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 people, from time to time, until they had so far fallen away that it was absolutely necessary that His own beloved Son should come into the world to destroy the works of the devil and restore a lost world unto Himself; and the time had arrived for the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah: "A virgin shall be with child, and a child shall be born, and the government shall be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, and of His government and peace there shall be no end."

Jesus finished the grand and glorious work of redemption, and is now King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and every sincere repenting sinner who will go to Him for mercy, in submission to His commands, will receive a crown of everlasting life, and be admitted into the kingdom of heaven, to serve Him for ever and ever through His own redeeming mercy.

The reader might ask to what church does the writer belong? I answer, for the last thirty-five years I have considered the writings of Swedenborg perfectly in accordance with the Word, but never saw the necessity of separating from the Church of England, where I worshipped in my early days and do constantly up to the present time, and occasionally among the Methodist, Independent, and Baptist, because I did not consider Swedenborg to be raised up to found a sect, but to lay the foundation for the entire renovation of all the Christian churches, not objecting to a separate Church called the New Jerusalem; and from close observation I perceive that the truths taught by Swedenborg are gradually finding their way among all classes of society, and I have not the slightest doubt in my mind of their being ultimately fully embraced