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Now let men answer me, through the scriptures, where the man is spoken of without the woman, or the woman without the man. In one likeness they are mentioned together; and the beginning of my miracles was at the Marriage in Cana. Then now come to thy prophecies, and let them look to thy writings, in what manner thou hast spoken of ME, in what manner is thy pleadings, and in what manner thy petitions are made; then let them judge if thine be not a heart and soul formed by ME to bring perfection in the woman. But if they say it is all of thyself; then now bring forward what I have said before; for I shall give them line upon line, and precept upon precept; here a little and there a little, that they may go on, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Wherefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people."

Strange Effects of Faith, page 36.

"As she so boldly for her master stands,
Then now in thunde: I will answer man.

And first, let thy original be trac'd,

And tell me now what mighty thing thou wast,

When first I took thee from thy native dust,

And in the garden thou alone wast plac'd;

Could'st thou brought forth the world as she hath done?
Or like the woman borne my only Son,

Without her aid, as she did without thine?

I tell you men, the mysteries are behind :

As from the woman you did all proceed;

Took from your side, man is pronounc'd the head;
But you must know you're not the perfect man,
Until your bone is join'd to you again.

So both together must in judgment sit :
And tell me, men, if her disputes were right,
To say my honour I had still maintain'd,
And plead with Satan as she hath begun

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Then both together you shall surely know,
I'll gain my honour by his overthrow;

For if the woman stands so much my friend,
You all shall find I'll stand her's in the end.
If from herself this love and courage came,
I tell you plain she is the head of man;
But if from ME the Spirit first did fall,
I tell you plain I AM THE HEAD of all;
And when her writings you have all went through,
Much greater mysteries must come to your view.
So by the woman now I'll surely stand,
As for my honour she did so long contend:
Ten days he held her with his blasphemy;
Ten days a hero she held out for ME;
Then if these days I turn them now to years,
I'll prove her words, and man shall see it clear,
That every word was true, what she had spoke:
I'll gain my honour, her words I'll never mock.
So if men mock them now I tell them plain,
I'll gain my honour to destroy such men.
Then now thy judge let Pomeroy to appear;
Call back thy words, and let him answer here:
Thou told'st him plain thy calling was from heaven;
And all the strokes, that then by him were given,
Could not prevent my labour's rising high:
It was of God was then thy every cry.

And now his thoughts let him look back and see,
What must have been the fatal end of thee,
If in thy weakness thou didst act the same,
To say from Satan all thy writings came;
By every sorrow thou'dst be compass'd round;
But the Centurion let him now be found;
And then discern how I have plac'd thee here,
And Judge which way the truth I now shall clear.”

Matthew viii. 7-14. - "And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The Centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me and I say to this man, go, and he goeth and to another, come, and he cometh: and to my servant, do this, and he doeth it. When

Jesus had heard it, he marvelled, and said unto them that followed, verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out. And Jesus saith unto the Centurion, go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self-same hour."

"And now as thou hast believed, so shall it happen to thee: for my servant shall be healed. And now go back to thy own faith, how thou contendedst with him, and told him that the work was of God, and he could not overthrow it. Know the promise I made thee that year, that it was the last year thou shouldest ever go through the distress and poverty though hadst went through for ME, because I had taken thee from thy labour so repeatedly; and great expenses I knew thou hadst been at, for many years, to obey my commands, till thou hadst wasted all the money thou hadst saved up; and then I told thee thou shouldest never want a penny more, or feel what poverty and distress were. Now in thy heart thou sayest, true are the words: for in blessing I have blessed thee, and in multiplying I have multiplied thee, in thy basket, and in thy store, in thy body, and in thy soul; and now thou art come like the Centurion, having soldiers under thee; and thou canst say unto one, go, and he goeth; and to another, come, and he cometh; and to thy servants, do this, and they do it: so that thou art now placed in authority, by my command. And know what I said before of thee, as I said of the Centurion, that I had not found so great faith in all Israel, as was in him; in like manner I have said to thee."

Strange Effects of Faith, page 59, given in 1794.

"For if thy MASTER was denied,
By his own chosen race,

How can the words be e'er apply'd
In these dark evil days?
When unbelief so much abounds,
Faith on the earth there's none.
Like Abraham let their faith be tried,
Who offer'd up his Son;

Where is the man that would obey,
The sacrifice prepare ?-

"It surely is not God's command :”
His faith would stagger there.
And yet they say there's but one faith,
The faithful that must be:

So strong a faith on earth there's not
As I have found in thee.

Thy faith is to the utmost tried
By men and devils here;
But when my promise is apply'd,
It keeps thee from despair;
And though I put thee off so long,
Yet still thou dost obey,
Thinking my word I shall perform,
Though I so long delay.
This is the language of thy heart,
That from my written word
Declareth none shall be deceiv'd

That trusteth in the Lord.
So shall it surely be to thee,
Thou shalt not be deceiv'd;
Because I know thy inmost soul,

How strong thou dost believe.
Though some have laughed thee to scorn,

And others did thee blame;
Thy stedfast heart doth still obey,

And thou art still the same.

Therefore I'll own thee for the BRIDE:

Thou art the EVENING STAR;

By thy appearance all shall know

That night is coming near.

The MORNING STAR is gone and past,
The SUN his course hath run;
The Evening Star doth now appear,
And Night is coming on.

Then in the night the STARS will shine,
And in the midst there's SEVEN,

Which never shall divided be

Until the whole are leaven'd."

"Now look back to the time when this was given, in 1794; let men consider how many years thou wentest on with difficulty, and no one to assist thee in thy labour for seven years, upon thy own expenses, and thy own industry; and let them see thy faith and courage, to leave thy own native place, thy friends, and thy relations, to come with strangers, trusting and relying on my promises, that I should raise friends for thee. And though thou sawest him fall back, and sawest others fall back; yet still my promises kept thee from despair; because thou judgedst thy God as Abraham did; and the language of thy heart hath always been that thou couldest sooner believe there was no God, than thou couldest believe there was a faithless God. But thou always judgedst he was a faithful rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and that if I speak the word it shall be done, as the Centurion said of his servant. But I now tell thee, there are many who profess to be children of my Kingdom, who will be cast out for want of faith, while there are many from the cast and the west, from the north and the south, that are now strangers to my Gospel, who will come in by strong faith.

"Here I have ordered thee to bring this forward; because thou art a living witness of the truth of my fulfilling my promises to thee; for thou must go back to ninety-two, which made me say thou hadst waited long. But now, from

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