up mire and dirt, and to the great water floods. Now let men answer when this was healed, that your peace was as a steady river and a pure stream? I tell thee never the waters were never healed from being liable to all its furious storms and tempests; mire and dirt, are often seen in the floods of water, perfectly so are the floods of men's lives; compare the one with the other, and all must own it is true. Now mark from these chapters of Ezekiel, how he is directed to go on with his buildings; but were his buildings accomplished there? Did men's sorrows cease there? Have not seas of sorrow overwhelmed them, after the days of the prophet? Then how can man allude the words of the prophet to the times that are past? I tell thee, No.
Seas of sorrow and seas of sin
In every age, I say, have been;
And from the ages all may see
The perfect truth is spoke by ME,
That what was said hath not been done,
The healing waters are not come;
But from the chapters all may see
The way the end for all will be,
That now obey my every word,
And be directed by their Lord.
The prophet was a type for man,
To shew the end how all would come;
But let the learned men appear
And tell ME how the house stood there,
Or all these buildings to go through?
"Tis more than can be done by you,
I tell you plain, ye sons of men;
For now to reason I'll begin:
The outward sanctuary was cast
For to be shut, then judge the last;
For if 'twas shut, I answer here,
By it there's no man can appear,
I say, to enter in with ME.
The gate is shut, you all shall see,
As with the Jews doth now appear-
"Tis time for every land to fear;
For they will be shut out the same
That boast the wisdom of their own;
But they shall know that I AM GOD,
And by ME shall my flock be led.
For now my Bible I'll go through,
And bring it all before your view;
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The Law and Gospel must appear-
The measuring times for man draw near,
For I shall come to measure all,
And strong my Bible forth I'll call,
And I will now appeal to man,
When I the PRINCE of PEACE did come
And men delight to walk with ME?
The knowledge of the Lord, you say,
Doth in my Bible so appear
That all the earth must cover here;
But I do ask when this was done?
You boast my Bible you discern,
While you are blind and cannot see
That all men must be taught of ME;
Then if of ME they must be taught
The outer court must sure be shut;
That is the outward faith of man,
That never will discern my plan;
That is my Bible to go through,
And bring the whole before your view,
And then you'll own it is by ME
The inner court you all must see,
It is by ME must be brought in,
It never can be done by man;
If so my Bible all must lie-
You want no knowledge from on high;
Then how my Bible will it stand?
To give your answers I command:
If you as earthly gods do shine,
And want no knowledge that is mine,
But what is left upon record;
Then tell ME how you'll know your Lord,
Or how my Bible you'll go through,
To prove to man the whole is true?
But thou dost answer now for man-
They judge the truth will never come
That all the earth will so know ME--
Then there's the gate shut out must be,
The sanctuary is of men,
That preach my Gospel by their plan,
And by their wisdom make it good,
While they deny my every Word,
That I in Spirit here shall come,
And my delight shall be with men,
To tell them all what they shall do.
The prophet's words before their view
Were but a shadow then for men,
To shew them how the end would come:
When I the waters heal them all,
No more shall stoms or tempests fall,
No more the raging floods shall come,
When I have heald the whole for man;
I'll heal their sorrows and their sin,
I'll heal the rage of hell within;
For I shall cast him in the sea,
Where he no more in man shall lay;
For I shall heal the every storm
That he doth work to bring on man,
Like floods and tempests to appear;
I'll cease the raging sword of war,
And all the raging floods bring low;
I'll heal the waters, all shall know,
And then they'd say the Lord is here,
And every stream of water clear.
But can these things be done by men,
By any way they've laid their plan,
While every heart in man I
Just like the water floods they be,
And every flood in them appear
Against my Spirit they are here?
Then how the waters will they heal?
No, no; my Spirit they conceal,
To keep it back from every man:
They wish to hide the fervent Sun,
And they themselves as gods appear;
Like raging seas men's hearts are here,
Like foaming billows they are toss'd,
Yet of my Bible still they boast,
I tell them, like the Jews before,
And like the Jews they all will err,
Till I begin to shut them out
That strong against ME do dispute.
For all their preaching I do hear,
They'll know my Eye is every where;
The heavens no curtain are to ME
To blind my Eyes I cannot see;
Nor am I wanting of a guard,
Your words nor ways cannot be heard,
No, no; your preaching I do know;
our sanctuaries I shall shew,
Where men do go and trust in men
To hear the words that come from them,
And in their words you put your trust;
But know the Jews that way were cast;
Because they put their trust in man,
You know, the gate was shut to them,
And is not open to this day:
You see them restless as the sea,
Toss'd to and fro from land to land;
Can they the inner court command?
They would not enter in with ME,
And now shut out they surely be;
Then now let all men warning take;
For if I shut the outer gate,
That now will stand in Adam's Fall,
(The type is deep, I tell you all,)
Then to the inner you'll not come
To have your God direct you on;
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Then sure with man you may appear-
But can you heal the water here,
That's like a flood in every land?
The raging wars can you command?
The raging seas can you now still?
The raging hearts can you now quell?
That is, the raging passions heal?
I tell you, men, your strength would fail,
And all your wisdom be shut out,
Though with my Bible you dispute,
To say there is enough to see
The every mind and will of ME;
But what you see you'll not believe,
And so my Spirit still you grieve;
Then of my Bible do not boast,
To say therein you put your trust;
I tell you plain, ye sons of men,
You preach my Gospel now in vain;
Because my Gospel cannot stand
If you deny the prophet's hand;
For them I said I'd all fulfil.
Now let the learned men stand still:
Did I deny the prophet's words,
And say 'twas false upon record?
No: this was not denied by ME;
The prophet's words I then did say
That every one I should fulfil.
So judge my prophets as you will,
Firm as the heavens their word shall stand,
And I will be a light to men,
Till they're enlightened so by ME
That they the prophet's words can see,
The way I shall fulfil the whole,
And man I'll free from Adam's Fall,
That now will enter in with ME:
The outer gate, you all shall see,
It is the wisdom here of man.-
Now mark the Fall, and then discern
How I at first pronounc'd man dead;
Then how by man can you be led
Ever to enter in with ME?
No: 'tis my Spirit, all must see,
That you must own to lead you on
Till to the standard all do come;
That is the standard of my WORD;
And then you'll own the LIVING LORD
Will in my temple so appcar,
And man my voice shall surely hear-
That is my Spirit to direct,
As I've directed thee;
And then my followers I'll protect
Till they shall all agree
To say the waters I have heal'd,
The buildings do appear,
My prophets they have never fail'd,
And own the Lord is here.
For here I'll come in Spirit strong,
And my delight shall be
To dwell with men that now will come
And hear what I do say.
So from Ezekiel now discern
Words ne'er were understood,
The way nor manner I did warn;
But now I'll make them good.
So if my Bible you do know
I bid men it explain-
But on my Spirit it shall go
To lead thee to the end;
And when my Bible I've went through,.
To make the mysteries clear,
And brought the whole before their view,
Then let men answer here
The way that they will all explain,
To make my Bible good.
I know the reasoning thoughts of men,
The way 'tis understood—
But I'll end here and say no more,
But to the purpose come;
Another day I shall
THESE EXPLANATIONS OF THE BIBLE are continued in the FIFTH PART.
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