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London, April 25, 1804

WARNING TO THE WORLD.

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S PROPHECIES.

LONDON: PRINTED BY S. ROUSSEAU, WOOD STREET, SPA FIELDS;
AND SOLD BY E. J. FIELD, NO. 2, HIGH STREET, ST. GILES'S.

As a letter of mine hath been made public amongst mankind of the events of the year, and men fay,

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Where is the Truth of her Prophecies ?"-I am now ordered again to publish them to the world, that every man may judge for himself. For believers, as well as unbelievers, have drawn a wrong judgment from them, as they do not appear clear to the judgment of any, but the jury; and their judgment was drawn from their often meeting together, and weighing the communications with each other.-But I must confess they drew their judgment clearer than I had, before the meaning was explained to me, and which was unknown to them before they had passed their judgment. As to my judgment, I never understood what I have written, before the meaning was explained to me; so that all have been fulfilled different from my judgment, and now I am assured this will be the same, contrary to the judgment that I have drawn-therefore I am not afraid to publish to the world the very Prophecies that my enemies have fo much mocked me for, and who affirmed they were false. Therefore I shall give them to the world at large, that they may judge for themselves. In the month of November 1803, after being mock

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A WARNING TO THE WORLD.

ed by many that said, unless they had seen signsand wonders they would not believe-I was answered, they should mark the weather; that is, the 24 days from New Year's Day, then they should be compared with the ensuing year.-This I made public, and believers and unbelievers marked the weather of the 24 days. On the 14th of January, I was answered in the following manner :-" I shall give a clear sign from the weather to believers; for unto them it is given to know the mystery, but from the world it is hid. How weak was all your judgment ! to suppose I meant from any weather to set a clear sign of this present year, for them to know what was haftening on, when I have already told thee, like a snare it shall come upon them in a day they little think of, and in an hour unaware: for as they have said, they want not the knowledge of the Moft High, the knowledge of the Most High they shall not have. -For in the signs of the weather I only meant to mock the unbelief of mankind, that say, unless they see signs and wonders they will not believe; so the signs of the weather are not for them, unless they draw their own judgment; and their own judgment will deceive them, as your own judgment hath deceived you; because you thought there would be some wonderful weather.-The twelfth day alludes to January. Some part cloudy, and sunshine appeared in the middle of the day. Now I answer, this month will be cloudy to the Nation-but no Enemy will land this month, neither will any fatal dangers be in this month, but the sunshine will come to believers; for the sunshine of my words, the sunshine of my promises, and the sunshine of my truth, shall be made clear to them, and break out strong upon them; but clouds and thick darkness will be unto thousandsnot knowing whether they will break off or not; but believers will see by an Eye of Faith, they will not break in this month, (January). The 13th day, which is for the second month, (February), was

cloudy and rainy in the morning, which broke off with winds in the afternoon.-Now I tell thee clouds will gather in February, and men will be exposed to dangers, as thy friends were exposed to go out in the storm *; but as the storm soon broke off from them, so will the storm break off from believers: they need not fear the storm, for my sunshine shall rise upon them; when dangers appear I will dismiss the clouds that are over their heads. Now why is thy mind confused because I ordered thee to mark 24 days? Thou sayest, how can this be placed right, 12 days for the past, and 12 for the present? I answer, the 12 days part the year, so I shall part the days; for the last month must bring it in to the following year. So I shall place New Year's Day to the first month in the year; the second day to the second month in the year; the third day to the third month; for that will not be the weather, which you say is fine and pleasant. But I now tell thee it will bring in *** **." These were the last words spoken to me on Saturday night the 14th day, and I went tobed dissatisfied, as no further explanation was given to me. But in the night, between one and two o'clock in the morning, I was awoke with a loud noise on the stair plat, and as I lay awake, it seemed like a large IRON BALL that seemed to roll from stair to stair THREE STAIRS DOWN; I lay awake much affrighted, fearing some one had come into the house, so I kept awake till after two, but hearing all was silent, I went to sleep again. The Sunday morning the 15th day, or 4th day, I was ordered to write it out, and then to write a dream I had in 1792, of the Caftle.-In 1792, I dreamt I was looking at a castle that stood on four pillars, and a large garden before it. I saw a woman come out of the castle, who appeared in white; she walked very swift up and down the garden, with something

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• When two friends of Joanna went away there came on a storm, which ended in half an hour.

in her hand, which she waved to and fro. The wind blew back her cloak, and I saw she was a skeleton, nothing but bones; as I saw her legs the same: at this I was afraid; and, looking at her, saw her face was fat and full. She looked on me and smiled, and, made fast one eye. I was afraid, and went round the castle, where I saw a large house full of dirty linen, that people were washing. I then came to the other side of the castle, and saw a large number of people coming down from the steps-betwixt the castle and the garden there was a large number of gentlemen and ladies tumbling down the steps one after the other very fast-and so crowded that there was scarce room or time to go down without falling. -When I had written thus far, I was ordered to write of the Skeleton that was found in the Bishop's Cave, when the Letter of his death in 1796 had been put into the hands of the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy the 3d day of June, of a sign of the death of Bishop Buller, which should be at the end of the year.-and so sure should all the others follow; and that there was no infufion in thy writings.-The Bishop died at the end of the year, and a skeleton was found in his cave, or vault.

When I had written this, I was ordered to open my Prayer Book, and it was at the 80th Psalm, "Oh Israel's Shepherd, Joseph's Guide,-How long will thy fierce anger burn ?" These lines are not joined in the Psalm; but I was ordered to join them together and then open my Prayer Book again, which I did, and found it at the ending of the Psalms, and of the Prayers on the Seas.-The laft verse in the Psalms I was ordered to pen," Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord." When I had written this, I was answered in the following manner: "Now I will tell thee, how long my fierce anger shall burn,

TILL ALL THAT HATH BREATH PRAISE MY NAME.

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-Then I will be Israel's Shepherd, Joseph's Guide; for the decrees are gone out of my mouth.-And

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