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bISCOURSES ON
THE
WORLD TO COME.
DISCOURSE
L
THE
END
OF
TIME.
REV.
s.
5,
G.
And the Angel,
which
I
saw
stand upon
the
Sea,
and upon
the Earth,
lifted up
his
Hand
to Heaven, and sware
by him
that
liveth for
ever and
ever,That
there
should be
Time
no
longer.
THIS
is
the oath,
and the
solemn
sentence
of
a mighty
angel, who
came down from heaven, and,
by
the
de-
scription
of
him
in the first verse, he seems to be
the
"angel
of
God's presence,
in whom
is
the name
of God,"
even
our Lord
Jesus Christ
himself, who
pronounced,
and
sware,
that
"
time should
be no
longer
;"
for
all seasons
and
times
are
now
put into
his
hand,
together
with
the
.book
of
his
Father's
decrees,
Rev.
v.
7.
9.
What
special
age or
period
of
time, in
this world, the
prophecy refers
to, may
not
be so
easy
to
determine
;
but
this
is
certain,
that it
may
be
happily applied
to
the
period of
every
man's life;
for whensoever
the term
of
our continuance
in
this world
is
finished,
our
time, in
the
present
circumstances and
scenes
that attend
it,
shall be
no
more. We shall
be
swept off the stage
of
this visible
'state
into an unseen and
eternal
world
Eternity'
comes
upon
us
at
once,
and
all
that
we
enjoy, all
that
we
do,
and
all
that
we
suffer in time,
shall
be
no longer.
Let
us
stand
still
here,
and
consider,
in
the
first place,
what awful and
important
thoughts are contained
in
this
sentence,
what
solemn ideas
should arise
Co
the
view
of
mortal creatures,
when
it
shall be
pronounced concerning
each
of
them,
that
time shall be no more.
I.
"
The
time
of
the recovery
of
our nature
from its
sinful and wretched
state
shall
be
no
longer." We
corne
into
this
world fallen
creatures, children
of
iniquity,
and
heirs
of death;
we
have lost
the
image
of God,
who