53 come sooner, as they must have heard me groan; but they said they did not, till just before they opened the door, though they came at nine o'clock as they were ordered, for they were forbid coming before. 1 Now, Joanna, thee I'll answer. As the Fable doth appear; Now I tell thee, like thy Father, And Owls they be, they all shall see, And out they all shall fly; And so the fruit they shall let fall, The clouds I'll break, for now I speak A GOD IN POWER DIVINE: And thou shalt see what frighten'd thee, When thou'st come home, before my throng, Then every thing thou'lt know; The way the shadows did deceive, And thou wert frighten'd so. But know no harm did thee alarm, Approach thee here? in person appear, No men, nor devils, to appear Before thee to proceed; SQ, But well I know his rage is But he shall find there's power in ME,- And do not blame, nor will I shame Thy weakness at that time When thou dost fear; I tell thee here His footspeps close belied. Then fear no more, for now the doors „Are open'd wide for all; And now the Clouds I'll surely burst, And down the Fruit shall fall; That in his mouth he now have got, And every Gate I will unlock, To shew the faithful Bride. Now I'll go on from every man, And Noah they must see: How he reject'd thy every hand, When so provok'd by thee Then there the man-the Name doth stand To make my Bible clear; And let the Learned all command, And tell how't happen'd hère; That this should come to make it strong, So perfect like my word And from bible I'll go on, my And prove a Noah's flood. Will be in man; their fears will come Like Noah's heart, and thine- And then their Tears to Joy shall turn, I say to Joys Divine.— As 'tis with thee the end will be, Inflam'd again; his heart did come, As it was at the First ; Thou heard'st him say he lov'd her name, And so the end shall burst, To every one that now do come In perfect love to ME: They'll find My Name to be the same, A Noah's love they'll see, Is not confin'd in heart and mind He never could love more; As he at first seem'd then inclined;— I shall unlock, and mark the stroke, 55 Bnt mark how he did her despise, His hand to she, 'twas known to thee, But yet it so did turn; That afterwards his love was there, She's gone, she's gone, now I am come, And cannot enter here; Because my ways she did despise The woman he had slain before, The truth they all MUST see. For thou'st kept back the fatal stroke, That made thee hate the Man. The poison he had bought before, And so she did die, was then their cry, Therefore no devil thou didst say, Should ever be thy head. Wedded to sin, the man had been, A child of hell become And now the TRUTH thou must declare, And tell the Woman's doom— How she with child, by him beguil'd, And then the shame to Miss; He bought the poison then for her, Savine you know is an herb doth grow And there the poison laid; He said the Child's life it would take And there she was betray'd; Because her own, he told her then, Her life 't could never hurt; 'Twas but the Child that would be slain, Her honor to support. So here's the man like satan came, the Woman to betray; And afterwards thy Lover came Satan hath act'd that way; For close to thee he oft does flee And in thy writings all may see Till rage in thee, the same to be, As from the former place Now mark the man how he does stand, An artful foe to burst; First to betray, and then to say, Her honor he'd secure; He laid his pois'nous darts that way, And made her murder sure. And now to thee the same he'd flee, If he thy hand could gain, The Children all dead born must be, If I'd not one in love too strong, And soon he'll see the woman's gone, Then he'll appear, I am foil'd here, By any arts for to ensnare, She's gone, She's gone from me. She hath disgraced the whole; My honor now is gone that way, Oh! Rigsby's passions fall! If he did see the the lines from thee, He'd curse the cay he came to thee, Thy hand for to embrace: Could she not bear, my guilt was there, I knew her hatred did appear; But did not know that way, She so did hate, in rage so great 1 My face she would not see; No! conscience here must now appear, My conscious guilt I cannot bear, Conceal'd so long by what I'd done, Will be the Sinner's cry. -Then now let hell the same to swell, And cry he's guilty here; My murder was concealed so long, In arts at first I so did burst, I both did kill by arts from hell ;- The bride the same to her I came By arts and passions strong; And every way I then did try, To hold her by the hand; But't would not do, I well do know, For all my arts did miss― I'll bring the person to my view, For so I'll bring round this. The Child at first, by arts that burst, He surely was struck dead And now the same, behold the name, The Woman so is led;. For dead to all, now in this Call He hath the Woman slain, And then he thought to conquer all, And gain the heart of thine. In words from hell, how he did swell, AsRigsby's arts did there! So now the two before their view, In print their deeds are seen; Thy Fathers Words bring to thy view, And blot them out again: Because that there, they must appear, 1 As neither one thy heart can share H |