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And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.
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Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.
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¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
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So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
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Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
5
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
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Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
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So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
6
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus
saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
23
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
7
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
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I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
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Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
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But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
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Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
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But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you
of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught
you, ye shall abide in him.
8
And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,
therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman and unto
Lemuel: Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set an example for you?
9
How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of the Lord?
10
How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel of the Lord?
11
Yea, and how is it that ye have
forgotten what great things the Lord hath done for us, in delivering us
out of the hands of Laban, and also that we should obtain the record?
12
Yea, and how is it that ye have
forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will,
for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him?
Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.
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Now behold, I say unto you that if ye will return unto Jerusalem ye shall also perish with them. And now, if ye have choice, go up to the land, and remember the words which I speak unto you, that if ye go ye will also perish; for thus the Spirit of the Lord constraineth me that I should speak.
14
Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in the promised land, ye
shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and that I, the Lord, did deliver
you from destruction; yea, that I did bring you out of the land of
Jerusalem.
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And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have;
and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery
flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way
that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was
to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of
it, there were many who perished.
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Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart into the
wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take away his life; yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life; wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto them.
45
Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye
could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto
the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were
to divide asunder.
12
And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized
in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me;
wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.
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But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have
received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a
new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should
deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.
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And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have
received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son,
unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.
19
And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have
not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken
faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to
save.
20
Wherefore, ye must press forward with a
steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love
of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
4
For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of the Lord, which I have given unto you.
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And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye
will seek them for the intent to do good—to clothe the naked, and to
feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to
the sick and the afflicted.
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And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.
35
Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have
broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your
children, because of your bad examples before them; and the sobbings of
their hearts ascend up to God against you. And because of the
strictness of the word of God, which cometh down against you, many
hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.
9
And these are the words which he spake and caused to be written, saying: My brethren, all ye that have assembled yourselves together, you that can hear my words which I shall speak unto you this day; for I have
not commanded you to come up hither to trifle with the words which I
shall speak, but that you should hearken unto me, and open your ears
that ye may hear, and your hearts that ye may understand, and your minds that the mysteries of God may be unfolded to your view.
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Behold, ye have called me your king; and if I, whom ye call your king, do labor to serve you, then ought not ye to labor to serve one another?
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And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye have hitherto done. As ye have kept my commandments, and also the commandments of my father, and have prospered, and have been kept from falling into the hands of your enemies, even so if ye shall keep the commandments of my son, or the commandments of God which shall be delivered unto you by him, ye shall prosper in the land, and your enemies shall have no power over you.
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And now, I say unto you, my brethren, that after ye have known and have been taught all these things, if ye should transgress and go contrary to that which has been spoken, that ye do withdraw yourselves from the Spirit of the Lord, that it may have no place in you to guide you in wisdom’s paths that ye may be blessed, prospered, and preserved—
6
I say unto you, if ye have
come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power,
and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering towards the
children of men; and also, the atonement which has been prepared from
the foundation of the world, that thereby salvation might come to him
that should put his trust in the Lord, and should be diligent in keeping
his commandments, and continue in the faith even unto the end of his
life, I mean the life of the mortal body—
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And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye
should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of
God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering
towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the
depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing
steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by
the mouth of the angel.
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And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have
begged in vain? Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you, and has
caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that
your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.
21
And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another.
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And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day; I mean all you who deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your hearts that: I give not because I have not, but if I had I would give.
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And now, if ye say this in your hearts ye remain guiltless, otherwise ye are condemned; and your condemnation is just for ye covet that which ye have not received.
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But this much I can tell you, that if ye do
not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds,
and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.
6
And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.
7
And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye
shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters;
for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters.
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Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast
and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord
God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven,
that ye may have
everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power,
and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in
earth, who is God above all. Amen.
9
Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort
those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at
all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—
10
Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?
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And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord was upon him,
and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty
God, as a testimony that ye have
entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the
mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and
may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ,
whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world.
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Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves
brought before the tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and
remorse, having a remembrance of all your guilt, yea, a perfect
remembrance of all your wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?
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And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?
27
Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God? Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your garments have been cleansed and made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to redeem his people from their sins?
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O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world, ye that have professed to have known the ways of righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!
