The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come

It will be so with the Men of this World, as it was with the Men of the Old World, which God destroyed with Water. Then the wicked ones of that Generation, were very ungodly, Gen. 6.5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Earth, &c. And ⟨p. 14⟩Christ told his Disciples, Matth. 24.12. That Iniquity shall abound, a little before his Second Coming, vers. 30. And it will be so with the Men and Women of these Cities, as it was with those Citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah, whose Cities were burned.

Another sign of Christ's Second Coming, is a great Apostasy both in the Doctrine and Worship of the Gospel. This sign of Christ's Second Coming, the Apostle Paul foretold, 2 Thes. 2.1, 2, 3. Now we beseech you Brethren, by the Coming of our LORD Jesus Christ,—Let not man deceive you; for that DAY shall not come, except there come a falling away first: An Apostasy first from the Doctrine of the Gospel, especially, Faith and Love, 1 Tim. 4.1, 2, 3. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter days some shall depart from the Faith, &c. And Christ saith, Matth. 24.3, 12. The Love of many shall wax cold before his Second Coming from Heaven, vers. 30. Some Teachers make the Law of the Ten Commandments a Doctrine of Faith in Christ, affirming that those ten words are a Covenant of Grace. Other ⟨p. 15⟩Preachers make the Gospel of the Grace of God a Doctrine and Covenant of works, teaching Justification by works, and Salvation by works, holding Free-will, and falling away. And many there are, of whom the Apostle Peter prophesied,