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Rose from the dust they fell at first,

And rise and live in ME.

So I'll end here and say no more-
Those that have eyes are blind,
That boast my Bible they can clear,
That every soul shall and.

Here ends Saturday night, October 13, 1804.

Sunday morning, October 14, 1804. Now I shall answer, from the words that are before you, Acts iii. Now I ask them that boast they have eyes to see, what they make of this chapter? what they make of the time of refreshing to come? and what they make of the restitution of all things? Let this be answered by the learned; but I shall answer thee; and let them answer what is meant by these words" When the Conforter cometh he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment; of sin, because they believe not on ME; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged; howbeit, when the Spirit of Truth is come, HE shall guide you into all Truth ?" Let these questions be answered by the learned; and the following be answered by the learned-Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out; and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto ME? These are questions men must put to the learned to answer: but I shall answer them to thee; but not to the world till thy Trial is over. So put down the chapters: John xii. 29, to 32-Chap. xvi. 7, to 15-Chap. xviii. 37-Pilate said, art thou a king? Jesus answered, thou sayest I am a king; to this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world. Acts iii. 18 to 22. These are the chapters that must be answered by the learned. Now I shall begin with thee, from John x.-My Sheep know my voice s and there shall be one Fold and one Shepherd.

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

Now from thy thoughts thou ponderest here,
I tell thee plainly I was near,

Work'd in thy heart to ponder on;

That the GOOD SHEPHERD now is come;
And 'tis HIS VOICE that thou dost hear;
A stranger's voice thou canst not bear,
Whether of Devils, or of Men,
That do against thy LORD contend;
Because against ME they are come,
That do condemn thy written hand.
Now from the chapter all see clear,
How all the hirelings do appear;
The wolf is come, and they do flee,
And so my sheep, I plain do see,
The shepherds for them do not care,
They all may flee and perish here;
Then I'm the SHEPHERD now alone,
Whose voice at first to thee was known
And so my sheep I'm drawing here,
Into one Fold they must appear;
Because these words were for the End,
When I in SPIRIT did descend,
To have my voice be known to Man,
Then all my Fold I knew would come.
And so to thee I answer here,

"Tis the GOOD SHEPHERD doth appear,
Whose voice to all men shall be known,
That to the END 'tis surely come.
They'll find the SPIRIT TRUE is here,
Which they can't see, nor will they hear,
Nor are they ready to receive

The Bounty here that I shall give;
For if that I was judg'd by Man,
My judgment in the END must come
To have the prince for to be cast
That in the world so strong did burst,
To work upon the hearts of men.
The prince of darkness had his time,
And in this world he did appear,
As though a prince he then was here,
For in the people he did speak,
And in his malice they did break;
And so I say they lift'd me up,
And on the Cross my Life did drop;
But know, with it, Í rose again,
Then Death and Hell must sure be slai
For all men now I'll draw to ME:
These that wont come must surely flce,
If with their master they will join,
And with the earthly prince combine;
Then with him they will surely fall,
The worldly prince, I tell you all,

As I was lifted on the tree

And crucified, he now shall see,

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That I will cut him off the same,

And all the world shall know MY NAME.
For all men I shall draw to ME

That own they are blind, and wish to see
The meaning of my GOSPEL here,
Their eyes I'll open to see clear:
As I at first was lifted up,

The powers of darkness so shall drop.
For my Disciples at that time,

Ne er understood the words were mine;
Like thy believers they appear'd,

And wrong their judgment they drew here;
SO MY Disciples did at first,

When that MY WORDS, before them plac'd,
They said that they did signify

The death that I design'd to die:

But ne'er discern'd the words before,

What from MY DEATH should follow here;
That all the world I'd draw to ME,
The worldly prince cut off should be.
But this was not discern'd by Man;
As my Disciples' wisdom came
For to compare it to my death;
No man discern'd the words 1 said:
And when my Bible I go through,
They'll find thy pondering heart is true,
And more in judgment to appear

Than my Disciples ever were.

For when the Apostles thou'st went through,

I'll lay the whole before their view;

My HONOUR they've not spoke like thee

The world to blame, thy God to free.

