"Thrice happy was the man, That did begin, and would go on, Till every curtain was drawn back, To know, and prove if I did speak; And now the curtains do appear ; And mark, this came in the tenth year, Or else, I say, when it was up; The curtains, they are now drawn back. And as this vision doth appear, You all shall find your God is near: The light in darkness it doth shineI see the dark benighted minds: For though the truth is now so clear, And perfect like this vision here, That I shall pitch my tent with men, And bring my kingdom down to them, And make my angels to appear, To shew my kingdom it is near, For all to come in robes of whiteI brought that vision to his sight, To shew the end how it will fall, When I appear to conquer all; That is to conquer hell, and sin, As you may see it by the chain: The man in armour first appear'd, And Satan's chain is fasten'd there: And so his power I shall chain down, So perfect as the vision came; For as the sight appear'd to he, So perfect now the end shall be. And mark that vision was seen first, Where Satan's ruin so is plac'd ; As by the chain he can't get free, And so he chained down shall be. The graves are open'd of the just; And so the end it now will burst; Because the just will now appear, To see my promises are clear, That Satan must his doom receive, Ere men with ME in peace shall live, And own my sentence to be just; Aud for my kingdom they will thirst, And they my kingdom shall obtain, In heaven and earth with For in the end they'll all unite, And I will make them sons of light, As in the vision doth appear; The angel of the Lord is there,
I tell you all, in robes of white,
And so on earth I'll make the sight;
For every beauty shall appear;
And from the tent I tell you here,
That I shall pitch my tent with MAN;
And then you may behold your Land
With every beauty to appear;
The trees of Lebanon are fair,
And fair, I say, I'll make the whole,
And from these visions shew you all,
That Satan must be conquer'd first;
And as these visions both are plac'd,
I tell you that the end will fall,
And the five angels warn you all.
The trumpets they have in their hands,
To warn you of the promis'd land;
As in the grove they do appear,
And so the trumpets they have there,
To sound the coming of the Lord,
That he with MAN will now abide ;
That is in spirit dwell with he,
And MAN in peace shall dwell with ME.
That is, by MAN, I mean the whole
Who now do wish for Satan's fall,
To have my kingdom to appear;
I tell you, like these visions here,
My glorious kingdom will come in ;
The robes of white with blue are seen;
And robes of white shall now appear
To every true believer here;
And as the mixture is with blue,
So all shall find my words are true.
Mark every angel how they're plac'd,
A likeness of the human race;
The one hath got the spear in hand;
But mark the others how they stand;
With the two swords they do appear,
And to the earth they're pointed there,
As though the swords were drawn to fall;
And perfect so I tell you all,
That every sword will fall from men,
When they my kingdom do discern,
hat they on earth shall it obtain;
And there behold, there stands the crown;
The curtains they have in one hand,
And so the crown they do command;
And there you see the sword to fall.
So here's a warning to you all;
The curtains you must all draw back,
To prove and know that I do speak,
And then the darkness all will see,
Wherein is fixed the crown of ME.
I said in darkness it would come,
Gross darkness in the sons of men;
And so gross darkness doth appear;
But all shall know my crown is near
Unto this dark benighted land.
And now the wise may it command;
For back the curtain they will draw,
And then my crown they'll see and know,
How it is fix'd in this dark place,
So perfect like the human race:
For dark indeed there minds must be,
If they my kingdom cannot see,
That it is hastening on to man,
And in the dark my crown doth stand.
But if the truth you wish to see,
The curtain now drawn back must be,
And then the crown you may behold,
And see the TRUTH from all is told,
As in my bible it doth appear:
There's not a thing hath happen'd here,
But in my bible all is penn'd;
And mark, I told you, in the end,
None but the eye of faith would see
The visitation here of ME.
Therefore your hearts would fail you all,
To see the end when I do call, -
To make a final end for man;
Now but the just in faith would stand.
"And now I'll tell you of the just :
All those who for my kingdom thirst,
And see my justice to appear,
For to confine the Tempter there
Down to his den, as he is plac'd,
Because my side by him was pierc'd;
And 'twas by him I was betray'd-
I said, that Satan Judas led :
But he repented as a man,
When Satan's power from him was gone:
Then sure the rage must come from hell,
And so again his rage doth swell,
In every dark benighted mind,
That they my kingdom cannot fin,
How I shall place my crown below,
Nor how my angels I let go,
To draw the curtain back for men,
That in the dark they may discern.
My crown of glory it is near;
And the two trumpets do appear :
The one I liken'd to my word,
That's given to thee now from the Lord;
The other trumpet, all shall see,
It is the vision shewn to he:
And so the trumpets do appear,
To shew you all the end is near.
For dark must be the minds of men,
If they the truth cannot discern,
When all the curtains are drawn back:
They all must know the Lord hath spoke,
By signs and visions that are here;
And from the words that do appear,
Now all is come in a straight line:
They must confess the work is mine,
And mine I'll make it to appear.
Thou know'st I told thee, heretofore,
These visions would be in your land ;
And now the whole you may command;
And so my
Friends may cast off fear:
These visions plain do shew you here,
That I shall draw the curtains back,
And then you'll see my crown to break
With every lustre bright to shine.
The other hand foretels my mind,
That it is fasten'd to the earth:
I tell you all to judge your birth,
That to the earth you must return,
If you do judge you stand in man;
That is, in man, as he was made,
I say, of dust, and so betray'd;
And so to dust he must return.
But know, the woman never came
Out of the dust, nor made that way;
She came from man, where life did lie:
That way her body did appear;
And now, vain man, I answer here,
Her spirit it must come the same,
Where life doth spring; the end I'll name.
But this you do not understand:
The body first was form'd from man;
But when my Spirit doth appear,
For to bring in my spiritual heirs,
The Spirit then must come from ME,
That man and I alike may be ;
Because her life came first from man
And so return'd to dust again,
As did the man return at first.
Then here the mysteries now must burst:
If my delight should be with men,
And to myself I've liken'd them;
Then sure my Spirit must appear;
The woman must be taken here
To have a spirit like my own,
The powers of darkness to unthrone;
And so you're made joint heirs with ME,
That heirs of God you all might be.
"The flesh and blood came first from man;
And so the earthly kingdom came :
But when my kingdom doth appear,
It is my Spirit must be here;
And so her spirit came from ME:
Then now, ye blind, begin to see
A mystery deep, but it is plain-
I've said her life was took from man;
And know, as man I did appear:
Then now like man I'll end it here,
And prove her spirit came from ME;
And now my kingdom all shall see,
That of her spirit will be born,
And pray the Serpent to unthrone;
That is, the Tempter to be cast;
And so her children all must burst;
And great peace on the earth they'll see,
And own her spirit came from MĒ,
As did her body first from man.
Mark the creation how it stands,
A likeness of Divinity:
So I created man to be,
In my own likeness to appear;
And perfect so I've liken'd him here;
And so I've liken'd myself to man,
Το say
from ME her spirit came,
So different from the human race;
And yet my Spirit men disgrace;
Because my ways are hid from all,
In the dark mysteries of the fall:
But there, I say, I fix'd my crown,
When I the man and woman found
For to lament their fatal fall:
I drew the curtains then for all,
That they the crown could never see,
How I should bring it round that way,
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