Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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POPERY CONDEMNED BY
In the former case, therefore, these suilenngg
respect merely the demands of the law ; in the
latter, the object in view is reformation ; " He
" corrects us for our profit, that we may be
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partakers of his holiness * ;" and that this
end is
ultimately promoted, we are also assured
in the scriptures :
" No chastisement for the
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present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous ;
" nevertheless afterwards, it yieldeth the peace-
" able fruits of righteousness unto them who
" are exercised thereby f." Before Papists,
therefore, can establish the doctrine of purgatory,
they must subvert this view of the economy
of grace.
As purgatory is one of the oral traditions of
the Romish Church,
sentiments of the Fathers.
we may next examine the
" In the other world,^' §ay3 Epiphanius,
" after men's death, there is no fasting, repen-
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tance, alms, nor piety. There Lazarus comes
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noL to Dives, nor Dives to Lazarus. The
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storehouses are sealed ; there is no egress ; the
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time is accomplished ; the combat ended ; the
" race run, and the crowns given ; and they
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who have striven are quiet. After death, all
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things are plainly terminated. While all are
" in combat, after falling there may be rising
" again ; there is yet hope, there is yet help . . .
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salvation is not desperate. After death, the
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* Keb. xii. JO. f
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