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LONDON,

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WRITTEN KYO

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT:

CALVINISTIC METHODISTS,

ON THB

WITH OTHER PARTICULARS.

THE CONDUCT OF TIlE CLERGY,

PRINTED BY S. B.OUSSEAU, WOOD STREET, SPA FIELDi;

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UAYEItS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;

"ND SOLD BY E. J. PIELD" No.2, UteH STREET, ST. GIU:S'S,

NEAR TUB cau. RCM.

The -:rind h/D'tDeth 'iQnere it l;steth, (md thou hearesl the sound there.

of, hu.t can,t not ittl wheuce it cometh, aIJd whither it go~th: 10

il ntry on~ that is 60m of the Spirit. John 111. 8.

DIVINE AND SPIRITUAL

INTRODUCTION.

It GOD created man to be immortal, and made bim an image of hieown eternity. Nevertheless through envy of the Devil, cam':death into tbe world: and they that do bold of hi••ide do find it.~

\V liOON: lI. is, 14.

As it may be neceffary to mention why the pub~

lilher of the following letter, upon the Prayers ofthe Church of England, and other particulars, shouldemploy his time to pub1ifh them to the world:his answer is, that it being his firm belief that thevarious Communications are given according towhat is mentioned in the New Testament of thecoming of the Spirit, in the 3d chapter of St. John,Sth verse. And the reader may see they can onlyproceed from the Spirit of Wisdom, to lead meninto the true knowledge of the Bible, which is no\vabout to be fulfilled in the establifhment of Christ'speaceable Kingdom on earth. It is necessary toobserve, that when that Divine Being came uponearth, and dwelt amongst men, he was born ofthe Virgin Mary, of the Holy Ghost, without ahuman Father; he took on him the likeness ofman in his fallen state; and bore the blame caston him by man, agreeably to the 12th verse ofthe 3d chapter of Genesis, in order for Iran to berestored to tire likeness of his Creator. - All thismust be accomplished in the end. The Church of

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England, which is called the Protestant Church, not

only declares the miraculous birth of a Being with_

out a human or natural father being true, but it isdeclared in the New Testament, and confirmed b

h . . h Y}1ro~ eCles m t e. Old. It is also evident to everyman s understanding, that God must be a God of

order; and cannot be manifested to man in his Own

essence, but through some medium according tohuman order, which was the man Christ Jeb ~

orn of God his only Heavenly Father and notller. This is according to the beliefof the Churc~of England, and of the Scriptures. Yet for all this

num:n nature is not redeemed, agreeably to th;

~rd.s Prayer, on this earth, where it is mentionedIus kmgdom must come, and his will must be done'

~lnd which prophetic prayer was given and remain:

unti~ the divine work is accomplilhed by the secondconung of Christ in the Spirit; this also the Church

of England testifies. Man llas continued in a

wretched state of misery since Christ and hIS Apos­

tles were upon earth, as well as before, altogether

for near 6000 years; as is proved by both ancient

a~d modern history, and by our daily experience.Smce ~o .person whatever can deny this lamentabletruth, It IS every man's business to enquire into the

cause. The Bible not only points out the calISe

but the effects: iliat in the beginning man wali cre~at~d after .the image and likeness of his Gon-aCleated Bemg of love and wisdom. He afrerwardsbecame so changed, as to be the image and like-ness of the Devil-fuJI of hatred d I'an rna Ice; amurderer, and guilty of every crime- dead to wili-

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dom, and a being of gross darkness; which iiitnlly described in the sixth book of Joanna South­

cott's Prophecies, publilhed January 2, !802, whi.cllcannot be read with too serious attention; for there

the whole is explained, and the truth completely

estahlished; which ~one but· a God could know;

and none but a God could reveal. This importan~

book, as well as all her other writings, proves, that

at the second coming of Christ, it must be in Spi­

rit, to bring in the whole creation to the know­

ledge of wisdom.It is the fashion of tbe present age to deny every

thing but outward nature: all spiritual wisdom andmiracles are denied; but as all created things must

have a beginning, man and woman must be created3t first by a superior Being of divine Love, by his

divine Wisdom; which man in his fallen state ofnature cannot comprehend. Therefore the origin

of man ma.y be called a miracle, having no human

father as he could 1101' create himself. Any ;:~r­ions ;bo choose to deny this first cause, or miracle,of human creation, haye nothing more to do than to

deny their own existence. Since the crimes of manconvince us that he has lost his he.wenly image andlikeness; and experience proves, as he cannot restore

himself, none but a Di\'ine Po:ver can. Thre­fore it is only his Creator who can be his Hedeemer;

which may be called a second miracle; and this

brings us to the birth of Christ, who is called the

iecond Adam, having no human father, but born ofthe Holy Ghost.-Here the axe may be said to havebeen laid to the "001 of el·il, to destroy it altogether.

But we find el"il still remainli; for war, murder, and

wy kind; for it is by guilt alone that the suspicionof guilt bas its beginning. We knolV by naturalreason, that no person whatever can suspect a thingthat he believed never existed; exactly so must itbe with the parents of the human race. If it be be­lieved by every Christian Church, that th'e' know_

ledge of evil came through the woman, who candeny, from the authority of the Bible, tllat theknowledge of the good must not be at last conveye,1through the same means; and for the woman inthe end to be the helpmate to man, agreeably todivine promise at her creation; and as the whole hu­man race was tainted by evil,and brought into miscry,the whole human race must be redeemed from thatslate by a Divine Power-w hich must be tbe Spiritof Jesus Christ, the ocly true Spirit of Prophecy.It is from tbis Spirit that Joanna Southcott writes;for of all her productions, from J792, to this da)',many have come true, and the rest are daily fulfil­ling. I have read. I have reflected, I have takeneV'ery pains to find out imposition, and her charac­ter I have found to be without deception; neither

has she talents or abilities to deceive.I have the natural pride of man, and bave no de­

sire to be an object of ridicule; but whatever painor mortification the pride of character, or reputa­tion, may produce in me, it is my superior duty toadhere to truth. The mockery of the world Imust eudure; the pity of my friends, who woul~

promote' every worldly advantage for my inlerest,I must feel, and many, I know, arc sorry forme, believing me to be a deluded man. It is my

tNTnOD aCTION.

every crime fills the world like a deluO"e . -nd .(<> • ~ I :lny

persons choose to deny these two miracles tl t''C . , la IS

man 5 reanon and man's Redemption by th d.'. P , e 1.ville owe1 of Christ, and also to deny all divineor su pernaturaI revelation, they have only to saman created hllllsclf, or deny their 'own existence, rrthey please; for tlley are both equally absurd: andmay further add, this world must remain ete II. . rna yIn Wickedness and mis~ry. But, as J have before ob.served, man was created by a Divine Power, hemust be redeemed by the same Divine Power \ b' hf, . , V Iearmed IJlm; for he can no more redeem him.se~f at last, Ihan he could create himself at first.IllS redemption from the power of evil cannot takeplac~, but by the second coming of Cbrist in tbeSp nt.: for tbe axe was laid to the root when he

ca~e 111 :~e body; but Satan is not yet cut down.It.'s a spmtIJa1 operation only, that can renovare tllemmd and heart of man by a new birth; for in theend all things must become new; that is, a newlle.lrt and an .enlightened understanding. All per­roas who behel'e the Bible to be the \VOld ofGod must believe its contents to be true; not onlyth~ C!~urch of I:ngland, in its Form of Prayer,clanTls ItS authority from the Bible and the G IfC!' m~

o . mst; but all other Chnrches calling themselve'Chnstlans, claim the same: therefore they mustndmlt, that the first knowledge of evil came throughthe medium of the woman to the mall; and bothfell under the powers of darkness The b' t'.. . y emg ahi st createn after the image and I'k f h .• 1 cness 0 t elrCreator, they could know no evil, or falsehood of

