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SECOND BOOK of VISIONS.

TH

HE Continuation of Joseph Prescott's Visions, and the Explanation of them, given by the Spirit to Joanna Southcott; to shew you all that the night is far spent, and the day is at hand, that all the Prophet Joel's words shall be fulfilled.

"For I now warn the whole world, by thee, and by him, that my Bible is near to the end, and all shall be as the Prophet Joel tells you :-the end will come by visions seen by young men, and prophecies given by my handmaids. Now they are both before you; and all I said in my Gospel is now like the green leaves in the spring; then know that your redemption is, like your summer, nigh at hand and like your husbandmen are my disciples, preparing for the summer fruit, to bring forth the increase, and to try the ground of every heart.

"For every heart I know:

In him that's little in his own eyes
The seed will surely grow;
But he that's great will find deceit
From his own heart appear;

And as 'tis drawing to the night,
That night will foil him here.

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The Second Edition printed in Nov. 1813, by W. Marchant, from the First Edition, printed in August, 1803,.

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

I've shewn you plain, from every sign,
That all my Bible's clear;'

I've shewn the branches and the vine,
And told you I AM here:
The shadow first on you did burst,
To prove my prophet true;
'But now the substance is the last,
That every soul shall know."

April 4th, 1803.

The following was given to Joanna, in answer to people's saying that Joseph Prescott's visions, and her explanations of them, were "witty inventions;" and Joanna was answered by the Spirit from the 8th chapter of Proverbs.

"Now I'll appear to answer here,
My mind I will unfold:

As dead to knowledge man appears,
The truth from all is told;

And dead in sin do all begin

To moulder into dust;
Their understanding all is gone,
In every age t'was cast.
Then Satan here cannot appear,
To prove man was not dead;
And so the liar I'll condemn,
Men's senses all are fled.
So I'll begin from Solomon,
Who wisdom had of ME;
The charmer's voice to all is come,
Yet there's but few do see,

His wisdom must in all appear
Unto the sons of men;

And from the Proverbs I shall clear,
And will mankind condemn.
Wisdom in ME, they all shall see,
It doth with prudence dwell;
And "wit's invention" all is here,
To shake the powers ofhelf.

For there's no man on earth can come
To prove no wit is here:

The wise and learned I'll condemn,
If they do now appear,

To say from man this wit did come;
And all together weigh,

Then wit's invention, it must be known,

Is in that youth and thee.
So here's the she, let all men see,
Hath wit's invention found;

And 'tis not your divinity

Can all her wit confound.

Wiser than man the woman's come,
If you give her this praise,
That her invention this hath done;
Then now discern her ways:
She thought a thing, and made it plain,
Like Sheba's queen came here,
And then she found a Solomon,
To make her wisdom clear.
For so you see that youth must be,
If he invent the whole,

And in one likeness all agree;

You must confess no fool
Could thus invent, as all is sent;
So wisdom must be here.
Before the earth's foundation laid
My wisdom bright appear'd;
But you complain, ye sons of men,
That wisdom speaks too low,
To be from God, as you have said;
Then now your wisdom shew.
My Bible's high, you all do cry,
As none do understand;
And so you give it all the lie,
As it is plac'd by man:

For every way 'tis plac'd by you,
Ye simple sons of men;
In judgment you do not agree,

Then how can you contend

That you are right, when to your sight

You one the other blame,

And like the sand your wisdom stands,
That you can never join?

But here are two, before your view,
That now have join'd the whole;
And will you say in them't did lie,
And make yourselves such fools,

For to condemn the sons of men-
Like Adam I'll appear:

The woman, I have given to you,
Hath offer'd good fruit here;
Which you refuse, and will not chuse,
Then I'll refuse you all.

The woman, see, is given by ME,
And now behold your call;
Or else, I say like him, that day,
You're out of Eden cast:

If men with Satan now agree,

Then both alike shall burst.
For I'll speak plain, ye sons of men,
Your Maker now is come

To call you to a strict account;
Look back at what you've done;
The woman's hand against you stands,
If you her Lord deny.

The shepherds I will never clear

The letters all must see,

That in my name to them were sent,
If silent they appear'd,

To tell them 'twas thy full intent
To publish for the Lord,

That in my name the writings came,

Their silence gave consent;

And they shall know my every name→→

And now my mind is bent

For to condemn the sons of men,

If they do now agree

To say thy writings came from hell-
Then where's their love for ME?
Against the king had this been done,
Your fury would appear,

And seek to know if it was so-
No poverty would clear,
I say, a thing against the king,
If she had forg'd his name;

For all to justice men would bring,
And put them all to shame.

But for your God no love you've shew'd,
If you judg'd this from hell;
And so you let it fly abroad;

By silence he compell'a

My shepherds their not to appear;
Then he their hearts must gain,
Never to see the mystery,

Till it was all in vain