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hath established with us, that blessed be the Lord, their Iniquities cannot destroy us, as the fall of Adam fell upon all the race of Mankind; but this NEW COVENANT Cuts off that Fall from all them that believe in Redemption, in aud through the Merits of Christ; so blessed be the Lord for His unbounded mercies, that from THE AUTHORITY of the Bible as well as THE PROMISES made to me in my Writing, the Lord will not now lay the Iniquities of one upon the other, nor punish the Innocent with the Guilty, the Juft with the unjuft-but deeply are the Words faid to me, the devil is now working STRONG in the Minifters to bring the day of Vengeance upon man, that he may escape the Curse pronounced upon him, and could he work thus in the hearts of all men, the world muft be burnt up like the Scroll, and all must be burnt to afhes, and I must say juftly deserve it; for if God so loved the World to give His Only Son to have His Heel Bruized, as promised in the Fall for the Trapsgreffion of man; and Chrift so loved the World to give up his Life for man, and man was ready to clamour for His Blood; but now the time is come for satan's curse, to fulfil the promife that was made at the fame time in the beginningthey now want to make GOD a liar in the promife HE made through HIS SON; for, if we read our Bibles through, the Bible is no more clear of CHRIST'S Death and Sufferings for man, than it is of HIS triumphing over Death, Hell, and Sin, and treading down all the Wicked as Athes under HIS Feet, which was prophecied by the Prophet Malachi, as well as from the Golpel, ft. Epistle of John, 5th chap. 11th ver. "This is the

Record that GOD bath given to us, Eternal Life, and this Life is in HIS SON" I need not quote to you the many paffages of Scripture which affure us of eternal life in this World through CHRIST JESUS, both of Redemption and Salvation, and that HE will deftroy all the works of the devil, as well as the promise made in the Revelations, that he is to be chained down FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. I am sorry to say, I believe the Clergy know no more of their Bibles, than they do of my writings

and was the Lord to come forward, as it is said to me, with a Sword in one hand, and his Bible in the other, the Shepherds muft fall as the grass before HIM, for they could not answer one word of a thousand-only allow, they have been Blind Leaders of the Blind, and must confess they have acted as it is said in the 82nd Psalm, 5th verse. "That will not be learned, nor under"stand, but walk on still in darkness; all the Foun"dations of the Earth are out of course. I have said, ye are Gods: and ye are all the Children of the "MOST HIGHEST. But ye shall die like men; and "fall like one of the Princes."

"Now, Joanna, I shall answer,
Thou no further hast to go;'
JAH, JEHOVAH, is thy Master,
All the Shepherds I do know,-
Like the psalm that thou hast mention'd,
They are wandering here from Me:
But they'll hold no Contention,
Because the Light they will not see.
The Psalm is true before their view,
And true the words are come ;

They neither know, nor will they learn.
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But boldly stray, as thou dost say,
My Bible's all des pis'd;

But my Just Judgments they shall see,
To make the Fools more wise.
Did I appear to perish here?
And hang upon the Tree,

The clamouring Tongues of men to hear?

And Satan swell'd this way?

To say, 'twas come now to his doom,
But men will not submit,

To let the Cross for him to come,
Nor nail his hands, nor feet :-
His head to bruize, they do refuse,
Is satan's haughty pride?

I tell you fataler than the Jews,
The Gentiles now must hide :-

The Rocks now call, to skreen you all,

That will the serpent free;

The Axe is laid I tell you all,

Then tremble every Tree,

That now stand out so full of doubt,

And wish him to remain

No Love for ME there cannot be,
Your sickly love is vain ;

Your rage do swell inflam'd by hell,
And there you all shall go,
Unless like Nineveh you'll fall
In sorrow, grief, and woe.
But I'll raise up an Israel's hope,
For them that trust in ME;
I never did on Calvary drop,
To set the serpent free-

As you vain men do now contend,
MY BIBLE throw aside;

And satan in you to remain,
Then sure in vain I died.-

If 't must go on, then by your Plan,
For men to mock MY Name;
I ask you how the Jews do stand,
Or, who do spread MY Fame?

Will you appear to answer here,
You spread the Fame of ME,
To make a Bible none can clear,
But lies throughout to be?
Bring ME the man that can contend,
Fast bound in satan's chain,
To prove MY Bible all is true!
No, all your arts are vain.-
It can't be done, ye sons of men,
By satan's arts or yours

MY Bible you do all deny.
And think yourselves secure,

To preach a word that came from God,
Which you affirm is wrong,
For if MY Bible all is false-
Then lies upon your tongue
You do appear, I tell you here,
In to the Church to go;
And to MY Altar do repair
With words you do not know-

The Bread of Heeven, must sure be given,

I tell you tis MY WORD,

That must come down, the end be found, You ne'er discern'd your LORD!

From Types at first all things did burst,

And so that Type did come:

But know the end was MY Intend,
To make THE TRUTH be known;
Shadows from man, the Bread did come,
Shadows of Bread below:,

But now 'tis drawing to the end,
Your bread will never do.

No, 'tis MY WORD must be the Bread,
To save you in the end;

And 'tis My FLESH must now break forth,

The Spirit 's my intend

Must here appear, your Flesh must bear, To eat and drink with ME:

I see the ponderings in thy heart,

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Which way can THIS THING be?
To eat MY Flesh, can man express,
To eat the Flesh was MINE?
A mystery here thou cans't not clear,
Thy pondering thoughts resign.-
It is not so, I well do know,
My Flesh is not their Food:
But further let thy thoughts to go-
And let them eat MY Word;
That's to believe, I dont deceive,
Then let MY Flesh appear;
And know that I shall come again,
Their every guilt to clear-
That man with ME alike may be,
Close joined to the VINE;
Then in MY Spirit you will drink,
And know MY Blood's the Wine,
That must appear in power here,
The Water-pots to turn:

And in the end they'll all see clear,
With Wine I've made them strong,
Because MY word, that's on record,
Shall make their Foes submit;
And when in power I appear
They'll TREMBLE at their Feet,
So I'll end here, and say no more,
But let MY Sheep demand
THE WAY the Bible men can clear,
If they DENY thy hand-

No man on earth can now come forth,
To prove these Writings thine ;-
And as to hell, where darkness dwells,
They surely must resign:

Because from he it cannot be
As. I have said before;

A Judas men would make of he,

To bring his gallows here :—
Himself to hang, but 'tis for men,
That he persuades them so;

Because their GOD they may condemn,

And all to hell may go.-.

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