 said : in Isaac, all the families of the earth shall 
 be blessed ; and he was a child of faith ; so, I 
 tell thee, it is 'by faith men are called the Israel 
 of God ; whether Jews or Gentiles, bond or free, 
 male or female, they are all one, in Christ Jesus, : 
 as the true Israel of God, that walk by faith, to 
 believe in his word ; for he is not a Jew that is 
 one outwardly, but he that is one inwardly, by 
 faith. 
 
 Here I have shewed thee the true Israel of God 
 is from faith. 
 
 And now I shall tell thee the meaning of the 
 city being so beautiful as it were of jasper and 
 pure gold, like unto clear glass. The pure gold 
 is the pure word of God, that shall be made 
 clear and manifest to all men. And as clear as 
 ye can see through a glass that is clear as the 
 crystal, so clear will ye see all my wprds verified 
 and fulfilled, with joy unspeakable, and full of 
 glory. The building of the walls, and the 
 beauty of the city, that is said to come down to 
 men below, is the beauty and fulfilment of my 
 words and promises, much greater than it is 
 described by the beauty of the city. But men 
 are not to suppose that the cities will be made of 
 
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 pure gold ; and yet, they will be filled with my 
 pure word— Joys that never entered the hearts 
 nor thought of men. But how could it be de- 
 scribed to man the beauty of my buildings, when 
 I build man anew to make him a fit temple for the 
 living God? for then man will serve me in the 
 beauty of holiness, to delight in me, and I in him. 
 This is the meaning of the beauty of the city, 
 being garnished with precious stones, when I 
 am the sure corner stone for all men. Then 
 they will see the beauty of my works in creation, 
 in preservation, and in redemption ; all shining 
 in its brightest lustre; like the garden of Eden at 
 first, will this world become to man. Therefore, 
 it is described in so beautiful a manner how the 
 foundation is to be laid. And know how the 
 foundation was laid at first, as a garden for beauty, 
 with a tree of knowledge, and a tree of life. 
 Now, when the evil is done away, and nothing 
 remains but the knowledge of the good, then 
 they will find the pure gold remaineth to fulfil 
 my word. Therefore, it is written, the Lord 
 God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple 
 of it. And the city had no need of the sun, 
 neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory 
 of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light 
 thereof. Now, do men suppose, from these words, 
 there will be no sun to warm the earth, no sun 
 to bring forth the fruits of the earth, no sun to 
 lighten the earth ? I tell thee all these things will 
 remain as they are ; the sun in the firmament, for 
 the fruits of the earth, that every thing may 
 give its increase. But the meaning of the word 
 having no need of the sun, that the glory of God 
 will lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof, 
 hath a spiritual meaning^ not a temporal one. 
 For now ye have need of teachers, ye have need 
 of instructors, ye have need of guards, invisible^ 
 ye have need of men that are visible, to be a 
 
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 light to mankind ; yet, all this is but an imperfect 
 light, to what man will receive, when the Lord 
 is the light of his people; and the Lamb of 
 God, that taketh away the sin of the world, is the 
 light to all his people, and dwell with power 
 in the midst of them. Then ye will have no need 
 of these feeble lights that ye receive from the sons, 
 of men, when the glory of the Lord is revealed, 
 and the light of his countenance shines bright in 
 every heart. Here I have shewed thee the 
 meaning of these words, as to the shadow: but 
 when men come to experience the substance, to 
 see the Revelations revealed, experienced, and 
 fulfilled; that all the nations which are saved 
 will walk in the light of my countenance; then 
 they will see they have no need of these feeble 
 lights they now receive from the sons of men. 
 Therefore, I tell thee, the visions of St. John, 
 though never understood by mankind, are to 
 fulfil the words of the prophets. They shall have 
 no reason to say, know the Lord ; for they shall 
 all know him, from the greatest to the least, If 
 men discerned my Bible from the beginning to 
 the ending — to weigh the prophets with my 
 Gospel — and the ending with my apostles, then 
 they would see in what a chain the whole is 
 joined together, And now I shall answer thee 
 from these words: the kings of the earth do 
 bring their glory and honour into it. Then 
 know what is meant by the kings of the earth, 
 when they rule by my spirit. These are the 
 kings that will bring honour and glory unto me. 
 Now all these things must teach you they allude 
 to my kingdom of peace below, where men will 
 praise and honour my name for the great de- 
 liverance I have brought to mankind- But know, 
 it is said, there shall be no night there; but do 
 not suppose, from these words, that the days 
 and nights will not remain. The meaning of thes$ 
 
