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that formed the eye shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? Rom. ii. 15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. 1 John iii. 20, 21. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.

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SECTION X.

Eccles. iii. 17. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlusting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Eccles. xii. 14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Rom. ii. 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel.~ Matt. xii. 36, 37. But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matt. xxv. 31-34. 40, 41. When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory; and before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the

least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Matt. xiii. 49. So shall it be in the end of the world; the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Rom. xiv. 12. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 1 Cor. iii. 14. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, be shall receive a reward. Rom. ii. 2. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. John ii. 25. And needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man. Rev. xx. 11–15. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the heaven and the earth fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it ; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire. Rev. xxii. 11-15. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous sti!l: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Luke

xxi. 36. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. Col. iii. 4,5, When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is idolatry. 1 John ii. 8. He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning: For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

SECTION XI.

1 Thess. iv. 17, 18. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we be ever with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Matt. xix. 28. And Jesus said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shali sit on the throne of his glory, ye shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Rev. xiv. 9, 10. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of his holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things which pertain to this life. Matt. xiii. 36-43. Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house; and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He

answered and said unto them, He that, soweth the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. There shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

SECTION XII.

1 Cor. xv. 24-28. Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power; for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted that did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall also the Son be subject unto him that did put all things under him, that God may be all in all, Heb. xii. 26. Whose voice then shook the earth; but now he hath promised saying, Yet once more I shake not earth only, but also heaven. Psal. cii. 25-28. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shall thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. The children of thy servants. shall continue; and their seed shall be established before

thee. Heb. i. 10, 11, 12. For thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They shall perish; but thou remainest; they all shall wax old as doth a garment ; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Rev. vi. 12-14. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth; even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely fruit, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 2 Pet. iii. 7-13. But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the clements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the Son of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens, and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 1 Cor. vii. 31. And they that use this world, as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world passeth away. Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven must receive until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets which have

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