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vest, and all men judged the harvest would be good; I then shewed thee in a dream, the floods I would bring upon the harvest; and in two days the floods came, and ceased not till the grain was in a great measure destroyed, as I told you. I then told thee, that the land should be burnt up, by the heat of my anger, in the following year; as they had made the devil the God of the rain, to threaten, and have power to fulfil, I tried them another way, by the burning sun; and sent it, as I threatened, because of their unbelief. But when I found men were so wholly blind and ignorant, to make the devil the God of the sun; to say, that he threatened, and accomplished; I tried them another way; seeing they would perish for want of knowledge. I then ordered thee to try the World, at large; and promised to stop my judgments, if I found but five righteous men to search out the truth of these things. I found more than five, and stopped the judgments for their sakes. I commanded thee to put it in print, before it was fulfilled; and then I fulfilled my promise. Now, if men will be so presumptuous, to say all this came from the devil, they must make him, as I said, the God of heaven and earth, to have power to send blessings or cursings, as men obeyed or disobeyed him; and my name and power must have been forgotten and despised, by every soul that thus believes; and they must have a strong presumptuous faith, worse than the Jews.

And if men thus presume to boast,

I tell them all that they are lost.
A total famine shall appear,
When I've fulfill'd my Promise here,
The three years plenty to abound;
I say, your harvest shall be found
Much worse than any that is pasť:
For on you shall my fury burst,
If you deny ME for a GoD
Neither to bless, nor send a rod;

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But all from Satan did appear-
Then him you both must love and fear;
And treat your Maker with disdain.
I've neither power to rule nor reign,
If that by Satan this is done.
Awake, ye simple sons of men!
I see your wisdom all is lost,
And different doctrines men do boast;
Like Babel's builders all are come

To build to heaven, by your weak hands;
And just like them you all appear―
Your different faith is every where,
That must your building all confound;
For so you differ in the sound:
My Bible's plac'd so many ways,
And all men judge it as they please,
Till true religion all is gone,
And you've no Rock to build upon.
For sects and parties all dispute,

That all are wrong, but they are right;
And so your preaching's for debate;
And every passion men do heat,
I say, to anger-not to love.

Your different judgments now do prove,
That ye no judgment have at all:
Like Babel's builders all must fall;
And I shall take the cause in hand,
And prove my Bible as it stands ;
For every weight shall now turn round;
Just like thy dream shall all be found.
The ORGAN is the word of God,

That sounds in thee, it shall be know'd;

The weights were hanging, they were two,
It is the Gospel and the Law,

That both together did appear;
And now the mysteries I shall clear:
As by two irons both were found,
I say, to hang, and to turn round;
And now I'll tell thee, round they'll turn,
Till I've fulfill'd them both for man.
The Law and Gospel both appear;
Now search your Bible, and be clear;
I'll shew the weight was made at first-
The Man and Woman both did burst,
And in one weight they both were found;
But mark, they differ'd in the sound—
The man did cast his blame on ME;
The woman did her ruin see,

That from the Serpent did appear;
And so it hung till I came here
To bear the blame then cast by man.
I and the woman then were one,
That hung together in the weight;
And here's the mystery, for 'tis great:
And though 'tis great I'll make it plain,
And prove it to the sons of men.
I and the woman must appear
My Mother's innocence to clear,
That of the woman I did come
To bring Salvation unto man;
Which at that time they'd not receive,
And so the world we both did leave.
Yet in one weight we still appear-
My Mother's spirit must be here,
To take revenge on every foe,

That pierc'd her heart and soul all through;
Because the sword went through her soul-
Awake, vain men, I tell you all,
My Mother's spirit now is here;
And both together do appear,
I tell you, perfect like the first;
And on you shall my fury burst,
If now you draw your swords again,
To pierce her soul-'tis all in vain ;
For I shall now turn back the dart,
And plunge the sword in every heart,
That as her foe doth now appear;
For all my Gospel now I'll clear.
Mothers and Sisters I did call ;-
Appear, vain men, and answer all,
How I my Bible can fulfil.
I said, all those that did my will
Should in that manner be to ME;
And in the end you all shall see,
That all the righteous blood shall come
To be avenged back on man.

Then sure my Mother must appear;
(The mysteries deep to man I'll clear,)
That is, in Spirit here below;
Or how could I avenge the blow
On men and devils, that betray'd,
To bring it on the Serpent's head,
To free all those that with her join?
But all her foes that now combine,
I say, against her every hand,
Her injuries I'll return on man,

So you may call her what you will--
A BRIDE, OF MOTHER; but stand still:
I said, a BRIDEGROOM I'd appear,
When I bring in my every heir;
And by her name you all shall see
That Mary doth with her agree,
To cast all on the Serpent's head;
And like Joanna is her plead.
And if you will not cast it there,
Then of her blood let all take care;
For I'll avenge her every foe.
Now look to Calvary, you may know
What fatal sword went through her soul,
To see her Son to die for all.

I know her grief was more than mine;
And I'll avenge the every crime,
That caus'd my Mother's heart to bleed;
So now take care how you proceed.
But now I ask how 't could be done,
Had not my Spirit to her come,
To have the Woman to appear,
That in my Mother's room is here?
And if her offers you refuse,
I say more fatal than the Jews,
You'll find the every weight to turn,
Till ruin is on every man.-

And now I bid thee write thy dream,

And let the learned see it plain,

How every weight must now come round, And every spirit now is found,

As when I hung upon the tree.

My Mother's heart then bled for ME;
And here's Joanna in her room,
That early came to see my tomb,
To know if I was risen there;
And now Joanna doth appear,
I tell you plain, to warn you all,
That now's your time to stand or fall.
For I'll avenge my Mother's grief;-
And there, I tell you, came the thief;
After the angel did appear,

Satan came next and found the spear,
I say, to pierce her very soul;
And now's the time I'll turn on all;
The every weight shall so come round.
Without my will could I be found,

I say to come and die below?
But in thy heart, thou answer'st no:
But sure 'twas not my Mother's will
That I the fatal spear should feel;
Then now I will avenge the deed;
Tis for the Woman all must bleed,
Whose hands and hearts do not appear
To cast all on the Serpent there,
As she already hath begun;

For back the sword again must turn,
I tell you all, the other way:
Just like thy dream they all will see
That every weight will so come round;
And now the dream let it be found."

March 7th, 1803.-I dreamed that I was in a large room, and there was an organ-loft in it, with polished stone and marble under it. The loft was supported by two pillars; near to each pillar there hung a large round stone, like a grinding-stone, with two irons through each of them, which came through the gallery and the stones, and were fastened at the bottom. I thought I sat near it, with a large company; and both weights hung steady for some time; at last on a sudden, to my great astonishment, both weights began to run round with amazing swiftness; and I began to fear they would break the irons, and that the weight would fall upon us. They that were with me did not appear so much alarmed; but I arose, and went to the window; where I saw a boat hung up, and fastened to the window; and there was a river, like a canal, under the window. I asked why the boat was hung up? They answered, because the bottom was out. And then I awoke,

THE ANSWER OF THE SPIRIT.

"Now I answer. As the weight turned round, so shall every thing now turn round, as I told thee; and as the boat was hung up, which had no

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