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CHBlST,S sr:coNn comma. 255without the curse and punishment denounced in theword of God. And these, too, must be managed by thatall-powerful Arm, the great Jehovah, who, his wisdomand power, by his grace and rod, will mabye all thingswork for the good of his church, and will finally redoundto his glory. And at la t it will be said, "These havecome through great tribulation, having washed theirrobes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.II. I am to show how they are punished.lst. They are punished by their own deeds. Davidwent with broken bones to his grave; and Peter, whenhis Lord looked upon him, went out and wept bitterly.Paul had a thorn in his flesh lest he should be exaltedabove measure. The Jews courted analliance withBabylon, and by that means were led into bondage andcaptivity many years. They, contrary to God's expresscommand, 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 popularfavor of the kings of' the earth, andimmediately sufferedthe tenShe aherwards orsought secularwer tpersecutions.or her bishops, and by the same powerwassgiven into the wildemess, and passed through a thousandtwo hundred and sixty years of torture, darkness,and death. '1'he church, recently, has been courtingpopularity from the world, raising up a learned ministry,worshipping at t.he shrine of ancient and modem philosohy; and already her ranks are broken, her piety ontlile wgne,her efforts paralyzed, and infidelity gainingun .gm2d. By wicked and designing men.Let us rememberhow Balaam taught Balak to cast stumbling-blocksbefore the children of Israel. Witness the false prophetsin the days of the kin of Israel; also the wickedanddesigning men in tg; days of Jeremiah and theanprophets; , finally, t.he division and subdivision bywicked men at the final destruction of Jerusalem. Seesome, also, in the apostles' days -" false apostles, deceitfulworkers, transforming themselves into the apostlesof Christ, 2 Cor. xii 13; some, also, "who subvert-