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They did not say 'twas want of faith
Prevented the cure there-

To try to heal where thieves do steal,
They did not thus go on;
Then honesty in them you see,

And can you blame these men
That do declare what truth is here,
And in that truth abide?
But when the Liar did appear,
They'd not in her confide,

To judge that she was warn'd by ME
These wonders for to do:

For when the truth of her was tried,
They found it was not so.
Then they went on as honest men,
Confess'd the truth to see;
That an Impostor she was then,-
And so they would say of thee
When they came down to judge the sound,
And found deceit was there,

'They'd ne'er uphold thy written hand,

But would all condemn thee here.

So now at last the truth doth burst
To prove them upright men:
Now see my Bible how 'tis plac'd,
The world for to condemn,
That act like she in treachery,
Pretend what cures they do;
Pretend the Sinners they do heal,
When I know 'tis not so.

And wonders here must strong appear,
If it could be done by man;
No, there's the silver did appear,
That thou took'st in thy hand,
And said the rust, or yet the dust
Had cover'd to thy view,

And gave

the pieces to their hand,

But did not know 'twas true,

Till thou didst try, and then did cry,

This silver is deceit.

I mean to bring it round this way,
And shew thee every cheat
That is in man: the time is come

My Bible I'll fulfil

And now, I say, if men go on

Like this adulterer still,

Her doom shall fall upon them all,
And in one bed be come!
You adulterate my Bible all,
And boldly ME condemn;
With infamy I plain do see,
Your Maker you do scorn;
Your Lying Wonders now I see,
Is like that Woman come,

Like her you heal, like her you steal,
Your God for to provoke;

But now, ye stubborn sons of men,
I shall turn back the stroke.

Your God you mock, for you know not
In SPIRIT strong I am here;
And in my face you all do spit-
Your letters shall appear
Against you all, when I do call,
My chosen men to meet-
I'll strip the cloathing then of all:
And tremble at my feet;
Because in She your likeness see,
For there's the cure you make,
You heal the blind in Infamy,

Where Satan's arts do break;

To wound them first and then to burst-
Pretend you've made a cure!

But in the end, you'll find these men
To feel their wounds much more;
Than e'er before they did appear
Their wounds will surely break:
This is the way, I now do say,
You're healing all my sheep:
Your God provoke, to bring the stroke
That I've now brought on man;
And by that Jezebel I'll prove

That like her you do stand.

Then now appear, your letters clear
That you've turn'd back to ME:
I'll prove like Jezebel you are,
Then your repentance sec
Before too late, to meet her fate
Like Jezebel become!!!
Her Lying Wonders did appear
To frighten upright men:
Because in they no arts 1 see,
Nor none they do contrive;
And as my Bible stands that way
They simply were deceiv`d—
They knew that healing must appear
And so they judg'd 'twas come.
But now the mysteries I shall clear
And tell how't shall be done:

When men do know My BIBLE'S TRUE,

And all I have made good,

They'll heal the wound that I shall make,
For there the Spirit stood;

And there't must come, I tell you, strong,
When Prophecies appear;

• Letters returned by the Clergy with contempt.

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I said I'd kill and make alive,
Then healing must appear-

When I cast down to make the wound
The CONSCIENCE MEN must heal;
And tell them Satan, in the sound,
Did all their learning foil;

Because that there they must appear
My BIBLE for to see;

And know the wise men they must fall-
No man shall boast to ME

As they've began, I tell them plain,
They can't to ME appear.-
Now think upou another dream,
What humble man went there
With thee to go, thou well dost know,
When thou that sight didst sec;
And then the other man did smile,
And so the end will be;

For my Express, that's now gone forth,
Will many men alarm !!!
Therefore, I told thee, night nor day
They should not stop MY HAND:
But must go on, I told thee plain,
To bring the Midnight Hour- .
That Foley he might wake like thee
And feel my every power,
And say a God in wisdom stood
To make the mystery clear,

The Jezebel they did allude
Was in the Woman there-

And they'll see plain, 'twas not in vain
The journey they did take;

The Midnight Hour will shew MY POWER,
How I shall now appear

The HORN to BLOW, they all shall know The Midnight Hour is come!!!

