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viz43    ,,the ,,american ,,pastor',s   
,,journal3    ,,or    ,original         
,sketches of real ,characters1          
,conversations1 and striking  ,facts4   
,furnished chiefly by ,clergymen4       
,the following imperfect sketch of      
topics to be embraced1 may serve to     
illustrate the plan3--#a4 ,instances of 

very early piety4--#b4 ,striking        
results of ,parental faithfulness1 or   
unfaithfulness2 of filial respect1  or  
disrespect4--#c4 ,cases of individuals  
raised from deep obscurity1 or          
wickedness1 to eminent usefulness4--#d4 
,remarkable cases of  conviction4--#e4  
,cases of great hardness of heart1 from 
resisting  convictions4--#f4 ,distinctly
 marked cases of submission and         
conversion to  ,god4--#g4 ,cases of     
awful relapse into sin4--#h4 ,cases of  
strong temptation  and trial4--#i4      
,cases of strong faith and confidence in
 ,god4--#aj4  ,peculiarly manifest      
interpositions of ,providence1 in mercy 
or  judgment4--#aa4 ,instances of the   
wrath of man being made to praise       
,god4--#ab4 ,cases illustrative of the  
influence of piety on the  intellectual 
powers4--#ac4 ,instances of             
extraordinary beneficence or            
covetousness4--#ad4 ,death-bed scenes1  
of the ,christian1 the backslider1  the 
infidel1 the universalist1 the profane  

man1 or the worldling4    ,it is        
conceived that the very existence of    
such a ,periodical might be  the means  
of leading ,clergymen1 in their pastoral
 intercourse1 to be  more observant of  
character1 more discriminating in their 
views of human  nature1 and more        
disposed to record and rescue from      
oblivion striking  conversations and    
facts4 ,no species of knowledge can be  
more interesting  or more useful1 than  
that thus drawn from real               
life2--especially from  portions of life
 most intimately connected with         
spiritual and eternal  realities4 ,if it
 is all-important that masters in       
surgery and medicine  record1 for mutual
 improvement1 and for the benefit of    
mankind1 striking  cases which occur in 
their practice2 it cannot1 surely1 be   
less  important1 that those who watch   
for the life of souls1 should preserve  
similar records4 ,it would seem as      
though1 from the daily intercourse of   
several thousand ,clergymen1 such       

materials1 of the character             
contemplated1 might be furnished1 as1 if
 well condensed and judiciously         
arranged in an elegant ,periodical1     
would not fail to be read with  intense 
and general interest4 ,and who can tell1
 but that ,god1 who is  rich in wisdom1 
may thus employ the simplest means for  
collecting1  condensing1 and reflecting 
rays of sacred truth1 in the form of    
practical results1 which may carry      
conviction and saving instruction to    
uncounted millions--not merely in our   
own land1 but in more populous          
countries1 where the importance of      
experimental religion is not            
appreciated8    ,but1 for rendering such
 a work pre-eminently useful1 or even   
commencing  it1 there must be union of  
effort4 ,as it is intended to consist   
wholly  of original matter1 and that of 
a specific character1 such as no genius 
can originate1 it is obvious that it    
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furnished with numerous pledges of      

supplies4 ,and it will be important to  
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communications on hand1 at the          
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,his servant1    ,,austin ,,dickinson4  
,,contributors4      ,upwards of fifty  
,clergymen1 of five ,christian          
denominations1 and  belonging to sixteen
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,,charleston1 ,s4 ,,carolina4      ,,the
 ,,pure ,,gospel ,,rejected ,,by ,,the  
,,perishing4    #a ,,cor4 ,i4           
#ah4--;,for the preaching of the cross  
is1 to them that perish1  foolishness4  
,in the ,christian revelation1 there is 
an evident purpose of infinite  wisdom1 
that in all the provisions for man's    

salvation1 his moral agency  should be  
left free and uncontrolled4 ,instead of 
accommodation to human  prejudices1     
there is ample scope for captious       
objections4 ,and if  additional proof   
were needed1 of the divine origin of the
 ,bible1 it  would be found in this     
characteristic4 ,were it a system       
agreeable to the  narrow views1 in      
unison with the selfish feelings1 and   
gratifying to the  depraved taste of    
human nature1 it would more resemble the
 fabrication  of man1 than the          
workmanship of ,god4 ,but as the current
 of its doctrines  is so entirely       
opposed to our natural inclinations1 as 
to render a moral  renovation           
indispensable to a perception of the    
glory of revealed truth2  all such      
ground of skepticism is removed4        
,thus the obscurities and difficulties  
of revelation are admirably  adapted to 
exhibit human character1 and constitute 
this state of  existence a real         
probation4 ,for if the light of truth   

came upon the mind  with resistless     
energy1 and the operations of the divine
 government were  clearly disclosed2 if 
the motives and designs of infinite     
wisdom were  fully explained1 and the   
realities of the spiritual world        
completely  laid open to view2 one      
principal aim of this dispensation would
 be  frustrated4 ,on the one hand1 there
 would be no field for the exercise of  
faith and humble confidence on the part 
of ,christians2 and thus a  precious    
test of their submission and obedience  
would be destroyed4 ,on  the other1     
there could not be a full disclosure of 
the true feelings of  the unrenewed     
heart4 ,because1 as all would be evident
 as the noon-day  sun1 there would      
remain no choice in the matter of       
embracing the  truth--no means of       
evincing whether its reception were     
cordial or  compulsory4    ,in this     
respect2 there is displayed a matchless 
skill1 as well as a  gracious           
condescension1 in adapting revelation to

 the actual character  and condition of 
our race4 ,while sufficient light is    
afforded to guide  the sincere inquirer1
 there is an obscurity to perplex and   
offend the  proud and self-confident4   
,while the truth is accompanied by      
evidence  abundantly satisfactory to    
every mind open to conviction1 enough of
  mystery remains1 to form an impassable
 barrier to those who are inclined  to  
disbelieve the testimony of ,god4 ,while
 to the eye of faith there  appears a   
glorious system of wisdom and mercy1    
depraved reason and  prejudice may      
discover little else than an assemblage 
of inconsistencies  and absurdities4    
,it is not without design1 then1 that   
the great facts of revelation are  made 
liable to misrepresentation2 that its   
essential principles are  arrayed       
against the pride of human wisdom2 and  
that its blessed  institutions are so   
obnoxious to abuse and opposition4 ,such
 a  constitution of things is evidently 
intended to furnish a decisive          

