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second death, which is itself also perpetual, as 

 .also is immortality. ****** We thus de- 

 fine the second death; Death is the suffering of 

 eternal pain: or thus: Death is the condemnation 

 of souls for their deserts to eternal punishments." 

 Instit. 2:13. 



(The foregoing extracts are from Theodore D. 

 Bacon, under the supervision of Prof. T. P. 

 Fisher, of Yale University). 



Barnabas, the companion and fellow laborer of 

 St. Paul, and frequently mentioned in the Acts, 

 in «»ne of his Epistles says: " But the way of 

 darkness is also the way of everlasting death 

 {QnvciTov ahtviv) with punishment, in which way are 

 things that destroy the soul." (Ch. 20). 



Clement of Rome, who was of note among the 

 •Christian writers of the first century and a friend 

 of St. Paul and the Apostle Peter, says : " But 

 .after that we have departed from the world, we 

 shall no longer be able there to confess or to ex- 

 ercise repentance (ovketi iSvvnuada hicei ^ouo'/oyijacKrdai ?]■ 



ueravoeiv)," (ch. 8). Also he says : " For if we do 

 the will of Christ, we shall find rest, otherwise 

 nothing shall deliver us from eternal punishment 



•(aiuviov KoXdaeag) (ell. 6). 



Ignatius, Bishop of A ntioch, and committed to 

 the lions in the amphitheatre at Rome, by order 

 •of Trajan, A. D., 107, says in one of his Epistles: 

 f If any one corrupt the faith of God by impure 



