The answer of the Lord

12. “ And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power ; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.”

CHAPTER II.

4. “ And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.”
5. “ But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
6. “ And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand ; but save his life.”
7. “ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.”

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

This whole chapter I must desire to be read through ; for the words that the Lord said unto Job, He meant for the devil.

Verse 11. “ Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.” This verse is interpreted here as God setting a final boundary for Satan's power

CHAPTER XL.

2. “ Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? He that reproveth God, let him answer it.”

REVELATION, CHAPTER XII.

10. “ And I heard a loud voice, saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our GOD, and the power of his CHRIST ; for the accuser term: accuser gloss: a title for Satan, referring to his role in judging humanity of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.”

11. “ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony : and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
12. “ Therefore rejoice, ye heavens and ye that dwell in them. WOE to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea : for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”
13. “ And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.”

Here I was answered from the Book of Job—
“ That as Satan disputed against Job, so he hath against all men, and brought sore boils of affliction upon all mankind. But there stands the type symbolic precursor of Satan’s fall ; for I said, there should his proud waves be stayed. When the woman cometh to be tried like the man, which you have in the Revelation of St. John. The answer I gave Job was meant for Satan ; for I said, he that reproveth ME, let him answer it. Job did not reprove ME, nor his friends ; for they simply thought they were pleading for their God. So I was not reproved by man, but by Satan ; who, after, spoke in Job’s wife, and Job reproved the devil in her. Now, in the woman referring to Southcott herself I am come to reprove Satan, and here shall his proud waves be stayed ; for hitherto hath been my permission ; but further is my restraint ; (that meaneth, he was restrained from coming any further than by temptations) for as I told thee in the beginning, I now tell thee again, thy friends have been like Job’s friends : because they could not account for the manner of my strange directions to thee. They are sometimes silent, and when they have spoken, they have spoken wrong ; because they could not find out the council of the Lord, nor the depth of Satan’s arts. But now be it known un-