criterion of human character--to        
exhibit1 in striking contrast1 the      
humble votaries of faith1 who reverently
 bow to the authority of  ,scripture2   
and the adherents of a haughty1         
self-confident rationality1  who will   
receive the testimony of ,god himself1  
no farther than it  accords with their  
opinions and prejudices--and thus to    
elicit a fair  and full manifestation of
 every man's real disposition and       
feelings4    ,such1 uniformly1 has been 
the effect of the ,bible1 wherever its  
sacred  contents have been made known4  
,to all who have received it with       
penitence1 humility1 and confidence1 as 
the infallible word of ,god1 it  has    
proved their pleasure and delight--their
 fountain of  consolation--their guide  
to peace3 while the self-righteous and  
unbelieving have transformed it into a  
subject of perplexity and               
disputation--a cause of deeper guilt and
 more aggravated ruin4 ,the  ,gospel has
 appeared transcendently beautiful and  

glorious to all who  have been savingly 
enlightened by the ,holy ,spirit--while1
 to the  impenitent and skeptical1 it   
seems obscure1 irrational1 and          
incomprehensible4 ,the former rejoice in
 the scriptures1 just as they  are1 and 
willingly yield to the obedience of     
faith3 the latter are ever  anxious to  
lower the standard of divine truth to   
the level of their  views of fitness1   
and to mould its materials into a form  
suited to their  unholy inclinations4   
,on these principles it is easy to      
perceive the real nature and causes of  
the insidious warfare1 which is         
maintained1 in various forms1 against   
the essential doctrines of the ,gospel4 
,it is just an effusion of the          
malignity of the unsanctified heart4    
,its prevalence is an exact  fulfilment 
of prophecy2 and therefore an           
irrefragable proof of the truth  and    
divine authority of that system which it
 is labouring to destroy4  ,the emphatic
 declaration of the apostle1 in the     

text1 strikingly  describes the state of
 feeling which now actually prevails1   
among many  who enjoy all the external  
privileges of the ,christian            
dispensation--,the preaching of the     
cross is1 to them that perish1          
foolishness4    ,in illustration of this
 passage1 it will be attempted1 to      
explain the  import of the phrase1 the  
preaching of the cross--to enumerate    
some of  the instances and causes of    
such preaching being accounted          
foolishness--and to describe the fearful
 state and prospects of  those who hold 
it in such low estimation4    ,the      
preaching of the cross is a plain and   
full announcement of all the  essential 
truths of that system which provides    
pardon and salvation for  the lost and  
guilty4 ,the cross is the symbol of that
 amazing expedient  of infinite wisdom  
and mercy1 by which a treaty of         
reconciliation is  offered to convicted 
traitors against ,jehovah's government4 
,its  exhibition therefore must require 

a developement of the principles1 and  a
 defence of the doctrines1 peculiar to  
this gracious dispensation4    ,the     
grand fact1 which constitutes the very  
essence and glory of the  ,gospel1 and  
which it is the leading object of the   
,christian ministry to  announce2 is1   
that ,he1 who took upon himself the form
 of a servant1 and  offered up the      
sacrifice of ,calvary1 is ,god over all1
 blessed for  ever4 ,this gives to the  
cross all its glory and efficacy4 ,it is
 on the  supreme ,deity of ,christ--on  
the expiation made for sin by the ,maker
 and  ,sovereign of worlds--that the    
whole fabric of evangelical truth rests4
  ,on any other supposition1 the        
sacrifice of the cross was a very       
ordinary  affair4 ,if the ,saviour of   
sinners be not ,god--if he be a created 
being1  of whatever grade1--where is the
 mystery of ,godliness8--,where those   
unfathomable depths of divine love1 into
 which the angels desire to  look8 ,if  
,christ be only a servant of ,god1      

however exalted1 what was  there1 in his
 appearance on our world1 to constitute 
a new era in  heaven1 and to fill its   
inhabitants with astonishment and       
ecstasy8 ,did  the heavenly host descend
 in rapture1 and cause the mountains of 
,judea  to reecho with their            
acclamations1 because a dependent       
creature had  consented to do his       
,maker's will8 ,whence the ascription of
 glory to  ,god in the highest1 and why 
do the courts above resound with a new  
song  of praise to ,god for his         
redeeming mercy1 if this redemption was 
effected by the labours and sufferings  
of one inferior to the ,deity8 ,was     
such a dispensation as that of ,moses1  
designed simply to prepare the way  for 
a messenger of ,god to declare his will1
 and to seal the testimony  with his    
blood1 as many good men have done1 both 
before and since8 ,why  did patriarchs  
and prophets foretell his coming1 and   
celebrate his  praises8--,why did the   
continual offering of divinely appointed

  sacrifices1 for many centuries1 typify
 his sufferings8--,and why did  nature  
shudder1 and shroud herself in darkness1
 at the consummation of  those          
sufferings8 ,all these things are       
utterly inexplicable1 on the            
supposition that ,christ is a created   
dependent being4    ,but view him as    
,god manifest in the flesh--view him as 
voluntarily  laying aside his glory1 and
 descending from the throne of infinite 
majesty1 to assume the nature1 and      
expiate the guilt of a ruined           
race2--and we are struck with the       
appropriateness of all the attending    
circumstances4 ,the splendid ceremonials
 of the ,jewish ritual1 and the         
raptured songs of prophets and of angels
 were well employed to prepare  the way 
for the visible manifestation of ,deity 
among men4 ,the  annunciation of the    
divine nature of the ,redeemer must1    
therefore1 be an  essential part of the 
preaching of the cross4    ,equally     
indispensable is a decided testimony to 

that perfect atonement  for sin1 which  
was made by this great offering4 ,here  
is the only  foundation of human hope4  
,this was the grand object accomplished 
by the  ,saviour's sufferings4 ,thus was
 completely solved the mysterious       
problem1  which all created             
intelligences had deemed                
inexplicable--how sin could  be         
remitted1 without infringing the rights 
and tarnishing the honour of  the divine
 government--and how the guilty could be
 rescued from wrath1  without a         
forfeiture of the divine veracity4      
,never indeed was the divine  law so    
completely vindicated1 or the claims of 
justice so awfully  asserted1 as when   
the ,lawgiver offered himself as a      
ransom4 ,and no other  possible         
manifestation of the malignity and      
atrocity of sin1 of the  divine         
abhorrence of all iniquity1 and1 at the 
same time1 of the  exhaustless treasures
 of redeeming mercy1 could equal that   
which was  witnessed on ,calvary4 ,as1  

