Acts, ii. 2 Cor. 48. Luke, iii. 9, 16, 17; ix. 54, 55; xii. 49; xxii. 55. 3, 19; vii. 30; xxviii. 5. Rom. xii. 20. 1 Cor. vii. 9. xi. 29. Eph. vi. 16. Heb. x. 26, 27; xi. 34; xii. 18, 29. Jas. iii. 5, 6; v. 3. 1 Pet. i. 7; iv. 12. Jude, 7, 23. Rev. i. 14, 15 ; ii. 18; iii. 18; iv. 5; viii. 5, 7, 8; ix. 17, 18; x. 1; xi. 5; xiii. 13; xiv. 9, 10, 18; xv. 2 ; xvi. 8; xvii. 16; xix. 12, 20. O Lord, turn not Thy face from me, Who lie in woeful state, Lamenting sore my sinful life, Before Thy mercy gate : A gate that opens wide to those Shut not that gate against me, Lord! And call me not to strict account, Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask ; For mercy, Lord, is all my suit, O let Thy mercy spare. JOHN MARCHANT. The angel comes, he comes to reap The harvest of the Lord! O'er all the earth with fatal sweep And who are they, in sheaves to bide The tares, whose rank, luxuriant pride And who are they, reserved in store O King of Mercy! grant us power In Thy destroying angel's hour, * DEAN MILMAN. CHAPTER VII. HEAVEN (oupávos, DP). Now, the beginning of life, considered as an education for mature age in the present world, appears plainly, at first sight, analogous to this our trial for a future one; the former being, in our temporal capacity, what the latter is in our religious capacity. But some observations, common to both of them, and a more distinct consideration of each, will more distinctly show the extent and force of the analogy between them; and the credibility which arises from hence, as well as from the nature of the thing, that the present life was intended to be a state of discipline for a future one. -BP. BUTLER, Analogy, pt. 1, c. 5. I do fully and freely assent unto this as unto a most necessary and infallible truth, that the unjust after their resurrection and condemnation, shall be tormented for their sins in hell, and shall so be continued in torments for ever, so as neither the justice of God shall ever cease to inflict them, nor the persons of the wicked cease to subsist and suffer them; and that the just after their resurrection and absolution shall as the blessed of the Father obtain the inheritance, and as the servants of God enter into their Master's joy, freed from all possibility of death, sin, and sorrow, filled with all conceivable and inconceivable fulness of happiness, confirmed in an absolute security of an eternal enjoyment, and so they shall continue with God and the Lamb for evermore. And thus I believe the life everlasting.'-BP. PEARSON, On the Creed, Art. xii. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.-Matt. v. 3. law, or the proFor verily I say one tittle shall in Whosoever there Think not that I am come to destroy the phets I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. fore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven: for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea: Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.—Matt. v. 17-19, 33-37. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.-Matt. vi. 1. : Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.—Matt. vii. 21. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.-Matt. viii. 11. At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.—Matt. xi. 25, 26. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.—Matt. xii. 50. 24 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. 31 The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed. 33 The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven. 44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field. 45 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls. 47 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind.—Matt. xiii. 24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47. : The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, but can ye not discern the signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them and departed.-Matt. xvi. 1-4. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.-Matt. xviii. 18. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.—Matt. xix. 14. |