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ters of different ages, whose memories are reflectedupon with respect; but I have chosen this one,for to lead the mind to serious reflection upon di­,-ine Subjects, withont being afraid or ashamed;however it may seem that I am making a compro­mise, by bringing forth the names of uistiriguishedmen, to recommend the following communicationsto the world, as it is necessary, according to humanorder, that I should thus ploceed. As the light spreadsforth-human learning must disappear, where itdoes not promote the 10"e of God abo"e all things,and of our neighbours as ourselves.-All the Im­man race are now invited to be brethren, and tolove one another; for -every difficulty will be re­

moved.The Communication upon the Church Prayers,

which is now recommended to public notice,was written at Oldswinford in Worcestershire, atthe house of that faithful friend to the truth, the Rev.T. P. Foley, where Joanna resided for above n\omonths. The Communication was gi,'en in answerto another clergyman of the cstabli hed Church.­It is to be understood, that !he WOlnan bere men­tioned has been writing for many years l)ast, from aSpirit jnvisible: and what that Spirit is, the worldmust judge; hmve\'er, by rC'lding her wrirings, andcomparing thcm with the I 'lth chapter of the Re"e­lations, her character will tbere be found, at the firstve~e.-Some such character must come forth: shehas written upon various parts of the Old and ~ewTestament; and many of her communications have

been given in answer to questions proposed, and alsoB

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~in~ere wish that they may throw aside their preJudices, as I have done, and endeavour t I •, a east topro~e me I~ error: To my philosophical friendsI will ask thIs, question: Ha,e they ever blamed thecelebrated Sir Isaac Newton who ,vas 0 hP 'd ,nce t e

resl ent of the Royal Society fior b I' ,B' ' e levmg theIble to be the Book of Divine Wisdom? H '

th ' , ' a,eey ever pitied that distinO"uished character fi h'

b ]" f ' ,t> or 1$e Ie In proph(,cles and divine revelation? If S'

J N . Irsaac ewton, who believed the Bible to be the

Word of God, an~ who wrote upon the Prophecies,and mad.e, ~alculatlOns by his learning and great na­tural abilitIes, should now escape th f, e censure 0

mankmd, why are persons at this present day to becondemned, who believe in the same D" S", ' Ivme pmt;and that all propheCIes will be fulfilled' dMAN'S REDEMPTION TAKE PLACE' anbl

' agree-a. y to the LORD'S PRAYER, that the Lord'skIngdom wpuld come on earth as it is in heaven ~

I well know that the character and memory of SirIsaac Netwon is respected by all the learned world:

~o.t a ~an in ,the Royal Society will lift up hisvOiceag:unst theIr late President. Although Sir IsaacNewton, wrote upon what human learning couldnever, dIscover; ,yet his intentions were upright.H~ did not c~nslder that it is the weak things ofthiS world, which are to confound the wisdom ofthe wise or learned-and that by the weakest in­struments will the Divine Being convey his Wis­dom for man's redemption from death hell and. ' ,5111, produced by the satanic powers of darkness.I .could mention a variety of distinguished charac-

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to objections made by different persons. Such an~

swers have been given, thai human learning couldnot produce, and will in the end prove the completefulfilment of the Scriptures.

The Church Prayers were composed upwards of250 years ago--and it is very remarkable, it is men.tioned in several parts of Joanna's writings, that theProtestant Church is so highly favoured on accountof the purity of tbo Prayers, that its ministers willbe the means of bringing forth the Divine Know­ledge from her pen; and which will go forth to thoWHOLE WORLD. But the English 110t;on will be thefirst redeemed: it is in this country that tlu: sealingof the people has beg , and perhaps may end aboutthe 12th of January, 1804. It is required fromDivine Authority, that everyone who receives llisSeal wil1 sign his Name, that it is the desire of hisheart for Christ's glorious and peaceable Kingdomto be established and come upon earth, and his willto be done pn earth as it is in heaven; and Satan'skingdom to be destroyed, which is the defiire andprayer of Joanna Southcott, :Ind of every one whosigns with his hand; for a time must come whenthere can be no security, but in the divine Power ofChrist, whose love invites evCiY man to claim thispriviledge, which is his birthright ffom his mercifulCreator, lind are now invited to stand like Godsto claim their own, and then command the earth;-GOD AT FIRST CREATED MAN TO BE IMMOR.TAr;" AND MADE HIIII AN IIIfAGlI OF HIS OWl{ETERNITY,

\V. SHAIll',Tid.fidd SI,.",I, IJ",. 25, 1503.

CHURCH ·PRoAlYERS.

FR!DAY, September 1.1, 1803, .loanna was in­formed that a Clergyman had said," we know enoughalready, and want no prophecies to teach US more,we shall never have any more knowledge, and we

do not want it."In answer to his words, I was ordered to take my

Prayer Book in my hand, and to place the words asI should be directed from the different prayers.-Thefirst I was ordered to pen, was from the first prayer," Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."Second, the Lord's prayer, "Thy kingdom come,thy will be done in earth, as it i3 in heaven."-Thethird "All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father, .everlasting: Heaven and earth are full ofthe majestyof thy glory: The goodly fel10wship of the prophetspraise thee: The holy church throughout all theworld doth ackno\\ ledge thee.-O L9rd, let thy mer.~ies lighten upon us.-Blessed be the Lor~ Godof Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed hIS pea­ple.-O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands ; ~ervethe Lord with gladness, and come before hIm WIth asol'lg.-O sing untO the Lord a new song, for hehath done marvellous things.-He hath rememberedhis mercy and truth towards the house of Israel; and

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all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation ofour God.-God shall bless us, and all the ends ofthe world shallfear him."_

" Enlighten our darkness, we beseech thee, 0Lord.-'Fhat it will please thee to gi,re to allnations unity, peace, and concord.-That it willplease thee to give to all thy people, increase ofgrace, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spi­rit, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet._For though we are tied and bound with the chain ofour sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercyloose us, for the honour of Jesus Christ, ourMediator and Advocate.-Grant us in this world theknowledge of thy truth.-Give us grace that we mayput away the works of darkness, and put upon usthe armour of light, now in the time of this mortallife.-O Lord Jesus Christ,who at thy First Coming,didst send thy Messenger to prepare thy way beforethee; grant that the ministers and stewards of thy~ysteries, may likewise so prepare and make readythy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient tothe wisdom of the just: that at thy Second Comingto judge the world, we \11ay be found an acceptablepeople in thy sight.-O Lord, rise up, we pray thee,thy power, and come among 115.-0 God, whoseble sed Soo was manifested, that He might destroythe works of the Deyil, and make us the sons ofGod, and heirs of eternal life; grant that we, hal'­ing this hope, may purify Ourselyes as he is pure.­All our doings without charity are nothing worth.­Send the Holy Ghost, and pour it into our hearts.­Create 'Ind make in w new and contrite heilrt5.-

12 CHURCH PRAYERS. CHURCH PEA YERS.

T k d Infidels,Hal:! mercy upon all Jews, ur s, an~ h them home to thy flock, that they may

and ,etc G d d be madeved with the true Israel of 0, an .

be sa r 'd under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ: ourone ,01 h f thy fmthful

d -God who teaches the eart 0 .. '

Lor . 'ding to them thy Holy Spmt: grantpeople, ~e :::e spirit, we may have a right judg-that by . Cl the thouahts of our. all thmgs - eanse 0

ment m .:. f the Holy Ghost; andh 15 by the msplratlon 0 dear , h' dare not an. f, unwort mess we , . .

these thmgs or our k vouchsafe to gi..efor our blindness we. cann~t ~ 'Son, Jesus Christ."unto us for the worthmess 0 t y f the Prayers; as I

I' these passages 0-After p acmg d' the following manner

was directed, 1 was answere 10

by the SPIRIT:- h M' 'ster who said, 'they,. Now I will answer t e 1m I k them what

d .' But now as ,know enough alrea y. I ' nderstand from the

) or what ne) u M'they know. f, ) Where is the 1-

prayers? or what they pra~ ::d or considered thenister who eyer deeply welg. '. ve say ye have

. h ? In the begmmng J , •prayers ang t . h ending. Here IS

Y formteobtained what ye pra f learning! Ye say

. f that boasts 0the Wisdom 0 man, . h d nd in My Prayer

f h yen IS at an, athe kingdom 0 ea r II ' as though it was

f, . Then ye 10 0\\, h'ye pray or It. . All the earth doth wors Ipaccomplished, by saY1ng~ . heaven and earthare fullThee, theFather el'erlas_~l~~ oodlyfellowship of theofthy majesty and glor

h}, h 1~church throughout all

. thee' teo) .prophets pr:use 'I d tllee Yet ve say agmn,

h know e ae . J ,the world dol ac . 01 the chain of your ~ms,

. d d bound Wit 1ye are tle an d! Ye say, ye have Qonand pray to be loose

to 'Parn you of 'my Second Coming, as was sent towarnJ'Ou of my.First, if these things are not to beobtained I That, as I sent my Prophets before my

