An explanation of the parables

I ordered thee so particularly to put in print, to show mankind my firm decrees divine orders concerning thee, that I had designed thee for such a work as this; that no man should have power over thee to keep thee back from obeying my commands; but how could this so clearly appear, to show it was the decrees of Heaven to keep thee from man's having a power over thee, as being united in marriage, if I had not ordered thy simple history to appear? Are there not thousands unmarried, as well as thee, and live to be old without husbands? Therefore being unmarried could not appear to be my firm decrees to keep thee single, if thy life did not appear, to show them all, it was my decrees, like the decrees of the Knight Referencing a parable about a Knight whose destiny was fixed by divine decree, and the decrees of Providence, that I have told thee are fixed to fulfill my decrees in the end, that the single woman is to the Lord, not to be in bondage with any man, when I come to be her Director, her Guide, and her Deliverer. This must begin with a single woman, kept by my power, as appeareth in thy history; and however simple it may appear to thee, it was my command, to show my firm decrees, that thou couldest not alter; though thy heart and mind was often inclined to alter them, by the love thou bearedst to man, in the days of thy youth; but all thy lovers were broken off by ME God is speaking here as the first person "I".

Now perfectly like thy History, that thou hadst not power over thyself to enter into wedlock with man, as my decrees were fixed another way; so all men will find in the end, my decrees have been fixed in thee, that thou hast not power in thyself to act another way. And now reflect with thyself, how often the persuasions of men have filled thee with jealousy fear or suspicion, fearing a wrong Spirit might deceive thee; thou hast often thought to give up the whole; yet these resolutions thou hadst no more power to put in execution, than thou hadst power to return back to thy lovers, when thy heart was so inclined. So from the history of thy life my fixed decrees must appear