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So now regain, ye sons of men,
I'll make your mountains strong;
The sword I left in Paradise

Shall bring you back again.
For there's the tree, let all men see,
Preserved for your sake;

The flaming sword it is MY WORD,
Shall make the serpent shake:
And to the root the axe must come ;
Then let the root appear:
For Satan he the root must be,
That did beguile her there;
And for her he did dig the pit,
But in it he shall fall;

For now I'll stand the woman's friend,
She ne'er blam'd ME at all;

But on the serpent cast the blame,

And so I'll cast it there.

So as to man, he stands alone

To plead his trial here;

Then now what trial can they plead?
What arguments appear?

The simple woman is misled,

Or man doth greatly err,
To say 'tis she; how can this be?
Then I can nothing know:
Nor no man, by divinity,
Can prove my Bible true.
The heavens must a curtain be,
To screen things from my eye;
My Spirit it must sleep, like men,
And have no wings to fly;
And all my honour must be gone,
To leave mankind alone;

And like thy pen they must fall down

Their ransom cannot come.

For if 'tis done by thy own head,
Let all their heads appear

And judge if I, as well as thee,

Don't know thy writings here.

Then David's words can ne'er be true

"I see your private ways;

"And know what from your

hearts will

go,

"Before it comes t' your eyes.

"Your yet unutter'd words I know,

"Your private footsteps see;

"Then to what mountains will you go, "To screen yourselves from ME?"

If this is by the woman done,
For to assume the Bride;

Then I must be not more than man,

And still the harlot hide;

As many men have often done,
Her honour to maintain,

And said, like she, they married be;
This hath been done by men;
But when the writings they demand,
The truth cannot appear;

The children all must bastards stand,
And others be the heirs.

Then now awake, ye sons of men,
And see your bibles clear:
For bastards ye must surely be,
If an impostor's here.

For now to reason I'll begin:
As I am God and Man;
The Woman I will never screen,
That dares assume my name,
Unless I did it thus command;
My honour is too high.
Bring me the Woman this shall do,
And she shall surely die;
For while her senses I do spare,
And do her life prolong;
I sure must be as bad as she,
To let my honour down.
If in her head, or in her heart,

Did these vain thoughts arise;
And from herself these things impart,
Such words to make men wise;
When I did never them command,
Or inspir'd her so to do;
I'd give her to the tempter's hand,
For she must be his due.
For in the heavens I'd cease to be,
Ere I would let her breathe,
And still to say she writes by ME,
Mankind for to deceive.
How many men have her obey'd,
As she did them command?
Because she told them 'twas from ME,
Requir'd it from their hands.
Then now I bid them to look deep,
And see who they obey'd;
And if they'll prove that it is ME,
I'll break the serpent's head.

And so the ransom'd of the Lord,
May now in triumph turn;
And you shall find with one accord,
The tears of joy shall come."

The RIDER and HORSE, forming a body of STARS.
A Dream of JOANNA'S, October 17, 1802.

I dreamed I was looking at the sky towards the South, and saw a number of stars collected together in the perfect form of a horse. There was another collection of stars in the perfect form of a man, riding the horse.-The horse and rider a complete body of stars, that were passing swiftly through the air. Just behind them there appeared fire working in the element; at which I greatly marvelled, and desired others to look, who were equally astonished as well as myself,

Here is the Answer of the SPIRIT to the
above Dream.

"Now I will answer thee this dream:
The horse and rider thou saw'st plain,
Riding together through the air,
And nought to thee but stars appear'd,
Then now they'll see my starry crown;
The horse is men, that will abound,
Until together they will come,
In perfect form, to join as one;
And like the horse they'll be complete:
But I am the Man thereon to sit,
Because my heart shall sit on all ;
And strong my Spirit now shall fall
On all that join me in the throng:
And, like the horse, they will become
Their Master's burden now to bear:
The mock of fools they first must hear;
But then the rider all will see
Fulfil the words I've spoken by thee.
The horse and rider both as ONE;
Because as stars they both were seen ;
Then sure the end you all will see,
That man is made joint heir with ME;

Because my Spirit shall descend
On every man that stands my friend.
And now as stars arise and shine,
To lighten the benighted mind:
And, like the horse, they'll now appear,
To plough my ground with prudent care;
And so to draw my chariot wheels,
That now are close to all your heels:
Because the rider sat thereon,
And stars alike they all did shine.
Then sure as stars must men appear;
Though with the horse I man compare:
Because men's mockery I bore first,
And so on men it now must burst,
That wish to bear the Cross with ME;
But soon the Crown they all shall see,
That wish to shine in Jesu's Crown,
The Horse and Rider shall be found,
In perfect union for to join ;

And God and Man alike combine.
Then man the burden now must bear:
But all shall know my Spirit's here,
On all that do together join,

To bring my glorious kingdom down.
Then God and Man alike they'll see,
Shine bright in heavenly harmony.
And soon my fire it will burn:
For on the others I'll return,
That will not now obey their call,-
Proclaim my kingdom, one and all.
For now the boughs I'll all cut down;
Hozanna now must be your sound,
That wish for ME in perfect peace,
To make your jarring passions cease.
So now thy dream I'll end it here,
And let another to appear;
Where thou the serpent so did'st kill;
And man would eat that poison still."

December 12, 1796.

SEVEN STARS coming to FOURTEEN.

I dreamed I was floating through the air, and at last came to a strange city. Just as I came there, I thought I saw the sun either rising or setting; it being a little above the horizon, with sparks like

stars descending from it. I then thought I went up the street, and heard a woman complaining of the fatal times; and I was then caught up again into the air, and saw the moon in a strange manner. I then looked at the stars, and saw them close together in a small compass. I said, you talk of waiting till seven stars come to fourteenand now they are come to that number.

The Answer to the Dream, by the SPIRIT.

Now stop thy hand, I'll answer here.

The Spirit's surely in the air,

That with thee doth converse:
But I shall make the mystery clear,
And bring it so to pass.

Out of the sun the stars shall come,
And shortly fly abroad:

Their brightness surely will appear,
For men shall know their God.
As to the moon, it must be known,
It strangely will be seen :

But that I'll tell another day,

For thou can'st mind no form.
The seven stars are past before;
Now 'tis to fourteen come;
This is a hidden mystery,

That surely will be known.
And all together they will meet:
My Jury must appear,

To judge of things that are so great,
For fearing one should err.

If one man's wisdom should shine bright,
And he should see it clear;

Can one man bring the truth to light?
They'd say, that he did err.

As all my prophets were denied,
And ME they did betray';

Now though the field is open'd wide,

They'd stumble in the way.

But when the stars together come,
And they do all agree ;

I say the mystery will be known,
Why I have stumbled thee.

Then every mystery will be known,

When to the purpose 't comes;

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