thou must have witnesses whenever thou didst go to Pomeroy on any thing particular concerning thy prophecies, and witnesses of the letters, which were sent to him; now thou seest my wisdom in these directions; so in like manner ye will all see, in the end, that thou hast need of witnesses of thy own friends to be called forward, when physicians are sent to inquire into the case, For though I have told thee it shall be plain, that there need not be any cause for dispute; yet I do not tell thee there may not be men who will dispute that some wondrous and strange disorder hath happened to thee in the year I have said thou shalt have a Son. And, from Pomery's conduct, all may see my cautions just; and to prevent any men's coming in the name of physicians being sent by the rulers whom I ordered thee to write unto; no man can come in that name, without bringing the Letter and the Portrait with him, to prove that they were honourably sent. And in like manner, those physicians who are sent by them, at the time the CHILD is born, to prove that no deceit is practised on thy part, they must bring with them the Letter and Portrait, to prove that no deception is practised on their part. For now I shall put it out of the power of men to act for the future, as he hath acted in the time past; because justice, equity and truth, must now be made manifest unto all men, by placing witnesses every way, so that the truth cannot be evaded, but must be made clear.

"And now from the time when this book goeth out, all strangers must be forbidden coming to the house to make any inquiry concerning thee, without it be those whom I have ordered thee to send unto; and the multitude of thy friends, who were daily coming to make inquiries, must now, out of love

and friendship to thee, refrain for awhile. For ye know not the anxiety of people; if a restraint were not put, thousands would come from different parts, after they knew thou hadst been seen by men, without considering thy situation, and what thou hast to go through from those thou must see; so to add to the number is more than thou couldest bear. And therefore the desire of all thy friends, who are so anxious to see thee at present, must be deferred till the CHILD is born, and thou art able to see them. It is but those who are called forward in the work, to stand with others, that can have access to see thee, when I appoint the time to call men forward, whom thou must be judged by.

"And now let all thy friends set their hearts at rest; and know, if permission be granted to some, it must be granted to all.

"And now let the number be put down of those who have signed since the sealing was stopped, who are longing for my kingdom of righteous, ness and peace, and for my coming to establish happiness upon the earth."

The number of those who have signed since 1808, when the Sealing was stopped, and have had no seals give them yet, amounts to six thousand four hundred and upwards.

"Then now consider from this number, and a greater number, that was sealed before; out of all these believers, let the friends judge for theirselves, what confusion it would cause, if all were at liberty to come according to their own desire. Know the hundreds that thou wast told wished to come from one place; then let men judge for theirselves, from the various places, among so many thousands, what a multitude would wish to come forward, were I not to put a stop to the present anxiety of the people; as it would be more

than thou couldst bear at present to see the multitude and little dost thou know what is hastening on, to agitate and try thy spirits. Therefore let not thy friends, out of love, having a longing desire to see thee, wish to lay upon thee more than thou art able to bear. For I know that as much as thou art able to bear is hastening on to come upon thee; and which I tell thee cannot be avoided and therefore those friends of thine, who have been closely joined with thee, in brotherly kindness, and have stood the test in the time past, they must have liberty to come as witnesses for thee, when liberty is granted for strangers to come forward. And therefore a List will be given of the names of those whom I shall give permission to come and see thee, in my appointed time. But let them know, this cannot be general, from the reasons I have assigned and were it to be granted in part with others, offences would be given, if not to all. This I have done that the believers may not be hurt, knowing that thou canst not see a multitude at present; but let them all know, after the CHILD is born, and thou art recovered again to health, I shall direct a way how all, who are desirous to see thee and the CHILD, may see thee in my appointed time, at different periods fixed for all.

"So here I have answered concerning the friends and believers: and now I shall answer thee further concerning Pomeroy. If I had not directed thee to a man that acted like him at first, thou wouldest find many to act like him at last; and therefore he stands a judge for all mankind: he stands a judge for God and man, from his conduct, to justify my ways, and my directions, shewing what man is. Without a steady faith, and firm belief, no dependence can be put in men: and therefore it is thy steady friends,

who have shewed their faith by their works, who have already been tried and proved, that must now be called forward with strangers, when they appear. And I now tell thee, among strangers thou wilt find many sincere and faithful friends, many true and faithful witnesses: but I do not tell thee it would be so in all that would come forward, if they had it in their power; and therefore, as I said before, to guard thee now against the unjust, I must place the innocent with the guilty, and the just with the unjust, that no offence might be given. Thou must have thy friends, whom thou canst depend upon, to be witnesses with all; for know of the past, how many pretended to come forward as friends, and afterwards turned thy enemies: and false inventions, and wrong misrepresentations have already been made through envy; and which, I tell thee, would be much greater, were it not for thy faithful witnesses. Therefore all men may see that my directions are just, my cautions are just, to guard and keep thee from all danger, that might happen in a dangerous time, when the hour of thy deliverance draweth near.

"I have given thee directions, to prevent inquiries which might be made by letters, as there will not be time to answer all the inquiries that people would make. But I have answered them already they must weigh these Five Books together, and wait with patience till the Sixth appeareth, wherein it will be announced that the MARRIAGE, which I have mentioned, hath taken place; in the Seventh the BIRTH of the CHILD: and then, as thou saidst before, all their wonders may cease; for then they may cease wondering whether there is a God that dwelleth in the heavens above and amongst the inhabitants of the earth below, by whose wisdom and power

these wonders are brought round to be fulfilled. When they compare the whole together, then they may see the wonders in the Revelations breaking before them to be fulfilled, from what I told thee of Bonaparte and thyself, and other wonderful and strange events, which are hastening on, to bring men to the true knowledge of the Scriptures, a true knowledge that the end is at hand, for all men to come to the knowledge of the Lord, which is to cover the earth as the waters cover the great deep.

"And now ye may all see why I granted ONE MINISTERliberty to come forward with the BISHOPS, before the trial was fixed of its end, and I granted but ONE; and let them see, in this Book, how he stands condemned, as not acting faithfully in the trust committed to his charge; and therefore I granted him liberty to come forward and plead for himself, if he had any thing to say in his own defence and this liberty I shall not now refuse; for that is not the justice of a God, to blame a man's conduct, and not permitted him to come forward and plead his own cause.”

The contents of this Book taken from JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S mouth, by me,

Witness, JANE TOWNLEY.

ANN UNDERWOOD.

Saturday, June 11th, 1814.

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