For after that <​it​> truly was manifested unto this first Elder that he had Received a remission of his sins he was entangeled again in the vanities of the world but after truly Repenting God ministered unto him by an Holy Angel whose countenance was as Lightning & whose garments were pure & white above all whiteness & gave unto him Commandments which inspered [inspired] him from on high & gave unto him power by the means of which was before prepared that he should translate a Book which Book contained a record of a fallen People & also the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles & also to the Jews proveing unto them that the Holy Scriptures are truel & also that God doth Minister inspire men in & call them to his Holy work in these last days as well as in in days of old that he might be the same God forever amen Which Book was given by inspiration is Called the Book of Mormon & is confirmed to others by the ministering of Angels & declared unto the World by them Wherefore having so great witnesses by them shall the world be Judged even as many as shall hereafter receive this work either to faith & righteousness or to the hardness of heart in unbelief to their own condemnation for the Lord God hath spoken it for we the Elders of the Church have heard & bear witness to his the words of his glorious majesty on high to whom be glory for ever & ever amen