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And say, "With pleasure now we see
"The TRUTH in all is clear.
"Burnt offerings here they did appear,
"We find they did not do;
"Their sacrifices none can clear,
"For SOLOMON, we know,
" He offer'd up, but all did drop
"The Beasts, we see, were slain;
But still in Hell the Beast doth swell,
"And there he doth remain,
"Till CHRIST shall come to be our KING,
" And then destroy the Foe:
"Lo, in the volume of the Book,
"We know 'tis written so;
"That he did come, HIS BLOOD was slain".
But must HIS BLOOD stop there?
No; in the Spirit, I'll maintain,
I MUST AGAIN APPEAR,
My FATHER'S WILL for to fulfil,
The HELPMATE at the first;
And then you'll find my avenging heel
Must on the Serpent burst.
For I'll make good, as first it stood,
The PROMISE in the FALL

Will bring at last, as first was plac'd,
I now do tell you all.
Another day, to thee I say,

The Psalms I'll all go through:
And thou may'st ponder in the way;
Thy heart I well do know,
Like David's here it did appear,

Because I plac'd it so,

For thou to live in faith and fear,
That thou like him might go;
Sometimes went on, thy faith was strong,
Relying on thy Gon;
Another day in tears did say,
In bye-paths thou hast trod.
So just like him thy life hath been,
But not in sin appear'd;
Because by ME thy heart, they'll see,
Was always guided here;
For when I come in SPIRIT strong,
The carnal Man must die;
So 'tis by thee, all flesh may see,
Thy history doth not lie;

The truth is shewn, to ME 'tis known,

And so I'll end it here,
Until, I say, another day,
My Spirit shall appear.

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I will reason with thee on the morrow." Here ends Tuesday night, Oct. 2, 1804.-All ta from Joanna Southcott's mouth,

JANE TOWNLE

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OF THE PSALMS.

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Wednesday morning, October 3, 1804.

On the Tuesday night, Joanna felt a heavenly joy, and said she was obliged to keep back what she felt in the explanations of the Psalms, or her eyes would have been drowned in tears of joy; and the feelings of her heart too great to bear, to see in what a clear and beautiful manner the Psalms were explained. But in the night she was distressed with dreams and dreamt that she lay upon the floor dying; and her mouth was almost cleaved together; but she awaked and found it a dream.. She then went to sleep again, and dreamt that she was disputing with many people about her writings. They told her she was prophesied of in the Psalms to be a false Prophet. She asked them where? and said, if they could point it out and shew her where it was in the Psalms, she would give up her writings. In this confused manner she awaked in the morning, and found her spirits greatly oppressed; her heart seemed swelled too big for her body; and all her joy and happiness seemed fled. Her head felt as though it was filled with rivers of water; but cannot shed a tear. So that she is now jealous for herself, whether she was not in a sin, to keep back the feelings of her heart, and amusing herself with nonsense, because she would not discern the beauty of the Psalms, in what wondrous and clear manner they were all explained; and how true and clear the Psalms stand for the fulfilment of CHRIST'S KINGDOM, which she tried to stifle, when she was giving the lines in the evening, fearing the joy of its being at hand would be too great for her; and in the morning she awoke with a load too great for her to bear. And now her enquiry is-LORD, let me know my transgression, and wherein I have offended! When she opened her Bible in the morning, it was at Psalm xl. She cast her eye on ver. 2-He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry

clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. He hath put a new song into my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

THE ANSWER OF THE LORD.

