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cleansed, as in Joel, 3rd chapter, and 21st verse' And in Isaiah, 11th chapter, 6---9th verses: and they will be subject to the Bride and the bridegroom.

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And the time when these things will take place, will be when the words of Jesus are fulfilled, in Matthew, 26th chapter, and 46th verse :---" Hereafter shall ye see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven.

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For when he ascended to heaven, a cloud received him, and angels appeared to those who saw him ascend, see Acts, 1st chapter, 10, and 11th verses; and told them he should so come in like manner.

And Enoch prophesied that the Lord would come with ten thousand of his saints, see Jude, 14th verse.

And Daniel, 7th chapter, and 27th verse: declared that he had the same shewn in vision: and that the Kingdom under the whole heaven should be given to the people of the saints.

And Zechariah, 14th chapter, 5, and 9th verses, that the Lord would come and all his saints with him; and that the Lord shall be King over all the earth; and in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one.

And Jesus, Luke, 21st chapter, and 27th verse, said, they should see him coming with power and great glory, and then he says, "Lift "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh."

It is evident from these words that no one that remains in blood, or their bodies die, has received this redemption, not even the Apostles, because they received not his testimony before his crucifixion, John, 3rd chapter, and 32nd verse; and because they received it not till after he had entered, the door was shut from them; their bodies could not enter into immortality, but saw corruption, Ezekiel, 44th chapter, and 2nd verse :--

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"This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it, because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

Though after his resurrection, they received the Holy Ghost, but they testify in Romans, 8th chapter, and 23 verse, that they groaned within themselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of their bodies, that the gate might be opened; but this redemption was to take place at the times of the fulness of the Gentiles, and the change for those that the former Hebrews stood typical of, which is the true Israel of God, which are found worthy to do his work.

And John, 1st Epistle, 2nd chapter, and 2nd verse:--- says "It doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know when he shall appear, we shall be like him." Thus by his Spirit man will be created anew in his image, as said in the text.

And it is said in John, 6th chapter, and 63rd verse:---"It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing."

And Paul says in 1st Corinthians, 15th chapter, and 45th verse:---"The last Adam was made a quickening Spirit."

And in Romans, 8th chapter, and 11th verse :--"If the Spirit which raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he will quicken your mortal bodies."

But this Spirit is promised to none but those who believe the testimony of it, and obey the commands, and ask for it always to rest on them. And those that do this, at the appointed time it will come and dwell within them, and be the life of their flesh, and create them anew, as said in the text.

But those who ask not for it, how can they receive it, or will their flesh profit any thing? will it not see corruption. And the Spirit makes use of

various gifts to bring man to his knowledge, that he may be created anew.

Paul says in 1st Corintians, 12th chapter, 4, and 5th verse, "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."

The Spirit of the Lord came upon the Apostles, after he ascended into heaven, and gave unto them different gifts, for the establishing of the Gospel, and it is written in Ephesians, 4th chapter, 8, and 13th verses, that they were given for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, which is his church, till we all come to the unity of the faith, and knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man. in the seventh church.

But the fulness of times which Daniel speaks of, being not then come, for the Spirit to be sent forth, to create man anew, as said in the text, neither is the house of Israel all come to the unity of the faith, unto a perfect man.

He is now sending forth his Spirit to renew these gifts to the house of Israel, that they may go forth and gather together the seventh church, of which the Scriptures declare the church of Philadelphia stood a figure, wherein was no guile, which is wrote in Revelation, 3rd chapter, 7--13th verse.

And when they are all gathered, and have by the Spirit, done the work that Jesus did, the different gifts will have an end, he will dwell within them and be the life of them, and their bodies will be fashioned like unto the glorious body of Christ.

And man must wait for the fulfilment of these promises, during the Lords pleasure; though he has made known by his Spirit, that the time is at hand, that Israel, that is now living on the planet, their bodies will put on immortality.

But before this, his warning must be given, and those who receive it will wait for the time, and

obey his laws and commands, that by obedience, they will be prepared for the change when it takes place, to be created anew, by the Spirit as said in the text. So Paul says in Romans, 8th chapter, and 25th verse:---"If we hope for that we see not, then do with patience wait for it."

Third. Question. What is meant by being created, and renewing the face of the earth?

Answer. Blood is the life of the creation; but being created anew, or the face of the earth being renewed, is blood being made flesh, which is being begotten of God, so that the wicked one toucheth him not.

And Paul shews in Romans, 8th chapter, what they are waiting for, that is, the redemption of their bodies, to be quickened by the Spirit, and made like the glorious body of Christ, which is to be created anew.

And he says in Galatians, 5th chapter, 22, and 23rd verses:---"The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such there is no law."

And those who shew these fruits, and live in obedience to all the commands of God, it is evident that the Spirit is sent forth, and rests on them, and there is no law to condemn them.

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But as it is said in James, 1st chapter, and 25th verse:---" But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man shall be blessed in his deed,'

And they will be the Lord's free-men, inhabitants of the new Jerusalem, which is to come down from God, which none can inherit who dwell in blood, but as Jesus did the work that he came to do, and his body was glorified, so will those upon whom the fulness of his Spirit rests, do the same work,

that is they will fulfil the law, which he gave unto Moses, and the Gospel of the new Testament: and the same Spirit will change their blood into flesh, and make their vile bodies like his, and thus they will be created anew, as said in the text.

And if the Spirit create man anew, he will be no longer a bond-man, or servant, but as the son; so that he will know his father's will in all things.

But those things are not committed to the bondservant, but the bond-servant will serve those which are redeemed from the earth, the adversary being taken out of the way, there being no accuser betwixt them.

But the time wherein these great and happy events would take place, not being pointed out but by parables, so man could not fully understand till the fulness of times, (but those parts which were to take place in their day. And after being fulfilled they saw it,) and one age after another rolling on, and evil still continuing in the world, Satan temps man to give up the belief that they will take place, fulfilling the words of Peter, in the 2nd Epistle, 3rd chapter, and 4th verse, they will say where is the promise of his coming, for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. And so do men say now since the Prophets and Apostles died, who testified of these things, nothing particular has happened, prophecy and the working of miracles have ceased, and all things will remain as they are. These are the sayings of many..

NINTH SERMON.

In the Gospel according to John, the 11th chapter, and 25th and 26th verses, are the following words :---" He that believeth in me, though

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