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The devil has been the cause of all the evil from the beginning of the world; of the wars, cruel fightings, persecutions and bloodshed; of wrath, malice and hatred, of pride, envy and revenge, and all contention and strife; not only by exciting the passions of his followers to persecute and commit these crimes upon the Saints of the Most High, but among his own children, these crimes were always more or less developed, and put into practice; nation against nation, and individual against individual; if not murder in every case, its concomitant qualities were exercised, in almost every instance, to traduce and defame one another.

Thus wretchedness and misery were the general inmates of the abodes of men on the earth; peace had fled far from their dwellings-verily it is a precious ingredient, not congenial to the cause of depravity and ungodliness, and therefore not attributed by the Prince of Peace to wicked men, but the contrary is denounced, "there is no peace for the wicked, saith our God." Our God, with the inspired writer, is "He who inhabits Eternity, whose name is Holy, who dwelleth in the High and Holy Place, also in the hearts of those who are of broken hearts and contrite spirits, to bind up the broken hearts and to revive the contrite spirits." Thus, herein is made manifest the source of the stream of peace, which in all ages pervaded the saints of the Most High, and united them in love and salvation, through Christ in Him in one; and thus they had peace, although in the world they had tribulation; as the same beloved disciple, for our consolation, informs us, in his gospel, in the words of our blessed Saviour, "Peace 1 leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." And also, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

In the Prince of Peace, therefore, all his followers had peace and salvation from the beginning of the world to the

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end of time; for he expressly says, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, and the first and the last;" by consequence he is the Judge, and all will be judged and rewarded according to their works by him; therefore be ye all warned if ye value your souls and eternal welfare, to make your peace with him, otherwise you will shortly be ushered before him, and find in him, not the mild and easy-to-be-entreated Saviour-as he might have been to you-while in time--but the inexorable judge, who will have you quickly banished out of his presence, and cast into outer darkness, where there shall be eternal torments, as I shall show you more fully as I proceed. Abraham had peace in this glorious Prince, he saw him afar off, and believed in him, which was counted unto him for righteousness; so had Moses, "who choose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had respect unto the recompence of reward;" and so had David, who sang so sweetly; Isaiah, who prophesied so full and clear of his advent and mission, and final triumph over the powers of darkness, and accomplishment of salvation: these, together with all the Old and New Testament Saints, rejoiced in him, and through the riches of his salvation, ended their course with joy, and are now inheriting in common with the Holy Angels, the mansions on high; and likewise thousands since have been blessed through him, with the same richness of grace, love, joy, peace, in short, full salvation, and all the fruits of the spirit, and are now likewise partaking of the same blessings with the blessed on High; and we who remain by a retrograde faith, can behold, with this amiable disciple, "his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth,” and follow him the whole round of his obedient pilgrimage-for we possess a chart where his way is laid down and described, and are privileged far above the ancients, and by consequence there will be less excuse for those that die in their sins; as

his words, which we have so abundantly, and which shall judge every one on the last day, have been unheeded, his blood trampled under foot, his love, his great love, wherewith he loved us so as to lay down his life on Calvary, been slighted, and despite done to his Holy Spirit; all that have thus lived and thus died, have nothing to expect from him in the eternal world but his fiery indignation, which shall consume his adversaries. "Ah, I will ease me of my adversa. ries, and avenge me of mine enemies," saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel. Therefore I would persuade you again be reconciled unto Jehovah; in making of friends make him your friend above all others, he will be a friend in need, a friend in time, on the judgment morning, and through all eternity; and verily a friend in word and in deed, for his words and his deeds are all "YEA and AMEN."

Yes verily, we are favored far above the ancients in the clearness of our blessed Saviour's deeds, his sufferings, his death, resurrection, ascension, and second coming to judge the world in righteousness. We have his own words, which speak life and everything desirable that could contribute to the happiness of true believers in time and in eternity, and also his words which speak death and excruciating torments to the unbelievers forever and ever. As the tree falls so it lies; as the sinner dies so he must appear before the judgment seat of Christ.

"It is appointed unto all men once to die, and after that the judgment;" and as the words of Christ shall judge all, therefore we who judge ourselves by those words in time, that is, repent of all our sins and ungodly deeds, which we have ungodly committed, and love the Lord God with all our hearts and walk with him through faith in Christ, in perfect holiness, thus die off from the old man and put on the new, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness, become thus dead to the world, the lusts of the flesh, and the pride of life, and alive unto God; have our

names written in the Lamb's book of life; a part in the first resurrection, on whom the second death hath no power, because we keep his words and commandments to do them; thus we fulfill both laws, that of works, and that of faith and love unto our God and Saviour, and shall therefore reign with him as Kings and Priests, forever and ever.

"But the wicked shall be turned into hell, with all the nations that forget God." For behold the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebukes with flames of fire." He is thus coming at the end of time, after Satan shal! have gone forth "to deceive the nations in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." We may well suppose that the devil will be raving mad-after being liberated out of his dungeon-and will rush over the earth as a foaming torrent, with redoubled violence and hatred against God, and his peculiar people, which shall then be pilgrims on earth, and not content by persecuting the true church of Christ, going about as a roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour, he will even ascend with his slaves "on the breadth of the earth, and compass the camp of the Saints about, and beloved city; and fire shall come down from God out of heaven and devour them." And the devil that deceived them shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophets are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever." Thus we find to the end that the God of the wicked is not our God, JEHOVAH! as he shall be quickly overthrown and cast back into hell with all his followers, shortly after to be brought forth and judged by saints and angels, and Christ, who is God over all, blessed forevermore.

Yes verily, the wheels of time are hastening on apace, are rolling rapidly towards the verge of eternity, when the great "Arch-Angel shall stand with one foot on the sea and the other on the land, lift up his hand towards heaven, and swear

by Him who liveth forever and ever, that time shall be no longer." Then the earth shall quake, be rent, and roll to and fro, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken; the sun shall become black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon as blood; the stars of heaven shall be precipitated upon the earth, "as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind;" even the very heavens shall depart as a scroll when it is rolled together; the whole firmament shall be shaken to the centre; the mountains shall tremble, be rent and tumble to the earth, and the islands be moved out of their places. Then shall there be distress, lamentation, and woe, such as has never been heard upon the earth before, "When the Kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, shall hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains, and say to the mountains and rocks FALL on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?" Thanks be to God, we shall be able to stand who have previously made our peace with him; washed our robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb; and have "kept his commandments, therefore, we shal have a right to the tree of Life and enter in through the gates into the city:

"The city so holy and clean,

No sorrow can breathe in the air;

No gloom of afflction or sin,

No shadow of evil is there!

The Saints in His favor receive

Their great and eternal reward,
In Jesus, in heaven they live,

They reign in the smile of their Lord."

We therefore shall be able to endure and ever to rejoice, because we have made God our refuge, through Christ the Judge, who is now our friend, and saves us from standing in the judgment with the wicked; yea he even first opens all

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