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 words, being no night, is, that men will not walk 
 In darkness as they now walk ; for, when they are 
 made children of the light, they will always walk 
 ?n the light of my countenance, and not have 
 their minds darkened as they now are. For there 
 are no Christians, however they are enlightened 
 by my Spirit, but sometimes walk in darkness; 
 and this will continue while the powers of dark- 
 ness remaineth, which bringeth on, as it were, a 
 night to every true believing Christian; and this 
 was upon the disciples, after they had been with 
 me, and had seen all my miracles, and all my 
 wondrous working, and had heard all my sayings, 
 and were filled with the Holy Ghost, as I promised 
 them : yet, they were still in darkness, that often- 
 times came upon them ; for they told you they 
 were waiting for a greater light, and they saw" 
 but through a glass darkly ; yet their hope was to 
 the end ; they knew man was to obtain, by the 
 fulfilment of jiiy Gospel, a perfection of light, and 
 knowledge, which they theirselves had not 
 obtained ; therefore, the apostle tells you : What 
 doth let, will let, till it be taken out of the way/ 
 So, it is the powers of darkness that bringeth 
 night" to man ; — that they seem often benighted, 
 and their minds darkened, while the powers of 
 darkness remaineth. But w T hen that power is 
 destroyed, and the Son of Righteousness arise 
 with healing in his wings, to heal the darkened 
 state of man, and take every power of darkness 
 from men, they will then find no more night come 
 upon them. 
 
 Here I have given the explanation of these 
 chapters, as given to me, to shew what will be 
 the ending, when the Lord hath fulfilled what 
 were his decrees in the beginning. For this was 
 the union in heaven, when the Lord said, let us 
 make man in our own image, after our likeness; 
 and let them fiave dominion over ail the earth, 
 
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 kc. &c. and the Lord pronounced all to be 
 go#d. Now, as the Lord is the alpha and 
 omega — the beginning and the ending, the first 
 and the last, — as the Lord pronounced all to be 
 good, at first, so will he complete his words at 
 last, and destroy the power of the devil, which 
 is explained to me, from the words of the pro- 
 phets, and the Gospel, as well as from the Re- 
 velations, that Christ suffered his heel to be 
 bruised for the transgression of man, in the fall, 
 that divine justice might bruise the head of they 
 serpent, who betrayed the woman. So the Lord 
 will be just, when he condemneth ; just in cut- 
 ting off the powers' of darkness, and fulfil the 
 promise made in the fall. Satan was ready to 
 work in the hearts of men, to crucify our Saviour, 
 and fulfil the one; and now the time is at 
 hand, that divine justice will fulfil the other; 
 and in Christ will the law be fulfilled, — be com- 
 pleted, and made honourable in him. And then 
 will the Lord receive the congregation ; and all 
 the horns of the wicked will be cut off ; but the 
 horns of the righteous shall be exalted, and they 
 shall flourish, like the grass of the earth. His 
 name shall endure for ever — his name shall 
 be continued as long as the sun, and men shall 
 be blessed in him. All nations shall call him 
 blessed — and blessed be his glorious name for 
 ever. Let the whole earth be filled with his 
 glory ! The glory of the Lord shall be re- 
 vealed : — and all flesh shall see it together. All 
 the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of 
 our God. 
 
 But where is the man can answer this is now 
 done: or point out any age in which it was 
 done: yet these promises stand on record, 
 that such a time will come, which I am warned 
 is nigh at hand. 
 
 But, as men deny any revelation being given 
 
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 from the Lord, since the days of the apostles, 
 I must call their attention to the 6th chap. Rev, 
 And I saw, when the lamb opened one of the 
 seals, and I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder, 
 one of the four beasts saying, come and see. 
 
 From these words, I am answered : know, from 
 the seals being in heaven to be opened, plainly shew- 
 eth to mankind that the mystery of the Revela- 
 tions were sealed up from the knowledge of man, 
 before I come to open these mysteries by a Re- 
 velation of my Spirit; therefore, they must know 
 it could not be sealed up from man, if all know- 
 ledge had been in man to know the meaning from 
 themselves, for then nothing could be sealed from 
 their knowledge to be after opened for men to 
 come and see. But now let them discern at what 
 time these seals are opened, which meaneth, these 
 Scriptures that were sealed up from the know- 
 ledge of men, that are now revealed and laid open 
 to them from the beginning to the ending, that 
 they may see what were m} 7 decrees, when I cre- 
 ated man at first, and what are my decrees to 
 accomplish all at the last Now, let them discern, 
 at this time, how, from the spirit of prophecy, 
 things were revealed to thee and laid open before 
 them what 1 should do upon the earth. And let 
 them discern that I first ordered thee to seal them 
 up, thai every likeness John saw in heaven might 
 take place here upon earth : for this is the mean 
 ing of the Revelations. 
 
