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into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.'-Is. ii. 2--5.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and young lion, and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and the suckling child play about the nest of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand upon the cocatrice's den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in All My holy mountain; for the Earth shall be FULL of the Knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.'-Isa. xi. 6--10.

"The People shall weary themselves of their very vanity, and the Earth shall be filled with the Knowledge of the Glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.'-Hab. ii. 14. 'And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the Whole Earth.'-Dan. ii. 35.

'And it shall be in that day that Living Waters shall go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea; in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall reign over All the Earth; in that day shall there be One Lord, and His name One.'-Zech. xiv. 7, 9.

'Lift up thine eyes round about and behold! All these gather themselves together, and come to thee, [New Jerusalem.] As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them All, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a Bride doeth. For thy Waste and thy Desolate Places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. They shall say in thine ear, The place is too straight for me; give place that I may dwell,' &c.-Isa. xlix. 18 to the end of chapter.

'Sing, O Barren, thou that did'st not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that did'st not travail.For more were the children of the Desolate, than the children of the Married Wife, saith the Lord. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations. Spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strength

en thy stakes. For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and cause the Desolate Cities to be inhabited,' &c. &c. Isa. liv. 1--3.

'And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall Reign forever and ever.'-Rev. x. 15.

'And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth; for the first heaven and the first Earth are passed away. And there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the holy city coming down from God out of heaven. And I heard a great Voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with Men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His People, and God Himself shall be with them and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away. And he that sat on the throne said, Behold I make All Things New.'-Rev. xxi.

"Thus heav'nward all things tend, for all was once
Perfect, and All at length must be Restor❜d.

So God hath wisely Purpos'd, who would else,
In His dishonor'd works Himself endure

Dishonor, and be wrong'd without redress."-COWPER.

PROPOSITION TWENTY-FIFTH.

The Dominion of TEMPTATION and SIN shall Finally be Overcome,-Iniquity shall be Exhausted, Destroyed, Put Away beyond the Sphere of Man forever.

PROOFS.

'Shall the Throne of Iuiquity have Fellowship with THEE, that frameth Evil by LAW?'-Ps. xciv 20.

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'Now once in the end of the Age hath he appeared to PUT AWAY SIN through the Sacrifice of himself.'Heb. ix. 26. 'He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained Eternal Redemption,'-ver. 12, for The People,'

even for 'ALL THE PEOPLE,' from their 'Errors,'-vers. 7, 19. 'Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.'-John i. 29.

It was foretold that Messias should give Reconciliation for INIQUITY, FINISH TRANSGRESSION, and MAKE AN END OF SINS, and Bring in Everlasting Righteousness.-Dan. ix. 24.

'He gave himself for Us that he might Redeem Us from ALL INIQUITY.'-Titus ii. 14. 'He took on him the Secd of Abraham, that he might make Reconciliation FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE.'-Heb. ii. 17.

'The earnest expectation of THE CREATION waiteth for the Manifestation of the sons of God.'-Rom. viii. 19. "THE CREATION ITSELF SHALL BE DELIVERED FROM THE BONDAGE OF CORRUPTION.'-Rom. viii. 21.

'THE WHOLE CREATION groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now, [only,] -- For we ARE Saved, by Hope.' -Rom. viii. 22.

'We ourselves, who have the First-Fruits of the Spirit, [the elect,] groan within ourselves, waiting for the Adoption, even THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY.'-Rom. viii. 23.

"Hark! a glad voice cheers this groaning world! The Creation shall be Delivered! The great drama which has been performing upon the vast theatre of existence shall come to a close; we shall All be taken behind the scene. Every mouth shall be stopped, then shall we

"Justify the ways of God to Man."

Behold, I Make All Things New! shall thunder from the throne of the Great Eternal. The Creation of God shall again rise, good and fair as on the morn when the sons of God shouted for joy. The effects of the Curse shall no more be felt or seen. The Temple of the Universe shall again be filled with happiness, as in the days of innocence, and through all the mighty Dome shall the Triumphant shout resound, 'Death, with all his train, is swallowed up in Victory! Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.'"-Summerfield's Orations.

