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dare, presumptuous men, to say it must be testified by you, that you come quickly, and your reward is with you? Then what reward will ye bring to give to every man according to his works? or, what tree of life is in your power to give to man, spiritual or temporal? what leaves can you bring to heal the nations? If this can be done by man without the visitation of my Spirit, and without the directions of my Spirit? Why are not the nations healed already? Have ye had eighteen hundred years to be finding out a way, and never found it out yet? Then as it never was found out by your forefathers; will ye say ye are wiser than them, to find it out now, without my aid and assistance, without my Spirit to direct you? Then I tell you my Bible must be false, my words must be false, when I pronounced man dead to knowledge: for it was to knowledge man was dead; and every age of the world hath proved it: But the just have lived by faith; and now I am come to try men to the end, and place my Bible plain before them, and he that believeth will obey my commands, and have his part in the tree of life. Now thou sayest in thy heart, what must men believe to obey my commands, and have their part in the tree of life? Tổ this I answer, let them believe my words in the beginning, when Man was pronounced dead; let them weigh, in all ages, how dead to knowledge men have been, without my Spirit to visit and direct them. Then let them believe the Promise that was made in the Fall to the Woman; let them believe the tree of life was preserved for man in the end, with the sword to cut down the powers of darkness, according to the promise made in the Fall; then let them weigh my Bible through and see the promise that was made to Abraham, then they will know it is by faith, and not by knowledge, they must gain the promise: Abraham had no knowledge that I

should preserve his Son; yet he had faith to believe I should fulfil my Promise.

So thy enquiries I have answer'd:
With my Bible all compare,

Then they'll know 'twas not by knowledge
Abraham did the Promise share;

And so to all I now do call,

Men's knowledge will not do,
Because that I've conceal'd from all

What lies before my view,
Before I come to make an end,

And every mystery clear.

Did Abraham know how things would bend
Before I call'd him there,

To say the Son should not be slain?
Now to Isaiah come;

And from my Bible I'll maintain
That knowledge men have none;

The prophets prophesied of ME,
But who could understand
The way that it fulfill'd should be?
The Jews could not command:
Then sure to knowledge man is dead,

As I've said before:

It was by faith that men were led-
See my disciples there,

The way they came by faith 'tis known,

For knowledge they had none;

The way I should arise again,

Is in my Gospel known.

Then now again I will maintain,
To knowledge men are dead;
My Bible never was so plain
Before mankind now laid,
As it is here and doth appear,
The way 'tis hastening on:
The budding leaves do all appear
To shew the spring is come;
Yet man is dead, as I have said,
For knowledge they have none
It is by faith the Scripture saith,
And now 'tis FAITH alone
That makes believers to appear
To judge their summer nigh,
That I shall come the whole to clear,
As I before did say ;

And all my prophets prophesied,
For this they did foretel.

The Law and Gospel I've applied,
How in one chain must fall;

So now the chain it does remain,

The links I've made them clear:
"Tis not by KNOWLEDGE this is done;
"Tis FAITH must join them here.

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So faith will come the whole to join,
And I shall make them good,
And tell them all my strict command
Is to obey my word,

And now believe I'll not deceive,
Like Abraham to go on:
It is by FAITH the Scripture saith
Must bring the life to man.
So now discern how I do warn,
And my command now see;
It is my Bible to trace through,
As I've commanded ye;

For there you'll find my every word,
As I have mentioned here:

Men have no knowledge of their God,
"Tis faith the whole must clear.

Now faith, you ll sec, is a gift from ME,
Pat if you it refuse

You'll see your knowledge all to dię,
And perish like the Jews.-

But here within thou dost begin
To ponder deep, I know,

That my command is said by men
I've plac'd for them to know.
But my command can never stand,
If men do it deny;

Judge of a thing they do not know
Is no command from ME.

Quench not the Spirit I command,
From my disciple given;
Despise not prophecies is said;

The Holy Ghost from heaven
If you allow it came to they,
Then all their sayings hear;
If their commands you do obey
You'll see my Bible clear:
The prophecies they were foretold
That they would surely come.
Another day I shall unfold

My Bible clear to man;
But I'll end here and sy no more:
If men do weigh all deep
They'll see my Bible it is clear,
And prophecies must break;

For I must come in Spirit strong

To break the truth to all;

And dead to knowledge naust be known

That men are by the Fall;

So by their heads if you are led,

Then, monstrous heads will come,

I say, to keep you in the Fall,

And Satan hold you strong.

Here ends the Explanations of the Scriptures quoted

by Garrett and another.

A continuation of the Explanations from the end of

PART III.

Philippians ii. 10, 11-That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

THE ANSWER OF THE LORD.

"Now let the learned answer, when this was done

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That every knee did bow to ME,
And every tongue confess

That Jesus Christ the Lord must be

No Man can answer this,
'Twas ever done, I tell you plain,

But know it must be so.

And now from Pomeroy I shall come,
For men like him do do;
Farrago here, let men appear,
My Bible so they make;

And as the words were spoken here,
So I to men shall break;

So they must pen the words of Man,
What he did write of thee,

And then again I'll answer them,

That so they act for ME."

The words of the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy concerning Joanna are, I shall be ready at all times, and in "all places, to maintain my opinion with respect to "the farrago of sense and nonsense, of Scripture and "blasphemy, contained in her pretended prophe"cies; that such incoherent matter never could proceed from a sound mind, or from the pure "Spirit of Wisdom."

Ephesians iv. 30-And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 8-Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9-Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10-He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heaSee Part I. of the Explanations of the Bible, page 69.

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vens, that he might fill all things. Chapter i. 10— That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him. These texts of Scripture Joanna was ordered to add to his words.

"Now I shall answer thee from these texts of Scripture. What sense and nonsense does Pomeroy make of the Bible? Let him mark the verses penned before, and then let him see his own words follow; and the texts that I have mentioned. How am I to fulfil all things? or how are all things to be fulfilled, in the dispensation of the fulness of the times, and gathered together one in Christ? Now if all things must be gathered together in ME, my Spirit must come to visit; for where is the man who can gather all things together of things in earth, and leave out the things in heaven? Can Pomeroy gather together all thy believers to join with him in his belief? Then if he cannot do the least, let him know he cannot do the greater. Then how dare he to exercise himself in things too high for him? The way that men make out my Bible, they make of it sense and nonsense; and iny disciples full of blasphemy, to place all these Scriptures of ME if they are not to be fulfilled. So he may call my Bible as he called thy writings, pretended prophecies; for no better than pretended prophecies do men make of my Gospel, as the Jews made of the prophets of old. Now let Pomeroy answer Ephesians i. 17-The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give unto you the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him. Now if this be given by the Lord, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, let him answer, how it can be given by man? and let him answer why you are to pray for it, that God will give the knowledge of himself? why did my disciples teach a doctrine that never could be? nor eyer was expected to be? Now let him answer,