would dispute at last, concerning my second coming; and therefore I shewed John the visions, to shew them plain, that as I was born oF THE WO

MAN TO REDEEM HER FROM THE FALL, SO my visitation in the Spirit would be TO THE WOMAN, to warn her of the end, and to reveal the PROMISE, that it might be pleaded. And this is my answer to him and his hearers: Let them take care of theirselves; for I shall take care of thee; and let them remember what I said to the people -Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for ME; but weep for yourselves, and your children. For, behold the days are coming in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave

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Here let him discern my Gospel, what I told them should happen in the end; then shall they begin to say to the mountains, fall on us; and to the hills, cover us. These were my sayings, when I was in the flesh; and now I am come to visit in the Spirit, I come to warn you of them, that ye weep for yourselves, and take care that ye may be found worthy to escape all these things that shall come, that ye may not call for the mountains to fall on you, and upon the hills to cover you. Now discern in what manner I have brought forward the Jews to you, for their persecution; and now I am come in the Spirit, I find persecution the same. Know what I said in my Gospel-Offences must first come, and false Christs would first arise; and now I tell thee, as a false Christ, bearing witness to the people of the "Power of God upon his soul," and as a false Christ did he say he was sent to thee with heavy tidings; for I now tell thee, I never sent him; neither was he influenced by my Spirit; but from his saying he was influenced by ME, as having my Spirit, he hath spoken lies in my Name."

After this communication was given I was informed, by a believer, that people were so malicious against her, that they applied to the minister to refuse her the sacrament, for believing in my visitation, to warn of the kingdom of Christ being at hand. The minister answered them, no; he should not refuse her; as from what he heard of their religion, it led them to have faith in the saving grace of Jesus; and he should not refuse any one the sacrament, that their religion led them to this faith in Jesus: they were fit to come to the sacrament. From his words I was answered

"See the difference in these two men. The one boasting he is my elect; prophesying in my name, that he is casting out devils in my name, from his saying he is sent to thee with heavy tidings, telling thee thou wast possessed with the devil. Now come to the other, who answered in my Spirit, according to the words I said to my disciples, when they told ME one was casting out devils in my name-" and he followed not us; and we forbad him." Now let my Gospel appear; and know my answer: Mark, ix.-" But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of ME: for he that is not against us is on our part; and whosoever shall give a cup of water in my name, because he belongeth to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward; and whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believeth in ME, it is better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck, and he was cast into the sea.' Now I shall answer thee from these words. He that believeth in ME, according to my Gospel, must believe all my sayings, that I shall fulfil them; or they cannot be believers, according to my Gospel, as is here mentioned: So here I have shewn what are the

believers here spoken of. Now I shall shew the folly of my disciple. As a man, he judged, all that believed in ME and in my name, that had power to cast out devils by a strength of faith in ME must be a follower of ME, as my disciples were, without discerning there were many that were brought to a strong faith to believe in ME, from the preaching of John the Baptist; and from his preaching they were established in their faith, though they did not follow ME, as my disciples did; and yet without having the same faith that my disciples had, they could not cast out devils in my name; neither could they think lightly or speak evil of ME; therefore I reproved my apostle, and said they were not against us. Now perfectly so, in like manner, with wisdom from above was the speaking of this minister, that said he would not reject any whose faith led them to believe in Jesus, and to rely upon ME for a saving faith for their salvation. This is the meaning of his words. He well knew they could not think lightly of ME, if they believed I had power to destroy the works of the devil, and deliver them from all evil, and to establish my kingdom in righteousness and peace. Thus from the influence of my Spirit, giving him wisdom to discern their faith, he knew they could not think lightly of ME in their strong belief. So from his words and my Gospel, he is justified to be my elect, sooner than the proud boasting Pharisee, that boasts of prophesying in my name, that he was sent to reprove in my name, to cast out devils. But now I shall answer him from my Gospel, Matthew, vii.

"Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name have done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from ME, ye that work iniquity." Here, like

the former, I answer from my Gospel-I knew him not; for I have told thee, I never sent him; but my Gospel stands for the end. I knew Satan's working, and the way he would work in the self-righteous at last, as he worked in the Scribes and Pharisees, who boasted of their religion, in my days; and therefore I spoke words that might appear to the end, to reprove them from my Gospel. And now mark the words in my Gospel-"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit: neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." Here let men answer, how the devil, that is a corrupt tree full of evil, can bring forth the good fruit to man, to say, in ME all true happiness layeth; that I was the author of your faith, and in the end will be the finisher thereof? When the evil is hewed down and cast into the fire, then the good fruit shall appear to man. Here if men discerned my Gospel, they would clearly discern the corrupt fruit that is in the devil would never bring ME forward as the fountain of all happiness, and the rock of your salvation. Therefore I said in my Gospel-" Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock." And now I tell thee, upon the Rock of AGES must every one build their faith, that are true believers in my visitation to thee, to reveal unto all men for what ends I was born; and for what cause I came into the world, ye must come back to the creation-" God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over all the earth. Then let them discern, the Lord God said, It was not good that the man should be alone: I will make an help meet for him. Then let men discern the end of the Revelation" I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the

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last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life.

But this I shall leave for the present to try the wisdom of men, and what judgment they will draw, when they place these words with the words I said to the serpent, in the fall-"I will put enmity between thee and the woman." Then let them discern how it is spoken at the end where the woman is mentioned in Revelation, xii. xix. chapters, and the last. Here I shall leave men to draw their own judgment.

But as this man called ME to be thy JUDGE, the PROPHETS and APOSTLES the GRAND JURY; I now answer, it is time for him to be a SOLICITOR for himself; least, while he is preaching to others, he himself is cast away, and find the sen tence of my Gospel passed upon him—“ I KNOW

HIM NOT."

After I had finished my book for the press, a newspaper, called the Instructor was brought to me, in which the following was inserted: "We understand there is a sermon published by the Rev. W. Smith, in opposition to the erroneous principles of Joanna Southcott, the perusal of which we think will convince every serious christian (to whom we would recommend it) that her work is contrary to the articles of the Church of England, contrary to experience, and contrary to the word of God."

From this advertisement the readers of my book may easily discern that the accusations brought against me are like the people of old against Jeremiah, xxxviii. 4. where he was condemned for speaking the words of the Lord to the people; and like the past ages I see the present.

But as they have published that my work is contrary to the word of God, I shall recommend