Now plac'd with men, when I come down below, And do the glories of my kingdom show;
And as the flowers and the leaves plac'd there, So men with me they now' must interfere, For to affirm the words that I have spoke; And in such beauty God and man shall drop, As do the flowers on the bank appear. Now mark the compass how 'tis placed there; And at the bottom thou dost see the ball, And to each side the tassels hang for all, To shew the compass I have made for man, And at the top the rainbow now does stand: And mark the rainbow, what I said before; I said the rainbow all your grief should clear; Because I said, that I myself would reign, And, in this vision, I have shew'd thee plain The glory of the TRINITY is there; And on the top thou seest the second star. But in thy heart thou say'st the top is first; And now's the time that star shall surely burst, With every power in the bows appear, And I am the rainbow, and I will reign here. For as the tassels under these are found, I tell thee plain that men will now pull down My every power on them as a God; Some will, by fury, now pull down my word, With every stripe that in it now appears— But mark the roses interwoven there: So they'll prevent the strokes on them to fall, And share the glory of my kingdom all. For as the other side it doth appear, And man with ME is interwoven there, As I did tell thee from my cross should be, And like my coat, I said, for man and ME, And like my coat, is interwoven through, A mystery deep; but all shall find it true. For every vision they have brought thee here, Fulfils thy prophecies that they are near; And every vision I shall now fulfil, And all shall know the Spirit did thee tell The very things that I shall do below: From God and Christ the Spirit it doth go, To come to thee, and tell thee all my mind; And now I tell thee, man must sure be blind, When all together they do but compare, If they can't see, and know my Spirit's here. And yet thou marvell'st how thou art so dead, That like a pleasing dream the words are laid,
Thou say'st before thee; but thy heart should burn
If thou didst know and feel the days are come.
And this I know would be thy every mind,
If I had not thy senses strong confin'd,
And put a seal upon thy very heart.
Too well I know, the words I do impart
Would kindle flames, soon rising in thy breast,
And like a fountain would thy eyes now burst;
And all my labour thou could'st not go through,
If thou didst see and feel, and all didst know,
What lies before thee, even at the door;
I've shew'd my reason, and I'll say no more,
Why I have put a bolt so strong on thee,
That, like thy eyes, thou dost but partly see,
And many things thou dost not see at all;
For like the shadow does the substance fall.
And to the starry' cross I bid thee come;
For there's the star that now is come to man,
To shew my hands and feet were nailed there:
Thou know'st I told thee I should so appear;
And like my words I tell thee all is plac'd.
I've shew'd this vision to the human race,
That all together they might clearly see,
And be assur'd these things came all from ME:
For JAH Jehovah is my every name;
The Lord of lords, and King of kings I am.
And now my kingdom it shall surely come,
As the six spots foretel you who I am;
And the six spots you now may see them clear;
But in the seventh there's no spot appears;
And I'll go on till there's no spot in man,
But like the standard every soul shall come,
And man shall own there is no spot in ME-
A heavenly union now in both shall be;
Though man hath often spotted here my name,
And by your judgment you your Maker blame;
For perfect as the spots do there appear,
Just so you always spot your Maker here;
Because I tell you, you do spot my name,
And much like Adam, men, I say, do blame
The Lord of Glory, by their different thoughts,
And men's disputes in spots are often wrought;
That as the judgment they do draw of God,
They spot my name, but don't regard my word.
So this, I say, hath been throughout the six
But in the seventh, there no spot is fix'd;
And I'll go on till every spot I'll clear,
And like the standard all shall now appear;
For no more spots will I now bear for man.
And now I'll tell thee how they spot my name:
One spot by Adam it was cast at first;
He blam'd the woman that my hand had plac'd;
But now that spot shall sure be done away,
And bring the knowledge of the glorious day,
That like a jewel shall that spot appear.
And now the second spot, I tell you here,
It came from Noah cursing of his son,
And instantly it brought.a spot on man;
And on his Maker it did bring the same,
To shew my chosen man what folly came,
Whom I before pronounced to be good,
And would not let him perish in the flood.
