Heaven and Hell, Part
An Account of ſome Paſſages of the laſt Sickneſs of Mr. S. T. by another Hand.
WHEN I told him, his Doctors deſpaired of his Recovery, and preſs'd him to conſider, how awfull a thing it was, to appear before the Bar of a Holy God; He ſaid, he was ſenſible it was ſo; and that it was not his leaving this World, that was his Concern; or that he fear'd the pain of Death: But what would become of his poor Soul! He, that had been ſuch a vile Wretch, and deſpis'd all the Methods, that a Gracious God had us'd to make him Happy: He had broke through all the Reſtraints of Grace, the Advantages of a good Education, the Calls, Offers, and Warnings of God, by which he had quench'd and griev'd the Holy Spirit. Theſe things lay as a heavy Load upon his Soul, and broke his Reſt, and waſted his Spirits for ſome time before. He wept very much.
I asked whether Sin did not now appear an Abominable thing: And Holineſs, in the moſt Difficult parts of it, appear very Amiable: And They, the only wiſe Perſons, that ſhun, and mortify Sin, and endeavour to attain and promote Holineſs. He anſwer'd, with great Seriouſneſs and Earneſtneſs, that his Apprehenſions, and Opinion of thoſe different courſes of Life, was ſo alterd, that he now ſaw Sin to be the only Evil, worſe than any Affliction; and that, if he knew his own Heart, which he found Deceitful, he would chuſe rather to dye, (although his Caſe was ſo hazardous,) than to live ſuch an odious Life, and diſhonour ſo Good a God as he had done. And he further ſaid, that he was now convinc'd, that a Holy Temper of Soul, in Conformity to God, could only make him Happy.
Oh, ſaith he, my Sentiments and Notions of God, and Jeſus Chriſt, of Sin, and Holineſs, are quite otherwiſe than when in Health. What the Word of God reveals of theſe things, I feel to be Real, and Momentous indeed. Here he proceeded to charge himſelf with Exceſs in Drinking, with Diſregard to the Sabbath Day, and a conſtant allowed Neglect of almoſt all the Poſitive Duties of Religion, eſpecially Cloſet-Retirements. And then added, Do you think there is Hope for ſuch a vile Wretch? I told him Yes, doubtleſs there was Forgiveneſs with God for the Chiefeſt of Sinners; which I endeavour'd to demonſtrate from the Infiniteneſs of God's Mercies; the Valuableneſs of the Atonement made by Jeſus Chriſt; who was, Rom. iii. 24, 28.by God himſelf ſet forth to be a Propitiation for our Sins, and had purchaſed our Freedom, and merited our Acceptance with his Father.
I recommended the Fifth Chapter of the Romans, and the Seventh Chapter of the Second of the Corinthians, and told him he muſt ſeek Pardon and Life, in the way God had appointed; for by no other Way or Means would it be obtained. He anſwer'd, he did not hope for, nor would ſeek Salvation but by Jeſus Chriſt. I told him now I hop'd his ſenſe of Sin was ſuch, as to its deſtructive and defiling Nature, as to ſatiſfy him of the Juſtice of God, in entailing of the Divine Wrath upon all Mankind, as the juſt Conſequence of Original and Actual Sins. And that the Grant of Pardon and Salvation upon the Satisfaction and Purchaſe of Jeſus Chriſt, did beſt ſuit with the Honour and Government of an Infinitely Wiſe, and Holy God, as well as with the Safety and Happineſs of us, lapſed Creatures.
His Reply was, He was fully convinc'd, that as God was Gracious, ſo he was Juſt and Holy, therefore could not Reaſonably entertain Hopes of Impunity. I told him many now-a-days preſum'd upon Pardon from God's General Goodneſs, Eph. i. 7.as tho' his Regard to his Juſt and Holy Laws, was as mean as theirs was. He ſaid, he did not ask Pardon or Mercy, on any other Account, but for Jeſus ſake, whom God had ſet forth as a Propitiation, and through Faith in him, he was ſatisfied there was forgiveneſs for him, a Miſerable Offendor.
I further told him, then I hoped he was throughly convinc'd, that our Saviour was a Divine Perſon, GOD as well as Man: This is a Myſtery above, but not contrary to Reaſon; for an Infinite Being as God is, might become, what he was not, and yet ceaſe not to be what he was, Heb. i 3. 1 John i. 2, 3.might become Man, yet ceaſe not to be God; as Phil. vi. 8. fully proves.