" Now, Joanna, I shall answer thee. The shadow to thee is the substance to the nation. I do not blame thy amusing thyself to keep back the ponderings of thy heart; because I know, if the eyes of thy understanding were clearly opened, and thou discernedst clearly the days that are come, and gave thyself up to the fulness of joy, it would be more than thou couldest bear, to go through all my labour. But though I do not blame thee, I brought this shadow upon thee, to bring it to the nation. If they say like thee, "We will amuse our ourselves " in any worldly nonsense, to keep ourselves from dis"cerning the TRUTH. If it be so, we will not see "it; neither will we discern it; therefore we are re"solved never to see the Truth, nor to believe it, "nor attend to things that are for our eternal hap"piness. If they are so, they are too great for us; "therefore we are determined not to discern them. "So we will amuse ourselves in vanity and pleasure, "that are of this world, to stifle the whole." Then I tell thee their pleasures and amusement will turn, like thine, into the greatest heaviness and sorrow. For if they will not delight themselves in the joy of MY KINGDOM, they shall feel the sorrow that is approaching; for their worldly amusements will bring sorrow upon them, too great to bear: for if they refuse the joy of the one, they shall feel the sorrow of the other.

So now from thee the Type they'll see,
Is hastening fast for all;
But I the shadow plac'd in thee,

That inen might know their call.

OF THE PSALMS.

So now thy dream I shall explain,
And bring it out to Man:

Thou saidst thy joy thou didst keep back,
Fearing thy eyes would run,
I say, with joy, for to destroy
Thy perfect labour here;
Because in love thy heart thou'st prove,
It was too great to bear
The whole to see, was said by thee-
And all my words discern;
And thy confusion soon would be
Too great to hear my tongue;
Or words were spoke, thou fearest thy lot,
Could not them both go through;
Therefore thy joy thou didst keep back-
Then I brought to thy view
A death was near for to appear,
In agonies to come.

And so your land like thee doth stand,
If they this way go on,
To say like thee-" we will not see
"Our Bible to appear;
"That CHRIST is come the whole to free,
" Twill drown our senses here;
" So we'll go on as we have done,

" And still keep back the whole."
Then soon, like thee, their end they'll see
In agonies to fall.-
Now I'll explain the other dream,
And to the purpose come:
The people that did dispute with thee
Did wrongly turn the Psalms,
And said that there thou didst appear
A prophet wrong to be;
But I shall boldly answer bere;
And let men answer ME,
If they can say another way,
They'll make the Psalmist good,
It was not David's prophecies,
The way that I allude.

The Psalmist here then let them clear
The whole before their view;
And let men answer when and where
They'll prove the Psalmist true;
Or how 't can come as plac'd by man,
Then I'll give up the whole?
There's not that earthly man can stand
To prove my words must fall;
That I shall say to thee this day-
The lines for all go deep.
Thy sorrows I shall take away,
And bring thee from the pit
Of horror here that did appear:
Upon the ROCK thou'lt be;

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And so thy feet I'll ever keep,
Thy standing is in ME.

I'll take thee from the mire and clay,
That is so strong in Man;
I'll guide thee in the perfect way,

And thou shalt ever stand;

To praise my NAME the end shall come
And thou thy God shalt bless.

The liars I shall all unthrone;
Though many do profess
They trust in ME, I plain do see,
And yet they turn aside,
And trust in lies-I'll not disguise,
*The field is open'd wide,
I say, for all to judge the call,?!
My BIBLE to go through;
And strong in SPIRIT now 1 call,
That every soul shall know.-
So, from thy dream, let men contend
To prove thou'st plac'd it wrong;
Then they must say the same by ME
As they by thee have done-
"Our Bible here we now will clear:
"No prophecies can be,
" For HIM in SPIRIT to appear,
"The nations all to free."
Then I'll appear to answer here,
As thou didst say before,
My Bible I will all give up,
If inen can prove it here-
The second Psalm has ever come,
The heathens for to free;
When did I govern every land?
Then let Men answer ME,
When it was done, be spoke by Man ?
But this they cannot do.-
The secrets of the LORD are come,
That every soul shall know,
For to reveal and not conceal,
The end for all draws near;
The COVENANT is come to Man,
That I shall now make clear.
So Men discern how I do warn,
And weigh my Bible deep,
You'll find the end for all is come
The second Psalm shall break,

1 say, for all: 'tis I did call

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And visit at the first :

In ninety-two, thou well dost know,

I told thee so 't should burst.

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Now mark all lands, how they do stand

In tumult and in war;

And I do say to thee this day,

Much stronger 'twill appear;