in what manner the Prophets spoke of the Root and the Branch; that the Root should be cut off to die away like a grain of wheat; because I came to die for the transgression of man; and so I said, in like manner as the wheat returned to bear its increase, the increase again must come from ME. And now I shall make the seriptures as plain as the noon-day sun before them-that, from the ROOT, the BRANCH shall come to bring in the branches in men.

"Now come to the Prophet: Zechariah ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee: HE is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."

"Then come to my Gospel: Luke xix. 30, 31, 35. “Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set him thereon."

"Now I shall answer thee from my Gospel, and from the words of the Prophets. When I rode to Jerusalem upon a colt, whereon never man sat, my disciples thought that the fulfilment of the Prophet's words would then take place; because they found it in the manner I had told them. This filled my disciples with joy; therefore they began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. But see how their joy was rejected by the Pharisees, and

likewise by the Jews; therefore I told them, instead of these blessings being then established, to fulfil the words of the Prophets, destruction should come upon them."

Verses 41,42." And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side."

"Here let them look to my Gospel, and what followed after they had put ME to death, and preferred a murderer before ME: so the murderers came upon them; and they had got their own choice, which hath followed them to many generations. But now I shall turn back to the words of the Prophet: for, like my riding to Jerusalem, they will see my coming now.

"And let their blasphemy appear,
In every book that's penn'd,
That men by lies invented here,
Against thee to contend;
Then they may see the mystery,
What they have made thee here-
More ignorant than the ass's colt,
Thy folly must appear.

If any truths in them were found,
Then sure the horse and mule
In greater wisdom must be found:
No reason here to rule

Could be in thee, as men do see;
They've robb'd thee of thy fame,
More ignorant than the beast to be,
The way they've plac'd thy name
In every vice for to appear,

By arts contriv'd from hell.
But if I now come round this way,
Judge where my rage must swell,
When come to clear her virtue here,
And prove in it she stood.

These wonders they will clear the whole,
And men may judge her Lord
Is come the way as they do say:
A fool she must appear,

If any truth in them did lie—

The end will make all clear.
But I'll end here, and say no more:
I'll try the heads of men ;
It is thy foes must make it clear,

From all that they have penn'd.

So now weigh deep; thy foes may weep,
To see their KING become,

I tell them, like a murder'd sheep-
The end must now be known.”

"Now I shall come to what was put in the Newspapers; and begin with the King's Jester. From thy observation, I shall answer of the third murder being committed; and I tell thee, the third murder hath been committed. The first was when I gave up my life for man; and my love for man hath been murdered to this day, by the unbelief that is in mankind. The second murder was in my Disciples, and all that were put to death for my sake, for bearing testimony of ME and my Gospel: this was the second murder committed by men. But now I shall come to the third: thy character is murdered, by bearing testimony of my visitation to thee; and they are crucifying ME afresh, to put ME again to an open shame. But now I tell thee, like the king, they shall go no further; for now will I make myself known amongst mankind, by the manner of my visitation to thee. I have directed thee in this manner, to keep thee from any man's coming into thy presence, to prove that this visitation is from the Lord. And now

let all their infamous books appear, that have been written against thee, and the Spirit that directs thee; and then I will prove the truth of my words, that the third murder hath been com

mitted. And now come to the words of the Prophets, that I ordered thee to put in the newspaper."

Isaiah lxiii. 5.-" And I looked, and there was none to help, and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto ME, and my fury, it upheld ME."

"Now I shall answer thee from these words of the Prophet: and see the truth of the words, that there was none to help, none to uphold; for neither threatenings, nor invitations, promised blessings, nor threatened judgments, have made any one to come forward, to help or uphold. If they judge it of God, they ought to uphold the word; if they prove it not of God, they ought to help to pull it down, by searching into every truth, as they were directed; but this no one hath stirred to do.

"Then now my own arm shall bring salvation, unto ME; because my hand, that is stretched out upon thee, shall be stretched out still: for my fury, it shall uphold ME. Know I have told thee my hand is stretched out in love to thee, and with cords of love have I drawn thee; but now I ask thee, where is the man who can answer for himself, in keeping silence, when it is known in what manner my hand is on thee? Therefore I will tread down all their wisdom, all their knowledge, and all their boasting: for now I shall come to the purpose with all men; if they speak according to the thoughts which came into thy mind, that men would say, "We said she was under the influence of the devil, and now it is proved"-should this be the language of their hearts, I should soon bring the strength of their wisdom to the ground. Let them look to my Gospel, and see what they were who were possessed with the devil; let them look to their Będ

lams, and places for mad people; see how soon their senses are gone, where Satan hath a power to work strongly; and let them look to the selfmurders, where Satan gains an influence over the mind and heart; and let them look to every crime in men, if they are hardened on in sin, where Satan hath a full influence over the heart, that he can lead them every way to do evil. But now let them look to thy life, who hast feared sin from thy youth up; then will they presumptuously say that thy whole life hath been under the influence of the devil, to hate the evil and choose the good? Here men will find they have no strength to stand, no arguments to plead, when I begin in man to plead against them, and prove that such watchmen are all blind, that they are all ignorant, that they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark; because it is impossible for men to bark this way, to say that the hand of evil is upon thee in so strong and powerful a manner, without doing thee hurt, or giving thee pain. And therefore, with the thunder of my words shall I confound all such men, and like an earthquake I shall make them tremble before ME: for now they may stay theirselves with wonders, that they cannot find out or understand: but, without they see signs and wonders, they will not believe; and therefore marvel not in thy heart as to the way and manner I am working round to throw their wisdom and strength to the ground. Therefore I shall make them drunk, but not with wine; they shall be staggered, but not with strong drink: for I shall stir up jealousy amongst them, and I shall kindle a war against them, till I have prevailed against mine enemies and thine. And so they will find the truth of the words fulfilled this year, that I ordered thee to put in the papers last year; for like the letters I shall go on

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