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yet come: and when he shall come, he must remain a short time.

11 And the beast that was, and is not; the same is also the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.

12 And the ten horns, which thou sawest, are ten kings; who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive power as kings one hour after the beast. 13 These have one design; and their strength and power they shall deliver to the beast.

14 They shall fight with the Lamb; and the Lamb shall overcome them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they that are with him are called, and elect, and faithful.

15 And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns, which thou sawest on the beast; these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire.

17 For God hath given into their hearts, to do that which pleaseth him; that they give their kingdom to the beast till the words of God be fulfilled.

18 And the woman which thou sawest, is the great city, a kingdom which hath dominion over the kings of the earth.

CHAP. XVIII.

11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep, and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more:

12 Merchandise of gold, and silver, and of precious stones, and pearl, and of fine linen, and per ple, and of silk, and scarlet (and all thyine wood, and all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of precious stone, and of brass, and ine, and marble,

13 And cinnamon) and of odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine four, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

14 And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee; and all fat and goodly things are perished from thee; and they shall no more find them.

15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning,

16 And saying: Wo, wo that great city, which was clothed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and was gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls:

17 For in one hour are so great riches come to nothing: and every ship-master, and every one that sails into the lake, and mariners, and they that work at sea, stood afar off;

18 And cried out, seeing the place of her bumThe fall of Babylon: kings and merchants lamenting, saying: What city is like to this great city? 19 And they cast dust upon their beads, and ND after these things I saw another angel cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: Wo, we

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er and the earth was enlightened with his glory.
2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying:
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen; and is become
the habitation of devils, and the hold of every
unclean spirit, and the hold of every unclean and
hateful bird:

3 Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the abundance of her delicacies.

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached even to heaven: and the Lord hath remembered her iniquities.

6 Render to her as she also hath rendered to you: and double ye the double according to her works: in the cup, wherein she hath mingled, mingle unto her double.

wherein were made

who

had ships at sea, by reason of her prices: for in one hour she is made desolate.

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath judged your judgment on her.

21 And a mighty angel took up a stone as it were a great mill-stone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With this violence shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down, and shall now be found no more.

22 And the voice of harpers, and of musicians, and of them that play on the pipe, and on the trumpet, shall no more be heard in thee: and no craftsman of any art whatsoever shall be found any more in thee: and the sound of a mill shall be heard no more in thee:

23 And the light of a lamp shall shine no more in thee: and the voice of the bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, for all nations have been deceived by thy sorceries.

7 As much as she hath glorified herself, and hath 24 And in her hath been found the blood of probeen in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow phets and of saints, and of all, who were slain upon give unto her because she saith in her heart: I the earth. sit a queen, and am not a widow; and sorrow I shall not see.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine and she shall be burnt with fire; because God is strong, who shall judge her.

CHAP. XIX.

The saints glorify God for his judgments on the great harlot. Christ's victory over the beast and the kings of the earth.

FTER things I as it

And the kings of the earth, who have commit- A of many multitudes in heaven, were the voice

ted fornication, and lived in delicacies with her, luia: salvation, and glory, and power is to our God: shall weep, and bewail themselves over her, when 2 For true and just are his judgments, who hath they shall see the smoke of her burning: judged the great harlot, which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath revenged the blood of his servants, at her hands.

10 Standing afar off for fear of her torments, saying: Wo, wo that great city Babylon, that mighty city for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Ten kings. Ten lesser kingdoms, enemies also of the church of Christ; which, nevertheless, shall be made instruments of the justice of God for the punishment of Babylon. Some understand this of the Goths, Vandals, Hunns, and other barbarous nations, that destroyed the empire of Rome.

3 And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever and ever.

4 And the four and twenty ancients, and the four living creatures fell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen: Alleluia.

5 And a voice came out from the throne, saying: Praise ye our God all his servants, and you that fear him, little and great.

16 And I heard as it were the voice of a great of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with ultitude, and as the voice of many waters, and their flesh.

Is the voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia: for he Lord our God the omnipotent hath reigned.

