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come as the David that slew the Goliah; I must come as a DAVID that despised Saul's daughter, when she despised to see David dance before the ark to see it brought back for this is the ARK of THE NEW COVENANT, that I shall slay the Goliah; and to establish it I must come to save the adulterous Woman, who was adulterated by the fall, but not by ME in the SPIRIT, but after the Flesh by Man. But here the scenes must change, the Woman hath renounced all the works of the flesh, and put on all the works of the SPIRIT. Her husband was not slain in the battle, whom she wished to make her husband-but here, I confess, after the Spirit I slew the Man by love, by drawing her heart after ME and putting him in front of every battle that was against him. This have I done with all her lovers, till I taught her heart to love ME, and ME only. Then now from the Spirit see the perfect likeness of David in the flesh; but what was of earth was earthly and sinful; but what is from the Spirit is spotless and innocent without sin unto salvation

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So now see clear your David here,
And all my armour see;'

For in thy bed I did appear
With all my majesty:

But looks disorder'd thou didst cry,
And so they do appear-
Wet with the sweats of agonies
Thou sawest my flaxen hair;
With perspiration on my face,
And drops thou large did see-
You little know, ye fallen race,
The agonies of ME!!!

To shew my love so strong to prove
I do to man appear;

And canst thou marvel at the sight
To see my flaxen hair

Disorder'd stand, appear to man,
Or yet appear to thee?

I tell thee my disorder'd hair
Points out my agonies,

That now again in ME are come,

But see men's love so cold;

The drops of sweat must now be known,

That thou didst then behold;

And when I told thee at the last
The Apostle's words should come-
That as in Adam all did die,

The life should come in ME
To man appear'd a mystery,

The truth they could not see.
Thy second here did then appear,
Believ'd the words were true,
And from her judgment did compare
The Bible to their view-

But her they mock'd; then judge the stroke
Must on the right hand fall;
Because her letters they turn'd back;
Then tremble one and all,
You shepherds here for to appear,
MY LOVE and fury see;

Between the two, before your view,
You're deeply wounding ME:
Because the first in love did burst,
In love to ME was strong;
And now her second so is plac'd,
Between them both I'm come,
Wounded to see the misery

That they for ME do bear.

And now, ye shepherds of MY FLOCK,

Tremble my words to hear:

You wound MY HEART, you've caus'd a smant

That you can never heal;

And from the LOVE that here I prove

My anger you shall feel.

There's not a sin under the sun

That is so great to ME,

As 'tis to wound these women's hearts,
That now my helpers be,

And do appear in love so clear,

And MINE they'll find is strong:

So, of these women now take care,
Or bring your ruin on.

For fast shall fall, I tell you all,

My leg I shew'd to thee,

Where on thy hand so strong did fall

In purple spots for ME;

And purple here I did appear.

To shew my grief like thine;

Thy agonies I now do bear
To see the human mind

Fetter'd so strong in Satan's chains,
He will not let them go;

Because men's reason they do drown,
The light they will not know.
So in the dark they miss the mark,
As I did vanish there;

But quickly in the Woman's Form
I did to thee appear.

• Joanna.

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But then, like man, thou didst begin,

And griev'd her sight to see;

Thou could'st not bear the Woman's Form,
The shadow there of ME.

Just so your Land is now become,
The Woman cannot bear.
It was I that worked in thy heart
To shew the mystery clear,
How that your Land to thee is seen,
And every Type behold;

But I do say another day

I'll make their blood run cold.
So I'll end here and say no more:
But Jones must weigh all deep;
And all together now compare,
To seek my long lost sheep.

The explanation of that vision is only given in part. The above was written ou Thursday, July 5, 1804, and sent to Exeter early this morning, Friday, July 6.

Before an explanation was given further, Joanna was ordered to take her Bible and put down such passages of Scripture as the Lord would direct her -the first was in

Amos, chap. v. ver. 20. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

21. I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

22. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

23. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs: for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Micah, chap. vi. ver. 11. Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

12. For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13. Therefore also will I make thee sick in smit

ing thee, in making thee desolate because of thy

sins.

Habakkuk, chap. ii. ver. 11. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

14. For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

John, chap. v. ver. 39. Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.

40. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

John, chap. vi*. ver. 33. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

53. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in

you.

54. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day.

66. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

1 Epist. John, chap. iii. ver. 1. Behold, what man. ner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God, therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall beg but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

1 Epist. John, chap. iv. ver. 14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

1 Epist. John, chap. v. ver. 9. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for Read the whole chapter, and mark the 66th verse.