93 their minds from Me, after I was wedded to some, And bring the whole before your view- +2 Gentiles Beide to the gentile Then sure his lands he'd freely give The parable goes deep for all. For he rejoic'd that he must die, 92 o last line. Life was a burden, he did cry; And so he sung that he must die,- in poetry Because his passions they were strong. So here's the shadow of the man,- 95 For I'll go back to Adam's fall, For there the Type stands deep for all; And there the Adultery first was plac'd, When satan's arts the woman cast:And then the blame was cast on ME, And so the rage began that way; For though he struck Me to the ground, The SECOND SWORD must sure be found: For I shall surely bruize his head; Mark ye the promise, how 'twas made Unto the youth that did appear, Because the Parable lies there; Unto the promise that was made, He'd live or die, you know he said,And to the promise bid him stand; In Death or Life he did demand, That to my word I there should stand. If he told truth, the truth should be To be the heir-blind mortals see: If he told lies, then on his head, He said the gallows should be laid, To build anew for him to die: Now here the hidden mystery lies. The woman then was murder'd there, By satan's arts that did appear; Because that I pronounc'd her dead; But, know the curse on satan lardWhen he had stung me to the soul, Betray'd the woman, now see allMy honor then engag'd 't must be, When I'd pronounc'd the curse on he To slay the woman at that time; But here's a mystery lies behind. He bid her put her clothing on. And said to murder 't was a shame, A naked woman to appear And know the man stood guilty there; Tho' he the truth in all had told, Another mystery I'll unfold. The youth that did the tidings bring, Repent'd when he had seen the thing; His dying Lord for to appear, His Lady murdered-Servant there; That she did strike him with her hand, Here we ended on Monday Night June the 25th 1804. The six days Joanna having been confined to her Bed, without being permitted to put on her Cloaths before she hears the Voice of the Lord call her aloud, as she has often heard it before. 97 Tuesday Morning, June 26th, 1804. After we had dropped our Pens on Monday Night, Joanna and Townley were gone to bed, as she now sleeps with Joanna, and only returns to her lodgings at times in the day. Soon after ten o'clock Joanna went out of bed, and walked up and down the room: about eleven Underwood came up, and saw Joanna walking up and down the room; at last she broke out with great power of the Spirit, and great fury-Underwood not knowing at first from what spirit it was, that she seemed in that fury; asked, if she should read to her to sooth her; but Joanna answered NO, she wanted nothing to sooth her, for she felt nothing but Joy. She walked to and fro shaking the very house, exclaiming against the devil, saying, hitherto sata hath walked up and down the Earth; but now he had cast himself, and he should walk up and down no more-for the Lord would now walk up and down the Earth in his stead-he accused My Handmaid of disobeying the commands of the LORD; but here were the Two Witnesses to prove him a liar, but you cannot understand the sense of this, if I do not tell you the particulars After the shadow of the First Seven Days, that was said of the Tria to be the shadow of her Trial, Joanna was ordered to undress and go to bed, and never to arise to put on her Cloaths more, before she heard the voice of the LORD call her aloud, in the same manner she had often heard it before-and in the same manner she heard a voice call aloud, Tom, the very morning that the Letter came from the Rev. Thomas P. Foley; but his name was called aloud in the morning, and three or four hours afterwards came his distressing letter, that was answer◄ N Shadon |