First Coming to prepare the way before me ; so at-mySecond Coming, that my minisrers and stewllrds may

be visited the same, that they may be prepared tomake ready the,way, by turning the hearts of thedisobedient to the wisdom of the just; that at mySecond Coming to judge the World, they may bef~und. an acceptable people in my sight; and that

lDy power may come amongst YQU to destroy all the:

works of the de....il.Bere are the Prayers of your Church placed by

men of learning, without discerning how theyhave placed them, that the first is last, and thelast is first. Ye say, in the beginning, ye haveobtained what ye pray for in the ending. Forif ye have obtained all these things, that ye say inthe beginning, ye deny them all in the ending, by~aying ye do the things that ye ought not to do, andye are tied and bound with thc chain of your sins,and pray for me to loose you, when ye say at first')'e ha\'e seen my salvation, and I h~yc redeemedyou. 0 ye wise men, that bO:lst of wisdom, and ye

learned, that boast of learning, do ye di,cern whatye pray for; and what you say you ha....e obtained?And what you pray to obtlin. that you may be ....i­sited by the same Spirit to warn your flock of mySecond Coming, as y u was warned by at my FirstComing I And that all Jews, Turks, aud Infidel.,may be brought into my flock, \"irh the true Isra,lof God I .:sow, answer Me, ye men of learning,and ye men of wisdom, what you judge of your

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the things ye ought not to have done, and have Idiundone the things ye ought to have done' a d h" ,ntere~ no help m you. And yet ye say, the whole earthIS full of my majesty and great glory; and thata.II the arth doth worship the Father eve I u'N' , rasng.

ow If thIS be true, how can ye say, ye do the thin~

ye ought not to dol Ought ye notmen to wo h'1>1£, as ye say, I have visited and redeemed my;e;'pIe; and all the ends of the earth hath seen my S 1

, ~ Th a·VaUOIl. en what darkness do ye want to haveenhghtcnea; or what chain of your sins do ye want

~o have broken, that ye are tied and bbund with,If all the earth doth worship me the F th, ' a er ever.lastlllg; and the IVhole world be fullof I. ,. my g ory and,ma.Jesty I r all cannotpray that I will put away fromyoll

the,works, of darkness, and put upon you the armourof lIght, If the armour of light be already put uponyou. ~ow can you say you are tied and bound withthc cham of your sins, if I have visited and redeemed

yOll from, your sins I How can you pray that my

~ower rrught come, upon you, to destroy all thearks of the dcn!, if the works of the devil are al.

feady de trayed I But if ye judgc they never will bedestroyed, why do ye pray for his destrllction I thatye may be made heirs of God) 'iVhy dfi th ,0 you pray.or e Holy Ghost to be sent lipan you and pouredmto y~ur hearts; and pray that I will create and

~e 111 you new and contrite hearts, if ye ha\'e ob~

t~ed these things already? If ye have not, do yethmk they are not to be obtained) Willfa . yOll pray

r what ne\'er can be, or ever will be obtained?How can ye pray that th S ' ,e same pmt may ,-isit nOI'{

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prayers? or~ how they are to be heard, a~d answered,by your wisdom? And I will answer, how they areheard, and shall be answered by My vVisdom, thatam your Father, which is in heaven. Tn my Bible Ihave told you I am Alpha and Omega, the begin_ning and the end, the first and the last. And thefirst shall be lait, and the last shall be :first withman. And I will deal with men after the manner ofmen. ,For, I have already told thee, that I will dealwith the Church according to their praytrs, for tothat standard all must corne l'."-.-

It The first is last, the last is first,_And 1 shall now begin:

So perfect a! thc Prayers do _land,The Chureh ! say !hall end;And all the Glory of the LordShall in the Church appear;And all the hstClllgg nations round&h,alilheir Redemption boa"That marvcll01-ls things 1 have begun

lAnd man"ellous al( shall be, ,

Until the end, of all the eartb

i\!y Goodness the)' shall sec.For 01)" ~h-ation shall abo\lJld,J [':3)', from shore to shore,

\\'hen England hath their SAVIOUR found,That their Redemption's near..Then in thi, Land they'll see rn)' HandIn Blessings to abound;

And distant shores the same will hear,""hen tIle)" in grief are found.

Then will begin the HtaMm J.,qndlTo leek the Living LORD,

That in my f.nor the)" may stand,\Vhen all i nois"d abroad,

• See p" 0, ht BookofPropbccjes, published Januar)", J8DJ.

CHURCH PRAYERS.

That England's blcss'd abo\"e Ihe rest,

In Harmony do join;And marvellous things they'Ulhen e."<prMs,Thai I for Ihem ba"e done.The lighl in Israel firsl must rise,

A, it is 'poke at first,Before these Nations will grow wise.,And pray fur it to burslUpon their Land. I say Ibe same:They must your Glory see;That I am cOme for to redeem j

And so I'll sci )'oU freeFrom every chain that doth remain,

or Satan, and of Sin j

And then my fa\'or you will gain.To praise )'our GOD and KING.

That 1 am. come for to redeem.

Accordillgto my \Vord: •And ma.t\'cllou5 thiDg1 )'OU say you \'C seeR,Came from the Living LORD.

For I'll begin to answer man

Accordill" to your Prayers j

Your dW'kness I'm enlightening here,

Ifyou my voice will hear; , I

And {foOl thc chain that doth rem:l1ll,

Of Satall, and of Si'hI AM CQffiC to break it now in twain.

Your Prayers )'OU now shill win.That is, I sa)', as now )'OU pray!

I'll auswer e\'cry pra)'cr,And Satan tread beneath your fec"

If you MyVoiee,,-m hear.i\1<>s1 finally 1 now do sayrIt surely tread him down;1£ my command )'ou now obey,

The end for )"OU is fou nd;As at the fint, the same is burst,The Woman did appear1'0 W3ru you of )'our Saviour"s birth.

And that ber time diew near,'fo bring -a Son, not born by mao,

But of the Holy Gb"'l ;C

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And iflo HIM you all had ~ome,

And ill Him put )'our trust,Then sW'e for all bad been tl'e call ,_But know, it was Dol SOj •

But] must lure be known to aU,To Dl:lke my Bible troe j

For to appear a 3\;OUr here­

The Saviour of manlc-ind.As all in deatA are included J1Cft.So all in LIFE must findA Saviour here for to appear,And Jive in every heart.

In judgment 01.'\0 do greatly err,Darkness in every partThere is in man, for now I Al\t comtTo judge the world again,Iu the same ~anner unto man,As [ sh::tll now explain:_

But here within thou dost beginTo ask how this can be ?

That I AM co,me the same to manA mystf"ry is to thee?

:}'hen I'll appeal' to answer here­My Coming is the same:

Though 6rst in Person I was born,But few did know my Name j

Then now I'm come, I say, agi\inFor to be born anew;And in the Spirit to be born,And all.hall find illrue.:My spirit here doth strong appear,That every soul shaH find;

The WORD of Goo, it 5113.l1 be kOO""llJIs pubtish'd 10 mankind,

So I am come again the sameUnto a "'oman here;And uo,,. I'll tell my c"ery . ·mnc..A nd make the mystery clear.1 said, ~r('n mu t be born again,If they "ould live in ME; •

Then SUfe my Spirit unto ~faJ!

~l InU'lt he born •zain-

CHunCH pl\AYERS.

When I bring in tbe HeaU,en Lands.And do the World redeem.For by the Spjril it must be-My Life they did deslroy;Tben from my Body it could not be,

Tbatl .bould all enjoy,1'101 ·tis my Word Ihafs on record,

:My Spirit first must come,That Earth and Hell cannot d..troy.'When 1am born again.llom of the Woman as al finl.

And ofthc Spirit born;And I shall prove it in the last.

My Spirit here is come.That is,-My \Voni-Dow on record;

And see my Bible clcar-That when the fullnCf's it is come,

The \Voman must appear,I tell you all, to frce lhe Fall.That is the La'. of God.His Son rnu.ltben the Woman 04UFor to avenge His Blood .Ou Sellal/'s hl',t(l, as 1 have Said,

To free ),ou from the l ..a:w ;That ye as men pronounced dead

Your Advocate must shew, .That in your stcad Hc Ihen did blced;And So/all must the __:nne'"

And so your ~pirjts must be born,If all will know my Name.Then now to all 1 loudly can;To judge the world rm come:Ami dead to kuowlcd~e1 see all.

}low 1 ball ),ou rcdecm.Mv Spirit here l"\oc s('nt before.

