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not always be wroth with man; neither will I always be chiding; neither shall my Spirit always strive with man; but I will destroy the destroyer, for his sake; and I will turn a pure language upon man; and my delight shall be with the sons of men; and they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid. Here are my words standing on record, that I the Lord of hosts have spoken it, that this shall be in the last days; and these last days are nigh at hand, that I will ful fil all I have spoken; and I will assemble her that halteth, and gather her that is driven out. Now discern the words of my prophet; how could this be fulfilled at my first coming, when the halting Jews were driven out? Then know the last days must come, that a remnant of those that were cast off must be gathered in and made a strong nation.

As backward here thou didst appear,

So backward all must come,

When I begin to persevere

And make my kingdom known.
It is of peace; all wars must cease,
And tumults ali must end,
When man I free from misery,

And stand the sinners' friend.
Their sorrows here I've said I'll clear,
If men do ME believe;

But the self-righteous now may fear,
Who judge I shall deceive.

Am I a man, I now demand,

To vary from my word?

I've said my Bible it should stand,

And men should know the Lord.

So I'll go on as I've begun,

'Till men do know ME here:

But mark what judgments stand between;

Then let the mockers fear!

For when I come to make an end,

I tell them they must fall.

"Tis not by man it can be done,
To bring this peace to all;
No; 'tis from ME, you all must see,
And weigh my Bible deep,
And every leaf bring now to ME,
I ask which way you'll break?

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Can God and man together stand,
And point you to the word?
I ask you how you'll now command,
To prove ME as your Lord,
For to appear the truth to clear,
If you the truth deny,

And say the words are spoken here
¡Did ne'er come from on high?
Then now my Bible I've call'd forth,
And bid men answer here,

If they can see the ways of ME,
The Law and Gospel clear?
For both together I shall bring,
I tell you, in a line;

Then answer ME, ye sons of men,
If I appoint no time

For to fulfil my every will,

And so make good my word?

"Tis all beyond the learned's skill

For to direct the Lord.

Now from the words are plac'd by men
I bid them all to see,

Against their learning they contend;

But who can answer ME?

Now mark the word that's on record,
I'll answer thee again."—

The words that I am to observe are the contents of the chapters, placed by the wisdom of men. The contents of Micah iv. are thus placed: The establishment of Christ's kingdom: the peace of it: and the victory of the Church. Chap. v. The birth of Christ foretold: his kingdom: his complete conquest over his enemies. Zechariah ix-Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom. Chap. xiv-The coming of Christ, the grace of his kingdom, and the restoration of Jerusalem.

"Here stands the wisdom of man, placed and approved of by the learned; but now answer ME, ye learned, when my kingdom was established in peace? when I had the victory over all my enemies? when Zion rejoiced at my coming? when my complete conquest was? Look to yourselves, all ye inhabitants of the earth, and see if these things were ever accomplished, which the judgment of men hath

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placed to be accomplished. Is my kingdom established in peace? Is Jerusalem restored? To all these things you must answer, No: They are neither accomplished to the words of the prophets, neither are they accomplished to the judgment of men. men are risen up in judgment against their own judgment, and in spirit against my Spirit; for I tell you all, I am come in Spirit to throw open my Bible before you, to bring all things to your remembrance; to shew you I went through my first office, to bear all the persecution of my enemies; but tell ME, O ye sons of men, when did I come in Might, Majesty, and Power, to have the victory over my enemies, as it is left on record for man? But know, O man, all these things I promised to accomplish; and now I tell you all, if they perished in the wilderness, through unbelief of seeing the promised land, and the Jews perished in my days, through their unbelief, according as it was written by the prophets before; (for all their destruction stands on record) then know,O vain men, your destruction stands on record the same, when I come to make a final end. Now come to my Gospel, and compare it with the Law. Matthew xxvii. 21-Which of the twain will ye that I release unto you? they said Barabbas. John iii, 29-He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom.Now I shall answer thee from the Gospel, of the enquiry made by Pilate-Which of the twain will ye that I release unto you, Barabbas, or Jesus? and now the enquiry is made by thee, which of the twain shall I now release? or which of the twain will men wish to continue; as I have already told thee, the time is come that my Bible must be fulfilled, and no longer stand as a divided kingdom between the POWER OF GOD and the powers of darkness; the kingdom must now be established for ONE; and which of the twain? is my enquiry; which of the twin, hath been thy enquiry, Satan's power to be destroyed, and my power established; or Satan's

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power to remain, and my power over the whole earth to have the hearts of all men in my possession to be destroyed, as it hath to this day? This is the enquiry made by thee, if men understand what they read; and the answer of thee, and of all thy believers is-Satan's power destroyed, and Christ's kingdom established. But the answer of the unbelieving world is like the Jews of old, who cried out, Barabbas ! Just so is the language of the world, that the murderer of mankind may still go on. But now come to the Gospel of St. John-He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom. Then it must be known unto all men, I am the Bridegroom, that hath placed this desire in the woman's heart, and in the hearts. of all believers, that wish ME to come as the Bridegroom. Now before I go further with the explanation of my Gospel, let thy judgment appear, what thy belief is of ME, and of my Gospel; then I will answer thee again. Thou knowest the different judgments drawn by man, and now let thy judgment appear.

From the judgment I have heard of mankind, many have affirmed, and thousands are the believers, that our Saviour was no more than a mere man, born after the flesh, as others were ; yet they believe he was a good man, and a prophet. This is an idea it is impossible for me to believe; as it appeareth erroneous and madness to believe he could be a good man, and a prophet, without being the Son of God, when it is affirmed by St. Luke i. 28, of the angel's visitation to Mary, and assuring her she should have a Son, that should be the Son of God. Read on to Ver. 35; weigh the chapter through, in what manner she affirmeth her being with child at the time her cousin Elizabeth was with child, with John the Baptist, equally strange as the birth of Isaac. After this confirmation by Mary, it is said Matt. i. 19, 20-When Joseph found she was with child, he thought to have put her away privily; but the angel

appeareth to him, and tells him not to fear to take Mary, his wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. The angel appeareth to the shepherds, as they were watching over their flock by night, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and tells them there is born in the city of David a Saviour, that is Christ the Lord; he shewed them the sign by the star; and the star went before them till it came where the young child lay, and they found him as the angels had told them. In Matthew ii. you find, when Herod was worked upon to destroy the child, though with false pretences that he might come and worship him, it is said the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and ordered him to arise, and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, till the death of Herod. Here the angel makes known to Joseph the deceitfulness of the heart of Herod ; and by this wondrous working preserves the life of the child that was born for the salvation of man. The truth concerning Herod was soon proved by his killing all the children, that he might be sure to destroy the Son of God, if Joseph had not been warned before. In Matthew iii. 16, it is said, when our Saviour was baptized, they saw the heavens open and the Spirit of God descending like a dove, lighting upon him, and a voice from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."-Now when we weigh all these Scriptures together, and the different witnesses they were affirmed by, and the miracles that were wrought by our Saviour, to confirm the whole; there is no man can believe the Gospel without believing he was the Son of God, according to all the words that our Saviour spoke of himself. When we take a survey of the Gospel, and consider in what manner all was testified at his birth, we see, like a length of chain, the whole is united together, according to the words of Simeon "Mine eyes have seen thy salvation, the light to

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