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not true now, who will confute me, and show my argument to be worthless?' 'If thou can'st, answer me; set thy words in array before me,-stand firm

'Produce your cause; Let them bring them

bring forth your strong reasons. forth, and show us what shall happen. Let them show the former things what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; and declare to us things to come, and show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods.' 'Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.' 'But I beheld, and there was no man; even among them there was no counsellor, that when I asked of them could answer a word! Behold, they are all vanity! 'MENE: God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it. TEKEL: Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.'

"Therefore we both labor and suffer reproach: because we trust in the Living God; who is the Saviour of All Men, especially of those who believe' [Him thus to be, for their salvation is already entered upon.] But, Charity beareth all things, believeth all things [that appertain to the Gospel of Glad Tidings,] HOPETH all things, endureth all things.' 'And we have also a more SURE word of prophecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts; knowing this first, that No Prophecy of Scripture is of any PRIVATE, [selfish, limited,] INTERPRETATION' 'The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, [appealing to the fears, prejudices, ignorance, weaknesses, and passions, rather than to the intelligence, moral impulses, and finer feelings of the soul,] but mighty, through

God, to the pulling down of strong-holds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God.' For God hath not given

us the spirit of Fear, but of Power, and of Love, and of a Sound Mind.' 'There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. He that feareth, is not made perfect in 'love.'

'Now we believe, and do testify, that the Father sent the son to be the Saviour of THE WORLD;' 'to PUT AWAY Sin;' 'to renconcile All Things to the Father.' That 'he died for All;' that 'the Father hath given All Things into his hands;' that 'all that the Father hath given him shall come unto him ;' that he 'will draw All Men unto him,' 'give eternal life to as many as God hath given him,' 'reconcile the World,' 'subdue All Things unto himself,' 'save that which was lost,' 'destroy the works of the devil,' 'finish the work,' 'bring Every Knee to bow, and Every Tongue to confess,' 'to the glory of God the Father,' that 'in the Lord they have righteousness and strength,' 'see of the travail of his soul, and be satisfied.' That 'the Lord is good unto all his works,' even 'kind to the unthankful and the evil,' 'loves us even while we are enem es,' 'is very pitiful and of tender mercy,' and 'his mercy endureth forever,' and 'his salvation is forever, for 'he is the Lord, and changeth not,' and 'knoweth our frame, and remembereth that we are but dust;' that he is 'the Father of the spirits of All Flesh,' ,knoweth what his children have need of,' 'will never leave nor forsake us,' 'will not always chide,' 'doth not afflict willingly,' and 'will not cast off forever,' for he 'chastises for our profit that we may be partakers of his holiness,' and 'as the father chasteneth his children, so the Lord our God

dealeth with us.' That 'his hand is not shortened that it cannot save,' for 'he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth and fashioneth their hearts alike,' and will 'put his law in their hearts, and write it in their minds, that All shall know Him from the least unto the greatest;' for He 'will have All Men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth,' and 'who hath resisted His will?' 'Of Him, and through Him and TO Him are All Things,' for 'For His pleasure are All Things created,' and 'He doeth all His pleasure.' 'He hath Purposed in Himself to gather together in One All Things in Christ,' that 'there shall be One Fold and One Shepherd,' and 'every Purpose of the Lord shall stand.' 'The Covenant which the Lord made unto Abraham, saying, In thy seed shall All the Kindreds of the Earth be blessed, by turning away every one from their iniquities,' we 'stagger not at through unbelief,' 'for He is faithful that Promised,' and we are 'fully persuaded that what He hath Promised He is able also to perform,' while He hath also 'confirmed it by an Oath, saying,' 'By Myself have I sworn &c., and thy seed, [the Messiah,] shall possess even the gate of his ENEMIES; and in thy seed shall All the Nations of the Earth be blessed.' 'Looking for that blessed hope,' when 'the creation shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption [to which 'God hath subjected' it in hope,] into the glorious liberty of the children of God,' when 'tears shall be wiped from off All Faces,' when God shall 'overcome evil with good,' so that 'where sin abounded, Grace shall much more abound,' 'and there shall be no more pain,' nor 'death,' nor 'curse,' nor 'sin,' 'and sorrow and sighing shall flee away,' 'and the vail of the covering that is cast over All Nations shall be removed,' when 'the glory of the

Lord shall be revealed, and All Flesh shall see it together,' and 'shall be like him, because they shall see him as he is,' and, 'being the children of the resurrection are equal unto the angels,' and 'having borne the image of the earthy, shall also bear the image of the heavenly;' when as all have died in Adam, shall All in Christ be made alive;' when 'as by the disobedience of one, death having passed upon, All Men to condemnation, even so, through the righteousness of one, the Free Gift of justification to life shall have likewise come upon All Men ;' 'when 'the Lamb of God taketh away the Sin of the world,' and the 'glad tidings' of 'the everlasting gospel' 'of the Grace of God which bringeth salvation to All Men,' 'shall be made known unto All People,' 'preached to every creature which is under heaven,' 'to Every Nation, and Kindred, and Tongue, and People,' so that 'All Nations whom God has made,' and 'All the Kindreds of the Nations shall worship before Him, and glorify His name,' and 'Every creature, which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, AND ALL THAT ARE IN THEM, shall be heard saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, forever and ever!'

'Now we, having the same spirit of faith, [as the apostles and prophets,] according as David wrote, I believed, and therefore have I spoken,-we also believe, and therefore speak.' 'Let us hold fast the profession of our faith, without wavering.' 'And this is the victory which overcometh the world, even our Faith.' "Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.'

'Now the Spirit spake expressly, that in the latter times some should depart from the Faith, giving heed to seducing

spirits, and Doctrines of Devils. That 'the priest and the prophet should err in vision and stumble in judgment, and the tables of the Lord should be full of vomit and filthiness.' 'False teachers, who privily should bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them.' 'That many should follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth should be evil spoken of. Who, through covetousness should with feigned words make merchandise of you.' That 'the time should come when they would not endure sound Doctrine; but after their own ways should heap to themselves teachers having itching ears, who should turn away their ears from the truth and should be turned unto fables.' That 'they should afflict the just, [through their fearful dogmas and tyrannical sway,] take a bribe, [invent a false scheme to avert the just punishment of transgression,] and turn aside the needy from their right.' 'And build the high places of TOPHET, [Hell, --an imaginary world of eternal woe and blasphemy,] which is [only, in fact,] the Valley of the Son of Hinnom,—to burn [even] their sons and daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into My heart, saith the Lord.' 'But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.' 'For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let not your prophets and your diviners that be in the midst of you deceive you, for they prophesy falsely unto sent them, saith the Lord.' speak a vision of their own the mouth of the Lord.'

'I speak as to wise men;

you in My name: I have not 'They make you selfish; they [narrow] heart, and not out of

judge ye what I say.'

'Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm

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