Je 113 come as the David that slew the Goliah; I must come as a DAVID that despised Saul's daughter, when she despised to see David dance before the ark to see it brought back for this is the ARK of THE NEW COVENANT, that I shall slay the Goliah; and to establish it I must come to save the adulterous Woman, who was adulterated by the fall, but not by ME in the SPIRIT, but after the Flesh by Man. But here the scenes must change, the Woman hath renounced all the works of the flesh, and put on all the works of the SPIRIT. Her husband was not slain in the battle, whom she wished to make her husband-but here, I confess, after the Spirit I slew the Man by love, by drawing her heart after ME and putting him in front of every battle that was against him. This have I done with all her lovers, till I taught her heart to love ME, and ME only. Then now from the Spirit see the perfect likeness of David in the flesh; but what was of earth was earthly and sinful; but what is from the Spirit is spotless and innocent without sin unto salvation Foley, Book So now see clear your David here, For in thy bed I did appear But looks disorder'd thou didst cry, To shew my love so strong to prove And canst thou marvel at the sight Disorder'd stand, appear to man, I tell thee my disorder'd hair That now again in ME are come, But see men's love so cold; The drops of sweat must now be known, That thou didst then behold; (51) 1 breath'd in thee, they all shall see, Between you two, thou well dost know, And canst thou marvel for to see No: I am press'd, my heart doth burst 1 know my shepherds must be cast; My heart is press'd-my grief doth burst, He turn'd back one, to me 'twas known, That lov'd ME above the rest And all his flock from him is Then let his grief to burst, In sorrow here for to appear, gone, For I AM the VINE-I'll tell my mind, That did appear to thee In glory bright before thy sight; As in the harvest day. When men are reaping strong in might Their faces oft do lay With sweat appear, as mine did there— How oft unbutton'd did appear, In reaping strong, to thee 'tis known- I plainly tell thee, 'tis begun; If they'll not come like husbandmen My harvest now to see, I tell them plain I'll cut them down!!!. My reapers now shall be Those that do join and do combine In love for to appear; Between you two, they all shall know,» A shadow deep lies here; Because the first in thee did burst, In grief to travel on; From the Sacrament. And when I told thee at the last The life should come in ME The truth they could not see. But her they mock'd; then judge the stroke Between the two, before your view, That they for ME do bear. And now, ye shepherds of MY FLOCK, Tremble my words to hear: You wound MY HEART, you've caus'd a smant That you can never heal; And from the LOVE that here I prove My anger you shall feel. There's not a sin under the sun That is so great to ME, As 'tis to wound these women's hearts, And do appear in love so clear, And MINE they'll find is strong: So, of these women now take care, For fast shall fall, I tell you all, My leg I shew'd to thee, Where on thy hand so strong did fall In purple spots for ME; And purple here I did appear. To shew my grief like thine; Thy agonies I now do bear Fetter'd so strong in Satan's chains, Because men's reason they do drown, But quickly in the Woman's Form • Joanna. ( 53 ) But then, like man, thou didst begin, And griev'd her sight to see; Thou could'st not bear the Woman's Form, Just so your Land is now become, But I do say another day I'll make their blood run cold. The explanation of that vision is only given in part. The above was written ou Thursday, July 5, 1804, and sent to Exeter early this morning, Friday, July 6. Before an explanation was given further, Joanna was ordered to take her Bible and put down such passages of Scripture as the Lord would direct her -the first was in Amos, chap. v. ver. 20. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 21. I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs: for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Micah, chap. vi. ver. 11. Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12. For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13. Therefore also will I make thee sick in smit ing thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. Habakkuk, chap. ii. ver. 11. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 14. For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. John, chap. v. ver. 39. Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. 40. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. John, chap. vi*. ver. 33. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 53. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day. 66. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 1 Epist. John, chap. iii. ver. 1. Behold, what man. ner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God, therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall beg but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 Epist. John, chap. iv. ver. 14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 1 Epist. John, chap. v. ver. 9. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for Read the whole chapter, and mark the 66th verse. |