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my second coming. What insufficient Saviour do the Calvinists make of ME, that I can save none but those that were elected before the foundation of the world! Then to what purpose was my coming to save those that were saved before? For, by their doctrine, they could not be lost; and by their doctrine they must judge that an unwise God was the Creator of the universe, to make a decree, in every age of the world, that some were elected to be saved, that they could not be lost; and others were reprobated to be lost, that they could not be saved; and yet they presumptuously say, it pleased GOD to put his own SON to a shameful death, to lay on him the iniquities of all; and to suffer persecution to this day, for the sake of the men whom HE had ordained should not be lost; when 1 said in my Gospel, I came to seek and to save that which was lost! Here is the blindness and ignorance of men; so that an insufficient Saviour I am made by them.

"And now I shall come to another class of people, who say they are saved by their own righteousness, their own merit, and their own goodness; that they are all righteous within, that they are all holy, that they are all pure, that all Christ's righteousness is within them. So by their own merit they are saved; then to what purpose was my shedding my blood for them, if their own goodness saves them?

"But now I shall come further to their saying that I am an insufficient SAVIOUR, if I fulfil my Gospel the way I have revealed to thee; but I tell thee, if I do not fulfil it this way, an insufficient Saviour I must be to convince the Jews, convince the Deists and Atheists, convince the Arians, and those who say that my mother was an harlot, and that I was a bastard. Thus I have

not yet shewn my power sufficient enough to convince any of their errors, that now stand out in unbelief. As my ways and my wisdom are called blasphemy, by the boasters of religion, and taken in question by them; then now I call them forward to shew their wisdom and their power, to convince these blasphemers, of every sect and party, whether they mock the Gospel, or whether they mock the Prophets; let men shew their sufficiency, from the Gospel and from the Prophets, to convince mankind of their errors; or let them stop their blasphemy that they are daily committing, in the manner they are speaking against my visitation to thee. Let them prove the time that ever the words of the Prophets were fulfilled, which I ordered thee to bring together in thy last book; let them not say it was thy opinions, or thy notions; because it was my command to thee, to bring them forward, in the manner they are placed together; and the manner they are explained was not from thy wisdom, but mine; not from thy understanding, but my directions; for it was I revealed the sense and meaning of them.-Now let them answer, from their wisdom, wнo is the Son of MAN that I said should be revealed, and in what HE should be revealed? Let them answer, who is the Son of MAN coming in a cloud with power and great glory, for men to expect their redemption to draw near? Let them answer the meaning of these words:

Luke, xxi. 35-36. "For as a spare it shall come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of MAN."

"Here let them answer the meaning of the

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words, who is the Son of MAN, that as a snare is here meant, that they cannot understand? But if they blame my explanation to thee, let them shew their wisdom, to prove my Gospel true another way. And let them see, throughout the land, the blasphemy spoken against the Scriptures; and how it is out of the power of men to prove the Scriptures true, to shame and confound these blasphemers. This sufficiency is not in man; for insufficient are their ways, insufficient is their wisdom, their knowledge, or their understanding, and insufficient is their power. But now I shall shew the full sufficiency of my power and wisdom, to save to the utmost all nations, kindred, and people, to bring them to the knowledge of the LIVING GOD; that the kingdoms of this world might become the kingdoms of the living God, for every knee to bow to ME. I yet taken my great power, to reign and rule over the hearts of men? This sufficiency is behind; but this is the time that they will see the sufficiency of my power to destroy those my ene mies that would not that I should come and reign over them, by raising up a BODY in the likeness of what I laid down. But do men simply suppose, that I shall leave the glories of heaven, to come down and dwell with men upon earth, because I have not power to raise my likeness, in my name, and in my stead: Let them answer the words in the Acts of the Apostles.

Have

Acts, iii. 19.-" Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and HE shall send Jesus. Christ, which before was preached unto you; whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things."

"Now let them answer, with all their boasted

wisdom, what is the meaning of the Apostle's words? what are the times of refreshing, to come from the presence of the Lord? and what is the meaning of sending JESUS CHRIST, to raise up a Prophet, according to the words of Moses? The Apostles did not understand what they wrote, any more than thou hast understood what thou hast written. If they had understood, they would have known, in the end, that I should raise up my likeness, greater than Moses, to be a Prophet, Priest, and King, to lead the people in the last days. But what likeness of MOSES was there in ME? Did I deliver the people from the hands of their enemies? did I establish them in any promised land, when I became flesh and blood and dwelt with men? Let them prove that this was done; and let them prove the time and season that the words of the Prophets have been fulfilled, in the chapters I pointed out to thee. This is impossible for them to prove; then now I ask them, where is my merit, where is my wisdom, or where is my power, to fulfil the words I said in my Gospel, that I came not to destroy the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfil them? And thou hast faith enough to believe in my sufficiency, my power, and my goodness, that what I have said I have power to fulfil, and to complete the foundation that I laid in the beginning. Because I have told thee, from my first coming, it was to die for the transgression of man, to cast out the adversary that betrayed the woman; and, by the Gospel, to prepare the way, to make the path straight in the wilderness, that they may see, in the end, the way I meant to visit again, to set my Son on the holy hill of Zion. For, I now tell thee and all mankind, the Gospel is much plainer to be understood, in what manner my Second Coming would be, than my

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First was from the Prophets.-Let them answer from the words of Paul, how GOD' shall send forth his SON made of a WOMAN? WHO is the SON that is to be revealed in the last days? WHO is the LORD GOD that is to dwell amongst mankind? What remains to be testified in due time? I now tell thee, the blindness of the professors of religion wrest the scriptures to their own condemnation; because they deny the truths they contain; and by saying they are fulfilled, when they are not, they strengthen the hands of evil doers to go on in unbelief.

"Now come to the words I spoke to thee this morning, that I should descend from the cross, and build up the temple, which the Jews destroyed

in ME.

Matthew, xxvii. 39-43. They that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests, mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will save him: for he said, I am the Son of God."

"Now I shall answer thee, from the language of mankind, and from the words I said to thee in the morning-If I am the Son of GOD, this year will I come down from the cross, by producing a BODY like my own, by producing LIFE as I laid down, by placing a CHILD in the midst of them; and whosoever receiveth the CHILD, receiveth ME; and whosoever rejecteth the CHILD, rejecteth ME. And I shall explain to thee the meaning, why I said, come down from the cross; as thou sayest in