A WORD TO THE WISE;

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A CALL TO THE NATION,

That they may know the days of their Visitation, from the Prophecies that are given to Joanna Southcott, with the Reasons assigned why the Spirit of Prophecy is given to a Woman; and which is explained from the Scriptures in the following pages.

Oldswinford, August 31, 1803.

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT

Now, as my Prophecies are many and extend to large volumes, that the poor cannot buy them, if they should wish to know the meaning of them, I shall here explain them in a small compass for the sake of the poor, that no excuse may be found, that they could not afford to buy to judge for themselves; so that we may be clear from the blood of all men. And now I shall come to the meaning of my prophecies, and what they tend to. The purpose of them is to warn the whole world at large, that the second coming of Christ is nigh

The Second Edition. Printed by Galabin and Marchant, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, London, June 1810, from the 1st Edition, printed at Stourbridge in August, 1803.

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at hand; and how they may stand when he appeareth; and to shew you from the Fall the promise that was made to the Woman at first must be accomplished at last, before Man's Redemption can take place. I shall in the first place give you some passages from the Scriptures, which are explained to me by the Spirit, different from whatever the learned understood them; and then I shall give you some of my Prophecies, how they were spoken, and how they were fulfilled; but I shall take some from my printed Prophecies, as I know the poor cannot afford to buy them, therefore I shall bring some of the heads into this little volume, that they may judge for themselves, the end is at hand, from the truths that are past, judge from the present and for the time to come. But first I shall shew you from the Scriptures, that all these things must come to pass, to fulfil them. Here I shall give you the Scriptures which are not yet fulfilled, and how it is explained to me that they will be fulfilled.

Isaiah, chap. xlii. v. 1, 2, 3, 4. "Behold my Servant, whom I uphold, my elect in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth and the isles shall wait for his law."

Isaiah, chap. xliii. v. 19. "Behold, I will do a new thing: now it shall spring forth, shall ye not know it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."

Isaiah, chap. xliv. v. 3. "Eor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring." One shall say I am the Lord's: and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob: and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of Hosts.

Isaiah, chap. xlv. v. 11, 12. Thus saith the Lord, the holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask of me things to come, concerning my sons; and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their hosts have I commanded. I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: He shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Ver. 22, 23. Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, and the word is gone out of myouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that ato me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come, and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory.

. Here I shall give the answer of the Spirit to these Chapters, which I was ordered to pen, to shew you from the Scriptures of the Redemption of Man." Who is the man that contends with his Maker? or where is the man that boasts of wisdom? Let him answer these Chapters, how

they are to be fulfilled? or when they ever were fulfilled? — that unto me every knee did bow, and every tongue did swear? or when were all saved to the ends of the Earth? or when were they ashamed in the Lord, that rose up against my followers? or those that truly believed in my word? or when were all the seed of Israel justified and glorified in the Lord? Here is a question that must make the diviners mad: and turn the wise men backward, and make their knowledge foolishness. Isaiah, chap. xliv. v. 25. For this is what I told thee from the Vision* shewn to Joseph Prescott. My Bible stands like this outward chain, full of places to be filled up, and now they shall be filled up, and made like the inward chain: for now will I answer of the work of my hands. I made the earth and created man upon it; and now will I raise him up in righteousness and direct all his ways; and he shall build my city; for Israel shall be saved in the Lord, with an everlasting salvation. He shall not be ashamed or confounded world without end. Now answer me, ye wise men, and ye that contend against me, when was this accomplished? have I not said, -heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away till all is lled? Then where is my equal to contend with me? Have I not spoken, and shall I not do it? Can I not frustrate the tokens of the liars, who say in their hearts they have all knowledge given them. But let them know, every good and perfect gift cometh down from the Father of light, and from me the Creator of all men, and the Preserver of all men. This light and knowledge is come to open the eyes of the blind, and to unstop the ears of the deaf: 'that in

This alludes to a Vision shewn to Joseph Prescott, and which was ordered by the Angel to be called "A Crown;” as it was a representation of the Fulness of the Godhead bodily.