 Now, come to the white horse; and I saw, 
 and behold a white horse ; and he that sat on 
 him had a bow; and a crown was given unto 
 him; and he went forth conquering and to con- 
 quer. Here, I am answered; as men boast 
 of their own wisdom, to their own wisdom I must 
 leave them for the present ; for though this 
 * chapter, with many others in the Revelations, 
 is explained to me, I am forbid to publish them 
 
m 
 
 for the present. But, to shew haw the words of 
 the prophets agree with the Revelations, I shall 
 bring forward a communication given to me, 
 June 27, 1806, upon the xli. and xlii. chap- 
 ters of Isatah, which chapters men have 
 erroneously placed, will be fulfilled by them xli. 
 14. I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy 
 redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will 
 make thee a new sharp threashing instrument* 
 having teeth ; thou shall thresh the mountains, 
 and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as 
 chaff'; thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall 
 carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter 
 them; and thou shalt rejoice in the Lcvrd, and 
 shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 The answer of the Spirit, 
 
 Men hath not observed that this chapter and 
 the following must be placed together, but can- 
 not be. fulfilled "by any mere man. I will give to 
 Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings^ For 
 I beheld, and there was no man even among 
 them. Then, if there was no man, nor no coun- 
 seller, that could answer a word, reason must 
 tell them the meaning does not allude to man, 
 that these great and wondrous works are alluded 
 to. Mark the words before the promises made 
 to my people, and the ends of the earth shall fear. 
 But know the promise I have made unto Israel, 
 my servant, and Jacob whom I have chosen, the 
 seed of Abraham, my friend. These were the 
 people to whom rny promise was made. But it 
 is known to thee, whom I have called the child- 
 ren of Israel, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 
 that it is by faith, ye are made the children of 
 Abraham, my friend. And now I have told thee 
 who are my friends; then know my promise; 
 through that, I shall take the:n from the ends of 
 the earth. I am thy God, and will help thee. 
 
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 I, the Lord thy God, will hold thy right hand ; 
 saying unto thee, fear not ; I will help thee saith 
 the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of 
 Israel. Then, if I help them I have told in what 
 manner I will help them. But who is the servant 
 or who is my chosen that I said I should make 
 a new sharp threshing instrument, to thresh the 
 mountains and beat them small? Can this power 
 be in man to make the hills like chaff? Can man 
 fan them or send the whirlwind feb scatter them ? 
 Look to Moses, my servant, by whom I wrought 
 great miracles, to shew the type of my Gospel; 
 and yet, he had not power to do the things that 
 ^re here mentioned ; no, I tell thee, this does 
 not allude to man, it alludes to your Redeemer, 
 the Holy One of Israel, when I come to redeem 
 my people. Then my followers need not fear 
 that look for my coming ; and let them not be 
 dismayed, for I shall help them, and I shall as- 
 sist them ; for it is I the Lord, that shall thresh 
 the mountains, and make the hills like chaff. 
 For the whirlwind shall scatter my enemies. But 
 they that trust in me shall rejoice in the Lord 
 their God. For I will open rivers in high places, 
 and fountains in the midst of the vallies. These 
 are the promises I have made to my people, 
 when I come to redeem them. And now I am 
 come to shew them the things that are to come, 
 that they may know the latter end of them ; how 
 I shall scatter and destroy my enemies, how the 
 wind shall carry them away when I bring in re- 
 demption to the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and 
 Jacob. But let no man vainly imagine, the 
 meaning of Israel, Isaac, and Jacob, or the seed 
 of Abraham, alludes to the Jews, fori have al- 
 ready told thee, and I now tell thee again, the 
 seed of Abraham is the seed of faith. There- 
 fore, I said fear not, for I shall help thee; and 
 I. have told thee in what manner I will help them. 
 
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 Hut if they place it to man, it must be to men 
 of war ; for that is one of the ways that I shewed 
 thee in thy first visitation, I should destroy my 
 enemies. And by my destroying angel, and the 
 famine I should destroy them another way. 
 Then, where is the man can boast this can be 
 done by him ? And yet, I shall make instruments 
 of the enemies, to destroy one the other; for the 
 hearts of men are known to me. For, as the 
 mockery of this nation is, so would be the 
 mockery of all nations, if these things were to fly 
 abroad, before the nations are brought low. 
 Therefore it is written, I shall gather them to- 
 gether in the valley of Jehosaphat, and plead 
 with them there ; that meaneth, to bring the 
 nations low, and then to plead with them, by the 
 visitation of my spirit. For this is the meaning 
 of the words. It is by man I shall plead with the 
 nations, and shew them the truth of my visita- 
 tion, because I have shewn them the things that 
 are to come; and I have shewn them what shall 
 happen, that they may know what the latter end 
 will be of those who look unto him, that first 
 brought good tidings to Jerusalem. Let them 
 know, I shall come again to redeem it; for 
 there is no man amongst them, neither is there a 
 counseller that can answer a word, when I ask, 
 why Jerusalem was destroyed ? why they were 
 scattered, and carried away? Had my will been 
 done by them, then they must abide in Jerusalem. 
 Let them trace my Bible back, and discern what 
 deliverances came to the Jews, time after time, 
 when they had provoked rne to anger, to punish 
 their transgressions. See how often have been 
 their deliverance : but what deliverance have they 
 had since they cried out, his blood be on us 
 and our children ; and despised me that 
 brought them good tidings? Now, from the Jews, 
 you may see the blindness that is in mankind. 
 
