That Satan's come for to condemn, That he hath betray'd, as Judas said, And free the human race; The innocence of man; And now he is come his guilt to plead, Like Judas to condemn. So Judas see you've made of he, Now, simple men, behold your plan, Then he must be more wise than ME, That fallen men like Gods may come, And in their stead that he will bleed, That dead to knowledge they were then, My honour here to make it clear, In every step to man. Then he must be as wise as ME, A penitent become; And so repent, and now relent That e'er he caus'd their Fall; And in their stead he'll freely bleed, This must be done by your own plan, To say from Hell they came; You give the merit unto him, And so despise MY NAME. For Pharoah's wonders are in you, Your wise-men you deceive, That Satan will these wonders do, And so you them believe, That he is come to ransom man, According to his word; That you as earthly Gods may stand, And evil know and good. These wonders first from him did burst, As they from Pharoah came; But did he do them at the last? You know not Satan's name; So Hell you mock, for you know not, L He'd sooner feel my heavy stroke, For to be bound in chains, Than stoop so low to man to go, Like Judas to repent. . For this I know, he'll never do, No: Pharoah see is the type of he, Until he hath brought his destiny, To place these miracles in him, And so your God you're mocking here, I'll bring all to your view: You mock the words I spoke at first, When I created Man; To say the Woman must be made, You mock the curse that I pronounc'd You mock my Bible every where These promises are made, That all the earth I shall redeem, And Man the good must know; You mock the purchase of my blood; That on the cross the victim stood, If Death and Hell remain. As it hath been so strong in man, My Bible you are mocking on, In them there is eternal Life, That testify of ME; Then search the Scriptures, I command, That I must conquer Death and Hell, And to my Father reconcile The guilt of Adam's Fall. It must be done, be it known to man, Or you must mock my every word, By all the wisdom you have form'd, Shall I cut off ny chosen race, For such, ye men, as you, To prove to knowledge man was dead, As they did then appear? But now your knowledge it is tried, You do not see more clear; But grosser darkness doth abound, My Bible stands more plain, For men to see the mystery, How all things do appear; Worse than the Jews ye Gentiles be, And now I'll prove it here; Because my Death you do allow, As spoken in the Fall; Then now I bid you answer how, Your Saviour you can call, To die for ye and Satan free, Ye simple sons of men! Worse than the Jews you certain he, And much more blind than them. For I'll appear to prove it clear, More wrong you now believe, That I would shed my Blood for men The Devil to reprieve. Still to go on as he hath done, And boasting to this day, My Blood was shed in vain for man, My chosen men do lay, In every land despise my name; And Gentiles now are found To say a bastard I did come, Then tremble at the sound: And do not now avenge the Fall, That it is true before your view, Of AGES that are past, And then no longer will you moc That it must fall, I tell you all, You know my Blood must be aveng'd, But Oh! on man, is now your plan To bring my vengeance there; That first my side, by man applied, I said they knew not what they had done, If not from Hell the rage did swell, So now see plain, ye sons of men, Who vindicate the Devil's reign, Then sickly is your love to ME; Not hot nor cold you 're come, With him to go, the world below This is your lukewarm hearts I know; For so your hearts I'll prove. The Jews may stand in every land, And Gentiles mock the same; If you are sav'd from misery, How it do stand in every Land Just like this Woman here, Disgrac'd with lies, by hell's command, Against her men appear, And just the same they mock my Name, By Satan's artful hand; And yet you do not wish his fall, But sooner let him stand, I tell you long, the time is come, And bring my Kingdom down to men, As in all lands abounds. Here is the end of the Explanation of the Marriage of the Lamb; and I must beg my readers to weigh deeply what they are making of the Devil, that place my writings to him. THE VISION OF THE SHIP. Thursday, December the 15th, 1803. AT half past eleven o'clock in the morning, Joseph Prescot, sitting at work, had the following Vision. He beheld a large ship apparently at anchor, the deck covered with people. On the stern was the word FAITH painted; the land nearest to the ship appeared like a rock, on which was a great number of people, and an angel standing near the edge with a glass in his hand he seemed as if letting the people look through it. Over those persons was an angel blowing a trumpet, and some of them looking up at him. Towards the top was a Being like our Saviour, encircled by a splendid light; at a distance over the people were dark black clouds rolling like smoke. On the other side of the water there was a great brightness, as if the sun shone with splendor; on which side he saw many people, but from the distance they appeared small; near the water, on the same side, there was a number of angels in white; on this side was another angel on a cloud, apparently conveying the people from the rock to the ship, who was arrayed in various colours. The |