Joseph Southeott's Book ( 45 ) But them I'll free from misery, But to the land, they're on the sand, DIRECTIONS FOR MR. JONES TO GO TO THE REV. "Tell Jones to go to Pomeroy, and make him bring forth his arguments, and make him shew his strong reasons, why he published thy writings to be from the devil, when he told Jones that he was jealous from thy wisdom, that all came from thyself, as he had tried thee every way, and thou hadst a great deal of shrewd sense; and he had been astonished at thy answers.--But thy answers to Pomeroy came from ME, and not from thyself; therefore, Jones was wiser than Pomeroy, to say he did not believe thou hadst any more knowledge than he had, of thyself. Now let Jones go to Pomeroy, and tell him he is come as a friend to prevent his house from being set on fire, from a letter that has been sent to him. The fury of the Lord is broke out so strong in thee, to advertise Pomeroy in every paper that he hath been led by the devil, as he advertised theeFor the day of vengeance was then in her heart, for full of fury she came into his presence, and it was full of fury she signed her name, to submit to Pilate's words, that she was an impostor and had a devil." And to Pilate's words Christ submitted on the Cross, and with Pilate's words I signed my destiny.As Christ sealed his Blood upon the Cross, so did I sign to Pomeroy, and yielded myself to be an impostora woman led by the devil.-But by the letters I sent to him afterwards, he must see the veil of the temple that was rent, and the day of vengeance that was in my heart:-"And now the day of vengeance is come, that all the good offices that he boasted of appeareth no more to thee, than a Judas that professed to be a disciple of Christ, and afterwards denied him, afterwards betrayed him as Pomeroybetrayed thee; and now if he do not lay down his pen, as Judas laid down the money for it was for money Judas betrayed ME; and Pomeroy gave money to betray thee. Then let the scenes be changed; but let Pomeroy say with Judas, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And now let him come back to Pilate: "What fault could I find in the woman, before I had provoked her to anger, by turning her from the Sacrament, by advertising her for a devil, or drawing her in to sign her hand, as Christ signed his Blood?" If they judged him possessed of the devil, to their judgment he submitted on the Cross; and to Pomeroy's wisdom I made thee submit. Judas kissed me when he betrayed me; and Pomeroy called thee a dear good woman, and took thee by the hand when he betrayed thee, and advertised thee in the paper, as being led by the devil; but let him remember the words that were then spoken, when Taylor feared it was MY Spirit that rose within thee with indignation, to make answer and say, that he could not hurt thy writings : for what was of man would come to nothing, but what was of God they could not overthrow, lest luckily they were found to fight against God for that luck shall never come to Pomeroy, nor they that tempted him, as the men tempted Judas. They' shall not answer as the men answered to Judas, when he brought in the money and said, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood; for their answer was, "what is that to us; see thou to it." But my answer shall now be unto him that says, "I have betrayed and sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood-and now I will cast my pen before HIM.” Let this be Pomeroy's answer, and then I'll tell thee my answer; you cursed shepherds, you blind guides, you would not enter in yourselves, nor suffer those who were entering to go in; therefore I'll place you in Satan's room, and you shall look to it; for he that delivered thee unto him hath the greatest sin. And now let Jones plead with Pomeroy in this man ( 47 ) ner :-Suppose a man should put in the hands of a lawyer writings that should gain him a whole kingdom; and the lawyer should say, I will keep the writings, and I will carry them on to the trial; and if the writings will gain thy trial thou shalt gain the kingdom; and I will stand thy lawyer; I must stand thy counsellor, as a judge at the assizes; but if thy writings will not gain the trial, I confess I cannot gain it by law any other way but by the truth of thy writings. Suppose the man consents to put all into the lawyer's hands upon this condition, and say if the truth of my writings will not entitle me to the kingdom, then I will give it up; but do you justice, and bring my writings forward. The lawyer he promised to be faithful, and the man depends upon his honour, and puts the writings in his hands, expecting him to come forward as his counsellor to plead his cause. But suppose an enemy to the man should go to him that was the supposed counsellor, with the writings in his hands, and say, I hate the person that is heir to the kingdom, and in my heart I despise him; therefore I will give you any thing, and I will be your friend for ever, if you will now prove treacherous and deceitful: publish to the world the man's cause is not good; he is no heir to the kingdom; and to prevent others from trying the cause. in his stead, burn every writing he hath put in your hands, that justice may never be done to the manAsk Pomeroy how he would look upon such a man? Or suppose the cause to be his own, and he should lose every penny he had in the world, by such an artful and deceitful friend, would he not say he was worse than the one who set his house on fire ?