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He answered me then, and said, Measure thou the time diligently in itself: and when thou seest part of the signs past, which I have told thee before,
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Then shalt thou understand, that it is the very same time, wherein the Highest will begin to visit the world which he made.
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Therefore when there shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of the people in the world:
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Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
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For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:
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Even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonder and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs.
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And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed,
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Shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders: for I have sanctified them for me from the beginning.
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Then shall they be in pitiful case, which now have abused my ways: and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.
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For such as in their life have received benefits, and have not known me;
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And they that have loathed my law, while they had yet liberty, and, when as yet place of repentance was open unto them, understood not, but despised it;