therefore1 ,moses lifted up the serpent 
in the  wilderness1 so is the cross to  
be held up now1 by its heralds1 to a    
perishing world4 ,its atoning sacrifice 
is to be proclaimed1 and its  purchased 
blessings offered to lost sinners1 as   
their only hope--their  only remedy4    
,another important part of the preaching
 of the cross consists in a  full       
disclosure of the entire depravity and  
helplessness of our fallen  nature4     
,this doctrine lies at the foundation of
 ,christianity4 ,it is  from the        
corruption of our race1 the dominion of 
spiritual death1 and  the actual        
sentence of condemnation1 that the      
necessity arises for so  great          
salvation4 ,if hope could have been     
afforded from any other  source1 if     
there had been any possibility of the   
sinner's expiating his  own guilt1 and  
restoring himself to the divine favour1 
the great  ,sacrifice would never have  
been offered4 ,but until men are        
convinced of  their apostacy and        

corruption1 they will never be persuaded
 of the truth  and necessity of the     
great atonement4 ,and until they feel   
themselves  justly condemned1 and       
utterly helpless1 they will never come  
as humble  suppliants to a ,saviour's   
feet4    ,the work of the ,holy ,spirit1
 in enlightening and renewing the hearts
 of  sinners1 and thus carrying on to   
their accomplishment the purposes of    
divine mercy1 forms also an important   
portion of the message of the  ,gospel4 
,it is the glorious achievement of the  
cross1 to slay the enmity  and subdue   
the stubbornness of the sinful heart3   
and the infinite  blessing purchased by 
the ,saviour's blood1 is the gift of the
 ,holy  ,spirit1 to effectuate that     
transformation of character1 that       
spiritual  regeneration1 without which  
salvation is utterly impossible4 ,the   
preaching of the cross1 therefore1 must 
include an unwavering  declaration1 that
 the working of regeneration and the    
renewing of the  ,holy ,ghost are       

indispensable to salvation4    ,it is   
moreover essential to a faithful        
preaching of the cross1 that            
justification by faith in ,christ1      
should be distinctly declared as the    
only ground of a sinner's hope4 ,that   
view of the ,gospel which represents  it
 as bestowing upon man a power of       
fulfilling ,god's holy law--or as so    
lowering its demands as to render his   
imperfect obedience acceptable--is  most
 dishonourable to ,god1 and ruinous to  
the souls of men4 ,no such  provisions  
are found in the treaty of              
reconciliation sent from ,heaven4  ,so  
far from abrogating1 the ,gospel exalts 
and honours the law4 ,so far  from      
diminishing its strictness1 it adds     
emphasis to its claims1 and  fully meets
 its unmitigated requisitions4 ,most    
gloriously has ,christ  vindicated the  
divine justice1 by receiving its        
avenging sword in his  own bosom1 as the
 ,substitute1 or surety for sinners2 and
 most  effectually has he provided for  

their salvation1 by rendering the       
exercise of pardoning mercy consistent  
with the principles of the divine       
government1 and by working out for them 
a perfect righteousness1 which  may     
render them just before ,god4 ,by faith1
 the penitent sinner receives  all these
 blessings--is rescued from wrath1      
delivered from the guilt and  bondage of
 sin1 and made a child of ,god1 and an  
heir of eternal life4  ,thus the triumph
 of the cross is complete1 the pride of 
human merit is  humbled in the dust1 and
 all the glory of the salvation of      
sinners is  rendered to the riches of   
redeeming mercy4    ,in fine1 the       
preaching of the cross includes a       
faithful denunciation  of eternal       
misery1 as the inevitable doom of all   
who pass from this  state of probation1 
unrenewed by the ,spirit of grace1      
unwashed in the  blood of the ,lamb4    
,such are the essential principles of   
that system of redemption1 which        
engaged the counsels of heaven from     

eternity2 and which was carried into    
effect1 not like the work of creation1  
by a single word of the ,son of  ,god1  
but by his assuming human nature1       
enduring a long exile of toil and       
reproach1 and humbling himself unto     
death1 even the death of the cross4     
,with what gratitude1 then1 ought this  
,gospel to be received by the  guilty1  
perishing creatures1 for whose rescue   
from perdition it is  designed4 ,how    
should this display of divine compassion
 melt and  captivate the hearts of      
those1 whose sins have been thus        
expiated1 and  for whom an offer of free
 pardon and endless blessedness has been
 thus  dearly purchased4    ,but be     
astonished1 ,o heavens1 at this--these  
tidings of salvation are  received by   
many with chilling indifference--the    
sufferings of the cross  are regarded   
with unconcern--the treaty of           
reconciliation1 written in  atoning     
blood1 is by some contemptuously        
disregarded--by others repelled  with   

determined opposition4 ,these appalling 
facts display more of the  malignity of 
sin1 its blinding1 deadening influence1 
and more of the  rancorous enmity of the
 carnal heart against ,god1 than all the
 other  enormities which blacken the    
world's history4 ,all other crimes      
appear  less atrocious than this scorn  
of a ,saviour's love--this trampling    
under foot the blood of the covenant4   
,while no finite mind could have        
conceived it possible1 that ,almighty   
love should be so slighted1 yet the     
,spirit of prophecy announced this      
impious ingratitude1 long before the    
incarnation4 ,when ,isaiah saw the glory
 of ,christ1 and spake of him1 he  also 
saw that he would be despised and       
rejected of men4 ,and by all  their     
hostility to the doctrines of grace1    
sinners are only verifying  the         
description1 which inspiration gave long
 ago1 of their blindness and            
perverseness4 ,by all their vain        
reasonings and presumptuous objections1 