T~ teU "ou aU the 'fay;.~s Johh the Bapt;,l <lid appear.­

So do these r~:o11S lay.As my Di><:ipl "er<: of old,

So :u-e m) chosen Cnl~;

Confess tlle ITI\lh tollien1 wa'! told,The "i mC"n mu..t obe knO)'fft,

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C0. Jo.nll:L'S 5(';1:,1. which ahe w:u· nnitt .if by lUXldr·ut. IU 5weepillW a HOl~ ed b) the IAlrd to find tU",me sdhe threw b)' as a tl~ing ofuo\:~~rbsale) and which at thatlli31ltC a.seal toseaJ up her writ in • ut a.lterward~ when 5heiht h~d .one in her iJo'. and which~' 51~e wb told b, the Spirit that

11115 alludes to one of the ,-is ionsas; ea. o"e sea!.~re~. an~ Trumpets. and of the tbr~ ~QI;cph Prescott. of ""iIIow

&vIOUI, :;ee Mr, Carpster", Boo. Jot J pp"'bli~nC<l of our BJe>,cd.. e y I'u ,hc4.

September the 29th, 1803, Joanna dreamed,that in the night, she heard the Rev. T, P, Foley,yery loud and powerful in prayer, using most beau­tiful words; but all on a sudden he stopped,though in the midst of a prayer. Joanna thoughcshe listened with attention, but heard him nQ mOte ;.

20 CHURCH PIIAYERS.

Who went from far to see the StaAnd DOW they've done the S3m~'ADd it oIIirm both lar aud DearTbe lCCond Star is come- 'As from tbe Seal' I .ball revealYou Sf'C thcsccond Star- '

And see the 'VornaD's D~me in mineYour Je U5 to appear j ,

And 10 the C-thc same JOu sec,Then altogether weigh:

The Prayer> .. oileD ask'd by J'eDo DOW before )"ou lay.

So I'll go on (rom cloer)' oneTill all I haI'e made good; ,

For 3J the Prayers are mad b. e ymaD,My BIble all hath stood,

All naticms here shall now appearTurks, Infidels, may come' •

Tile .Jews mill' I'CC their P~pheh: clear.I first must die for them. '

And DO'\\' their Prophet Joel sTI V"" eo-Ie 1510ns do appear t ;And let them now behold the Tlce_See how I'm fastened there:

The perfect man f Ie there is seeD:No Beauty to appear' 'Th W"I •. e J low Tree that now is green,HIS Ic3.\'cs ha.n:; ho\'crill':; there.

CHURCH PRAYBU.

Just so I am come in love to maD,

To wipe their tears away.If you in love to me will turn,l\1y Trumpet's souDd ohey:My Shepherds here do DOW appear,

A sbadow of the firstFor they in JudgmeDt ,h~n he clear.And otber> so sball burst,In Judgment clear. I'U rn:Uce tbem here,

For fast shaU all come on ;For 1 will answer now )'OUI prasers,That so are form'd by man.I'll answer all. and prove the catl.

'Tis perfect as you pray;For now I will fulfil tbem all,

Till )·ou can boldly say.Tb.t all the Chureb doth worship ME,Throughout this Kingdom here.Then all the Nations of the world

\Vill then begin to fear;Because the J:rophet'. fellow.hip

In union shall agree,To say fro come to visit m:m,Antt now to set them free.-io write thy Dream. and I'll e~pr3m­

I say. of Foley's Preyer;And then I'll answer thee 3g:lin,\Vhy he was so stopt there,Not to go on (to thee is known)]n heauty for to pray;For so the Ministcn must come­For what can Sheph rds S3)' ~,.

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22 CHItRCH PRAY.EllS.

So she concluded he was out of breath, or, at a loslfor words to proceed, and then she awoke.

TIJis Dream I had a short time after I was told aclergyman had said, "They know enough already,they wantcd to know no more."-

"Now I wilt answer thee this dream. As Faleyis a minister of the Gospel, I brought this Dreamto thee of him, concerning Prayer. For thoughthe Prayers of the Church are as well pleasingin MY ight, as his words sounded in MY ears;yet if the ministers were to read their CommonPra)'cr Books throughout, and weigh one prayerwith another, they would be as much at a loss toexplain tllcm, as he was for words to go on illprayer. There is not a minister upon earth, callaffirm that all the Prayers are consistent one withanother, as things now stand. So here they havefOfllled their Prayers like my Bible: one thing con­tradicts anal her a things now stand"-

U !. nd rnan like Fole)' must nppcar,.As tlit II did... t dream he stopp'd in PrnyeqSo all the Clergy must the same,If till')" their prayers do now discern.I i'ay they cannot nowgoon'('ocontn:ulicl as heretofore:

1'h<,)' pmy nl) Spil ir to appear,To \\arn th(,lll all:lgnin the same:A I did "arn when first J came j

Theu \l~C I\' SPIRI1' mu~t dl'.)cend1

J "ay. u(lf~n n1!u:faitltjiJ Fri~l1d)

Th:lt \\ilI the tiding'\ all declare-

ALtl "ill they blame .\1)' rriend tllaC, here'?Thcll 00\\ 1 bid tl.em not to pray'fa I:au.> my Spirit come this W3):'

~ it liid come to man hefore;

CHURCH PRAYERS.

And so I bid them to .top the",.M l~oley's voice was stopp"d to thc~.

Another Pra)·er 1 bid them set'-­Your darL."lless to enlighten here,If they bave light enough now denr,I bid them usc that Prayer no tnor(',

But ,top. os Foley thou didst hear.For in the midst they may stop all j

For many Peayen to man I call,That they can never pray to l\IE.If li·,ht and life in man there be;Light of my Gospel and my \Vord,And live in me the Living LORD;

Then tied and bound you cannot be

By Satan', chain of Sin in ye;Therefore 1 need not tread him down,If all the world in ME is found,,\V·itb light, and life, and libcrts·

But this 1 say C3ll Denf be,Untiltbe tempter rve trod down,That in all Nations strong is founu.Now if you"l1 prove "tis not so 1\crc,Then now 1 bid you stop that Praycr;

And come to me no more with lic~­

From your own words [ now chastlZC.3

Because in lies you must come all)If lou're not tainted by the Fall,And have that cbain of Sin remain,ThC'u stop your prayers: }Oll pra)" i~ win.If now )'ou're freed from S"IOIl'f challl;

And if you wish not to be free,lt is in yain )"ou pray to 1 tE..And no\V l'1L bring another Pra)cr­You say, like shcep )ou',·e erred hc,t'.

And stray'd and wander'd ~o from ),lEAs though IOjt sht.-ep youl"'!'lch·C''i you sec.But how came ~ou like !"heep arc lost,

If I b3\'C pajd the CHI)' co PBut 1 the cost must pal onc'::' mOTC',

If your petition 1 do hear j . "

Or ell.cyour praJcnoalc alll1l ,·am,

And like ~t sheep you rna)· l.~ru;nj

24 eHUllCH PllAYEIlS.

For so you're w:mderingnow from ME,Like sbeep are lost; aod lost you'll be,Should not MY Spirit come again,To aave my Rock that do remainTo have their heartsjoio'd with the word,And trust in Mt the Living LORD~

That I will answer all )"our prayers-,Tbat cL,ily in my Cburcb I bear.Therefore tbe Cburcb I said I'd call ;For there's the standard for )'ou all :

Unto your prayers the Church shall come.As I've begun I'll now go on,Because that many I do know

The)' will confess the Truth Is so,Thqt they must now stop in their prayers,Irthey no more do know ~n.d hear.Than what they now 40 see and know

lIIn darkness they must ever go,

Bound with the chain of Salan', Sin"If I do not deliver them.

Then they as well ffi3y stop their pf3)'eT.j f they this chain must ever beat;Iffwifl never tread bjm down,Then fruitless all your proyers arc found.So in the midst )'OU all may stop,

H you do pray. and you know not'Vhat in )'our Prayers .you do pray ror_Like Foley's voice, I tell ),ou here,That many men may say the same;

'\Ve all may itopthe PraJers o(l\1en~

If they so boldly aU deny-

'Ve want no knowledge from on High;No Iioly Spirit fOoter here;~o 3rm of God our guilt to drar:

So here's the meaning of the Dream:Let FoIc)' hear and see it plain.

Then he will sce men must stop here,

And 0 be lost in all their pra)'crs,If I do nenr an5Wer IIl.3.n,As now they pray to do for them;And ifrhey sa)' it doso appear,• \\"e ha\·c all kno\\ledge j we see clear.

CHURCH pnJ,YERS.

That..evc.r we on earth shall ~in."Then he may say, u we PItU' in vain;

For I no further there will goTo prove I'm dark, when light I know;And whe; rm freed from Sa/alis chain,

I'll stop to say it doth remain;And when I know in all I'm right,I'll stop to say I've erred quite,And like lost sheep am gone 3Stray,

'VIlen I am brought in the right W3'y~

But till this way I plain do know,No boasteQ wisdom willi shew,To say I want to know 110 more,·And say my knowledge all is clear.No I No! 'J say, I must stop here.

