clay to the seal: and they stand as a garment; and from the wicked their light is withholden; and the high arm shall be broken. “Now, Joanna, thee I'll answer : Disputes with Men did then come on, That for the last the thing was plac'd, And from the Seat 1 now shall burst: That I am come to seal in Man, For his proud waves have been so strong, Their peace in ME, I plain do see, But now I'll shake the whole; For his high hand shall never stand, I'll make the foe to fall. If he at first on Man did burst, And plead like Job, to have him cast➡ So I'll end here, and say no more, The Type of Job doth here appear, To make thy friends to weep; This is a shadow deep for Man, So if they turn, as some have done, That do repent, and now relent, They e'er condemn'd thy call.- I shall reason with thee on the morrow." Here ends Sunday night, Sept. 30, 1804. On Sunday morning we received a hamper with poultry, from Mr. Cole, a farmer, in Devon, who was Joanna's great opposer, and said she ought to be hanged, when she was in Devon; but now all the family are come in strong believers; as the harvest in Devon he awakened many. CONCERNING JOB. Monday, Oct. 1st, 1804. And now I shall come to answer the man, who wished thee to enquire of ME concerning him. Let not his heart be cast down, nor his spirits grieved, at any arts or subtlety that the Devil may try to blast his comforts. But let him weigh deep the Book of Job, and see the judgment thou drawest from it, and the answer that I have given thee. For now I tell thee, Satan will try many, as he tried Job; but let men stand out like JOB, and I shall arise to plead for man, as I pleaded for Job. But he that falleth by temptations, will fall on the corner stone, which is the foundation that was laid in the Fall; and then that PROMISE will break him off from obtaining it. But now is the time for that corner stone, and that PROMISE to fall on the head where it was laid, which was on the head of the Serpent, that is, the Devil: and it shall grind all his power, like powder, So now let men take care they do not fall on that PROMISE: that meaneth, not to believe it, and stumble at its fulfilment; for then they may fall to be broken off, when the stone falls on the head of the woman's betrayer, and men's accuser. But now let the man stand stedfast in his faith, and he shall live for ever in ME, whether in this world, or that which is to come. him weigh deep the xli. ch. of Job. My answer to Job was never discerned by any man; neither was it ever understood by man, what I meant in the following words" Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook, or his tongue with a cord, which thou lettest down? Canst thou put a hook into his nose, or bore his jaw through with a thorn?" These are the words men never understood. The Leviathan meaneth the Devil; and by his contending against Job, I drew him out with the hook of his words, and by the cord that I let down to give him the power, then I put the hook into his nose, and bored his jaw through with a thorn, that he could never more condemn Job. But now do men vainly suppose this O Now let was done for JOB only? I tell them no: it stands a TYPE for all men; and like the Leviathan in the sea is the power of the Devil against man, which man of himself can no more destroy, than he can destroy the Leviathan in the sea. But by my wisdom I shamed the Devil concerning Joв, and confounded the Devil concerning Job, and I took Satan's power from Job, that he could no more accuse him, and no more condemn him; as he tried to the utmost, and found Job what I said he was.-And now I AM come the same to justify all men, that are longing for MY coming; and shew Satan, it was their being dead to knowledge that made them clamour for my Blood, and put ME to death: and so I fell on the CORNER STONE of the PROMISE: and though I was broken at that time to be put to death, yet when the fulfilment of the PROMISE comes, know it must fall on him, to grind him to powder. This is the fulfilment of the FALL. But if men fall on that PROMISE, S the Jews did, they will fall to be broken off. But let them know, that I fell to rise again, to throw all his power, and cast the CORNER STONE on him: for all men must know that that CORNER STONE meaneth the PROMISE that was made in the FALL. NOW let the learned answer, what they make of that corner stone? But I answer,. they can no more explain it, than they can draw out the Leviathan with the hook: neither can they explain the mysteries of my Bible, in what manner, and for what purpose, all Types and Shadows were placed, and all these words were spoken. So now to Man I bold shall come: That to the end 'tis my intend To bring you to the Fall; Then I'll draw out with every hook The tempter that stood there. VING But how by Man can this be done? As I did say to Job that day, I now may say to Man; The Leviathan there's none can slay, And now the same I say to mad- That, like that fish, is surely strong, I know for man his power is strong, But I'm a God shall send a rod; Ch. xli. last verse.-He beholdeth all high things; he is a King over all the children of pride. Now from the verse that there is mention'd To be the whole when I do call My children from distress? The fish I did compare; There was no wisdom wrought in he For to destroy him there; And so to Man I now shall come→ You can't destroy your Foe: For as I said the fish was strong, So Satan's arts I know; But as a king can you now bring That all the children here of pride That did in power appear, 02 So unto he I then did say, Who like that fish in power did lie? That judg'd there was deceit But I do tell them at the last My thundering voice shall come; My friends I'll free, I now tell thee, As I freed Joв before. But first, you see, condemn'd they be Who say, 'tis wrong they do go on, For to condemn in every Man And wish the Serpent was destroy'd, That wish my Kingdom near; But I do say to thee this day, But their words will be found, |