they just corroborate revealed truth1   
and evince the desperate  wickedness of 
the natural heart4    ,as in the days of
 the apostles1 so in this period of     
increased light1  the preaching of the  
cross is esteemed foolishness4 ,the     
message of  redeeming mercy is often    
received with utter listlessness--often 
with an  evident disgust--and sometimes 
with an openly avowed hostility4 ,in the
  apostolic age1 it might be supposed   
that the resistance1 with which the     
,gospel had to contend1 arose from the  
prejudices of a ,heathen or ,jewish     
education1 and from a very imperfect    
knowledge of ,christianity4 ,but1 at    
the present period1 the undiminished    
hostility1 which is displayed  against  
the pure doctrines of redemption1 can be
 attributed to nothing1  but that hatred
 to the ways of ,god1 which the         
,scriptures represent as  rankling in   
the natural heart1 and for which they   
contain the only  remedy4    ,it        
requires but a transient view of the    

religious state1 even of  enlightened   
and refined society1 to see that to very
 many1 now1 the  preaching of the cross 
is foolishness4 ,while any temporal     
interest  excites feeling1 this theme is
 listened to with apathy4 ,o1 how often 
are  those statements1 which fill heaven
 with ecstasy1 rehearsed to vacant1     
listless hearers6 ,how many weep at     
fictitious woes1 who contemplate the    
bloody scene of ,calvary without a tear6
 ,how many hearts glow in  admiration of
 the benevolence or heroism of a fellow 
worm1 while  entirely unaffected alike  
by the sacrifice or the triumph of the  
,son of  ,god6 ,how often do men express
 sentiments of the most fervent         
gratitude  towards earthly benefactors1 
who would be ashamed of uttering one    
emotion of thanks to ,him who gave      
himself to die for them6 ,and is not    
this treating the ,gospel as            
foolishness8 ,but this heartless        
unconcern1  criminal as it undoubtedly  
is1 in the sight of ,god1 is not so     

fearfully  impious--affords not so      
appalling a disclosure of depravity1 as 
the  absolute disgust and contempt1 with
 which the doctrines of the cross are   
sometimes received4 ,in almost every    
community1 there are those who  utterly 
despise the whole system--who do not    
disguise their  abhorrence--and who     
evidently hate the very mention of the  
subject4 ,how  indignant are such at any
 effort1 in private conversation1 to    
urge upon  their attention themes       
connected with the dying love of        
,christ6 ,how  chilling is the effect1  
when such discourse is attempted1 in    
many  circles of refinement and         
elegance8 ,and what a brand of infamy is
  affixed to the human character1 by the
 fact1 that from most such circles  all 
these topics are absolutely excluded6   
,let a man confine his  conversation to 
such subjects as engaged the attention  
of ,christ and his  apostles--such      
subjects as now employ the hosts of     
heaven1--let him be  accustomed in      

company1 to bring forward the holy      
mysteries of  redemption1--and by how   
many would he be shunned like a         
pestilence8 ,and  with what scornful    
hatred are those churches avoided by    
many1 where  nothing is heard but ,jesus
 ,christ and him crucified8 ,such are   
the  open1 unequivocal expressions of   
contempt and disgust1 with which many   
treat the doctrines of the cross4 ,do   
not they esteem them  foolishness8      
,but there is a class of the contemners 
of evangelical truth1  characterized by 
more active zeal and decided measures4  
,far from the  giddy thoughtlessness of 
those who hardly reflect upon the       
subject at  all1 and from the strange   
inconsistency of such1 as profess to    
respect  what they really despise and   
hate1--these feel and express a deep    
interest in religious opinions2 devote  
time and attention to theological       
studies2 and1 as the result of their    
investigations1 avow their utter        
disbelief of the peculiar doctrines of  

the cross2 and undertake to  demonstrate
 their falsehood and absurdity4 ,they   
tell you1 they have  maturely examined  
the whole subject--that they have       
brought to the  investigation all the   
aid that extensive reading and critical 
research  can furnish--that they have   
carried the lights of science and       
philosophy  into the dark regions of    
fanaticism--and have become perfectly   
convinced1 that the whole system is an  
assemblage of the grossest  errors4     
,when1 however1 the array of argument is
 produced1 its force  seems to consist  
in the unwelcome impressions which the  
pure ,gospel  itself makes upon their   
minds4 ,they can see no wisdom or       
fitness in such  an atonement4 ,they see
 nothing so very terrible in sin1 as to 
require  such an expiation4 ,pardoning  
mercy1 say they1 is one of the natural  
attributes of ,deity2 and the doctrine  
of eternal punishment seems to  them too
 horribly inconsistent with divine      
justice to bear reflection4  ,as for the

 substitution of the innocent for the   
guilty1 and satisfying  the claims of   
law by the blood of a sinless victim1   
they are amazed that  any rational man  
can credit such absurd notions4 ,tell   
them of the  maladies and wounds of the 
soul1 which can only be healed by the   
,physician of ,calvary--they can hardly 
conceal their contempt4 ,tell them      
plainly1 as the ,bible does1 that they  
are lost1 perishing sinners--that  the  
wrath of ,god is revealed against       
them--that the avenging sword is        
uplifted1 and that1 unless they fly to  
the cross and embrace it by a  living   
faith1 they must sink to perdition--and 
you will witness the  smile of derision 
or the frown of indignation4 ,they      
esteem the doctrine  of the ,trinity as 
a monument of human credulity and folly4
 ,their  feelings are shocked beyond    
measure1 at the incarnation of ,deity1  
in the  person of ,jesus ,christ4 ,the  
personality and direct influences of the
  ,holy ,spirit appear useless and      

incredible2 and the necessity of a      
change  of heart excites their utter    
scorn4 ,they cannot endure it4 ,their   
disgust  is inexpressible4    ,instead1 
therefore1 of these offensive           
principles1 they substitute a  system1  
not modelled from the ,bible1 but from  
what they consider reason  and          
propriety4 ,this they adorn with all    
that is beautiful and attractive  to the
 carnal eye4 ,before this fair and      
flattering idol1 of their own           
workmanship1 they bow down in delighted 
homage4 ,this is a religion they  can   
love1 for it flatters1 exalts1 and      
dignifies human nature6 ,but as  for    
human depravity1 and other hated        
doctrines of the orthodox creed1  they  
want words to express their aversion4   
,the simple account of the  matter is1  
that the preaching of the cross1 in     
their estimation1 is  foolishness4      
,such are the various grades of         
hostility to the vital principles of the
  ,gospel1 from contemptuous            

