demned. The light is broke forth; and, as lightning shineth from the east to the west, so it enlighteneth the inward powers of the members of Christ; for he is that light. He is already descended on his white throne, and is still coming on a cloud, which is light, and the throne of his glory; and is already manifested to and in his saints, in whom he reigneth in the majesty, splendor, glory, power, and transcendent excellency of the light, in which are all those on the right hand, called the sheep; for the right hand of God signifieth the principle of light and truth: so whoever is in the light and truth, filled with love, is now on the right hand; for it being said, "He shall set them on the right hand," is the same as, He doth set them on the right hand,

Now the fulfilment of what our Lord foretold, and the breaking forth of the light, is the sign of the Son of man; and as it has already been made appear that his second coming is not to destroy or dissolve this world, and afterwards judge the whole race of man, it is certain that judgment is already begun, and is quite different from what the Church has for some ages taught. It is generally taken in the literal sense, that the Lord will, in great pomp and splendor, sit as judge, in the same manner as an earthly judge, a mortal man, doth; and summon the whole race of man to appear before him, at that place, locally, where he has fixed his seat, and then proceed as an earthly judge doth; and then, and not till then, make known to every one their respective and eternal doom. And this grand proces,s they tell us, will commence and be carried on, on some one certain day, according to this world. Now these false conceptions and ideas of the judgment arise from that monstrous doctrine of ascribing to God the same properties that are in man, but will fall to the ground as soon as viewed in the light for it is certain, none can be brought nearer to God than they are every moment; being in his immediate presence, which filleth all; and his judgment-seat is erected in every breast, and there is carried on the whole process.

So it is very evident there is a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets, causing the people to go astray, and wander on the dark mountains as sheep having no shepherd.

Now judgment is not in itself condemnation, as is often represented; but, as has been before shown, a clear distinction between falsehood and truth; and the evil in falsity is already condemned, even while the light maketh manifest.

Therefore, the coming of the Son of Man, mentioned in Matt. xxv. is not, as men have taught, to dissolve the world; but on the throne of his glory in the power of the light of truth, with his fan in his hand, to purge his floor, to separate between the wheat and the chaff, to pre

serve the one, but burn the other with unquenchable fire; or in other words, to purify his Church, to separate between truth and falsity, to overturn all the strong holds of the prince of darkness, supported in, and maintained by, erroneous and false doctrines, and imposed for truth.

Be alarmed now, ye teachers of lies, and maintainers of falsities, for your measure is nearly filled, your number completed, and the period accomplished, that the work you have performed, and are still carrying on, shall be destroyed and for ever cease. For the light and truth is broke forth from its oppression, and has discovered falshood its oppressor. The Lord is now coming with all his holy angels, not only in the splendor, majesty, and beauty of the light and truth, but in and with the power of all the properties of goodness and love; that great and wonderful day of the Lord, so terrible to the maintainers and powers of darkness, in the doctrines of falsities, is rushing on; which will overturn, overturn, and destroy all these self-confounding and self-contradicting systems which are enemies to, and oppressors of the truth.

But now, before we conclude, let us just take notice of the process. We have already seen that the right hand of God signifieth the principle of light, truth, and love; consequently, all are on the right hand that are in the light and truth, wherein is all goodness and love. Now, on the contrary, it necessarily followeth, that the left hand must signify the principle of darkness, falsity, and evil, the promoters and maintainers thereof. Now it is said to those on the left hand, "Depart from me, ye cursed; (darkness must fly before the light, and falsity before the truth) for I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat; thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not." This is not to be understood, as is usually taught, that Christ will speak thus verbally to part of his audience, when the whole race of man is personally before him: no ; the Lord is now thus speaking to those on the left hand, and understood thus: Christ, or the seed of the woman, is in the soul of every man; but is there closely imprisoned and violently oppressed by the seed of the serpent; as in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and sickness: it is not the outward corruptible bodies of men.

Now the doctrine of three Gods, or the false doctrines concerning the one Lord God, Creator of all things, Saviour and Redeemer of the world, can administer no comfort to Christ in the soul; and more especially the doctrine of justification and salvation by faith alone doth not, cannot administer the least comfort to Christ in this necessitous state: all that know and are in the truth will agree that Christ, in this

low estate, in his members or brethren, is in a starving condition, in hunger, nakedness, and confinement, in sickness; but this doctrine of salvation without works can afford no meat, drink, clothing, nor cordial; no comfort or consolation; no release or enlargement, not so much as a kind visit in love; but denieth all works of mercy: and instead of comforting and nourishing, (in its own nature and properties) it powerfully tendeth to starve and destroy, and, Herod-like, would murder the young child while it pretendeth to worship him.

Cease then your abominations, in false, monstrous, and even shocking declarations and assertions, concerning the one true God, Lord, and Saviour! which worketh tribulation and desolation of the truth; starving and oppressing Christ, who is the truth and the divine principle and heavenly desire kindled in the soul, from that original innate divine spark, or seed of life and light which is in every man; which is Christ in his members and brethren, and there nourished by truth and love, but starved by falsity and darkness: yet know this, all ye who are on the left hand, that notwithstanding you administer no real comfort to Christ, yet Christ still liveth, and shall eternally live, with all his members and brethren: but no thanks to your murderous false doctrines, for your time is short who seek his life.

