I come to avenge her of her adversary, and bring in the redemption of man. Therefore I said thou must suffer, like thy MASTER, the temptations of the devil, and the persecutious of men, before they would be convinced, that the fulfilment of my Bible was at hand. Now, from all these things, they must be convinced, if they will be convinced at all, that I suffered my heel to be bruised, for the transgression of man, to fulfil the promise, that was made to the woman; therefore it is by inen's discerning in what manner I visited thee at first, and what I warned thee would go from nation to nation, and what thou hadst to go through thyself, seeing the truth of all fulfilled, and how it was spoken in the creation of man; these things they inust discern, before they will look unto ME to the ends of the earth to be saved. Therefore the persecution thou hast went through must convince them, to turn unto ME, and look for their redemption, to be redeemed from the fall; for though they are not healed by thy stripes, but MINE; yet, by thy going through what was spoken in my Bible, and what I warned thee of, it must convince them of the promise being petitioned for, before I shall come to fulfil it; and they must be convinced of the truth of my visitation, that I am come to warn of the end, and grant men their petition at last, as I gave up my life by man's petition at first. Thus, by thy stripes, that thou hast suffered, through the persecution of men, they must have the eyes of their understanding opened, to discern the promise, how it stood, how it must be pleaded, and how it will be fulfilled. This is the meaning of my words; and they must discern from my Gospel, that I bid them ask, to receive in MY NAME, that their joys might be full; and now I will tell thee why I bade them ask in my name, to have their joys to be full; because I

took man's nature upon ME, to suffer for the transgression of the fall, and have my heel bruised, that I might bruise the Serpent's head; therefore it is my sufferings must be pleaded, that through them I might destroy your adversary. And let them discern, I taught them to pray for my kingdom to come; all I promised in my Gospel to fulfil I ordered men to petition for. I promised your redemption; and the prayer I taught men was to pray for my kingdom to come, and my will to be done on earth, as it is in heaven; then it must be a kingdom of righteousness and peace; and I have revealed to thee what they are to ask for-to have their adversary cast out, that my Gospel may be fulfilled, that your redemption may take place. Here I have shewn thee the meaning of my words, how by thy stripes they must be healed, seeing the truth before them, that they could not see another way. Hadst thou not went through a life that the Scriptures foretel, and I warned thee of before, to give eyes to the blind, ears to the deaf, and understanding to those that never understood the meaning of my Gospel, any more than Hann understood the meaning of the words he hath brought forward to upbraid thee with, men might be filled with unbelief: yet I do not tell thee, that men like him will ever have the eyes of their understanding opened to discern the promise that was made in the fall, or my Gospel, how men can be healed by my stripes, any more than he understood how they were healed by thine; and yet I tell thee there are thousands, that do not understand the meaning of the words, but they will see it clear hereafter, the way they must be healed of their unbelief, by comparing the whole together. But these things were never thought of by thee, before the visitation of my Spirit came, to order thee to prophesy in my name

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it was never a thought of thy heart what was coming upon the whole earth, before I revealed it to thee it was never a thought of thy heart, that my kingdom was at hand, before it was revealed to thee by ME-it was never a thought of thy heart, that the promise made in the fall should be pleaded, before it was fulfilled, of casting out the serpent, that betrayed the woman — this was no more in thy thoughts than others, before I revealed it to thee-neither hadst thou a thought in thy heart, that, as men pleaded for my death, before I gave up my life, for the transgression of man, plead for Satan's destruction, and his power to be cut off but these thoughts never came into thy mind, before my will was revealed unto theeneither was it a thought in thy heart, that to fulfil the Scriptures, and prove I was the desire of nations, that that desire should be made manifest by men's petitions and request, that my sayings might be fulfilled-ask and receive, that your joys may be full-but these were no thoughts of thine, before they were all revealed by ME. Then now I ask men, who they make the impostor, thee or ME In thy heart thou answerest, it is the Spirit that visits thee is made the impostor by mankind; then now let them discern, that they are doing despite to the Spirit of God, and crucifying the Lord afresh; because it is the Spirit they are condemning- and in thy heart thou answerest, it is the Spirit they must condemn, if thou art deceived, in whom thou hast believed; and the thoughts of thy heart thou canst not conceal; for all thy ponderings are known to ME. Thou hast pondered deeply in thy heart of all the truths that have followed my words, and how the signs, that were set before thee to prove it came from the Spirit of Truth, were placed by wisdom beyond the understanding of man, far

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mised to send the Spirit of Truth in the end; that the Comforter should come to warn you of the end; that I was to come to bring in the redemption of man, to those that believe in ME, that in the end I shall overcome the world that is full of sin and sorrow, and then in ME ye shall find peace; because I shall establish my kingdom in peace; and thou hast discerned, from my Gospel, how strong was the command given by Paul, that ye should not quench the Spirit, nor despise Prophecies; and how often the Apostles spoke of my being revealed in the end; that the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. These things thou hast been pondering in thy heart, since Hann's books came to thee; therefore thou sayest within, if thou art deceived, the scriptures cannot be true, for the eye of the Lord to be every where present, and for every thing to be open to his view, to be a strong tower and rock of defence unto them that trust wholly in him, and to have all power in his hands; this thou sayest cannot be, if I have permitted Satan to deceive thee, by giving him knowledge to foreknow and power to fulfil, and to come according to my Gospel; this thou sayest thou canst not believe, that he hath power to accomplish, if the scriptures be of God, as thy heart and thoughts were known to him, that to know the will of the Lord and obey it was the earnest desire of thy heart. But if Satan, by arts, had tried to hinder thee from running well, by setting signs before thee to deceive thee, the Lord would never put it in his power to accomplish them, but soon convince thee of the whole, as he convinced thee in the lies, that Satan told thee of thy father's death. This thou wast soon convinced of, by the truth not

following; for which reason thou wast determined in thy heart to destroy thy writings, before I told thee for what reason I permitted Satan to deceive thee; and my truth of the harvest immediately followed, which truth thou judgedst in thy heart would not have followed, if the words had been spoken by the devil; and to convince thee if it was so, the Lord would not have fulfilled his words. Thus thou hast been pondering in thy heart, that all would have come like thy father's death, which did not take place as it was spoken by the father of lies; in like manner thou hast judged of the whole; for which reason thou sayest in thy heart, thou canst not fear death, if there is a possibility for thee to be deceived: for then the Prophets and Apostles must be deceived the same, as their words are not yet fulfilled, but in part, like thy prophecies. Now to thy thoughts I shall answer, and let men answer, what they judge of the Scriptures, what they judge of my Gospel, and what they judge of their Creator, if they judge thou art deceived by my giving knowledge to the devil, that he may come as an angel of light to deceive thee. For I now tell thee, it is perfectly like Hann's judgment, in the creation-that I gave a command to man, and what should befal him if he broke my command; and then gave wisdom and knowledge to the serpent, and gave him a speech, that he might betray. In this judgment what doth he make of his Creator, in the beginning; but in such judgment he is going on to judge his God; because, in reading thy writings through, he must have discerned the truths that have followed. And now, out of his own mouth, will I condemn him, as he hath owned, that thou didst run well from fifty-three to ninety-two, before some spirit deceived thee; then let him discern, thou hadst nine years to prove that spirit