WISDOM OF SOLOMON.

The house of clay, to thee I say,
Ne'er rose to conquer all;
No; it was I, that dwell on high,
Fell by the wrath of Man:
Though in the sepulchre I did lie,
You know I rose again,

And perfect stood! So now allude,
The house of clay must fall.
But it is I, that dwell on high,
Must rise again for all!

My standing sure shall now endure:
From SOLOMON you see,

The wisdom that I gave him here
He prophesied of ME.

And now to thee, all flesh shall see,
The wisdom here is come;

That he did say should be in SHE—
And bring ME now the Man,
That will appear the whole to clear-
Thy pondering heart goes deep:
Men by their wisdom they do err,
As he in sin did break.

Though WISDOM strong to him did come,

But did it him improve,

To live in virtue all his life,

For to reward MY LOVE,

That I did come, and place so strong,
His greatness all might see?

But mark the way he did go on,

Till he fell back from ME;
Then boast no more of wisdom here,
That it is plac'd in Man.

I tell thee, greatly all do err

The Trial none can stand,
To say that Man did ever come
In wisdom so to shine;

In all the virtues there are plac'd
A warning to mankind.

From SOLOMON it now must come,

Your wisdom it must fall;

No more than he, you all must see,
You so can boast at all.

So learned Men must now begin

To see their folly deep;

The wisdom here of SOLOMON

Did of MY COMING speak.

Wisdom in THEE was plac'd by ME,

His wisdom to discern;

That unto him could never be

Such wonders to perform; ·

As wisdom there he said should clear
The wicked to tread down;

And make the nations for to fear-
Can this in Man be found?

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I tell thee, No; it is not so;
Nor was it done by he;

Nor did they judge the Man a fool-
Let wise men answer ME,
If wisdom here he so did share,
And all men judg'd him wise;
In grandeur great he did appear,
And so did end his days;
Then how can Man so simply come,
With him to place the WORD?
To say with maduess they compar'd
The steps that he had trod ?
Or did they say, that very way,
That honour he had none,
When that his Life I took away?
My Bible none discern !!!
Did he appear (now answer here)
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS to come,
That as a BREASTPLATE he did wear
To judge the sons of men?
The world with he, did they agree,
As it is mention'd there,

To say that they did fight with he,
And the unwise beware?

Did he cast down, in every sound,
His thundering bolts abroad?
And from the clouds could he be found
To set the mark of God?

I tell thee, No; it was not so;

His hailstones could not fall,

Nor with his wrath to fly abroad
The raging seas to call.

No, no, by Man 'twas never done→
He could not this go through:
And from the Life that he did run—
Call all before thy view-

How he began to fall in sin,

And wrong built altars here:

Then how can men allude to him,

What they can never clear?

No; 'tis from ME the whole must be,
For I shall so go on,

Until MY WISDOM all shall see

Is like his words become.
Ishall not stop, so all may hope
That wish the whole to see;
The wisdom of his words to drop
And now fulfill'd in ME.
So 'tis not thee, all flesh must see,
By wisdom draw'd it here:
No; it was I, that dwell on high,
Did in thy heart appear

To ponder on, as thou'st begun;
My Law is written there.

WISDOM OF SOLOMON.

Back to the standard all must come→→
And let thy Life appear;

When thou'st began in Prayer, 'tis seen,
To wrestle with thy GOD;

I said MY LAWS upon thy HEART
Should sure be writ and know'd.
Then now see plain, ye sons of men,
What Laws are written here!
Then how, with her can you contend,
Without your wisdom clear,
That you can say another way,
The wisdom he did see
Was in himself? Can you now tell
It did not speak of ME?

I tell you vain, ye sons of men,
Your judgment must appear,

If you do say another way

In judgment she doth err,

The things to place, ye fallen, race,

That my WISDOM it must come

These wondrous things to bring to pass-
It ne'er was done by Man.

What mighty winds can you now find
From Man can surely blow?

