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clay to the seal: and they stand as a garment; and from the wicked their light is withholden; and the high arm shall be broken.

“Now, Joanna, thee I'll answer :
Mark the words were written there,
That were spoken by thy Master,
When the whirlwind did appear.
Disputes at first, 'twas I that bust,
With Satan for a time;

Disputes with Men did then come on,
But no one knew my mind;
For silent there I ali did hear,
But then my silence broke
In thunder there for to appear;
But men discern'd it not,

That for the last the thing was plac'd,
To shake the whole away.

And from the Seat 1 now shall burst:
This is the House of Clay,

That I am come to seal in Man,
For Satan I'll destroy;

For his proud waves have been so strong,
My friends cannot enjoy

Their peace in ME, I plain do see,

But now I'll shake the whole;

For his high hand shall never stand,

I'll make the foe to fall.

If he at first on Man did burst,
Then now I'll burst on he,

And plead like Job, to have him cast➡
A mystery none do see,

So I'll end here, and say no more,
The lines for all go deep.

The Type of Job doth here appear,

To make thy friends to weep;
Though some begin, as they had done,
And presents send to thee*.

This is a shadow deep for Man,
That every soul shall see;

So if they turn, as some have done,
I shall forgive them all

That do repent, and now relent,

They e'er condemn'd thy call.-

I shall reason with thee on the morrow."

Here ends Sunday night, Sept. 30, 1804.

On Sunday morning we received a hamper with poultry, from Mr. Cole, a farmer, in Devon, who was Joanna's great opposer, and said she ought to be hanged, when she was in Devon; but now all the family are come in strong believers; as the harvest in Devon he awakened many.

CONCERNING JOB.

Monday, Oct. 1st, 1804. And now I shall come to answer the man, who wished thee to enquire of ME concerning him. Let not his heart be cast down, nor his spirits grieved, at any arts or subtlety that the Devil may try to blast his comforts. But let him weigh deep the Book of Job, and see the judgment thou drawest from it, and the answer that I have given thee. For now I tell thee, Satan will try many, as he tried Job; but let men stand out like JOB, and I shall arise to plead for man, as I pleaded for Job. But he that falleth by temptations, will fall on the corner stone, which is the foundation that was laid in the Fall; and then that PROMISE will break him off from obtaining it. But now is the time for that corner stone, and that PROMISE to fall on the head where it was laid, which was on the head of the Serpent, that is, the Devil: and it shall grind all his power, like powder, So now let men take care they do not fall on that PROMISE: that meaneth, not to believe it, and stumble at its fulfilment; for then they may fall to be broken off, when the stone falls on the head of the woman's betrayer, and men's accuser. But now let the man stand stedfast in his faith, and he shall live for ever in ME, whether in this world, or that which is to come. him weigh deep the xli. ch. of Job. My answer to Job was never discerned by any man; neither was it ever understood by man, what I meant in the following words" Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook, or his tongue with a cord, which thou lettest down? Canst thou put a hook into his nose, or bore his jaw through with a thorn?" These are the words men never understood. The Leviathan meaneth the Devil; and by his contending against Job, I drew him out with the hook of his words, and by the cord that I let down to give him the power, then I put the hook into his nose, and bored his jaw through with a thorn, that he could never more condemn Job. But now do men vainly suppose this O

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was done for JOB only? I tell them no: it stands a TYPE for all men; and like the Leviathan in the sea is the power of the Devil against man, which man of himself can no more destroy, than he can destroy the Leviathan in the sea. But by my wisdom I shamed the Devil concerning Joв, and confounded the Devil concerning Job, and I took Satan's power from Job, that he could no more accuse him, and no more condemn him; as he tried to the utmost, and found Job what I said he was.-And now I AM come the same to justify all men, that are longing for MY coming; and shew Satan, it was their being dead to knowledge that made them clamour for my Blood, and put ME to death: and so I fell on the CORNER STONE of the PROMISE: and though I was broken at that time to be put to death, yet when the fulfilment of the PROMISE comes, know it must fall on him, to grind him to powder. This is the fulfilment of the FALL. But if men fall on that PROMISE, S the Jews did, they will fall to be broken off. But let them know, that I fell to rise again, to throw all his power, and cast the CORNER STONE on him: for all men must know that that CORNER STONE meaneth the PROMISE that was made in the FALL. NOW let the learned answer, what they make of that corner stone? But I answer,. they can no more explain it, than they can draw out the Leviathan with the hook: neither can they explain the mysteries of my Bible, in what manner, and for what purpose, all Types and Shadows were placed, and all these words were spoken.