indifference1 to malignant and rancorous
  opposition4    ,we now proceed to     
enumerate some of the causes1 of this   
deplorable state  of feeling towards the
 truth as it is in ,jesus4    ,the      
depravity--the unholiness--of human     
nature1 may be considered the  grand    
cause of all the enmity which has       
appeared against the doctrines  of      
grace4 ,it is true1 nevertheless1 that  
the various degrees and forms1  in which
 this enmity is manifested1 depend upon 
the peculiarities of  individual        
character and situation4    ,destitution
 of early religious instruction1        
generally leads to an entire            
indifference to the whole subject4      
,persons who are brought up in          
prayerless1 worldly families--whose     
young minds are not moulded by a  pious 
influence--are usually found very       
insusceptible of religious  impressions4
 ,in such hearts the power of           
ungodliness reigns  uncontrolled4       
,uncultivated and waste1 they produce   

nothing but thorns  and briers4 ,nor is 
it surprising1 that this numerous class 
of the  hearers of the ,gospel should   
exhibit an utter disregard and contempt 
of  its authority4 ,the preaching of the
 cross is foolishness to them1  because 
they do not understand it1 and will not 
take the trouble to  examine it4    ,a  
similar apathy is frequently observed in
 persons who have been well  instructed1
 when their whole souls have become     
engrossed in some worldly  pursuit4     
,their heads and hands are so entirely  
occupied1 that serious  reflection is   
absolutely excluded4    ,contempt of    
evangelical religion is sure to be      
exhibited in places where  its          
professors are asleep or dead4 ,in      
communities where real religion         
flourishes1 where its power is felt1 and
 its votaries are consistent and        
decided2 whatever hatred may rankle in  
the breasts of opposers1 they are  not  
apt to indulge in contemptuous derision4
 ,but where formality and  worldliness  

prevail1 and no conspicuous standard of 
,christian character  is visible--the   
hearts of sinners will be manifested4   
,they will1 without  hesitation1 avow1  
in how low and degrading a light they   
regard the  doctrines of the cross4     
,their contempt and loathing are wholly 
irrepressible4    ,in many instances1   
the pride of rank and intellect is the  
cause why the  preaching of the cross is
 utterly despised and accounted         
foolishness4  ,the lofty speculations of
 an aspiring intellect can with         
difficulty  come down to the simplicity 
of the ,gospel4 ,the command1 to come to
 the  ,saviour's feet with the humility 
of a little child1 fills the proud      
heart of those who are wise in their own
 eyes1 with indignation4 ,they  cannot  
endure doctrines1 which level all vain  
distinctions1 and require  the noble1   
the affluent1 and the learned1 to assume
 the same station of  penitence and     
contrition1 with the lowliest peasant4  
,they cannot consent  to lay their      

honours in the dust1 and address        
themselves only to  sovereign mercies4  
,it is beyond endurance1 that the       
messages of grace  should come to them1 
as condemned1 guilty1 and perishing     
sinners2 and  that as such they should  
be invited to the cross4 ,hence the     
scornful  air1 the undissembled disgust1
 with which so many1 in high life1 turn 
their backs upon the preaching of the   
cross4 ,and hence1 encouraged by  their 
example1 multitudes cluster round the   
standard of a haughty and  malignant    
opposition to the ,gospel4    ,while    
thus so many regard the preaching of the
 cross as foolishness1  and earnestly   
wish it were utterly false2 it is not   
wonderful1 that  efforts should be made 
to prove that it actually is so4        
,probably some1  engaged in this        
opposition1 are perfectly sincere1 and  
actually suppose1  as ,saul of ,tarsus  
did1 that they are doing ,god service1  
by combating  the doctrines of the      
cross4 ,but whoever obeys the natural   

dictates of  his own heart1 and submits 
himself to the guidance of his own      
perverted1  blinded reason1 refusing to 
supplicate the illuminations of divine  
grace1 will be likely to come under the 
power of strong delusion to  believe a  
lie4    ,one other cause of opposition  
to the ,gospel is found in the absolute 
contrariety of its requisitions1 to the 
habits of life1 which men have          
contracted1 and which they are resolved 
not to abandon4 ,while the  preaching of
 the cross prescribes1 as indispensable 
to salvation1  conditions with which    
many1 who have no doubt of being saved1 
wholly  refuse to comply2 and while it  
declares that eternal perdition will be 
the result of a course1 which they are  
determined to pursue2 it must be  the   
object of their settled detestation4    
,hence the love of sinful  pursuits and 
gratifications1 and an invincible       
repugnance to a life of  devotion1 are  
the true reasons why many esteem the    
preaching of the  cross foolishness4    

,it ought1 however1 to be kept in mind1 
while these causes are recounted1  that 
the operation of each of them is        
rendered more efficacious1 by the       
agency of that spirit of darkness1 that 
worketh in the children of              
disobedience4 ,to increase disgust      
against the plan of redemption1 to      
exasperate the natural enmity of the    
carnal heart1 to give a specious        
appearance to objections1 and to        
enforce1 with seductive arguments1 the  
cause of unbelief1 is the untiring      
employment of the grand foe of ,god  and
 man4 ,it is indeed the darling         
achievement of infernal skill1 to       
inflate a poor worm with pride of       
talent1 and fill his heart with hatred  
to the ,gospel1 and then persuade him   
that his hatred arises from its         
falsehood and absurdity4 ,no event can  
afford the tempter greater joy1  than   
success in persuading perishing sinners 
to reject the only possible  way of     
escape from eternal death1 and to       

contemn1 as foolishness1 that  doctrine 
which is the wisdom of ,god and the     
power of ,god to salvation  to every one
 that believeth4    ,it only remains1   
that we briefly describe the fearful    
condition and  prospects of all to whom 
the preaching of the cross is           
foolishness4    ,and here we have only  
to repeat the decision of the ,searcher 
of  hearts--the ,judge of the quick and 
dead4 ,his infallible ,spirit has1 in   
our text1 divulged the tremendous fact1 
that the indifference1 contempt1  and   
disgust1 which have now been described1 
are characteristics of ,,them  ,,that   
,,perish4 ,this authority1 as well as   
the nature of the case1 renders  it     
certain1 that all1 who indulge such     
feelings1 are in the gall of  bitterness
 and under the bond of iniquity--dead in
 trespasses and  sins--treasuring up    
wrath against the day of wrath4 ,nothing
 short of  utter blindness of mind can  
be insensible to the glory of the       
,gospel--nothing but entire depravity of

