help thinking, the old prophet should have died as well as the young one; as, in her opinion, he appeared the greatest transgressor; because he deceived the other with the lie. "Now Joanna I shall answer thee. Thou sayest thou fearest in thy heart, thou hast committed sin; because thy judgment was not like the judgment that I sent at that time. But as thou sayest in thy heart, the old prophet seemed moft to blame, by telling the lie knowingly; and the young one did it innocently; yet he suffered for his disobedience, and the other's lie. Now I shall answer thee this from the Fall for this is the way I shall clear all my Bible. Therefore I will not blame the anger that arose in thy heart against the old prophet, for deceiving the young one; and let no one blame the anger that ariseth in thy heart, to condemn Satan for betraying the Woman: for all thefe things stand in my Bible, to shew the likeness of the Fall, in men and devils. For as the old prophet deceived the young one, so did the old serpent, which is the Devil, deceive the Woman. But know, MY COMMAND was given to the young prophet; and my command he disobeyed; therefore my honour couldnot save him, though the other lied unto him. But dost thou think nothing followed the old prophet after, to punish him for what he had done? I tell thee, Yes; but should I have slayed them both in one day, then I could not bring it to the Type of the Fall. But now I shall bring it close to the Fall; for in perfect manner Satan betrayed the Woman, and lied unto her; therefore I do not blame thy an ger at all. And now I shall go on with the Fall. Just as the man to him did come The prophet did appear. But Satan's arts were there, For to betray, I now do say, And then the man did blame: For I do tell thee, every way THE OLD PROPHET'S DECFIT. So at the first he there did burst, The fault on him, as thou hast done- Had he died then, just like that man, Till I have plac'd all through; Thy pondering heart they must command What's in thy mind, they all shall find, Yet he began to fall by sin, But sorely did repent; C 17 Yet Solomon did after come, That was in wisdom sent; And yet that man thou didst condemn, In falling so from ME, After such Blessings I had sent. I now shall answer thee, And wisely here thou dost discern, See every Blessing of the men, When Blessings there they did appear, When Judgments sent they'd ne'er relent, Then how can Man the trial stand, His power so strong to work in Man, I tell you plain, ye sons of men, How Man at first in sin did burst, And how he did go on; And how I tried them every way, To see if they would turn. And Solomon the same did come, THE OLD PROPHET A TYPE OF SATAN. 19 Then I'll try Man, what he'll become, I'll send my Blessings o'er the land— That from the Kings that thou hast seen, For, as the man like Satan stands, That did deceive at first, So all these Kings you may command, Because, by him they were led strong- And if that Men I did not screen, I tell thee No.-I now shall go, When all these Kings I did destroy, And sent my prophets there To warn them all that they should fall, And now I tell you one and all, To come again the same to Men, If Satan's ways they'll all condemn- My Bible here let men judge clear, No peace in Man can ever come, While Satan's power does reign- "For now we do see plain "The fault's in Men, they so did stand, "All ways the Lord did try, "To see if they would turn to him "Our Bibles so did lie. "Can we blame God in what he said, "Or what he does for Men, "If they'd obey, what he did say? "No: there we cannot stand, "Our GOD to blame, 'tis Man we shame, "When he made Promise great; "And yet, that Man from him should turn, "Then where lies the deceit ? "It is in Man: we cannot stand, "Or Satan us destroys. "We wish our God would send the rod, "For we see plain from ancient men, "We see all lands the same do stand Bring all before our view: "Where grandeur here in men appears, "Their hearts are roving every where "A Solomon men do condemn "But ne'er discern it here, 1; "The Promise then unto the man "Was if he did obey. "If he did not, we see his lot; "Hear what the Lord did say: "The whole shall fall, was then the call, "Of GOD unto the man; "The House that he had built, we see, 66 He said should never stand. "And it did fall, 'tis known to all, "As Solomon acted wrong, "He took the kingdom then from all, "When he'd tried men by different reigns "Then can we blame our Maker's Name, "To try with cords of love "The hearts of men for to inflame, "That he their hearts might prove “In every way, mankind to try— "How dare we give our God the lie, "And now they stand the same; 66 The root that caus'd our Fall "He will bring on our sorrows strong; It now is plain to all. "So men in vain do here contend, "If they'll keep Satan up; "We sure shall see our destiny "In Sin, till he doth drop."So now see plain, ye learned men, The way I've plac'd the whole; And with my Bible this contend, And shew from Adam's Fall, |