Beſides, had Jeſus our Saviour been only a Dependent Creature, how could he have diſcharg'd our Debt by way of Satisfaction; or obtain'd for us God's Favour and Love by way of Merit? Reaſon as well as Scripture will atteſt this, to a Sinner, awaken'd and convinc'd of the malignity of Sin, and the pure Nature of God. Such will find no ſolid Foundation or Rational Hope, but in the Lord Jeſus Chriſt: For it was He only that was capable of honouring all thoſe Divine Attributes, Laws, and Rules of Government, that our Sins and Rebellions had diſhonoured and deſpiſed, by which he has render'd our Salvation both ſure and compleat, Col. i. 14, 15. Rom. iii. 25.Coloſ. ii. 9, 10. So that God may now be juſt and holy, and yet juſtifie and ſave thoſe Penitent Sinners, who believe in Jeſus, which if he had not been God as well as Man, He could never have effected. But now He has inhanc'd the Divine Honour and Glory, by the Salvation of Such.
He reply'd, Oh! I'm abundantly ſatisfy'd of all this; my ſight of Sin, and the Holineſs of my Creator and Law-giver, is ſuch, that if I did not eye and own my Bleſſed Saviour, as GOD, I could not ſo account of what he did and ſuffered, as to lay the Streſs of my Salvation upon him: For as Man, he could never have ſatisfy'd Juſtice for the Breach of the Law, or merited that Mercy, or Grace I want. My applying what he has done, as being performed by one that was God, is the Foundation of all my Truſt and Hope. And I bleſs God, who reſtrain'd me from being corrupted, as too many are, in a Doctrine, from which now I deſire all my Support and Comfort; and he is able to ſave me to the uttermoſt. He further admir'd the Love of God in giving his Son, and of Chriſt, in giving himſelf to die, that ſuch as he might have Life. But, ſays he, I have a wretched hard Heart; it's a Stone, I can't make it Relent, or take Impreſſions from any thing I hear, or think. Oh! the Patience of God towards me, that I am out of Hell! Oh! that I could Repent! But God may juſtly leave me to my own Blindneſs and Stupidneſs, that have ſo long repulſed his Offers of Grace. Oh! horrid Ingratitude! It cuts me to the Heart. I know there is Mercy, could I but Repent and Believe.
I reply'd, That he muſt fetch Repentance, as well as Forgiveneſs from Jeſus Chriſt, Act. v. 31.for God hath exalted him to be both a Prince and a Saviour, to give Repentance, as well as Remiſſion of Sins.
I further told him, That Repentance did produce ſuch a mighty Change upon the Soul, turning it to hate Sin, which naturally we love, and to eſteem, and admire, God and his Son, whom naturally we hate: That nothing but the Influences of the Almighty Spirit, could effect it. For a Sinful Nature, could not change its ſelf: Nothing can operate above its Natural Power.
I ſpent ſome time to convince him as I was able, that that Image of God in which we are ſaid to be Created, Rom. iii. 23. Chap v 12. Eph. iv. 24. Col. iii. 10.conſiſts chiefly in that Knowledge, Righteouſneſs, and Holineſs, with which God at firſt adorn'd our Faculties, but was ſeparable from our Beings, and loſt by our firſt Apoſtacy in Adam. And now being Children of Diſobedience, we became Children of Wrath alſo, Dead in Treſpaſſes and Sins, polluted in every Faculty, Epheſ. ii. 1, 2. till Quicken'd and Created a-new in Chriſt Jeſus, after the Divine Image, and then we ſhall be capable, and inclin'd to perform Sincere, Holy Obedience to God. I deſired him therefore in the Senſe of his Neceſſity, and Impotency, to addreſs himſelf ſpeedily to God, and plead the Promiſes and Merits of Jeſus, for the Gift of his Holy Spirit, to convince him throughly of Sin, and diſplay the Riches and Glory of Free-Grace in Chriſt, and beg alſo a Correſpondent Temper to God's Deſigns, and Appointments in the Goſpel, that ſo you may apply this great Salvation to your ſelf, for your Security and Bleſſedneſs.
