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CONCERNING THE BRIDE.
When I redeem from hell and sin,
Her PROMISE she must call;
So she must claim, and I'll redeem,
As I did say at first;

The curse pronounc'd upon him there
Shall on the Tyrant burst,

So now to Man I bold shall come
If I, that come from Heaven,
Did condescend for to come down
To have a Mother given,

I say, from Man MY MOTHER came,
Then now MY BRIDE you see,
Will you not condescend the same,
To stoop as low as me ?

I rais'd her up, then Man must hope
I shall not leave her here,
Until I've made her Foe to drop,
And all her PROMISE clear,
So now discern how I do warn
I honour'd her at first;

And if MY SONS you now will come,

My BRETHREN so must burst,
To say the same" we'll gladly come i

"We see the Promise clear:

"The Woman's Promise must be known,

"She is our Mother here!

"Her Promise see the whole must free-
"Qur Gon did stoop so low,
"To make a MOTHER first of SHI

"How dare we proudly go

To swell so high, and her deny,

"When God did so submit?

"We say, from HEAVEN the SON was givon,

And she did sure bear it

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"Then GoD above did shew his love, "To call her so at first."

So now let Men the Trial stand,'
And they like ME must burst.
The MOTHER here they must see clear,
The TRUE MOTHER is come,
To claim the SON to be the HEIR,
And free the whole for MAN.
The lines are deep that I do speak-
I made her the Mother first;
But if the BRIDE she's now applied,
To have her LORD be plac'd;
LORD over all is now her call,
Your every Foe to free;

Then now MY BRETHREN, you see all,
Your MOTHER she must be.

So now 'tis come to GOD and MAN,
The WOMAN doth appear

A MOTHER now for both become,
The FALL in all to clear;
Because by lies he did disguise,
Deceiv'd her at the first;

And I should surely act unwise
Had I the Woman cast,
Never to free from misery,

But still support the FOE,
That did by subtle arts betray-
And shall I let him go?
Unpunish'd here shall he appear?
No: I her cause will plead;

And now his Guilt he sure shall bear,
I'll bring it on bis Head.

So ponder on as thou'st began,
In all my Bible through;

CONCERNING THE BRIDE.
For as a CHAIN the whole doth stand,
When plac'd before your view:
So I'll appear, the CHAIN is here

That now must join the whole;
The Woman's Fall I now shall clear,
And make her Foe to fall.

Then see the CHAIN that must remain,
The MOTHER and the BRIDE!
To bring in Man with ME to stand,
For so't must be applied.

A MOTHER here she must appear,
A MOTHER now for ALL;
For Satan's guilt he now shall bear,
And I shall free the Fall.

Then at the first as she was plac'd
You'll own it for your good,
That on the Serpent it was cast,
And so the PROMISE stood-
Made strong to SHE, you all must see ;
And I have rais'd her here,

To be a MOTHER first to ME;
And so must Men appear,

To say " the BRIDE must be applied

"A MOTHER for us all ;

"For she is ready, as 'tis said,

"To claim it from the Fall;

"Her PROMISE there, that did appear,

"Her dying LORD to free,

"To bring HIM in the PERFECT HEIR."-
The KINGDOM is for ME,
When Satan's head, as I have said,

Is bruised for the Fall;

Then MEN I'll free from misery

The MARRIAGE stands for all,

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That now WILL COME with HER to join-
But know SHE is the FIRST,

That thought the PROMISE e'er to claim,
Then see how she is plac'd,
The first of all to hear the call,
My SPIRIT here is come;
As at the first, it must be known,
When I the VIRGIN warn'd:
In PERSON here I might appear,
But now it is not so;

It is in SPIRIT I AM here,

That every soul shall know.

Then judge the Two before your view-
The MOTHER and the BRIDE
Came both from ME, you all shall see,
The HOLY GHOST applied,
As at the first, 'is now at last,
Though 'tis a different way;
Because in Flesh I then did burst,

But now, to thee I say,

In SPIRIT Strong I'm surely come
To claim MY KINGDOM here;

And from the BRIDE, it must be known,
Her PROMISE all must clear,
So now discern, ye sons of men,
And weigh the matter deep;
How dare you longer to contend ?
My BIBLE speaks of it,
If I stoop'd so, you all must know
That you must stoop the same,
To prove the Serpent's overthrow,
The WOMAN'S PROMISE claim,
Then MOTHER she must surely be,
A MOTHER So to MAN,

CONCERNING THE BRIDE.

The same as MARY was to ME,

Though flesh from her did come;
In SPIRIT here the END must clear,

MY KINGDOM for to see;
And then alike you'll say, we are,

And made JOINT HEIRS with ME.

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And now I shall tell thee in plain words. If I, that was the son of God, who came down from Heaven, did not take upon me the form of Angels, like as I had sent them to warn Lot, and who they judged were men; in that manner I might have come to men, and died for them the same but as I did not come that way, but was born of the wo MAN, that was condemned by the MAN, for the trangression of the Fall, when I condescended to raise her up, by making her the MOTHER of the SON of GOD, Men must now raise her up likewise, by joining with her in the PROMISE that was made in the Fall; then know, that she is the SPIRITUAL MOTHER for all men, as Mary was a TEMPORAL MOTHER for ME: yet know, she had a SPIRITUAL SON, by whose SPIRIT and POWER, the redemption of Man must be brought in. So now the TEMPORAL MOTHER is become the SPIRITUAL MOTHER, by the visitation of the LORD unto her, and must bring in her SPIRITUAL CHILDREN. And they that will not acknowledge her as a TRUE MOTHER for MAN, by claiming her PROMISE, to fulfil one part, as MARY was MY MOTHER, to fulfil the other part; those that will not thus acknowledge her, have no share nor lot in MY KINGDOM; for by MY BIRTH, being born of her, to take from her the Guilt that Man cast upon her, know that she must take from ME the guilt that was cast upon ME, by claiming the Promise. Now I have shewed thee, how by the SPIRIT I made the WOMAN the MOTHER at first, by the POWER of

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