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Show that men should God, be judged according to their works ; and if their works were good in this life, and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be restored unto thal which is good; and if their works are evil, they shall be restored unto him for evil; therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order; every thing to its natural frame; mol tality raised to immortality ; corruption to incorrupuon, ral the Case is to bring back or but the and do good continually; and of his sins, and desired righteousness until the end a days, even s@ he shall be rewarded unto righteousness: hese are they that are redeemed of the Lord; ye, thes or - they that are " taken out, that are delivered from that pagent ¢ hold night of darkness; and thus they stand or fall; for be ee they are their own ; judges, whether to do good or do ev i a = if ye do all these things, then shall ye receive your reward; yea, ye shall have mercy restored unto you again; ye shall have jus- licefestored unto you again; ye shall have a righteous judgment _ restored unto you again; and ye shall have good rewarded unto you again: for that which ye doth send out, shall return a and be restored;, therefore the word restora- ~// uato you aga) hon, more f O condemieth the sinner, and justifieth him not / Oh. er doth worry your mind, which ye cannot understand, which 1s long, even so shall he have his reward of evil, when the nig! If he hath COT ie Andsoitison the other hand. cometh. het SI iny son, see that ye are merciful unto your brethren; deal justly, judge righteously, on one hand, the other on the other; the one raised to happr to his desires of good ; and the other to evil, according 10 o desires of evil; for as he has desired to do evil all the ‘ Y + isgood; righteous for that which is righteous; just for that which is just; merciful for that which is merciful; therefore, at all. hess, according to his desires of happiness ; or good, secunins t er carnal for carnal, or devilish for devilish; good for that which sed to endless happiness, to inherit the Kingdom o} God, or : endless misery, to inherit the kingdom of the Devil ; the om * ~ ee gaan of 5 = + meaning again evil for evil, And now, my son, I perceive there is somewhat more which Concerning the justice of God, in the punishment of the sinner: for ye do try to suppose that it is injustice that the sinner Now behold, my should be consigned toa state of misery. son, I will explain this thing unto thee: for behold, after the ord God sent our first parents forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground, from whence he was taken; yea, he drew Out the man, and he placed at the east end off the garden of be Eden, Cherubims, anda flaming sword which turned every Way, to keep the tree of life. Now we seé that the man had Peame as God, knowing : good and evil; and lest he should : Put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and éaf, _ the justice of not ‘ of the body should be restored to itsell.— And it is requisite with restoration, 1s @ i ae that every part the word this son, - ae Behold, itis things should be restored to their proper, order. requisite and just, according to the power and resurrection 0! Christ, that the soul of man should be restored to its body, and my QO, a for it is requisite that all ture ? ae 18 ee restoration of tae plan 22 etl with the justice of God; the Vs that a Son, ae my iii thee, 5 li requisite unto And now behold, is the meaning of the word of happiness. restoration, to take a thing of a natural state, and place it im an unnatural state, or to place it in a state opposite to its na- "7 i Say thee. tureof God> therefore they are ina state contrary tothe nature , and have gone far astray, because ol arrested the Scriptures, AndI perceive that thy mind hath bees worried this thing. But behold, f will explain it unto also, concerning this thing. they are with- out God in the world, and they have gone contrary to the Na- Riis And now my son, I have somewhat, to say concerning the restoration jof which has been spoken ;/ for behold, some have nature,or I would say, in a carnal state, are in the a state of natu gall of bitterness, and in the bonds of iniquity; a ACs drink the dregs of a bitter cup.y_, Vt x bat all men that are In And now, my son, SS SEE : evil ;3 and they of their labors or their works, which haye been from sin to happiness. was happiness. never RS of the {ruis consigned to partake that ye snall be restored I say unto you, Wickedness t but they are cast out, and Behold a ae heen spoken concerning restoration, RTS things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are un- EES an your God upon those points of doctrine, which ye hath hith- , erto risked to commit sin. Do not suppose, because it hath eee And now behold, my son, do not risk one more offence against the righteous shine forth in the Kingdom of God. But behold, an awful death cometh upon the wicked; for they die as to clean, and no unclean thing can inherit the Kingdom of Goi; =e Now the decrees of God are unalterable ; therefore the way is prepared, that whosoever will, may walk therein and be saved. * And then shall been spoken by the mouths of the prophets: 3387 ALMA. OF lost, but all things shall be restored to its proper and perfect And now myson, this is the restoration of which has frame. OF ee BOOK ALMA. . OF x BOOK |
