And man's transgressions I did bear,
That he did lay on me.

The past is gone, it must be known,
My prophets did foretel:

But new things I do now declare
I died to conquer hell:

That I the earth might all bring forth,
As I created man,. ***)

In righteousness to raise him up,
And guide him by my hand;
That is, for to direct his ways.
The Israel now of God

Will fly to me, you all will see,
And now believe my word,
That all the whole I shall fulfil
As it is spoken here.

It is mankind I must raise up
In righteousness to appear,
As I created him for at first;,
And now the end is come,

My promises with truth shall burst,
I say, on every land,

Is

Until the Israel now of God

Shall all my goodness see,

For the true Israel now of God,

They all will trust in me,

That I shall come, and now redeem

According to my word.

It is by faith you now must be

The true Israels of God;

Faith to believe my Bible true,
That I shall all fulfil :

Have all the prophets in your view,
And judge them as you will.

They, like the Vision, do appear
The outward* chain to be:

But now I will not tarry here,

Till Israel all shall see,

That like the inward chain 'tis come,
Fulfill'd in every word;

I cannot be dismay'd by man,

That am a powerful God:

Strong to deliver, and to save;

Strong to destroy my foe;

Strong to the utmost now I'll save,

That Israel now shall know,

Israel, you'll see, my sons must be,

That on me do rely,

And judge me as a faithful God,

Whose dwelling is on high;

Who made the earth a bliss for man,

And it I shall complete ;

* Alludes to the Vision before-mentioned, in page 4.

Who made a promise first for him,
When I did him create:

That blessings here he should enjoy,
If he did me obey:

But Satan soon did it destroy,
And man in grief did lie.

But mark the curse that was pronounc'd
Upon the tempter's head;

If e'er my heel was bruis'd that way,
I should avenge the deed:

Upon his head the curse was laid,
If he should braise my heel:
And for the Woman's fault was laid,
He must that vengeance feel;

And now that vengeance it shall come,
That was decreed at first;

As he betrayed the woman's hand
It on his head was cast.

'Twas by her hand, you know he stands
Condemned by the fall;

Because her guilt was cast on him,
I now do tell you all.

For man's transgressions I did die,
And for them did atone;

But still the woman's guilt doth lie
Till Satan feels his doom.

Then can you not the mystery see?
The woman's promise it must come,
Who cast her guilt alone on he;
Then why do ye condemn?

For when he does receive his curse,
Then Israel's seed it must come,
That now rely upon my word,

And build upon my Son:

That as he took the curse for man,

By hanging on the tree;

Satan must so receive his doom,

That was pronounc'd on he.

Then from his fall, I tell you all,
That man I must redeem;
My promises are so to all,

When I this earth do claim.
Then Israel's glory will abound,
And men my praise will sing;
And the true Israel will be found,
Of Jacob's God and King.
But Israels here cannot appear,
Without a saving faith,

That I will make my Bible clear,
And give them saving grace;
As I have promised at the first,
When I created him from the dust,
That I would make his bliss complete,
And so I died to finish it;

Because her foe should fall like me.
The woman's prophecies, you see,
Are on the serpent all now cast,
If men with me in love will burst,
To wish my kingdom for to come,
That Satan might receive his doom.
And doth this marvellous now appear?
Then marvellous things I told you here,
That I should bring you at the last,
When in the end the whole did burst;
To shew you 'twas the woman's hand
Must rise in judgment to condemn
The very foe that her betray'd;
Therefore the mysteries all were hid,
As dead to knowledge man became,
And said the Lord the thing had done,
By giving him he woman there.
And now let all men to take care;
For I the same shall cast on man,
That will not now obey her hand;
Because the woman now I give,
That you in peace with me might live,
And all these blessings now obtain;
If I cast down, I'll raise again;
And if I kill, I'll make alive :
And man shall find I ne'er deceive.
When I did make the woman first,
I said from her the good shall burst ;
For man could not be good alone;
The woman must his helpmate come.
And now his helpmate doth appear,
With prophecies no man can clear,
To prove they did not come from God,
When all the truth therein is said;
And as my Bible doth appear,
The woman's hand hath made it clear,
Which all the learned men can't do,
To prove my Bible all is true.

But yet in truth she makes the whole,
And proves her words from Adam's fall,
That at the first I did not lie,

As in all ages men do say.

So now the fall let it appear,

And then I'll answer thee once more.

"I will put enmity Genesis, chap. iii. v. 15, between thee and the woman; and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Genesis, chap. ii. v. "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him

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an helpmate for him." Now answer me, O vam men, from your own judgment, why it was not good for the man to be alone, since you say the woman was his helpmate to cause his fall, and that fall you say is passed on all mankind, which was caused by the woman? How then will your judgment prove, the man was the better for the woman, whom I pronounced to be for his good, and to be his helpmate for the better? Here I have put the question to man. Did I not know the arts of Satan? Did I not know he that had influence over the angels in heaven, would find a way to have influence over man upon earth? Was there no other way, the powers of darkness could find to betray man, if Adam had not tasted of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil? I answer, yes: who brought the second curse upon the earth? Was it not man for cursing his son? And did not that curse rest upon his posterity? Then how was man good to be alone? Did not a few years shew you how the devil worked upon the man, whom I pronounced to be a just man, and saved in the ark, when the world was drowned, and all flesh was destroyed? Here was man alone with his sons, when he pronounced the curse upon him. Did he say to his sons, I have sinned to drink of the grapes, and ye have sinned to laugh at my folly, that we ought to be ashamed of Let us repent and do so no more, lest sin enter again into the world, and it be again destroyed? Had this been the admonition of Noah, man would have proved himself good to be alone; but it was not: Satan soon found a way to harden the heart of man and bring a curse upon his posterity. Then how can you prove, that man was good to be alone? But now I will answer man of the fall: The woman contended with the serpent, and answered, "God

hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die; for God knoweth, in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil." Now answer me, ye worldly wise men, who was the transgressor, the woman, or the serpent? Did she not justly cast her guilt on her betrayer, when she said, the serpent beguiled me and I did eat? Then did I not justly cast the guilt on him, for his subtilty and arts to pronounce him cursed above every beast, as a serpent, and above every created being, as a devil? And know I have said, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last; and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. Then was it not first pronounced, her seed should bruise his head; and the last, he should bruise his heel? And so the last was the first; for my heel was bruised before his head. For know, he worked on man to cast the blame on his Maker, for which reason I said he should bruise his heel. Now answer me, O ye simple men and unwise, how can ye plead one promise without the other? How can ye rely on my heel being bruised, if ye do not rely on the promise I made to bruise the serpent's head? Did I not tell you to pray that my kingdom should come, and my will to be done in earth, as it is done in heaven? Did I not tell you that I had the power to deliver you from evil, and unto me ye should give the glory? Then why do ye mock me by your prayers, when ye neither wish for my kingdom, nor believe that I have power to deliver you from evil? Neither will ye give me the glory of completing at last what I promised at first, the woman to be your helpmate for good, to claim the promise I made her in the creation, that ye might