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" Then as the curse it then was placed,
" We now see must come on.
" By Innocence the Guilt was cast,
" We must the whole discern;
" That are not blind, we now must find
" God's WISDOM to appear:
" He's turning WATER NOW TO WINE A reference to Jesus' first miracle at the wedding in Cana, used here to signify the transformation of simple stories or "watery" understandings into rich, spiritual truth.,
" Too strong for us to bear.
" For to contend like learned men,
" We cannot here dispute:
" Her Parables are brought so plain,
" It strikes our Learning mute."
This will be seen by learned men,
That now have eyes to see,
That from the Parable was penned
It was first ordained by ME
That way to come and to condemn
The guilty Murderer there,
When for a crime he had never done,
" But now we do see clear
" The SHEEP are free, not stolen by he;
" He wished them to miss;
" But this we find could never be,
" For God hath brought round this
" Before our sight, to bring to light
" Our Bibles to our view." —
Then sure the LAMB'S WIFE A term from the Book of Revelation referring to the Church or the redeemed people of God, often associated with Joanna herself in this context. must appear,
And her revenge is true;
It was an innocent disguise
To place it in her first;
But when her heart inflamed did rise
Then in true love to burst,
I chose this innocent disguise
To black the villain's art,
Thy love and goodness to surprise,
The more inflamed my heart;
Now I have been the HERMIT strong This refers to a specific parable called "The Hermit in Disguise" found earlier in Southcott's publications, where a figure tests others while hidden.,
And that all men shall know.
To prove thy heart was all my own,
I let my rival foe
In thee to break thy heart to sink
In every horror here;
But yet thy hand I would not let go,
When he thy heart did tear,
Inflamed by hell, I do know well,
But I was then behind,
And in thy heart I soon did swell —
Thy OSMYN Osmyn is likely a reference to the hero of the play "The Mourning Bride" by William Congreve, used here as a literary archetype for a hidden or suffering lover, representing Christ. thou shalt find.

June the 16th, 1804.

This alludes to the Parable of the Hermit in Disguise, in page 26.