The long-wished-for revolution announced to be at hand in a book lately published, by L. Mayer ... explained / by Joanna Southcott; With letters to her, from the Author of that book, and her answers; to which are added observations upon his wrong application of the Scripture prophecies. In general, and his ignorance, particularly in wishing for a period of judgments, without explaining what will bring this happy deliverance in the end.

Joanna Southcott

Date:: 1806

Credit: The long-wished-for revolution announced to be at hand in a book lately published, by L. Mayer ... explained / by Joanna Southcott; With letters to her, from the Author of that book, and her answers; to which are added observations upon his wrong application of the Scripture prophecies. In general, and his ignorance, particularly in wishing for a period of judgments, without explaining what will bring this happy deliverance in the end. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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for protection ; and when she conceived and bare Cain, she said, I have begotten a man from the Lord. By these words we may plainly discern, she still hoped to live in the favour of the Lord, though she was cast out of the garden of Eden, through disobedience; nevertheless, it appearerh from her words, she had an humble confidence in the Lord, that though he punished her for her transgression, yet he would not for ever forsake her. So we may plainly discern, it was neither the desire of the woman to continue in evil, nor her power that brought it on ; because it was Satan who first deceived and betrayed her, and then worked envy in Cain to murder his brother, and bring the curse upon the ground ; and so he hath gone on in all ages, like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Thus, it w'as Satan’s power, and not the woman’s, that brought destruc- tion upon man. Now the same observation as is made from the Fall, that by the woman’s disobedience, through the arts of iaian, she brought her pos- terity under his power, to hold ihe Lord ^o Jus word, thal they should be dead to the knowledge of God, and to the happiness they possessed ; so in like manner stands the redemption—I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy Head. Then here the pro- ^ mise stands as much for the woman to plead, lor the ^ Lord to jidfil HIS PROMISE of bruising the Ser- pent's Head, when the enmity was placed in her heart against him, as there was room for Satan to plead and hold God to his word, to have death pro- nounced upon them.—But as I have observed, that” no power was in the woman to bring on the ^‘y/7 of herself, so I say there is no power in the woman to bring on the boon, or to bruise the Serpent’s head; that power must be in the Lord to accomplish it: for the woman .Ir s no power of herself to help her- self; but if true obedience to the command of the Lord be of no use to intercede for that promise, for the

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