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As wrong as Brothers he did place the fall,
And said from Mɛ he had the knowledge all!
But he shall know in it I never spoke ;
But as an angel SATAN came and mock'd ;
As unto Eve he did with lies appear,
So to the man he now hath entered there;
Confirm'd the lie, to cast it on HIS GOD.
Tremble, O man! Satan shall feel my rod;
Because from first to last the lies he told:
But now in man the serpent is more bold;
Because the blame he'th cast it all on HIGH,
And loaded man with every infamy.
To make my fury on mankind appear,
I'll bring the mountains with the vallies here;
And all their lofty wisdom I'll bring down.
Deep are the wheel-ruts now by Brothers found;
Deep are the sorrows he would bring on men,
Had I not sav'd them by the Woman's hand!
I say, to help you out of every guilt.
And well thou knowest the fear by thee was felt;
When all MY HONOUR he had so pull'd down,
In blasphemy thou see'st his pen was found,
And thou didst fear then farther on to go,
That some delusion soon would bring thee low
As Brothers' folly thou saw'st go before,
The prophet high in the deep ruts appear'd,
And all the ground before him it did sink,
And so thou sawest destruction near the brink ;
So in confusion thou didst stand amaz'd,

And on his ruins thou didst stand and gaze;

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And so to follow thou didst stand and fear,
Before MY SPIRIT strong in thee appear'd,
And press'd thee on, and shew'd thee then the way,
How all the wheel-ruts did before him lie,
By SATAN's arts so high to load the man.
He shew'd his rock was placed on the sand,
That was not firm; a load it cannot bear :
And now, ye mountains, you must all take care,
Or else, like Brothers, you will all fall down;
Your sandy mountains will too soon be found;
Like Brothers' wisdom you do all go through:
He built upon the sand, and so do you;
For by his weight of folly, all may see,
He's pulling down of vengeance now from ME!
I said together all they would pull down:
You read my words, but never judge the sound,
How both together I that time had plac'd;
Then surely Brothers must join with the rest,

And so the vision you may now see plain,
How all the mountains they must soon come down.
But thou go on, and I'll direct the way:
I know the waggon's laden now for thee,
And fast I know that all is hastening on,
And so the horses will upon thee come;
Therefore I tell thee thou canst not draw back;
I have sunk the others, and they'll feel the wrack;
Unless their folly they'll look back and see,
'Tis sunk in them as 'twas foretold by ME.

"By the two waggons are meant the wisdom of the world, and the wisdom of Brothers and his followers, whom Satan hath laded with indignation against thee. The high hill is the height of their own wisdom; for every man's ways are clean in his own eyes; but I, the LORD, weigheth the spirits. Now these two are gone before thee, both sinking to the ground; for soon they'll find all their footing gone to the bottom, and every mark of their wisdom washed away. The wisdom of the learned fills thee with fear. They say there is no God, that hath knowledge and power, as it is recorded in holy writ, only a confusion of spirits that are invisible; so they visited the prophets, and they visited thee; this is one of the waggons that is gone before thee, that will soon sink to the bottom; and their high hills will soon become a low valley, and all be washed away. As this is one of the waggons that is gone before; now cometh the other, that is so heavy laden, which is Brothers in prison; he is heavy laden with the burden of his own mind; be ing in prison, the powers of darkness work hard upon him, to load him with pride and envy against thee, fearing he shall not be worshipped above all men on earth, if thy prophecies are believed, that I am coming to redeem all men, and make them heirs of God, joint heirs with myself, and reconcile the world unto God, and give great gifts unto men. Then he knows he must fall from that height he has stood in his own wisdom, and fall while others will

