OF THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.

And now the wisdom of a king
Would be to bow and bend,
The truth to know if it was so,
MY KINGDOM was at hand;

And then the mysteries they would know,
To save throughout the land.
My SPIRIT here doth strong appear,
A candle 'tis for Men,

If they my knowledge wish to hear,
And judge as I command,

The truth to know, and search all through;
For I search every heart.

And now the ending's in my view,
I to you shall impart

The time is come, the end for Man,
From SOLOMON now see;

The pondering of the HEART is GOD's,
Who ponders deep in THEE.
So if 't be so, all flesh must know,
Thy pondering heart goes deep;
Because from ME thy pondering be→
Then let the wise to speak :
Can men appear to answer here,
A thing to them unknown?

Or can they prove their judgment clear
In what was never shewn?

Can this be done? answer, vain men:
The way you all dispute,

Your folly must bring on your shame
For I shall strike all mute;

For evil here you do appear

For to reward the good;

Then now which way can you appear?
Let this be understood :

If evil you reward for good,

Your evil can't depart;

Now let the whole be understood→

You wound the upright heart,

Who wish to free from misery;

And can you call this just?

No, no: I say, your misery
By Solomon is plac'd;
Because that here I did prepare
The every heart of thine;

So now thy foes let them take care,

And further know my mind :

'Tis from my tongue thy words have sprung,

The answers that are here.

The ways of meu they judge them clean

In their own eyes appear;

But I the Lord, must now be know'd,

Do every spirit weigh.

My SPIRIT Soon shall fly abroad

And let the learned see,

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No council here do they appear;
Then now can they defeat?
I tell them no; they all do err;
The mysteries here lie great;
For though to them the whole is known
That they have wish'd to die;
But from the manner they do act
Can it defeated be?

I tell them no: they all do know
The thing they do support,
And counsellors here do strong appear
To carry on MY WORK.

So how can Man the Trial stand,
That council here gave none?
My counsellors here do all appear,
And with thee they do join;

SO FOUNTAINS here shall strong appear,
I say, of LIFE for MAN;

And for the evil they'll not fear,

When I have shew'd them plain,

How they'll depart from every smart,
That is of death to be.-

Though first thou feel'st an aching heart,

Let all men judge from thee,
How at the last thy joys did burst,

And so shall joys come on:
I say, thy sorrows at the first
Were quite unknown to Man;
And so at last thy joys were plac'd,
What Man doth little know;
Such happiness no one did taste,
As tasted was by you;
Yet still behind, they all will find,

I've GREATER JOYS in store
Than ever yet came in thy mind,
When lying tongues are o'er.
The lip of truth come from thy youth,
Establish'd now shall be;

And all the lies that men have spoke,
With shame, they'll surely see;

For I'll appear to answer here,

The council hath been great;

Then surely no man need to fear,

They know without deceit,

The truth to Man in all his known,

The manner spoke by thee.

Then where's the man shall thee unthrone?

The Proverbs let men see;

As all is plac'd, so all have burst,

Then safety must be here;

The COUNSELLOR'S COME, be't known to Man,

In council all's seen clear,

That come from GOD thy written WORD:

Then how can men contend,

OF THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.

To say from ME 't can never be?
Your council's all in vain,

To judge a thing you've never seen-
My counsellors must appear,
Who judg'd it right before their sight,
The truth they'd all see clear.
So they shall stand by my command,
The RIGHTEOUS shall appear
For to endure for evermore-
But who is righteous here?

To judge a thing they have not seen,
In justice cannot be ;

No uprightness, nor righteousness,
Should this be done by ME;

Should I come down from Heaven's high throne,

To be a judge of Men,

And all their conduct quite unknown,

What judge could I then stand?

