Isaiah xxxi. 4.4." For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voices, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof."

Chapter xxx. 26.-" Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be seven-fold, as the light of seven days in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound."

Chapter xxxiii. 10, 22.-" Now will I arise, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself. For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king, he will save us."

Chapter xxxiv. 16.-" Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: not one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.” Chapter xxxv.-To be marked throughout.

Chapter xxxviii. 7, 8.-" This shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken: Behold I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the sun-dial of Alaz ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down."

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Chapter lxii. 10, 11. Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the ends of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy Salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him."

Chapter Ix. 1, 2. "Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall shine upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee."

Chapter lvi. 1, 2. "Thus saith the Lord, keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. But blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it."

Chapter lii. S. "Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice, with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion."

Chapter xlix. 1-5. "Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far, The Lord hath called me from the womb, `and from the bowels of my mother bath he made mention of my name. He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft, in his quiver hath he hid me. And said unto me, thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain, yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. And now saith the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength."

Chapter xl. 4, 5. "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Chapter xi. 12. "And he shall set up an en

sign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Micah v. 3, 4. "Therefore will he give them up until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he stand and feed in the strength of the Lord."

"I shall answer thee from these Texts of Scripture, which I have ordered thee to place together, that they may understand what was my office, when I became flesh and dwelt with men, to take man's nature upon me, and to die for the transgression of the fall, that I might destroy the works of the devil. But all these offices, which I have mentioned here, that men say allude to Christ, I tell thee in Spirit they do ; but, I must gain instruments, to work in, and to work by, as I have gained an instrument in thee. Do men simply suppose I shall come down from heaven, as a man, to fulfil these types that are here mentioned? I tell thee, no: it is in man that the sign must be set. And let them see how the Jews are given up till all these signs appear together. But, now is the time that the Jews will be awakened, and the nations will begin to be awakened, till my name shall be great to the ends of the earth; because men will say, it is the Lord's doing, and marvellous in their eyes. For however I work in instruments, to make them commanders, as a king makes his subjects to fight his battle for him; yet know, if the commanders and soldiers gain the day, whom the king sends out to fight for him, then the victory is got for the king; because they have fought under his banner; and perfectly so I tell thee of mine. Men have seen their bibles as the believers have seen thy writings, without understanding what they read. Let them observe this chapter

-"Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathens, such as they have not heard." Let them look back to the destruction of Jerusalem, and then see if I called the Jews these heathens that are here spoken of, in the end. No: I said I came to my own, and my own received me "And

not.

"And now come to Isaiah xi. 1. there shall come forth a rod out of the stem. of Jesse, and the branch shall grow out of his roots. Let men see what is to follow, when these shadows appear to bring all to the substance. But how would mankind know that the end was at hand, if I had not placed these landmarks for men to walk by, that when ye see they are all brought round together, that it is I the Lord working in the Spirit by instruments to fulfil them? But now I ask thee concerning thyself: suppose men should judge thy writings to be all brought round by thy wisdom, by thy knowledge, and by thy invention; what honour would it be to thee? In thy heart thou answerest, none: because thou hast said, it was in the name of the Lord. Then know if they do not give unto the Lord that honour and glory due unto his name, then they rob me of my honour, and rob thee of thy simplicity and innocence; for thou knowest, without me thou canst do nothing; neither dost thou know any thing. And therefore, let no one marvel that I was silent when the believers expected I should constantly have given thee communications concerning Buonaparte, and how the wars would go on. Therefore I left thee to thyself for so long a time, that they may see there was no knowledge in thee, and I left thee till I saw that thou didst begin to

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grow jealous in thy heart, whether there was a God in that power as is mentioned in the scriptures; and as I have revealed to thee this, thou didst grow jealous of; because my absence had been so long, without feeling the powerful visitation of my Spirit; and taking my wisdom and power in question, it sunk thy spirits low; and then know, in a powerful manner came my visitation to thee, to shew thee there was a God in wisdom and power, to fulfil the words I have spoken, and to raise thee up in that strength of faith, that will remove mountains from thee. For thou

hast seen nothing yet but by an eye of faith, all as shadows without substance; but thou sayest in thy heart, all is so strongly implanted in thy mind and heart, that I shall fulfil what I have said to thee, that it cannot be a shadow; but when thou seest the substance appear, and all fulfilled according to my promises; then thou wilt say, "I now see face to face what I saw before but through a glass darkly: I knew but in part; I saw but in part; but when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away: when I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away all childish things: for now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even also as I am known and now abideth faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." And it is charity that hath led thee on in bye paths, to make crooked paths straight before them; and in foolish things to make men wise; which those who boast of their wisdom would never be led as thou hast been led; because they would not judge it was the wisdom of God, by foolishness to confound the wisdom of man; and by weakness to confound the strength of man.