So now to Man I bold shall come:
Read all my Bible through,
And just like thee, to ponder on
What's laid before their view;
And let them see as deep as thee,
My wisdom's hid in all,

That to the end 'tis my intend

To bring you to the Fall;

Then I'll draw out with every hook

The tempter that stood there.

VING
CONCERNING JOB.

But how by Man can this be done?
Now see my Bible clear:

As I did say to Job that day,

I now may say to Man;

The Leviathan there's none can slay,
The way I said to him;

And now the same I say to mad-
Can you destroy your foe,

That, like that fish, is surely strong,
And doth a fishing go?

I know for man his power is strong,
They caunot him destroy;

But I'm a God shall send a rod;
For man I will enjoy."

Ch. xli. last verse.-He beholdeth all high things; he is a King over all the children of pride.

Now from the verse that there is mention'd
Let the wise and learned see;
Then they must drop all contention,
Know the fish was nam'd by ME;
What I compar'd, they all must hear,
A Type of Saran stood.
How can men say another way
I do the fish allude,

To be the whole when I do call

My children from distress?
As I did there to Job appear,'
His sufferings to redress,
His grief to free, I now tell thee,

The fish I did compare;

There was no wisdom wrought in he

For to destroy him there;

And so to Man I now shall come→

You can't destroy

your

Foe:

For as I said the fish was strong,

So Satan's arts I know;

But as a king can you now bring
That fish upon the sea,

That all the children here of pride
His power do cast away?
In power there can he appear,
O'er all them that are proud?
I tell thee, No; he cannot go;
Nor can you this allude,
To make it plain by learned men,
The way 'tis mention'd there.
Nought but the fish did I allude,

That did in power appear,
No; 'twas to Hell, the truth.I tell,
Though like a fable penn'd;
For Satan's arts they so did swell
Against my every friend;

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So unto he I then did say,
Could he destroy his Foe,

Who like that fish in power did lie?
But now the truth you know,
'Twas drawn from he, the end you see,
Because you know 'twas great;
And I did turn his enemies,

That judg'd there was deceit
Found in the Man, his grief did come,
But I did turn the whole;
And now the end 'tis my intend,
The same on Man shall fall;
Though Satan first in rage may burst,
My friends for to condemn;

But I do tell them at the last

My thundering voice shall come; My friends I'll free, I now tell thee, As I freed Joв before.

But first, you see, condemn'd they be
By false friends to appear,

Who say, 'tis wrong they do go on,
My friends they would confound;
And strong the tempter now is come,
I say, in every sound,

For to condemn in every Man
That upright wish to be,

And wish the Serpent was destroy'd,
That they might live in ME.
Then these to JOB I shall allude-
And here the lines go deep:
Because they wish for to be good,
That they my laws may keep;
Sin to be gone, and I may come
To be the guide of all;
Then all may see they upright be,
Or they'd reject the call.
So unto JOB I all allude,

That wish my Kingdom near;

But I do say to thee this day,
False friends do now appear,
As his did come, I see in Man
They daily do abound;
Hypocrisy they do condemn,

But their words will be found,
I say, at last, as Job's did burst-
It fell upon their heads:
And in the end 'tis my intend,
That back their words I'll lead
Upon them all, when I do call;
So let the words be penn'd.
This is a warning deep for all;
For so they'll see the end."

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