If in this manner you do still go on.
And now I tell thee why I threaten'd man:
If that the prophet they no way would free,
Partakers of his sins they surely be ;
And on their heads I say will fall his guilt.
A Jonah's anger is in Brothers' felt:
For unto anger he hath provok'd his God;
Because that man hath laid on him such rod.:
So all together this will fall on man.
Once more I tell you all, the sword is drawn ;
Therefore to justice he ought to appear,
And answer for himself, the whole to clear:
Whether such writings e'er came from his hand,
And in what manner he did them command.
For prophecies can in no way appear,
But by my gospel, as I've told you here;
That as the rustling of the winds do come,
Ye bear the sound, but never can discern
From whence it came, nor whither it do go
But try the spirits, and the truth you'll know;
And here the spirit I do bid men try,
And then you'll know if it came from GOD on high!
But thieves and robbers you must all appear,
you another way will enter here,
Than by the touchstone of my perfect word;
Then try the spirit for to know your God.
"Now I shall come to the purpose with all men. Prophecies have ceased, in the manner they were given to the prophets of old, ever since my coming into the world. For then I told them they should be warned by the inward moving of my Spirit: and by words being given, like the sound of the wind, that ye know not from whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so would the Spirit visit those to whom he is sent. But it is written, by my apostle," believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God or not." Then ye must try them by the touchstone of MY WORDS; for he that cometh any other way, than is said in my gospel, is a thief and a robber: and like a thief and a robber hath he put this last 'book in print; for they have robbed ME of my honour, and wrested the scriptures to their own condemnation, and all mankind. If they make
ME the serpent, all men are lost for ever; and there can be no redemption for man. The promise was made for man's redemption, when the woman's seed shall bruise the serpent's head; and the curse fall on him above every man. The curse pronounced on the serpent, as a beast, is but a type and shadow of the devil: having no feet, meaneth, Satan shall have no footing here on earth, after his head is bruised by the Seed of the Woman.
For 'tis the woman's conquering seed
Must break and bruise the serpent's head;
And all his footing take away,
That now so close to man does lay;
For like the dragon now he's found,
And fast his feet to man abound,
I say, to tempt to every ill,
To lie, to murder, men to kill;
To pride, to envy, and debate.
He now hath got the dragon's feet;
But when his head is bruised here,
And I turn back on him his spear;
Then like the serpent he'll become,
And have no foot to stand upon;
Because his feet I'll take away.
And now, O man, hear what I say:
The serpent he does lose his skin,
And here's a shadow deep for him;
For so he now shall lose the whole ;
The serpent's skin fortells his fall.
To circumcision next I'll come,
A thing I order'd to be done.
For man his wisdom he must lost,
When I begin to pay the cost;
And his foreknowledge take away;
In circumcision all will lay,
And say their knowledge was not good;
They lost their wisdom as it stood;
And then the mysteries you'll see clear.
The type's in nature placed here:
The moon is turned into blood,
And Satan's drowned in the flood;
The serpent's skin is Satan's fall;
He lost his footing, skin, and all :
For all this kingdom he will leave;
His skin behind shews he deceiv'd,
When here on earth he did appear ;
But like the skin, I tell you here,
You'll see his body to be lost,
And say the serpent now is cast.
As from the Woman does appear,
Men's wisdom hath deceiv'd them here;
For circumcised they must become,
In heart and life, their wisdom gone,
That they profess'd to have before.
Weigh deep the words, I'll say no more;
But with the Woman make an end;
Because to nature all must bend:
And I have told you, by my blood,
I'll cleanse all nations in the flood:
That on the serpent all is cast,
And here's the end, for all must burst.