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 But I know thy pondering heart, and what thou 
 sayest within : it is marvellous in thy eyes, the 
 Jews are not jealous for themselves, to know there 
 is some cause wherein they have offended the 
 Lord. That in all ages back, after being pu- 
 nished for their crimes, they have had wondrous 
 deliverances ; but since they put me to death 
 and clamoured hard for my blood ; they have had 
 no deliverance, no prophet, no king, and no coun- 
 try to call their own. This thou sayest, in thy 
 heart, appears marvellous they do not discern it. 
 To thy pondering thoughts I shall answer ; it 
 is marvellous in this present age, when they hear 
 of thy visitation, that, before any thing sprung 
 forth, I told thee of it. When they see my visi- 
 tation in the nations abroad, and surrounded with 
 every difficulty at home ; seeing the truth going 
 on, knowing all was foretold in my Bible. Is it 
 not marvellous that unbelief should so strong 
 abound in the learned men of your land? And 
 yet, I tell thee, was the enemy to come in, and 
 destroy your land, there are thousands in the 
 land, that, were they to flee to another nation to 
 save their lives, unbelief would abound the same. 
 For unbelief blinds the eyes from seeing the 
 truth, as much as blindness prevents a man from 
 seeing the day-light. For, it was through unbe- 
 lief, Satan gained the advantage over the woman 
 in the fall; because, he made her believe what I 
 said was false ; and, that I should not act ac- 
 cording to my words. And, by the same arts, 
 he -worked with the angels in heaven, to make 
 them believe in the greatness of his power, and 
 the happiness they would possess with him, and 
 that their happiness could not be completed 
 with me. So it is with unbelief, he works in the 
 hearts of men. And, through unbelief, the ages 
 hath been destroyed. And now it is come to the 
 end, unbelief will destrov the nations the same, 
 
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 For, till judgments cut them off, they will never 
 believe ; neither will they wish to believe, or de- 
 sire to be freed from the effects of sin and sor- 
 row, till they are compassed round with every 
 danger. Therefore, my Bible is written in this 
 manner, that when your Redeemer cometh to 
 redeem his people, that are looking and longing 
 for his coming, fatal judgments must come upon 
 the earth. And now is the time I shall fulfil the 
 whole. Let them look to the words of the pro- 
 phet; I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth 
 good tidings. 
 
 Therefore, all the ends of the earth must look 
 unto me to be saved; if they will be saved. Then 
 let them know the tidings of my Gospel: how I 
 promised to come again, and deliver my people 
 that trusted in me, and looked for my coming. 
 This I taught them to pray for ; and this I taught 
 them to believe, that I should come again, and 
 visit my people, — and redeem them, — to give them 
 the kingdom as it was prepared for man before 
 the foundation of the world. I said, I come to 
 seek and to save that which was lost, and, by the 
 fall, man was lost to the happiness I created him 
 for. But I shall restote him to what I created 
 him for, and take out of my kingdom all that 
 offend and do wickedly. This is the tidings of 
 my Gospel, that the wise servant shall enter into 
 the joy of his Lord ; and the wise virgins enter 
 in with the bridegroom, when I come as the 
 comforter, to comfort my people, to redeem them, 
 and deliver them from every power of death, hell, 
 and sin. This is the tidings of my Gospel : this 
 is the tidings I brought to man, that I should do 
 for them in the end. Then, who is the man 
 that bringeth good tidings? In thy heart, thou 
 answerest, the tidings of the Gospel promise re- 
 demption ; and the words of the prophets I said 
 I would fulfil Then, now let them discern the 
 
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 chapters deep, and what I said of my enemies, 
 I shall do in the end. Mark the parable of the 
 Lord of the vineyard — what I said, he will do un- 
 to them that destroyed the Servants, and the Son. 
 Did I not say, he would miserably destroy these 
 husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others r 
 Then, now discern my parables with the chapter : 
 fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel, 
 I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, 
 the Holy One of Israel. But, mark the destruc- 
 tion that I said should follow upon my enemies, 
 when I bring deliverance to my people. 
 
 Here, I have shewn thee, from my Gospel, 
 and the words of the prophet, how they are 
 both joined together ; though they are not 
 discerned by man ; neither is there a man, or a 
 counsellor among them, that can answer a word 
 to explain the chapter : for, it is not discerned, 
 by Jews or Gentiles, how it joins with my Gos- 
 pel, and speaks of the end, (see the beginning, 
 xli. chap. 1.) Keep silence before me, O islands, 
 and let the people renew their strength : let them 
 come near, then let them speak : let us come near 
 together to judgment, who raised up the righ- 
 teous man from the east, &c. &c. 
 
