And plain before them I have set my law;
They have not kept it, that I well do know:
And of their ways if they do not repent,
They'll feel my anger; for my mind is bent,
I will not always be wearied out by men;
Nor shall my angels always strive with them,
To guard and keep them from the tempter's power
I'll make a Peace; and Satan shan't devour
The peace of angels, and the peace of men ;
For now in Union I them both will join.
Then my delight with men will surely be,
To see that men and angels do agree.
Because a Heaven I'll surely make below:
This is my KINGDOM, and I'll make it so.
For as the thirty-first page doth appear,
If I am a fool, my folly now I'll clear.
I bear'd the Cross to conquer Death and Hell,
And now the second Cross, for thee I tell,
Shall surely fall on thee, as mine did at first.
If I am a fool, my folly now shall burst.
But dost thou say, Satan, thou wilt not submit?
From thy own words, Satan, I'll finish it.
Thou say'st the Laws that thou didst never make,
And from thy words the whole I now will break;
Because, I tell thee, thou didst ne'er make Men
And now I'll break them off from all thy hand,
And all thy power now I'll take away;
For over Man thou shalt not always sway;
And as this Earth was never made by thee,
I tell thee, in it thou shalt never be.
When I've tried Man, and so secured my wheat,
Thou'lt find the truth of all these words are great
As thou didst never make the Man at first,
Thou never shalt stand with him at the last;
And as the world was never made by thee,
I tell thee, in it thou shalt never be;
And upon it, I say, thou shalt not stand,
To have a footing, but to be condemn'd;
And so like Jezebel must be thy fall;
In vain thy hellish host thou now wilt call;
Because unto thy word I'll hold thee here:
Thou never mad'st this world by thy care;
And now the world thou never shalt destroy;
Thou mak'st no laws, nor none shalt thou enjoy,
But what do from thy own words now appear;
And in the thirty-fourth page see clear:
For Man, I tell thee, shall not want a guard;
And death and hell shall soon be thy reward.
If thou goest on to answer ME again,
Or dost presume to tempt my chosen men;
Thou'lt see the wonders I shall surely do,
And to thy sorrow find, that God is true.
For unto thy appointment thou shalt come;
I will not be thy Keeper 't shall be known,
I say to keep thee on the earth I made;
And by thy own words thou art now betray'd;
Because no longer thou hast footing here,
Than in the thirty-fifth page doth appear;
That is, thy JUDGES to be found by Man;
And so I tell thee to call in thy own:
To thy own Kingdom call them to appear;
But know, the SEALED must my Kingdom share;
Because this Kingdom thou didst never make,
And here my Laws, I say, thou shalt not break.
But if the greatest part thou say'st are thine,
Then in thy Kingdom let them go and shine.
For now I tell thee, I shall answer here,
That perfect like my Gospel I'll appear:
And my Appearance will be in this land,
And here my Sealed Number they must stand;
Because the Seals must in their hands appear:
These are the Lamps that will the Mysteries clear;
And with the Bridegroom they may enter in ;
That is, my Kingdom they will surely win.
But all the rest, I say, I know them not;
And if they're thine, then Death must be their lot.
But if that MINE stand out through unbelief,
I'll tell them plain that Death must end their grief;
Because that like my Gospel I'll appear—
It is the SEALS that every Lamp must clear:
The SEAL'S the LAMP they must have in their Hand,
And they, and they alone, I say will stand,
Who will go out with joy to meet their LORD,
And say they're seal'd according to my word.
Then it's too tute for any to appear,
To ask to have their Names now sealed here;
Because the Seal there's no one can command,
But what is sealed by the Woman's Hand;
Because her Hand, I tell you all, is mine,
And to her Hand I will My Hand resign.
So now I tell thee, Satan, to leave all,
And thy own friends to thy own kingdom call;
And there I bid thee for to call them home,
And leave Me and my Kingdom then alone.
Thou shalt not stand on what thou didst not make;
So from thy words I tell thee now't shall break;
And all thy friends thou now may'st call them home,
WHEN I HAVE HAD ONE YEAR TO SEAL MY OWN:
And if thy pleasures they do all approve,
Then let them go and join the king they love;
For I'm not come to rob thee of thy own;
But all thy Power I'm come for to unthrone,
And take thee from a world thou hast never made; ̈
And from thy own words now the whole shall break.
So now thy subjects I shall shortly try;
I know a Famine in them all doth lie,
That are thy faithful subjects to appear;
Through unbelief they'll starve and perish here;
And so the Famine now the Rich shall see;
Through unbelief they'll surely starve and die.
For here's the BREAD that must preserve your Life:
The BREAD of HEAVEN now must end the strife.
