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without the curse aad punishment denounced in the
word of God. And these, too, must be managed by that
all-powerful Arm, the great Jehovah, who, by his wlsdom
and power, by his grace and rod, will make all things
work for the good of his church, and will tjnallv redound
to his glory. And at laat it will be said, "These have
come through great tribulation, having washed their
robes and made them white in the blood ef the Lamb.
11. I am to show how th are punished
1st They are punished% their own deeds. David
went with broken bones to hi grave ; and Peter, when
his Lord looked upon hi, went out .and wept bitterly.
Paul hod a thorn in his fled le* he should be exalted
above measure. The Jews courted an alliance with
-Babylon, and by that means were led into bondage and
napt~vity many years. They, contrary to God's express
command, afterwards made a league with the Romans,
and by them was their city and sanctuary destroyed,
and their nation scattered to the four winds of heaven.
The church, after the Christian era, courted the popular
favor of the kings of the earth, and immediate1 suffered
the ten persecutions. She afterwards sought fZlr secular
power for her bishops, and by the same power was
driven into the wilderness, and passed through a thousand
two hundred and sixty years of torture, darknew,
and death. The churdq recently, has been courting
popular~ty from the world, raising up a learned ministry,
worshipp~ng at the shrine of ancient and modem philoaophy
; and already her ranks are broken, her piety on
the wane, ber effort. paralyzed, and infidelity gaining
ground.
2d. By wicked and designing men. Let us remember
how Balaom taught Ba!ak to east stumbling-blocks
before the children of Israel. Witness the false prophets
in the days of the k' s of Israel; also the wicked
and designi men in%e days of Jeremiah and the
prpbeb ; mT finally, the division and subdivision by
wicked men at the final destructioa of Jerusalem See
some, also, in the apostles' days -U false apostles, de.
ceitful workera, transforming themselves into the apostlao
d Christ, 2 Cor. xi B; me, ale% "who eubvert-