east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods. And if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkard; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of; and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites."

"Look to the parables in the xxv. chapter, and let him answer when either was fulfilled, or in what manner they will be fulfilled? Thou sayest in thy heart, neither of these chapters have yet been fulfilled. To thy words I answer. If they never are to be fulfilled, if they never will be fulfilled as I have revealed to thee, and various other sayings through my Gospel, which are spoken in like manner, of the Son of MAN being revealed, in a day men little think of, and in a way men little think of; if these things are not fulfilled, then my Gospel cannot be finished before I come to fulfil my sayings. And he that denies the fulfilment of this, denyeth the truth of my Gospel to be spoken by the God of truth; and therefore I tell thee, it is but hypocrisy for men to pretend to preach the Gospel, and vainly boast of their worthiness of receiving the bread and wine in token of my love, to die for man, till

my coming again to fulfil all I said of raising them up in the last day.

"Here I shall leave thee of him for the present: but let such as profess to be preachers explain all my Gospel, and make it clear to mankind, how it can be fulfilled another way than what I have revealed to thee; or let them be silent, and acknowledge that they do not know, neither can they understand the way the Scriptures will be fulfilled; but acknowledge, from the Gospel, that revelations were left behind to be revealed in the last days, which they could not understand. If the Gospel be demanded of them to explain, they must acknowledge the truth of the Scriptures, that the wisdom of the wise men is perished, the understanding of the prudent men is hid; for these things were concealed from them, to prevent all those impostors, whom he hath mentioned, ever to arise with that power, to stand like the scriptures, and be fulfilled in the end; then all these inventors must fall to the ground, when all the mysteries of my Gospel are brought to light, and my wisdom and power made manifest to men.

"And now I shall come to answer thee of the wise and prudent men, of the just and upright men. From the information thou hast heard, which hath been spoken by different classes of people, some say they will wait to see the event, before they will draw any judgment at all; but if they find the words come true, which thou hast published in the Third and Fourth Books, then they shall believe that the visitation is from on high. These I tell thee are wise and prudent men, kuowing that the Scriptures are too high for them to explain, the way they will be fulfilled; but when they see a way

pointed out to bring the Prophets and the Gospel together in a clear manner to be fulfilled, beyond the wisdom and understanding of men; such are wise and prudent men, to keep silence until they see the event to follow; for then no one can laugh at their folly, whether it prove true or false; because, from the Scriptures, they well knew they could not contradict it, though they had not faith strong enough to believe it; and, therefore, by silence they shew their wisdom, not to exercise themselves in things too high for them: but a fool's bolt is soon shot, and the end will discover his folly.

"Various have been the answers of men con+ cerning these wonders, which are set before them; and yet from the Scriptures every character thou wilt find is foretold, what would be the different minds of men; some would boast of their wisdom, and become fools; some through strength of faith would become wise, while others would say they could not exercise themselves in things too high for them: and too high for man's understanding all is brought round together to see clear, without a strength of faith, being led on from one thing to the other, like a grain of corn rising higher and higher, till ye see the blade and blossom appear. And thus I have told thee, like the husbandman, who knoweth the seed that he hath sown, can tell the grain before it is seen; perfectly so it is by faith; he that believes wholly in the Scriptures, as the word of God, must believe in the fulfilment thereof; and when he seeth the likeness of the blade appear, that the ears are shot forth from the stalk, he knoweth that his harvest is nigh at hand: and as I said in my Gospel, know that the summer is nigh at hand, when ye see the green leaves to appear; but how

could men judge the summer nigh at hand, for men to lift up their heads, that their redemption drew near, without some of the signs and wonders appearing? What I told them in my Gospel, and what was shewn unto John in the Revelations, never can be understood or explained by men, before I begin to fulfil them, any more than men could explain the Second Book of Wonders, which I ordered thee to publish, which no man could understand till this wonder appeared, to shew the way I shall prove the truth of my words. And how remember what I said before, that just like the Bible all this should come round, and none but my sheep could ever judge of the sound: and now believers may clearly see how I have brought round this, like the Bible, that no man could prove the truth of that Book last year, before this visitation came to thee, which was concealed from all, till I worked a way to make it true; and perfectly so my Bible stands: without a visitation, and a revelation, no man by wisdom can prove the Bible true, any more than thou couldest prove that book true, if I had permitted thee to be called forward when I gave the warning: but know what I have said in thy writings before

What's spoke one year doth not appear;

Another's hastening on

For ME to make the mysteries clear,

And prove from whence it comes,

"Now come to the Second Book of Wonders, page 10.

He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom; but the friends of the Bridegroom rejoice greatly; and so will thy friends all rejoice when marriage hath taken from thee thy reproach among women, and all is made as clear as the noon-day

sun; then will your rejoicing be great, when every thing is made so plain before them, that there is no room for doubt left; which I have told thee I shall now make clear to every man, to open my Gospel, prove the visitation of my Spirit according to my Gospel, and prove that my Kingdom is nigh at hand."

"But now I ask thee, how any one could explain the meaning of these words last year, without they had drawn a judgment that thou wouldest be visited from on high, in the manner of my visitation this year? But this, thou knowest, was not their thoughts; though some judged, by the marriage union, that thou nightest have a Child, as Abraham had by Sarah; but what reproach hadst thou got then to take away? It is no reproach to a woman never to be married. But now look to what thy friends have said already, that thy Sox cannot stand to be an Heir established by Law, with God and man in one likeness, without the marriage union, to have a reputed Father, to adopt him as a Son, when he is born. Then now see the truth of my words, why I said that a necessity was laid on thee to enter into a marriage union with man, to complete my visitation, and make it honourable amongst mankind. But this necessity would not be required had I never meant to visit thee further than by Prophecies. No necessity would be laid on thee to enter into a marriage union, to take away the reproach of women, which is to have a child without a marriage union, which men call a base-born child, and is a reproach to women and in this manner thy friends have allowed, that by the laws of men, such a reproach would be cast on thee. And I now tell thee further than the words spoken by thy