The monitor & Wilmington repository. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1800-1801, 1801-05-23
DER FRIEND,

/ have lately been cir~
culating books, which if attended to,
would be for the good of all men And
whereas, fome men in the Delaware fate
are not fond Of reading religious books /;
you will pleafe to leave room in your
newspaper, for the following information
to thofe people who may think uniayour-
ably of true godlinefs,
My dearly beloved brethren, we have
been told of Chritt's fecond coming and,
that he ihould be feen to come down
from Heaven You that are difobedient
to the commands of the lord, have no
good reafon to expect to fee him. For
no man hath feen him at any time, fave
thofe that are Of God and when Chriit
Attended up to heaven, we have good
reafon to believe, that none faw him
except thofe that had received of his holy
fpirit. And whillt Chrift's witnehes Food
looking after him, as he Attended up to
Heaven they were then informed by
two men, in white apparel, that in like
manner, as they faw him go up, 70 in like
manner ihall he come down. And as
Chriit manifelted hinfelf TO his then
witneGes, certainly you have good reafon
to believe that he will manifelt himfelf
to his witneiTes in the latter DAYS. We
are told in the revelation of two witne1ies /;
we are told by an ancient prophet OF two
branches the one on the right fide of the
golden cand,eltick, and the other on the
left There the lord hath told our fore
fathers, that they were the two anointed
ones that Rand by the god of the earth.
And when St. John fpeaks ofthe two witt
nei1es, he tells us, theft are the two that
land by the gol Of the earth. And every
man or woman that wil.uiiy violates the
commands of god, are yet iinners and
they will not take the council of thofe two
olive branches which through the two
golden pipes empty the golden oil out Of
themfelves. know that the unbeiievers
are ready to fay, how can men empty
golden oil out of themfelves: | anfwer
that Jefus ChriR through men, as initru-
ments in his hand, hath given men on
earth, his power, and on whomioeyer
they lay their hands, they ihaii receive of
the holy fpirit Of Chriit and this is the
way that the two olive branches empty
the golden oil out OF themielves, and
this is the love and the mercy of god that
is offered to you on conditions of your
obedience and believing in him, know
that there are thoufands that are inocently
miltaken as was Saint Paul. And I pray
to god for them, and the time draws
nigh, in which they fhall receive the holy
gholt. And, on the contrary, all thofe
that will not ftrive to keep the precepts of
god have no good reafon to expect to live
on this earth but a very ihort term from
the date hereof.
have in lome of my publication, fpoke
about the red dragon and his angels
and except there is fpeedy reformation
with fome people, lnall be under the
dlagreeable ncceaity of declaring war
againit the black dragon and his angels;
and ihall pointedly thow, which way the
dragons power ihall be defeated, and L
alto will pointedly ihow, which way the
folders that are iililted under the dra-
CONS banner may get a dilcharge from ei-
th.r Of tn, aforefail Dragons. Chriit
hath faid, he that denies him before men,
him he would deny before his father -
And now declare to you that Jefus is
the fon Of God, and fpeak what know,
and teitify what have feen, ard with re-
gard to his fecond coming he hath come
accordingly, as hath been told us by the
two men in white apparel; and this
publilh to the world of mankind-Pre-
pare we the way of the lord make his
paths itraight, or ellie ye will be vifted
with the fWord in wrath.
BERKLEY TOWNSEND.