 heart can render its doctrines         
offensive--and nothing but the most     
obdurate impenitency can resist the     
melting influence of a ,saviour's dying 
love4 ,it is utterly impossible1  that a
 scornful neglect or disregard of the   
preaching of the cross  should exist1   
without fearful guilt and imminent      
danger4 ,all those1  among the hearers  
of the gospel1 who will finally be      
children of wrath1  are now             
characterized by such guilt4 ,and all   
the lost spirits in the  world of wo1   
who once enjoyed the offers of mercy1   
cherished the same  fatal feelings      
towards the plan of redemption4 ,it was 
foolishness to  them4 ,many1 even in    
this land of light1 seem to be ripening 
for the same  tremendous doom4 ,whether 
in the ranks of open opposition1 or     
under the  false colours of pretended   
regard1 the deadly symptom is upon      
them--a  settled disgust and aversion to
 the preaching of the cross4    ,say    
not1 ',it is no matter what a man       

believes1 provided he is sincere4'  ,god
 has settled this question4--,because   
they received not the love of  the      
truth1 that they might be saved2 ,god   
shall send them strong  delusion1 that  
they should believe a lie2 that they all
 might be  damned1 who believed not the 
truth1 but had pleasure in              
unrighteousness4 ,is there not then1    
appalling evidence1 that those1  who    
hold such preaching in contempt1 occupy 
very perilous ground1 and  exhibit      
fearful tokens of the divine            
abandonment8 ,and especially might  not 
the angels in heaven tremble for those1 
who have enjoyed great light  and       
privileges--have witnessed rich displays
 of divine grace--and have  once felt a 
deep solicitude for their own souls--but
 who now despise and  hate those truths1
 and that cause1 which they were once   
almost  persuaded to embrace8    ,how   
clearly and terribly1 my hearers1 does  
this subject discover the  ungodliness  
of the unrenewed heart4 ,those feelings 

of contempt and  hostility1 towards what
 is most precious and glorious in the   
view of  ,god1 constitute the summit of 
human guilt4 ,that feeble worms of the  
dust should thus dare to sit in judgment
 on the divine administration1  and     
pronounce that needless which ,god has  
declared indispensable1 and  call that  
folly which ,god esteems the highest    
wisdom1 is not merely  presumptuous2--it
 is inexpressibly impious4    ,how      
resistless is the evidence1 hence       
arising1 of the necessity of an  entire 
change of heart--an entire change of    
feeling--to prepare men to  dwell with  
,god4 ,no wonder then1 that our ,lord   
should declare with such  emphasis1 ,ye 
must be born again1 or ye cannot see the
 kingdom of  ,god4    ,i beseech you1   
fellow sinners1 lay these things        
seriously to heart4 ,do  any of you     
habitually hear the preaching of the    
cross with heartless  indifference--with
 a light and trifling temper8 ,beware1  
lest your heart  become fatally hardened

 through the deceitfulness of sin4      
,are any of you conscious of disgust and
 aversion1 produced by such  doctrines8 
,o1 beware1 lest that come upon you     
which is spoken in the  prophets1       
,behold1 ye dispisers1 and wonder1 and  
perish3 ,beware lest you  convert the   
bread of life into the poison of death6 
,have any of you already attained such a
 degree of blindness and  perversity1 as
 to persuade yourselves that the        
doctrines of the cross  are really      
irrational and absurd1 and that you are 
doing right in  opposing and deriding   
them8 ,recollect1 ,i pray you1 with     
whose word you  are contending2--whose  
wisdom you are despising6 ,let the chaff
 contend  with the tempest1 and the     
stubble with the devouring flame2 let   
the  glow-worm despise all the lamps of 
heaven2--but ,oh1 let not a worm        
contend with ,omnipotence2 let not dim  
reason reject all the splendours  of the
 ,sun of righteousness4 ,the redemption 
of the soul is  precious--,its rescue   

from perdition1 and elevation to ,god's 
right hand1  are objects too momentous1 
to be sacrificed to the pride of        
intellect1  or to the fashion of a world
 which passeth away4 ,receive1 then1    
with  meekness the ingrafted word1 which
 is able to save your souls4 ,but be ye 
doers of the word1 and not hearers only1
 deceiving your own selves4             
,,sermon ,,xxvii4    ,,by ,,elihu ,w4   
,,baldwin1 ,a4,m4    ,,new-,,york4      
,,the ,,final ,,judgment4    ,,hebrews1 
,,ix4 #bi4--;,after this the ,judgment4 
,whilst another year is ending1 and time
 itself1 as it respects us1 is  fast    
hastening to its close1 the question    
very naturally arises1 ,what  shall come
 after death8 ,the voice of inspiration 
replies1 ,after this  the ,judgment4    
,there is no need of entering upon a    
laboured proof of the  doctrine so      
plainly declared1 ,that there will be a 
day of ,judgment for  mankind4 ,it is   
what seems written by the finger of ,god
 himself upon the  consciences of men4  

,the impression is nearly universal1    
with ,pagans and  ,mahomedans1 as well  
as ,jews and ,christians1 that every one
 of us shall  give account of himself to
 ,god4 ,this impression is strengthened 
by a  view of the very unequal and      
indiscriminate allotments of the present
  life4 ,here the virtuous are often the
 objects of hatred and relentless       
persecution4 ,here the man of ambition  
and dark intrigue1 circumvents and      
treads down his more honest rivals4     
,here ,providence often afflicts even   
the most pious2 while the licentious1   
and proud1 and oppressive1 are1         
perhaps1 suffered to enjoy uninterrupted
 prosperity4 ,now we believe1           
assuredly1 that ,god is just2 and we    
infer1 that he will so exhibit  himself 
by another and more equal distribution  
of his favours and  frowns4 ,we conclude
 with the wise man1 that ,god shall     
judge both the  righteous and the       
wicked4 ,conscience and reason1 then1   
unite with  revelation1 in saying1 that 

