His helpmate did not strengthen him,
But surely pull'd him down;

So would thy friends have done by thee,
If thou hadst them obey'd

But now the woman's conquering seed
Shall bruise the serpent's head."

"Hadst thou understood the meaning of the words, and the manner he was placed as one man alone, a helper with thee, thou wouldest have discerned, that when the fall was reversed, the man would act at the last as Eve acted at the first; for though he strengthend thee for a while; yet, when temptations came strongly upon him, he would surely have pulled thee down, if thou hadst obeyed his command, to conceal his name, concealed the letters put in his hands, to leave him quite out of the question. How couldest thou then prove to the world that the events of years had been put into the hands of the ministers, if thou hadst concealed who they were? Would not the world have judged thee an impostor, and a deceiver of mankind? Which way couldest thou clear thyself? Which way couldest thou clear my wisdom, by ordering thee to put letters in the hands of the ministers, to prove the events had been put in their hands, which had been fulfilled, before I ordered thee to publish to the world of events, that were hastening on, that they might judge of what was to come, from the truth of the past that had taken place? But how could this be tried and proved, if thou hadst acted according to *******'s wisdom? But now let men discern how I have bruised Satan's head that he cannot conquer thee; for it was I the Lord that kept thee from falling: and as I have begun I shall go on, till I shall bruise his head from all.

First Book of Sealed Prophecies, page 12, given in 1796.

"Unto the world thou art unknown;
But not unknown to ME:

And thee men say they do not know;
But ME they don't deny.

And to men's conscience let them go -
Their Saviour is their cry.
Now, as to men thou art unknown,
Thy bondsman I will be;
And every debt I'll surely pay,

If men will now trust thee.

The letter put in • ** ** 's hand,

It was a debt of trust;

But when the debt he did demand,
The grave hath paid the first.
Then as the grave hath paid the one,
That to my friend was given;
Let all the seals come to his hand,
I'll surely pay the seven.

But if he says he knows my name,
Then on my words rely:

I'll never put my friends to shame,

"I shall answer thee from these words:

Here let men discern in what manner I have spoken of the debt of trust put into his hands, for him to act faithfully to his trust, to prove the truth, for thee, or against thee; but when he demanded to know the truth, the bishop's death proved the first; then discern what is said further: as the grave paid the one, the seals should be put into his hands; and in like manner should the seven be paid. But this is a mystery thou dost

not understand; because thou sayest, it was not by death that all were fulfilled. Call to thy remembrance what were the events put in his hands; in 1796 the Bishop's death, one; in 1797, the events which took place in Italy, two; England seeking for peace, but in vain, three; the harvest of that year, 1797, four; the large sums of money that would be demanded at the end of that year, five; the harvest of 1799, six; and the harvest of the year 1800, seven. These events were fulfilled before *** fell back. Thus thou hast discerned how the seven debts were paid, that were debts of trust, to know the truth of the words. But now observe what followeth :

As to thee, thou dost not know;
Thou art a stranger there:
But keep my memory in view-
Will he deny ME here?"

"Here men must discern in what manner I spoke of *******, if he denied ME, in my visitation, to thee, and gave no credit that it was from the Lord: then I said all the goods I would surely leave, and cleave to another house; because the gold, that is a reward, I said was still my own; which meaneth, that honour and reward should not rest upon him in the end, if he denied me in thee; but as the grave paid the first, so should the grave pay the last. So if men discern the type and shadow, and how the grave is twice mentioned, and the gold to be still my own; they might judge he would fall in death, after he be gan to deny ME in thee.

Now observe what is said further:

"So wonder how and stand amaz'd,

Ye fools and slow of heart;

For on the woman you may gaze,
But I shall take her part.

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For all her friends she surely left,
To follow my command;

Then to her now I'll strongly cleave;
She'th chosen the better part."

"Here let men ponder deeply what thou hast went through, to follow on to know the Lord; and how thou regardedst not thy own honour, but determined to follow on to be clear in judging, before thou wouldest condemn; that thou mayest err on the safest side. Let men trace the different conduct between ******* and thee.

"And now come to the following words, in page 23:

"But when the stars together come,

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And they do all agree;

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

"For I now tell thee, I have stumbled thee, and stumbled all, concerning * ****** ; ⋅ for ye have not discerned in what manner I placed him without conditions, that by him the writings should go out in the world; and how I spoke of him on conditions, that he might discern his fall. But now I ask thee how a heart like thine could ever have went on with him, if thou hadst clearly discerned the end? And deeper things will be yet discerned, why it was my wisdom to stumble thee.

"Here I have shewn thee how he was placed two ways; and two ways his past conduct hath been. And I will shew thee why I have placed it two. ways; because the heart of the man was known unto ME, that as a faithful shepherd, that cared for his sheep, he would act with wisdom and prudence, to search out the truth. And know what

I said to Peter-"Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou ME, more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, feed my lambs. He saith to him again, the second time, Šimon, son of Jonas, lovest thou

ME? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou ME? Peter was grieved, because he said unto him the third time, lovest thou ME Pand he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, feed my sheep." From these words I shall answer thee. I that knew all things, knew *** ****'s heart; that, like the command I gave to Peter, to feed my lambs, and feed my sheep, was a law written upon his heart; and therefore, as a faithful shepherd, that taketh care of his sheep, to guard them against the wolf, if he knew them in danger; so I knew that the heart and mind of him was to act faithfully, to search out both ways; whether thou wast in danger of the wolf; which meaneth, to be in danger of Satan's arts; or, whether thou wast a sheep of mine, visited by my Spirit, that he should feed and take care of; and therefore I told thee he would go on faithfully, while he stood alone; because that I who know all things, knew he would act as a faithful shepherd at the first; that my command would be obeyed by him; but I well knew the malice of men and devils, with what rage and fury they would break out against him, when thy writings went out in the world; and therefore I gave thee the prophecies the other way; as I knew he would fall from his own first stedfastness, when assaulted by men and devils. Now call to thy remembrance what the people told ****: that ******* wrote the books, and thou signedst thy name to them. Know they said he was the Prophet: call to thy remembrance what were thy thoughts: didst thou not say in thy heart, that thou wast not sorry to see him fall back, as men had placed thy writings to him; then dost thou marvel in thy heart, that I should leave the man to Satan's temptations, and the persecution of