Last Judgment (Post) (Rogers) n. 18

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18. [18.] On the day of the Last Judgment, those of the Dutch who had not done anything good for any religious reason or from conscience, but only for the sake of their reputation in order to appear honest for the sake of material gain, were expelled from their cities, villages and lands. For in the case of people of such a character, when their regard for reputation and material gain is taken away (as happens in the spiritual world), then being such they rush into every kind of wickedness, robbing people they encounter, whomever they happen on, in the countryside or outside cities. I saw a great number of such people thrown into a dark chasm extending at an angle under the eastern tract of land, and also into a chasm extending under the southern tract. This expulsion took place on the 9th of January, 1757, the rest remaining who possessed religion, and in accordance with religion, conscience.


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