the wise man boast of his wisdom, nor the strong man boast of his strength; neither let the rich man boast of his riches:" for riches have wings and fly away and to him that I gave knowledge and strength of understanding, to trace my footsteps in many things, but see how soon he lost his strength, and became weak, like other men! And know the others, who boasted of their wisdom. and learning, where is their wisdom gone now! Can men of wisdom plead in their behalf? In thy heart thou answerest, no: then let them come to my Gospel, and acknowledge that, without Me, they can do nothing; that every good and perfect gift must come down from the Father of light, in whom there is no variableness nor the shadow of turning: and, to prove the truth of the Scriptures, I said it was hid from them.

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Isaiah, xxix. 13-16. " Wherefore the Lord said, forasmuch as this people drew near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men; therefore behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? or shall the thing formed say of him that formed it, he had no understanding?"

"This I tell thee men have been trying to do: they have been turning of things upside down; for they have been placing good for evil, and evil for good; they thought to hide their counsels from the Lord, thinking none saw them, or heard

them but as none can hide his counsel from ME, I have revealed their counsel to thee, and how they wanted to make thee say, he that made thee, and revealed my will unto thee, had no understanding. Thus men have tried to make the language of thy heart, that thou shouldest condemn thy Creator, as they have done; to say the Lord could never have formed things in this manner; because there was no understanding in his goings, in the manner thou art directed. And this is the language thou hast heard to day, from the man who calleth himself Ephraim; and who advised thee to make the devil thy friend; but I tell thee, such men's destruction is sure, without hasty and bitter repentance. I shall frustrate the tokens of such liars, and make such diviners mad, and turn their wisdom back upon their own heads, and make their knowledge foolishness. Isaiah, xliv. 25. For I tell thee, the most hardened sinner upon earth, that doeth the will of the devil in all things, thinking thereby to make him a friend, they will but find him the greater their enemy; because I shall give him full power over them. Therefore I tell thee, Satan's suggestions, to come in that manner and work upon the minds of men, thinking they shall be favoured by making Satan their friend, will only kindle my wrath and indignation against them, to give them wholly into the power of their adversary, which is the devil.

"So now let such fools take care, for I have shewn them what their end will be: for many such fools will now arise. Know in what manner Satan pleaded with thee, how great thou shouldest be in hell, if those worshippedst him; and so in like manner will he now plead with many, to harden them on in sin. Therefore it is written, "woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea, for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." So marvel not in thy

heart that he worketh in men to persecute thee: and this persecution will increase.

"But now I shall come to the chapter, where these mad diviners are mentioned. From the words of the Prophet ye may see the end. Let men begin the chapter, and read it through.And now come to the last verse-" That saith of CYRUS, he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built; and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid.”—Here were things spoken of CYRUS, as a Shadow then to the Jews; but the Substance remains for THE END: the fulfilment of CYRUS was never yet accomplished. And to bring men to discern the Scriptures clearly, I have spoken many things of the Archdeacon and the Chancellor's being convinced of their errors, which thou hast been stumbled at; because they are no more, and were not convinced. But know I have spoken of them two ways; and one way thou hast seen fulfilled by the dead; and I now tell thee, the other way, thou wilt see it perfectly fulfilled, by an Archdeacon and a Chancellor, to blame their conduct, as I told thee they would blame theirselves. So what was not fulfilled in them, thou wilt see fulfilled in others: and so they will find from the words of the Prophet, in the xlv. chapter, what was not fulfilled by CYRUS will now be fulfilled. For now they shall look unto ME, and be saved all the ends of the earth. Thus will I go on, till the words of the Prophets are accomplished: for I said I came not to destroy the Law of God or the Prophets, but to fulfil them. And let them see what I spoke in the Gospel, of the Son of Man, of my Stewards, and of my Servants.

"And now I shall come to the words of the Prophet, and bring it back to the Jews and the Gentiles. Isaiah, liv. 5, 6, " For thy Maker is thine husband (the Lord of Hosts is his name)

and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God."

Isaiah, 1. 1." Thus saith the Lord, where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have you sold yourselves, and for your transgression is your mother put away."

Isaiah, li. 17.-" Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalein, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons that she hath brought up."

"Now come to the Revelation, the last chapther-" The Spirit and the Bride say, come: aud let him that heareth say, come: and let him that is athirst, come: and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."

"Now I shall answer thee from these Scriptures, and bring it back to the Jews, and bring it out to the Gentiles, as ye call yourselves of the Gentiles, without knowing what stock ye sprang from.-But now come to my sayings, that I said I came to fulfil the words of the Prophets; and come to the words of the Apostle :

Galatians, iv. 1.-" Now I say, that the Heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all."

Hebrews, i. 1, 2. -" God who at sundry times and divers manners, spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world."

Titus, iii. 6, 7.-" Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour: that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

"Now I shall answer thee, from these Texts of Scripture, which I ordered thee to bring together. I have already explained to thee the meaning of the Prophet's words-" the Lord of Hosts is thy husband:" but now I shall call thee back to the Jews; for there ye may come to the shadow; because I was born of the Woman, without an earthly Father. This men may place to the Jews, without considering that she was espoused to an husband; therefore she could not be called according to the words of the Prophet; and yet, I tell thee, from the Woman's being put away, saying, where is the bill of your mother's divorcement? this alludes to the Jews, as a shadow of the beginning; for, through unbelief, my mother was put away as an adultrous woman, being divorced For though I have ordered thee to bring these chapters together, yet, I tell thee, they have not one likeness; because one alludes to the Jews, the other to the Gentiles. For as an adultrous woman, being put away from her husband, the Jews through unbelief put away my Mother; and it was for their iniquities that she was put away. Therefore, it is for the transgression of the Jews, and for their unbelief, that my Mother was put away from them, as not being acknowledged by them.

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when I came, there was no man; when I called, there was none to answer; because they did not believe the report, that I came to redeem Israel; or that I had any power to deliver them. For, though I rebuked the winds and the storms; and the seas gave up to ME; though I walked upon the seas, as upon dry ground; though I worked miracles, by the fishes, to fill their nets that they broke; and though I fed five thousand with the