Also, thou art Just thou art Mercyful & kind forever thou hast taken Zion to thine own bosom from all thy creations from all eternity to all eternity & naught but peace Justice & truth is the habitation of thy throne & mercy shall go before thy face & have no end how is it that thou canst weep]- the lord said unto Enoch behold these thy brethren they are th[e] workmanship of mine hands & I gave unto them their knowledge in the day I created them & in the garden of Eden gave I unto Man his agency & unto thy brethren have I said & also give commandment that they should love one another & that they should choose me their father but behold they are without affection & they hate their own blood & the fire of mine indignation is kindled against them & in my hot displeasure will I send in the flood upon them for my fierce anger is kindled against them behold I am God & man of Holyness is my name man of council is my name & endless & eternal is my name also wherefore I can stretch forth mine hand & hold all the creations which I have made & & mine eye can pierce them also & among all the workmanship of mine hand there has not been so great wickedness as among thy Brethren but behold their sins shall be on the heads of their fathers & satan shall be their father & misery shall be their doom & the whole Heavens shall weep oveur them even all the workmanship of mine hands wherefore should not the Heavens weep seeing these shall suffer but behold these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods & & behold I will shaut them up a prison have I prepared for them & that which I have chosen hath pleaded before my face wherefore he suffereth for their sins in as much as they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me & until that day they shall be in torment. Wherefor for this shall the Heavens weep yea & all th[e] workmanship of mine hands & it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch & told Enoch all the doings of the children of men wherefore Enoch knew & looked upon their wickedness & their misery & wept & stretched forth his arms wide as eternity & his bowels yearned & all eternity shook & Enoch saw Noah also & his family that the posterity of all the sons of Noah should be saved with a temporal salvation wherefore he saw that Noah built an ark & the Lord smiled upon it & held it in his own hand but upon the residue of the wicked came the floods & swallowed them up & as Enoch saw this he had bittern[e]ss of soul & wept over his brethren & said unto the Heavens I will refuse to be comforted but the lord said unto Enoch lift up your heart & be glad & look & it came to pass that Enoch looked & from Noah he beheld all the families of the Earth & they cried unto the lord saying when shall the day of the lord come when shall the blood of the righteous be shed that all they that mourn may be sanctified & have eternal life & the lord said it shall be in the maridian of time in the days of wickedness & vengence & behold Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of man even in the flesh & he saw & rejoiced saying the righteous is lifted up & the lamb is slain from the foundation of the world & through faith I am in the bosom of the father -[& behold Zion is with me & it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the Earth & he heard a voice from the bowels thereof saying wo wo is me the mother of men I am pained I am weary because of the wickedness of my childn children when shall I rest & be cleansed from my filthiness which has gone forth out of me when will my Creator sanctify me that I may rest & righteousness for a season abide upon my face & when Enoch heard the Earth mourn he wept & cried unto the lord saying O lord wilt thou not have compassion on the Earth wilt thou not bless the children of Noah & it came to pass that Enoch [p. 14]