THE OLD PROPHET A TYPE OF SATAN. 19 Then I'll try Man, what he'll become, That from the Kings that thou hast seen, And in thy heart did blame, For, as the man like Satan stands, So all these Kings you may command, When all these Kings I did destroy, If they would not repent. My mind is fully bent To come again the same to Men, : If Satan's ways they'll all condemn- "Or what he does for Men, 1 "We wish our God would send the rod, "That foe for to destroy; "For we see plain from ancient men, "What mischief he did do; "We see all lands the same do stand"Bring all before our view: " Where grandeur here in men appears, "Like Solomon they be; "Their hearts are roving every where "From God, we plain do see; " Then how can men the trial stand, "If we blame men before?. "A Solomon men do condemn; "But ne'er discern it here, "The Promise then unto the man "Was if he did obey. "If he did not, we see his lot; "Hear what the Lord did say: "The whole shall fall, was then the call, "Of God unto the man; "The House that he had built, we see, "He said should never stand. "And it did fall, 'tis known to all, "As Solomon acted wrong, "He took the kingdom then from all, "Which in the end did come, " When he'd tried men by different reigns "In placing judgments there. "We see no way that God did lie"No: it was Man did err. " Then can we blame our Maker's Name, "To try with cords of love "The hearts of men for to inflame, "That he their hearts might prove "In every way, mankind to try"And all we see in vain? "How dare we give our God the lie, "Our Bibles to condemn? "Because that men in vice would stand, "And now they stand the same; "We see it strong in every land, "Then man we sure must blame; " And plainly see our destiny, "The root that caus'd our Fall " He will bring on our sorrows strong; "It now is plain to all. So men in vain do heré contend, "If they'll keep Satan up; "We sure shall see our destiny In Sin, till he doth drop."So now see plain, ye learned men, The way I've plac'd the whole; And with my Bible this contend, And shew from Adam's Fall, " AHAB AND JEZEBEL TYPES OF SATAN. 21 How men went on to live in sin: Then can you answer ME, The Fault is mine? No: man, resign Rely on ME, you all shall see On Satan's head, where it was laid, Shall there come on, I tell you, strong, But, like these Kings, I know he's come, I now do tell you all; To make you sin he doth begin, By every art appears; But I shall rid him from the land Like Ahab he may fear; You know a Type of Hell t With Satan there you may compare- That he should come to conquer Man; Like Jezebel, his crown doth stand Bring all before your view: What was alluded to of Jezebel is in 1 Kings, xix. 2. "Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the Gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time." This chapter Joanna does not remember she ever read before. But you may see, from the chapter, h true Jezebel brought her prophecies upo own head, as she missed them that day cont ing Elijah. But in the 2d Book of Kings, sh brought on worse fate upon herself, than upon her own prophets, whom she lamented. 2 Kings, ix. 33. See "Now, Joanna, I shall answer the ponderings of thy heart. Thou sayest, how great was the house built unto ME, by Solomon, after the promise was made to David; and what was Solomon's Prayer? and what promises the Lord made to Solomon, if he abided in the laws of the Lord; and the threatenings made to him, if he departed CONCERNING SOLOMON. 23 from them; and how soon he did depart; and how soon the whole house was cut off! Now I shall answer thee of this mystery: Know it is written, the first is last, and the last is first. Now the great promises that were made to David and Solomon, in the fallen state of man; they soon went on in their fallen state, to fall from the greatest happiness to the greatest misery, by the subile arts of the Devil, and by their own ingratitude. But now, I tell thee, the first shall be last, and the last shall be first: for, as it is written of Satan's head being bruised, before my heel; and I was first wounded for the transgression of Man, before Satan's head was bruised for the transgression of the Woman. So the last was first, and the first was last; and so it shall be now; for I will go on to cut off all the powers of the Devil, as I cut off the house of Ahab; and his fall shall be like the fall of Jezebel, and all that join with him shall fall, root and branch that wish to prolong his reign. And then I shall come back to the GLORY of Solomon: and MY HOUSE shall be established in CHTEOUSNESS, in PEACE, and in HAPPINESS, to ankind; for what was not accomplished by all now be accomplished by ME; and the the earth shall see the Salvation of the : and say that a GREATER than Solomon is how soon did it fall when established by STANDING shall be secure. : All this taken from Joanna Southcott's mouth, by me, 1 JANE TOWNLEY, And here we ended, Monday, Sept. 24th, 1804. |