And listen to my a,Yipur's soun~,

If] in Him ha\'e fa\'our found.:My darkness to cnli~hten herc"-

His answers I will stpp to hear;And this in l)r3yer thou'st otten done­And so let Foley still go on,Mark well his prayers, ami stop to sec

The things for which thcy all do pray.And then] sa)". he mil)' stop all,

That now reject this heavcnly call;As for this knowledge all do Pr3Y,But like you all refule to see.So thi, by Folcy may he \aid-Point out thc praycrs that all do read;And tell thcm the)' must stop to pra)",

Iqbey thi light do all deny. ,That they do nc\'cr pray to ga~n- .Once more, I say, they pray m ,·aUl. "If the)" can prove thcir knowledge plaw;

That they in darkness ClInnot be,In vain they pray (or light to see,That lmny so enlighten them,And ha'''c the 1101y Ghost to comeTo cleanse their heart and every thought;

If all be righl. as he hath poke: 'Th~t prayer must nowbe used lD \,:110..

1 tell )"OU all, )'c sonS of mell,

ClfUItCH PRAYERS.

You ne'er discern for what you ra •But like lost sheep you're gone ~t~'As Sou are gone from c\ery bou d •That in my Gospel now is foun~ ~I told JOll J should come at'ainAnd in this state tbe Cbllrc~ sb~uld find10 unbelief gone far from :'tIe; ,

F.lse Prophets every where I ....Who from your hearts do pro hAd' pesy,

n give my Spirit here the Ji~

That I did say should. '...ome agam'The Holy Ghost [ taid should co~e,And all to ),ou r rememb b .I . ranee nng

saId [ AM with you to the end, .And now tbe end for II' 'a IS ncarAnd so the HolyGhost' h •F

. IS ere;or In the Spirit I AM come,

And as l said, [now find man'For waDt of faith, gone all ff 'I 'd I d' om me.~

S3J led the wbole t 'o tree;Then I mu~t con.e to frep the whole'My Law and Gosl.el so do fall' ,And so your prayers are plac'd 'bC f ),man-

OD C :il them tme, or stop . .F

) Our tongue.or my .. a!vation all doo't see-

Nor c.:m you say )'ou 'Worship ~EIn beart, or life, for to anpearAd' .'n praliC your great DELIVERER here'That )"ou ",;th !Songs can now abound J

And nleet withjoy in e\'ery sound '1\ I h 'o cre your tongues the)' must stop all" ben to tb£> hearts of mcn I call- 'They must confess ·tis not in man'To !Sing the new:lndjo)"ful SOD'"

But so )'our songs they ,hall e:d bere·

For I'll fulfil your every" •yr3)"er,

That do theM' promillle" l'::elieveThatIam 'more read)" now to giveThan men to k th . 'a.. , routTh l!!l1oran hAnd b " .') I) ce er~

y your bhndnc~!; J see dearM·Lawa dG •

• J n o~pel Done d};or "et dis 0 see,

cern the way you pray.

ON THE CONDUCT OF THE CLERGY. '),1But sure your Prayers you'll turn them all,

\VhCD strong MY Spirit herc doth faU;Thcn all your Praycrs [ know you'll turn,

'Vhen I have :1nS"cr'd evcry oue j

That is to 3DSWcr and to gi\'e;I:rom aU your chain$ of Siu to lh-eAnd Satan beat beneath your feet;'Then ye may own your prayers were ri~ht,

'fhat more and better 1 did do,Than cver man had in his view;And what )'our blindness could not ,ee,1 have in mercy givcn ye.Though )"ou unworthy Dowappe3.r

For to receive these blessings here,That I am waiting to bestow,You're ignorant of them well I know;So now weigh deep your every pr:l)Ter,Then )'ou must o\vn you ill do err.'fherefore th~ Churcb 1 first did name:Unto that standard all must come;

And if the Clergy all appear,Like Foley they must stop in pm)'ef,And say no further they cau go,'1'0 prove that allthiugs they do kno......

= =ON THE CONDUCT OF THE CLERGY.

the following letter w:lS written to a Clergyman of theF;stablished ChuJch, and of a worthy character, who attimes varied in his opinions about Joanna. This per­

son had prcjudices in favour of the writings of EmanuelSwedenburg; believing, according to the system of that

author, that this world was to be .....generated. without

any particular character to come forth, It i 0 he ob­lerved, that the above author wtote thirty years before

Joanna's Revelations were to be given, which could DotIllke place before an appoinled lime, sealed up in tbe

J)g

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~g you; neither did I }mow it was designed for y01l,

when I was writing it, till I came to the end.vVednesday morning, 20th October, 1802, I

",as order~d take my pen in hand, and write as I\Vas directed, which was in the followillg manner:

" Hear, 0 heavens! and be astonished, 0 earth!I have nourished and brought up children, a!1d theyhave rebelled against ME; 1 have called and ne.man answered; 1 have stretched out MY Hand toa disob~di~nt and gainsayillg people. Tremble, 0earth! at the presence of the Lord, and be afraid ofhis judgments; for justice is fallen in the street~,fUl~ equIty cannot enter. I am despised and rejectedof men: is MY loving kindncss despised, and MY

tender mercies trj:ated with contempt? then nowtremble, 0 ye sinners, and purify your hearts, yedouble-minded; for MY anger shaH burn with furyf\gainst the shepherds of MY flock; for they havepot fed MY flock; but have driven them away; theyllave broken MY covenant, and trodden down mine",ltar; the meek man is despised; the humble manis set at nought; but the proud man is exalted intJis pride, and the humble man is trodden own inhis humility. Ye are full of your own inventions,and walk every man in the imaginations of his ownheart; and t;.very man's way is clean in his own eyes.But I the Lord weigheth the spirits; I the Lord, thatsealcheth the hearts and trieth the reins of the chil­dren of men, whose eye is as a flame of fire roundyour beds and round your paths, do I nOI know?do I not consider? 1 that made the eye, do I notsee? I that formed the ear, do 1 not hear? I thatplade the heart, do 1 not understand? Are )'OU{

ON THE CONDUCT OF THE CL'-A ERGY.""sam of the FATHER· tD ' a prevent th P

arkness having any fore-k Ide owers pFfH nowe geofth D' ,o uman Redemptio h' h ' e Ivme Planh n. W IC 10 that h

ell would endeavour to d ' I case, t earls of

Ie,eat. t must th '

C ear to the rational 'd h ereiOre bemm , t at no s " I 'have any knowled<Y f h pmtua writer could

, oe 0 w at was to take IperIod, concernina th' p ace at a future

. 0 IS eyent.Itls to be noted, that out of a

the ESlablished Ch h haut 20,000 Clergy ofurc ,only three at fi t

to enquire inlo these truth b ' rs came forwardstloments to brin" f<Q lh s~ w a Will be the happy in-

.., I' ,10 the a f htant Cburch tbe gl' lC me 0 t e frotei-, OrIOO' .tLUgdom of Ch ', rIil.

28

REV. S,.,Y

Pad<lmgtoll, 24/h Oc/06<r, 1S02,

ou may be surprised t 'letter indited' 0 receive the following, In a manner I neyer thou~ht of writ-

Copy of a L tte er to a pivine 0"' tJ. C'Ii Ie IlUl'cll

qf England.

• As in c,"el)' age of the world when th i

the heart of man, to pro!,hesy iu 'h' . e Lord brgan to 'fork 01)

lh h' IS Dame Sat be earts of others tQ h • Oil egan to "'ork OR

prop "'y by h' th~or(' mjIYht not be believed' . ro, at the prophets of th~1 I d J so now IJ1 the J t dn en s to do as he spake b tb -, af> ::1)'5, when the Lor4;ttl Resh, and uren his han~ma~dProPhhct Joel, polil;ng his Spirit upon~ ~ 1 " t at they ,I all hAUO"",S aOlall will do th 1 prop es)", hc wcll

he same, Therefi "" ,

p ets and false Christs will . ore It IS 'Hltten, false pro-in this matter. 1 sa\, thot anth,e'

GAnd that no man might be decei\"cd

Jh" " e ospelofCh" d_ 0 D Ip the RJ!\'c1ation (ella ,_ nst, an the Visions ofthe prophet to be belie\~. bP' XU·

I. J~. and the last) shew who are

f ')' J utno Inn"" rna .Ion. he \\ford of God _ :I n can gWC:lfl cxplana·th 1 IS as a book that is s led .

e earned nor unlearned ca ,so that nelthcrfor it W:l5 sealed up in III ho'can r~ad, (that is to say, underst:md it )

e 50m of the F tJ· 'per to break the ~cal ad' a lcr, t1U be tbon"ht pro-

., n rc,'e~ It to W -;:)fl~YelatiODS. Pnftlct to J, , a oman, as it is written in lh~

• Oll/IIlQ" 1st l}ook if Proph~cie".

