my kingdom, when they are revealed unto them? If they will not believe the one, they cannot believe the other; but he that believeth the truth of my words in the beginning cometh to the light, and seeth the truth, how all is made manifest to be of God; and in the light he will walk; but he that delighteth to abide in darkness, and loveth the ways of darkness, will hate to come to the light, fearing his deeds should be reproved, that the truth is not in him; for he does not believe the Scriptures of Truth.

Now mark these words, spoken by St. John, iii. 29. He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom; but the friend of the Bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the Bridegroom's voice: He that believeth not the Son shall not see life. Now mark, from these words that were spoken by John, the Bridegroom must have the Bride; for he that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom; then know assuredly, to fulfil the Scriptures of truth, the Bride must appear to declare the voice of the Bridegroom; But when I come in power to make the Church the Bride, they all shall hear my voice and live; but know it is written, He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; and yet the life that now is in the world is seen by all men; Jews and Gentiles, Turks and Infidels, see the life that men call life. Here reason must teach them all, the life that is meant by the apostle is the Life of the Redemption from the Fall, that no man can receive, or will ever see, that doth not believe in the Son of GOD, that I died to redeem them from the Fall, that they might live in ME, and I in them. This is the life that no man can see, unless he believe that I came into the world, that they might receive life from the dead, and be restored from the death that was past on man in the Fall. Therefore I said, whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. This I said I should give unto

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man; and this ye must believe in ME, that what I said I should do, I surely will do, that ye may have everlasting life, and be filled with my Spirit; for know I said, The hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit. Now I tell thee why I said it was then, as well as to .say it was to come; because at that time I poured out my Spirit upon my disciples, and they were filled with the Holy Ghost; so they worshipped in the Spirit; but will men say, the Holy Ghost hath been poured out upon all men, that believe my Gospel ever since to this day, as it was upon the disciples? all men must answer, No; then know the hour is not yet come, that I said men should worship in the Spirit as they did; for if the hour was come, as a shadow in them, know I said, THE Then now mark these two words, how they were spoken; the one was then, and the other was to come and know I said unto the woman, Believe ME, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, worship the Father; but they should worship him in the Spirit, for God is a Spirit; and they who worship him should worship him in Spirit and in Truth. Now I shall explain the meaning of these words: I did not mean they should not worship the Lord in Jerusalem; for I tell thee, the time will come when Jerusalem will be new built, and my kingdom of peace is established; but then, I tell thee, it will not be as it is now, to say, ye go to your places of worship, either to churches or meetings, or whatever worship men have formed, and which is the worship that is in the world now; as some then trusted to their worship at Jerusalem, and others in the mountain, and in different places where the worship was; and perfectly so are the worshippers now; but I tell you all, the time is coming, when the true worshippers of God will be in the SPIRIT: and such the Lord is now seeking to worship him; for I now tell you, it is the Spirit of God, as it was spoken by

the prophet, poured out upon men, that must bring them to my likeness; and this I told them would be; therefore, if men weigh the Prophets with my Gospel, they will be convinced what a change must take place in man, and how sin will be taken away. But now I ask mankind what waters they have drank never to thirst? This cannot be explained spiritually or temporally, that it is fulfilled; but know what is written in the Revalationwhen the waters of life come then cometh the tree of life, and the healing of the nations; therefore, I tell thee, to understand my Bible, they must compare one place with another; then they will discern how it must be fulfilled, and how the promises all stand. But if these words did not stand on record, then men might mock the coming of their Lord, and say, things will always remain as they are; but now they cannot say it, unless they deny the truth of my Bible, from the Prophets to my Gospel ; for I tell thee, it is a chain linked together; and he that trieth to break it asunder must break the Bible through.

And now I shall come to the man that was waiting for the moving of the water: now mark how many had been there waiting, and yet they were not all healed; because it was only them that stept in first, after the angel had troubled the water; yet this man still had faith that a time would `come for his deliverance, when he might be helped in and know, I healed him without going into the water and now I tell you all, be like the impotent folks that were waiting for the moving of the water, and you will find that I am at hand to heal the whole. Now mark from the manner of the miracles, and how they were; the man was waiting to be healed, and I came and healed him; and so, I tell you all, if ye are waiting for the water of life, and for the moving of my Spirit, I will come and . make you whole. But now mark from the manner of the Jews, how they thought to slay ME, for

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doing this on the sabbath day. Now see how zealous these men professed to be in their religion, and thought it wrong to do good on the sabbath day; but, I tell thee, I did these things on the sabbath day to shew the folly of mankind, how zealous they will profess to be in religion, while they are persecuting every good word and every good work. Now mark the words I said unto them, My Father worketh and I work; he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent ME, hath everlasting life. Now mark how I joined both together; then ye must join them both together, the Prophets with my Gospel, if ye will believe in everlasting life. And did I not say my Father worked, and I worked, and I came to do the work of him that sent ME? and what was my work, that I was here reproved for by the Jews? It was for healing of a man on the sabbath day, that was waiting to be healed; and know what I said at another place, that I was Lord of the sabbath; then if I was Lord of the sabbath, and healed on the sabbath day, which was the day of rest-I must heal man to bring in that rest, that my Spirit may not always strive with Here I have shewed thee, from my own words, how I said, I and my Father worked, to shew you my labour was not ended for man; but as I healed on the seventh day, that was then the sabbath, a day of rest, so, I tell thee, will I heal all men, according to my Gospel, that believe in ME.

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Now mark from the words of the people, saying, Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. mark how they then spoke concerning the Scriptures, and what their reasoning was, that Christ should not come out of Galilee, but of the seed of David, out of the town of Bethlehem, where I

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Now mark, from the Jews, in what manner they disputed of my being in Galilee, that no prophet should arise there; but did not discern, that I came from Bethlehem, and was born according to

their words; for there my birth was; and yet they disputed, that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet, without discerning I did not arise out of Galilee, though I went into Galilee. Now mark the disputers of the Scriptures, in those days, and mark the disputers of the Scriptures in these days, how they wrest and turn them both alike; for perfectly like the days of old, when I came in the Body, is the disputing of men now I am come in the Spirit; so I now tell thee and all men, as the Jews of old wrested the Scriptures, so will men wrest them now; but they that believed, believed from the wonders and miracles I wrought; and so, I tell thee, they that now believe, will believe from my first visitation to thee, and in what manner all things have gone on, and in what manner the Scriptures are explained. They then will believe and confess that no woman can do these things, except the Lord be with her; for if the people baffled others of old, of my going into Galilee, calling ME a prophet rising out of Galilee, how canst thou marvel that men will baffle the Scriptures now? For it was known unto them in those days, that I was born in Bethlehem; and out of Bethlehem was I called to flee into Egypt, and out of Egypt was I called to return; so that the Scriptures were clearly fulfilled, as they were spoken by the mouths of the prophets; and yet they turned them, by my going into Galilee, and said no prophet arose out of Galilee; but did that argue that no prophet should go into Galilee? Yet this was the argument of mankind, as though I arose out of it, because I went into it; and perfectly so are men arguing now; for in this manner they are disputing the Scriptures, perfectly as they disputed of my coming in the flesh. Now mark the words that I said unto the Jews, If a man keep my sayings he shall not see death; and the Jews answered ME, Now we know that thou hast a devil; for Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead. Here the Jews