 Then, now I ask thee, who is the righteous 
 man from the east, called him to his foot, gave 
 the nations before him, made him ruler over 
 kings, who is the ruler over kings ? Thou an- 
 swerest, He that is the king of kings, and lord 
 of lords, who made the heavens for my throne, 
 and the earth for my footstool, who filleth the 
 heavens with my majesty, and hath promised 
 to fill the earth with my goodness, — but shall 
 tread down my enemies in my fury, and destroy 
 them in my anger; it is I, the Lord, shall ac- 
 complish this. Then know, the just and righ- 
 teous man (who is so called by man) was wound- 
 ed for the transgression of man. Then mark 
 
what is said of him : he must be risen up, to be 
 the ruler over all the kings of the earth, and call 
 the nations all his own ; for this is my beloved 
 Son, in whom I am well pleased. Now come to 
 the following chapter xlii. Behold my servant, 
 whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul 
 delighteth ; I have put my Spirit upon him : he 
 shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 
 
 Here, my son is called my servant ; then mar- 
 vel not in the other, that he is called the righ- 
 teous man, to be ruler over kings, and to destroy, 
 with the sword, all his enemies. Here I have 
 shewn thee, from these chapters, how the wisest 
 men, in early days, when they began their re- 
 marks from the prophets, did not deeply dis- 
 cern all things : for, had they deeply discerned 
 this chapter, they would have placed it with the 
 other, and have known, there was no righteous 
 man that I should make ruler over kings but my 
 Son, in whom my soul delighteth ; for he was 
 given for the transgression of man ; and it was 
 him that brought the good tidings to the Gen- 
 tiles. Then let them know, He must be risen up 
 to have all power in his hands. Know what 
 is written in the Psalms : The Lord said unto 
 my Lord, set thou at my right-hand, till I make 
 thy foes thy footstool. And know, it is written, 
 he must put all things under him, vrhen he claims 
 the kingdom his own : therefore, let no man 
 ascribe to himself what belongeth not unto man ; 
 neither let any man set himself up as a god in. 
 power; but remember the words in my Gospel, 
 when a man setteth himself up to the highest 
 place in a feast, I said, there might come one 
 more honourable than he, to take the place ; and 
 he with shame was removed. There-is not a pa- 
 rable, in my Gospel, but I meant to spiritualise 
 in the end ; and this I am doing ; for, it is known 
 tome, what Scriptures men apply to themselves 
 
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 that belong to me; so that they destroy my 
 Gospel, and make the fulfilment of the prophets 
 to be in man, and not in me : but let them 
 discern, how strong my visitation is to a woman, 
 and not to a man, in the manner it hath been 
 to thee; because, in the end, no man shall take 
 to himself Scriptures that do not belong to man. 
 
 But now I will tell thee what belongs to man, as 
 I have told thee what alludes to me. The isles 
 saw it and feared; the ends of the earth were 
 afraid. Now this fear is coming on man, while 
 my sword is going abroad Math destruction. The 
 plague and famine is already felt by some ; and this 
 will go on till the ends of the earth will fear. But 
 when these things come to some, then the following 
 will come to the others. They helped every one his 
 neighbour; and every one said to his brother, be 
 of good courage. Now I will tell thee why these 
 words are so spoken, that when the ends of the 
 earth should be afraid, every man should say to 
 his brother, be of good courage ; because these 
 brethren allude to believers, and they will be 
 encouraged more and more as they see the day 
 approaching ; then will come my promises strong 
 to man, to tell them not to be afraid, for I will 
 help them, and I will strengthen them. And 
 they that war against them, and contend with 
 them, shall be destroyed. For as I am the hope 
 of my people, so will I be the help of my people. 
 
 Therefore Isaid fear not, for I will help thee. But 
 what hath man to fear if all power was in his hands? 
 then they can have nothing to fear; but know, 
 from the chapter, they are encouraged, by faith, 
 to trust in the Lord for their help ; yet, there are 
 times, that believers may fear; but I have pro- 
 mised to dismiss their fears ; and make the 
 wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land 
 springs of water: which meaneth, a wondrous 
 .deliverance, and a wondrous working, that I 
 
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 shall do for my people in the end, vHiich is the 
 meaning of the words, making the dry land springs 
 of water. It would appear marvellous in your 
 eyes to see a dry and barren land, where there 
 was no water, to gush out as a spring of water 
 all through : this may appear marvellous ; but 
 much more marvellous is the meaning of the 
 words, when I come to deliver my people, who 
 are like a barren and thirsty ground, that wants 
 the showers to water and refresh it: and perfectly 
 so is the thirsty soul, that is longing for my com- 
 ing : then he ahall be filled with rivers of living 
 water, that meaneth of my word and my 
 spirit filling him with joy, when the springs of 
 living water arise within him. Here is the 
 spiritual meaning of the words, and great will be 
 the temporal meaning, when I bring deliverance 
 to my people. For these are the things that 
 allude to man ; planting in the wilderness the 
 cedar and the myrtle tree, with the oil tree, and 
 other trees, is to shew what blessings I shall 
 plant for men ; and how this world, that is like a 
 wilderness, shall be enriched with every blessing ; 
 for the barren wilderness shall become as a fruitful 
 field. These are the blessings that are in store 
 for man ; these are the promises that are made to 
 man. But the accomplishment, and fulfilment, 
 must be in me, the Living Lord to do it for them. 
 Now, mark the following chapter, what is said 
 of my servant : a bruised reed shall he not break, 
 and the smoaking flax shall he not quench : he 
 shall bring forth judgment unto truth ; he shall 
 not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set 
 judgment in the earth: and the isles. 'shall wait 
 for his law. Now, from this chapter, it is men- 
 tioned my servant,; in the other, the righteous 
 man, that these things are to be done by; then 
 know, these promises and their fulfilment must be 
 accomplished by the Son of God, as it is written 
 
