all the finally impenitent, with all their guilt upon their heads, will be driven away from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The door of their eternal prison shall be closed upon them, and bolted by the hand of infinite justice, while the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever; upon whose condensed and fearful columns will be inscribed, in characters. legible to the universe, "Righteous art thou, O Lord God Almighty. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints." Then all the ransomed of the Lord, with Christ at their head, shall ascend in triumph to the heavenly Zion, with songs and everlasting joy; and, having entered into these glorious habitations, will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father, and reign with Christ forever and ever.

Dear reader, in view of such fearful and glorious results, "Prepare to meet thy God." "Agree with thine adversary quickly, while

thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing." "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little." "Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

CHAPTER V.

CHRIST AS GOD, PRECIOUS TO THE BELIEVER.

"God was manifest in the flesh."— 1 Tim. 3: 16. "Unto you, therefore, which believe, he is precious." - 1 Pet. 2: 7.

I DESIGN, in this chapter, to take a view of Christ, as God manifest in the flesh; and to show that, in this respect, he is peculiarly precious to the experimental believer. The Word of God ascribes to Christ eternity, self-existence, independence, immutability, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, holiness, justice, goodness, mercy, and truth; attributes which belong only to Jehovah, and which render him worthy of supreme adoration.

Eternity and self-existence.

"But thou,

Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5: 2. "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." Rev. 22: 13. "Before Abraham was, I am.” John 8: 58.

Independence. "I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." John 10: 17, 18.

Immutability. "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever." Heb. 13: 8. "And thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands: they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they shall all wax old, as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail." Heb. 1: 10-12.

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Omnipotence. "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Rev. 1: 8. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him." Col. 1: 16.

Omniscience.

"Because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man." John 2: 24, 25.

Omnipresence. "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." Matt. 28: 20.

Holiness. "Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners." Heb. 7: 26.

Justice. "When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate