A WARNING TO THE WORLD.

From types I'll make an end;

The history of Jacob's sons
Are in the Bible penn'd,

For types and shadows of the last,
Or it would not appear,

A chosen man that I had bless'd,
And let his sons to err,

As they had done, ye simple men:
No: there the type goes deep,
And back to Isaac you must come,
How he was offered
up;

And then to Jacob you must go,
For there the type you'll see,

How the two sons from him were born

A shadow deep of ME.

For one was bless'd, the other cast,

And so it then went on.

But know that Esau he did last
To have his princes come.

In grandeur here they did appear,
And flourish'd for a time;

But know that Jacob did him fear,

And so do all mankind:

They still do fear the Esaus here,
Though Esau I did hate;

And yet a time for him I spar'd,
And there the type goes deep.
For Esau's here in man I'll clear,
And then the root I'll bind;

So now the Jacobs need not fear,

For Jacob's sons shall find

Between their feet, the mystery's great:

The Lawgiver shall come :

The sceptre there did sure appear,

As I was born of them;

But then the sceptre did depart,
That every soul may see,
When I received a Joseph's dart,
And did to Egypt flee.

In prison cast, you know, at last
Like Joseph I was bound.
I say the famine it must come,
Before I shall be found

Again by them: the time will come,
The famine men will see;

If I don't bring it

your land,

In France 'twill surely be.

I say three years it shall appear,
No harvest shall be found;

And then the nations every where,
May tremble at the sound;

For altogether they will weigh,

And see how all did come.

Like Joseph's brethren, then I say,

Will be the hearts of men:

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Famine in France

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"We are guilty here, will man appear, And Pilate's words we see;

That of his Blood he then was clear,

And so he charged we

To do the same, as he had done,

But it we did refuse,

And in our anger slew the man,

His love we did abuse.

And so the wall fell down from all,

And Jacob's words we see:

The Lawgiver did come to all,

Our anger curst must be,

Unless to him we now return,

His mercies to implore."

For then they'll think of Joseph's dreams,

And see my Gospel clear.

Then I'll begin to gather in,

I say, in every land;

For now I say, like Jacob's sons
The nations all do stand.

Men's fury here do strong appear,
The walls they're throwing down:
And every nation I'll make bare,
And then I will be found,
To gather in from every land,
Twelve nations seal'd will be.
The shadow here you may command,
As thou'st began with three:
The Germans one, they have began;
The Jews-a shadow plac'd;
And when the prisons all are come,
I then shall join the rest.
But here within thou dost begin

To ask how this can be?

If it alludes to different lands,
The number judg'd by thee
Is nearly up: can England hope
To have their number more

Than the twelve thousand for to drop
And then it must stop here?

I tell thee, no: it is not so;

England may favour gain,

To have the number added more,

And other lands remain,

Not half the number to appear,

For there it cannot be,

To have the mysteries made so clear

As in this land you'll see.

And who do come, I'll cast out none,

That do in faith appear.

For now the Law is given to all,

To see my Gospel clear;

The net is cast, the likeness burst,

To have my Kingdom come.

A WARNING TO THE WORLD.

Both bad and good you may allude;
For so the draughts are known:
But steal no more, the time is o'er;
By faith men must appear,
For to come in, my Kingdom win,
For thieves have enter'd here*;
Because as spies have many been
No Jacob's sons to be.

Thou sayest the words that thou hast penn'd
A mystery are to thee;

Worse than before thou'st not seen clear;
And this I know is true.

It is to try men's talents here

I've brought it to thy view:

The shadow first, the substance last;

For I shall now try man,

How their ideas here will burst,

To judge thy written hand.

Then I'll appear to make all clear,
And Shiloh they shall know;
How I am come to gather in
The Gospel and the Law.
For my difciples I did try,
I tell thee, in disguise;
And in the end, 'tis my intend,
That way to make them wise.