6
But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much unbelief as were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship idols, but that ye do worship the true and the living God, and that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith, which is to come.
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Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.
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And now my beloved brethren, I have said these things unto you that I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God, that ye may walk blameless before him, that ye may walk after the holy order of God, after which ye have been received.
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And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works.
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And now my beloved brethren, I have spoken
these words unto you according to the Spirit which testifieth in me; and
my soul doth exceedingly rejoice, because of the exceeding diligence
and heed which ye have given unto my word.
14
Now it came to pass that when the bodies of those who had been cast into
the fire were consumed, and also the records which were cast in with
them, the chief judge of the land came and stood before Alma and Amulek,
as they were bound; and he smote them with his hand upon their cheeks,
and said unto them: After what ye have seen, will ye preach again unto this people, that they shall be cast into a lake of fire and brimstone?
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And it came to pass that they departed and went their ways, but came
again on the morrow; and the judge also smote them again on their
cheeks. And many came forth also, and smote them, saying: Will ye stand again and judge this people, and condemn our law? If ye have such great power why do ye not deliver yourselves?
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And the chief judge stood before them, and smote them again, and said unto them: If ye have
the power of God deliver yourselves from these bands, and then we will
believe that the Lord will destroy this people according to your words.
40
And now what evidence have ye that there is no God, or that Christ cometh not? I say unto you that ye have none, save it be your word only.
41
But, behold, I have all things as a testimony that these things are true; and ye also have all things as a testimony unto you that they are true; and will ye deny them? Believest thou that these things are true?
42
Behold, I know that thou believest, but thou art possessed with a lying spirit, and ye have put off the Spirit of God that it may have
no place in you; but the devil has power over you, and he doth carry
you about, working devices that he may destroy the children of God.
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But Alma said unto him: Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have
the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy
prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things
denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon
the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets
which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme
Creator.
21
And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.
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And now, my beloved brethren, as ye have desired to know of me what ye shall do because ye are afflicted and cast out—now I do not desire that ye should suppose that I mean to judge you only according to that which is true—
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And now, behold, because ye have tried the experiment, and planted the seed, and it swelleth and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow, ye must needs know that the seed is good.
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O then, is not this real? I say unto you, Yea, because it is light; and
whatsoever is light, is good, because it is discernible, therefore ye must know that it is good; and now behold, after ye have tasted this light is your knowledge perfect?
36
Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither must ye lay aside your faith, for ye have only exercised your faith to plant the seed that ye might try the experiment to know if the seed was good.
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Now, this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because
the fruit thereof would not be desirable; but it is because your ground
is barren, and ye will not nourish the tree, therefore ye cannot have the fruit thereof.
3
And as ye have desired of my beloved brother that he should make known unto you what ye
should do, because of your afflictions; and he hath spoken somewhat
unto you to prepare your minds; yea, and he hath exhorted you unto faith
and to patience—
4
Yea, even that ye would have so much faith as even to plant the word in your hearts, that ye may try the experiment of its goodness.
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And now behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, do not suppose that this is all; for after ye have done all these things, if ye turn away the needy, and the naked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and impart of your substance, if ye have, to those who stand in need—I say unto you, if ye do not any of these things, behold, your prayer is vain, and availeth you nothing, and ye are as hypocrites who do deny the faith.
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And now, my brethren, I would that, after ye have received so many witnesses, seeing that the holy scriptures testify of these things, ye come forth and bring fruit unto repentance.
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And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye
do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for
after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity,
behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh
the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed.
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For behold, if ye have procrastinated the day of your repentance even until death, behold, ye have
become subjected to the spirit of the devil, and he doth seal you his;
therefore, the Spirit of the Lord hath withdrawn from you, and hath no
place in you, and the devil hath all power over you; and this is the
final state of the wicked.
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But that ye have patience, and bear with those afflictions, with a firm hope that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions.
5
Behold, Ammoron, I have written unto you somewhat concerning this war which ye have waged against my people, or rather which thy brother hath waged against them, and which ye are still determined to carry on after his death.
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But as ye have once rejected these things, and have fought against the people of the Lord, even so I may expect you will do it again.
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13
Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people; ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves. But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our land, the land of our first inheritance.