7 Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give glory to im for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and is wife hath prepared herself.

8 And to her it hath been granted, that she hould clothe herself with fine linen, glittering and vhite. For the fine linen are the justifications of aints.

CHAP. XX.

Satan is bound for a thousand years: the souls of the martyrs reign with Christ in the first resurrection. The last attempts of Satan against the

church: the last judgment.

AND I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.

9 And he saith to me: Write: Blessed are they, 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old servho are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb: pent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound and he saith to me: These words of God are him for a thousand years:

rue.

3 And he cast him into the bottomless pit, and

10 And I fell before his feet to adore him. And shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he he saith to me: See thou do it not: I am thy fellow- should no more seduce the nations, till the thousand servant, and of thy brethren who have the testimo-years be finished: and after that he must be loosed y of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of a little time. Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

4 And I saw seats, and they sat upon them: and

11 And I saw heaven opened, and, behold, a judgment was given unto them: and the souls of white horse and he that sat upon him, was called Faithful and True; and with justice he judgeth and fighteth.

12 And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head many diadems, having a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.

them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not adored the beast, nor his image, nor received his mark in their foreheads, or in their hands: and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5 The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resur

13 And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called, THE rection. WORD OF GOD.

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the 14 And the armies which are in heaven followed first resurrection: in these the second death hath him on white horses, clothed in fine linen white no power: but they shall be priests of God and of and clean. Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword; that with it he may strike the Gentiles. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron and he treadeth the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written King of kings, and Lord of lords.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven: Come, and gather yourselves together to the great supper of God:

18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of tribunes, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all free-men and bond-men, and of little and great.

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse, and with his army.

7 And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go forth, and seduce the nations, which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, and shall gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

8 And they ascended upon the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city.

9 And fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them: and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brimstone, where both the beast

10 And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and there was no place found for them.

12 And I saw the dead great and small, standing before the throne; and the books were opened: 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the and another book was opened, which is the book of false prophet; who wrought signs before him, life; and the dead were judged by those things wherewith he seduced them, who received the mark which were written in the books, according to their of the beast, and who adored his image. These works. two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

21 And the rest were slain by the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse, which proceedeth out

13 And the sea gave up the dead, that were in it: and death and hell gave up their dead, that were in them: and they were judged every one according to their works.

14 And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death.

* I fell before, &c. St. Aug. (1. 20 contra Faust. c. 21.) is of opinion, that this angel appeared in so glorious a manner, that St. John took him to be + Bound him, &c. The power of Satan has been God; and therefore would have given him divine very much limited by the passion of Christ, for a honour, had not the angel stopt him, by telling him thousand years; that is, for the whole time of the he was but his fellow-servant. St. Gregory (hom. new testament: but especially from the time of the 8. in Evang.) rather thinks, that the veneration of destruction of Babylon or pagan Rome, till the new fered by St. John, was not divine honour, or indeed efforts of Gog and Magog against the church, toany other than what might lawfully be given; but wards the end of the world. During which time the was nevertheless refused by the angel, in considera- souls of the martyrs and saints live and reign with tion of the dignity to which our human nature had Christ in heaven, in the first resurrection, which is been raised, by the incarnation of the Son of God; that of the soul to the life of glory; as the second and the dignity of St. John, an apostle, prophet, and resurrection will be that of the body, at the day of martyr. the general judgment.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the were adorned with all manner of precious stones. book of life, was cast into the pool of fire.

CHAP. XXI.

The new Jerusalem described.

The first foundation. jasper: the second, sapphire:
the third, a calcedony: the fourth, an emerald-
20 The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the
seventh, chrysolite: the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a

A chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a

For the first heaven and the first earth was jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.

passed away; and the sea is no more.

21 And the twelve gates are twelve pears, ce

2 And I John saw the holy city the new Jerusa-to each and every several gate was of one streal lem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men and he will dwell with them: And they shall be his people and God himself with them shall be their God:

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and death shall be no more; nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more; for the former things are passed away.

5 And he who sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write, for these words are most faithful and true.

6 And he said to me: It is done: I am alpha and omega; the beginning, and the end. To him that thirsteth I will give of the fountain of the water of life, gratis.

7 He that shall overcome, shall possess these things and I will be his God, and he shall be my

son.

8 But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fomicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their portion shall be in the pool burning with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

22 And I saw no temple in it. For the Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof, and the Larıb. 23 And the city needeth not sun nor men to shine in it: for the glory of God hath enlightened it and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

24 And nations shall walk in the light of it - and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour into it.

25 And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.

26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

27 There shall not enter into it any thing defled, or any one that worketh abomination, or a De: tut they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

CHAP. XXII.

The water and tree of life. The conclusion. ND he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God, and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing 9 And there came one of the seven angels, who twelve fruits, yielding its fruit every month, and had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the naspoke with me, saying: Come, and I will show tions. thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

11 Having the glory of God; and the light thereof like unto a precious stone, as it were to a jasperstone, as crystal.

12 And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates; and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

13 On the east, three gates; and on the north, three gates; and on the south, three gates; and on the west, three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations; and in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And he that spoke with me, had a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city and the gates thereof, and the wall.

16 And the city is situate four-square; and the length thereof is as great as the breadth and he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length, and the height, and the breadth of it are equal.

17 And he measured the wall thereof a hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man,† which is of an angel.

18 And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper-stone; but the city itself pure gold, like to clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city

The first heaven and the first earth was passed away, being changed, not as to their substance, but in their qualities.

The measure of a man, i. e. According to the measure of men, and used by the angel: This seems to be the true meaning of these words.

3 And no curse shall be any more: but the throne of God, and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.

4 And they shall see his face: and his name shall be on their foreheads.

5 And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of a lamp, nor the light of the sun; for the Lord God shall enlighten them; and they shall reign for ever and ever.

6 And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spints of the prophets sent his angel to show his servants the things which must be done shortly.

7 And, behold, I come quickly. Blessed is be that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John, who have heard and seen these things. And after I had heard and seen, I fell down to adore before the feet of the angel, who showed me these things:

9 And he said to me: See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of the prophecy of this book: Adore God.

10 And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. ‡

For the time is at hand. That is, when compared to eternity, all time and temporal things vanish, and are but of short duration. As to le time when the chief predictions should come to pass, we have no certainty, as appears by the different opinions, both of the ancient fathers and late interpreters. Many think that most things set down from the fourth chapter to the end, will not be fulfilled till a little time before the end of the world. Others are of opinion, that great part of them, and particularly the fall of the wicked Babylon, happenled at the destruction of Paganism, by the destruc

11 He that hurteth, let him hurt still and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.

12 Behold, I come quickly and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his works.

13 I am alpha, and omega, the first, and the last, the beginning, and the end.

14 Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb; that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and the unchaste, and murderers, and those that serve idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.

tion of heathen Rome, and its persecuting heathen emperors. Of these interpretations, see Alcazar in his long commentary, see the learned Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, in his treatise on this Book, and P. Alleman, in his notes on the same Apocalypse, tom. 17 And the Spirit and the bride say: Come. And 12, who in his Preface says, that this, in a great he that heareth, let him say: Come. And he that measure, may be now looked upon as the opinion thirsteth, let him come and he that will, let him followed by the leamed men. In fine, others think take the water of life, gratis. that St. John's design was in a mystical way, by 13 For I testify to every one that heareth the metaphors and allegories, to represent the attempts words of the prophecy of this book: If any man and persecutions of the wicked against the servants shall add to these things, God shall add upon him of God, the punishments that should in a short the plagues written in this book. time fall upon Babylon, that is, upon all the wicked 19 And if any man shall take away from the in general: the eternal happiness and reward, which words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take God had reserved for the pious inhabitants of Jeru- away his part out of the book of life, and out of salem, that is, for his faithful servants, after their the holy city, and from these things which are writshort trials and the tribulations of this mortal life. ten in this book. In the mean time we meet with many profitable instructions and admonitions, which we may easily enough understand: but we have no certainty, when we apply these predictions to particular events: for as St. Jerom takes notice, the Apocalypse has as many mysteries as words, or rather invsteries in every word. Apocalypsis Joannis tot habet Sacramenta quot verba-parum dixi, in verbis singulis multiplices latent intelligentiæ. Ep. ad Paulin. t. 4. p. 574. Edit. Benedict.

20 He that giveth testimony of these things, saith: Surely I come quickly: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

* Let him hurt still. It is not an exhortation or license to go on in sin; but an intimation, that how far soever the wicked may proceed, their progress shall quickly end, and then they must expect to meet with proportionable punishments. 189

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REFERENCES.

ABSOLUTION. The power promised and given to the pastors of the church, St. Matt chap. xvi. ver. 19. xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22. 23. Angels. They have a charge over us, St. Matt. xviii. 10. Heb. i. 14. See also Exodus xxiii. 20. 21. Psalm xc. 11. 12. &c. They offer up our prayers, Apoc. viii. 4. and pray for us, Zacharias i. 12. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii. 22. They have been honoured by the servants of God, Josue v. 14. 15. and invocated, Gen. xlviii. 15. 16. Osee xii. 4. Apoc. i. 4. Baptism. Ordained by Christ, St. Matt. xxviii. 19. Necessary to salvation, St. John iii. 5. Administered by the Apostles in water, Acts viii. 36. 38. chap. x. 47. 48. See also Ephes. v. 26. Heb. x. 22. 1 St. Peter iii. 20. 21. For the baptism of infants, see St. Luke xviii. 16. compared with St. John iii. 5.

9. A covenant like that of the day and night to stand for all generations, Jeremias xxxii. 20 21. God shall be her everlasting light, Isai. Ix 18. 19. Whosoever shall gather together against her, shall fall; and the nation that will not serve her, shall perish, Isai. lx. 12. 15. 17. The church is always one, Cantic. vi. 9. 10. John x. 16. Ephes. iv. 4. 5. Always visible, Isai ii 2 3 Micheas iv. 1. 2. Matt. v. 14. Spread far and near, and teaching many nations, Ps. ii. 8. Ps. xxi. 27. Isai. xlix. 6. chap. liv. 1. 2. 3. Daniel îi 35. 44. Malach. i. 11, &c. The church is infal lible in matters of faith. This follows from the premises: particularly see St. Matt. xvi. IS. chap. xxviii. 19. 20. St. John xiv. 16. 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. 1 Tim. iii. 14. 15. Isai. xxxv. & chap. liv. 9. 10. chap. lix. 19. 20. 21, &c. Church Guides, and their authority, Deut. xvi 8. 9, &c. St. Matt. xviii. 17. 18. chap. xxviii. 13 19. 20. St. Luke x. 16. St. John xiv. 16. 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. chap. xx. 21, &c. Ephes. iv. 11. 12, &c. Heb. xiii. 7. 17. 1 John iv. 6. Communion in one kind sufficient to salvation, St John vi. 51. 57, 58. Body and blood of Christ now inseparable, Rom. vi. 9. Mention of one kind alone, Luke xxiv. 30. 31. Acts ii. 42. 46. chap. xx. 7. 1 Cor. x. 17. Confession of sins, Numb. v. 6. 7. St. Matt. iii. 6. Acts xix. 18. St. James v. 16. The obligation of confession is gathered from the judiciary power of binding and loosing, forgiving and retaining sins, given to the pastors of Christ's church, St. Matt. xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22. 23. Confirmation, administered by the apostles, Acts viii. 15. 17. chap. xix. 6. See also 2 Cor. i. 21. 22. Heb. vi. 2.

Christ. He is the only begotten, the true and natural Son of the living God, St. Matt. xvi. 16. St. John i. 14. 18. chap. iii. 16. 18. Rom. viii. 32. 1 St. John iv. 39. The same God, with his Father, and equal to him, St. John v. 18. 19. 23. chap. x. 30. chap. xiv. 1. 9, &c. chap. xvi. 14. 15. chap. xvii. 16. Philip. ii. 5. 6. True God, St. John i. 1. chap. xx. 28. 29. Acts xx. 25. Romans ix. 5. Titus ii. 13. 1 St. John iii. 16. chap. v. 20. See also Isaias ix. 9. chap. xxxv. 4. 5. St. Matt. i. 23. St. Luke i. 16. 17. Heb. i. 8. He is the Creator of all things, St. John i. 3. 10. 11. Coloss. i. 5. 16. 17. Heb. i. 2. 10. 11. 12. chap. iii. 4. The Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The King of kings, and Lord of lords, Apoc. xvii. 14. chap. xix. 16. The first and the last: alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the Almighty, Apoc. i. 7. 8. 17. 18. chap. ii. 8. chap. xxii. 12. 13. He died for all, John iii. 16. 17. Rom. v. 18. 2 Cor. v. 14. 15. 1 Tim. ii. 3. 4. 5. 6. chap. iv. 10. Heb. ii. 9. 1 John ii. 1. 2. Even for the Reprobate, Rom. xiv. 15. 1 Cor. viii. 11. 2 Peter ií. 1. The Church of Christ stands for ever, St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap. xxviii. 10. St. John xiv. 16. 17. Ps. xlviii. 8. Ps. lxxi. 5. 7. Ps. lxxxviii. 3. 4. 29. 36. 37. Ps. cxxxi. 13. 14. Isaias ix. 7. chap. liv. 9. 10. chap. lix. 20. 21. chap. lx. 15. 18, &c. chap. lxii. 6. Jeremias xxxi. 35. 36. chap. xxxiii. 17, &c. Ezechiel xxxviii. 24. 26. Dan. ii. 44. The church is the kingdom of Christ, St. Luke i. 33. Daniel ii. 44. The city of the great King, Ps. xlvii. 2. his rest and his habitation for ever, Ps. cxxxi. 13. 14. The house of the living God, 1 Tim. iii. 15. The fold, of which Christ is the shepherd, John x. 16. The body, of which Christ is the head, Coloss. i. 18. Ephes. v. 23. The spouse, of which he is the bridegroom, Ephes. v. 31. 32. Ever subject to him, and ever faithful to him, v. 24. ever loved and cherished by him, v. 25. 29. and joined to him by an indis- || soluble union, v. 31. 32. The church is the pil-Faith. True faith necessary to salvation, Mark

lar and ground or (strong foundation) of the truth, 1 Tim. iii. 15. God's covenant with her is an everlasting covenant of peace, Ezec. xxxvii. 62. confirmed by a solemn oath, never to be altered; like that made to Noe, Isaias liv.

Continency, possible, Matt. xix. 11. 12. The vow binding, Deut. xxiii. 21. The breach of that vow damnable, 1 Tim. v. 12. The practice commended, 1 Cor. vii. 7. 8. 27. 37. 38. 40. For reasons which particularly have place in the clergy, ver. 32. 33. 35.

Councils of the church, gathered in Christ's name, are assisted by Christ, St. Matt. xviii. 20. And by the Holy Ghost, Acts xv. 28. Their decrees are diligently to be observed by the faithful, Acts xv. 41. chap. xvi. 4. See Church Guides.

Eucharist. The real presence of the body and blood of Christ, and Transubstantiation proved from Matt. xxvi. 26. Mark xiv. 22. 24. Lake xxii. 19. John vi. 51. 52, &c. 1 Cor. x. 16. chap. xi. 24. 25. 27. 29.

Eternity of Hell's torments, Matt. iii. 12 chap xxv. 41. 46. Mark ix. 43. 44. 45. 46. 48. Luke iii. 17. 2 Thes. i. 7. 8. 9. Jude 6. 7. Apoc. xiv. 10. 11. chap. xx. 10. See also Isai. xxxiii. 14. Extreme Unction, James v. 14. 15.

xvi. 16. Acts ii. 47. chap. iv. 12. Heb. xi. 6. Faith without good works is dead, James ii. 14. 17. 20, &c. Faith alone doth not justify, ver. 24. But faith working by charity, Gal. v. 6. Faith doth not imply an absolute assurance of

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