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As I was ordered to put in print the Names of the Clergy, to whom I had written in Exeter; now to prevent the world from blaming their conduct, I shall give the following communication, that is given to me concerning them.

"As the things were not made clear unto them, let no man blame them; for I permitted the shepherds to act as they did, to make the type deep to the nation; but at that time it was not clear to them." -Now my readers must observe, when these letters were returned in 1799, it was before the harvest; and no clear proofs had been put into the hands of the Chancellor or the Archdeacon; therefore it is said to me, the mark that stood for the whole nation was put in the dark to them, which was foretold on January 17th, 1797, and is in the 15th page of the Sealed Prophecies" And so the mark was put in the dark to them in 1799; that they did not discern, neither did they know the visitation was from the Lord; for the mark was concealed from

Many have had seals only to know what was in them.

them at that time. As I said I would put the mark so that they should not discern; though I might spoil some, as Woolland spoiled his eggs. And now I tell thee, it was I that permitted this of the Chancellor and the Archdeacon, to set the mark in the dark for them, that it might hereafter stand in the light to the nation. For though I spoiled those two harvests, as Woolland spoiled some of his eggs, yet it was to prevent the thief from robbing the whole nation through unbelief; and to convince mankind this visitation was from the Lord. I now order this mark to be set as a sign for all men, though then in the dark, but now to be brought to light. The two harvests were then spoiled in part like the eggs; but the whole was not spoiled, as he did not spoil the whole. Now this that was done in secret, must now be made known, that the whole nation may not perish. For as the shadow stood from the two letters, and both harvests followed, so now the mark is set in the light for all men, as the truth is made known. And now, if men begin in the light, as they began in the dark, it shall be fatal for your land. They sinned through ignorance, as no clear light was given them; but now the nation have no cloak for their sins. Then it was as a candle put under a bushel, that gave no clear light to man; but now it is as a candle in a candlestick put on the table, to give light unto all men and now let all men take the warning. Then I punished but with few stripes, because they knew not what they had done, as all was concealed from them; but now all is made clear to mankind, and I shall punish with many stripes, if unbelief now abounds. The shadow of the two harvests is the substance to the nation. So now, if I am mocked by the shepherds, their end shall be fatal; if they refuse to warn their sheep, and they perish in their sins, their blood will I require of the shepherds' hands. But if the shepherds give the warning, and the people re

fuse to take it, then the shepherds shall save their souls alive, and every man's sin shall be upon his own head. So now if the poor mock the warning, let them not complain of suffering nor of famine; for suffering and famine shall come upon them; and let them not complain; but, say, as Joseph's brethren did, "We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul and would not hear." For the anguish of thy soul they must see and know, what thou hast suffered for an ungrateful nation; and let them know, that rebellion and ingratitude are as the sin of witchcraft: and if ingratitude and rebellion are now found in man, the punishment of that sin shall fall upon them. So if persecution is now found in the poor, their suffering shall be trebled to what it was in 1799 or the 1800. And if rebellion and unbelief be now found in the rich, they shall fall by the sword, or some fatal disease ; and if in the shepherds, their end shall be without honour. For the year of my Judgments is come; and they shall not cease till Judgments are executed into victory. Then shall my fierce anger be over, when every heart is longing for my Kingdom and I now tell thee, it shall not cease before.

Jacobs Jon

Now I shall come to Jacob's Sons: I have told thee, he told them what should befall them in the last days; and know, in my Bible, I called my. people all the Sons of Jacob; because it was said, in Isaac all the families of the Earth should be blessed; and that Blessing was to rest upon Jacob. Then know, in Jacob all the families of the Earth must stand; for Esau was a type of the end of Satan's reign after having his power for a time, as Esau had; but the end of the Promise was to rest upon Jacob. I have shewn thee part of the meaning or Jacob's dying words; and now I shall answer thee further know that Joseph was persecuted by his brethren, and sold into Egypt; and there he was