After this Diſcourſe, he expreſſed himſelf in this manner; I find what you ſay, agreeable to my Reaſon, and that little Knowledge I have of Scripture. I feel, I am by Sin, an Unclean Creature, and as ſuch, can't cleanſe and heal my ſelf, or work Repentance or Faith: They are not ſuch ſlight, eaſie things, as my ſelf once thought them to be; but poor carnal Creatures delay Repentance, as if it were in their Power to attain it, when they pleaſe: But I find by Experience now, that no leſs than the Omnipotent Spirit of God, can work this Change, as you mention; and nothing leſs than ſuch a Change, is, or can be True Repentance. I muſt hate the Sins, I naturally indulg'd, and Love, and Eſteem, and endeavour Conformity and Obedience to God, that by Nature and Practice I have loath'd, and deſpis'd. It is a Power above my own muſt work me to this. I ſee I can do nothing of my ſelf, but deſire to ſpend the little time I have, in applying my ſelf to God for Mercy and Grace.
I mention'd further to him, 1 Cor. i. 30. Of Chriſt's being, of God, made unto us Wiſdom to enlighten, Righteouſneſs to juſtifie, Sanctification to purify, and Redemption, to free and ranſome us. And told him, in all theſe Reſpects, he did need, and I hop'd he would ſo accept Jeſus Chriſt.
He told me, he found his want in all theſe Capacities: And he was like the poor Impotent Man, that lay waiting at the Pool, for the moving of the Waters. And added, Oh! that the good Spirit of God would ſoften this hard Heart! open this blind Underſtanding! ſubdue this ſtubborn Will! and change theſe vile Affections! and bring me to a willing Cloſure with Jeſus Chriſt, as Prophet, Prieſt and King! that I may feel him to be Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption to me; for I am a loſt Soul without him; but I hope I do fix my Hopes of Pardon on his Satisfaction, of Juſtification in the ſight of God, on his Righteouſneſs alone, that is Spotleſs, mine is nothing but Filthineſs at beſt. He own'd the Condeſcention and Grace of the Lord Redeemer, in executing each of thoſe Offices above-mention'd, on the Behalf, and for the Uſe of ſuch poor indigent Creatures.
Sometime after, he told me he was in Danger of Preſumption at ſome times, or Deſpair at other times. That the Devil tempted him to palliate his Sins, as if he was not ſo vile, as he had made himſelf to be, and fram'd Excuſes to leſſen his Sin, by Arguments from Youth, Conſtitution, Temptation, Examples of Others, and the like.
At other times, the Devil (ſaid he) would perſwade me, that my Confeſſion of Sin, and Sorrow, (ſuch as my own Reflections and Paſſions thereupon can produce,) is a ſufficient Repentance. Whereas, ſaid he, in my Health, I have oft found what that could amount to, when I have Sinn'd and Repented, been ſorry, and wiſh'd I had not done, or been ſo, or ſo, and reſolv'd as firmly as I could, never to doe the like, but to amend, and avoid all ſuch Evil Practices; but all this was to no purpoſe. Therefore I deſire not to truſt to my ſelf, to my own Power, but to renounce ſuch Confidence in my ſelf, as finding I am unable to change or reform my ſelf, and will doe as you hinted. I muſt go to Jeſus, to give Repentance, as well as Remiſſion of Sins.
I told him, I was rejoyc'd to hear him ſo expreſs himſelf, and bad him reſt there, and he was ſafe; for he would find Jeſus to be a Merciful and Compaſſionate Saviour. And as to his Temptations to Preſumption and Deſpair, he muſt expect the ſtrongeſt Aſſaults his Enemy could make againſt him. True, ſaid he, but I look up to Jeſus for Succour and Reſcue.
