, and travail with pain together until this present; and
therefore, in that great day, they cannot abide the face of the Judge.
Now, what is the fruit ye should make of this? I thank my God that I
preach unto you so sure a gospel, even the oracles of the eternal God; the
earth and the heavens shall pass away, but this word and oracles shall
never pass away; therefore it is not a doubtsome message that I carry unto
you, for it is surer than the heavens, and surer than the earth; and these
eyes of yours, that have seen both the truth of this spoken here. O that
the Lord would fill my heart, with this verity, that I might eat it and
drink it, and feed upon it continually, and that he would fill me with the
spirit of exhortation, that I might exhort you to meditate on this truth,
both day and night, that the remembrance of that day might never go out of
your hearts. O that you would do it, even for his sake that left you his
heart's blood to slocken that fire which will burn both the heavens and
the earth: therefore hear, hear! What should you hear? things of the last
importance. Is hell, is heaven, is the terror of that day of any
importance? And this is not the blessing of mount Gerizim, but that
everlasting blessing which the Judge of all the world shall pronounce out
of his mouth, saying, "Ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you before the foundation of the world." And it is nothing to
the curse of the mount Ebal, but it is that everlasting curse and
malediction which the Son of God shall pronounce, saying, "Depart from me,
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."
(And what shall I say to you?) This day is coming, and the Lord is
preparing himself to come down through the clouds, to sit on a great white
throne, and the archangel is putting the trumpet to his mouth, and he is
near to the blowing of it, and the rest of the angels are but waiting when
they shall give the last shout, "Rise, dead, and come to judgment," the
Bridegroom is coming, and the heaven and the earth are waiting when the
Lord shall come in his glory, in flaming fire, to burn them up.
Now, brethren, what should ye do then? It is but this one thing that I
will charge you with, hear what I am to say to you, I bear the message of
God, and I preach the Gospel that shall judge you; and I am here sent of
God to tell you what is his will towards you; therefore I charge you all
before God, and his Son Chr
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