A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness

things were coming upon the earth, went and told thee of them: and formed himself in the form of God’s angels, and took their name. The Lord hath never spoken by thee. For as high as the heavens are from the earth, so are the ways of God from thy ways, or a word that is in thy writings. Now I will tell thee the whole truth. The spirit hath carried it too far;—by thy sealing up Satan’s destruction, and man’s redemption Joanna Southcott performed a ritual of 'sealing' her followers, which she believed also legally 'sealed' or commanded the eventual destruction of Satan.: and his anger is kindled against thee and him. Now, to pacify that anger, and throw open the veil, I will tell thee the truth from a parable. Thou art like the woman, that married in a mask, both she and her husband; but when the mask was taken off, she found her mistake; and was forced to live with her husband, though she did not love him: and so it is with thee. For thou wilt soon find thou art foiled like her. Now if thou freely consentest to renounce all thy writings, and burn all thy writings and sealed books, and confess to the world thou hast found out the deceit. Satan has promised to forgive thee, and will be thy friend, and soon find a way to clear thy character, and make thy name shine. For all men will praise thy wisdom and prudence, to own the truth when thou knowest it: and as thou lovest writing, I will make thee the first writer in the world; and where thou hast one friend, I will gain thee one thousand. Now, dost thou not know many have had thousands of pounds for being clever in writing and singing, and get rich thereby, and caressed in the first companies, and their books sell faster than they could write them; while thine lie by; and thou hast but a few friends to keep thee alive? Now as thou art jealous for their honour, I will clear that also, and make their names shine above every name, and show they were wise, prudent men: while they judged it of God, they caressed it as of God: but when the mask was taken off, that it was an evil spirit, they despised the writings, and joined with thee to burn them.