precious stone, built upon the foundation of my Gospel, which is CHRIST, the Rock of Ages, prophesied of by all the Prophets, that is spoken of in my Gospel, confirmed by the Apostles, and shewn to John, by visions, in the Revelations; and this is the Rock that I have given thee FAITH to build upon, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against.

"And now come to the following wordsWOOD, HAY, STUBBLE: every man's works shall be made manifest." Then now I ask thee, what is the use of wood? Thou sayest, for many things: it is good for building; it is good for shipping; it is good to make husbandry; it is good for the fire; all kind of uses wood may be put to; so that the wood is of use in various ways. But now I ask thee, what is the use of Hay? Thou sayest, for bullocks and horses; but of no use for christians, unless it were in a time of famine, they might contrive to eat that, instead of nothing. But as to the stubble, it is good for nothing but for fire, or to be cast as dung upon the earth.

"Then now I shall answer thee. Like HAY is my Gospel become to mankind; for so great is the famine, throughout the nation, of the true sense and meaning of my Gospel, what I spoke of the end, when I come to fulfil it; that I now tell thee, the fine Gold is become dim, the Silver is become dross, the Precious Stone is mocked and despised, the Wood remaineth to set it on fire; which is now raging with the fury of hell, to destroy the Precious Stone; and my people are fed with hay and stubble. Thus will it be proved, when every man's work is tried; and therefore I shall kindle a fire the other way, to destroy the stubble; but the hay may remain to feed those whom thou hast compared to the beasts, for want of knowledge, wisdom, or understanding: because in this manner my people have been fed,

by men's keeping back the truth of my Gospel, what I spoke of the end. For this is the day that shall declare it; because it is revealed by fire-by the fire of my love; by the fire of mine anger shall every man's works now be tried, of what sort their faith is: but those whose faith abides, which they have built hereupon, according to my Gospel, and what I have revealed to thee, they shall receive a reward of their faith.

"And now I shall come to Pomeroy. He will suffer loss; because he burned the work that was delivered to him. In this he suffered the loss of his honour at the first; and thou knowest not what he hath suffered in the loss of his peace of mind; but what thou knowest not now, thou wilt know hereafter.-—But as the words are spoken by the Apostle, so shall it be unto him: he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire: he hath suffered the fire and indignation of mankind; and thou knowest not what fire he hath suffered within, through fear and jealousy. Thou knowest thy own sufferings, when the fire hath burnt two ways in thy heart, with faith and fear: thus the heart knoweth its own bitterness, that a stranger doth not intermeddle with. So thou canst no more judge of his heart, what different passions have been working there; or what fire, through jealousy, he hath felt, any more than he knoweth what thou hast felt. But now let him awake as one out of sleep; let him see how the fine Gold is become dim; and the Silver become dross; that he hath not discerned the Precious Stone; and therefore he burnt the works that were delivered to his hands; and thereby he suffered the loss he complained of. This let him discern and turn unto ME; then he will find I shall turn unto him; and he shall be saved by the fire of my love; because he suffered this loss by the fire of Satan's malice, which he worked in men against

him without, and the temptations laid strongly within.

"Now come to the following words—“ Know ye not that ye are the temples of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? But now I ask mankind, how they will prove that the Spirit of God dwelleth in them, to will and to do of my good pleasure; that the pleasure of the Lord hath prospered in their hands? For I now tell thee, when men come to be this Temple of GOD, that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you, then my Spirit cannot be rejected, nor can my will be refused.

"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”

"And now I shall answer thee, the meaning of these words. Know I have told thee, from my visitation to thee, that the Spirit of God dwelleth in thee, because I have brought thee conformable to all his will, to obey every command I have given thee; and my commandments are holy, just, and good, to the everlasting happiness of mankind. But now come to the unbelief of mankind. How are the words defiled by men! how are they set at nought, as though they were from the devil! This is defiling the temple of the living God, where my Spirit dwelleth within. And let them discern further, how the rage of hell hath worked in men to be loving and making of lies, to defile thy character. Such I tell thee I shall destroy; because I have said, that thy life is wholly dedicated to ME; and in thee I shall do all my good pleasure. Therefore let no man deceive himself; if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise; which meaneth, to acknowledge his own folly, wherein he erred, trusting to the wisdom of the world; then he will clearly discern that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for, as it is written, he

taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and again, the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain; therefore let no man glory in men. And now I ask thee, what glory he hath to boast of in men And yet I tell thee, in their craftiness they are now taken; which will be to their own shame and confusion; because the living must lay to heart what the dead hath done; because I have already revealed to thee in what manner the traftiness began, and by whom.

"And now come to the following chapter, which Hows was directed to.

"I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart: and then shall every man have praise of God."

"I shall answer the meaning of the words. It is not every man in the world that can or will have praise of God, in this judgment; but let them discern the words-The time is come, that the Lord hath revealed to thee the hidden things of darkness, and made known the counsels of the heart." So that these men, who come forward to pass just judgment, as I have commanded by thee, to be clear in judging, and just in condemning, and to judge between man and man, as I have made known the counsels of the heart; these that assemble together to pass just judgment, in the manner I have directed, they will all have praise of God. And therefore he may say with Paul, "It is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. He that judgeth me is the Lord." Thus far the Apostle's words are verified in him; because, thou knowest, I have judged him from his temptations, from his persecution, and from the craftiness of the wise; and

as I have judged him, I will now justify him, if be condemn the wisdom of the world, by his own folly; to caution every one to be careful how they trust to the wisdom of the wise, who trust to their own wisdom. And now let him look to the chapter through—“ That ye might learn in us, not to think of men, above that which is written. Let no one of you be puffed up, for one against another:”—for thus pride brought on the contention; because they were puffed up against him.'

The answer of the Spirit, why it was said that the Mysteries were hid from those I had been writing to in 1797.

"Now I shall answer thee, why it was hid from them;--because of the pride of their hearts, who boasted of their wisdom, their learning, and their greatness; and I knew with what contempt they looked upon one that was so mean and low as they judged thee: and therefore they judged the Lord another such as theirselves, without considering that my ways are not as man's ways, nor my thoughts as man's thoughts: for as high as the heavens are from the earth, so far are my ways from man's ways, and my thoughts from man's thoughts. And therefore it was hid from them, to bring down the pride of men. Let them look to my humility, when I took man's nature upon ME: but how was my humility scorned by the rich and great, and by the learned, who boasted of their wisdom! Therefore, marvel not in thy heart, that I should bring their wisdom to the ground, by concealing from them any knowledge of my ways, or my goings, before I bring it like the noon-day sun before them, that they may acknowledge they could not trace my footstep: for to them it was hid, as in the great deep; and my paths past man's finding out: then, what have men to boast of? Know it is written, "Let not.