For men's provoking words shall soon be o’er,
As in the forty-second page appears,
By Satan's arts, provoking words are spoke;
And now, O Satan, tremble at the stroke;
For as the Cross doth on this page appear,
And circled round, just so thy doom is near;
For thy provoking words are fully up,
And now, proud Lucifer, thou'lt surely drop.
Though thou'st advanc'd thyself to heaven's high throne,
By boasting of a power that's not thy own;
This mighty power I surely shall chain down,
And let thy legions tremble at the sound.
For as the forty-fourth page appears-
And mark the Crosses, seven are placed there;
So Seven Crosses now are on thy Head,
From every word thou'st in that sentence said:
Seven times hotter shall my wrath appear,
Than ever it was kindled here before;
If thou to tempt my SEALED do go on,
Thou'lt feel the fury of my wrath to come.
So in thy Power do not put such trust-
APOLLYON and the DEVIL both are cast.
For if already I've deceived MAN,
And better than my promise I have been;
Then now I tell thee, Satan, I'll appear
No better unto thee, but be severe;
The worst of torments thou must now endure;
That is, thy haughty pride must now stoop here,
To have thy Sentence from a WOMAN's hand,
Whom thou'st betray'd-see how the Cross doth stand;
For two together they do now appear,
And two thou hast betray'd-Satan, take care!
The First the Woman thou didst sure betray;
The Second thou in Judas then didst lay,
And so thou didst betray the Son of GOD;
But now the Woman's hand brings on thy rod.
And so thy ruin thou hast now brought on,
As in the forty-sixth page it is seen.
For now, Apollyon, I'll turn back on thee
The very words that thou didst say to she,
And thou wilt find Satan deceiv'd thee there;
His power is not so great; so now take care,
As he hath told his angels that did fall,
And soon thou'lt find Satan deceiv'd you all:
And the two Crosses will fall on thy head,
As in the forty-sixth page they are laid.
And now unto the fiftieth page I'll come :
The Power of Satan thou say'st is known
To be superior to the Power of God;
Then now HIS Power shall sure be tried and know'd.
So now the fiftieth page let all weigh deep;
There stands the Cross, and there the Cross shall break:
So, Satan, now the hazard thou wilt run
To try thy God, if he hath Power supreme;
And his superior Power thou shalt see-
I freed the WOMAN, and I'll conquer THEE."
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1802.
"But now, Joanna, I'll to thee appear,―
Satan hath held Me to my promise here,
That if thy Body I in pain afflict,
He knows thou❜lt curse ME, if I lay the stroke;
So now the stroke I gave into his hand,
When forty days are past, as I command,
He, seven days may lay the stroke on thee,
To suffer pain as 'tis judg'd fit by he:
Only, thy Life, I say, is in my hand,
And that he cannot touch, is my command;
But as the pain in Wilson's head appear'd,
Just so he holds ME, thou the same must bear.
And this already thou didst sure resign,
To bear for Wilson; but mark, this is mine;
'Tis for my honour thou the pain must bear;
And dost thou answer, thou'lt my honour clear,
With much more pleasure than thou would'st for Man?
Then now's the time the trial must come on;
Because that Satan holds ME to my word,
And then with power thou'lt hear the Voice of God."
This was written four days before her Illness, of the 21st of this month, Sept. 1802.
Joanna, while reading the book of her Disputes with the Powers of Darkness, was ordered to put Crosses with her pen at particular places. One cross was to the answer of Apollyon, near the top of page 46; another cross to his next answer, in same page; and in page 50, another cross against Apollyon's answer, near the top of that page. At the beginning of the Sixth Day's Dispute, she was ordered to put a Circle to Satan's words; then to divide it into four parts, by a cross; and in each division to put a cross, making in the whole five Crosses, thus
And there she was ordered to stop until the 27th day of the month; as the Power of Darkness was permitted to afflict her seven days, as he thought proper; but not to have power over her life. It is to be observed, that the week before this took place, she was afflicted with a pain in her head; and on the 18th day of the same month, she had the following directions: "Set thy house in order; for thy sick bed is sure; give one of thy keys to a friend, to come in on the 21st day, as it will be dangerous for thee to come out of thy bed." On the 20th she went to bed, and dreamt she was laid on a bank or stone; some people went by and asked why she laid there she said, to view the planets, and the clouds, that appeared working in a strange manner. She then awoke, with a violent pain in her bones and bowels, as though she had laid according to her dream. After laying awake a long time she again went to sleep, and dreamt she was laid on the same bank, when some reapers passed by; they asked her if she would go with them: she said yes, and arose and followed them, till she came to another bank, having in her hand a goad, like that which is
It may perhaps be of use to the Reader, if he were to mark the Crosses in their proper places in his own book of the Disputes.
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