at last. For it is impossible for me to believe my Bible, and disbelieve my calling to be of God. Will HE act more faithless with his creatures, than an upright man would act with man? Did our Saviour warn us of any power, but the Power of God, and the power of the devil? Of any spirits, but those from the Lord? or, from the devil? And hath HE not said, Risist the devil, and he will flee from you? Draw nigh to Christ, and HE will draw nigh to you. These are the only spirits mentioned in Holy Writ. Then where is the third spirit, which men speak of? If I believe the Bible, the Scriptures must be my rule and guide: and none but a God, who is wondrous in wisdom, could ever have brought round such marvellous things. Now I shall leave my readers to judge for themselves, from the letter sent to the Rev. T. P. Foley, at Oldswinford, Worcestershire, January 3, 1804.

"REV. SIR,

I thank you for your kind letter; and I am happy to hear that believers are coming in so fast, to sign their names: but I have a caution to give them-As the blessing is great to believers, or to them whose hearts are truly desirous, that Christ's Kingdom may be established, and Satan's power be destroyed, I shall now give you a communication, lately given to me, concerning the Sealing."

"The Sealing must first take place before the end can come. Satan must be fixed to bounds; as man was fixed to bounds. For, in ME there is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. Then how shall I turn from the manner I first began? All things have their time, and their boundswinter and summer, seed time and harvest, life and death, have their appointed time: but if a

law is made for man, that it is death to break that law; by that law he must die. This is the law of men; then he doth not live out the days, that are appointed by ME, to die a natural death. Just so is the law now made, that if Satan breaks the law that I have made, by pursuing the Sealed People, either by temptations within, or by persecution in man without; he shall not go through the time of his six thousand years. For, like the man that breaks the law, and is put to death by man, before his days are ended in a natural death by ME; so shall Satan's power be cut off the same, if he breaks my law. The Bond is made and signed by man; and at the end of the year, old style, it must be sealed up with three seals; and with words that I shall then give thee; and Satan must know his final doom. For, the word is gone out of my mouth, and never shall return till all is accomplished, "That unto me every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and of things on earth.” So, now, if Satan will not bow with submission to my just decrees, he shall be separated from the earth, for the sake of my elect, that are now signing to elect ME, as their Prophet, Priest, and King. As their Prophet, by allowing these prophecies coming from ME, and that every soul shall know; as their Priest, to teach them the true meaning of all my Bible, that I have concealed from man; therefore, it is out of man's power to explain it, without my Spirit, coming as their Priest to direct them-and they that are led by it are made priests unta ME, to believe I am coming in the Spirit; as my disciples believed my coming in the body. And now, as their King, they have chosen ME; and their King now I will be; for the earth is mine, and all that therein is. now I shall come to claim it for my own, and bring in my true heirs: for I now tell thee, and all mankind, my true heirs are those that are

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persecuted now for my sake; as I was persecuted for their sakes; and now they are signing for ME to have the Kingdom, and they must be made heirs of my Kingdom: and he that is not with ME now, is against me; and I shall be against them. For, in the Sealing, justice is done to man and devils; justice to Satan, to cut him off for his rebellion; as man was cut off from the land of Egypt, for pursuing the children of Israel; and as man was pronounced dead to knowledge, for disobedience; so shall Satan be dead to the knowledge of man."

Now I shall come to some particulars concerning the people. It is not a trifling matter for people to put their hands to the plough and draw back; it is better for them never to sign at all, than, after they have signed, to destroy their seals; because they first sign for Satan's destruction, and afterwards destroy the seal of Christ's protection; but the awful sentence was not passed to me till now, that it is come to the end of the year. It was let to go on to shew the likeness of what it was compared to; for it was compared to the election of men; and every thing must bear a resemblance of what it was compared to: and as in election many give their voice to one, and after turn from their word to the other; perfectly so have many done by giving their word, and signing their names ; but have gone from it by destroying their seals.

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This is perfectly like the election of men; and perfectly like election it shall end; and they that are not with ME, are against me. For, I now tell thee, they that sign and draw back, by destroying their seals of safety, have only signed for their own destruction; because they have destroyed my protection against the powers of darkness for they are sealed to be heirs of glory, and to inherit the Tree of Life; to be made heirs that I died to redeem from Satan's power, that

man might live in ME, as I created him. For, do men judge Satan is come to call his own destruction? Or, do men judge foreknowledge was given to a woman in so clear a manner to deceive mankind? Look at the first call in 1792, where it is said, Saints should see it and rejoice: Hell "should tremble at my voice." And now trace back the footsteps, how it was spoken in the beginning, and how the directions were given to prove it so in the ending-then you may know that I the Lord have been her Director, her Guide, and her Counsellor. For, I now tell you all, no more than this woman could have made the world herself; no more could she have brought round such mysteries, as are in her writings, and foretold the events that have already happened. Therefore I tell you all, it is I the Lord have called her; and the sealing was by my command; and it is happy for them that keep their seals; but fatal for those that destroyed them. I have let it go on one year, to shew the likeness of election, without shewing their fatal dangers; but now I tell all men, he that putteth his hand to the plough and draweth back, cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven; for this is the plough must break the ground for my Kingdom to be established upon earth, and Satan's kingdom to be destroyed. So let the sealed stand stedfast, and they shall reap if they faint not."

I have given you this Communication concerning the Sealing, that you may tell them their dangers, if they should break their seals. Now I shall give you a Communication that was given to me this morning, January 3, 1804. It is fruitless to pen the feelings of my heart the week that is past, fearing there might be a possibility for me to do wrong, in sealing the people, if my prophecies could come from any spirit of knowledge, that is not of God; this made me earnest in prayer, that the Lord would sooner take my life from me than suf

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fer me to seal in his name what the Lord had not commanded me to do. I was answered

As close as Pharaoh pursued Moses; so close is Satan pursuing thee, as the time draws near for thee to seal up the lists for his destruction; so thou hast the sealed people with thee by thousands of names, and Satan is pursuing thee and them; and thou feelest it as strongly as any man can feel it. Faith and fear are strong in thy breast, fearing there might be a possibility for thee to do wrong, if any spirit hath visited thee to whom knowledge is given, that is not from ME. So thou fearest to go forward or backward; for I know how strongly Satan works in thy mind and heart, to make thee jealous of thy Bible, that a wrong spirit had made it at first, and now is come to explain it to make it appear true. But know, I told thee, as he spoke to thee by the hearing of the ear so he would work upon the mind and heart to persuade you that you are doing wrong; or, these fears would not alarm you; that if you are doing right I should dismiss your fears. Oh, thou of little faith wherefore dost thou doubt? Call to thy remembrance thy visitation in 1792, when the voice called thee aloud, "Joanna, Joanna, the

Angels rejoiced at thy birth:"-But for what reason could they rejoice at thy birth, had they not known for what ends thou wast born-to free them, as well as men, from the insults of the devil? Can they come to be your guardian angels without bearing the affronts of Satan and fallen angels I tell thee, no! my Spirit is daily provoked with them, and the angels are provoked the same. But my Spirit shall not always strive with man; nor men nor men and angels be always striving with the devil; but my delight shall be with the sons of men; and their delight shall be with ME. And now, I say, happy, thrice happy are all those that have signed with their hearts