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JOA~XA SOUTHCOTT.me.

THE CONDUCT OF THE CLERGY.ON ,

: thout weiuhing one thing with another, Ilow it was\VI k "'d how it must be fulfilled; for knowspa en, an h d f

II it was at ),IY Second Coming that t e ay aye a , . 'I Y heart that I would be avengedvengeance was 10.., Ie

' . and I said that the meef all my enemies. ,a . h 't the earth· for now I will cry out ltkeh old 10 en, ,s ~ '1' \Vaman' and the words I have put 10thiS traval mg, d £; I

hIll not return till all is fulfille ; orher mout s la th Hal' One ofh La d of Hosts is her husband, e }

t e ,r . 'arne She shall not be ashamed, norIsrael IS hiS N

f. . . for I wiII shame all that shame

b ut to can uSlon , b Ue p f( d all that confound her; ut a

her and can oun L d d reat' hildren shall be taught of the or, an g

her C I 'Idren' for e,'ery handshall ~e the. pea~:ro; ~~~ ;e1:troy for her sake; and

that IS agalDttU be known amongst the Heathens,MY Name s la f II the f.-unilies of the earth;and I will be known a a . , f( .

. c ut all her enenlles under .1 y t t,for when I hay p d' d of beauty to the

'II I return as a lamonthen WI • I d I will Le kno\\ n of them,'d t MY peop e, anresl ue a x f. for the Scrinturesh 1I b known a ME, I

and they s a e they shall be fulfilled.that are not fulfilled, no~ I ents let tit m look

So they that hold It:eto ;:~tg~:ld ,:E to mercy, asfor J'uduments, and Yd' let them

'" . 's re emption,I haye promised ill man. for the end of all

R for redemptIOn,look to 101. d I' 's MY strict com Iland,, . h d An t lIS I •thmgs IS at an . "

thou shalt write to Mo,ssop,. the words perfect a~T S· I haye given} au .

!'i:ow, If, . ommand that was gl\cndelivered, and the stnct c.

30 ON THE CONDUCT OF THE CLERGY.

words, your ways, or actions concealed from ME ?Search MY Bible; weigh MY words: is it not writ_ten, the, Spirit of Prc>phe cy is the Spirit of Jesus?

But how can the Spirit,of Jesus be ca,lled the Spiritof Prophecy, if no Prophecy is given from ME, and

MY Spirit denied by man? But I come as a swift

witness against you: ye say false propllets and falseChrists are risen, then knolV now cometh the end.

llut know, t am not come in the Spirit, as a man, tosay I am in the desert, or I am here, or I am there;

hut many such are gone out in the wor/d; but iam come in the volume of the b,?ok as it is written

of ME: crying out like a travailing vVoman, Repentye, for the kingdom of heaven IS at hand; whose

fan is in his hand, who will thorouglily purge his floor.

I '" ill gather l\Iy wheat Into MY garner, and burnup the chaff' wirh unque,nchable lire. But will yousay I did it when in the body as a man? Were not

:MY Disciples put to death; the Holy City destroy­

ed; and MY Temple, wherein I was", orshipped.trodden down for jcjotatry? Did IlOt the chaff con­

sume the wheat, till all the wheat was desfroyecr?

Ye judged MY Bible as ye judged the Han'est. I~aid I would send a fatal Harvest; and a fatal Han'estye shall find to your sorrows*. But r saia three good

Harvests must first follow, for the sake of those thatseeked after ME and searched out the truth. But

this ye never discerned, so I give you up to believe

a lie; and so ye have believed ~Y Bible the same,

• The three good Harvests ha,"e happened, as prcdic:ed inJca"lUa""'ritings, in 1801, 180'2, ;lad this last in 1803.

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ON THE CALrImSTIC METHODISTS.

THE following is an extract of a letter from Joanna, inanswer to one sent to ber, of tbe meaning of tbe SevenSpirits, or Stars, in the Revelations, which formed tbesubject ofa Sermon lately delivered by a papularpreacber,who is of the opinion of John Calvin, tbat a part only ofthe Human Race are elected to Salvation. This beliefis received by a numerous sect of people called Metho­dists, and wbich totally destroys all charity in the hu­mau heart, both to God and man. In their Public Wor•ship they praise tbeir Maker for electing them, andthem onl y. to eternal life and happiness, and are quiteinsensible and indiffere'1t to the fate of so\lls, whosenumbers may be compared to the sands on the sea shore,thus brought into being by a decree ef their Creator forno other purpose but to suffer eternal Torments, Thepieachers of this horrid doctrine, some of whom hal'egot themselves into the Church, are called popul3rpreachers. Many have spread themselves into everypart of the kingdom; they are to be found in every cityand country village. whilst the Clergy of tbe ~stahlisb­

ed Cburch are quite regardless of tbeir flock, and sufferthem to be carried away by these wolves in sbeep'sc!oathin~,-As it is by neglect of duty ill the ChurchClergy, that these people have encreased and spreadthemselves every where; tberefore, if the ClerICY of theChurch do not rouse from that state of idleness, duringthis las! hour, tbeir end may prove fatal to tbeir peaceand happiness,-These preachers, called j\fethodists, asthey monopolize the Grace of God and Heaven to tbem­selve<, they of course must make the Bible, called the\Yord of God, to be written for them only. entirely ex­cluding all mankind from the benefit of Salvation IIfldR<:dempti,.n by Christ.-They say tbe Bible, both Oldand. 'ew Testament, with the Revelation of St. John,

ON THE CALVINISTIC METHODISTS; 3!

all ~lude to the Calvinistic Methodists,-Tbe SevenStars are their preachers, one and aH,-and from what-

t they take tbeir text, all-all, bave only ontever par h f 11

. ki a tbe great Creator and Fat "r 0 am,anl1lg-ma nD

a beina of such cruelty, that no words can exp:ess, or

d o 'b 'nsteadara BaING whose LOVE tseverypen escn e-I kd h se MERCY isowr all HIS \Vor s.where, an \v 0

Extract ofaLetter from JOANNA SOUTHCOTl".

Letds, N ••<mk,..l4th, 180S:SIB.,

" MY answer ,to your letter \\ ill chiefly be the" . to me in answer to the seven

Commumcahon given " h, . en Stllrs in the RevelatIOns, winch c

Spmts, or sev " , . event or se\"en'd I mean seven mtnlsters, or s y,

Sal oey " 'd eant themselves, (that ish' d d mInisters; an m

un (e. ) Btl was answered:the Methodist Preachers, u" f G d. d

, . h seven Sl\trIts 0 0, anThe seven Spmt5. are t e r h t. 11 d them to the preachers, t. ey musIf they a uelf

. II the ministers of l'ofY Gospe, romplace them to ,n

lh' d y' and the martyrs to be the

D ath untl t IS II , ..MY e ankind to have my se\'en Spmts.greatest amongst m , en Spirits can be

'1\ he pro\"e ~ty se\"But how wt t y S ' 't 's but one Spirit

'0 n when MY pm Jplaced tn one ma , 'irit and in truth?, if they serve ME to sp . . dIn man, , serve ME in spmt anNow I will prove they dd

onoEt 'In spirit they would

'f th serve M ,in truth: 1 ey fl' visitation; and would be

kno\~ the \~1YS ok :t~:hat was hastening on: ifwarmng thetr floc the' must know the thingsthey were born of l'oIE,} . b f God

. for he that IS orn 0 ,that belong to : IE, f God' and spiritual thingsknoweth the tlungs 0 ,

:E.

