of the heart, but God only? Man scarcely knows the counsel of his own heart, so changeable is man in his being. Now I tell thee, all these Scriptures stand on record for my SECOND COMING, that they may appear plain to man: all this was prophesied before, that I should reconcile the world to myself; that I should bruise Satan under your heel; and bring to light the hidden things of darkness. Now where's the man on earth can come To say 'twas ever so, That I the world did reconcile? You all must answer, No, Look through my Gospel, and you'll see Then how can man so boldly stand Against ME to dispute? My Bible no man will command, To fix it to the root: But he must fall, I tell you all, My Gospel so is plac'd; And now I'm coming to you all, My Spirit you may taste; Will be reveal'd and not conceal'd, For I'll reveal my WORD; But there's no man on earth can come To make my Gospel good, Till I appear in SPIRIT here, The whole for to reveal; And now my GOSPEL I shall clear, And nothing will conceal. So praise to ME from man shall come When I have all went through; And when my Gospel's all made known I know the stubborn Jews Will then return, in sorrow mourn, That it was for the Fall of Matt I died upon the tree; The PROMISE claim that I didame, The Fall was at the first; REASONS FOR REVEALING HIDDEN MYSTERIES. 361 But this they never did discern, The Son of GOD to them made known, If for the one my life laid down, But when the two, before their view, Then, I do say, the stubborn Jews The fulness of the time is come Shall bruise the head, as it is said But thou dost grieve for Man Who mock'd my word, that's on record And written by thy hand My word to be, they all will see My Bible here is plain: 'Tis in the SPIRIT I must come, When all things are made known; For how to man could this be done, To chain the powers of darkness down? Nothing they'd know, I tell thee so, To let them know how things must go, Now I'll appear to ask men here- To shake the earthly pillars here, And thundering bolts roll on From shore to shore, like cannons roar, And earth's foundation shake? I ask thee how men would appear If I this way should break, And they not know it must be so, To have my Kingdom come? Then terrors, see, like death would be Because no love I then could prove In Man to wish ME near*. So with my Bible I'll go on➡ 'Tis time for all to fear; Because their LOVE I now shall prove, Men's love I'm come to try: And those that wish MY KINGDOM near Will find their SAVIOUR nigh, For to redeem from hell and sin; But those that do it mock Here ends Tuesday evening, and the following was given on Wednesday evening, October 31st, 1804. Zz They cannot stand when I command From what is penn'd mark ye the end, And prophecies I now do give, 1 Corinthians xiv. 1, 4-Desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.-He that prophesieth edifieth the church. Read the chapter through. Chapter xii. read through, for there it is written of the Spirit of Prophecy being given, as well as the Spirit of Wisdom, and other gifts. The Spirit of Prophecy is spoken of also in many places in the Gospel, that it is to be given to the edifying of the church. THE ANSWER OF THE LORD. "Now, Joanna, I shall answer thee: and let the learned answer ME what they make of my Bible? Why did my apostle teach them to desire spiritual gifts, and rather prophecies, that the church might be edified thereby, if they are not useful to man, nor profitable to man? Then boldly men must answer here, That I shall come your PRIEST and KING; PROPHECY GIVEN FOR EDIFYING THE CHURCH. 363 So man's desire 1 here shall come : Upon their heads the blame, you know, Confess the knowledge come from me? Forso my Gospel it doth lie; So now together both discern, And judge the manner I do warn ; From Parables I did begin, From Parables I'm going on; Though some say fables do appear→→→ They judge the LORD would not compare Them with the things that are hastening on; Then to the prophets now I'll come, And ask them, Why I did compare Such Types and Shadows mention'd there, And call'd them all as prophecies, And yet too deep they all do lie For any man to understand? Then plainer words I must command, Than what are in my Bible penn'd. I see them all too deep for men- Now let the learned answer the first chapter of Ezekiel, and tell ME, why a vision was shewn to the prophet, that he nor any other man ever understood? But of what use is that vision to man, if it is never to be understood? Now let them discern the 8th verse-They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another. Here is a vision no man can explain; but I shall hereafter explain it to thee; but first I will try the talents of men, what they will make of the vision through; or of what use the vision is, if it was never to be known or understood. Now as men have publicly mocked my directions to thee, let them answer Chapter iv. 4-Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity-390 days. Now let the learned answer here, Why that my prophet thus should bear |