I further adviſed him to apply his Thoughts, as his Strength would permit, to conſider and weigh that Wiſe and Gracious Method laid down in the Goſpel, as before hinted, for our Recovery. As that the Son of God was Subſtituted in our ſtead, to make Satisfaction, and obtain Reconciliation with our Offended Sovereign, by his Obedience and Sacrifice; from whence he might be furniſh'd, both with Arguments and Strength to repell thoſe Temptations: For how can you have ſlight Thoughts of Sin, when you behold the Deſert of it, in the Agonies and Croſs of Chriſt? Or how can you preſume of an Intereſt in the Privileges of the Covenant, which this precious Blood procured and ratified, if deſtitute of a Temper to comply with the Duties of it? It is that muſt fit you to enjoy the Bleſſings it conveys. The Summ of which is, That God will be our God: And doth it not follow, that we alſo muſt be his People? So that there can be no Enjoyment, without Union to God; nor no Union, without Reſemblance: Therefore, without Holineſs, as none can ſee, ſo none can enjoy, or take any Pleaſure, or Complacency in God, either here or hereafter. You ſee then Tempers and Things muſt ſuit, to render us happy, by theſe Thoughts you may check Preſumption. And then againſt Deſpair, Behold how God lov'd this loſt ſinful World, ſo as to give his Son to Redeem it. He made the Holy Jeſus to be Sin for us, that we might be made the Righteouſneſs of God in him. 2 Cor. v. 21.
He reply'd, that That Scripture had been of Singular Uſe to him; as alſo the Example of the Dying Penitent Thief, Luke xxiii. 42. who was embrac'd at the laſt hour. I then begg'd him to obſerve how Remarkable his Faith was, for it was ſix'd on Chriſt, tho' hanging upon the Croſs with himſelf; yet then he cries, Lord, Remember me when thou comeſt into thy Kingdom. Now it is obvious, none is King of Heaven, or has a Right of Donation of it, to whom he pleaſe; but he muſt be GOD, the Eternal King, that's Lord of All. So that the Thief's Truſt and Hope that he grounded all upon, was the Right and Authority Chriſt had in the Heavenly Kingdom, as the Matter of his Requeſt intimates.
Nay further, conſider that he prayed thus, even when the Jews and Rulers were Crucifying this very Jeſus as a Blaſphemer, for ſaying he was the Son of God; by which he aſſerted his own Divinity. Pray take notice from hence, how Powerful Divine Influences are upon the Mind, that could fix this Dying Malefactor upon Jeſus as GOD, thence to apply to himſelf the Validity and Sufficiency of that Salvation, that he begg'd the Grant of. And that at a time, when not only Reaſon, but Senſe alſo, ſeem'd to contradict. Oh! do you then fix your Faith, where this Bleſſed Thief did his, and diſtruſt not the Power or Will of Jeſus. For Power, He is the Mighty God, the Everlaſting Father, Iſa. ix. Rom. xi. 5.and the Prince of Peace.—God Bleſſed for Ever. Again, believe him Willing, when he declares, Act. xx. 28.That the weary and the heavy laden ſhall have Reſt. That Thirſty Souls may Freely drink of the Water of Life: Matth. ix. 29.That he came to ſeek and to ſave the Loſt Soul; to Releaſe Captives, to bind up Broken Hearts. Iſa. lxi. 1.And that whoever comes to him, he will in no wiſe caſt them off. So that you may freely and ſafely reſt your Guilty, Diſeaſed Soul upon Him; and be ſure of it, he will not Repulſe, but Embrace you, as the Father did the Prodigal Son. He reply'd, That he had found great Encouragement from that Parable, as alſo the Inſtance of Mary Magdalen, and that he found all little enough ſometimes to keep him from Deſpairing, and giving up all Hope.
At another time when I went to viſit him, he again renewed his Complaints of being haunted with the ſame Temptations to Preſumption, or Deſpair. I told him it had been of Uſe to my ſelf in the like Circumſtances, To conſider and reſolve Never to entertain any Repreſentations of the Mercy of God or Chriſt, either Unworthy of the Divine Nature, or of that Conſtitution and Government of the World, that is revealed in the Word of God, as the Rule, by which we muſt live, and God will judge: By ſuch Conſiderations, we ſhall be kept from preſuming upon Mercy and Favour, upon Lower Terms, than God has condeſcended in his Word to offer them to us: And then to prevent Deſpair, I endeavour'd, never to entertain any ſuch Thoughts of Sinfulneſs, or Impotency, as tends to diſcourage or weaken my Hopes of Mercy through Jeſus Chriſt, as held forth in the Goſpel. And ſure it is our Sinfulneſs and Emptineſs, ſhould humble, but not diſcourage, drive us to, but not from Jeſus Chriſt.