Therefore the thing I ordered so

This way to bring it on:

The Shadow here doth first appear,
The Towns for to alarm-

Oh! what dispatch, they'll say, is here

That they do not discern?

The FOE is come, be judg'd by some

And fo he's at their door;

The greatest foe that is for man,

Then let their wars appear

Their sword to draw, for soon they'll know He's digging pits for all;

The greatest murderer now is come,

To make your NATION FALL:

And so he'd kill, your blood he'd spill,

If I did not awake,

And my Express, this way fent forth
The hearts of some to shake,

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That now do stand then in this land,
As she did then appear;

They are going out by Hell's command
To meet their murderer there.
But now, whose Fan is in his hand,
I'll surely purge this floor,

And trembling make the Rebel stand,
And keep the prisoners here;
For some I see like her to be,

Going out to meet their doom;
But I shall stop them now this way,
Or Satan in their room

Shall surely fall, I tell you all,
If they will stand like she.
And tremble now to hear the call,
And judge the words from ME,
THAT I DID SPEAK, in fury break,
As men so mock'd MY NAME;
And say, they fear for to appear,
Did we our God blaspheme?
I know that some will now begin
That way for to appear-
"We judge our GOD is in the sound,
"Tis time to tremble here.

"Now we see plain we are but men,
"Our BIBLES did not know,
"This way the Lord would ever come,
"We ne'er discern'd it so:
"So it is said, we are misled,
"We ne'er did undertsand

That perfect in the Woman's Form
"HE'D come again to Man-
"To free the Law, we all do know
"We judg'd it at that time;

"When to the Cross HE sure did go

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What folly fill'd our minds?
To judge it then, as simple men,
"We cannot make it clear:

Under the Law, we all do know,
"The Jews do now appear-

"Under the fall we do sce all

"In Adam's guilt to stand."

Then how can we our Bibles clear
"And prove that now we stand?

"Can we contrive to say alive
"In Christ all surely be?

"As then in Adam all did die!!!
"It cannot be prov'd by we:

"Then we may fear the LORD is here

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"In guilt we shall be found. "We know at last the die is cast, "The worst error is come"The SIN against the IIOLY GHOST "Will not be forgiven by HIM.

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"Then we may fear for to appear
"One step further to go,-
And like the woman trembling there,
I know, will many do-
Then I'll repent, and will relent
The threatenings I have made!!!
Though Jezebel, a Type of Hell
I have like my Shepherds laid,
Because that here they did appear
To mock ME so with scorn!!!
But yet their sins I now will clear
That humbly will return,

And say like Paul " we now must falf
At our Emanuel's feet,

For the dispatch is gone for all

The Midnight Hour to meet."
So I'll end here and say no more,
But let the night pass through ;
Then other wonders will appear
To bring before thy view.

Saturday Night, June 23d, 1804.

FROM MISS TOWNLEY TO MR. SHARP.

Sunday, June 24th, 1804 Joanna waked with great joy and happiness in her, and began to plan a simple scheme in her own head, the way she thought she should hear the voice of the Lord call her aloud, as she often heard her name called aloud, and was promised she should again; and she thought it might be in the simple plan she had placed in her own mind; but finding herself disappointed, she laughed at her own folly, and told us her plan and her thoughts. The plan we saw, but her thoughts were unknown to us, before she told them, and then laughed at her simple thoughts that she had been placing in her own mind, and how she was disappointed, but did not

feel

any sorrow at her disappointment; but all was joy and happiness within; and she was admiring the beauty of the Wisdom of the Lord, in what wondrous manner he was working; and that she would not go one step from his directions, for the whole world. She was remarking the impudence and ig

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