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Himself in power to appear—
But now the LITTLE FLOCK is near
That will betray his every guilt;
And he shall know that he has spilt
The Blood of JESUS, my dear Lord,
Who all his cursed arts abhorr'd;
And yet he let them to go on
Until his LITTLE FLOCK was come,
In the same place for to appear;
And then his FLOCK he did ensnare.
Whatever way the wretch would turn
My FLOCK before him still would come.
Then bless'd be my avenging GOD,
That now will make him feel his rod;
And he in prison now is cast,
And so his trial now must burst.
No Judges here can ever do
For to believe him just and true,
That he the world has not deceiv'd.
All this they vainly may believe;
But I've a JURY nigh at hand
That will for me the Trial stand;
And so they'll cast the murderous foe:
No longer will they let him go
To reign in power as before,
He's bound in prison I see clear;
And from his prison he may burst,
And then I know he will be cast,
Just like the Parable that is here.
God's hidden wisdom I see clear
In secret tracks conceal's from man;
God's wisdom they can never scan;
Because all things he'll bring to light
Clear as the sun before your sight;—
" And in more lustre it shall shine
When I have told thee all my mind,
The way the Thief shall now appear,
And then my LITTLE FLOCK I'll clear,
How innocence did guilt betray:
I meant to bring it round this way.
And so the thing ordain'd at first
That at the end it so should burst:
And now's the time I'll burst the whole,
And all his subtle arts shall fall,
No more your Husbands to betray,
Nor get your Wives in love with he;
For I will break his every band,
And he the trial now shall stand,
The way he slew ME at the first;
For now my LITTLE FLOCK will burst,
And then my BRIDES In Southcott's theology, the "Brides" are those who join in the spiritual marriage to Christ, a central tenet of her movement. they all will see
How they have been in bonds with he.
But when the TRIAL doth appear,
He'll find the LITTLE FLOCK is near