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shewed thee the very text that must bring the sermon, to shew how ingratitude, unbelief, and wrong judgment bring on men's destruction; and how ready they are when they have committed a fault, to add one crime unto another, till they have brought the shame and guilt upon their own heads, that they tried to bring on the innocent. Thus did the children of Ammon do, and thus are thy enemies doing : they are trying to shame thee with lies, and calling thy MASTER a liar; but they shall find in the end thy MASTER is the God of Truth, whose heart is now like David's, to shew kindness to the sons of men; but they are like the children of Ammon wresting the Truth, despising my Goodness, and trying to stir up all they can against ME, and putting my servants to shame; but they shall all find it in the end, I will act like David, and turn my love to anger, to destroy the ungrateful sons of men, who judge they are wiser than their MAKER; that I made a promise in the beginning I never intend to fulfil: as the children of Ammon said by David, so have men said now by ME. Therefore they are drawing their pens like swords against ME, to stir up war against my people; but they shall find a David here, that will destroy them as David did; for now I tell thee, they are adding one sin upon another, first the sin of unbelief by mockery, to shame my people who believe ME the God of Truth; and now they are stirring up war against them, as the children of Ammon did.

So from their fall, I tell you all,
Destruction fast shall come;
And from that chapter now see all
What unto them did come,

That first did blame and then did sham
The children that were true,

Because that David sent them out
His kindness for to shew.

So now the same, behold my name,
Like David I have done;

And as you put my friends to shame

Your ruin shall come on.

But I'll end here and say no more;
This chapter let them see,

The way the ending must appear,

The man hath mocked ME.
Now to another Chapter go,
That I shall here explain,
And from Isaiah I shall shew
What mis-maze is in Man.

Another Chapter quoted by Garrett is Isaiah xxviii. 7-But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. He further adds in his book: "I trust that the Lord has brought me through "the Jordan of a spiritual judgment, and equipped "me with the sword of his Spirit, and put an irrecon"cileable enmity between me and all such awful su"perstition; my soul, through rich grace shall pay away; yea mine eye shall not spare, till I have exposed to just contempt this abomination of desola"tion, and as a watchman upon the walls of Zion, I "have given a faithful warning to all seeking souls.”

"Now I shall answer thee from his words, where he professes "to give a faithful warning to all seeking souls." He professes himself a priest and a prophet; but he shall know he is the priest and prophet inentioned in his text: he hath erred in the sense of visions, in the meaning of visions, and stumbled in the judgment he hath drawn of ME; for I have neither called him, neither have I warned him to be as a watchman, unless he would warn, my people, to turn them from the evil of their ways, and warn them of the visitation of the Lord; but this visitation he hath denied, this visitation he hath mocked and despised; yet he hath set himself up as a priest and a prophet; then let him tremble at the following words, verse 14 of his own chapter-Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Because ye have said, ye have made a covenant with death-as

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Now I shall answer thee from this chapter. The priests have made themselves the prophets, which thou knowest from the letters of others, as well as from his book; for no man can say he knoweth my mind or will, what I intend to do upon the earth, without he is visited by the Spirit of Prophecy from ME; yet the priests profess to be prophets, that they know my will and understand my Bible, while they are mocking the true Spirit of Prophecy that I have given. Now let them answer what is meant by the TRIED STONE, the CORNER STONE, and the SURE FOUNDATION in thy heart. Thou answerest, that foundation is CHRIST. True is thy judgment; but let it be known unto all men, that foundation was laid in the Fail, and that foundation cannot be accomplished till the Promise is fulfilled. It was a tried stone to the Jews, when I came in the body; and it was a tried stone to the Gentiles; and a precious corner stone, a sure foundation for MAN'S REDEMPTION, unless they make agreement with .hell, to withstand the Promise that was made, that Satan's head may not be bruised; but what will they do when judgment is laid to the line, and righteousness to the plummet? The line was laid in the beginning, for Satan's head to be bruised, his power destroyed, and the kingdoms of the earth to become the kingdoms of the LIVING GOD. This is the line through my Bible; but if men make lies their refuge to deny all these promises, and agree with the falsehood of Satan, to cover themselves with him, they will find, when the overflowing Scourge passes through, they will be ticdden down by it; therefore let them tremble at verse 22-Be

ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong. And let them answer who is the true prophet, from the following lines: I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. Now this prophecy is known to thee, that I have declared unto thee; for thy prophecies go to the ends of the earth, that I have begun and will go on, till I have brought all men to know the Lord: but Garrett says, he knows what God is; then he must know all my decrees, and know more than the angels in heaven: for the angels know not the Lord to perfection, nor what HE will do, to make all HIS ways perfect before men and devils, saints and angels. Then how can a man boast he knows from the Bible what God is? For I tell him, he knows not what man is; neither does he know the deceitfulness of his own heart; though he pretends to write as a priest and a prophet: and let him know, from the chapter he mentioned, he must profess to be a prophet, that hath heard all my decrees, and determination upon the earth, or he must allow himself to be the false prophet, the false priest, that hath erred in the visions he hath seen, and stumbled in the judgment he hath drawn. Let him weigh his chapter deep, and let all men weigh it deep; for I tell thee that chapter stands for the end. And now mark the following, chap. xxix. -Stay yourselves and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed. And so I tell thee are the prophecies and the visions unto them that are hardened through unbelief.

For now to all I thus do call,
The chapter that is here
Foretells mankind their fatal fall,
Where unbelief appears.

The chapter he points out to thee;
False prophets there are come

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And the false priests let them see,
What is the end of them;

But from the true they all must know,
That my decrees do hear,

I never shall give up the blow
Till I have ended here.

So earth and hell they now may swell,
And let their lies go on,

But from the chapter let them see
What fatal end must come;
For line on line, behold the time,
What prophecies are penn'd,
And from the precept let them see
The way that all must bend.
For backward here do men appear,
And backward they go on;
Back to the Jews, hear ye the news,
For backward so they're come.
So backward all will see their fall,
That stand in unbelief:
The TRIED STONE, I tell you all,
Must end your every grief
That do believe I'll not deceive,
The sure foundation's here;
I am the first, I am the last,
I'll make my Bible clear;

My wondrous council all shall see,
My working shall come round,

Till I've destroy'd the enemy,

And man shall now be crown'd

With peace on earth, the Scripture saith,
That in ME do believe,

I am a God that's just and true,
And will not man deceive.
But unbelief will bring on grief
To those that mock my word:
The vision's like a sealed book

To those that know not God.
Therefore with wonder they may cry.
What false prophets are here,
That gave my Bible so the lie,
What priests do appear?

I said before I'll make it clear
The ending so would come;

But one good Shepherd men would hear-
Now mark the words in John."

See John, chapter x. 11-I am the good Shepherd: The good Shepherd gave his life for the sheep. Ver. 12-But he that is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.