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days and forty nighis in the wilderness, Matthew, 4th chapter 1st and 2nd verses, and if they hearken unto them, the fruit will be marred, and their bodies will see corruption.

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It is said in Isaiah, 2nd chapter, and 2nd verse:And it shall come to pass in the last days, that mountain of the Lord's house, shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.' The house of the Lord, mentioned in this passage, which is to be established in the top of the mountains, is the people who have the fulness of that Spirit resting on them, which the Lord promised to send, as it rested on the body of Jesus, which John bare record of, in the 1st chapter of John, and 32nd verse, saying:---"I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.” And this Spirit will bring all things to their remembrance, whatsoever he said unto them, as it is said in the 14th chapter, and 26th verse. they are a poor people.

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It is written in Zephaniah, 3rd chapter, 12th verse: I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord."

And in Zechariah, 11th chapter, and 11th yerse:---" And so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.'

But the Lord has promised to raise them up, and make them a renown in the earth; so it is said the mountain of the Lord's house, shall be established in the top of the mountains.

And in the 68th Psalm, and 13th verse:--"Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold."

And Daniel says in the 7th chapter, and 27th verse:---" And the kingdom and dominion, and the

greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High." And these are they who are spoken of in the text, who will never die.

And there is another people spoken of in the Scriptures, Isaiah 2nd chapter, and 19th verse, whom it is said, when the Lord comes, will flee into holes of the rocks, and the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, And a remnant of them will come out, and seek mount Zion the redeemed; and they that escape will live with the life of the blood, for a thousand years, And as it is said in Joel, 3rd chapter, and 21st verse, and their blood will be cleansed, which will be as it is said in Revelation, 20th chapter, and 3rd verse, by the adversary being removed. And they will be aliens to the redeemed, and they are the nations which will flow to the redeemed.

It is written in Isaiah, 52nd chapter, 8th verse: Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion."

The watchmen are those that has the Spirit res ting on them, whom the Lord has placed to hand forth his word of life, to their brethren.

And as it is said in Isaiah, 28th chapter, and 10th verse" Precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little." And he has sent prophets as watchmen, in different ages, and has given unto them prophecies of the glory that he would reveal on earth, and of his work that he would do amongst mankind, when the end drew near, but the time being so far distant, that the fulness of the Spirit was to be given, and it being spoken in parable, men have fulfilled the words of Peter, 2nd Epistle, 3rd chapter, and 4th verse:--Where is the promise of his coming? for since

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the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."

And though the prophets are dead, and when their prophecies are fulfilled and the mystery of God finished, which he revealed unto them, and all is made clear and plain, and the Lord has restored man to Paradise, and destroyed death; the prophets who wrote of these things, will lift up their voices, and praise the Lord; for then will they see his wisdom, in all the mysteries which he gave them to write, which will be as one light against another.

The Spirit is already come to reveal the mys teries, as it is said in John, 16th chapter, and 13th verse:"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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When the Spirit came unto the Apostles, it is evident that it was only in part, it did not shew them all mysteries, neither did it unfold all parables.

So Paul says in 1st Corinthians, 13th chapter, 9, 10th and 12th verses:---"We know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. For now we see through a glass darkly:

but then face to face."

And now the fulness of times is come, that the words of Isaiah are fulfilling, in the 11th chapter, and 11th verse: God has set his hand a second time, to recover the remnant of the house of Israel, and he is now bringing to their remembrance the words of the prophets, and will go on till the Scriptures are made plain, so it will be as said in Isaiah, 35th chapter, and 8th verse: that,---“ A way-faring man, shall not err therein. And he is

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now shewing the things that will take place upon earth, and that those that believe, and obey, as said in the text, their bodies will never die."

And it is evident, that man was not made to die. So it is said in the wisdom of Solomon, 2nd chapter, and 23rd verse:---"God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.'

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And now the fulness of times are come, that man will return to that which he was created; the mortal will put on immortality, which will be those who are prepared for the change, by believing in the testimony given by the Spirit of truth, and by the fulness of that Spirit resting on them, and obeying the commands that the Spirit gives, and as said in the text, their bodies will never die.

So Paul says in 1st Corinthians, 15th chapter, and 51st verse:---" Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.

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And in Ephesians, 4th chapter, and 16th verse:---"From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, naketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love."

This shews what the Spirit doeth to make an Israelite in God; blood is the life of the flesh and as fire heateth water in the boiler, and causeth steam to work the cylinder of the engine, so does the soul attract and heat the heart of man, and cause the blood to run, and work the members of the man; so will the fulness of the Spirit rest on man, and by it he will do the work that Jesus did, and after that the Spirit will make his blood flesh, and then will dwell within him, and he will be begotten of God, and his body will never die, as said

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It is written in the book of Baruch 5th chapter, 8th and 9th verses :---" Morever, even the woods, and every sweet-smelling tree, shall overshadow Israel by the command of God. For God shall lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.” This shews what will be done to he that believeth, as it is wrote in the text. that he will inherit all the glories which are promised, which are laid up in store till the fulness of times.

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TENTH SERMON.

It is written in Luke, 4th chapter, 17th---19th verses: And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had

opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives; and recovering of sight of the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

It is evident that at the time, the acceptable year was only to be preached, for he did not come to give deliverance to Israel at that time, so Paul says in Hebrews, 4th chapter, and 8th verse:--If Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day."

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And it is written in 2nd Corinthians. 3rd chapter, 17th and 18th verses:---" Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed

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