I brought that dream unto thy view—
And now discern the hour

When thou the book hast read it through
For Satan's arts were there,
And as an angel he'd pursue
To make the truth appear.
Could he go on in power by men
Thy destiny thou would'st see,
I tell thee, perfect like thy dream,
Therefore I order'd thee

To take the book then in thine hand
My Bible open here,

And it was put by my command,
"Twas I that guided there,
That thou may'st see the destiny,
The way thy foes do break;
They try to cut the throat of thec,
And make thy children weep.
Like butchers here, I said before,
The shepherds they were come,
And like the sheep for slaughter here
My Flock they're leading on.
So this is plain, if you discern
How they do both appear;

But I shall keep thee from all harm→→
Mark how it ended here:

As from the dream I shall explain;

Thou said'st thou should'st not die :
No 'tis the malice here of men,
That wish thee so to lie;
But now too late is every fate
To act as heretofore

Thy other Chapter it is great,
And mark what's spoken there:
The eagle see, I now tell thee,
In every age hath been ;

For Satan strong hath work'd that way
Where he man's hearts hath seen;

If any call from heaven did fall,

A warning from the Lord,

The eagle strong in man would come
To mock the every word.

But now at last the die is cast,
I'll pluck his feathers here;
For his deceit hath been too great,
In man he doth appear:
No truth or judgment is in man-
I ask when they judg'd right?
"Tis but believers that can stand
When all is brought to light.
I know the meck how he doth seek
Always for to destroy;

There is no peace men can possess
While Satan doth enjoy,

CAUTION TO GARRETT AND ALL UNBELIEVERS. 311

For to confound in every sound,
Men's tongues he fills with lies;
And so like him they do go on
With arts and with disguise,
For to shew clear their feathers here,
In Satan they do shine.

But let them know the end is near :
For now I've told my mind;
The time's at hand, he cannot stand
To hurt the Earth much more;
But while he is support'd by Man,
His feathers will appear

In them to shine now for a time,
His malice will be high

Where he can come and dwell in men ;
But you may all defy,

If you stand out, not full of doubt,
But let your faith be strong,
His feathers I shall pluck them out;
For men with him do join,
Then them I'll pluck, till to the root
His cloaths F'll take away.

So let the mockers now stand mute,
My judgments they will see

To hasten on, I tell them, strong;
For I'll deliver here

From all the violence of such men,

That do this way appear.

Judgments shall come; and mercies strong
To those that her believe,

And see what ROCK she builds upon,
I will not one deceive.

Now mark the head how all was laid :
And will they say 'tis thine?

Then sure their wisdom must be dead,
And thou must all outshine,
To have thy dream near at the time,
And so to place the whole

To shew he'd cut the throat of thine,
And make thy children fall.
And then the last see how 'tis cast,
Thy Prophecies before:

Thy enemies they so would burst

By Satan's malice here;

But know the end by thee is penn'd,
He shall not now destroy;.

I've said that I shall stand thy friend,
And will mankind enjoy ;

That wish for ME, my kingdom see,
They shall not wish in vain;

The Woman's Fall I've said I'll free-
I made her to be mine.

When at the last the whole is cast,

Then Satan he must fall:

-The eagle's feathers now do burst,
But I shall pluck them all;
His claws appear, I tell thee here,
For he doth work in man,
And know I've told thee them I'll
And off the whole shall come.
So now see plain, ye sons of men,
The way this did appear;
I order'd thee to blind thine eyes,
That all might see it clear,
Promiscuously came all from ME,
"Twas I did guide thy hand.—
And now the Chapter let them see
Wherein thy eyes did stand;
Then surely men must see it plain,
The visions must appear;

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And from the mockers I'll maintain
That the last times are here;
And gone from ME they surely be,
My Spirit do not know;

They have no faith for to build up
That I shall come below

In Spirit strong to dwell with man,

My Bible do not see,

Though they pretend to build thereon,

But nothing know of ME."

Here ends Wednesday night, Jan. 30.

Thursday morning.

I am compelled to write the dream that I shuddered to mention. On the Tuesday night, the 29th, I dreamt a man had cut my throat, and put me in an elegant coffin, and carried me to the butchers to bury me; but as I was not quite dead, I thought some of my friends put me into a bed, and I began to recover very fast, and said I should not die, but live. This is the dream that is alluded to in the communication, from the Chapter where I found Garrett's book. Last night I dreamt two men were going to throw me down a precipice, which made me cry out aloud in my sleep, and Townley waked me. After that, in the morning, I had a beautiful dream of seeing horses in the air, and I thought many saw them as well as me.

ON DAVID'S EMBASSY INSULTED BY HANUN. 313

I was this morning ordered to open my Bible, which was in 1 Maccabees vi. the latter part of ver. 8 -He laid him down upon his bed and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked

for.

THE ANSWER OF THE LORD.

"Now, Joanna, I shall answer thee. Thou judgest of this chapter as the former, there could be nothing to the purpose in it; but I now tell thee, no more than it happened to the king as he looked for, no more shall it happen to thy enemies as they look for; for I shall be a strong tower and wall of defence round about thee to destroy thy enemies. Now remember thy dream, and how thou wast waked out of it and now I tell thee, as Townley awaked thee, when thou criedst aloud, and delivered thee from thy fears in thy sleep, and perceivedst all to be but a dream, so, I tell thee, the malice of men shall be no more than a dream unto thee: for as thou dreamedst afterwards the horses were placed in the air, like visions, and clouds before thee, so shall my Power and my Spirit defend thee. And now I shall call to thy remembrance the night thou calledst for the wine, that thou mightest drink deep in my Spirit, and be cleansed from all sin, and by the bread be strengthened by ME; know, in the morning I called thee aloud, as Townley called thee to awake thee from dangers; and so shall my calling be unto thee; so fear not them that rise up against thee; for I am thy God, and will be with thee. And now go to the other chapter that he mentioned. 2 Samuel x. 5. from which he speaks thus-" And if this abominable tribe "had staid quietly at Jericho, till their beards were "grown, the world had never been thus filled with "their horrid blasphemies."-Now, Joanna, I shall answer thee from the judgment thou hast drawn of thyself; but do not boast thou art wiser than others. Rr

It was I that placed that wisdom in thee, to shew it was the ingratitude, and the unbelief of the children of Ammon, that brought that disgrace upon the children of Israel. Now let them weigh deep what kindness David had in his heart to do unto Hanun the king of the children of Ammon. He thought to have shewed kindness to the children of Ammon; but now mark their ungrateful return. David sent to comfort them by his servants, and the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their Lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath he not rather sent his servants for spies to search out the city and overthrow it? Here, through their unbelief, and wrong insinuation, they worked upon Hanun to entreat David with ingratitude, unkindness, and shame, and confound them for the goodness of their king. Now this hath been in all ages; through unbelief and wrong judgment the people of God have been put to shame and confusion, as David's servants were; but mark what became in the end. The children of Ammon where destroyed for their ingratitude; and now, I tell thee, it is coming to the end, that unbelief and ingratitude shall meet with their just punishment, as the children of Ammon did; for now, like David, I have thought to do kindness to the sons of men, as David did to the children of Ammon; but if they go on with ingratitude, to shame my servants, whom I have so sent out to warn and invite them, as Hanun shamed the children of Israel, they shall be destroyed as the children of Ammon were. So let them all observe, that if the children of Israel were shamed at first, the children of Ammon were destroyed at last: and so now I warn all men, if my servants are shamed at first, who believe in the fulfilment of my Bible, that I am a God that will not lie, they shall be destroyed at last, that mock like the children of Ammon, to say they are spies sent out by the Devil. So here he hath