So on thy bed thou'lt lie the same,
And say thy appetite is gone
From every thing that's here bek>w,
And with thy Lord thou'lt wish to go.
Now call to mind thy former dream,
And how the words 1 did explain,
That thou didst wish to go with Me.
Yet by thy friends kept back to be;
And so they now have kept thee back.
For to prevent the fatal stroke,
It may not come upon your land-
On every side behold their hands,
Uplifted they w'ere all to Me,
That they the Famine might not sse
Nor did tbey wish thee to depart—
Thy dream is written on thy heart,
How they did prevent on every side—

And so they'll see it in the end,
Just like the lines that here are penn'd;
But when the end it doth appear—
Mark thou the feeling thou hast here;
Thou know'st not how for to go down,
And yet thy love within is found,
To pee thy faithful friend^ again,
Yet witli them lon^ thou'lt not remain.
Because thy weakness I do know,
And intheend they'll find it so:
After the Trance that thou hast seen,
And thou return'st to visit men, .
Thy strength of nature will be lost,
And on thy bed thou'lt soon be cast,
To leave the world and bid adieu—
And all will find My Words arc tru*
But, Oh, ye simple sons of men!
You stand like water, 1 see plain,
To see a calling so divine
£ould end before the Truth do shine,
As in thy writings all is penn'd,
And then ypu may discern the end }
And then the nations all will see
The weak ind simple wise to be.
To prevent the Famine in your land J
And by their wisdom it doth stand
To make your enemy to fear—
They've chang'd the scene; I'll cast it thert.
So thus their wisdom all will see,
The end will prove the truth to be,
And then my Bible they'll discern,
It is the simple keeps from harm,
For them 1 said I'd chuse befo;e—■
Men's boasted wisdom I abhor,
Therefore I mean to cast it down;

It is tic »impk' are the wise;

For I no longer shall disguise,

It was the wise and learned men

That on their wisdom did depend,

At first they nail'd Me to the tree;

And now the end, I here tell thee,

Had they been here thou would'stbeencastj

And made the Famine for to burst:

But know 1 said, for fifty's sake

I'd spare the land, and would not break

To bring destruction in your land;

And fifty m^n's uplifted hands

Did in the room tnat day appear;

And for their sakes the land I'll spare

From utter ruin here to bring—

I've sav'd thy country, and thy king.

As thou before to Me didst pray—

Mark every link how they do lay,

Until I come to link the whole,

Then see the chain how it will fall,

As I have said, on every side

They'll find the truth in all's applied.

So for the present I'll end here:

But I shall go from door to door,

Till all are open to thy view,

And men shall know thy words are true;

Because they all are spoke by Me;

Tis from the Lord they all shall see,

Who made the Woman at the first;

And in her now I strong shall burst,

Till every mystery I've made clear,

That I'm your Helpmate now in her;

But know the Woman is too weak,

For Satan's arts too strong do break,

Without my Spirit that's divine,

And in the end you'll see it shine.

So for the present I'll end here;

Another day I'll tell thee more:

And so in days I shall go on

T'U the seven are past and gone."

After this was read, some time was passed in age* neral discussion; it was then announced that the assembly was to meet to-morrow at three in the afternoon, so that Joanna might devote the morning to the selection of such of her writings as were to be sealed up till after her death; and then the proceedings of this day were closed at eight in the evening,

THE FIFTH DAY.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1804.

The proceedings for this day commenced at four in the afternoon, by calling over the names of the assembly, and Joanna entered soon after. The reading of former communications, explanatory of her mission, took up some time; and then the examination of the writings was resumed, in order to select those that were to be sealed up till after the death of Joanna ; and this was followed by the reading of a communication given this day, being as follows:

"Now, Joanna, I shall direct thee ; for the way thou art going on to look through thy writings thou canst not accomplish it by the days that are . fixed; for know, I told thee, what is sealed not to be revealed, must be sealed by the seventh day. So let the parcel be cut that Sharp brought thee; and When it is cut, I shall tell thee what shall be sealed up for good, in that and in the others: and thy work must be done in haste; for I have' other communications to give unto thee, before thou meetest the public; therefore thou hast but little time to spend with friends. Let them have the communications, weigh them together, and pass their judgments thereon. So when the whole are assembled together, let the seals be cut; then bring up the whole, and search them through ; place them as I command thee, to be sealed. And let them draw their judgment from what is said of Jacob's sons, and what is said of men's refusing my call, but falling down by my wisdom. Now let them all observe, my call hath been refused, my invitation

hath been refused; but my wisdom hath been cortcealed till now; but now my wisdom shall fly abroad; then let the learned see if they can overthrow their God.

Forto keep life in thee,
I tetl them, No; they'll find it so;

To see all in the end,
They'll find the truth of all to flow,

And I shall make them bend;
Because behind, hath been my mind;

To make them all submit,
As they have all been so unkind,

A Calling thus so great,
Never to go the truth to know,

Whether the thing was true,
And so their learning they've let low,

Though boasting's in their view;
But boast no more till all be clear,

For every tongue I'll stop,
Because the Trial must appear

To make their learning drop.
Can they contend like simple men>

To speak against thy hand,
When I've told them all so plain

The way they may command
The whole to know, if it be so,

And in one day appear?
Because thy Trance, they now shall knov»)

The way I'll end it here;
But had it come by thy weak hand,

As thou wish'd it at first,
Thy Trial thou'dst not stand by men

When they against thee burst.
Now from thy weakness I'll begin,

Thy nature so is here,
And so thy Trance will bring thy end,

And bring thy death-bed near.
So all too late they'll see their fate,

That grieve thee at the first,
And they will find thou art too weak

In words with them to burst;
So all thy foes they now may know;

And from thy weakness see,
It is too late for them to go

Then reconcil'd to be.
From what is past thy dream must burst;

The skivers do appear *,
That they are placing in thy breast.

And so thy end draws near,
To make the grave, behold the cave,

They make thy wounds go deep;

* See Joseph Southcott's Vindication, page2&

Then can they in my favour live?

'Tis time thy foes should weep; For as thy days are hastening on,

They'll find 'tis drawing near;
And fast thy foes, I say, will come

To prove if all be clear.
So now discern the way I warn—

Inviting's all in vain;
And they may fear the rising storm-»-

But I shall all explain,
A mysterv deep (they all may weep)

The Marriage of the Lamb.
My invitation they did break,

And so refus'd to come.
Now if they call, I tell them all,

Their calling will not do;
'Tis not from Me, they now must see—

My journey I've gone through;
I'll call no more for to appear 5

My invitation's past;
My chosen men I now shall clear.

That here in Ieve do bunt.
When 1 did invite they did not slight.

But all with joy did come; And I must ill their love requite,

If I should cast out one. With fishermen I did begin;

They left their nets for Me;
And now my Kingdom for to win

They do the same agree.
So on record (mark now my word)

Their names shall ever stand;
I tell thee, all must fly abroad,

My Kingdom's nigh at hand; My Gospel see how't doth agree—

The twelve did first appear; And 'tis thy Jury must agree

Tlteir honour for to clear. 80 for the rest I this shall fix,

They are the twenty-four
That must appear the whole to clear,

Then they shall feel my power.
So now discern how this is come

Just like my Gospel penn'd; And all together you must weigh,

Then judge and see the end.
My wisdom here the whole shall clear.

And all must fly abroad;
And let the learned answer here,

When every truth is know'd,
How all could come, my Gospel strong

Let all the likeness see,
The way that I have led thee on,

My Gospel for to free.

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