"For as the serpent has no feet, and loseth his skin; he is a type of the devil, that shall lose his footing and power here on earth; and shall run away, leaving nothing behind that can hurt; only shewing to man, by his works, that he hath been here; as the serpent sheweth you by his empty skin, that he hath been where it is found, but no appearance of his body near it-this is a clear type of the Devil's destruction. Circumcision is a clear type to man: he must be circumcised in heart and life, leaving all the foreknowledge he had before of his own, and come to the second resurrection from the dead: the first dyeth, but the second quickeneth. Circumcision in man is a sure sign to him that the fall shall be taken away from man, and he shall be quickened by my Spirit. Circumcision is a type of man's redemption; the serpent is a type of Satan's destruction; and the WOMAN is a type of ME, whose blood was shed for all men, to bring the fruits of the spirit to man; for as it is in nature, so it is in grace. The woman's seed must bruise the serpent's head. Now the enmity is placed between the woman's seed and the man, who is under the influence of the devil, to cast all on his Maker, as Adam did: but know, that in Adam ail
died, and in Christ ye are all made alive; and that that promise was made through the woman's seed. So he that looks for redemption in and through MY BLOOD must look to the woman where the type has stood !
For there's no other way that ye can come,
But by the sheepfold as 'tis plac'd for man;
And now old Adam does so strong appear,
I say, in Brothers, and his followers here,
That do so madly now with him believe.
With pride and envy Satan them deceiv'd,
To cast the guilt upon the Woman's head;
For just like Adam now is all their plead;
The Woman and their Maker both they blame,
And now, O men, I'll put you all to shame.
I said that Brothers broke the ground all through ;
The heavy-loaded waggons so did go.
I said that Adam brought on it a curse;
I said that Brothers would the samé produce,
If in the prison you keep him alone :
His heavy load to ME is surely known.
Loaded with sorrow, and his load is sin :
He left his God, when man did him condemn ;
And so like Adam he did fly from ME,
And Satan closely then did follow he;
And now my judgments he is pulling down.
His sins and sorrows soon will break the ground,
I tell you all, to bring on Adam's curse;
For in the prison doth his anger burst.
And now I'll tell the mystery of the dream:
Thou read'st it o'er, but cannot see it plain;
That on a hill of prophecies you stand.
A hill is high where you survey the land;
And different places on a hill you see;
And different knowledge in you all must be:
When by my Spirit I do lift you up,
You see all round you; and you see and hope,
That all these truths from ME you can command:
And on the hill the waggons all did stand.
But well thou know'st thou goest a different way.
And now, O man, give ear to what I say:
I said that Brothers' waggon went before,
And broke the ground, which made thee look and fear.
And now the FULNESS of the time is come;
If men of learning could the thing discern:
See Strange Effects of Faith, page 60.
They'd see that Brothers broke the ground all through,
And the creation's deep before you view.
For in the prison stands the man alone,
And he like Adam unto ME was known;
For to that man MYSELF I had reveal'd,
But took a bone that was from him conceal'd;
Like Eve and Adam, but I plac'd apart,
To try them both, when Satan fix'd his dart:
To see their conduct how they'd both appear.
And the creation I have now brought here,
That all may plainly see the different road;
And different foot-steps by them both are trod;
The man hath cast his blame upon his God,
The author of his guilt and fix'd the rod
To fall upon his MAKER all alone,
Begun by Adam, and went on by man;
And now from man this is the end, you sce
A Jonah's anger, and condemning ME!
And all mankind, I say, they do the same;
Me and my bible they throughout do blame:
And just like Brothers they do all appear!
And now the mountains, I do tell them here,
That I will surely bring them to a plain.
And here's the perfect meaning of thy dream.
For now the wheel-ruts they shall all go deep,
As with the waggons all the ground did sink;
And now I tell thee, all shall sink before:
He'th broke the ground, like Adam now appears :
And now the ground is cursed for his sake;
For like his anger I on men shall break,
If they don't call him to a just account;
Shew him his sins, and how they all amount,
To pull down vengeance from the GOD of HEAVEN,
Confess his guilt that he may be forgiven:
Because the ground he now hath broke all through.
The ways of men throughout are in my view;
And just like Brothers they do all appear:
That is the reason thou didst look and fear,
That all's infusion, or some idle dream:
Because MY BIBLE 'tis so wrongly plac'd
By men, as wrong as Brothers plac'd the fall;
And here's the waggons laden for you all,
That by my anger I shall crush all through,
If men so blindly do my bible shew.
For just like Brothers do mankind appear,
Make Me the liar and the murderer here!
For all my bible they do give the lie,
And wrongly plac'd my prophet's prophecy,
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