At the next Viſit, he complain'd to me, of his Impotency to help himſelf, and the hardneſs and deadneſs of his Heart to any Good. I preſs'd him to get often read to him, the xxxvi of Ezek. from the 25th to the 33. ver. which I then read to him; and Jer. xxxii. 39, 40. I told him thoſe Promiſes would be of great Uſe to him, and that that Word, that God ſays I will, and you ſhall, notes the Soveraignty and Free Grace of God, and was a great Encouragement to ſuch poor Impotent Creatures, as he and I were, (who are not ſufficient of our ſelves to do Good,) to apply to God through the Bleſſed Mediator of that Covenant, to give that Temper of Soul, that Soft Heart, there ſpoken of, together with all the other Comprehenſive Bleſſings therein promiſed.
Upon the hearing of which, he ſeem'd much refreſh'd and had them often read to him. But his weakneſs increas'd, ſo that I could not afterward diſcourſe much with him. A little before he died, he told me, he had found more Pleaſure that laſt Week in following after God, for pardoning Mercy and renewing Grace, and waiting humbly at his Foot to obtain it, than in all the ſinful or ſenſual Enjoyments of his whole Life. Nay he ſpake, as if he never before then, knew, what True Pleaſure was: For all my Life paſt, ſaid he, is Bitterneſs to me. And let poor Sinners carry it to others, as ſeemingly ſatisfied within themſelves, with their Courſe of Life: Yet they have a miſerable Life, a ſlaviſh Life. One ſerious Thought, or Turn of Providence, damps all their Pleaſures, and fills 'em with Anguiſh; and they are forc'd to divert themſelves with Drinking, or Gaming, or otherwiſe. And thus they are forc'd to fly from retiring into themſelves, leſt they ſhould be uneaſie. He very much lamented, and had a great Concern for ſome young Gentlemen, that lived the ſame Courſe of Life, as he had done, and often expreſs'd an earneſt Deſire to reclaim them, by warning and admoniſhing them.
To the laſt of my viſiting him, he retain'd a deep Senſe of the Evil of Sin, of his own Vileneſs, and Inſufficiency to relieve himſelf; terming himſelf, the chiefeſt of Sinners, an ungrateful Wretch, and ſeem'd wholly to make free Grace, through Jeſus Chriſt, his Sanctuary and Refuge. He frequently mentioned the Pleaſures of a Holy Life, and his Sorrow for a ſinful one. The lv. and lxiii. Chap. of Iſa. of the Sufferings of Chriſt, was often in his Mouth, and he ſaid, afforded him great Relief; and repeated the 7th. ver. of the lv. of Iſa. which he ſaid repreſented to him the Freeneſs, Riches, and vaſt Extent of Divine Mercy; and indeed, had he not been clear, and fixt in that Point, he might have been unſettl'd in his Thoughts, as to many others.
For ſome Diſcourſe, once happen'd in his Chamber, upon Rom. ix. from ver. 15. to the 24. Some there ſeeming to conclude that place to hint an abſolute Reprobation, whatſoever we do, or endeavour. I told them, we muſt never credit ſuch a Gloſs or Senſe of a Particular Text, as ſeem'd to carry a contradiction to the Nature, and General Declaration of God in his Word. In which he often intimates, that Sinners ſhould Believe; and that he pities and deſires to relieve them, rather than Neceſſitates their Ruin, by ſuch a Decree. Tho' it's probable, that for long and uncommon Provocations, the Merciful God may give up ſome to ſuch a Hardneſs as the Text mentions. And that Pharaoh's Caſe (as well as his Crime) ſeems to be ſingular. God's Offers in the Goſpel are Univerſal, to all that will accept them, and ought not to be queſtion'd by any, as if they were excluded by a peremptory Decree of Reprobation; becauſe Pharaoh's Caſe they may think, was ſuch. 'Tis as if a Prince, upon a Univerſal Revolt of his Subjects, ſhould publiſh a general Pardon, only excluding ſome Traitors by Name, (ſuch as Pharaoh, as being more notorious than the Reſt,) and this to manifeſt his Right to puniſh, as well as pardon: And as a Terrour to others to prevent a ſecond Revolt. Surely in Reaſon, by theſe Exceptions, all the Reſt of Subjects would judge themſelves to be included in that general Grant, and be encouraged more boldly to plead it.
Then it was urg'd, that Faith and Repentance, was not in our Power, to which Pardon is promis'd.