,god hath appointed a day1 in which he  
will  judge the world in righteousness4 
,no language can be plainer1 and no     
event more reasonably anticipated4      
,with this absolute certainty before us1
 then1 of a judgment for all  mankind1  
it would be unnatural--it would betray  
awful insensibility to  eternal         
concerns1 not to inquire with all       
seriousness--,when will this  universal 
judgment take place8 ,what objects is it
 designed to  accomplish8 ,what         
connexion will it have with our future  
and eternal  condition8 ,we inquire     
then1      ,i4 ,when will the universal 
,judgment take place8    ,the precise   
time1 ,god has wisely concealed from    
every intelligent  creature4 ,of that   
day and that hour knoweth no man4 ,no2  
not the angels  that are in heaven4 ,but
 the text speaks of it1 in general      
terms1 as  that which is to take place  
after our death4 ,other passages are    
somewhat more explicit1 as to the time4 
,the apostle ,peter declares1 ,the      

heavens and the earth which now are1 by 
the same word are kept in store1        
reserved unto fire1 against the day of  
judgment1 and perdition of  ungodly men4
 ,according to this account of the      
judgment1 it will occur  at the same    
time with the destruction of the world2 
when1 as the same  apostle declares1 the
 heavens shall pass away with a great   
noise1 and  the elements shall melt with
 fervent heat1 the earth1 also1 and the 
works that are therein shall be burnt   
up4 ,paul gives a similar account  of   
the time1 as he comforts the church at  
,thessalonica1 under  persecution1 with 
the prospect of the judgment1 when the  
,lord ,jesus  shall be revealed from    
heaven with his mighty angels1 in       
flaming fire1  taking vengeance on them 
that know not ,god1 and that obey not   
the gospel  of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4
 ,indeed1 if ,god is to judge the whole 
world  in righteousness1 what other     
occasion would seem so proper1 as when  
the  last of our race have finished     

their work on the earth1 and the world  
itself is about to be destroyed8 ,would 
it not appear most suitable1 that  the  
public and final decision of our        
destiny1 should immediately succeed  the
 winding up of this world's drama8--the 
termination of all earthly  allotments8 
,when1 if not at that deeply interesting
 crisis1 will all  things be ready for  
the great trial8 ,the final judgment1   
then1 will  take place after our death1 
and at the end of the world4 ,we next   
inquire1      ,,ii4 ,what are the       
objects1 which the ,judgment is designed
 to  accomplish8    ,on this point1 it  
becomes creatures of yesterday to speak 
with profound  humility1 and especially 
to beware of contradicting what is      
revealed4  ,the objects which ,jehovah  
will accomplish by the universal        
judgment1 are  unquestionably vast and  
momentous1 beyond all conception4 ,yet  
some of  them are obvious to reason1 or 
are plainly revealed4    ,every person  
has experienced inconvenience and       

perplexity from the  circumstance1 that 
the real characters of men1 in the      
present life1 are  but partially        
disclosed4 ,much the larger portion of  
human actions pass  unobserved by the   
world2 or the motives which prompt them 
are concealed4  ,one design of the      
judgment1 then1 is to uncover these     
hidden springs1  and lay open every dark
 retreat of human conduct4 ,we are told1
 there is  nothing hid which shall not  
be revealed2 that ,god shall bring every
  work into judgment1 with every secret 
thing1 whether it be good or  whether it
 be evil2 that he will both bring to    
light the hidden things  of darkness1   
and will make manifest the counsels the 
heart4    ,another design of the        
judgment1 is publicly to assign to men  
their  proper deserts4 ,this1 we have   
before suggested1 is not done on the    
earth4 ,all things here come alike to   
all4 ,there is one event to the         
righteous and to the wicked4 ,but the   
future judgment is characterized1  as   

the day of revelation of the righteous  
judgment of ,god2 in the  which he will 
judge the world in righteousness2 and   
will render to  every man according to  
his deeds4 ,the mystery involved in the 
prosperity of the wicked1 and in the    
unequal allotments1 which have here     
marked the dispensations of ,providence1
 will then cease for ever2 and it  will 
then be seen and felt1 that every one is
 treated according to the  strictest    
principles of wisdom and justice4       
,another special design of the judgment1
 is to manifest and gloriously  exalt   
the perfections of ,jehovah4 ,revelation
 has indeed proclaimed his  perfections1
 in language which need not be          
misunderstood4 ,but his  providence has 
often interposed a cloud between them   
and the eyes of  men4 ,we do not        
comprehend the wisdom of present        
occurrences4 ,we see not  the end from  
the beginning4 ,a complete disclosure of
 both1 will show to  the universe the   
deep counsels of ,god1 and the          

consistent and benevolent  character of 
all his operations4 ,he will then appear
 in the greatness of  his power1 and    
majesty--as he summons the dead from    
their graves1  and folds up the earth   
and the heavens1 like a decayed garment1
 to be  laid aside4 ,he will then appear
 in the glory of his justice1 his       
holiness1 and his truth1--while he      
examines1 before his dread  tribunal1   
the risen and assembled millions of our 
race1 and renders to  every one         
according to his works4 ,all his        
perfections will then be  illustriously 
displayed2 for1 says the apostle1 ,he   
shall come to be  glorified in his      
saints1 and to be admired in all them   
that believe4    ,but this glory of the 
,divinity is specially to shine forth in
 the person  of the ,son4 ,he it was1   
that being found in fashion as a man1   
humbled  himself1 and became obedient   
unto death1 even the death of the cross4
  ,wherefore ,god hath highly exalted   
him1 and given him a name1 which is     

above every name3 that at the name of   
,jesus every knee should bow1 of  things
 in heaven and things in earth1 and     
things under the earth2 and  that every 
tongue should confess that ,jesus       
,christ is ,lord1 to the glory  of ,god 
the ,father4 ,accordingly1 the ,father  
judgeth no man1 but hath  committed all 
judgment unto the ,son4 ,it is the ,son 
who will come in  the clouds of heaven1 
with power and great glory2 whom every  
eye shall  see2 and who1 in his own     
glory1 and in the glory of the ,father1 
and of  the holy angels1 shall judge the
 world in righteousness4 ,then will he  
who humbled himself1 and became obedient
 unto death1 be publicly  recognised as 
the ,mighty ,god1 by whom1 and for whose
 pleasure1 all  things are1 and were    
created4 ,then will every tongue confess
 that he  is ,lord4 ,the conviction will
 then be universal1 that all men should 
honour the ,son even as they honour the 
,father4 ,this leads us to  inquire1    
,,iii4 ,what connexion will the         

