Here I shall leave thee to bring forward the other scripture that I have told thee."

Proverbs i. 24-30. "Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: for that they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the fear of the Lord. They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproofs."

"Because I have called, and no one answered, now they shall call, and I will not answer, any other way than I have directed thee. Know the pains thou hast taken, and the pains thy friends have taken, to call forward the ministers; but all refused; and the letters were returned with contempt. Know the language that was written back: I tell thee, from such men, Satan formeth a part of their hearts; and in Satan's form men would come to thee now, when this book goeth out in the world, if I were not to lay my strict command to thee, that when this book is finished. and gone to the press, thou must refuse seeing any man, to converse with; even thine own friends. No man must have permission to come to thee, unless it be him whom thou hast chused for thy judge, or any of the Bishops: for, as they are empowered in church and state, they may judge it prudent to know some particulars of thy assurance, that thy visitation is from the Lord, to be clear in what they are doing, before they call their clergy together. For thou wilt surely find the Centurion amongst the Bishops. There

fore, if any call upon thee, thou shalt not refuse seeing them but they can bring no ministers with them, but Pomeroy. For, was I to permit thee to see one that is not named to have permission, then all would say the same, that they might: be permitted; and therefore, to guard thee from all dangers, I must here condemn the innocent with the guilty, and the just with the unjust, allalike as forbidden fruit to thee; and thou standest as forbidden fruit to them, before they have agreed together to call thee forward, in the manner I have directed; and then thou shalt appear, to answer for thyself before them all. And if they be willing and obedient, they shall eat the good of the land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

"Thou must forbid any letter being sent to thee: for this is my strict command; neither by letter, or person, shalt thou correspond with any man, but in the manner I have directed. And should letters be sent to the house for thee, my strict command to Townley and Underwood is, that they never read them or mention them to thee; neither shall they return an auswer to any letters that are sent on thy account. For, now I have placed the sword both ways, to guide and guard thee, till I gave thee into the hands of him who I know will protect thee safely, when empowered so to do."

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ANN UNDERWOOD.

Witness, JANE TOWNLEY.

October 11, 1813.

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fore, if any call upon thee, the seeing them but they can b with them, but Pomeroy. For thee to see one that is not name sion, then all would say the same be permitted; and therefore, t all dangers, I must here conde with the guilty, and the just wi alike as forbidden fruit to thee; est as forbidden fruit to them, agreed together to call thee forw ner I have directed; and then th to answer for thyself before the they be willing and obedient, th good of the land: but if ye refu shall be devoured with the sword of the Lord hath spoken it.

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