'Yet a little while, and THE WICKED SHALL NOT BE; yea,

thou shalt diligently consider his place, and IT SHALL NOT BE.' Ps. xxxvii. 10.

"Thou puttest away all the wicked, [the wickedness,] of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies.'-Ps. cxix. 119.

'He will have compassion upon Us; He will SUBDUE our INIQUITIES: Thou wilt cast all their Sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the Mercy which Thou hast Promised to our Fathers from the days of Old.'--Micah vii. 'Break Thou the power of the wicked and the evil; seek out his wickedness till Thou find none.'—Ps. x. 15, 16.

"Where Sin abounded, Grace did much more abound.' "The Lord shall Judge His People; O let the Wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the good.' -Ps. vii. 8, 9.

'Let the Sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more.'-Ps. civ. 25. As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked [wickedness] no more; but the righteous [righteousness] is an everlasting foundation.'-Prov. x. 35. Good is the only solid, permanent, indestructible, eternal principle in the universe.

Until the Law, [only,] Sin was in the world; but Sin is not imputed where there is no law,' [but in the Gospel is reckoned to be abolished.]-Rom. v. 13. 'Sin shall not have Dominion over you, for we are not under law, but under Grace.'-vi. 14.

Death shall be destroyed and swallowed up in victory. And 'the sting of Death is SIN. O, Death, where is thy sting?' [Lost and swallowed up forever, in the destruction of the last grim enemy!] 1 Cor. xv. 26, 55, 57.

"Nought eternal is

But that which is of God. All pain and woe
Are therefore finite. Can the robber steal

From God? [All souls are His, and Him-deriv'd,
And thus are good, and Good alone is endless.
But Evil, having birth from second causes,
Created things, gross matter, and their laws,
Is not from all eternity with God,
But hath a recent origin, and thus
Hath not an endless, but a casual being,

And must expire where its reign began.]

How wretched human goodness, then, and Sin,
How despicable, to the soul assur'd ;
Since both are temporal, limited; the one
By Him destroy'd who can alone unmake
That He hath made; the other perfected,
United, Deified, in the Eternal Good."

Destruction of "the Devil."

U God, how long shall the Adversary reproach? Shall the Enemy blaspheme Thy Name FOREVER ?-Psalm lxxiv. 10.

'I will put enmity between thee [the tempting principle, personified as a serpent, which the apostles speak of as a principle which is apt to live and reign within, and have dominion over us,-the internal impulses of our evil passions, warring against, and enticing the soul,] and the Woman, and between thy seed, [sin, misery, error, death,] and her Seed, [Emanuel.] It shall bruise, [crush, destroy,] THY HEAD.'-Gen. iii. 15.

'Now shall the Prince of this World be cast out, and I will draw All Men unto me.'-John xii. 31, 32.

'Christ likewise took part of flesh and blood; that through death, he might destroy him that hath the power of death, that is, the Devil,' (rather adversary, the opposing power or influence, the spirit of Evil.')-Heb. ii. 14.

For this purpose was the Son of Cod manifested, that he might Destroy the works of the Devil,' (THE EVIL.)Partialists, holding to the existence of a mighty, independent, Antagonist Deity, maintain that these works of the Devil,' which the meek and gracious Jesus is commissioned to Destroy, are the souls of the wicked, of whom, not the Good, but the Evil God is the author and Father. Yet we read that he will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice,' that 'he came not to Destroy mens' lives, (or souls, 'psuchas,') but to SAVE them.' And this destruction of the works of the Evil is the way he will accomplish the Salvation of 'the World.' If 'the works of the devil,' mean human sinful souls, then this passage does not teach endless misery, but Annihilation; which is a doctrine 'orthodoxy' repudiates, as too mild a view of Vindictive Justice, altogether. Was there ever a scheme involving such a bundle of contradictions?'

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