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woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth

me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out

of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: 18 because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

(3') Moses and Elias appearing:

MATT. xvii.

2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

(7) Christ's address to the thief: LUKE xxiii.

43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

(d') Parable of the rich man and Lazarus: LUKE xvi.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

(E) Stephen's death:

ACTS vii.

59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

(c) St. Paul's dilemma:

2 COR. v. I-8.

1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being

clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

PHIL. i.

23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

I THESS. V.

10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

See also-EPH. iii.

13 Whe efore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strength ened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

HEB. vi.

11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 20 Whither the forerunner is for us

9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. REV. vi.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

REV. vii.

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. stood before the throne, and be fore the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

REV. xiv.

1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with

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him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

20. What do Romanists teach with regard to the souls of men after death?

(a) That infants go to "limbus infantum," where they feel no suffering, and see not God:

(6) That all unbaptized adults, and those who have forfeited the grace of baptism and die unreconciled to their church, go immediately to hell:

(c) That those who have attained to a state of Christian perfection go immediately to heaven:

(d) That the great mass of partially sanctified go to purgatory, where they suffer more or less until they receive atonement and translation to heaven, to which desirable end the prayers and labours of saints on earth avail much:

(e) That Old Testament saints went to a place called "limbus patrum," where they remained without suffering and without seeing God, until Christ went and released them:

preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto even bapsave us (not the tism doth also now putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 2 who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto

him.

(g) Generally held that its pains are both negative and positive; its punishment, material fire; indefinite and dreadful sufferings; satisfaction could have been rendered more easily while in this any blessing, but alone render satisfaction world; they neither incur guilt, nor merit for their sins by means of passive sufferings:

(h) They confess that this doctrine is not taught in Scripture, but that it necessarily follows from their general doctrine of the satisfaction for sins, and that Christ and His disciples taught it incidentally as they did infant baptism:

MATT. xii.

31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blashemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto

men.

32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

I COR. iii.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

(2) This doctrine has confessedly no direct, and obviously no true, foundation in Scripture; and can be truly said to conflict with much clear and positive teaching concerning the merits and application of Christ's atoning sacrifice, and the im mediate work of the Holy Spirit:

(A) 'Aváoranıç, making to stand up, awakening, especially causing change in one's situation, compelling one to get up and go; usually in a bad sense. (B') A restoration, rebuilding, reviving. (y') In Pass. a standing up in the presence of others as an expression of respect; resurrection. From ávior, to make to stand up, get up, or sit up. Occurs 42 times: MATT. xxii.

23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

ACTS xxiii.

8 For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

MATT. xxii.

28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

MARK Xii.

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

MATT. xxii. 30, 31.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

MARK Xii.

18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

LUKE XX.

$7 Then came to him certain of the Sad

LUKE ii.

34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

LUKE xiv.

14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

LUKE XX. 33, 35, 36.

33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36 neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being children of the resurrection: Twice-JOHN V.

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.