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I am Ammoron, the king of the Lamanites; I am the brother of Amalickiah whom ye have
murdered. Behold, I will avenge his blood upon you, yea, and I will
come upon you with my armies for I fear not your threatenings.
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19
Behold, ye have breathed out many threatenings against me and my people; but behold, we fear not your threatenings.
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And if it so be that there is a devil and a hell, behold will he not send you there to dwell with my brother whom ye have murdered, whom ye have hinted that he hath gone to such a place? But behold these things matter not.
2
For behold, I have somewhat to say unto them by the way of condemnation; for behold, ye yourselves know that ye have
been appointed to gather together men, and arm them with swords, and
with cimeters, and all manner of weapons of war of every kind, and send
forth against the Lamanites, in whatsoever parts they should come into
our land.
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8
Yea, even they who have looked up to you for protection, yea, have placed you in a situation that ye might have succored them, yea, ye might have sent armies unto them, to have strengthened them, and have saved thousands of them from falling by the sword.
9
But behold, this is not all—ye have withheld your provisions from them, insomuch that many have
fought and bled out their lives because of their great desires which
they had for the welfare of this people; yea, and this they have done when they were about to perish with hunger, because of your exceedingly great neglect towards them.
10
And now, my beloved brethren—for ye ought to be beloved; yea, and ye ought to have stirred yourselves more diligently for the welfare and the freedom of this people; but behold, ye have
neglected them insomuch that the blood of thousands shall come upon
your heads for vengeance; yea, for known unto God were all their cries,
and all their sufferings—
11
Behold, could ye suppose that ye could sit upon your thrones, and because of the exceeding goodness of God ye could do nothing and he would deliver you? Behold, if ye have supposed this ye have supposed in vain.
12
Do ye suppose that, because so many of your brethren have been killed it is because of their wickedness? I say unto you, if ye have supposed this ye have supposed in vain; for I say unto you, there are many who have fallen by the sword; and behold it is to your condemnation;
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Or is it that ye have neglected us because ye are in the heart of our country and ye are surrounded by security, that ye do not cause food to be sent unto us, and also men to strengthen our armies?
• • •
24
And now, except ye do repent of that which ye have
done, and begin to be up and doing, and send forth food and men unto
us, and also unto Helaman, that he may support those parts of our
country which he has regained, and that we may also recover the
remainder of our possessions in these parts, behold it will be expedient
that we contend no more with the Lamanites until we have first cleansed our inward vessel, yea, even the great head of our government.
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30
Behold, I wait for assistance from you; and, except ye
do administer unto our relief, behold, I come unto you, even in the
land of Zarahemla, and smite you with the sword, insomuch that ye can have no more power to impede the progress of this people in the cause of our freedom.
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33
Ye know that ye do transgress the laws of God, and ye do know that ye do trample them under your feet. Behold, the Lord saith unto me: If those whom ye have appointed your governors do not repent of their sins and iniquities, ye shall go up to battle against them.
15
And because of my mourning and lamentation ye have gathered yourselves together, and do marvel; yea, and ye have great need to marvel; yea, ye ought to marvel because ye are given away that the devil has got so great hold upon your hearts.
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18
It is because you have hardened your hearts; yea, ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd; yea, ye have provoked him to anger against you.
• • •
21
But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.
22
And for this cause wo shall come unto you except ye shall repent. For if ye
will not repent, behold, this great city, and also all those great
cities which are round about, which are in the land of our possession,
shall be taken away that ye shall have
no place in them; for behold, the Lord will not grant unto you
strength, as he has hitherto done, to withstand against your enemies.
• • •
24
For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have
received; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he will
lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when thou shalt be
utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.
25
Yea, wo be unto you because of that great abomination which has come among you; and ye have united yourselves unto it, yea, to that secret band which was established by Gadianton!
26
Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great riches!
7
And behold, an angel of the Lord hath declared it unto me, and he did
bring glad tidings to my soul. And behold, I was sent unto you to
declare it unto you also, that ye might have glad tidings; but behold ye would not receive me.
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21
Behold ye, the people of this great city, and
hearken unto my words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord saith;
for behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your riches, and also are your riches cursed because ye have set your hearts upon them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who gave them unto you.
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But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have
sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the
nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.
