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of the Lord revealed?' 'For concerning this sect, we know that it is everywhere spoken against.' Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude [who are enemies to you ;] for the battle is not yours, but God's.' 'For their rock is not as our rock, even our enemies themselves being the judges.' 'Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the World.' 'Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.' God; he that knoweth [the character of] God, heareth us. He that is not of God, heareth not us, [but ridicule, caricature, and defame us.] Hereby know ye the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.' 'How forcible are sound words! but what doth reproaching demonstrate ?' 'Should a wise man answer with arguments of wind, and fill himself with the east wind? Should he reason with words that do not profit, and discourse upon that in which there is no benefit?' 'Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine ?' 'the doctrine which is according to godliness?' 'Them that are weaned from the milk [of hereditary prejudice and bigotry ;] they that are drawn from the breasts, [of priestly idolatry and imposition.] For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little and there a little.' 'And they that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.'— 'That which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.' 'Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?' 'How long halt ye between two opinions? If THE LORD be God, follow Him; if Baal, then follow him.' 'Come thou with us, and we will do

thee good; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.' 'Attend to know understanding, for I give you good doctrine.' 'I shew unto you a more excellent way.'

'Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of a faith unfeigned from which some have swerved, and turned aside unto vain jangling, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm.' 'And with lies [concerning the terrors of God and of futurity] they have made the hearts of the righteous sad whom God hath not made sad, and strengthened the hand of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life,' (through the unjust punishment of an innocent Being in his stead, thus providing for the fears of the evil a dangerous unction, a false means of escape from the just, certain, and speedy retribution of iniquity, telling him also about the sweets and pleasures of sin, and of the hardships of righteousness, of the nice congeniality of sinfulness with his whole nature, discouraging the sinner against any efforts for goodness, by fearful denunciations of his deep depravity, and of his incapability of doing any good thing, and by 'putting far away the evil day.') And 'because, (as they vainly imagine,) sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil,' (since the awards of justice may be put off so long, and may be so easily escaped.) So, all people will walk every one after (the character he ascribes to) his god; and we will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, forever and ever.'

'But we bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant

of (the extent of) God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own (limited, partial views of) righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the (infinite) righteousness of God.' 'They run into darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as if it were night.' 'But we have not followed cunningly-devised fables.' 'But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.' 'And if our heart condemn us, (that we have not the truth,) God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things' ('we have need of, even before we ask him,' and what is at all times best for us, so that we do not fear that our heavenly Parent will endlessly perpetuate us or any of his creatures in error, but trust in Him with implicit, child-like confidence that He will ultimately bring us all to "the knowledge of the truth.")

"Earnestly contend for the Faith (of "the Common Salvation") which was once delivered to the saints.' 'It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing.' 'Be not ashamed of the testimony of the Lord.' 'Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage.' 'Continue in this faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, which ye have heard, and which was preached for Every Creature which is under Heaven.' 'Holding fast the faithful word as thou hast been taught, that thou may'st be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers.' 'Taking the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.' 'Is not My word like fire? saith the

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Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock (of superstition) in pieces?' 'Only let your conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ, stand fast in one spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the Gospel, and in nothing terrified by your Adversaries; which is to them an evident token of your perdition, but to you of SALVATION, and that of God.' 'In all things showing thy

self a pattern of good works, in Doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.' 'Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man,' ‘and give a reason to every one that asketh you of the Hope that is in you.''Speaking the truth in love, that ye may grow up unto him in all things, which is the Head, even Christ.' 'Walk worthy therefore of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all loveliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, and endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.' 'And be ye kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.'

'Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.' 'Seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 'But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.' 'For faith without works is dead;' 'and by works is faith made perfect.' 'Add then to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly-kindness,

and to brotherly-kindness, love.' 'Now abideth Faith, Hope, and Love; but the greatest of these is LOVE.' 'And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more, in knowledge, and in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.' 'Let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.' 'Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.' —'We ought also to love God, because He first loved us.' 'And this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and His commandments are not grievous.' 'He that loveth not his brother abideth in death; whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of Christ that he laid down his own life for us.'

'Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things.' 'Meditate on His wondrous works,and talk of His excellent doings.' 'Be ready to every good work.' 'Always abound in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.' 'Be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that ye may walk worthy of the Lord in all pleasing, being fruitful in all good works, and increasing in the knowledge of God.' For the grace of God which bringeth salvation unto All Men having appeared, teacheth us, that denying all ungodli

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