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 lives well will go to heaven, and that he who lives wickedly will go to hell.

But they who are immersed in evil, are not willing to believe that their state after death will be according to their life in the world; but they think, especially when they are sick, that heaven is granted to every one out of pure mercy, however he may have lived; and that it is given according to one's faith which they separate from life.

That man will be judged and recompensed according to his deeds and works, is declared in many passages in the Word, some of which I will here adduce:

"The Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He shall render to every one according to his works," (Matt. xvi. 27.) "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord:—Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them," Rev. xiv. 13. "I will give unto every one according to his works," Rev. ii. 23. "I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened;—and the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and hell delivered up those that were in them; and they were judged every one according to his works," Rev. xx. 12, 13. "Behold I come;—and my reward is with me to give to every one according to his works," Rev. xxii. 12. "Every one that heareth my