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'For it pleased the Father that in Christ should All Fulness dwell; -- and to Reconcile ALL THINGS to himself, whether Things on Earth, or Things in Heaven.'-Col. i. 20. The term 'All Things' occurs five times in immediate connection with this passage, and no 'Orthodox' Expositor éver pretends, or has ever ventured to contract the universality of that phrase in either of those instances. But the instant they light upon this 20th verse, like the two or three thousand years leap they are accustomed to make in the xxivth of Matthew, the identical language is metamorphosed into altogether a different meaning! O, Consistency!

'God hath set him at His own right hand, in heavenly places, far above All principality, and power, and might, and dominion, (except Lucifer's think you?) and Every Name that is named, not only in this world, but in that which is to come; and hath Put ALL THINGS under his feet, and gave himself to be the Head over All Things, to the Church, which is his BODY, (see Prop. XI.) the Fulness of Him that FILLETH ALL IN ALL.-Eph. i. 18--24.

Unto him, ['Shiloh,' the Messias,] shall the Gathering of THE PEOPLE be.'-Gen. xlix. 10.

'Jesus Christ, after he had offered one Sacrifice for Sins, forever sat down at the Right Hand of God, from thence expecting till HIS ENEMIES be made his footstool.'-Heb. x. 12, 13.

"Thou hast Put ALL THINGS in Subjection under his feet. For in that He Put ALL in Subjection under him, he left NOTHING that is NOT Put under him. But now, we see NOT YET, All Things Put under him.'-Heb. ii. 8. Physically, and governmentally, All Things are, already, in subjection to Christ; for The Father hath delivered all things and committed all judgment, into his hands, and given him all power in heaven and in earth.' But the great, universal Spiritual Subjection which is contemplated in the Gospel through his glorious reign in that heavenly Kingdom of Zion which 'ruleth over All,' and which 'cometh not by observation,' 'we see Not Yet.'

"The casting away of Israel, shall be the Reconciling of THE WORLD.-Rom. xi. 15.

'When we were ENEMIES, we were Reconciled to God by the Death of His Son.'-Rom. v. 10.

'We joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom We have now received the Atonement,' (the Reconciliation.) Notice that it is Us who are to receive the atonement or reconciliation, for We are the unreconciled party, and not our Maker, because He is of one mind and unchangeable, and therefore was He never unreconciled. Did He send the

Saviour in order that He might love the world? No; for 'He so loved the world, that He sent His only-begotten Son.' How contrary this to the teaching of the Methodist and Episcopal Articles: "Christ truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to Reconcile His Father To Us," &c.

Calmet says, respecting the word Atonement, "We have evidently lost the true import of this word, by our present manner of pronouncing it. When it was customary to pronounce the word one as own, in the time of our translators, the word atonement was resolvable into parts, AT-ONEMENT, or the means of being at one, i. e. reconciled, in fellowship." The word occurs but once in the English N. T. its original being always elsewhere properly rendered Reconciliation.

'He will send forth judgment unto (endless damnation?) VICTORY!'-Mat. xii. 20.

'I have Overcome THE WORLD.'-John xvi. 33.

'Behold, All they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed, (see also Isa. xlv. 25,) and confounded; they shall be as nothing, (in their deep humility.) They that strive with thee shall be melted. Thou shalt seek them, and shall not find them, (as such,) even them that contended with thee.'-Isa. xli. 11, 12.

"Through the Greatness of thy Power shall Thine ENEMIES Submit themselves unto Thee; they shall Sing unto Thy Name.'-Ps. lxvi. 3, 4.

"The Lord of Hosts shall Defend His (elect) People, and they shall devour and Subdue the Enemies.'-Zech. ix. 15. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine Enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; Rule thou in the

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midst of thine Enemies.

Thy People SHALL BE WILLING, (who were not willing before,) in the Day of thy Power.'— Ps. cx. 1--3.

'The Lord shall go forth like a Mighty Man; he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war; he shall Prevail against · his Enemies.'-Isa. xlii. 13.

'O, clap your hands, ALL YE PEOPLE; Shout unto God with the Voice of Triumph! For the Lord Most High is terrible; He is a Great King over All the Earth. He shall Subdue the People under us, and the Nations under our feet. Sing praises unto God, sing praises! Sing praises unto our People, sing praises. For God is the King of All the Earth! Sing Ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the Heathen! He sitteth upon the Throne of His holiness!'—Ps. xlvii. 1--8; See also, xcvii. 1--7.