--Let this parable be proposed by Jones, and let the answer be given by Pomeroy; then let Jones answer as Nathan answered David, Thou art the man; for thou hast slain Uriah; and put him in the front of the battle to be slain by his enemies; and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, to commit adultery with thee, 87.85 2 Book of Wonder όρι and gave consent to her husband's death. But here 87.88 see her heart awakened to despise the man that slew her husband; and she will not bow to be like Uriah's wife, but is enraged with the man that slew her husZ Book /band-And now I shall answer the ponderings of thy Wonder's heart: Thou sayest in thy heart, how am I placing The son end this parable to place ME, the Lord of Life and Glory, as the Uriah that was slain in the front of the battle; and to place David as the prince in man, whom thou must row despise, for slaying Uriah the Hittite in the front of the battle; and bring in a David, whom I said I was the root and offspring of, the bright and morning star, to be the murderer thou must despise? Here is the dark saying thou dost not understand; but now that dark saying shall be brought to light men have always sought MAN to be the David established upon the throne, and always made ME to be the Uriah that was slain in the front of the battle; but now I tell thee, for this the sword never shall depart from man, till a Solomon doth appear, born at the that will ask wisdom of God. Then shall MY THRONE be established, and the house shall be built in MY NAME, and all the cedars of Lebanon shall appear; then shall they say, Uriah is the man whom Satan's arts hath worked to destroy, and always slew him in the front of the battle; but I AM the DAVID that preserved the Woman, when Satan's arts slew the Man-But here thy heart is puzzled again; because David himself ordered Uriah to be put in the front of the battle, for the adultery he had committed with his wife, to slay the Man and save the Woman alive!! This appears marvellous in thy eyes. Can I be the SAVIOUR, the PRINCE OF PEACE, the EVERLASTING FATHER, THE DESIRE OF EVERY NATION to establish the Throne of David, to be the adulterer who tempted the woman to sin,-then to destroy her husband, and take the adulterous wife to my throne? A God that is full of honour, a God whose pure eyes cannot look on iniquity with any, ( 49 ) allowance, a Saviour that was without sin, neither was guile found in his mouth! But he that was without sin was chastised for sin; for the Lord laid on him the iniquities of all. And now come to the Creation: In the form of a Serpent the Woman was betrayed. Then come to the Wilderness: in the form of a Serpent, they were to look on to be saved. Then now I will go back to the beginning: from the throne of David, the shadows have been established, as though Satan, the prince of this world, had been establishing the Throne and slaying ME, as Uriah was slain, and taking the adulterous woman to their bosoms, and say the man may be murdered, but the adultery of the woman I will hug in my bosom, This has been from the Fall to this day. And here I have spoken after the flesh, that was betrayed by the living Serpent that spoke; but know the Serpent in the wilderness appeared to man to be without life, a dumb idol that could not speak; yet that Serpent that appeared without life saved them that looked at him, that had been stung by living Serpents. Then here you must come to the SPIRIT, to him that appeareth dead, but speaketh! And now I will come as the Brazen Serpent, to cut off the Crown that is established by adultery; and I will come as the Uriah, to establish the throne of David, that was slain for the adultery of the woman; and yet I will come as a David, to save the adulterous woman that was betrayed by the arts of man, while the crowns have been established in sin for what is after the flesh is fleshly; and what is after the earth is earthly; but what is after the spirit is spiritual. And know, I said ye must be born again, and all old things must be done away, and all things must become new; then for all things to become new, I must come as David in all his virtues, but not after the flesh, in one of his vices. I must come as the GOOD SHEPHERD, that taketh care of his sheep, and lead them into good pastures :-I must G |