1 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, shall say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?

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Then the unbelieving and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and idolators, and liars, and whosoever is not found written in the book of life, shall be cast into the lake of fire: where they shall be tormented with fire and brimstone; and they have no rest day nor night; and the smoke of their torment ascendeth for ever and

ever.

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"Now consider this, ye that forget God: lest judgment and justice take hold on you, and there be none to deliver: for it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee to judgment.

5 Hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly; thou that hast trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said, None seeth me. Evil shall come upon thee, thou shalt not know from whence it ariseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee, thou shalt not be able to put it off.

Go to now, ye rich men, who have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; who by fraud have kept back the hire of the labourers,

1 Rev. vi. 15, 16, 17. xiv. 10, 11.

x. 31.

2 Rev. xxi. 8. Rev. xx. 15. Rev. 3 Psal. 1. 22. Job xxxvi. 17. Psal. 1. 22. Heb. 5 Isa. xlvii. 8. 10, 11. 6 James

4 Eccles. xi. 9. v. 1. 5. 4. 6. 1, 2, 3. 5.

and have condemned the just: weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted; your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you; ye have heaped treasure together for the last day; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men: because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong.

2 Thinkest thou this, O man, that dost such things as are worthy of death, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Despise not the forbearance and long-suffering of God; but let his goodness lead thee to repentance; otherwise thou treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

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Behold the day, behold it is come; the day of trouble is near. The Lord will shortly pour out his fury upon thee, and accomplish his anger upon thee: and he will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

* Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the

monthly prognosticators stand up, and save thee from those things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame.

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1 All the sinners shall die, which say, the evil shall not overtake nor prevent us, destruction cometh, and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. He that fleeth of them shall not flee away; and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

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Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. And then they shall know that God is the Lord, and that he hath not said in vain, That he would do this evil unto them.

3 Let us therefore lay these things to our heart, and remember, That the pleasures of sin are but for a season, and that it will be bitterness in the latter end. And what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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The day of the Lord is great and very terrible.; and who can abide it? Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who amongst us can dwell with everlasting burnings? Therefore also now, saith the Lord, Turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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THE RIGHTEOUS AND WICKED COMPARED.

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. But woe unto the wicked, it shall be ill with him; for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

2 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour.

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The righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.

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A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord; but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

5 He that diligently seeketh good, procureth favour; but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

God will not cast away a perfect man; neither will he help the evil doers.

7 The righteous is delivered out of trouble; and the wicked cometh in his stead.

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Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

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To keep the statutes and judgments, which the Lord hath commanded us; this is our wisdom, and our understanding. But wickedness is madness and folly.

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They are fools that make a mock at sin, and say in their hearts, There is no God. But whoso keepeth the law is wise.

'The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble: but the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

2 He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely; but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

* The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his ways; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

* Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin a; but where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty: and whom the Son shall make free, they shall be free indeed.

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The fear of the Lord is clean; and God is good to such as are of a clean heart. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart shall ascend into the hill of the Lord. But how abominable and filthy is man, that drinketh iniquity like water? The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath; for their life is among the unclean. The workers of iniquity are corrupt; they are altogether become filthy.

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The wicked have made themselves vile; but they that serve the Lord are precious in his sight, and honourable.

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 8 God giveth to the sinner travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.