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thee, thy face LORD will I seek; hide not thy face from me. Ver. 14-Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm xxx. 4, 5-Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness: for his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning, Psalm xxxvii. 4, 5-Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Ver, 11-The meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. Ver. 28, 29-For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. Psalm 1xxiii. 25-Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. Psalm 1xxiv. 10-O GOD, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the eneVer. 22-Arise,

my blaspheme thy name for ever?

O GOD, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. Here ends Monday Night.

Tuesday, October 2, Three o' Clock. Joanna has finished reading the Psalms through; and from pondering them in her own heart, she can see the manner of her own life through all DAVID'S. Sometimes he writes strong in faith, and his whole confidence and rejoicing in the LORD; other times he writes in despair, being overpowered by his enemies. The different manner of David's writing, na man can be a clear judge of, but those that can

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OF THE PSALMS.

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judge by experience, the different manner that our
own spirits may be led; for though my life has not
been like David's, yet it has been similar to it in
another way; therefore in the Psalms of David I see
the different feelings of my own heart placed every
way. But one thing DAVID and I differ in : Psalin
Ixix. 21. Though he speaks of himself, he prophe-
sies of our SAVIOUR--They gave me also gall for my
meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to
drink. In the following verse, he prays for utter
destruction upon his enemies, without shewing any
mercy to man; and in the same manner he writes
in Psalm cix. Fatal judgments without mercies on
his enemies. Here David and I widely differ, on
the one hand, and yet we join together on the other.
Now I shall explain my meaning: I never could
feel that anger and indignation against the greatest
enemy I had in this world, but always felt in my
heart to pray for my enemies, that the Lord would
turn them from the evil of their ways. And though
I have been provoked, to see the hardness of men's
hearts, and have been angry with them; yet I al-
ways wished to see them turn from their evil, that
they might not perish everlastingly. This is my
heart, in a temporal sense, that I cannot join with
DAVID there; yet I can join with David in a spi-
ritual sense.
When I come to reflect on all the mi-
sery and sufferings, that the Devil has brought on
mankind, from the Fall of ADAM to this day, and
the dreadful blasphemy he has come to ME against
the LORD, and against his anointed, who is full
of mercies, goodness, and truth; but Satan's
malice has been full of blasphemy. Here I
can join with DAVID, against the Devil. Psalm
cix. 17, 18-As he loved cursing, so let it come
unto him as he delighted not in blessing, so let
it be far-from him. As he clothed himself with
cursing like as with his garment, so let it come
into his bowels like water, and like oil into

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his bones. Now this is the spirit of the Devil, from his own confession to me. Then if it be his delight, let his delight come upon him; and let him not make others miserable with the wretchedness. that he delights in. Here, in a spiritual sense. my heart joins with DAVID; and the feelings of my. heart, in various different ways, are perfectly penned by David in the Psalms. And the Spirit of the Lord must be with David, or he would never have had .snch strong love for the Lord, as he expressed. But the prophecies of David go deep to the establishing of CHRIST'S KINGDOM. Psalm cx. 1-The Lord said unto my, Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Here David in spirit calls our SAVIOUR LORD: and he adds, in ver. 3-Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth. Psalm lxxxix. 19, 27, 28, 15-Thou speakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I will make him my first born, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, Lord, in the light of thy countenance. Psalm 1xxxv. 9, 10, 11-Surely his salvation. is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteous-, ness shall look down from Heaven. Psalm lxxxii. 8

-Arise, O God, judge the earth for thou shalt inherit all nations. Psalm xxviii. 2. 6-I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old. That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them unto their children. Psalm lxxvi.

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9, 10-When God ariseth to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth: surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath thou shalt restrain. Psalm 1xxv. 10-All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. Psalm lxviii. 18-Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Psalm lxvii. -God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Psalm lxvi. 4-All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Psalm xlvi. 9, 10-He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalin xl. 6, 7, 8-Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me. I delight to do thy will,

my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Psalm ... 5, 6-Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast

Toyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name rever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are Te to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed es; their memorial is perished with them. Psalm -5, 6-Thou hast made him a little lower than angels, and hast crowned him with glory and r. Thou madest him to have dominion over orks of thy hand; thou has pat all things un1. feet. Psalm ii. 6, 7, 8-Yet have I set my Lag upon my holy hill of Zion, I will declare the

ce: the Lord hath said unto me, thou art my So this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, I shall give thee the heathen for thine inherit

ance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

THE ANSWER OF THE LORD.

"Now, Joanna, I shall answer thee. From the manner thou hast brought backward the PSALMS, SO shall I bring all things backward. Now remember Psalm ii-Ask and receive thy full demands; then will I give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Then goes on what the prophecies are; and that help should be laid upon one that was mighty, to receive gifts for men. Now all things thou. hast worked backward, for ME to ask and demand them all. But what are the gifts I am to ask for men, but to give them the gift of my SPIRIT, and to destroy their enemy, the Devil? Now as thou hast worked backward the prophecies of ME, to ask and receive, so I have worked backward the Bible, for thee to ask and receive thy full demands, that the Woman's betrayer might be cast; and the Woman might be freed. This is the help that is laid upon one that is MIGHTY: that is able to save unto the utmost all them that long for HIS COMING.Now I begin from what thou'st done,

To trace the Psalmist back,

And then, I tell thee, in the end
They'll find how all must break.
Wisely the words were judg'd by thee
Of DAVID's prophecy:

It was in SPIRIT he did see

The words that here do lie;
Because the Lord with one accord,
Plac'd Judgment at the first,

That at his RIGHT HAND I should sit,

Until the end did burst,

That I did come for to fulfil,

As it is said before

You know it was my FATHER's will,

In the Creation here;

The Woman's Seed should bruise the head

Of him that did betray;

For so the Promise first was laid,

And backward, now I say,

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