By his obedience the promise there was made,
How in the end all nations should be led
For to obtain the blessing from it there,
And by obedience I the end shall clear.

"So when men come according to my word,
They'll find me as a true and faithful God;
But now my Bible men do not discern,

The way
and manner I throughout did warn ;
If disobedience first brought on a curse,
And so by it that paradise was lost;
I said, that obedience should it regain.
For that's the way I'll shew to man my mind,
The way returning sinners do repent.
And so they all shall find my mind is bent
The promise that I made I'll now fulfil;
And so in Isaac every land shall feel

The promis'd blessings I have now in store,
If they'll awake, and own the Lord is here.

"For now I shall come to the purpose with all mankind, and prove from my visitation to thee, that no prayers nor petitions of men have altered one of my decrees. Now call to thy remembrance the time, when the Methodist Preachers said they should pray Bonaparte dead; let the date and words appear, and I shall answer thee."

This was in 1803, when I was at Leeds; some one said to a Methodist Preacher-" What shall

we do with Bonaparte?" He said, “O, pray him dead;" and spoke in a manner as though he easily

could do it.

"Now let men discern how many years he hath went on conquering, as I told thee, since this man boasted of his prayers, to pray him dead. And now come to my Gospel, what I said of the scribes and pharisees, who made long prayers, and thought that they should be heard for their much speaking; but this I told them would be rejected, if I was rejected by them, after I had shewn my power by the miracles I wrought amongst them; and perfectly so I tell them now: the prayers of the Jews could not keep their city, nor defend theirselves against the power of their

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enemies, but were scattered into all nations, as I told them; and all their prayers and petitions to this day have never regained their city for them. And though you have heard that they have given much money unto Bonaparte, seeing he was a conqueror, and many simply supposed he would conquer for them, as they set him as a Saviour, in my stead; yet know I always told thee that he would never gain the victory for them, but they would see him fall, like other men, when my appointed time was come; and then they would see they had been worshipping the Beast, instead of ME. For as they choosed a murderer at first to be freed, when I was cast; so they have chosen one at the last and this they must be convinced of, to look on ME, whom they crucified, before any deliverance will come to the Jews. But they must first see my Gospel clear, by the TYPES and SHADOWS I have placed for the END, before they will be convinced of the errors they are in; and therefore the Revelation is placed of TYPES and SHADOWS, to shew you the END. But this must be clearly proved that these TYPES and SHADOWS do appear in this NATION, before the other NATIONS will begin to fear, to fall before you.

"And now I shall return to what I told thee of Bonaparte, that he would go on conquering and to conquer, till my appointed time was come to cut him short; but I have already told thee what his end will be; and all will find my words are true. So that it is not the prayers of men which have altered one of my decrees. They ask and receive not, because they ask amiss; for their petitions are, that I would rob myself of my own honour, to go from what I have revealed to thee, to bring honour and glory to man: for thus I must have given the Spirit the lie, that I have warned thee by, if they could "pray him dead" in any way than I revealed to thee. And let them

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discern, when I began to weaken his power, it was not by the power and strength of men, but by my power in the weather; and know I have told thee it is by my power that the FRENCH NATION shall come into distress by the weather, which I shall send there; for they shall know he is no God, whom they have set up.

"Therefore my decrees will be fulfilled, according to what I have revealed unto thee; because my word shall stand; so it is in vain for men to think, by their power, or their wisdom, or by their prayers, to alter my decrees. Let them pray as I taught them in my Gospel, that my kingdom may come, and my will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. This is the prayer I shall hear and answer; for this I have told thee I am hastening on to fulfil; and then they will join with thee in prayer, that my will may be made known amongst mankind; that I shall enlighten their understanding to know the days of their visitation, that they may know my will and obey it; confess their blindness, and their ignorance of the days that are come; and what is my will, that they cannot do it for want of knowledge. These are the prayers and petitions, which I shall hear and answer; for in this they own theirselves but men, and that my will cannot be done by them, before my will is made known to them. My mind and will are revealed to thee: and, as they search out to know the will of a man, when he is deceased, so let them search out to know my mind and will, in the way I have directed. Then their prayers will excel the weapons of war, and change the scenes of sorrow in this nation; for then they will begin to do my will on earth, as it is done in heaven. For if I command my angels to go, they go, as ministring spirits, where they are sent. And so I have told them I have sent them to thee, as guardians and ministring spirits,

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to reveal what I have revealed to them; because the powerful visitation of my Spirit is too great for thee to bear long; neither should my Spirit be always working in that manner, as thou hast felt it at the three different times: but let men know, the Scriptures shall be fulfilled, that men shall judge angels; but how are men to judge angels, if they were not sent as ministring spirits? And so, from thy writings, which men have judged too free and familiar, for a God to answer thee, in all thy petitions, in all thy doubts, fears, and jealousies; let them discern in what manner thou art answered by them, after the manner of men, after the language of men, and after the free conversation of men, one with another. Thus let them judge the likeness: therefore I said that with→→→

Angels and men I shall begin:
Let men and angels join;

The CHURCH triumphant so must come,
Alike for to combine.

For saints above, enthron'd in love,

With angels there do meet,

And down below mankind will know
The angels here will greet;
Like brethren here for to appear;
For so the end will come,
When I have made my Bible clear,
For heaven and earth to join.
For those above, enthron'd in love,
Will love mankind to see
Deliver'd from the wrath of hell-
Angels and men agree.

And so in men thou'lt find they'll come,
Like men for to appear;

Because it will be in their form,

But angels working there

To influence them: ye don't discern
How comes the different sound.
When Satan strong in man is form'd,
And angels so are found

To form the same, if men discern,
What difference doth appear;
I tell thee 'tis from all unknown

The different spirits here.

For now to men I first shall come ;
They've spirits of their own;
And some are easy work'd upon,
It must to all be known.

Their anger ye may work it high,
Or passions you may turn,
If wisely ye do work that way,
To change the minds in some;
They will be led, as I have said,
And let their reason rule;
Then angels here can strong appear
To work upon that soul.
The spirits, see, united be
In harmony and love;
For saints and angels do agree

In earth and heaven above.
Though not to all alike's the call,

The way I've sent them here;
And yet, I tell thee, unto all
My angels do appear

To work with men, where they can join,
And work upon the heart:

But where that men resist them here,

Then here they must depart.
When they are gone, I tell thee plain,

As men-resist my love,

The fallen angels soon are seen
Men's passions for to move
A different way, I now tell thee-
The way the man's inclin'd.
And so the difference thou dost see
So greatly in mankind :

And how 'tis so you all may know,
While Satan's power remains:
But now, I say, I'll stop

the foe,

And make an end of sin.

The time's near come and hastening on,

That I shall this fulfil.

But I'll end here, and say no more;

Let men judge as they will,
They'll find it true, before their view,

What here I've answer'd thee;

Another day thou'lt prove it true,

The likeness thou wilt see."

I am now ordered to pen what were my feelings, when I heard of the death of the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, in August, 1819, as they are answered to me, and I am ordered to put them in print.