What storms are here, like bows appear,
That Man by strength cau throw

For to lay waste, the earth to pass,
Ill dealings cast away-

The mighty men to overthrow,

Their strength to cast away,

That will not stoop, beneath MY FEET,

To wish MY KINGDOM here;

And work with ME the whole to see

That the unwise may fear?

So now begin from SOLOMON

His wisdom you'll trace deep;

And from the words to thee are seen
I shall begin to speak:

A short time here I did appear

My Labour to go through;

And now the long time I shall clear,

For I'll fulfil it so;

Though hasty then, I say to men,

My Life was took away;

Because it was by wicked men

My Life they hasty slay'd:

But ne'er discern'd what they had done;

And understood it not,

If their redemption ever came,

Then I their sins must blot.

To come at first and claim the last,
GOD'S WISDOM all go through;
That as the PROMISe first was plac'd,
Satan must feel his due.

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SO WISDOM here is plac'd in her

'The PROMISE for to crave;

And by it she can never err;

Her PROMISE she shall have,
As at the first in HER 'twas plac'd,
To have the guilty fall;

So at the last the whole shall burst,
I now do tell you all;

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Then can you blame, and will you shame
The wisdom that is here?

Then sure my anger you'll inflame,

My answer you shall hear :
If you despise for to be wise,
To hear my just decree,
Then now the end 'tis my intend
My laughter soon will be;

For Men I'll scorn, it shall be known,
If they do scorn ME here;

"Tis I must come the RIGHTEOUS MAN
In boldness to appear.

Now bring ME ONE that you can name,
That you've afflicted here,

That you can call the RIGHTEOUS MAN,
To make you tremble here;
Amaz'd to see the power of HE,

And his SALVATION come;
I tell you plain, ye sons of men,
It ne'er was meant in Man.

No: 'tis in ME the POWER must be,

For so I shall appear;

And MY SALVATION Men shall see→→→
Then let my foes to fear;

For upright men with ME will join,
Till I have went all through;
And then the souls of righteous men
In GOD they'll find him TRUE.
Torments to them shall never come,
For I shall free them here.

And to the verse that thou dost look
I now shall answer here:

They'll see the word that's on record,
That they ne'er judg'd was true;
'That in the end 'twas my intend

To bring all to their view.

For the JUST MAN must now be known

HE is the SON of GOD;

And from the cross it must be shewn,

His enemies, 'tis know'd,

Said, "it it be so, we this shall know,

"So let him help him here; "If from the cross he now can go,

"We will believe and fear."

With torturing then they did begin
The SON to crucify;

Chap. ii. 8. Read the chapter through.

WISDOM OF SOLOMON.

But never none discern'd the thing
That SOLOMON did say―

That WISDOM here in him was clear,
Yet he ne'er understood;
For in his wisdom he did err,

And ne'er discern'd his Gop-
That unto him 'twould all be done,
As it is mention'd here;
The torturing then of sinful men
With patience I did bear;
Condemn'd with shame my DEATH it came,
For they condemn'd ME so,
To say if I was then the SON

Of God he then should go
Deliver ME from misery;
But this he did not do.
But now I say to thee this day

The former words are TRUE;

Then now at last the whole shall burst;
Their vices let them see,

How they imagin'd in their hearts,
Such evil things of ME.

The mysteries there they could not clear,
GOD's ways they were not known;

And from the wisdom of men here,
They never did discern

The WISDOM GREAT that he did speak
Did all of ME foretel;

They cannot bring a RIGHTEOUS MAN,
That way to rise and fall.

So now the end 'tis my intend

My BIBLE all to clear;

And I shall point out every way
Whereof I'm spoken here.

For GOD created MAN at first
IMMORTAL for to be;

In his OWN IMAGE he was plac'd

For all eternity:

Yet Satan there did strong appear,

In envy for to swell;

And death into the world it came,

By Satan's arts from hell;
So if with him you now will join,
You'll surely find it so;
The Devil's envy Men do bind,

That they with him might go.
But I'll be found now to mankind
That will not tempt ME here;
And unto such they now shall find
Their LORD in POWER appear;
That don't distrust ME at the last,
My WISDOM all shall see;
A LOVING SPIRIT now shall burst
To those that join with ME.
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