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come true; but believe them not; for it is the Lord that tries you, to see whether you are true to your God, and to God only: for we do believe only in one God, and no Trinity what

soever."

The ANSWER of the SPIRIT.

Now I shall answer thee, from the words of Moses to the children of Israel, in the chapter he mentioned to thee, saying, if "the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet."-Deuteronomy, xiii. But to the words. of that prophet, by signs and wonders, worked by enchantment, did they turn away from the LIVING GOD, and followed after other gods to their hurt. For now I shall shew them what their forefathers were: as soon as they had seen my power, in delivering them from the hand of Pharaoh, and the hard bondage they complained of, how soon did they say unto Aaron, "make us Gods, which shall go before us: for, as for this MOSES, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him!" -Exodus, xxxii. Let them see from this chapter, how soon Moses was forgotten, who delivered them; and how soon the power of the Most High was forgotten, who wrought their deliverance by the hand of Moses. Let them look to the molten calf, which Aaron made for them: and they said, These be thy Gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." These were the gods which the Lord forbade them to follow after; or to worship any graven images, or the works of men's hands, that they set up to worship. This Moss forbade them;

but this they followed on to do, like the heathens, whom the Lord drove out before them, that offered up their sons and daughters to devils; the children of Israel corrupted themselves in the like manner as the heathens had done, by offering up their sons and daughters unto devils, but not to the Lord. These were the signs and wonders that I forbade, which they had learned in the land of Egypt. And let them look back to Pharaoh, what signs and wonders he shewed in Egypt, by the enchantment of his magicians, in many of the likenesses of Moses; for, by witchcraft, signs and wonders were wrought in their days; and so they will find, in all nations amongst the heathens, that signs and wonders might be shewn by enchantment, while Satan's power remaineth; because he can shew his power in men who give theirselves up to worship him. And those heathen nations whom the Lord cast out had given themselves up to worship the devil; and therefore Moses gave them a strict command, that they should not follow after their gods, nor worship them; that there was no god for them to worship, but the GoD of HEAVEN and EARTH, who created MAN, and breathed in him the breath of life, that he became a living soul and that soul is required of the Lord to worship his Creator, who made him at first. But let them see how they departed from that command, which was given by Moses; let them trace the reign of their kings throughout, and what abominations were committed in Israel; let them see the end of Solomon's reign, and how greatly the kingdom was rended from him."

2 Kings, xvi. 1-4. When Ahaz began to reign over Judah, he did not do as his father David had done: "But he walked in the ways of the kings

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of Israel; yea, and made his sons to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree." These were the gods that they worshipped, whom Mosis for

bade.

2 Kings, xvii. 16-17. "And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and inade a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger."

"Here were the signs and wonders, wrought by enchantment, which the LORD forbade by Moses; and this brought on their destruction.

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Psalm, cvi. 37-39. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions."

"These were the gods that they set up, by signs and lying wonders, and forgot the GoD of heaven, who delivered their fathers out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage; and brought upon themselves all the evils which Moses warned them of And now I say with Moses, I set before them TWO THINGS, choose which they will, the Law of MOSES, or the GosPEL of CHRIST. If they say, "We reject the GOSPEL; we believe in God the Creator of the

universe, a ONE GOD, as spoken by Moses; but we will not believe in any MEDIATOR, that shall stand between GOD and MAN; therefore, we will choose the LAWS of MOSES, but not the GosPEL." Then my answer is this to the Hebrews; let them look to all the commands which Moses gave them, and let them strictly observe to do them; let them look to the ten commandments, and see if they have never broken them; let them look to all the rules which Moses laid before them; and now let them strictly observe to do them, if they will enter into the promised rest. For, if they say they will be judged by the LAW; then by the Law they shall be judged; and Moses will come as a swift witness against them, that they have broken all his statutes, and all the judgments which he laid before them. So now it is time for the Jews to turn away from every evil of sin, and be strict observers of the Law; or how will they stand in the great day of the LORD, to be judged by the Laws of MOSES? Here I tell them, they will tremble, and every face must gather paleness, when I come as a swift witness against them, to judge them from the laws of Moses. If they choose to be judged thereby, thereby they shall be judged; and then let them judge for theirselves, what their end must be, when all the laws, like bills of indictment, will come strongly against them, one after the other, if they will not trust in any MEDIATOR, to plead their cause, as MoSES did."

Exodus, xxxii. 7-14. "And the Lord said unto Moses, go, get thee down: for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten

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calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiffnecked people. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a greater nation. And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, for mischief did he bring them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land, that I have spoken of, will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the Lord repented of the evil, which he had thought to do unto his people."

"Here, in the figure of MOSES, stands the MESSIAH,; here stands the MEDIATOR and the REDEEMER. Are they vain and simple enough, to believe that the GoD of the whole earth, the great I AM, the CREATOR of the universe, should condescend to speak to dust and ashes, unto Moses, as a man, to say, Let ME alone that my wrath may wax hot against them? What What power had MOSES to stay the hand of the wrath of GOD? And should Moses dare to plead with his MAKER and his CREATOR, that he had more wisdom than the MOST HIGH, to ask what would become of His great name? to tell HIM what the