For to be nailed to the cross,
And then the seventh laid compos'd,
Until the first day did appear;
Then my disciples met ME there,
I now do tell you, in the way;
But I was quite unknown to them;
And so to man I'm now unknown,
The manner I to you am come,
In such a strange disguise appear;
The eye of faith discerns ME near,
But now, I say, no other
Discerns my footsteps how they lie: Because I come to all unknown, And all the scriptures to you have shewn, And all together bid you weigh: Then judge the dawning of the day, And mark what date I so appearI've said I'd shorten the sixth year; And the sixth thousand 'tis I mean: Then from my death behold the sign; And mark the day they took me first, And mark the sixth how it did burst. Before the day was ended there,
They nail'd my hands and pierc'd the spear; Then ALL WAS FINISH'D I did cry. And now look back to Calvary, And every day call you to mind, And then the mysteries out you'll find. For the last century must appear, When thou alone didst ask in prayer, That I would shorten Satan's reign, But the new century now begins, I say, for man to do the same; And well I know, from every name, What hearts within they all have got, Whether they wish my reign or not: And as I judge all from the heart, A secret now I will impart : The names that are not given FRÉE, In heart and hand, I say, to ME, Their jealousy will soon alarm, Satan will every one unarm; With unbelief they will appear,' And all their seals destroy them here: Then all their signing is in vain; For no admittance they can gain, To have my kingdom here below; Or how to heaven can any go
That do destroy my perfect word?
I've said THE SEALED OF THE LORD
Are the ELECT, who now must stand,
And they my kingdom must command,
For them to gain the Tree of Life ;
Because for them I'll end the strife,
As I did end in grief for man:
For so the tempter laid his plan;
And Satan now shall fall the same:
It is from MAN his end must come.
"So now if FIFTY do appear,
That join with thee in heart and prayer,
To have the tempter to be cast,
And wish my kingdom for to burst;
Then they my kingdom shall obtain.
I said I'd save for fifty men
The utter ruin of the place,
Another way destroy the rest.
So now that way to man I'll come;
I've sent my angels, it shall be known,
To warn you all that I am near:
From dreams and visions you see clear,
And from the spirit of prophecy-
The Law and Gospel do not lie:
But all together now they're come;
From the eight hundred you discern
How the first date must now appear,
To make my Law and Gospel clear;
Because the seven you go through,
And then the first, before
your view,
It is a day of rest for MAN.
Then now I'll tell you all my plan:
No respite man did give to ME;
Remember, in Gethsemane,
With swords and staves they met ME there,
And then my trial soon brought near;
For then they nail'd ME to the tree-
No other week allowed for ME,
That I a respite then could gain.
And now I'll tell you all the end:
As I that week did not go through,
I say, like man I now will do,
And cut the century short the same.
The swords and staves are found by man,
To meet the tempter in the way;
With swords and staves, I now do say;
Because the swORD it is my wORD-
The promise first was made by GOD,
That you should bruise the Serpent's head.
These are the promises were made;
Then sure it is a STAFF to man:
My WORD you all must rest upon;
And then my promise you can see ; ·
The Serpent bruis'd, as well as ME.
But when that blow comes on his head,
Then all his power I will strike dead,
That he hath now got over man.
As I've begun I'll now go on;
And no more respite will I give
Than man did then for ME to live.
"So if the depth you can discern,
You all may judge how I do warn ;
Because the swords do all appear;
From every name that's given here,
That they do give in heart and mind,
Wishing the Serpent for to bind,
As on the cross they then bound Mɛ.
One day
"6 a thousand years shall be,"
That I in rest laid in the tomb,
Ere I by man again was seen;
And then the first I did
appear,
And my disciples saw ME there;
And so the Devil will arise
Again to man in strange disguise,
That hath by wonders been brought in ;
I know what power he'll gain o'er them;
But then my saints will strong appear,
And know the judgment day is near,
That now are workers here with ME:
My SEALED NUMBER all will see,
How they in faith will boldly stand,
And say, "the whole we now command:
"For every prophecy is clear;
"Our enemies we need not fear;
"Because the truth we saw at first,
"And now we see the end to burst,
As all the Bible did foretel,
"And as explain'd it so did fall;
"And now we all do see the end:
"We know our God will be our friend;
"And we in triumph shall appear,
"With saints and angels in the air.
"Therefore our death we don't regard;
"We know our God will us reward."-
And so they'll stand unto the end,
And with their God they will descend ;
When the last trumpet doth appear,
They'll come with joy then in the air.
"But now this subject I shall end; For at the present I intend
To make the mystery out more plain;
The sword and staves are drawn by men:
The STAVE is now the power of God,
Whose strength will now fulfil his word,
For so the SPIRIT'S SWORD is come:
Because my Spirit doth appear
In every soul that now sees clear;
For they have drawn the spirit's sword;
And all mankind shall find my word
That I am come for to fulfil,
And tread with my avenging heel
All that against me draw the sword;
And all mankind shall find the Lord
Did make these visions to appear,
And in the Spirit answers here
The every vision what it means:
The sword is drawn, I tell you plain;
And they that draw it'gainst my word,
They all shall perish in the flood,
I say, of sorrow and of sin.
For now to reason I'll begin :
I suffer'd for the fall of man,
As he his Maker did condemn;
But if the tempter now you free,
You all must perish now with he;
That is, your lives must end with grief.
I ask you, who can give relief,
If you the murderer now will free?
The woman's guilt must fall on he;
That is the Devil I do mean;
And then the earth I shall redeem.
But you can point no other way,
That in my Bible I did say,
That e'er the earth I should redeem,
But by the promise made to them,
I now do tell you, in the fall:
For there the promise stands for all;
And there the enmity is plac'd.
I tell you all, ye fallen race,
Conscience condemns you every one,
Against the woman you are come;
With enmity you do appear,
Against the words are spoken here;
And so your God you must condemn,
To let the woman thus go on,
And let such visions to appear,
I say, my Bible for to clear.
"But well your answers I do know-
These visions I did never shew;
That is the language of their heart:
Then now these words I will impart-
You must my Bible all deny,
If you do say, unknown to ME,
That all these things would so appear;
And now, vain mortals, answer here,
Why I ne'er stopt the woman's hand?
Not four men could I command,
To join together and appear,
For to prevent her coming here,
To make these visions out so plain,
When all had been despis'd by men?
And so, by men, they'd still appear
To be despis'd, as heretofore,
Had not the woman hither come,
To shew the visions what they mean;
And so both hands are strengthened here.
Unknown to ME can nought appear;
Because your thoughts I do espy,
And tell you, my discerning eye
To every place doth go before;
And well I know what will appear;
And so all this is known to ME,
Before my throne, you all may see
That every thing is placed there;
And as these visions do appear,
So all is brought before the throne,
And every name to ME is known ;
And every hand and heart the same.
And now, I say, from every name,
The books must all be brought to ME;
And now my jewels, all shall see,
How from the books I'll make them up,
And how the Tempter there shall drop.
"For I the judge shall now appear, And man's petition I will hear, When all is brought before my throne, Like the hand-writing, it shall be known, That Pilate wrote upon the cross; Then sure your names cannot be lost. When I the King of kings appear, My soldiers must my kingdom share, That draw the sword and win the field; For there the foe he now must yield,
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