,judgment have with our future and      
eternal  condition8    ,here let us not 
indulge in vain speculations1 but       
examine simply the  word of ,god4       
,according to the ,scriptures1 the      
judgment will result in  assigning to   
men very different allotments4 ,it will 
recognise among  them two entirely      
different and opposite classes of       
character4 ,one of  these classes1 which
 the ,bible denominates the righteous1  
will be  graciously acquitted by the    
,judge1 and publicly treated as his     
friends4  ,the other1 comprising all the
 impenitent1 will be as publicly        
condemned1  and driven from his         
presence4 ,they will have judgment      
without mercy4  ,such is plainly the    
account which ,christ and the sacred    
writers have  given of the final awards 
to the righteous and the wicked4 ,we    
have the  account in detail4 ,says the  
,saviour himself1 ,when the ,son of ,man
 shall  come in his glory1 and all the  
holy angels with him1 then shall he sit 

upon the throne of his glory3 and before
 him shall be gathered all  nations2 and
 he shall separate them one from        
another1 as a shepherd  divideth his    
sheep from the goats2 and he shall set  
the sheep on his  right hand1 but the   
goats on the left4 ,then shall the ,king
 say unto them  on his right hand1      
,come1 ye blessed of my ,father1 inherit
 the kingdom  prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world4 ,then shall he 
say  also unto them on the left hand1   
,depart from me1 ye cursed1 into        
everlasting fire1 prepared for the devil
 and his angels4 ,and again2  ,the hour 
is coming1 in the which all that are in 
the graves shall hear  his voice1 and   
shall come forth2 they that have done   
good1 unto the  resurrection of life2   
and they that have done evil1 unto the  
resurrection of damnation4 ,thus broad  
and fearful is the  discrimination which
 the great day will make between the    
righteous and  the wicked4 ,so entirely 
different are the awards in reserve for 

the two  different classes of mankind4  
,the difference will be great1 as       
between  holiness and sin2 between      
cheerful submission to the will and     
providence  of ,god1 and unyielding     
rebellion against him2 between cordial  
faith in  the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and 
wilful rejection of the only ,saviour2  
between  the splendour and joy of the   
celestial ,paradise1 and the gloominess 
and  misery of hell4 ,no wonder1 then1  
that as ,paul reasoned of               
righteousness1 temperance1 and judgment 
to come1 ,felix trembled4 ,there  will1 
indeed1 be fearful reason for weeping   
and wailing and gnashing of  teeth1 with
 those who shall then see ,abraham1 and 
,isaac1 and ,jacob1  and all the        
prophets in the kingdom of ,god1 and    
themselves thrust out4    ,we are not to
 forget1 my hearers1 that these         
different awards of the  judgment day   
will be irreversible and literally      
endless4 ,all admit  this conclusion1   
with respect to the righteous4 ,but if  

the righteous  are finally acquitted at 
the judgment1 so are the wicked finally 
condemned4 ,if the righteous are said to
 enter into life eternal1 so  are the   
wicked to go away into everlasting      
punishment4 ,the  ,scriptures say not   
one word of any reprieve from this      
condemnation1 or  of any other period of
 merciful visitation4 ,but they close   
with the most  solemn assurance1 that1  
from that awful day1 he that is unjust  
shall be  unjust still2 and he that is  
filthy shall be filthy still2 and he    
that  is righteous shall be righteous   
still2 and he that is holy shall be holy
  still4 ,other passages1 of similar    
import1 might be quoted3 but if men     
will pour contempt on a single          
declaration of ,jehovah--if they will   
make ,god a liar--they would not be     
persuaded1 though his voice from  the   
heavens were a thousand times repeated4 
,and because they receive  not the love 
of the truth1 that they might be saved1 
most justly may  he send them strong    

delusion1 that they should believe a    
lie1 and  be damned4    ,i have thus    
endeavoured1 with much brevity1 to give 
a scriptural view of  the final         
,judgment4 ,on a subject so tremendously
 awful1 ,i have chosen to  present      
simply ,god's testimony4 ,a practical   
inference from the whole  is1--that the 
present life must be regarded as        
probationary4 ,we are  living here as   
responsible agents1 continually adding  
to the number of  actions1 for which we 
must give account to ,god4 ,how solemnly
  interesting1 then1 is this scene of   
our earthly pilgrimage6 ,how            
inexpressibly valuable is time6 ,how    
infinitely precious are the means of    
grace6--particularly those invitations  
of mercy1 which meet us in the  word of 
,god1 and address us from the sacred    
desk4    ,you1 my fellow sinners1 are   
the very individuals who must stand at  
the  judgment-seat of ,christ4 ,you must
 mingle in that vast multitude1 which   
the voice of the archangel and the trump

 of ,god shall assemble4 ,and when  your
 characters are all laid open1 you must 
pass off to the right hand1  or to the  
left1 accordingly as it shall appear1   
that you have repented1  and believed on
 the ,son of ,god1 or have neglected    
this great salvation4  ,and are you     
diligently preparing for that day8 ,are 
you working out your  salvation with    
fear and trembling8 ,are you agonizing  
to enter in at  the strait gate8 ,are   
you escaping for your life8    ,fellow  
mortals1 your time of preparation may be
 far more brief than you  now think4 ,a 
few1 very few more opportunities for    
prayer1 and  reconciliation with ,god1  
and your account is sealed up4 ,while   
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be writing your condemnation4 ,in such  
circumstances1 what are worldly honours1
 or wealth1 or all your hopes of        
enjoyment here8 ,the life1 the eternal  
life of the soul1 is the one  thing     
needful--the only thing really          
important4 ,you will realize this       

truth1 when the last trumpet is sounding
 through the universe1 and1 with        
increasing agony or ecstasy1 millions of
 ages after the final sentence  is      
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,prepare for that judgment1  now4       
,to-morrow6 where is it8 ,repent        
to-morrow6 ,you may have far  other work
 to do4 ,god1 and conscience1 and your  
immortal interests  plead1 ,to-day1 if  
you will hear his voice1 harden not your
 heart4  ,behold1 now is the accepted   
time2 behold1 now is the day of         
salvation4 ,kiss the ,son1 lest he be   
angry1 and ye perish from the way1  when
 his wrath is kindled but a little4 ,for
 he cometh1 for he cometh1 to  judge the
 world1 in righteousness to judge the   
earth1 and the people  with his truth4  
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