man according as his work shall be.  No offers of salvation will be extended when Christ appears to give us access to the tree of immortal life and an abundant entrance into the eternal city beyond; but it will then be said, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:  and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still:  and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:  and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”  “Dogs” are left without.  This term as applied to a person is one of great reproach.  It is so among us, and much more so among the Jews, by whom that animal was regarded as unclean.  It signifies evil workers.  Evil characters of every class will have no part in the heavenly realm, but will be cast into the lake of fire.  It will be the perfection of misery to be banished forever from the presence of God and the companionship of all that is good and holy.  “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of Life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”

    16.  I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
    things in the churches.  I am the root and the offspring of
    David, and the bright and morning star.

    17.  And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.  And let him that
    heareth say, Come.  And let him that is athirst come.  And
    whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

The statements of these verses have been considered heretofore, hence there is no necessity of further comment on them in this connection.

18.  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 

19.  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Here is the most solemn warning against any one who should presume to corrupt the prophecies of the Revelation by adding to or taking away from them.  Nor was such a warning needless.  This book contains the long history of God’s church, and also the history of all her persecutors, painted in colors of deepest infamy, and the final doom that awaits them.  These enemies were to ride in triumph over the earth during a long career of centuries, when the children of God should be trodden down beneath their feet, as it were, while they boasted themselves as being the true church, the anointed of heaven.  These Revelations were to be handed down to succeeding generations through these very persecutors.  The great whore of Babylon had her likeness taken and then committed to her for preservation.  Would she not falsify them?  Nearly all the early records of the church have been corrupted by the church of Rome.  For ages it has been a doctrine of that institution that