I reply'd, it was true: But God had appointed Ordinances and Duties, which we muſt attend, together with earneſt, cloſe Application of our Thoughts upon ſuch Truths, as have a Tendency to theſe Graces: So far it's in our Power, by common Grace and Aſſiſtance, as to the Matter of our Thoughts; and then, and not till then, may we expect, and hope the good Spirit will work them in us. Theſe are required of us, for the obtaining Faith and Repentance. So that pretend what we will, of Impoſſibilities, Difficulties, our Blood if we periſh, will be upon our own Heads. Impenitency and Unbelief only will Deſtroy us.
By this Diſcourſe of Reprobation, he ſeemed not in the leaſt diſcouraged. I told him, he was one, I hop'd, of thoſe whom Chriſt came to ſave, as ſeeing himſelf to be loſt.
I Repeat this Diſcourſe, to ſhew Mr. Thomas was ſettl'd in his Faith, that there was Forgiveneſs with God through Jeſus Chriſt for him, otherwiſe this Talk of God's Decrees in his hearing, might have ſtaggered him.
And now for a Concluſion, what Effect may be hoped for, from all that I have ſaid? You have heard from the Word of God, of the Unchangeable State of the Souls of Men, as to Happineſs or Miſery. You have ſeen the Advantage of a good Education, and of the Knowledge of the Principles of Religion betimes. You ſee the different Thoughts and Apprehenſions, that Men of any Parts and Senſe have of Religion, and another World, when they have leaſure to think, and are off from the Diverſions of Company, and can no longer cloud or ſtifle the Sentiments of their Conſcience and Reaſon. You have heard what amounts to a Juſtification of Serious Religion, and a Chriſtian Life; and conſequently how wiſe and adviſable it muſt be, not to run the Hazard of a late Repentance.
What ſay you to theſe things? Are you concern'd in 'em or no? Are they not worth conſidering? Are there any here, ſo much under the Power of ſecret Infidelity, as to ſay in their Hearts, notwithſtanding all this, I will run the Venture, I am not convinc'd there will be ſuch a Glorious Heaven, and ſuch a Terrible Hell; 'Tis true, I can't tell what will become of me after Death, but I reſolve to have as much as I can of the Pleaſures and Enjoyments of this Life: I hope the Frightfull Story of a Place of Torment is all or moſt of it Fancy, or Prejudice, meer Metaphor, and Parable, or Prieſtcraft, and the Bugbear of the Clergy. I hope I ſhall find it otherwiſe than Miniſters talk: I intend to run the Hazard, and to make my ſelf eaſy, I'le not read the Bible, or any other ſuch Books as may diſturb my Pleaſures, and diſquiet my Mind. And to make all ſure, I'le ſtifle and drown all my Fears by hard Drinking. Will you do ſo? Dare you reſolve to do ſo? Are there any ſo Beſotted, and ſo much forſaken of God? I beſeech 'em to conſider, how little a while this Fit of Madneſs is like to laſt. And that they have no reaſon to expect, after ſo many Warnings, the extraordinary Methods of God's Grace to recover 'em. For He that bleſſeth himſelf in his heart, notwithſtanding the Curſes denounc'd for Sin, ſaying, I ſhall have Peace, tho' I walk in the Imagination of my Heart, to add Drunkenneſs to Thirſt, The Lord will not ſpare him, but the Anger of the Lord, and his Jealouſie ſhall ſmoke againſt that Man, and all the Curſes written in the Book ſhall lie upon him, and the Lord ſhall blot out his Name from under Heaven.
O, that we may all lay to Heart, theſe great and acknowledg'd Truths of our Holy Religion! And frequently and ſeriouſly conſider the Eternal Bleſſedneſs of the Saints, and the Everlaſting Miſery of Sinners! What a Change would it make upon all of us, if we did indeed believe 'em! How ſhould we be afraid of Sin, and of the Company and Occaſions that would intice us to Sin? and afraid of delaying our Repentance, for which there is no place after Death? How earneſtly and ſpeedily ſhould we ſeek the Favour of God, and his Pardoning Mercy, and Sanctifying Grace, BY JESƲS CHRIST, the only Saviour of Sinners, who alone can deliver us from Wrath to come? that he may own and help us at the Hour of Death, and abſolve us in the Day of Judgment? God grant we may all ſo Believe, and Live, as to find Mercy of the Lord, in that Day! Amen.
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