For Satan strong would all condemn,
That vice in all appear'd ;—

And men, as judges in the land,
In judgment strong do err.
The hearts of men to ME are known,
What men do never see:

Then how in judgment could I come,
If nought was known to ME?
So men appear and answer here,
If brighter you can shine,
In wisdom for to be so clear,
And wisdom not like MINE?
The truth to know how things do go,
You boast more than your GOD;
Such wisdom I shall never shew,
To let no truth be know'd.

So now begin from Solomon,
And see his wisdom clear;

You must search out the every thing,
If you'll be judges here:

If you will not, I'll tell your lot,
Like foolish men you'll fall;

But if you're WISE I'll not disguise,

But now I'll tell you all,

'The FRUIT is here that doth appear,

A TREE OF LIFE for MAN!!

And if in it you'll now appear

You'll find the end's at hand; That all will break as he did speak, By WISDOM at the FIRST.

So now to win you may begin,

And find the end to burst:

The prudent here shall now appear
The whole for to receive,

What in my BIBLE'S spoken here;
So let the wise believe

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That now the end is come to Men,
To make my wISDOM shine.
For when the WORLD I did CREATE
The WISDOM all was mine,

For to bring forth a GLORIOUS EARTH,
When I CREATED MAN;

Though Satan robb'd him at his BIRTH,
I'd deeply laid мY PLAN,
That at the LAST it so should burst,
Man should be MY DELIGHT.
Therfore the Serpent I did cast,

To bring all to men's sight;
That they might see the mind of ME,
When all came to the end.
And now with Man I'll surely be ;
It is my full intent

With MAN to end as I intend,
Who form'd him at the first.
To my invention all must bend,
My WISDOM now shall burst;
Because that clear I'll make all here-
The PROVERBS in my view;
The SECRETS of the LORD are here,
The RIGHTEOUS all shall know,
MY WORDS with thee they surely be,
MY SECRETS they are here:
And SOLOMON with ME did join,
And I shall prove it clear.
Trust in the LORD with one accord,
And then I will direct;

In all thy ways acknowledge ME,
Thy paths I will protect.

So do not fear the dangers near,

Thy goings I do know;

Thy ways didst all direct to ME,

And I did guide thee so,

That there's no man on earth can stand

To overthrow thy WORD;

I'll cut the wicked from the land;
And MEN shall know their LORD
Will now possess the every Earth,
And claim it for My own:
In GLORY now I'll bring all forth,
And let my POWER be shewn.
So now the call is here to all,
If my reproof you'll hear :

My SPIRIT strong to you shall come
And make my words appear:

You'll find them TRUE before your view,

If now in FAITH you'll come : But if you'll not, I'll tell your lot, You must receive your doom: For I have call'd, 'tis known to all, But Man refus'd to hear;

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And if that so you on do go

When sorrow doth appear,

You'll find the same from ME shall come,

Your grief I'll not regard;
When your calamity comes on
My answer must be heard:
I call'd in vain, ye sons of men,
And you refus'd to hear;
Then how with ME can you contend,
To ask ME THEN in prayer
To visit you, when you'd not go
To listen to my WORD,
When I so long to you did come,
And you reject your LORD;
I call'd in vain to sinful men,
Your subbornness I see-
And subborn then I'll answer men
As they now answer ME.
So on record is every word,
From SOLOMOж appears;
And on record you'll find MY WORD,
As he hath spoken there

Will be the end to every man

"The wise and foolish see;

And now together let them stand—

But who can answer ME,

When all's gone through before their view?
My BIBLE now begin;

And from the poudering of thy heart

I'll answer thee again.

Here ends Saturday night, October 6, 1804.

Now thou hast gotten new paper, I shall relieve thee for the present from the Bible, and come to

*****; for there, I tell thee, my anger is kindled, by his calling thy writings a farago of nonsense; and that farago of nonsense he shall find came from ME; therefore, I permitted he should take the honour of men with my honour, that they might be able to take the cause in hand, to clear their own honour. For I tell thee, they could not take it in hand to clear my honour; because the unbelief of men is against them; but now I have made an opening for them, and it would be fatal for thee, and

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