The answer of the Lord

The fiery Serpent will appear,
And fast the shots will fly;
Then will my frighted sheep begin
To know their Lord is nigh.
So I'll end here, and say no more;
For here the book must end;
And next, my ANSWER will appear
To all that thou hast penn'd
From Satan's hand; behold, ye lands,
The woman's answers there;
But know, from ME, the heart of her
I surely did prepare.
But next will come, to man be't known,
The answer of the tongue,
And from the LORD, with one accord,
Will both these answers spring.

So the preparation of the heart, and the answer of the tongue, are both from the Lord. In my next volume you will see the Answer of the Lord to the words of Satan. But it is said to me, if the Lord had answered then referring to the time of the previous dispute, Satan would never have told his mind. But he thought by threatenings to have conquered the woman Joanna Southcott frequently refers to herself as "the woman" mentioned in the Book of Revelation; now the woman has conquered him. So if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed a reference to the Gospel of Matthew, meaning even a tiny amount of true faith can achieve great things, ye must know your Redemption is nigh. But I must inform my readers the blasphemy of Satan in this book is not one twentieth part so bad as it was in 1792. 1792 was the year Joanna Southcott first began her public mission and heard the voices she believed were divine—So, I believe, the devils begin to fear and tremble. original: "tremble"—And I hope the Lord will open the eyes of men's understanding, that they may believe and fear also, and be looking for, and hastening to, the coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
August 31, 1802.

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