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CHRIST DIED TO FREE THE FALL.

If you can judge it wisdom here,

This every mockery for to bear,
Only to save a simple few,

When they are dead to HEAVEN to go,
For to be sav'd, as I did die,

Because that they believ'd in ME?

Then tell me, how you judge your God,
If so my GOSPEL you allude,
My death was only for a few,
That did believe my GOSPEL TRUE?
But now the few, let them appear,
Believe it true, and then I'll clear
My dying LOVE was then for MAN,
To bind the powers of darkness down ;
That justice might appear in all,
I died at FIRST to clear the Fall,
To have the Serpent's doom to come,
And so I shew'd My Love to MAN!
But you must judge it cruelty
For ME to die and him be free,
Because the PROMISE it was there;
And now the PROMISE I shall clear,
The WOMAN'S SEED shall bruise his head;
And therefore in her I shall plead
Until her seed do so appear,

To join with ME, and join with her;
And then MY WORDS you all shall see,
You'll DWELL in GOD and GOD in ye;
For then in ME you will abide-
And mark from Pilate what he said;
He ask'd ME, if I was a King;
Then know the words I answer'd him;
His words I did repeat again-
Thou sayest that I am a King;
And for this end I did appear
I came the every thing to clear,
And of the Woman I was born,
That at the End it should be known
That as a King I shall appear,
And so my Kingdom I'll bring here:
Because the truth shall now be known,
I come the Serpent to unthrone;
I come the truth in all to see;

And as a King I come to be.
So if the truth you now will clear,
You'll say you wish MY VOICE to hear,
That I might come and free the Fall,
And in subjcetion now put all
That do object against my word:
I know of men what steps they've trod,
And all their ways I then did see,
And Satan's arts are known to ME,
That your refreshing cannot come,
Till Satan is subdued for Man † ;

* St. John xviii. 37.

† Acts iii. 19.

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And then your PEACE I shall restore,
And bring you safe on Canaan's shore,
That is, I say, a happy land;
For so my kingdom it shall stand,
So now the time for all draws near;
The FALL OF MAN I shall restore;
And my refreshing joy shall come
Can this be answer'd now by man,
How the refreshing can appear?
Or all things now restored here,
If I that power do not destroy,
That did at first blast all your joy?
No; I must free from Adam's Fall,
If ever I restore you all;

Therefore the Serpent must be cast,
Before that joy to Man can burst;
I tell you there's no other way
Refreshing joys can come to ye;
Or restoration to appear-

My Bible there's no man can clear
By wisdom for to make it good,
Until the SPIRIT from your God,
That is in TRUTH, do now appear.
The Comforter no man can clear
That ever it can come from Man;
No; 'tis the HOLY GHOST must come,
And by the SPIRIT from the Lord,
1 told you all, with one accord
These Revelations all must come.
My Gospel is denied by men,

Though they're profess'd believers here;
But their belief no man can clear,
Because my Gospel can't be true,
If that my SPIRIT do not go
To warn you all, when at the end;
For so my Gospel it is penn'd,
My SECOND COMING to appear,
In SPIRIT first to visit here,
BEFORE from HEAVEN I do descend,
As in my Gospel it is penn'd
For as the angels told them there
I in like manner should appear,
As they did see ME enter Heaven,
Ascending cloud to them was given,
For they to see мe to ascend,
And so again to come to Man,
You know the angels told them there
Then why stand mortals gazing here,
Judging all wonders they do see,
When all before was spoke by ME,
And my Apostles spoke the same?
Then how can you this Woman blame,
To testify my every word?
You boldly now deny your Lord,

• Acts i. 9-11.

THE RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS.

Because my Gospel is not true,
If every knowledge is in you,
Without MY SPIRIT to appear;
The whole your wisdom cannot clear,
Ever to make my Bible true,

I know 'tis more than man can do ;
Because the COMFORTER must come,
To prove the truth to every Man;
And so MY SPIRIT must appear,
The every mystery for to clear.
Now from the Acts I shall go on:
Now mark when Peter he did come
Unto the Gentiles to appear,

The Vision first I shew'd him there,
How every Beast I did let down,
And bid him kill was then my sound;
But Peter answer'd ME-not so;

