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to punish them in mine anger, and therefore he hath owned my sentence just, and my words true, that sin was abounding more and more; for which reason I warned of judgments to punish for their crimes. But now I will tell thee when the happy period will commence that he hath inquired of Foley to know.

When the DESIRE of ALL NATIONS are longing for MY COMING as Foley is I do not mean all men, in every nation to have this desire; but there are some of all NATIONS WILL HAVE THIS DESIRE, and then the DESIRE of NATIONS will come and put an end to all these evils he hath complained of, and, which I am weary to see the burdens and the oppression; the sin and cruelty that is daily committed.

But now I will tell thee why the angels rejoiced at thy birth.

Knowing the TIME was at hand of the PROMISE being FULFILLED to avenge the woman of her adversary that betrayed her. Now, let them look to my Gospel, and see, how the angels rejoiced at my birth; and for what ends they said I was born, to bring PEACE on EARTH, and GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN. And yet, from the unbelief of men greater destruction came upon them at that time which followed soon after my death, than they had ever seen before, because their destruction came, to be scattered into all nations, which have not been gathered to this day. And this observation is in the Jews, perfectly like the observation sent to Foley; and for which reason they are not convinced that the glad tidings brought of my birth could be true, because, they did not discern how the PROMISE stood in the beginning; that I must first suffer for the transgression of man, before I come to bruise the head of the adversary that betrayed the woman. Neither did they discern, they must look

upon ME whom they had PIERCED before their deliverance can come. This was the blindness of the Jews. And now in the like blindness, this man hath made an inquiry of Foley, to know when this happy period will commence? he hath not discerned from my Gospel, how these wars and tumults must first take place, how distresses and perplexities, men's hearts failing them for fear of what was coming upon them, would be before MY COMING. And how I said sin and iniquity would abound, that if the days were not shortened no flesh would be saved. These things I said in my Gospel, would be when the END drew near; and like the days of Noah and Lot, thousands would be hardened in every sin, and every cruelty. This, I told thee in the beginning, was the state of all nations, when I warned thee in ninety-two, that my visitation would be upon them. Now as he hath discerned the one, let him have wisdom to discern the other; for I tell thee his observation is just, with the unbelieving world, that he saith joins with him that all manner of sin is daily increasing. But now, if men will learn wisdom, they must discern their BIBLES; as I have worked in thy heart to bring it forward to man, and to see in what likeness came the beginning, that it went on from age to age; and how I said in my Gospel that that likeness would go on to the END before I come in Might, Majesty and Glory, to establish my kingdom in righteousness and peace; and redeem man from sin and sorrow. Then, I told them the scenes would be changed; and those that were like the servants who were good and faithful, waiting for their lord, should then enter into the joy of their LORD; for then, they will overcome the world by their stedfast faith; relying and believing in the fulfillment of My words and promises, knowing I died to overcome all things and they that

believed in the fulfilment of my words, must believe I shall overcome for them, and give them the kingdom as it was designed for man at first. But men must come to believe in ME and my Gospel, that I shall fulfil all my sayings before they will believe in any visitation of my spirit. Therefore, I told thee in the beginning, if they believed my sayings, they would believe thy sayings; because, thy sayings came from ME. But

if they do not believe my sayings, how shall they believe thine, that I am coming to FULFIL MY GOSPEL; if they do not believe in the words I said at first, that I should send you the comforter at the last, and come, and fulfil the words I had spoken, to cast out the prince of this world? and then will the COMFORTER come to ALL, and my SPIRIT will be abiding with ALL to the END. Then will men's joys abound, when they are filled with MY SPIRIT, and all evil is taken away from them. But I now tell thee in the perfect likeness of this man's discernment of thee, saying, the world had been worse since the angels rejoiced at thy birth: so, is the discernment of thousands besides the Jews. For which reason thousands are departed from my Gospel, which is known to all from the Arians, the Atheists, the Deists, and various sects, and parties of people, that are now publicly known in your land. The Arians have discerned, like him, that, instead of peace coming with my birth, wars and tumults, and fatal scenes of misery hath followed ever since. So that they cannot see the truth of my words, or the glad tidings the angels brought, because they have not seen the end, for what cause I was born, nor for what cause I came into the world; neither have they discerned, that if I did not come, according to the promise, to have my heel bruised for the transgression of man, divine justice could not come to bruise the head of the adversary that betrayed the woman. This,

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they have not discerned, that I came according to the promise, that I might establish peace on the earth when I come in POWER in the END. But this let men discern, how long the promise was made before I came to suffer the first; then, they must discern, I shall come again in POWER to fulfil the SECOND: and then will all men own the TRUTH of the angels words, that I come in good will to man to destroy their adversary, and establish peace and righteousness in the earth. Then will they discern that according to my Gospel, I said they must ask to receive, that their joys might be full:- it must be revealed what to ask, to have your joys made complete. And as the woman was betrayed, her betrayer must be cast, before your happiness can be made complete. Did men discern my Bible through, how, in ali ages, I worked by instruments, and dealt with men after the manner of men, and gave up my life by the laws of men; then they would discern, that, after the manner of men, I should act in the end and according to the laws of men, I should fulfil my words to complete the happiness of man. For know, according to the laws of man, a man is condemned to death for the person he hath murdered, when the murder is brought to light, and the justice of the law is applied unto. Here, if men have wisdom to discern in what manner, I gave up my life upon the

cross, they would have wisdom to discern in what manner I shall bring in your redemption, and cast out the prince of this world, which is the author of all these evils of sin and sorrow that the unbelieving world have so clearly discerned are ripening fast.

This is the answer given me to the man's inquiry and to his observations. And now I shall insert part of a communication on the 19th chap. of Revelations (given me in February, 1805,) 2d "He hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath

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servants at her hand." Roman powers, who Therefore it is written,

avenged the blood of his This great whore is the put the martyrs to death. in the 6th chap. 10th verse, and they cried with a loud voice, saying, how long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? These were the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

Now those that were slain after the Prophets and Apostles, were the martyrs, by the cruelty of the Roman powers: therefore, they are called the great whore, that made themselves drunk in the blood of the martyrs, 18th chap. 8th verse. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine.

Now mark the Roman nations; what hath happened to France, and what hath happened to Spain. These are the shadows, but the end is not yet; as these shadows were foretold to thee that hath come, and more fatal judgments that are yet to come. Now begin to see your Bible and the revelations fulfilling before you; these are the beginning of sorrows, but the end is not yet. Now from this chapter, let all men understand what shadows are begun, what appeareth in all nations. What hath happened to the Romans and weigh all deep with the Revelations; 19th chap. 10th verse. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of Prophecy. Now let the learned men appear; let all their books and writings appear, and their judgment of the Bible, and see, if they can bring forward so clear a testimony of my Bible, or of the COMING of their LORD to prove the Bible by their judgment so clear as thou hast done by the spirit of Prophecy. Therefore it must be known unto all men; the spirit that hath visited thee by Prophecies to bring all to the standard of the Bible, is the SPIRIT of JESUS whom they persecuted in the body! and now, they are acting the same again in the SPIRIT.

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