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'And I heard, as it were, the Voice of a Great Multitude, and as the Voice of Many Waters, and as the Voice of Mighty Thunderings, saying, ALLELUIA! for the Lord God OMNIPOTENT Reigneth !-Rev. xix. 6.

Wide o'er the world a King shall reign,
And righteousness and Peace maintain.
His gracious sceptre he shall wield,
Till every foe in love shall yield;
The conquests of His truth shall show,
What an Almighty arm can do.
The alienated and betray'd,
Re-born and willing subjects made,-
The myriad hosts in heav'n shall meet,
The Family of our Race complete.

PROPOSITION NINETEENTH.

Christ shall continue to Reign upon the Judgment Throne of His Kingdom, until All shall be REDEEMED FROM SIN, and Saved in Righteousness.

PROOFS.

As for [the nature and object of] His JUDGMENTS, they have not Known them.'-Psalms cxlvii. 20.

'Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought, (value at nothing,) thy brother? For we shall ALL stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, [without partiality, to be redeemed from error and sin, and re-created in knowledge and righteousness.] For, as it is written, Every Knee shall bow to Me, and Every Mouth confess,'Rom. xiv. 11, that 'in the Lord have they righteousness and strength.'-Isa. xlv. 24.

'He hath appointed a Day, [a Period,] in which He will Judge THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, by that Man whom He hath ordained, whereof HE HATH Given AssurANCE UNTO ALL MEN.'-Acts xvii. 31.

'Now is the Judgment of this World, [commenced ;] now shall the Prince of this world [Evil] be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the Earth, will draw ALL MEN unto me.'---John xii. 31, 32.

"The Father hath committed All Judgment to the Son, that ALL MEN should honor the Son.'---John v. 22.

"The Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daugh ter of Zion, and shall have Purged the filth of Jerusalem by the spirit of JUDGMENT, and the spirit of burning.'---Isa.iv.4. 'When thy Judgments are in the Earth, the Inhabitants of the World will learn righteousness.'---Isa. xxvi. 9.

'In Mercy shall the Throne be established; and he shall sit upon it in Truth in the sanctuary of David, Judging, seeking Judgment, AND HASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS.'---Is. xvi. 5.

'O, Sing unto the Lord a New Song; for He hath done marvellous things! His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him THE VICTORY! The Lord hath made known His Salvation; His Righteousness hath He openly showed

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in the sight of the Heathen. Mercy and His Truth towards the house of Israel. All the Ends of the Earth have seen the Salvation of our God!--Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, All the Earth! Make a loud noise, and Rejoice, and sing Praises! Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King! Let the sea roar, and the fulness therof; THE WORLD, and they that dwell therein! Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills be Joyful together before the Lord! For He cometh to Judge the Earth; with Righteousness shall He Judge THE WORLD, and the People with Equity.'-98th Psalm.

'Behold he cometh with clouds, and EVERY EYE shall see him, and they even which pierced him and All the Kindreds of the Earth shall grieve (in bitterness for their sins,) because of him. Even so; Amen.'---Rev. i. 7.

"Thou shalt sigh, [in deep humiliation and repentance,] for the Tidings, because it cometh; and Every Heart shall melt, and All Hands shall be feeble, and Every Spirit shall faint, and All Knees shall be weak as water. Behold it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.'--Ezek. xxi. 7.

"THE CREATION itself also shall be Delivered from the Bondage of Corruption, into the glorious liberty of the Children of God.'---Rom. viii. 21.

"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red, like crimson, they shall be as wool.'---Isa. i. 18. For the Lord came to save the very 'chief' of Sinners, and 'to Put Away Sin,' entirely.

'He shall baptise You with the Holy Spirit, and with [the dross-consuming] Fire; whose Fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly Purge His floor, and Gather His wheat into His garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.'---Mat. iii. 11, 12. 'For the Son of Man came not to destroy mens' lives, but to Save them.'

'Sin shall not have Dominion over You, for we are under Grace.'---Rom. vi. 14.

'Thou hast forgiven [taken away] the Iniquity of the Peo

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