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cna1s'r's sacorm comme. 299for your unbelief in the signs which the prophets, Christ,and 1he apostles have givenasyou tokens of his secondcoming and the judgment day. Ihave brought from theword of Godvtwenty-live signs of his second coming, endof the world, and judgment day, and all apparently fulfilledwithin the age of many present,or fulfillingnow beforeyour eyes.' And do you believe? Many of youprofess to be pious ; many of you say, Lord, Lord! Butdo you believe his word? Are you willi to risk yourlife, your character, your all, on his woiiig? or are youfearful andNow is the timeunbelievingil?to try men'ssouls. Now, if you wis to be sure, examine closely, andsee whether your faith will stand in the day of trial whichis coming; yes, has already come, in a thousand ways, todraw you from the gospel of Christ to another newgospel,which is not the gospelcern the signsof God. "Can ye not dis-ofthe times ?" Let me give you one ruleby which you may know a false doctrine. They mayhave many good things in their creeds, they may be veryplausible in their arguments, a.nd after all deceive you.But examine them closely, and you will find they willdeny, ridicule, or try to do away some prominent doctrineof the Bible, such as the divinity of Christ, his secondcoming, oliice of the Holy Spirit, eternal punishment,doctrine of grace, election, conviction for sin, regeneration,repentance, or faith. And when you hear or seethem make light or scoff at any thin of this kind in theword of God, go not after them, Eid nor them God speed."Can ye not iscern the "of the times ?signsAnd to you, impenitent `end, God has at all timesgiven you warning of his approaching judgments. Ifyou repent, believe his word, and break oil' your sins byrighteousness, he is faithful and just to forgive you yoursins. Why not take warning hy the past? ls there noexample for you? Look at the antediluvian world,Sodom and Gomorrah, Nineveh, Babylon, .T erusalem, andthe once enlightened Asia, now worse than in heathenishdarkness. Will God punish nations, and not individuals?This cannot be, for nations are composed ofindividuals; and God is just, for he hath appointed alay in which he will judge the world in righteousness....___----...»u;.g.