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Death is the wages of sin, lesser and greater, and the curse is due to all sin, greater and smaller. There, the believer would not suffer one sin, seen and discovered, to lie unpardoned, but on the first discovery thereof, take it away to Christ, and nail it to the cross. So we read, that the Lord took vengeance on their inventions whose sins he had pardoned, Psalm xcix. 8.
Do not conclude there is no pardon, because the rod that was inflicted for sin is not as yet taken off. God pardoned David's sin, and did intimate the same to him by Nathan, and yet the sword did not depart from his house till he died. God can forgive, and yet take vengeance on their inventions, Psalm xcix. 8.
XCIX. Upon the day of his death, he now and then enquired, if there was any disturbance in the town on his account; and calling for a mirror, he ordered his hair to be combed, and his shrunk cheeks to be adjusted. Then asking his friends who were admitted into the room, "Do ye think that I have acted my part on the stage of life well?" he immediately subjoined,
Enoch, xcix., c., cii., ciii. According to Daniel also, the reign of the saints will only come after the desolation shall have reached its height. At this judgment men will be divided into two classes according to their deeds. The angels will be the executors of the sentences.
Having used this diligence, he ordered the legions in his camp to come and meet him, and those which were, with him to take their turn of rest, and go back to the camp; and the same day went to Larissa. XCIX. In that battle, no more than two hundred privates were missing, but Caesar lost about thirty centurions, valiant officers.
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