A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness

of the spirit have turned it, to say, it is a sign you have changed the decrees of heaven for man, by pleading the promises of God to cast the devil; therefore the weather is changed; and if it turned to rain, there will be some pretended excuse for it. And can you justify such artful, turning, and twisting conduct, to be from the Lord? Do you not see, if it be so, there is more wisdom in the devil than in him? I am waiting for your answer, to see if you will justify your God in so many arts.

Joanna. Who will dare to say they are arts? When the Lord places signs, he will fulfill them. The summer has been cold and rainy, and the corn beat down, and the hay hurt. But he that casts down can raise up. For now the Lord has set a sign of a glorious Lammas fair an August 1st festival celebrating the first wheat harvest for man, if I did not give up my faith to Satan, but stood strong and unshaken in the works of the Lord; and to confirm my faith, he has showed me what a glorious harvest he will bring in for believers, by the sign of the weather. If it changes to rain, or should continue, the wisdom of God is clear, wise, and just; and can clear the truth of his own words. For now mark this week how many are praying for me to stand, Christ’s kingdom to come, and Satan’s to be destroyed. Then if these things are pleasing to God, will he not show it by the weather? and if it shines on the just, it must on the unjust also. So here the Lord is justified, and glorified; and his name be praised, for setting such a sign before me in the weather, as makes it clear to me, that all the signs of the Lord are true.