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But the Judgment Day will be the end of this time and the beginning of the future, endless time in which decay is no more,
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indulgence is undone, unbelief is cut off, but justice is fully grown, and truth arisen.
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Therefore, no one will then be able to have mercy on someone who has been condemned in the judgment, nor to overwhelm one who has conquered."
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I answered: "This is my first and last word: It would have been better if the earth hadn't brought forth Adam, or when it had brought him forth, that it had forced him not to sin.
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What does it benefit everyone to live in sadness during the present time, and when dead to expect punishment?