But with my Gospel I'll go on;
I've shew'd my lifting up to man,
That if my life I did lift up

To bruise MY HEEL, the HEAD must drop,
That did the Woman first betray-
On Satan's head it now shall lay-
For now the COMFORTER is come:
But here's a mystery deep to man,
By wisdom they can never clear,
To say the COMFORTER is here,
The world of sin for to reprove;

They'll say "What comfort, or what love,
"Can in this COMFORTER appear,
"When all the world's reproved here?
"But how the righteous can they come,

"To be reproved then by HIM?

"And how can judgment then appear
"To be reprov'd in comfort here?
"But can the comfort of mankind
"Come to reprove, our sins to find,
"And tell us of our unbelief?

« The COMFORTER must then bring grief-"

THE PROMISE CLAIMED AT THE END.

May be the reasoning thoughts of men,
Till I the mystery clear explain
To tell what righteousness is here;
How with my FATHER I appear,
Until the End was come to all,
And then the COMFORTER shall call
Men to the merits of MY BLOOD!
And from the Spirit must be know'd,
Perfect as men did judge ME here,
My SECOND COMING I shall clear,
The worldly prince I'll judge him here,
As he in man did strong appear,
To have my heel bruis'd at the first,
But on his head it now shall burst;
For he shall now be judg'd by Man;
And to MY BIBLE they must come,
To claim the PROMISE at the first,
Then on his head the whole must burst;
For so you all must judge him here,
He did the Woman first ensnare,
And then the PROMISE you must claim;
So now be wise, ye sons of men!

But how these things could they then bear
To think that first they sufferers were,
And all those comforts should not see,
That would in after ages be?
But had I plainly told them there,
From Adam's Fall the thing was clear
To have the COMFORTER to come,
And Satan to receive his doom;
Then they too hasty would begin
To say we now will claim the thing,
And ask the PROMISE then of ME.
But how with them could I agree,
Before the whole I had pass'd through,
And prov'd MY BIBLE it was true,
That Jews and Gentiles both might see
The TRUTH in all was spoke by ME?
So had they ask'd and I deny'd,
They'd say the truth was not apply'd,
For they to ask it in MY NAME;
To bruise his head when first I came,
As soon as he had bruis'd MY HEEL,
I say, no comfort they would feel;
If they had understood my word,
They'd grieve I did not make it good.
But now they'll find the TRUTH is come,
In every truth to lead you on;
for so MY SPIRIT doth appear,
The truth in every thing to clear;

And thou dost testify of ME,

That nothing can be done by thee;

Nor e'er these things didst thou discern,

Till I in SPIRIT came to warn ;.

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Or yet no PROMISE didst thou claim,
Until I bid thee in MY NAME

To ask a favour then of ME,

That now your joy fulfill'd might be;
Because thou ask'st the very thing
That now the COMFORTER will bring,
To be a comfort to mankind:
But unbelievers now will find
Their unbelief I shall reprove,
Their want of judgment, and their love;
And so the RIGHTEOUS may appear,
They'll find reproof for them is near;
For I'll reprove their want of love-
My BIBLE'S TRUE I now shall prove:
Unto MY FATHER I did go

And gifts for men, they all shall know,
That I'm receiving now for MAN;
And so I tell you what's to come.
In Proverbs I was speaking there;
My GOSPEL they could never clear,
The way I meant to make it good;
My Proverbs no man understood-
Then now I'M COME to make them plain
Without a Proverb unto men:

Because I tell you, from the first,
MY FATHER'S WILL by arts was cast,
And man no helpmate then did see-
Only to help in misery!!!

But now the FATHER I'll shew clear,
He cast the curse on Satan there;

But said, that it should bruise HIS HEEL,
But now the FATHER I'll reveal:

He said, that it should bruise his head,
As he the WOMAN had betray'd.
So now, I say, the day is come-
Ask and receive, your joys be known,
And ask the PROMISE in MY NAME,
MY FATHER never will you blame,
Because at first it was HIS WILL
The Serpent's heart that way to chill,
But how can man so weak appear,
To think I came to suffer here
The mock and ridicule of men?
Despis'd and mad was judg'd by them,
A fool and babbler to appear-
Could men so foolish judge ME here,
That this would kindle love to MAN
Or reconcile a GOD to them?
Or yet their sins to take away,
Because so spiteful men did lay
In every thing against ME there?
And now the same they do appear
Then answer ME, ye sons of men,
That for MY GOSPEL do contend:

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