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Chapter Ten—Redemption or Atonement 131 them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt and maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. ’ 1 (d) ‘So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ’ 2 (e) Jesus said (Matt. 6:14–15): ‘For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ’ (f ) If you read the 25th chapter of Matthew, verses 31 to 46, you will learn that the righteous will go into life eter- nal For their good deeds done in this world, and those who will be on the left hand ‘shall go away into everlasting punishment’, for not doing good deeds. All these people of the right and the left will be Christians who believed in Christ. These sayings of Jesus cannot be reconciled with the doctrine of Redemption. 11. Thomas Paine writes: I well remember, when about seven or eight years of age, 1. Matt. 18:8 2. Matt. 13:49–50