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 by the psalmist. Here the Son is called the 
 servant, that shall set judgment in the earth, and 
 the isles shall wait for his law. I, the Lord have 
 called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine 
 hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a 
 covenant of the people, for a light to the Gentiles. 
 Now, if men discern these words, in what man- 
 ner they are spoken, they are spoken like the 
 other, of the righteous man that should rule over 
 kings ; and, like him, that should thresh the 
 mountains . where is the difference in the manner 
 it is spoken ? So, if men place one to a man, they 
 may place the other likewise. But now I will 
 tell thee why it is called my servant ; because, as 
 a servant came the Son of God amongst man- 
 kind : and know, it is written, lo ! I come to do 
 thy will, O God. Then, I came as a servant ; 
 and what honour had I more than a servant from 
 the unbelieving world? and what more honour 
 do I now receive from the Jews ? do they not 
 look upon me as a mere man, a servant, of the 
 devil, and not of the Lord? perfectly like a ser- 
 vant I was amongst mankind, and was subject 
 to man as a servant is subject to a master ; I 
 submitted to all their abuses, their ridicule, and 
 their laws ; I submitted unto death, and was 
 judged by them as a servant of the devil. But, 
 if they had discerned the words of the prophet, 
 they would have discerned I was a servant of 
 the Lord ; and have been convinced that theses 
 prophecies were never spoken of a mere man, that 
 should be a covenant of the people, and a light 
 to the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes ; to bring 
 the prisoners from the prison. Weigh it with 
 my Gospel, and discern the past ; what has 
 been fulfilled, and I will tell thee what is to be 
 fulfilled. The former things are come to pass, 
 and new things do I declare ; before they spring 
 forth I tell you of them. Then, if former thing" 
 
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 are come to pass, know, the visitation of my 
 spirit must come to warn men of my coming: 
 for these are the new things, that I declare 
 unto you: and before they spring forth, I have 
 told you of them. Now, mark what new things 
 I have declared of the new heavens and a new 
 earth, that I have said, shall be established for 
 man. i\nd let them discern what I told thee 
 should take place, before it sprung forth; theu 
 let them know it is the visitation of my spirit 
 that warned thee of these things before they 
 sprung forth. But now discern farther : The 
 Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir 
 up jealousy like a man of war ; he shall cry, yea, 
 roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. I 
 have long time holden my peace ; I have been 
 still, and refrained myself; now wilt I cry like a 
 travailing woman ; I will destroy and devour at 
 once. 
 
 Now, from these words, you must discern that 
 I shall not fail till I have set judgment in the 
 earth; then, if I set judgment in the ^arth, I 
 must destroy my enemies, and your adversary. 
 For though I have held my peace, yet will I not 
 always keep silence, neither will I refrain myself; 
 I will cry like a travailing woman ; I will destroy 
 and devour at once. Here are the prophecies that 
 I said I should fulfil ; and these are the prophe- 
 cies that I shall fulfil, when I come to make an end, 
 to make waste mountains, and dry up their 
 herbs : to bring the blind by a way they know 
 not, and make darkness light before them. 
 These things will I do, and not forsake them. 
 Now discern from these two chapters, how bles- 
 sings and judgments are mixed together, when I 
 come to deliver my people that are looking for 
 me, to establish judgment in the earth ; then, 
 know, there must be different minds in the people 
 and different hearts, or these different prophecies 
 
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 would not stand together, the one, for man's de- 
 struction, and the other, for man's redemption. 
 
 Thus far I have given the explanation of these 
 two chapters, as they are given to me. The re- 
 mainder I shall not publish for the present. 
 
 The Jews of this present day have placed these 
 chapters to allude to Bonaparte, without discern- 
 ing he has never been a light to the Gentiles; 
 neither, did he bring good tidings to Jerusalem. 
 And it is impossible for these chapters to be ful- 
 filled, by any mere man. Now I shall give th.e 
 explanation given to me on the li, chapter of 
 Isaiah, part of 6th and 7th verses. My salvation 
 shall be for ever on the people in whose hearts 
 my law is. 
 
 The answer of the Spirit. 
 