Nothing unclean he'd eat, you know *.
But know my answer that did come—
What God has cleans'd let none condem,
.Nor call it common, nor unclean.
The Vision was a Type for men:
Then to Cornelius he did go,
And found the Vision to be true;
And so the HOLY GHOST did come,
When he'd baptis'd that very man;
Upon Cornelius it did appear,
And all his house the same did share.
But mark and see the ways of man,
How Peter they at first did blame,
That he had so baptis'd the man
That was not circumcis'd like them.
For so the Gentiles they did blame,
And therefore Peter did condemn,
For to baptise them in my word;
Because they simply judg'd the LORD
Must be confin'd with them alone.
And perfect so I say are men
Now in this very age become;
My mercies they do so confine,
The Priests judge in heart and mind
That unto them I all must give,

No;

The HOLY GHOST they may receive.→
"But will the Lord so weak appear,
"To cleanse a simple woman here,
"That she might it receive the same?"
here is wisdom men do blame,
As they blam'd Peter at that time:
But let them answer, like his mind-
"If God in mercy doth appear,
"To prove the HOLY GHOST is here,
"Shall we withstand it from our God,
"And say from her 't shall not be know'd?
Then sure our God we must withstand

Acts x. 10.

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"And who are we, vain simple men,
"For to withstand HIS every word?
"We see the truth in all is said.
"So if the Lord hath cleans'd her here,
To shew the end to all is near,
"That all the Beasts he'll cleanse the same,
"The curse was fixt for to remain,
"You know, upon the Serpent's head-
"And there the axe she now hath laid:
"Now if the Lord will cleanse the whole,
"And make that poisonous Serpent fall,
Shall we complain 'tis come to she?

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"If God hath cleans'd she cleans'd'must be;
"And so the same he'll cleanse the whole,
"If we rely upon our call;

"Because the Gospel we see plain,
"The HOLY GHOST must come to men→"
For now I say to one and all,
That in the ending so must fall
On those that do believe MY WORD,
Believe my GOSPEL what is said,
"Tis but a shadow come to ONE;
The HOLY GHOST to all must come,
When I MY KINGDOM bring below
You'll find your joys within to flow:
For as the VISION did appear,
The cleansing time for all draws near,
That I will make my people clean,
The power of darkness shan't remain
To sting them by his poisonous spear-
Another day I'll answer here.

ON THE CONDUCT OF THE REV. MR. POMEROY.

Thursday night, Oct. 18, 1804. Joanna for many days hath been pondering over the whole of Mr. Pomeroy's conduct from first to last, which filleth her heart with two burning pas sions too great to bear, when she reflects on him as being a minister that she once esteemed above all preachers, and thought him the first preacher in the kingdom, before she heard of Mr. Foley. Now when she reflects how much she respected him as a minister in his pulpit, and how much he acted worthy that character out of his pulpit in all his conduct to her, from 1796 to 1801, this filleth her heart with love and respect on the one hand, and makes

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her tremble to come against him; but when she considers, on the other hand, the change that took place in him, and the work she is engaged in is from the LORD; and when he saw other ministers had taken it up and supported it, that he should then come against her, and publish that her works were from the Devil, which he before had denied were from the Devil; then to burn all her letters, that the Truth might not appear; turn her from the Sacrament; and now to write in the most spiteful manner against her; and she is compelled, for the Glory of God, and for the honour of her Friends that support the cause, now to come forward against him; this appears as a dagger to her heart. When she thinks of the beginning of his conduct, love and anger wounds her breast; she feels to pity him, and feels to be sorry for him; because she judges that Satan hath blinded his eyes, that in seeing he cannot see, and in hearing he cannot understand; therefore she feels pity mixed with her anger, that a minister like him, whom she once admired, she should now be compelled to come against. This is more than she can bear, unless the Lord supports her through. Naturé is nature, and has its feelings: she has the honour of God on the one hand, and pursuing a man on the other, whom she once looked on as his faithful servant. Thus is her heart torn with different passions; for she cannot give up the one without the other; she cannot give up the man without pursuing him with justice, unless she gives up the command of the Lord; and she would sooner give up her life than that; for what is his honour, or her life, to disobeying the command of the Lord in love that astonishes her? Here she cannot draw back; and on the other hand she is pressed to go forward against a man whom she pities, and once reverenced and esteemed. But when she received his letter of abuse, she felt no sorrow but anger and indignation, to think he should accuse

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