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'Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall Consume with the spirit of his mouth, and Destroy with the brightness of his coming.'-1 Thess. ii. 8.

'Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? or the lawful captive delivered? Thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty, (those who are taken captive by the spirit of temptation, see 2 Tim. ii. 26, Rom. vii. 23,) SHALL be taken away, and the prey of the terrible (shall be) Delivered. For I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will Save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh, and they shall be drunken with their own blood, (they shall be surfeited of their own sinfulness,) as with sweet wine. And ALL FLESH shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.'-Isa. xlix. 24--26.

"Righteousness shall he as Universal as unrighteousness is now! Although the whole creation now groaneth together, under the man of sin, our comfort is, it will not always groan. God will arise and maintain His own cause, and the Whole Creation shall be Delivered from Moral and natural corruption. Sin, and Pain shall be no more, &c. The Whole Race of Mankind shall know, and love, and serve the Lord, and reign with Him forever and ever!" "While His creatures travail together in pain, He knoweth all their pain, and is bringing them nearer and nearer to the birth, which shall be accomplished in its season. He seeth the earnest expectation wherewith the whole creation waiteth for that final manifestation of the sons of God; in which they shall be delivered (not by annihilation, annihilation is not deliverance,) from the present 'bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.' Nothing can be more express. Away with vulgar prejudices, and let the plain word of God take place. They shall be Deliy-, ered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."—JOHN WESLEY.

"Ev'n that which Mischief meant most harm,
Shall, in the happy trial, prove most Glory;
But Evil on itself shall back recoil,

And mix no more with goodness, and, at last,
Gather like scum, and settle to itself,

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Self-fed, and self-consum'd ;-if this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,

And earth's base built on stubble !"-MILTON.

PROPOSITION TWENTY-SIXTH.

SORROW and SUFFERING shall also be Annihilated.

PROOFS.

Wilt thou disregard the Consolations which God furnishes ?—JOB. "The Ransomed of the Lord, ['He gave himself a Ransom for ALL,'] shall return, and come to Zion with songs and Everlasting Joy upon their heads; they shall obtain Joy and Gladness, and Sorrow and Sighing shall flee away.' -Isa. xxxv. 10

'And the Lord God shall wipe away tears from off ALL FACES.'-Isa. xxv.8.

'I have satisfied the weary soul, and replenished Every sorrowful Soul.'-Jer. xxxi. 25.

'And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be NO MORE Sorrow nor Crying, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN.'-Rev. xxi. 4.

'And the leaves of the Tree of Life shall be for the healing of the Nations; AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE

CURSE.'-Rev. xxii. 2, 3.

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls, SALVATION, and thy gates, PRAISE. The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an Everlasting Light, and thy God, thy Glory. Thy Sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself. For the Lord shall be thine Everlasting Light, and the days of thy Mourning shall be ended. Thy Peo ple also shall ALL be Righteous, that I may be Glorified!"---Isa. lx. 18.

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"Yet, bear up awhile,

And what thy bounded view, (which only sees
A little part.) deem'd evil, is no more;

The storms of wintry Time will quickly pass,

And one unbounded spring encircle All."-THOMPSON.

PROPOSITION TWENTY-SEVENTH.

Universal Knowledge and Truth shall finally Prevail, and IGNORANCE and ERROR be eradicated from All Intelligent Souls.

"Shall all defects of mind, and fallacies

Of feeling, be immortal ?"

PROOFS.

'And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto ALL PEOPLE, a Feast of fat things, a Feast of wine on the lees; of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. AND HE WILL DESTROY IN THIS MOUNTAIN THE FACE OF THE COVERING CAST OVER ALL PEOPLE, AND THE VAIL THAT IS SPREAD OVER ALL NATIONS. He will swallow up Death in Victory: and the Lord God will wipe away Tears from off All Faces; and the Rebuke of His People shall He take away from off All the Earth: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him and He will Save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be Glad, and Rejoice in His Salvation.-Isa. xxv. 6--9.

'God, our Saviour, will have ALL MEN to be Saved, and come unto the Knowledge of the Truth.'-1 Tim. ii. 4.

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'And All thy children shall be Taught of the Lord, and great shall be the Peace of thy children.'-Isa. liv. 13. 'It is written in the Prophets, They ALL shall be taught of God.'-John vi. 45.

"They shall teach NO MORE Every Man his neighbor, and Every Man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for (I will write My law in their hearts, and) ALL shall Know Me, from the least of them even unto THE GREATEST of them, saith the Lord.'-Jer. xxxi; Heb. viii.

'Till we ALL come IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH, and of

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the Knowledge of the Son of God. unto A PERFECT MAN, [that all Mankind shall become as One, Great, Perfect Man,] unto the Measure of the Stature OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST, -- from whom THE WHOLE BODY, fitly joined together. [Christ being 'the Head,'] and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, working in the measure of Every Part, maketh increase of THE BODY unto the Edifying of itself in Love.'-Eph. iv. 13--16.

'I am the Light of THE WORLD.'-John viii. 12. 'Ye shall Know THE TRUTH, and the Truth shall make you FREE,' [from Sin,' v. 34.]-viii. 32.

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"The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till THE WHOLE was Leavened.'-Mat. xiii. 33; Luke xiii. 31.

'That he might give Eternal Life to as many as Thou hast given him; (All Flesh,' 'All Things,') and this is Life Eternal, to Know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.'-John xvii. 2, 3.

'I will give them an heart to Know Me, saith the Lord.' -Jer. xxiv. 7. Therefore My People shall Know My

name.'-Isa, lii. 6.

"Thou who did'st come to bring,

On thy redeeming wing,

Healing and sight;

Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
O, now, to All Mankind,

'Let there be light!'"

A. C. T.

PROPOSITION TWENTY-EIGHTH.

DEATH, which is the Scripture term for Moral and Natu ral Corruption, shall be swallowed up of Deific LIFE, and Incorruptibility.

PROOFS.

'DEATH, the Last Enemy, shall be Destroyed.'-1 Cor. xv. 26. For as in Adam All DIE, even so in Christ shall All be MADE ALIVE.'-22.

'DEATH is swallowed up in Victory!-1 Cor. xv. 54. 'And the Lord of hosts will swallow up DEATH in Victory!'-Isa. xxv. 8.

'He hath ABOLISHED DEATH, and brought LIFE, and Immortality to light through the Gospel.'-2 Tim. i. 10.

'That he might DESTROY DEATH, and him that hath the power of Death, that is the Devil,' (the Eril, for the sting of Death is Sin.')-Heb. ii. 14.

'I will Redeem them from DEATH. O, DEATH, I will be thy Plagues ---Hos. xiii. 14.

AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH.'---Rev. xxi. 4. 'Who shall Deliver us from the body of this DEATH?' For 'sin reigns in our mortal bodies,'---Rom. vi. 12; viii. 11, but not in our immortal, for this is to be a glorious body. Answer: Christ; who 'gave himself for us that he might Deliver us from this present evil world.'---Gal. i. 4. Is it likely that he will thence carry us to some world that is infinitely more corrupt and miserable than the present?

"This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.'---1 Cor. xv. 52. "The Creation shall be Delivered from the Bondage of Corruption.'

In justification of the sense we attach to the words 'DEATH,' and 'LIFE,' as they are used in these passages which speak. of the destruction of the former, in the triumph of the latter, we present the following passages to show that the frequent. Scripture usage of these words is in favor of their interpretation here to relate to spiritual, and not physical mortality:

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