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him; so that he stood stedfast alone by himself;
and by his judgment the writings went out in the
world; and there he stood the judge alone; and
as the books were printed, the first year, I sent
them to him. So that he stood stedfast till the
ending of the year 1801, that his name was men-
tioned in the Book of Letters. Then other mi-
nisters (not those that he had invited to come
forward,) hearing that the writings had
been put in his hands, began to mock him and
abuse him; and I was informed, that they com-
plained to the bishop against him; so that his
persecution was great, which he had not forti-
tude to bear; and the fear of losing his honour
amongst men made him begin to waver and fall
back; and seeing the peace at the end of the
year, which he judged, like others, would be an
established peace, and knowing the contents of
the letters I had put in his hands, how great the
wars would abound, and what destruction would
take place in Spain, which at that time there was
no appearance of, that these things would take
place, and the mockery of men, caused him to
stumble and fall back; and having bad advisers
in his friends, he went from one error to another.
Therefore, in pondering these things over, how
strongly men and devils worked with him, to
cause his fall, after standing so stedfast six years,
and acting with every faithful and upright deal-
ing during that time; and then to change, as
though he was another man, to turn an enemy
against me, to burn those letters I had put in his
hands, because the truth should not appear, which
caused the strife and contention between him
and me, as I was ordered to reprove him
these things worked together a strong feeling in
my mind and heart, to pity the man; and to love
him on account of his first conduct, and to pity

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his weakness in his last; as I was sorry he did not live to clear his honour, by acknowledging he had acted wrong, in not returning the letters committed to his care, or acknowledge the truth they contained. I was answered concerning my own feelings for him, of love and pity; though I could not help blaming his conduct; yet still in my heart I felt a love for the man, which I was answered, that the Lord's feelings were the same -to pity his weakness, and have mercy upon him.

I can only give the letter in part, as I did not keep a copy of the whole, not knowing it would ever go in print; but I was ordered to point out the following pages from the Explanations of the Bible, for them to draw their judgment: from page 174-page 249 to 256-page 266 to 272pages 280 and 281---and page 244. And the following passages:

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Page 249. Here's a type stands deep for man,
And ******* must the Trial stand;

Page 254.

Page 270.

Or else the Trial, all will see,

Will be brought round to judge of he;
Then how can ever he appear?
His honour he can never clear."

"In justice he must now appear
To prove the truth was never clear,

If he his honour now will free.

He's compass'd round, I now tell thee,
To act in honour as a man;

Therefore the Trial he must stand."

"Some will believe, and will not grieve

To see the end appear;

While others flee like ***

With trembling and with fear.

They'll hear the end, mark how't doth bend;

The ending now is come,

And ******* in security

Thought all from him was gone.

But now he sees the end of thee,
He cannot shun thee here;
And perfect so the end will be,
When I in power appear:

They'll find, like he, they cannot flee;
Their honour so is lost."

Page 263. —" He must appear the whole to clear;
For I'll ne'er give him up.

His honour I can never clear,

If now I let him drop.

So he must stand as I command,
And all must stand the same:
“We never will give up his hand”-
His promise all must claim,
For to appear the whole to clear;
For I shall all go through.
And as my Bible doth appear,
The ending all shall know.”

Page 269." They mock my Bible as 'tis plac'd,
And so they mock their Lord;

Then they must fear when I am near,

As

fears will be.

From types and shadow I shall clear
How all the end will see.”

Page 254.-"And this is done by my command,
And so the Trial he must stand;
Then he shall fall to rise again,
If he come forward to contend
It is the woman caus'd his fall,
And prove his honour clear in all,
Before the woman he betray'd:
And now she'th cast it on his head;"
And so his honour here is lost;
But when the truth to him doth burst,
He'll find his honour rise more high
Than e'er before it here did lie;
And see his standing more secure
Than 'twas before for to endure;
Because his standing is by ME,-
The woman's innocence shall free
The every fall that is in man,
That now the Trial bold will stand.
So thou of
grieve no more:
Can't thou believe thy God is here,

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And will not justify the man,
If to the Trial he do come,
And there confess his every guilt,
The way at first his fears he felt?
Then I will surely free the man:
In Adam's fall he now doth stand.
So here of *
I shall end:

Deep are the lines that thou hast penn'd;
I tell you deep as none can see
The type of ******* and of thee
A thing that I did first ordain,
To bring the fall now back on men;
And when that, men do see it clear,
They must confess the man did err,
To blame his Maker at the first,
As Satan's subtle arts did burst
Upon the woman at that time;
And man as weak they all must find,
As he was tempted so to fall:
And now let

And so from

judge the call;
I'll go on;

He stands a type to every man;
Because his honour I'll not clear,
Till he confess his Lord is here."

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The reason I am ordered to put the above in print is, to shew how much they were stumbled at receiving this letter, as they could not reconcile what was said in these pages, that I had pointed out to them, concerning him; neither could they understand my letter, of my feelings, and the Lord's having love and pity for the man, as he was taken off in that manner, and had not lived to clear up the truth; but my spirits were too much agitated at that time to discern the judgment they drew; but from the judgment they had drawn from the pages, I had the following communication given me, to send them; as they had not discerned that the pages pointed out to them were in answer to his letters.

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Sept. 3d, 1813. "Let men discern the first letter I ordered thee in 1804, to call him forward

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to answer for the letters I ordered thee to put in his hands; then they must discern what was his answer calling thee a deluded woman; denied having any letters of thine in his hands; or having any writings, or papers of thine. Here let men discern how he tried to shun giving any answer to the truth that I ordered thee to demand of him; let them discern how he tried to shun having any knowledge of thee, but from the insulting letters he said he received, and wherein he complained thou hadst abused him; how strongly he desired ***** to prevail on thee to desist from troubling him. Here men must discern, from his letters, how much he tried to shun the truth's being brought to light, that was put in his hands; and this they must compare with the answer I gave thee, that it was in vain for ******* to shun the truth, or to prevail upon man to persuade thee to keep silence; because their honour as well as thine were both brought into disgrace by him; for if they were vindicating thy character, and thy visitation as being from the Lord, and thus publishing to the world; if they did not demand of him to come forward with the truth, I ask thee, how could they appear? Could they prove they had acted with justice, or with honour, as upright men, that stood between God and men? For, as they believed thy visitation to be from the Lord, they must disobey the command of the Lord, if they desisted from troubling him with letters, to find out the truth; and therefore I said it was in vain for ******* to try to flee, to shun the call that was of men; if he would clear his honour, he must come forward to acknowledge every truth; for there was no other way, that his honour could be cleared.

"Therefore men must deeply discern his letters,

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