 Ye know not the meaning of the words, the 
 heavens shall vanish away like smoke ; a mystery, 
 men do not understand, but think they allude to 
 the end ; therefore, they judge they have no- 
 thing to do with these Scriptures ; but think it 
 will go well with the righteous, and they shall be 
 taken to glory. But it will go ill with the wicked, 
 and they will go to misery. This men think will- 
 continue until I come to judge the world, and 
 make a final end of the whole. Therefore, I tell 
 thee, there are thousands of Christians, that think 
 they have nothing to do with searching the Scrip- 
 tures, to know whether these things are true or 
 false; all they think their duty is being like the 
 Laodoceans, neither hot nor cold, but to be luke- 
 warm : and like the Jews of old, when I came 
 in the body, thought it right to go on as they 
 went before, in the steps of their forefathers; and 
 so they thought to gain heaven thereby. But if 
 I came to make a change amongst them, and 
 bring them to a clearer knowledge of God, ought 
 they not to come to that knowledge ? In thy 
 
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 heart, thou answerest; yes. Then, now I am 
 come in the Spirit, to give a clearer light to 
 mankind of what my coming was for ; and that 
 I come to establish my kingdom, that I died for; 
 then is it not the duty of those that believe my 
 Gospel, to search the Scriptures, as I commanded 
 them, and see whether these things are true or 
 not, as it was the duty of the Jews to search di- 
 ligently what was written by the Prophets, con- 
 cerning me : and, from the miracles I wrought 
 amongst them, to see and believe, as my desciples 
 did ? This thou sayest in thy heart, they ought; 
 to have done; but they trusted to their own 
 w T isdom, to their own righteousness, to carry 
 them to heaven. But how did the heavens vanish 
 away like a smoke to them ? Where is the religion 
 in which they trusted ? Where is the goodness in 
 whom they boasted? Did not all vanish away 
 like smoke, and they are become old, like a 
 garment, and have died away in their self con- 
 fidence and their self righteousness? Now, if all 
 these things befel them for examples, let men 
 take care they do not fall into the like errors, 
 lest their self confidence, self dependence, and 
 self righteousness, they have trusted to, vanish 
 awav in the end, like the former. For I now tell 
 thee, and all mankind, he that mocketh my visi- 
 tation, when I come in the spirit, mocketh me; 
 and he that is regardless, like the Jews of old ; 
 like the Jews of old, they have all to fear. Now 
 I shall come to reason with man. Where is that 
 man upon earth, that can bring forward his 
 Bible to prove thy visitation is not from me, when 
 he hath weighed the whole together? Now, if 
 this cannot be done by man, how will they ap- 
 pear when they find thy visitation to be from the 
 Lord, when they have mocked my warnings, 
 laughed at my threatenings, and despised my in- 
 vitation? And should I come unto man in this 
 
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 state, how would the heaven they have built upoix 
 vanish away like smoke from them, as it did 
 from the Jews, when they saw the smoke of my 
 anger appear to them. But do men imagine, be- 
 cause it is written, the heavens shall be on fire, 
 and the firmament shall melt with fervent heat, 
 and all shall pass away like a scroll ; do they 
 think the heavens will be burnt up, and consumed 
 to ashes as a house is ■? I tell thee, no. It is the 
 fire of mine anger, that will be kindled, and the 
 heat of my fury will appear, when I come to 
 destroy the wicked from off the earth ; the evil 
 power that have reigned so long. Then, they 
 will see the smoke of my fury appear. Here I 
 have shown thee both ways, that the heavens 
 will pass away like a smoke, when I come to 
 bring in redemption to those people in whose 
 hearts my law is. So, they have nothing to fear 
 from the reproach of men, neither be afraid of 
 their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up: 
 and my righteousness shall be for ever and ever, 
 and my salvation, from generation to generation. 
 These are the promises to the redeemed of the 
 Lord, when I come to redeem them, with ever* 
 lasting joy upon their heads: they sh 11 obtain 
 joy, and gladness ; sorrow, and mourning, shall 
 flee away. And these are my promises, made 
 by my Prophets; and these are the promises, I 
 ihall fulfil. Therefore, it is written, in the 
 following chapter : awake, put on thy strength, 
 O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jeru- 
 salem, the holy city : for, henceforth, there shall 
 no more come into thee the uncircumcised and 
 the unclean. Break forth into joy, sing together, 
 ye waste places of Jerusalem : for the Lord hath 
 comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. 
 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm, in the 
 eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth 
 shall see the salvation of our God. 
 
 Now stand before me, ye sons of men, and 
 
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 tell me when these things were clones Are not 
 the uneireumcised, and the unclean, still in the 
 waste places round about Jerusalem? Then, now, 
 I ask, if I am God, like man to lie, or the son of 
 man to be wavering, are not my words yea and 
 amen? What I have said, I will fulfil. And, 
 now, I tell thee, the nations shall be sprinkled, 
 till they are cleansed. For now will I cleanse the 
 blood, that I have not cleansed ; and bring my 
 spirit down upon man: and they shall put on my 
 beautiful garments. 
 
 These are a part of the explanation of the Bible, 
 Which I promised should be continued. At a 
 future day, I shall publish more. 
 
