them, if you did not pursue for your own honour; for that is the way I shall clear mine. It is the LORD he hath disgrac'd : Then shall I honour he? I tell him, No; that he shall know, To those that mock MY NAME. greater to appear, So let them all take care! If I went on, from man to man, And simply I did lead them on, Than unto Man I then did come? Like *'s word; And perfect as he mocked thee, So Men do mock the LORD. OF THE ORIGIN OF SACRIFICES. From heart to heart I sure do go, They did depart in mind and heart, They quite forgot, I minded them not, To make their mockery out so clear, As thousands stand now in the land, Men say like He, 'tis known to ME, "Should GOD act so unwise, "That way to come to every As in my Bible penn'd Man?" The mysteries there no man can clear, How all was plac'd from shadows first, Then I began to guide them on, For to obey what I did say, And sacrifice prepare; The Beast I order'd them to slay, And my command was there, This should be done from man to man But what was it to ME? 'Twas but a Type that now shall stand- Could Bullocks there to man appear I ask, my honour could they clear, To say that they had spilt The blood of beasts and sins increas'd? How could the beasts free Man? No, no; the end was MY intend To shew my every plan. The Beast at first, you know, was cast, But on the head where it was laid, The Serpent in the Fall, Above the Beasts, you know, his curse That they should kill, their blood to spill, A mystery see the end must be, The Beast to kill, his blood to spill, From shadows here I first appear'd, From Types, thou seest the ways of ME As thou goest through, thou well dost know And first the Serpent I did shew*, These shadows see I then told he, In Egypt wrought, as then I spoke, And so I did go on From Types all through, thou well dost know, And simply did guide Man; And simply here I now appear, To tell you all the end; These Types and Shadows pass'd before, From Bullocks I did send, That unto ME no use could be, Yet it was MY COMMAND; The Beast can never stand. His Kingdom I from him did call- So now again I say to Men, The Beast I now shall slay, Whereon whose head the Curse was laid, And then the END you'll see: When every Man with ME doth join, Wishing to slay the whole; The Beast in Hell that there doth swell These offerings two must fall; For offerings two, thou well dost know, Are in my Bible penn'd; Sin offering there it doth appear, But mark and see the end; Peace offering see was plac'd by ME; Then let Men know the iwo: • Exodus iv. 3. THE PEACE OFFERING AND SIN OFFERING. 177 A sacrifice they made of ME, The peace offering must come from ME→ So by the LAMB you now must stand: To bring the peace offerings to Man, And now regain the PROMIS'D LAND, To cleanse the WHOLE away; That like the BIBLE can be seen Their peace to wars they soon did turn, They were distress'd and sore oppress'd, And if they'd done by my command And so their minds he did ensnare, The Beast be slain, not to remain, That curse on he pronounc'd to be- Then peace offerings to Man I'll bring, And so the LAMB the Blood must come As ISRAEL stood by Joshua's hand: And this will ever be, Till as a KING 1 do begin The every Beast to slay. But Man would not, you see his lot, I tell thee, No; it was not so, The grief of Men, for it was strong, But now the end for all is near, In SPIRIT I'll appear; My SPIRIT strong shall be in MAN, For to destroy the Foe, That works within to tempt to sin, And then my peace you'll know. Joshua xx. 1, 2, 3-The Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, speak to the children of Israel, saying, appoint out for you cities of refuge; that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. Chap. vii. part of verse 13-Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, there is an accursed thing, in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until he take away the accursed thing from among you. Deutero |