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I. THE PUNISHMENT REFERRED TO. A freethinker once said, "I am seventy years old, and have never seen such a place as hell, after all that has been said about it." A child at once replied, "But have you ever been dead yet?"

1. The punishment itself. This is brought before us —

(1)  By express declarations.

(2)  In figurative forms.

2. Its infliction.

(1)  God, faithful to promises, must also be to threatenings.

(2)  Graded, in accordance with degree of crime.

II. THE PERSONS ON WHOM IT WILL BE INFLICTED.

1. Atheists.

2. Unbelievers.

3. Hypocrites.

4. Persecutors.

5. Backsliders.

III. THE QUESTION, "What wilt thou say?" Many can talk now, revile, question, sneer. What will you say then?

(Homiletic Magazine.)

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KJV: What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

WEB: What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?