31 ON THE CALVINISTIC METHODISTS.

must be spiritually discerned. Then how can tbey

profess to have MY Spirit, that cannot discern thethings that are revealed by MY Spirit, when tlleyhave no Spirit of mine to discern them? So they

do not serve ME in spirit or in truth: for to serveME in truth, they must maintain MY Bible is thetrue written Word of God: fori said, the Words ofGod, and the prophets, should be fulfilled before

this gcneration pass away, which I meant was underthe Fall. ow if they served ME in truth, theywould search the Scriptures, as I command them;and shew their flock how fast tlley were fulfilling,from signs ;md "ision ; from prophecies true, andprophecies false; and from the truth of MY Gospel;

that as all things appeareth together, they mayknow the end is near, that I shall come to take ven­geance on all them that call not upon MY Name,and those "hose names are not found written in theBook of Life, to live in ME, and ha\'e ME to reignover them; that they rna)' serve ME in spirit and intruth. For the day is coming that shall burn as all.oven: and all that despise MY Kingdom, being esta­blishe(l on earth, shall be burnt up like stubble.For I taught them to pray, that MY l{ingdom mightcome, and MY Will to be done in earth, as it is inheaven. Now, if they served ME in truth, theywould lay all these things before ilieir hearers, thatthey might learn to escape all the evil.s that are com­ing upon the earth; if they served ME iLl ttuth,they would not trust to their own wisdom. But

know, the wisdom of the wise men must perish, andthe understanding of the prudent men be hid; for

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the weak, foolish things of this world must con­found the great and learned; for I said, "I thankthee, Father, iliat iliou hast concealed these things,

from the wise and learned, and from the prudentman, and revealed them to babes," For I well knewthe pride of men; if their wisdom and learning couldteach them how to discern MY Bible aright, theywould boast themselves therein, as many men in this

age have done; who, judging they have .found outsome passages of scripture, iliat suit their fa1th andbelief, and bave drawn great multitudes afler them;they are judging themseh'es higbly favoured of God.

-that they are righteous, and despising others· But~ow what is said in MY Gospel: what is of manwill come to nothing, but what is of God they can.

not over throw,le st they are found to fight againstGod: alld against God they will find they arc all

fighting, forgetting the Prayer 1 taught. them, orthey must say I taught them to pray 111 vam.. As to~;Y Gospel, they have placed it to their own W1sd~m ~and is it not written, the wisdom of man shall pensh.But how can it perish ifmen, by learning, can findout the hidden mysteries of MY Bible, and. form a. h . dent in all things? Then the WIsdom ofng t JU gm ,

the wise men could not pe,ish, nor the understand·. f h d nt men be hid· nor tbe weak fool-mg 0 t e pru e ,. h h' f th;s \"orld confound their wi~dom. that1& t mg. () " 11no flesh might glory or boa.t in MY sight. But a

. . I L I' d . g and marvellousmu.t owq that Jt IS t le orl s OIl' , .

in their eyes, that he bath brought to ,light theI 'd Ii man sunder.hidden mysteries that were 11 rom

d· S I'f'they weigh MY Bible d ep, theystan mg. 0

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will see the wisdom of God, that appeareth foolish.

ness to thr~n ; to reveal hidden mysteries to a simplewoman, will make the wisdom of rna r l' In rOO IS lhes$to God, to judge they can find out MY Will by their

own k~o" ledge. Therefore I said, if the blirid leadthe blind, they would all fall into the ditch' d'I di ' an

t le tch is near fOJ:" all men: and he that c1imbethahy other way but by the sheep-fold, is a thief anda robber; for I said, that I alone was the goodshepherd, that careth for MY sheep; and they

should know MY voice and follow ME wheresoevefI go: and now MY voice shall be known to MY

!heep; and the "oi~e of men they will not follow­fOr I shall convince them that building on one par~

~f M~ Gospd and not on all, is like a man's build­mg hiS house on the sandy foundation of h', '. IS OWnWisdom, and great they ''fill find the fall thereof·fO,r all men who are Building upon' their own wisdQ~will soon fall down, to sHew that man, who was pro­

nQunced dead to the knowledge of his God, cannotbecome alive to the kno "Iedge of God, before hebeginneth to be taught of God. Then shall theyknow the Lord from the greatest to the least. Butwhere, ill MY Bible, did I say, this teaching should

come ~~ the knowledge of men ~ Do not tlJey say,MY Spmt h!lth c~ased of prophecies, ever since thedeath of ?,lY.Disciples ? Then how carne the spiritflf prophecy m them, tp prophesy out pf their OW1\hearts th<lt ~ave seen nothing, ~ut placed the scri p­tures to their own wisdom, as their forefathers pla­ced them to their wisdom? But know, that every

op~ and' perf~ct gift, c-ometh ~o\Vn from ~~

oN' THE eALVINlSTI1::' r.IETHODIS'l'S. 31'Jl:lther of: lights, and. the scriptures of ~ruth com.,mantis men not to quedch the spirit, nor despise

prophecies, but prove all things, and hold fast that

l"biclu is good.. No v these scriptures are forgote nand despised by these men, that say thry. have the>srJI!1> pints oj God. And seven spirits they have

l!Iade,-one sp.rit to contradict anotl er: The filst

spirii, to say, MY Bible shall all be fulfilled; thosecond spirit, to say, it shall not he fulfilled; ththird spirit, to say, they sh~1I notquenchthe spirit,nordespise prophecies; the fourth spirit, to say, they.must despise prophecies, and quench the spirit with

:Jlt their might; the fifth spirit, to say, the wisdomof the wise men should peri h, and the understand­

ing of the prudent men should be hid; the sixthspirit, to say, they should notbe hid; but,by the wis­dom of the wise men, and the understanding of the

prudent men, they should bring all men to the know­ledae of the Lord, without their being taught of

oGod: and thus they have made it seven spirits in

lhemsc\ves, by their own wisdom, one spirit to con­

tradict another, judging ME such another as them­~eh'es. But know, in ~tE there is neither ,'ariableness,nor shadow of turning: but man has sought out all

these inventions, and placed ~rE as though havings'ven different spirits, olle to say, and another to con·tradict; but I shall place the seven Spirits in the se­ven len, that I sent to thee at Exeter. to give in tl.eirjudgment on thy \Vritings; and Ihey allg(l~'" i: m:/i,Olle ,;onseIIl, they camejrQm the SPliUT OF GOD!\\ithout one contradicting the oth r, for 1!Y Spirit\\'as in the seven, and made them all agree in one;

O!ll THE CALVINISTIC METHand that e ODISTS.

very soul shall find MY S . .that past their judgment ad' PI~t was in thelllwhen the 'p.d , n IS now ID print. An

J gmcnts do come on th . dsound the silver trum ' en will theytJJ all men." pets of the Lord, aloud

Now, I have given you theto th .. answer of the S ..e mllllsier's sermon wh' I pmt

to put in print if yo t'h' klC

1 you are at full libertyu ID proper d .

can answer it. ' an see If they

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT

TH.AT tbe world may form a . . '"Jnistic Methodict true opinIOn of tbe Cal.

J• s, an account ba. bee .

oanna, during th .. n recen'ed frome pPIIl!InO" of thO b

tack made upon he boIS ook, of an at·in the following r 'lone of these Elt.ltd PeQple

manner du' I ' 'fmlll Stockton 'r' flng ler Journey to Leeds

_ .upon- ees hi'.' had rei t d f ' W 0 to d ber "All ha e 0 the past ' ' s e" wbo b d "d ' was entIrely false' "I,d tha Jolne h' . .. ose" er, parucularlv thwbo went to Exet b d { e seven gentlemen" • b . er. a some bad J • • •

lila t elf names to h natIves, 111 glV"• w at Ibtv kne f:, gave credit to "w was alse; and be'" none. The books b 'd .

ht prlnltd as in Ibt d I .' e SaJ , mlgbl 7/01" a CS menlloned· a d h .

put any date' so It 'h ' n > e IUlaht.. a orret er h . d 0

"impostors, to impofe 0 I e JU ged them to beTbe reader will bav. noodnlfit"e leredl11ilY of tbe public."

. ,1 cu ty to . dcll'les of men who c d JU ge of the prin.

J OIl ("Inn I .duct of otbers II ' t Ie 1110tl ves and con·

. e ne\'cr knew ..even heard of tb . ' nevel sa,,', nor bad

elf nelUes Tb' C 'dist even bas t1. .- I> alvlOistic Metbo.Ie lmpndence t '

who have constantly d h 0 Inclu.de tbe numbers

j' I rea t e book' 1I> led, from the b ' . s a> t ley were pub-

egmmnO' of tbday; all and everyone" e year 180l, 10 thismust be implicated' b' wbether bundreds or thousaJ,ds

In t c deceit adb'two years arro Id ' n t ilt what \\,;as n'ild

.., ,COll not be .artcl'wards I Tb prlntcd until 1\, 0 )'ears. esc are tbe me:> th

tbe Elcct and cl. . h at call the~.elve,) alln t e h--al'e - ".. n_ as t.leu OWQ !

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ON THE

1$MPTATIONS OF THE SEALED NUMBER.

