of the water and of the Spirit. Remember Jesus said, that those for common salvation and those for immortality must be born again.

"A man on his death bed sends for his clergy, strong prayers with great lamentation are offered up for him; if this be done for the soul, what must be done to save the body? But what will the cry be when the world is on fire? Look at the horrible state of those who have been numbered forty years, and at last not prepared. Some of you say it will not be in our day, but we have the law of Moses, and our children through observing the law will be more pure than we, but I will tell you there is no light with such; is not God able to cleanse our bodies?"

"That

Ashton, 25th of 10th month, 1840. JOHN WROE preached from this passage, if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my father which is in heaven." Matt. xviii. 19.

He quoted Romans iv. 5, to shew there was a faith without works for the saving of the soul, and every one, whether male or female, who had agreed with Jesus through faith for the redemption of the soul, should obtain it, they being the two who had agreed; and in the resurrection every one who has died, having made this agreement, will receive a spiritual body, according to the words of Jesus, "He that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live." John xi. 25.

He then quoted James ii. 18, to shew there was a faith with works for the redemption of the body, and the man and woman who seek this redemption are one with Jesus, which are the two who have agreed for the immortal life of their natural bodies. Again, the hundred and forty-four thousand are one, being the bride, and Christ the bridegroom, which are the two who have agreed, and in their agreement will be fulfilled these words, "Whosoever liveth and

believeth in me shall never die." John xi. 26. The time is come for the cattle to be gathered, (Gen. xxix. 7,) and the ministers of the Gentiles will assist them when they see that they are sincere, there will be many times a hundred and forty-four thousand, but that number only will put on immortality, it then may be said, Lord, is it I.

Paul having a mission to preach without the law, the law being sealed and taken out of the way, they were not bound to speak with their heads covered, nor to wear long hair nor beards, the law being a shadow of good things to come, when the Spirit should be given for it to be kept.

Written from John Wroe's mouth by John Bishop.

Wakefield, 6th of 12th month, 1840.

QUESTION.-Joseph Shaw, whether dost thou think those who are to die are born of God before or after? Was Jesus born of God at the river Jordan?

John continued-He was not, he was only begotten and conceived in the Spirit. There is yet a birth for the incorruptible, and another for the immortal. All spiritual bodies possess the kingdom of heaven. The wicked rise at the first resurrection; but not being able to answer, their spirits are again separated; and they are turned back into hell till the final resurrection. This is the second death.

Written from John Wroe's mouth by William Tillotson.

DIVINE COMMUNICATIONS,

1841.

Wakefield, 8th of 1st month, 1841.

QUESTION. Joseph' Shaw, dost thou think that any ever laid his life down for God, and did not get the other? But there were many who have laid it down for evil; but did any lay it down for the world to come, and not receive the other?

Answer.-No.

The whole heart must be set on the world to come. Where evil is taken from Israel, Satan will not be bound to serve them; but when they receive the other Comforter, Satan is bound to serve them; and they will have no need for the angels to minister to them and protect them.

Now, Joseph Shaw, when any of the world, or an Unitarian attacks thee, say, "We know the body of Jesus was the same as all others, but not having the seed of man; we know his body was called Jesus, but we know his Spirit Michael was the Son of God, a mediator-the head counsel against Satan to plead for prisoners." Christ is of God, and the bride is hid in him.

Question. John Bishop, what view had Satan when he went unto the woman?

Answer. That they might die.

John continued-He wanted to deprive them of taking a soul, which he thought he would do if he could destroy their bodies; that if the spirits, which were the hosts of heaven, were separated from the souts and bodies, that they would never rise higher than the angels-that they should never be higher

than he was; and when he has got the soul and body, he persuades them not to repent, for he knows if he can keep them from repenting, that then they can never have their souls. A man born of the Spirit, overshadowed by the Spirit, is for salvation. There is a baptism of water, and another of the Spirit, that is for the common salvation; but for the redemption of the body, none of water.

Written from John Wroe's mouth by William Tillotson.

Wakefield, 22nd of 1st month, 1841.

"MAN is two, but God is three, so the bride is less than the bridgroom. Man was created in the image of God, the Spirit was in the body, and that body was in God's Spirit, that Spirit which is the life which is hid with Christ; this was to prove the angels.

"There is something laid up greater than such as those who were translated. Some say none has ever kept the law, but those will stand as witnesses against Satan: there was the whole number which Enoch spoke of. Many will be translated yet and taken out of the number of the house of Israel."

Wakefield, 7th of 2nd month, 1841.

JOSEPH SHAW, dost thou imagine Israel is more tried now than the children of Israel were in Egypt? Suppose I was heir to an estate, and my great grandfathers have sued for it in chancery, and spent all they had, and were laughed at, but it comes in the end. So was it with the children of Israel, but it came in the end. And as the bondage and oppression was in Egypt, so will it be to Israel now, until the end, that they put on immortality. Unto all the former instruments it was revealed what pleasant things should come to pass, but the law was kept back, but is now come forward that Israel may be tried by it. There is a furnace for all to go through;

the corruptible body passes the furnace of the earth, and the soul is the gold, and it is moulded in the image of the angels; but men possess soul, spirit, and body, and are moulded in the image of the living God.

Question. Joseph Shaw, whether does more gold come out of the furnace of immortality, or the furnace of the earth individually?

Answer. The furnace of immortality.

Only the soul comes out of the furnace of the earth, but the body, soul, and spirit out of the furnace of immortality.

Question. Now whether is my body or spirit the outward tunnel?

Answer. The spirit.

So it is; and this shall go into all nations-there is not one in Israel but will hear of it?

Question. Then if the spirit be the furnace what is the body?

Answer. The metal.

Question. What is the furnace of that body that goes to the earth?

He could not answer.

It is the body, and the soul is the material, and at the resurrection there is a mould set for it, and it runs into the image of the angels. These are the two furnaces, but for the mortal body the spirit is the furnace, and the body and soul is the material. Now I have done this that ye may have understanding, and there is something further than this.

Question.-But when the Spirit of God descends upon the body and spirit; what is the furnace then? Answer. The Spirit of God.

That is the furnace; and there is not a nation but what will hear tell of this, as small a matter as it is.

Wakefield, 26th of 2nd month, 1841.

"THOU shalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark." Deut. xix. 14. I have no right with the mark of