rise. For I shall not bring in my kingdom to raise one to be a prince, and the rest to be his subjects. No! ye must come every man in his order. The first fruits must come first, and possess the land that I shall give them; and they must become kings and priests unto God. Then how can one man be the king alone? O ye simple and unwise! Did I die to redeem one man and exalt one man alone above all mankind? Then where is my love to all men? This height of building must fall to the ground, and sink like the waggons that went to the bottom, and brought the mountains to a valley. Thus he hath lifted himself up as a prophet above all men, that ever were, or ever should be. As I told thee he was, thou sawest his fall by his writings, and began to fear, as he was sinking, thou shouldest sink also, to bear any testimony of him, when thou sawest him as a prophet, come to prophecy by the devil; there thou sawest the waggon sink, the high hill broken down, and the man appeared no prophet before thee, and fears began to alarm thee; but know, my Spirit is always with thee, to guide and guard thee, to keep and direct thee: thy waggon, thou knowest, went in a different road from the other two; and in a different road they shall all find it. For thy road is not like their road; thy path is not like their path; for they, like Brothers, are going on the road of destruction; but thy road is the road to redemption and salvation, to be saved according to the promises made in my bible, with an everlasting salvation! Here is thy road, different from the other roads; and here is MY SPIRIT to direct thee, and my chosen men are the horses coming close upon thee; so thou canst not stand still nor go back: for in thy dream thou hadst the reins of the horses in thy hand, and thou couldest not get it out; and now thou hast led them by the reins of MY SPIRIT; thou caust not stand still, but must pursue thy journey;

as the horses that are joined to the team are close upon thee, to go forward, and thou must go before them, it is MY SPIRIT presseth you all forward, as thou art going a different road from man.

And in a different road I've laid my plan:

And with the waggon thou went sately through.
The road behind thee thou dost little know,
Whether the wheels did break the ground or not
But now I tell thee plain what is the lot

Of every man that don't believe in thee;
I tell them plain, they don't believe in Mɛ:
And like the wheel-ruts they will all fall down,
From Brothers' book let all men judge the sound;
I said that Brothers broke the ground all through:
And now let all men judge what I shall do
To every soul, that does reject thy HAND;
In Adam's death I say they all do stand!
For just like Brothers do mankind appear,
Wrest all the scriptures to their ruin here;
And like his waggons they will surely sink,
And find destrucuon now is near the brink.
And here's the perfect meaning of the dream
Let men of learning wake and see it plain;
For all their wisdom I shall wash away.
Here's Eve and Adam both before you lie ;
And back to the creation now you'll come :
Join with the Woman, or I'll tell your doom;
That you will surely die in ADAM's fall.
You know the Woman's seed must conquer all,
Or else to my bible you must give the he
From first to last: and hear what John did say,-
The SPIRIT and the BRIDE do bid you come.
Weigh deep my bible, O ye sons of men!
And then a prophet Jonah you may see:
He blam'd his God, and angry seem'd to be;
And perfect so does Brothers now appear;

Weigh deep his books, his anger you'll see clear:
And back to Adam I do bid
you come;

His nakedness must now be seen by man,
And nought but fig-leaves do to you appear,
He'th sew'd together-SATAN's arts were there.
But different clothing he must now put on;
The fruit asunder hath been broke by man:
And from the evil I'll the woman free,
Because her blame she did not cast on me.

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From FIRST to LAST, then judge the woman's hand:
But in old Adam doth the mad prophet stand;
And this thou know'st I told thee of before,
- Though by his friend the word did not appear.*
But now I tell thee every man's his foe,
To see his nakedness, and will not shew
What leaves together he has sew'd up here,
That every one to pieces I shall tear.
For different clothing you must all put on :
He shew'd you plain the patch'd up leaves of man,
When on HIS MAKER he did cast his guilt;
And anger in his heart was surely felt;
Against the Woman Satan made it burn
And perfect so old Adam now doth turn;
And now I say I'll turn it back on man,
If with the woman you'll not valiant stand,-
Condemn the serpent, and your MAKER free,
Then your redemption you shall gain in ME.
So in one sheet these lines they must appear
In public print, and then I say stop there;
No farther than one sheet thou now shalt go,
And then the meaning you shall surely know.
As the two thieves with ME on Calvary died,
The one condemn'd, the other humbly cried,
That mercy on him I should surely take;
And now the likeness in mankind doth break :
The one with boldness does condemn his God,
And there I say they'll surely feel my rod;
The other frees ME, and for mercy call,
That in my kingdom I'll remember all :
And in my kingdom, I do tell you here,
I do remember, and your guilt I'll clear ;
And you in Paradise shall surely come,
And be with ME in spirit both as one;
That is, in spirit I'll join with mankind,
Who look to ME the serpent now to bind ;
And then a Paradise I'll make for all,

That humbly now confess their every fall..

"Now I shall come to the two thieves on the cross. He that condemned ME called for miracles to save MYSELF and him, though a thief; but the other up

In the Book of the Dispute with the Powers of Darkness the word was omitted by Joanna's friend, who, contrary to the instructions, in this one instance, was not obedient, as it was his duty to be.

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