EXTRACT ora letter from Joanna,dated Dec. 18, 1805.

containing tbe complaints made of the temptations ofSatan on every side: by temptation within, and theworld witbout; to this she was answered by the Spirit

as foHows :

"THOU knowest, I said, as close as Ph:\foah

pursued the Children of Israel, so close will Satanpursue the Sealed People, by temptations within,

and persecutions without; and as Pharoah was des­troyed for pursuing the Children of I,srael, so shall

Satan be destroyed for pursuing the Sealed People;for now, like the Children of Israel, they have theRed Sea before them, and the Egyptian host behindthem; but let them stand still and they shall se~MY Salvation; for I know how close Satan is pur­

suing them; and I will be as close to pursue him.But was it not so, he could not be chained down,

nor hts days shortened for their sake: it is for theirsake I will cut hart MY Work in righteousness, and

bring deli\'erance to lilY people. And noW I willanswer Sh::trp's delicacy: let him not fear to put histestimony to the book that he is publishing, fear­ing men will judge it vain glory; but let .himsay with David, ' is there not cause enough to fightmanfully as a good soldier, for Christ's Kingdom to

be established, and Satan's destroyed 1 Shall I beashamed to QWD the tcstimony I give, when I

For I now tell you ali, as a'Woman'sjointurestands in marriage, so doth the Woman's jointurestand in the beginning: and it is her jointure mustclear the whoie: :lnd know, how both were joinedtogether in the Fall. And now whoever gives upthe Woman's jointure can never have his landsfreed; for it is by that promise that I must freeyO)11" bonds, and by it I shall free MY lands for MaD,that now pleads the Woman's promise-

.co ON TIlE TOIPTATIONS

ha~e seen the truth of the past? shall I fear thetruth to come ?' So let hiul gird up his loins like aluan-

And answer MY d'cm3nd~ who e:Ln,From whence the truth did all appear IOr WhOMV Bible made so clear,'fo pro,'e the words that first I spo1(e/

\\rhen I tbe 'Voman did create?lIow he could be a good to manBy any way they've bid their pl:\o?]f from MY Birth they now app~r.

Then tell ME why the Jews did err,That were at first NY chosen race~

I say MY plan do nit di!grace ;The Jews they did it at the fir,l,And now the Gentiles EO do burst:Like Adam's seed do all appear,Condemn the 'Vaman e\·cry wllcre:That she no helpmate is to man;Because his ways you all condemn:So perfectly like Adam here-For so tbe Jews do now appear­And nov.' tlle Gcntiles err the same:For thc)' ~pi!C tbe ,\~oman's nam~;

That there's no good from her can be;

Appcar vain men and answer ME,

Wby I the \\'omon did create'To be mao's partner :md helpnl::lfTo help him into nrio;cry)"But mark the Bond was made by ME.

I DOV; do tell)ou in the Fill-'-It i.s that BOllll mu:.t clear the wllole:For there's the Jointure all nlu"t . ce.How S,tou's doom is joined "ith ME:

That to the "~oman rhcn v;a"! madc:­.And now yo- mcn h<" not misled"It is her Juinture in MY'" \V ORD,

\Vhereby ),ou all must know the LORn,

That d,ed at filSt tl,e debtto fret;AtuJ. then the \,"OA1ID'S hand ),ou se~

tip THE SEALED NUr-IRER•

Like all your laws doth now appear­Afier your manner answer here,If you as Children DO'W- becomeWould you give up Jour Mother's bond,.lfmen your Father murder'd hereAnd took his life the debt to clear!

So, from the Fall, I tell )"ou aU,The Jointure there was made­That as I paid M v Life for all,

·Oh tnen, be not misled-You aU must come the 'Vornan's bondTo plead her Jointure there;Then Satou must let go the landi,That I have bought so dear,Bccause MY Blood the victim stood,To pay tbedebt for Man;The \Vomao's Jointure to make good,And so redeem M v land.Now if her Jointure you give up,You may give up the whole­And S3Y in vain MY l.ife did drop.For to redeem )"ou all.Decause the Boud can never stand.That l did make at first,If ),ou give up the '\'o01ao'5 hand,1.'h~t on her so wa pla~'d.

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ON THE TEMPTATIONS

Jt is ber claim, yc sons of men,:To have her Children free IAn~ if she now gives up the bondYour poverty)'ou'd see '.

'Vould soon come on, se simple menAs )'OU have seen it bere,

'Vhcu wives their Jointures have given up,Their husbands' debts to clear ' .

\Vlten nothing'-s left, as 1 bav; saidTo keep them from distress. 'And now the Ill)'sterics, I'll make clear: ..A woman's feeling breast1\1ay give it up, as she may hopelIer bu~band foqo free;That he in prison may not drop,11er love may set him free; .May so be done, b)f"'ber weak band,In lovcto him ap~;

~ut if hi life, his foes should take',\Vould you not plame her here,To give to them her e\'cl)' hood,Th,t did her ~ord destro)"'• No. i~his life lOU had proloug'4You ~ll1ghtmy I><>nd enjo)",To gi,'c it up for me to hopeMy husband's life to save'But as his life you tnade i: deop:My Jointure now 1 crave ~To be my own; his life is gone,A nd him you did dcstro)' ;No mercy JOU did shew to him.And ),ou shall ne'er enjo)';

The B~nd that's 'pint, I'll ne'er resign.My JOlDture I'll not gi\'e: rAs you DO mercy shew'd to himHis Children now shall live •

III the pOssession of the wb~Ie'::I'hat he did make to me- •

My Jointure DOW shall nel"er falt. To men tbat act like He-

C l\Jy Lord to sla)",' the ~\'ife may say.~ For now I'll keep my bond; ,

~F THE SEALED NUMBB~.

But if you had mercy shewn to him,

i might give up my hand;'But you did not, and now too late:

M)' Jointure you do cra\'e;I never now will give it upHis Children it shall have:So, imple men, if you discern~

The m)'Stery.here goes deep;For like a husband 1 have done,The Woman's Jointure keep;The debts to free. they've rourder'd ME­

~Ier JOINTURE. DOTH REMAI~!

For to revenge the enemy,Ii you can ~ow sec plain, .]t is her hand must e\'cr stand,I sa)', to claim tbe ",hole--And pro\'e the Joi.ture's in her h:md,

To make tbe foe to full,The DODd you sec "''"as gil-en by Me,And it she DOW doth claim;And all MY Children must agree,To have their l\'1other's bond,That first was madc. be not misled,

~or gh-c it up to noDe,~e('ause they made her Lord to blcc4,

rFhcD claim the bond I~l1r own:'

This Com~unjcationhas so far epened the eyespf my understanding, that I would sooncr give mylife to be burnt in the Hamcs, as the martyrs were,than give up the Promise made in the l~all, that theLord, in his unbounded mercies, hath now pro­mised to fulfil. I see deepl)' the weight of the words,and the sense ~d meaning is pressed on my mindand my hearr, to ~ee the depth of the Lord's wisdomacting with men after the l1lannef of men; in all hisparables here upon earrh, he likened the kingdom ofheaven to the likeness of men here upon tarth:and now the Promise made in the Fall is so clearly

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THE SECOND EDITION.

CALVIN 1ST IC METHODISTS,

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT:

WITH OTHER

. . l ....d t"'" """..t tit< ..-4 ther«if,T~ ..d b/oaldl ........ U~ , A awl ditAer it godA: If);'

but cmut .0/ ttU ..1t<Rct d ~ , Jobo, iii. 8.ev<ry on< tAat ;, 00"" of tl.. Spirit.

PRAYERS OF

THE CONDUCT OF

DIVINE AND SPIRITUAL

COMMUNIC.A.TLOJVS,

Pri,.tt:d bl' S. Rutin! \ l,'.

\Y80J. bUrel, Spa Fi"d.!,

44 ON THE TEMPTATIONS, &c;

explained with the woman's jointure in marriage,that if she gave it up, it was tei save her husbandfrom prison, or death; but if men put him to deatllfirst, would you not call the woman a fooi to giveup her jointure afterwards, to such malicious ene­mies? Here is the parable temporally; but now letus weigh it spiritually: the debt was the debt of sin,from the transgressi n of the Fall,--5atan workedin the hearts of men, to have our blessed Saviourput to death to pay the debt for man; then now re­mains the promised bond given to the Woman, tobruise Satan's head. Then does not justice cillfor the fulfilment of the one, as the vengeance andmalice of men and devils fulfilled the other? For hethat sheweth no mercy, shall have judgment with­out mercy; and no mercy was shewn to our dearand dying Saviour! And shall we now wi h to shew

cy to such a Serpent, that has stung both himand us? If we look at our dying Lord, love willcall us to wish to see him triumph over death, hell,and the grave, and put all his enemies under hisfeet, and fulfil the Promise that he made in theFall: for if his love was to wash away our guilt,ought not our 10\'e to ask Satan's destruction fOl'what he has ,spil t?