But Oh! that goodness it did hasty turn,
When he in anger did so curse his son,
Because his nakedness he soon did see;
But now this spot a jewel is to мME,
If that the Jews will all behold the same,
And see their fathers, as t'was seen by him;
That they were naked, drunken with the wine,
And did not know the Saviour of mankind,
When I came down a vine to them below,
And, drunk with anger, did in fury go
To bring a curse, I say, on every son,
They slew their brethren; and they still go on,
I tell you, backward, to this very day;
But now these spots from them I'll take away,
If, like the former, they will now begin
To see their fathers' folly, and will turn
TO ME, I say, that spot shall now appear,
To be a jewel-so I'll make them here:
Because the spot of sin I'll take away,
And place them jewels as the crown doth lay.
But now the third spot must from man appear
It was in David when he murdered there,
I say, Uriah, for to have his wife;
And so that spot went through his life;
And on his Maker it is cast the same;
Because you know I highly spoke of him,
And said he was a man of my own heart;
But now the truth I'll to you all impart.
If you like David will but now appear,
To save the woman, put her tempter there
Into the battle, that betrayed at first-
But here thou marvell'st how that can be plac'd,
To make the husband ever to agree,
A type of Satan, now is said by thee.
To this I answer, it is by her hand
That first the tempter did by arts command; But in the husband thou dost say were none, When he in love possess'd her every hand. No; here I own the likeness don't agree: It is the shadow I have said to thee, And all the shadow it is from the hand, That he in different manner did command. So now in different manner I'll appear, For I'm the David, and the whole will clear. The hand from Satan now, I say, I'll take, And strong the battle I for man will make; And in the front the tempter shall be slain, And now, like David, I'll the woman gain ; And so the spot shall all to jewels turn: I'll slay the rebel, but I'll save the man. For here, like David, I cannot agree To slay the innocent-no; them I'll free ; It is the shadow only from the hand; Satan did gain it, and by arts command; And so that hand from him I'll take away. You all must spot my name, if you do say There was no mystery laid in David's reign, To like MYSELF to one that you complain The worst of crimes was in his murder there, When Satan's arts so powerful did appear, To tempt to murder for adultery. And now on Satan shall that ruin be; For I'll avenge on him Uriah's blood: Now I'm the David, and I'll make it good, That every spot on Satan now shall fall; When I do come, like man, to conquer all, Then every spot I'll turn the other way: Invisible these mysteries all do lay; And when on Satan every one I turn, I will make up my jewels then in man. Because that David did so sore repent; And now, I tell you all, my mind is bent To act like David, as he did appear; I'll slay the serpent, that her hand did share : To take it from him David shall appear, And like Uriah's, Satan's doom is near; Because he tempted David to that sin; And his repentance I'll like David's bring; For now the sword from him shall not depart, As both were guilty, both shall feel my dart. David already hath the sword receiv'd; And Absalom's death did make him sorely grieve. So here's a spot was deeply cast on man ; But now to a jewel I that spot will turn ;
Because a jewel always sparkles bright;
And now to man I've brought the truth to light,
Why I did let the tempter to go on
To work his will upon a righteous man;
Because in him the truth it must all appear,
It was the devil did his heart ensnare.
So now of David you may all weigh deep.
And now the fourth spot I will speak of it:
It was Isaiah, every soul shall see;
They spotted my name, as 'twas foretold by he.
For Satan always finds an artful way
To work in men, their judgment to betray;
And so my jewels they were spotted there,
As wrong the judgment did in man appear;
Because that Satan works an artful way-
From his disputes, see how his footsteps lay:
I tell you all his footsteps do appear,
As in thy book to thee he spoke them there;
And out his footsteps man could never find,
Had I not let him come and tell his mind,
What arguments with mankind he hath us'd;
And so he work'd upon the stubborn Jews,
That from his judgment they would never turn:
The arguments seem'd right he us'd with them ;
Because his influence o'er their minds appear'd,
More strong in man than in his words spoke there.
And now, I tell thee, it was thy dispute
That broke his legs, and turn'd beneath my
Because I said, if thou in faith stood stout,
To trust in me, thou nothing hadst to doubt;
For I would conquer, and for thee appear;
And so the vision I have shew'd thee here,
As by my answer I did say to thee,
And so the vision does in all agree.
So if the learned men can this confound,
I tell thee plain, from hell must come the sound;
And Satan strong in man must now appear,
If they the vision and the words will clear;
For no such judgment can e'er be in men,
Unless the devil strong in them does come.
For when the whole together we compare,
A Peter's vision never was so clear;
Nor yet by man so clearly understood,
And plain my Bible doth the whole make good
And all these things I've shew'd them to a child,
That all mankind might know they are not foil'd;
And different gifts do to these boys appear,
That every soul might know my kingdom's near;
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