But again it being evidently clear that the left hand signifieth the principle of darkness, falsity, and evil, called the goats; all you who are found in that principle, maintaining error, and declaring abominable falsities of the one true God, must on a certainty be on the left hand among the goats; and may Now hear your sentence: put not off to some distant period, but hearken! the judgment is Now! the voice of light and truth is Now heard, and is always saying to darkness and falsity, Depart!-Depart you must at the appearance of the light, for the light hath no communion with darkness, nor truth with falsity.

The great and important work, the separation, is Now carrying on, and shall continne without cessation or interruption, until perfectly finished; until all evil, which hath its existence in darkness and falsity, is departed into its own place, that dark abyss from whence it came.

Your Babels must soon be stopped and thrown down, your false and contradictory systems of your own contrivance shall be broke: the earthquakes, wars, and tumults you have raised, shall cease; and the spiritual pestilence and famine, consequent thereon, shall be no more and every eye which is formed by the true light shall clearly see that you are not the sheep, but the goats. By your strife and contention, wherein, as devouring wolves, you worry each other, in your striving which shall destroy most of the sheep; for the true

Shepherd, our Lord and Saviour, is meekness, the King of peace and unity.

It may be unnecessary to enlarge on the subject, in order more fully to establish the truth of what has been advanced, since it must be evident to every discerning mind, that what our Lord foretold is already accomplished; the very last prediction being now actually fulfilling, and the sign of the Son of Man appearing in heaven; which is the manifestation of the mystery of the truth in the light thereof, being evidently broke forth in innumerable souls. We may make a stop here, and inquire, Who is on the Lord's side? To such we have but little more to say, only to enforce our Lord's caution and admonition: "Take heed that no man deceive you."

(To be concluded in our next.)

THE DICTIONARY OF CORRESPONDENCES.

(Continued from vol. 1. page 537.)

ALAMMELECH, a city of the tribe of Asher, (Josh. xix. 26.) by which is signified something relative to blessedness in the internal, and its correspondent delight in the external.

ALARM, or sudden terror, is predicated of the understanding, more than of the will; and consequently is expressive of the expectation of immediate destruction of those who are principled in falses of doctrine, and evils of life. The term alarm is used in the WORD, when the subject treated of is the approach of the last judgment, and the coming of the Lord.

ALAS! a term of lamentation on account of the desolation of good and truth in the church. When repeated more than once, it denotes the most grievous lamentation for impending damnation and misery, as in Rev. xviii. 10. and in chap viii. 13; in which last place the English translation has it, "Wo, wo, wo, to the inhabitants of the earth," etc.

ALIEN, or stranger, one who is out of the pale of the Church. The word alien or stranger has various senses, according to the subject treated of; which indeed is the case with almost every expression in the holy WORD. In the good sense, that is, when the subject is concerning those who are in a state of simple good, but not so much in truth, the term alien or stranger denotes those among the Gentiles, who, notwithstanding their being out of the pale of the Church, and consequently ignorant of the Lord, yet live a good life, according to the best of their knowledge, and are desirous of genuine truth. These

are the aliens or strangers spoken of in the Prophets, and other parts of the WORD, who shall build up the walls of the desolated Church; that is, among whom a new Church shall be established.

In an opposite sense, an alien is one who is neither a true member of the genuine Church, nor even of the Lord's universal Church, which is extended over the whole earth. In this sense, those within the pale of the Church, who do not acknowledge the Lord, nor keep his commandments, as well as those without the Church, who are not principled in charity and mutual love, are aliens and strangers, having nothing within them of that heavenly life which constitutes, in the language of Scripture, "mothers, and brothers, and sisters."

Strictly speaking, an alien (alienus) has respect to those who are in evils; while a stranger, or foreigner, (alienigena) denotes those who are in falses.

An alien also denotes one who dwells in the literal or external sense of the WORD; for this sense, separate from the internal sense, is comparatively like an alien or a stranger who is only admitted to the gates of the palace, and not introduced to the family within. The holy WORD, in its internal sense, is this palace; the literal sense its gates; the family within are the angels; and the Master of the house, or Father of the family, is the Lord.

ALIKE. Nothing in the universe is so absolutely alike or similar to another, in every respect, as that it may be substituted instead of it. Still, however, there may be a general likeness, whereby different things may harmonize together. The general likeness which prevails in nations, kingdoms, and families, is derived from the general similarity of their religious sentiments and train of thinking. This is the reason why the Jews, to this day, are like their great ancestor Jacob; and hence it is, that almost any person, on seeing the face of a Jew, instantly recognizes his religious principles.

There may be also a more particular likeness, whereby two things will naturally tend to each other; as is the case, abstractedly, with the affections of good and truth, and in respect of persons, with the husband and wife who are in true conjugal love.

It is provided by the Lord, that there shall be born into the world suitable conjugal pairs, who are so much alike, that there is a certain internal effort or tendency to be united together; which, if not effected in the present life, will, after the death of the body, as it were by fate, instinct, or an internal dictate of the mind, be most intimately conjoined; and yet, notwithstanding such an appearance of chance or fate, by reason of unexpected and astonishing occurrences, it is all