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captivity captive! He who was able in human nature toconquer Satan and all the powers of darkness; he who possessed intrinsic power to lay down his life and to rise again on the third day, was the most suitable person in the universe to make atonement for sin, and be the Redeemer of man. And this is the most suitable person in the universe to be the Mediator between God and man. And this is the most suitable person in the universe to judge the world in righteousness in the great day. This is the person who will say to those who shall have counted the blood of the covenant an unholy thing, Depart from me ye cursedBut to those who have washed their robes and made them white in the precious blood of the Lamb, he will say. Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord. Amen and Amen.

APPENDIX.

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APPENDIX.

FROM what has been demonstrated in the preceding
Work, "by reasoning out of the Scriptures," it may
be fairly inferred, that Doctor Joseph Huntington's
Treatise, entitled Calvinism improved; or the Gospel
illustrated as a system of real grace, issuing in the sal-
vation of all men, is a "baseless fabric," having no
foundation in the word of God.

JOHN viii, 23, 24.

Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of
this world; I am not of this world. I said there-
fore unto you that ye shall die in your sins: for if
ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your

sins.

ALTHOUGH Christ said to the Jews, ye shall die in your
sins; yet he did not mean to threaten them uncondi-
tionally with eternal death: it was not similar to the
case of Adam. For it is added, “If ye believe not that
I am he, ye shall die in your sins" This evidently
conveyed the idea to the Jews, and equally to us, that
on condition they should believe in Jesus, they should
not die in their sins; but if they should continue in un-
belief, they must die in their sins. How then do be-
lievers and unbelievers stand upon equal ground? The
believer is justified; but he that believeth not is con-
demned already. According to the Doctor's scheme
there is no difference between one man and another;
only some men are less wicked than others. There-
fore Judas, Ananias and Sapphira were equally enti-
tled to heaven, with Peter, James and John.

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