his delight, rejoicing always before him. Ver. 31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and iny delights were with the sons of men. Chap. iii. 19-The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Ver. 32-For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. Ver. 6In all thy ways' acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy patlis. Chap. ii. 5-Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. Ver. 6-For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. Ver. 22-But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. Chap. i. 23-Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Ver. 24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded. Ver. 25-But ye have set at nought all my council, and would none of my reproof. Ver. 26-I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh. Ver. 29-For that they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the fear of the Lord.

THE ANSWER OF THE LORD.

"Now, Joanna, I shall answer thee, from the words of Solomon: a wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is heaviness to his mother. And now I shall tell thee from the WISDOM of SOLOMON, who is the WISE SON, that shall make glad his FATHER that first created him to have нIs delight with the sons of men: for by MY WISDOM, I laid the foundation of the earth, and by MY WISDOM I formed MAN in it; and now iny secrets shall be with them that fear ME; and they who delight in the knowledge of their GOD, the knowledge of their God shall be given unto them; and I will pour out MY SPIRIT upon them. The WISDOM that was given to

OF THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.

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SOLOMON, was wisdom given for all men to know and understand the end of all things; that the wicked should be rooted out, and they that TRUST in the LORD, should be ESTABLISHED in the earth.

So I'll begin from SOLOMON:
As backward thou didst go,
And so the same I shall go on
Till I the end shall shew.
The bread is on the water cast—
My WORD doth now appear.

You know that water bread would waste,
If men should cast it there;
Then 'tis MY WORD that's on record
Is BREAD for all to find:

And if they'll now believe their LORD,
'Tis my appointed time

For men to see the ways of ME,
In wisdom to appear;
And many portions now I'll give
To them that seek ME here.
Evils will come upon the land,
And fast they will abound:
But they that trust to MY COMMANDS,
In secret will be found,
Theirselves to free from misery,
When it do hasten on;
But evil workers, I do see,

They are more harden'd strong.
A sentence here they oft did hear
Against them it was cast;
But hastily the fools do say-

These judgments did not burst.
So evil here doth strong appear
Against my every hand;

They say my words they will not hear
As judgments are prolong'd;

But I do say to thee this day

That hasty they will fall;

The time's at hand you'll see your land

To tremble one and all,

That now do mock the coming stroke ;
For men I now do see,

Inventions here in them appear

To mock the words of ME;

They will not clear my BIBLE here,
Nor suffer 't to be done;

But judge that all is ended here,
The wisdom given to Man.
Was it for he, blind mortals see,

And for himself alone?

No it was wisdom come from ME,

Given out for every man,

That at the last when I do burst
My SPIRIT to appear,

The wisdom given at the first,
Men all might see it clear.
For now the end, 'tis my intend,
The wisdom seen by he
That better shall the ending come
Than the beginning be.
But can you say, in every way,
The ending is the best?
Man that's of a Woman born,
And in this world is plac'd,
If he grows up, can he now hope
His end for to appear

Much better than his birth did drop?
If every sin appear

Strong in the Man, will you contend
His ending is the best?

And if he goes to slay a friend
With malice in his breast;
If he goes through what's in his view,
His faithiul friend to slay,
Then will you say the end is best
What in his thoughts did lay;
That power there did so appear,
His thoughts for to complete ?
No, no; the end he most must fear,
Because his evil great

Must fall on him, at last must come

His ending's not the best;

The thing much better was for him

To stop it at the first,

And ne'er go through what's in his view;

So ending you see here

With SOLOMON can never join,

In earthly things appear;

Because in all I'll prove the Fall
It often is for men,

That they the ending cannot call

The best for them to come;

If men begin to harbour sin,
Imagine at the first,

And then in practice they go on,
Their ending is the worst.
So now if men do clear discern,
From Solomon appear,

They all must say another way

"We cannot see it clear

"The ending best for all to burst;

"We know it is not so."

But I shall prove it at the last,

And prove his WISDOM TRUE-
The ending here doth now draw near,
For I shall end for MAN,

OF THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.

Better than the beginning were:
For so I've laid my plan.

When at the first the Woman plac'd
In the beginning here,

You say the Man was not then blest
As she at first did err;

But now at last I'll prove it best-
I'm to the ending come;
And better here shall all appear
When I do end my plan.
Then all shall see the depth of ME
When I do strong appear;
They'll see the end of every thing,
And Satan conquer'd here.
Then sure the best it now must burst,
The ending all will see;

Though she brought sorrow at the first,
But joy shall come by ME.

For upright here did Man appear
When I did create him first;
And upright here he doth appear,
That now in LOVE doth burst

To see the end, as I intend

To make the whole for Man.

And from the words that here are penn'd,
They with their Lord must join-
"We know our God what e'er he 'th done,
"And what was his decree,

"We know it shall for ever stand,

"No man can baffle HE.

"Then why should Men so vain contend,

"To take away his word?

"We well do know what he's decreed

"Is power like a God."

Then how can Man so simply come

To alter MY DECREES?
Impossible for to be done,

For I shall answer thee-
The wisdom here that doth appear,
And SOLOMON foretels,
You know my doings at the first,
And what I said of Hell;
The Serpent there that did appear,
I said that he should fall :
Upon his head the curse was laid;
Then will you answer all-
"We'll take away what he did say ;
"It shall not so appear;
"We'll place it all another way?"
Vain mortals, you do err;
"Tis more than you can ever do,
My WORD I've plac'd so strong;
From SOLOMON, you all shall know,
My wisdom there did come,

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To shew him plain what was the end
Of all things to appear.

So with their God men do contend;
But ne'er discern it here

The words of him from ME they came→→→
His wisdom all went deep;
And though you say he liv'd in sin,
His wisdom I'll not break;
But to his WORD I ever stood,

And to it now I'll stand;

And he that trusteth his own heart
Must be a foolish man;

For wisdom here no man can clear,
That will not weigh the whole.
And now MY BIBLE forward call-
The pit's dug deep for all

That now will stand in Satan's hand-
He dug the pit at first!

Because the Woman should not stand,
But now in it he's cast;

I tell you there he shall appear

He dug a pit for all;

And now he's catch'd in his own snare,

He in it now shall fall:

He roll'd the stone at first, 'tis known,
To roll it back on Man;

But now the end is come of all-
The Rolling Stone shall turn
The same on He; the end shall be,
And he shall feel his fall.

As he did dig the pit for she,
In justice she must call

On him the same; the time is come,
The prudent men may see
The evils that are hastening on,
When all fulfill'd must be;
So they will hide, in ME abide,
And make their refuge strong.
The simple here will not see clear,
Till their destruction come.
Unfaithful men do now begin,
As troubles do appear,

I know, to wrest the every thing
And Lake MY BIBLE err.
So if you trust to those who wrest
My BIBLE and thy WORD,
Troubles you'll see, I now tell ye,
Your confidence hath fled;
For broken here must all appear;
For I shall answer thee-
My GLORY I Conceal'd from Man:
They ne'er discern'd from ME
The WISDOM came from SOLOMON,
To shew you all the END.