But first, the LOVE of MEN I'll surely try, And prove to Man, from Heaven hath been her call. And bring the leaves to man another year : And know, the Fruit came from the Woman's hand; More than the elm, or the lofty trees? The Fruit's in Woman, judge this as you please, * See Strange Effects of Faith, page 29. This alludes to the Birth of Christ. To bud, to blossom, and bring every year. And from the WOMAN must the GOOD FRUIT Spring; But 'tis the trees that must the fruit now bear, Here I shall insert part of a letter, I sent to the Rev. Mr. Foley; it being the answer of the Lord to me concerning him, when I heard he had launched into the great deep, by making known to the people, where he resides, these communications; for when believers are joined with unbelievers, the latter think the former mad. I was thus auswered: "Fear not thou worm, Jacob, nor be dismayed, ye men of Israel; for I am your GOD, and will be with you, and protect you; and I will shame all that shame you, and confound all that confound you. For as you have begun, the SHEPHERDS of the flock must follow, or be no shepherds: for the Lord will send faithful labourers into his vineyard, as the harvest of the Lord is nigh at hand. However confident men may be, that there is no cause for them to judge for themselves, or sign their names; they will find there is no man that will have part in the Tree of Life, whosé NAME is not found written, and the SEAL given him for these are the leaves for the healing of the nations. The pure river that proceeded out of the throne of God, and the LAMB, is the PURE WORD OF GOD." The TREE in the midst of it you will see explained in the following verses; and what is meant by the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations. You know it is written, the servants of the Lord shall be sealed, before they hurt the earth or the sea: so they will find it a blessing that the Lord has established you amongst them, if they obey the call: but whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, speak my words unto them, saith the Lord, by his prophet; and so you have faithfully done, that you may be clear from the blood of all men. "The HEALING of the NATIONS now is come, It is the SEALS that must the HEIRSHIP gain; For fast I say it all is hastening on- Then tell me why such thoughts ne'er came before, And now I'll come to the weak Faith of thee." 影 Here is the answer to Women, as some were de sirous to know if any may be admitted at the proving of the sealed writings. "Now I answer thee of women: They followed ME to my Cross, and stood weeping to see ME crucified; they were the first at my Sepulchre to see my Resurrection;now I will not refuse women that assist thee. Let it be known unto all men, the work at first was carried on by women; the first presents that were made were from the women;so they showed their love and faith, before man showed any. So now suffer women to be present, and forbid them not. It was by a Woman I came into the world in the form of a Man;and now by a Woman I will reveal myself unto men, in and through the woman, as much in the SPIRIT as I did then in the Flesh make my appearance to the world from the woman; and now from the woman shall my SECOND COMING be revealed, that no man may boast, nor be worshipped in my stead; for there it is thatfalse Christs will arise in man; but no Saviour can arise in a woman, for her to be a Christ. For here I AM, all in all acknowledged by thee, come to heal the fall of the woman, which must first be healed, before man's redemption can come; for how can man that is born of a woman be free from his fall, or from his original guilt, before the original guilt be taken away? However deep men apply their Bibles, the fountain must first be cleared before the vessel can bring forth clear and living water; can a corrupt fountain bring forth a pure stream? If the fountain be tainted, the water will be tainted also; if the vessel be tainted, the liquor is tainted. Therefore as long as the taint of the fall remains in the woman, all her offspring must be tainted the same; but first make the vessel good, then the liquor will be good also: therefore I said, the new wine must have new bottles; for the old bottles would burst with the new wine: now I tell thee, every old bottle will burst, that looks for redemption in Christ, before the fall of the woman is freed; for here is the meaning of the bottles being new when the wine is new also: and now if you put a new piece on an old garment, the rent will be made worse; so the garment must be made new throughout. So he that will not believe the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in his wings, to heal the fall of the woman, will never be healed in this world; for it is by faith ye are saved, and that not of yourselves; for it is the Lord must heal the fall, but ye must have faith to believe it. So if ye will not have faith to sign your names, to wish for my coming, and Satan to be destroyed, ye shall never live to enjoy it. I will, for this, be inquired of by the house of Israel; and every man must set to his seal that God is true. He said the woman should be the helpmate for man; "and now as a helpmate we receive her." He said it was not good for man to be alone; "and now we prove the truth of |