Deists and Atheists of the truth of the scriptures, and to believe in my Gospel, and the fulfilment thereof, than they would believe in my visitation to thee. But now I ask, how it can be believed, while my Gospel is denied and rejected by the teachers and pastors?

"And now I shall come to his observation of

Mahomet. He says, "that arch impostor pretended to see visions, and to hold intercourse with angelic beings, and thus miserably deluded half the Christian world; whom God delivered up to their own vain imaginations, "that they should believe a lie;" and thus will perish, in all ages, those unstable souls, unless the mercy of God prevent.

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"To his folly I shall answer: for, such as Mahomet have been the impostors in all ages of the world; various inventions have been in mankind: and such as Mahomet, whom he called a vile impostor, they make of ME, by the manner that my Gospel is now looked upon by the Jews, and by thousands and tens of thousands in this nation, which is known by the books which are published. Then now I ask a man like him, how this evil is to be prevented by any mercy of the Lord, without my proving the Gospel true, from the manner I laid the foundation at first, to raise up in the end; as I said at first, that I should complete it at the last, and bring in the redemption of man? And there is no other way that these vile impostors will be prevented from arising in every age, and every place. But know, I died to destroy the works of the devil; yet, while his power remains, these impostors will always

it

remain.

"And now come to the words of the Apostles, whom he hath quoted; Paul, Peter, and Jude.

"I shall begin with Peter: 2d Epistle, ii. 3, 4, 5. In this he may see his own likeness, which I have explained to thee already. Verse 9. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." But now I tell thee, all must perish that are in this heathen darkness, which he hath mentioned, if I do not fulfil my Gospel, to bring them to repentance, by the knowledge of the truth; therefore it is written, "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements melt with fervent heat." Were I to call him forward to explain the words of the Apostle, which he hath quoted, he cannot answer one word of a thousand; because the Apostle warned his hearers to be watching and looking for the day of the Lord, when a great noise would surely be made amongst men, when the warning is given. And now I shall explain to thee the meaning why it is written, "the elements shall melt with fervent heat;" because there is a heat of love, which must be strong and powerful towards mankind, who are looking for the day of the Lord to come, to bring in their redemption, and destroy the works of the devil, which I said I died for; but, on the other hand, there must be a heat of anger and indignation against these blasphemers, who give themselves up to Satan's will. Therefore it is written, "the earth also, and the works that are therein, shall be burned up."

"Let not men vainly suppose that this means the works of creation, and all that is in the earth shall be burnt up and destroyed; or all the works

of men's hands, that are of good to mankind; these are not meant, that all shall be burnt up; but it is the works and devices of men, in all manner of false religion, in all manner of blasphemy against the Scriptures, and all the works and inventions of men, in all kind of images, which they have made to worship, instead of the God of heaven, who is the Creator of the universe: all will be destroyed, but the true worship, when, according to the promise, I bring in the new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

"And now let him answer, how he will prove the truth of the Apostle's words, that they were ever yet fulfilled, for men to become perfect in Christ? When that is fulfilled, then the words of Peter will be fulfilled. How different from the Apostle's doctrine, and the caution he gave to his hearers, to be looking for these days, is this man's preaching! Therefore let him not say that he is preaching the Gospel, if he deny the fulfilment thereof: for I now tell thee, what this man hath published to the world, were it to fall into the hands of Deists or Atheists, Turks or Infidels, Jews or Arians, they would all conclude, from his sermon, that Mahomet was no more an arch-impostor, than they make of ME, by the Gospel; and they would see that his perfection was no perfection at all: and their inquiry would be, "What is he perfected in? If we take and read the Gospel through, and are to conclude that all is finished; then what impostors were the disciples, to come forward and tell their hearers to look forward to a further revelation, that was to be given in the end, to finish the Gospel and make it complete !" For this was the doctrine which the Apostles preached. If he understood what he read, then

he would know that he was preaching against the Gospel: for were I to call him to the Gospel, and make him answer to all the words and meaning of the Apostles' sayings, he could not answer my demand, to prove the Gospel true; but if I call forward thy believers, and the prophecies I have given to thee, to shew in what manner I have brought it round to fulfil the words I have spoken; then such men must stand with shame and confusion, and say, "her believers, whom I have despised, can bring forward more solid truths, from her prophecies in twenty years, than such a man can prove from the Gospel, that have been fulfilled in eighteen hundred and fourteen years." Because men do not understand the meaning of the Gospel, in what manner it stands to be fulfilled in the end; and it is to prevent all such impostors, as he hath brought forward, from arising to deceive mankind, that the scriptures have been hid in this manner from the understanding of men.

"Now I shall answer thee from his saying, Salvation only through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ they deny. But, I ask, how he will prove this assertion, when I have said, throughout thy writings, that I gave up my life for the salvation of man, and to bring in the redemption in the end? Let them know what the believers are signing for-the coming of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, to establish his kingdom in righteousness and peace, according to the promises that stand on record, which I have warned thee is near at hand: but the way I should come to fulfil my words was never revealed to thee, till this year, from this visitation, to let them know, from the Gospel and from the prophets, that there must ONE arise as to be called the HOLY ONE of Israel; which

meaneth, by the power of the MOST HIGH, to be set on my holy hill of Zion, before the fulfilment of my Gospel can take place; and which I have told thee I have merit, strength, and power, to accomplish all my sayings, and the sayings of my Disciples. But this merit is utterly denied by him. If he thinks that all was finished when I expired on the cross; then let him answer, what was finished. His own words condemn him throughout; for, instead of every knee bowing to ME, as the Apostle saith the end will be, he hath brought forward all ages to be full of impostors and deceivers, to be full of all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; then where is the truth of my Gospel fulfilled, if all be finished, before the redemption of man hath taken place, before Satan's power is destroyed, that deceives the nations, to fill them up with vain visions, and vain imaginations, to draw them off from the true worship of God? But let him prove wherein thy heart hath been drawn from the Lord, or wherein thy visitation is contrary to the word of God, when compared with the scriptures. This is impossible for him to do: for I now tell thee, from dreams and visions, which he hath mocked so much, in thee, they are in like manner mocked throughout the scriptures. So, in one likeness both stand together to be mocked by men void of understanding, who do not know for what ends the Lord visiteth in such manner as appears simple to mankind, and what is beyond man's understanding, till revealed.

"If I call such men to the Revelations, and ask them the meaning of taking my great power to reign, what answer should I have from such men, who say, like this man, we are perfect in Christ, without knowing what that perfection meaneth? But that perfection is allowed and be