1
And it came to pass that when Jesus had
spoken these words unto Nephi, and to those who had been called, (now
the number of them who had been called, and received power and authority
to baptize, was twelve) and behold, he stretched forth his hand unto
the multitude, and cried unto them, saying: Blessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of these twelve whom I have chosen from among you to minister unto you, and to be your servants; and unto them I have given power that they may baptize you with water; and after that ye are baptized with water, behold, I will baptize you with fire and with the Holy Ghost; therefore blessed are ye if ye shall believe in me and be baptized, after that ye have seen me and know that I am.
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And again, more blessed are they who shall believe in your words because that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye
know that I am. Yea, blessed are they who shall believe in your words,
and come down into the depths of humility and be baptized, for they
shall be visited with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a
remission of their sins.
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For ye shall have
great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall be your reward in
heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
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And behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of your sins, and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Behold, ye have the commandments before you, and the law is fulfilled.
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Ye have heard that
it hath been said by them of old time, and it is also written before
you, that thou shalt not kill, and whosoever shall kill shall be in
danger of the judgment of God;
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And this shall ye do in remembrance of my body, which I have shown unto you. And it shall be a testimony unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
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And when the Disciples had done this, Jesus said unto them: Blessed are ye for this thing which ye have done, for this is fulfilling my commandments, and this doth witness unto the Father that ye are willing to do that which I have commanded you.
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And this shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in my name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have shed for you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
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Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. Behold I am the light which ye shall hold up—that which ye have seen me do. Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all have witnessed.
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And I give you these commandments because of the disputations which have been among you. And blessed are ye if ye have no disputations among you.
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And he said unto them: Behold, I know your thoughts, and ye have
desired the thing which John, my beloved, who was with me in my
ministry, before that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of me.
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And again, ye shall not have pain while ye
shall dwell in the flesh, neither sorrow save it be for the sins of the
world; and all this will I do because of the thing which ye have desired of me, for ye have desired that ye might bring the souls of men unto me, while the world shall stand.
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And for this cause ye shall have fulness of joy; and ye shall sit down in the kingdom of my Father; yea, your joy shall be full, even as the Father hath given me fulness of joy; and ye shall be even as I am, and I am even as the Father; and the Father and I are one;
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Then will ye longer deny the Christ, or can ye behold the Lamb of God? Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt? Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt that ye have ever abused his laws?
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And now, if ye have imagined up unto yourselves a god who doth vary, and in whom there is shadow of changing, then have ye imagined up unto yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles.
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And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles, I would ask of you, have all these things passed, of which I have spoken? Has the end come yet? Behold I say unto you, Nay; and God has not ceased to be a God of miracles.
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Behold, I speak unto you as though I spake from the dead; for I know that ye shall have my words.
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And if our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record.
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And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of barges which ye have
hitherto built. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go
to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which
they had built, according to the instructions of the Lord. And they
were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the
lightness of a fowl upon the water.
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And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels? For behold, ye cannot have windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire.
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And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?
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And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.
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But behold, my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you, for I judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness; for if ye have not faith in him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church.
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And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?
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And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have
hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection,
to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him
according to the promise.
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye
are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto
charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—
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And this shall be my covenant with you, ye shall have it for the land of your inheritance, and for the inheritance of your children forever, while the earth shall stand, and ye shall possess it again in eternity, no more to pass away.
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But, verily I say unto you that in time ye shall have no king nor ruler, for I will be your king and watch over you.
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Wherefore, hear my voice and follow me, and you shall be a free people, and ye shall have no laws but my laws when I come, for I am your lawgiver, and what can stay my hand?
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And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old.
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And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my disciples as I stood
before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: As ye have
asked of me concerning the signs of my coming, in the day when I shall
come in my glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers,
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For as ye have
looked upon the long absence of your spirits from your bodies to be a
bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption shall come, and
also the restoration of the scattered Israel.
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Wherefore, if ye have slept in peace blessed are you; for as you now behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye
come unto me and your souls shall live, and your redemption shall be
perfected; and the saints shall come forth from the four quarters of the
earth.
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And now I say unto you, keep these things from going abroad unto the world until it is expedient in me, that ye may accomplish this work in the eyes of the people, and in the eyes of your enemies, that they may not know your works until ye have accomplished the thing which I have commanded you;
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