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Show LEGITIMACY AND ILLEGITIMACY. 367 then ? They will be cast down into a pit. Isaiah saw them there, along with many other scoundrels, murderers and scamps. After many days they will be visited, but they have got to lie in prison a long time for their transgressions. The one is legitimacy, and the other is illegitimacy; the one is the order of God, and the other is the order of the devil. Such is the position of things in relation to the world, to legitimacy and illegitimacy, in regard to things that are right, and things that are wrong. Jesus Christ created all things, and for him were they made, whether it be principalities, powers, thrones or dominions. Now the question is, is he going to be dispossessed of his right, because scoundrels exist in the world, and stand in power and dominion; because his subjects have rebelled against him from time to time, and usurpers have taken his place, and the dominion is given to another? Verily, no. But the time will come when the kingdom and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven will be given to the saints of the Most High, and they will possess it for ever and ever. We will now notice some of the acts of God, and some of the acts of those who have been under the dominion of Satan, those who have had dominion over the world-the proud and haughty usurpers, and the shedders of innocent blood. These are they that have lived in the world, and possessed all the good things of it. And what has been the situation of the saints in every age ? All those who dared acknowledge that God lived, that this kingdom belonged to Him, that it was His right, and that He would without doubt possess it, have been trodden under foot, persecuted, cast out, hated, killed; " they wandered about in sheep-skins and |