and all that forsake the Lord will be consumed; therefore, destruction followeth redemption here, because those that forsake me, and would not that I should REIGN over them, they shall be consumed at my coming. Now discern the words of the Prophet in the II ch. It shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. Then shall they beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn. war any more. I, the Lord, shall arise to shake terribly the earth, and cut down the cedars that will not bow to me; but, they that turn unto me, I shall turn unto them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people. But how can my kingdom be established in peace before I have destroyed the disturbers of peace? therefore I have told thee, as destruction came upon the Jews when my gospel was established, because they refused to come to MY Gospel; so when I bring in my Kingdom of Peace, I shall destroy all those that reject it, when I come in Might, Majesty, and Glory. Therefore I AM come in the SPIRIT to warn all men before; and as the power of the Jews was entirely cut off, that they have no power as a nation or a people, to fight against any nation, because, they fought against ME and my Gospel: so will I cut off the power of every nation and every people that now fight against ME and My Kingdom. So marvel not that the chapter goes through of blessings and judgements, in the last days, which may be understood by all; and let them know, the last days are come, and consider this chapter was never fulfilled; wars and tumults, sword against sword, nation against nation, hath continued to this day. And now

the sword is not drawn in vain, for it shall not cease until the cries of the nations are one to the other, HOLY is the LORD of HOSTS, the WHOLE EARTH is full of his GLORY, for I will not cease till these words are fulfilled, that were spoken by the mouth of the Prophet, whose words were not understood by the Jews; therefore, in seeing they could not see, nor in hearing they could not understand, because their hearts were set against all my Prophets; witness their conduct through, then you will see they were a people that refused to obey the Prophets; they professed to believe Moses was a Prophet, and I delivered them from Pharoah, by his hand, yet they refused to obey the commands I gave unto Moses; and those that remained in the wilderness, seeing my deliverance, time after time; and after seeing the nations that I destroyed for their sakes; yet, they rebelled against me, and followed after other gods, to their hurt. When I gave them the desires of their heart in giving them a king, and promised them lasting blessings by David, if they would walk in my statutes to keep them, yet they and their kings rebelled against me; therefore, I said, I would make blind their eyes, that they should not see, nor understand with their hearts, until the city was wasted without inhabitant; (Isaiah VI.) These things I have explained to thee, because I know the pondering in thy heart; why should I blame them when I had decreed they should not understand, neither should they perceive, neither should they be converted to be healed? now I have shewn thee why these decrees were upon them; because they were a people that would not continue in my ways; neither would they have continued in my Gospel, if they had been all brought in; for as many of them wished to turn back to the flesh-pots of Egypt, after their deliverance, because they did not presently

enjoy the promised land; so they would have turned back from my Gospel, if they had believed, when they saw the gospel was not fulfilled as they expected. Here I have shewn thee the reason why their eyes were darkened, because their last error would have been worse than the first, if they had believed and fallen back, as they had done in all ages; and then no proverb could stand in them. But by the Jews, all men must be convinced of the truth of the Gospel and the Prophets, and how the Jews were punished for their unbelief. Here I have shewn thee the meaning of the chapter, and discern the words the Prophet said, how long shall this darkness be upon Israel? for that was the meaning of his words; know the answer that was given him; until the city be wasted without inhabitant; and thus they continued till Jerusalem was totally destroyed. But the wasting of the cities is not yet accomplished, for the houses to be without men, and the land to be desolate. But these things are now hastening on, and many nations will be desolate, and houses without inhabitant; for till this be done, the nations will not return. Therefore it is said, the gathering of the people for their deliverance, to bring in their perfect redemption, is in the time of all these troubles and all these evils: for I shall destroy the evil both root and branch amongst mankind. Now come to the IX. ch. know it is written, "The increase of HIS government and the peace, there shall be no end." But though it is written, the child is born, it is not said it is then established; but said, the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. Then know all men, what increaseth must have its time to increase, and is not said

to be immediately done; and though I was the Prince of Peace, my peace was not established then. Know what I said in my Gospel, a grain of wheat must first be thrown into the ground, to die away, before it increaseth. Now discern from a grain of wheat, there is first the blade, next the stalk, then the ear, and next the blossom; all this, after it is sown, before it cometh to perfection; perfectly so stands my gospel: it was sown by ME and my disciples. But know there must spring the blade of my words, the staff of my promises, and the years that were to come with the full blossoms of my Spirit; before the harvest cometh,-that I shall separate the wheat from the tares; and bring in a glorious harvest to those that are waiting for the Lord of the harvest. And thus men must increase in faith before the Prince of Peace is established in PEACE. But how could I establish men in peace then? Should I cut off the nations before they had time to see my gospel and have it established. But now the knowledge of my gospel hath been made known in most nations, though they have not been seen to understand it; yet, the Name of a Saviour has been spread abroad; and the Jews have had their years roll on, one generation after another, and see that no deliverance is come to them. And those that believe my gospel are now beginning to fall from my gospel, which is proved by the Arians; besides the atheists, who believe not my words at all, neither the gospel nor the prophets; all seem withered and dying away, as I shewed thee by the fruit with a black veil round them that were fallen. Therefore it is time to come and make an END. For I now tell thee and all men, was the world to go on as it now is two centuries more, infidelity would so prevail over the hearts and minds of men, that no flesh would be saved, for I should cut them off in my anger, and destroy them in my hot displeasure; as I destroyed the world of old, I should destroy

the world now, if it was to go on to the end of these two centuries, to make up the six

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YEARS. But thou sayest in thy heart, if infidelity prevails, and all these evils that I have mentioned prevail; yet, there was never a greater shew of religion that ever thou hast read of, or heard of, than now seems to appear in the land, by the people that rose up in the last century. But know it was perfectly so when I came in the body. And now come to my gospel. They fasted twice a week, they prayed in the streets, and in the synagogues, they were so zealous for their religion, that they reproved my disciples for plucking ears of corn on the Sabbath-day, they reproved me for healing on the Sabbath-day, they reproved my eating with unwashed hands; and it. was out of zeal in pretence to religion, that they put Me to DEATH! as they thought I dishonoured God, by saying, I was the Son of God. And they were strict to keep the passover, when they had defiled their hands with blood, by clamouring hard for my death. Now look through my Gospel, and see what great profession of religion were made by the scribes, pharisees, and hypocrites, who sought my life out of a pretence of religion. Then what dost thou marvel at now, if the hearts of men were full of deceit, while the profession of religion was so great, that I should tell thee the hearts of men are now the same. For ye can judge no man by his great professsion; the hearts of all men are known to me, how much they are like Jehu: see my zeal for the Lord of Hosts, while his eye was to the kingdom; and so are thousands of professors; they make a great shew amongst mankind, while theireye is to their own honour, their own wisdom, and their own merit; for they study more the praise and applause of men, than they study my Honour and Glory, and the perfect happiness of mankind: for have not I called, and they have not answered? Therefore, they are like the