And all his works to put away, It doth not appear, I tell you here, To those that join with ME, To have ME come their PRINCE and KING, The words are here that do appear, That I the SON of GOD came here I say, from Man? For this I come, They ask thee where these Promises are, And now I bid thee answer here, The Gospel penn'd by thee Let them explain what it doth mean, These PROMISES no man can clear, To make it known that I shall come If 'tis not so, you all must know, So now I say to thee this day, And ask ME where the Promises are, That I'll in power descend To come again with MAN to reign, In SPIRIT to appear? For so my Gospel it is penn'd, That I shall so appear. But now to Man I thus shall come And ask, who must reveal MY GLORY here for to appear, The knowledge here to make it clear? The way my Bible I shall clear, Then sure from ME must come For to reveal and not conceal, And those that suffer now with ME, THE TRIAL AND REWARD OF FAITH. When I reveal and not conceal, The mysteries deep to thee That are behind, they soon will find, The CORNER STONE will soon be known, That ROCK is ME; I died to free The nations in the end; And so my Gospel, you may see, So you may hope you shall not drop- I say the words no man can clear, Obedience here the whole must clear, But now I ask men every where, Why they do this conceal? "Obedience come! 't must not be done!" Is now their every cry. 1 The chapter's deep, I say, for men, But I ask here who do appear In power kept strong by ME, In the LAST TIME, you all must find, Your Trial's great, without deceit, pursue And 'tis from ME the Truth you'll see, My honour you shall know; For I'll appear in POWER here, But I their innocence shall clear- I'll shew them plain I did act like men, And all the TRUTH shall see : Unto the standard now I'll come, And further answer thee, 1 Peter i. 13. Mm 273 The Trial here doth now appear, Offer'd up once for sin; But now MY OFFICE I shall clear, The SECOND TIME must come The words that appear before thee here Hebrews ix. 15, to the 18-And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a Testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the Testator. For a Testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the Testator liveth. "Now I'll appear to answer here The words that puzzle thee: The Mediator I came here, I say, for Man to be; And as my Death was then brought forth Under the first you'll see the last, Redemption so must come; Because the WILL I shall fulfil, After my Death must this come forth, Had I not died, might been applied I'd ne'er fulfill'd the one; Then sure, in justice, might been said, THE FULFILMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 275 For to fulfil my Father's Will, So now see clear the words are here, But know they did not do; You know 'tis written so, That I should come, it must be known, I took the first, I'll bring the last- "He took away the first," you say, The SECOND might establish'd be— I took away the Sin for Man, 1 died to free the guilt of he, And now establish'd all shall be, The PROMISE it shall burst; And make the Promise good. So if with patience you wait here, His PROMISE, see, shall come to ye; But I shall come, it shall be known, My Bible all I'll clear. So now the just may live by faith, For perfect as my Gospel saith You'll find your COMING LORD, I tell you, from iniquity, And so 't shall now be seen; But foolish questions do appear, Contention I do know, About the Law men now do go, But I have now reveal'd it so, To make the Law and Gospel stand A way 'twas never seen : For I'll appear to answer here, My BIBLE none make TRUE; For it is more than man can clear, 'Tis I the work must do. The Law before no man could clear And of the WOMAN born- Because the wise men, I see here, The POWER of GOD cannot be know'd, But forms are in their view Of godliness, it may be shew'd But is my Gospel true, Till I appear in POWER here My GOSPEL to fulfil ? And then the hope to all I'll clear, My PROMISE shall be still, As 'twas before't shall now appear; Before the world began The PROMISE of your GOD was there, To offer up HIS SON For ADAM's Fall, I tell you all, Eternal life to come! Here is the mystery of the Fall; "Twas known before to HIM That Man would fall, I tell you all But I must die in vain, If I do not the Fall recal Because for Man was then my plan To die upon the tree, And after that in power to come, That all fulfill'd should be. For I'll appear to answer here, My Will is Men to save, That they in knowledge might appear ' The truth in all to cleare |