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The vision must be understood
From heathen nations to appear;"
I'll cut them low, and strip them bare,
Until the mysteries they do see,

The visitation is from ME:

For fast their sorrows will come on,
I tell thee now, in every land.--
But let the other king appear,

That mock'd from all he'd seen before;
And mark how hasty was his end!
And now I tell thee my intend,
To strip as I have said before-
'The beast is Satan, you see clear,
That I shall prove it in the end,
From the hand-writing he must bend.
But from the shadows that are past
The fire of men did kindle fast,
To cast my followers in the flames;
And there the SON, you may discern,
Was seen to keep them at the first,
Then mark the End, how this must burst;
As from the flames, you all may see,
The way't destroy'd the Enemy.
They thought to heat the flames for them,
Not thinking that it would consume

Those that did heat, when they came near.--
"The type is deep, for all to fear;
For now the flames, you all may see,
It is from hell they heated be.
Blinder than all the heathen lands
Do the professed Christians stand,
I tell you now, in this last age;
And all must see from Satan's rage
The fire of men is kindling fast;
And on their heads the flames will burst,
If in this manner they go on,

More blinder than the heathen lands.
And let them read my Bible through,

Ponder like thee, then they would know
What unbelief doth now appear,
Like all the nations heretofore.
But now weigh deep how I must come:
From Daniel's vision deep discern;
See all the horns that did appear;
But now mark deep what follow'd there:
These horns were pluck'd unto the root-
Then let the sons of men stand mute;
If by the root I pluck them all
Their boasted wisdom great must fall.
For to the ANCIENT now I'm come;
That is, OF DAYS, you must discern;
Then if the ANCIENT do appear,
IT IS OF DAYs, the whole to clear
My every plan, was made at first;

THE VISION OF DANIEL EXPLAINED.

And know that way the beast is cast:
And now from Daniel's visions see,
The beast was slain, was shewn to he
Now let the learned men appear,
Tell ME what beast they judg'd was there,
That must be slain, when I do come?
A throne of fire, it must be known,
"Tis said, was kindled then with ME—
Now let the blind begin to see:
When that in POWER I do come,
The fire with ME, it must be known,
Is surely shewn for to appear,
And all my foes to burn them here.
The heated malice that's in man
Upon their heads will surely turn;
Because they're kindling flames from hell;
Against my Kingdom do they swell.
But know, the wheels will all come round,
The fiery streans will so be found,
I say, to fall on every foc,
That wish to let my kingdom go;
That is, to have it not appear,

They'll find my flaming anger's near.
For all these wheels stood for the last,'
To shew the way my throne should burst :
For though ten thousand saints I see,
That are above, and now with ME,
Are like the saints below to plead,
And wish to strike the serpent dead;
And yet there's thousands still I know
The way the horn they still will blow,
To have the serpent still remain,
Until they see that he is slain.
But know the judgment how 'tis set;
And how the books are sealed up;
And how the end it must appear,
For ME to come in triumph here,
The way the vision it was seen,
That in the clouds I sure must come,
To have the kingdom given here.-
How will the learned nren appear
To say that kingdom is in heaven,
That I must come to have it given
Here by the sons of men below?
This is a mystery none do know;
Nor none by learning can explain.
Once more I ask the sons of men
Why I in clouds must so appear?
Or what dominion I must share,
That I must come for to receive?
'Tis said—the ANCIENT this will give,
When I in clouds of heaven do come;
Once more I ask the sons of men,
What kingdom is it I must share,

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To have all nations serve ME here,
And the dominion all my own;
The beast before ME to be slain,
And all the kingdoms to be mine,
And worshipp'd here by all mankind?
Now here's a mystery unto men,
That they do not discern;
Nor in what manner I must come
To have the kingdom mine;
Nor how the saints must it possess,
When I have made it clear,
To enter in my promis'd rest,
And take my kingdom here.

Then surely, men, your thoughts are vain,
If you place this above,

That I shall give it unto men;

Though they shall taste my love
In heavenly joy, none can destroy,
Yet there the kingdom's mine;
But here below the vision shews
My kingdom I'll resign,

I say, to men; they shall obtain
This kingdom as their own;
The beast before them shall be slain;
His power I'll all unthrone:
Then men will be wedded to ME,

My kingdom for to share:
But from the vision all must see
The way my coming's here:
With anger here I must appear,
The visions shew you first,
The way the wheel did first appear
For to bring round the last;
So every man may fear my name,
My coming for to see,

That now do mock my every word;

My fire kindled will be

To turn on men that do begin

To mock as heretofore.

In every age this hath been seen;

But now the End draws near,

That I shall turn-my foes shall mourn— My fury fast shall йly;

My Kingdom now is hastening on,

My Coming it is nigh,

That I shall claim this Earth below,

And make the Kingdom mine;

And those who wish to have it so,

To them I shall resign

My Kingdom here they'll see it clear; My saints shall it enjoy.

From Daniel's vision you see clear,

Whom I must now destroy—

Those that begin for to condemn,

As they condemn'd at first.—

DANIEL'S VISION OF THE BEAST.

I ask men if a woman's hand

Could in this order burst?
From prophecy is said to ye
This woman did begin,
And told you of the destiny

You hitherto have seen:

Like Daniel here her ways I'll clear,
What you did never know:
She told you all what would appear,
The truth she plain did shew;
More plainer here for to appear
Than Daniel's vision seen,
Before your view, to prove it true
Her prophecies began;

Yet you went on in malice strong,
As they went on before.-
Now to my Bible she is come
To prove the truth is there:
What she hath said, be not misled,
And yet your flames do burn;
Then see the wheel beyond your skill,
What on your heads must turn;
For at the last the whole is plac'd,
I tell you to appear;

For I'll go on in words more strong-
The ANCIENT now is here:

That is to thee a mystery;
But I shall make it good-
It is the SPIRIT I do mean,
Where you must all allude.—
So I am come in Spirit strong
To free you of the Fall;

And claim the Kingdom for my own,
And so redeem you all,

That now will flee, and turn to ME,

And judge now what's in store.

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Now I have shewed thee from the book of Daniel what the end must be; and from the wheels being filled with fire, how every thing must come round, upon the unbelievers in this age, as it came upon them that went to destroy Daniel, and the children in the furnace; but know these wondrous deliverances did not continue in all ages; yet they stand as a type of the End. And know from Daniel's visions of the beasts rising, fighting, and conquering one the other, perfectly so will nations arise, to fulfil my Gospel; for know, I said there would be wars and rumours of wars to shew the sign of my Coming; and Daniel's visions shew you the same:

For know, the ram, and the he-goat, alluded to kings, who would rise up in fury one against another: And know it is written-The Vision is for the time of the End, and what shall be in the last end. Now all these beasts that arose, are the wars and tumults that be in mankind, till I come to bring in everlasting righteousness. These things are begun; these things will go on, till I shall come, like the wheels of fire, to devour and to destroy, and to take the kingdom for my own. Now go to the following prophet, and I will explain further, them both together:"

Hosea i, 2-The Lord said to Hosea, go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms. Chapter i, 2-Plead with your mother, plead : for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband.

Ver. 20, 21.-I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness, and thou shalt know the Lord. I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth.

Chap. iv, 1-The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Ver. 6-My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee.

Ver. 9-There shall be, like people, like priest.
Chap. vi, 9.

Chap. xiv, 9-Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them *?

"Now I shall answer thee from the prophet, which thou hast pondered through in thy heart, in what manner the prophecies were given to him; which thou sayest, in these days, men would not believe were prophecies from the LORD; yet, as pro

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