(and not from themselves) is their fruit found. Now, my inquiry is; how sin come to reign in the elect, that were made perfect in Christ; that he had conquered all for them? Then it is his fruit, and his only, must appear in them. Will this man answer, the Lord knew him from the beginning, and completed righteousness in him; and destroyed the power of the devil, that he had no power to tempt him to do evil? And will he prove, from the manner of his life, that he hath shewed forth the fruits of righteousness, and followed the footsteps the Lord hath commanded. That he is in Christ, and Christ in him, to shew forth the fruits of Christ, without sin; that Satan hath had no power over him? This he must prove, to make his doctrine clear, that Satan hath had no power over the Lord's people, after Christ was crucified; that he then destroyed the power of the devil over them. If Satan's power was then destroyed, that he could have no more power over the followers of Christ; how came it to pass that his disciples were put to death, if the devil had no power over men to tempt them to do it? And how came the disciples to complain of temptations within, while they suffered persecution without? This could not be, if Satan's power had been then destroyed; neither did the apostles say it was then destroyed. For this man hath wrested the Scriptures through.. The apostle Paul said to the Hebrews, ii. 14. forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood; he also himself likewise took part of the same, that, through aeath, he might destroy him that had the power of death; that is, the devil might do a thing, is not saying it is done; but, that it will be done. For St. Paul says, the mystery of iniquity doth already work, he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way; then shall the wicked be revealed, whom

the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. So the apostle did not say the power of the devil was destroyed, or would be destroyed, before the Lord cometh in POWER and GREAT GLORY.

I should not have entered into arguments to contend against a man so blind as Mr. Smith; but I was answered, his books hurt the minds of many; it filled some with hardness of heart, to think the Lord had created them to do evil; and then to punish them for the evil he designed them to do; and no offers of mercy for them, if they repented; which hardened their hearts not to repent. These are the errors on the one hand, which hardened men in sin, while, on the other, it sunk many in despair; and filled others with presumption; thinking they were elected, and had nothing to fear, do what they would. But though I was ordered to bring forward the Scriptures, to shew the errors of such doctrine, yet I do by no means condemn the innocent. There are some, who do not carry the doctrine of election to such a height, as he hath done; there are many good men amongst them, that will not be cast out for the wrong judgment they may have drawn, as it is placed before me from types and shadows of the sealed people; which were shewn me in the beginning, when I was warned of what was coming upon the earth; and the end of all things being at hand. I was then shewn, in a dream, trees standing together, whose branches joined one in the other, and some fruit was fallen under them; and I thought the Lord, said to me, open the shells, but thou shalt not taste of the fruit; it is not good. I dreamed I opened the nuts, for they were like French nuts; but were withered and dry, and a black veil round them. The Lord

said to me, the first fruits are fallen, they are not good; look up and thou wilt see berries, and when they are ripe they will be good. I looked up, and saw berries, like the berries of potato.

Another dream I was shewn in 1796. I dreamt I was in an orchard; some of the trees were full of leaves, without any fruit, and withered; others, with fruit that fell into the mud; and other trees had fruit very thick, and very high, so that no pole could reach nor shake down. And other dreams were shewn to me in the same likeness, and explained, what different fruit there would come in, in one likeness, professing to join for the coming of Christ, that the evil of sin might be done away, and righteousness and peace be established on the earth; and, by professing this desire, they were like the branches that were joined together; but the evil fruit would fall where the black veil appeared, and the good fruit would remain on the trees to ripen for glory. This I was first shewn, in visions, before the sealing began, and then I was answered, from the Gospel, it was like the net cast into the sea, gathering in good and bad, and the bad would be cast away; and some would come in like thieves and robbers. When I saw the perfect truth appeared, from a wicked man and woman, at Leeds, who artfully came in and deceived the people, professing to believe Christ's kingdom was at hand, and longing for evil to be done away, that righteousness and peace might be established on the earth. By this deceit they got a seal. now their crimes have appeared to be like the fallen fruit of the blackest dye. I was wounded and grieved to the heart, to hear that such wretches should have power to deceive the people, by their artful faise pretences; to which I was answered, types and shadows of all things

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must first appear; and what thou art wounded, and grieved to hear, are the very things I shewed thee before. Know, I have told thee all my Bible will be brought forward; now it is drawing near to the end, to shew men in what likeness this present age agrees with the past, and with every age since the fall. And know, the parables, I said, of the enemy sowing the tares amongst the wheat, that both should grow together till the harvest; perfectly so of mens taking the bread and wine in remembrance of my dying love, to set forth my death till my coming to destroy the works of the devil, and redeem you from the fall. Thus, discern how the wheat and the chaff, the corn and the tares, hath been growing together at the table; they have taken the bread and wine together in one likeness; they have met together; and this has continued ever since my death, which ye may discern from the apostles, how it began in early times. And this I shewed thee, in visions, from the different fruit, how the wheat and the tares would grow together till the end. But I now tell thee, the harvest must be come, if no tares appeared amongst the wheat; no thieves and robbers appeared amongst the sheep; if no fish came into the net to be cast away; and none came in without a wedding garment; then the end must be come. For this I said in my Gospel would continue, before I come to separate the wheat from the chaff, and the sheep from the goats. But, if they did not appear together, then my Gospel could not be fulfilled, to shew that the enemy sowed the tares amongst the wheat. This, I have told thee, will be to the END. But now I ask thee, concerning the sealed people, how couldst thou simply suppose, in thy heart, that Satan would sow no tares amongst them, when thou mayest discern, from my Gos

pel, how tares hath been with the wheat, to this day, to receive the bread and wine, which they have done as thieves and robbers; and, as thieves and robbers, many have received the seals. For, now I ask thee, what faith, or what belief, dost thou suppose this man and woman had got in my coming to destroy the works of the devil, and to establish my kingdom in righteousness and peace? Dost thou vainly suppose they have any belief these days are at hand? Then, I tell thee, they must believe they theirselves shall be destroyed, being joined with the devil in every wicked work. Now here, I tell thee of such; they are the tares that the enemy have sown with the wheat; and much greater is their condemnation than those who fell back through doubts and fears; because, the one who fell back through unbelief, not being rooted and grounded in faith, they do not shew so black a heart to be sown by the devil as the others, that came in full of all manner of evil, to deceive mankind. Therefore, I shewed thee, by the fruit, the black veil that was round them. And now, from the present, look to the past, and discern, from all ages, how sin and iniquity abounded, while the author of evil remains. See, from the children of Israel, after I had shewn signs and wonders in Egypt, and delivered them from the hands of Pharaoh, promising them the land of Canaan, where I would bless them as a people, the deliverance on the one hand, and the promise on the other; yet, discern, they were hardened in sin. In like manner thou mayest discern through my Bible. But now I tell thee of the children of Israel, the sins and rebellion of those that perished in the wilderness did not prevent Joshua and Caleb from possessing the promised land; nor those children who saw the errors of their fathers, and forsook their evil ways,