 Now, let men discern from these communica- 
 tions, given upon the Revelations and the Pro- 
 phets, how the whole is joined together in one 
 likeness, to bring redemption to man in the end. 
 But, if men deny the Gospel, then, they do away 
 the sense of the Prophets, that they cannot be 
 understood, who, the Prophet prophecied of, 
 that should be born for us, to be the prince of 
 peace, and have the government upon his 
 shoulders, and whom David speaks of through 
 the Psalms : to have the heathens for his- inherit- 
 ance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his 
 possession. These things I was ordered to I: ring 
 forward, to shew the errors in the Unitanviis and 
 the Calvanists. 
 
 But, as Mr. Smith hath brought forward, in his second book, 
 that Mr. Tanner's children both affirm the false assertion, made 
 in his first book, concerning my going to Mr. Tanner, and that 
 his son and daughter both say their father told them, u that I cur- 
 ried writings to him, which he refused to take, and that he told 
 me it was a delusion/' 
 
 Now, if their assertions be true, they have proved their father 
 was a liar, as I never carried any writings to him. And his con- 
 versation to me was the reverse of what his children have asserted, 
 as he then told me, he believed my visitation come from the 
 Lord, and desired me to bring him the writings; but 1 told him 
 1 could not, qs they uere not in my possession, which is known to 
 
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 njy friends in Exeter. The conversation which took place be- 
 tween Mr. Tanner and me is published in my answer to Smith, 
 and I should not have brought it forward again, but, I was 
 answered. 
 
 As Tanner's children hath made their father a 
 liar, from what they assert concerning thee, per- 
 fectly so have these preachers of election made 
 me and my Bible in the way they have placed it, 
 and let them discern from the words of the Pro- 
 phets that I ordered thee to bring forward, and 
 the conditions where all stand how could I mean 
 what I said, if their judgment be true? Here they 
 have made me, as Tanner's children hath made 
 their father, to say to my Prophets what I never- 
 meant, Avhen I promised to receive the returning 
 sinners. So they make my Bible false, and all 
 that were spoken by the mouth of the Prophets, 
 which I said in my Gospel I came to fulfil, and 
 that a word should not fall to the ground all all 
 was fulfilled. They must deny the words of the 
 Prophets, if they deny my mercies, in being 
 ready to save to the utmost all them that repent, 
 and turn unto me, because I have promised to 
 turn unto them ; for, I came to seek and to save 
 that which was lost ; and whosoever come unto 
 me I will in no ways cast out. But, if all was 
 elected from the foundation of the world, who 
 should be saved and who should be lost, and no 
 conditions were fixed for man, then, I died in 
 vain: and where is the merit of my dying 
 blood ? Here, I tell thee, from Tanner's children 
 stand a deep type of the Calvanists, as it is known 
 to thee they have made their father a liar. / nd 
 I tell thee these preachers have made my Pro* A 
 the same, and do judge me another suc'^ 
 have made of him. But thou sayest 
 thou canst not tell which is the Xvc 
 the children ; and perfectly so, I 
 are the minds of many confused b; 
 not knowing w T hich is true — the 
 by the mouth of the Prophets, i BffuMil 
 
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 these preachers of election set forth. And, thctc- 
 fore, thou knowest many hath told thee they be- 
 came Atheists and Deists; not to believe the 
 Bible at all, from the doctrine they heard preached 
 by them. Therefore, I have ordered thee to re- 
 prove their errors and bring forward iny Bible, 
 as a witness against them. But, now I tell thee, 
 if man will lie, let them know I am not a man to 
 lie, or the son of man to be wavering. As my 
 promises stand, I shall fulfil them. 
 
 As some of my believers hath taken up Mr. Smith's first hook, 
 sirid have written to me of their design to reprove him, I wish to 
 inform them he is not a man worthy of a reproof, neither is my 
 answer in this book for him, nor are the communications for 
 him; but the answer is for the public, to shew them the errors 
 pf this doctrine. 
 
 My friend observes, that, as Mr. Smith contends that all was 
 finished when Christ died, he wishes to ask him a few questions, 
 which I shall insert from his ietter. 
 
 . When did Christ see the travail of his soul and were satisfied r. 
 Isaiah liii. 8. When did he turn to the people a pure language, 
 that they served him with one consent ? Zep. iii. .9. When did 
 -all the ends of the earth see the salvation of God ? Isaiah lii. 
 When did every knee bow and every tongue swear to serve the 
 Lord? Isaiah xlv. When did he pour out his spirit upon all 
 iiesh ? Joel ii. When did men beat their swords into plowshares 
 and their spears into prunning hooks never to learn war any more ? 
 Mi cab. iv. 
 
 When did Christ draw all men after him ? John xii. When 
 old he destroy the works of the devil ? John iii. When was his 
 will done on earth as it is in heaven,. Matt. vi. The above are 
 a few of the questions he proposed for Mr. Smith to answer. 
 
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