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And then, I said, they should repent like thee;
I said, thy sufferings they must know and see-
And bring their guilt, like thee, before my view,
And then enquire, like thee, the truth to know;
Which way their guilt did lie upon their head,
As thou enquired'st the way thou wast betray'd.
I said, before me every thing should come;
And then I'd conquer in the woman's form.
I said, like thee mankind should surely break,
And so enquire if the Lord did speak.
For, now, the secret chamber doth appear,
Where every mystery, I said, I should clear;
And on the House Top this will sure be done
I said, in power now I'd conquer man.
So great in power now I would appear,
For men should tremble, and the devils fear;
For, now the tempter I'll bind to his den,
And so the house by thee was shaken then,
And so the fabric of the earth. I'll shake,
And in ten minutes this and more I spoke-
For sixteen minutes they did not appear
After.l.enter'd ere I left thee here.
And then, to prove to thee that that was true,
Brought Foley's letter plain before thy view:
Because his life I told thee I would spare,
And he'd recover for to copy there,
The very letter I unto him sent.

So let thy friends observe all that is penn'd,
And every day and date they now must put,
That men may judge the manner all was wrote:
Or, else, I tell thee they will not appear,
The way thou ordered every man to swear:
Because that swearing they'll say thou'st forbid;
And now by swearing must they all proceed.
I tell thee, yes, MY BIBLE to fulfil,
And now My Covenant I tell thee still,
Firm as the heavenly pillars it shall stand,
For now's the time I'll shake both sea and land,
For all shall tremble, as thy friends did here,
And then, with joy, they'll see their Lord appear.

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But in this manner should I come to man,
I tell them plain, My Gospel could not stand :
Because the Jews would all begin to say,
Now the Messiah's come we plain do see.
Ah, where's your SAVIOUR in the woman's form!
These wondrous miracles for to perform:
Or where's the Saviour that from her was born,
That ever made his foes so much submit,
To cast their crowns and all beneath his feet?:
For now beneath me every soul shall fall;
For hell I'll conquer, and I'll conquer all.
And so My Law and Gospel I'll make true,
And now My Covenant bring to their view—
And so go on to write thy pleasing dream,
And in the end they'll surely see it plain;
That men like Adam they are all asleep,-
But, when they see the woman for to breik
Upon the serpent in her fury there

In words that all will tremble for to hear-
Thou curs'd betrayer, as thou said'st of man;
But then in fury thou wilt surely come
Against the serpent, and in rage dispute,
While men will tremble, and they'll all stand mute.
JUNE 13, 1804.

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT,

Here follow the words that I had been writing on Tuesday morning, June 12, 1804, when Miss Townley and Uuderwood brought me Mrs. Foley's letter. I shall begin at the words where I had begun in the morning, and their names are signed. June 12, 1804.

DEAR MISS TOWNLEY,

I shall now give you the Communication that I had been writing on Tuesday morning, June 12th, when you brought me. Mrs. Foley's letter, wherein it was said, that Mr.

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Foley was very ill indeed and you seemed thunderstruck at my saying I was glad of it, and desired you both to sign your names to what I had been writing; where I had began, and where I had wrote to when you came. You know I had told you how dangerously ill I had been in the night, and marvelled the people in the house had not heard me groaning. The communication is as follows,

"As restless as thou hast been this night, which is but a shadow of what the Clergy WILL FEEL that have turned back thy letters; and thy confusion of this morning, is but a shadow of their confusion that have mislaid their letters. What hurry will they be in to find them? And say, as thou sayest, they must find them, or thou wilt not speak unto them. And when they have found them, they will see, they have as wrong misplaced their bibles, as thou hadst wrongly misplaced thy writings: and they will own,Townley hath found for them what they had lost, CHRIST' in the woman, THE HELPMATE for man, to enter into a new covenant with man, that all the old may be done away, and all things become new: and the former shall not come into my mind; for, behold, I create all things NEW. And this is My New Creation, -to place the forbidden. fruit in man, that hath returned their letters, refusing to accept ME as a helpmate in the woman. And this is my command to man they must tell the Bishops, one and all, that any of their Ministers they may send, that can produce their letters, and own they have kept them; but those that have returned their letters, as evil, they must not send. And My Chosen Men must tell them, they will not meet ANY MAN to dispute with, but those that can swear, by Him

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that Liveth, the letters were sent them, and they have kept them. And, if this cannot be found among the Church Clergy, let it be enquired among other Ministers: for I will make of the Church that are not of the Church, if they cannot be found in the Church. But there are THREE that I have reserved to myself, by sealing their names in the sealed book; that is, the Reverend Archdeacon Moore, the Reverend Chancellor Nutcombe, and the Reverend Mr. Pomeroy. Now, if these men have not had the letters sent to them, and returned them, they may have one given to them; but, if they have had one, and returned it, they shall not appear. So they must say, by Him that Liveth, every man is come according to order; "for God is a God of Order, and not of Confusion." And this is the new Covenant I will make with man; and that proverb shall be no more in Israel, "The Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge." But, now, 'tis the soul that sinneth shall die; for the iniquities of the Father shall no longer rest upon the Children. For THIS IS THE NEW COVENANT I am making with man, and I will be a Covenant-keeping God: if they do rot break My Law, they shall have part in the first Resurrection, and then, of the second, death hath no power; for these are the first Redeemed upon the Earth, and their leaves shall be for the healing of the nations. And if any man add to, or take from this Covenant, he shall add to his own destruction, and have his name blotted out from the Tree of Life, to have no part in it. Now, if any man ask thee, by what authority thou hast done these things, let this be thy answer-Let them tell thee, by what authority they rejected

Christ to be the Helpmate for man in the woman, when they say, as in Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. And what they know not now, they shall know hereafter; for I am come to fulfil My Bible."

So far had I written, when you came with Mrs. Foley's letter; and here both your names stand (Townley and Underwood). Now do you marvel! I rejoiced at Mr. Foley's illness; knowing, if it was not from the Lord, it was better for he and me to die, than to have this Covenant go out in the name of the Lord; as I am ordered to have it printed. If it was from the Lord, I knew Mr. Foley's illness would be set for a clear sign for me if it was from God: if not, I had rather die. Therefore, this must be printed by Mr. Foley, with the reasons I assigned; and the answer to his sickness, with this Covenant of the Lord, that I was writing when his letter came, must now be put in print, with the answer that was given me the same day of his recovery, which took place before my letter could reach his hand-by the letter I received the following day: and the shadow of my rejoicing then, brought the substance to me the following day; when both wonderfully broke in upon me,-the Power of God-and the Truth of his. Word-as I felt the One-and saw the Other, by Mr. Foley's letter.

(Signed)

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT,