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Show shall Satan that cometh speedily, NEPI. OF BOOK VIRST have no for the the hearts of the children of men: more tide mon day soon do wickedly, that all the proud and they which stubble; and the day com Y must be ber over ("cv tilé be shall burned, be the,. winth of GC teen Piece oo ae bt sete | the time soon cometh, that the shall be poured out upon all th PIRST not suffer that the wicked shall des oy the righteous. Whe even if | fore, he will preserve the ——s he moehteous be that the fulness of his vyrath must ci me. Aa be preserved, even unt hh destructiono heir enemies by fir Wherefore. the mghteous need not fear: for thus saith : prophet, hold. They miy shall be saved, bidiren. shortly come; must ie Say yea. come; Ls and even even unto if it so be as by yun that blood, and it must needs be these fire, and upon the fire. Be- things must vapor of smoke face of this earth: and it cometh unto men according to the flesh, if it so be that they will harden their hearts against the Holy One of Israel: tor behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the time surely must come, that all they which fight against Zion, shall be cul off. And the unto the Lord will surely prepare a way for his fulfilling ing ;JA prophet dike unto me; | shall say which of the shall words the Lord him shall ye unto you. And will not hear that of it Moses, which your God spake » Say- raise up unto you, hear in all things shail come prophet, shall to people, he pass whatsoever that all he need not fear, for it among them which are the -y dwell in righteousness,-and which shall not Holy One of Israel, in fine 4 all] they which be long to One of [srael reign- if it - be that they will re per eK 5 ests le lei And now I; Ne phi, make an end; for [ durst 1. SD ak ju ther as yet, concerning these things, W hideelone my brethren, lw ould that ye shoul d consider that’ the things whieh have been written upon the plates of brass, are true ; “and they testify that a man must be obedient to the commandment s of God. Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are the Orly ones that have testified, and also taught them. Where- fore, if ye shall be obedient to the commandments, 10 the end, and veer ire ye shall be saved at the last day. And thus it 3 SECOND Nae Amen. flesh: for the time the king dom of the THE spec- Di vil, it is they which need fe ar, and tremble, and quake ; it is they which must be brought low. in the dust; it is the y which must be consumed as atubblas and this is according to the words of the prophet. And the time cometh speedily, that the right- eous must be Jed up as calves of the stall, and the holy Ono BOOK CHAPTER be dily shall come, that all churches which are built up to get gain, and all they W ee are built up to get power over the flesh, and they which are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world, and th y which seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of miqguity; yea, the Holy eth. And now behold, [, Nephi, say unto you, that ail these things must come, accord: ing tot the flesh. But, behold, all na tions, kindreds, tongues, and people, shall dwell :safely in the be cut off from among is they in the NEPHE, he) confounded. But it is the kingdom of the Devil, which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is e¢stablised OF ef Israel mast reign in domimion, and might, and power, ané great glory. And he gathereth his children from the four quariers of the earth; and he numbereth his shee p, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd ; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him hey shall find pasture.— And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan hath no power; Wherefore, he cannot be loosed tor the : sage of many years: for he hath no power over the hearts of the people, for the people. And now I, Ne phi,declare unto you, that (his prophet of whom Moses spake,dwas/the Holy One of Israel ; whereforé, he shall execute judzme nt in Cm > Sir and the righteous BOOK In account of the death of Lehi. OF I. yl Nephi’s ia adie a rebelletie against him. The Lord warns Ni phi to depart “into the wilderness, &c. His journeying in the wilderness, §c. ' AND now it came to pass after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching my things brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many unto them: how oreat things the Lord had done iis ihem, in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem. And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon the waters, pand the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they were hot swallowed up in the sea. And he also spake unto. them concerning the land of promise, which they had obtained:) how Benita the Lord had been in warning us that we should flee |