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Worship of MaryGen. 22 :15-17, Dy "And theangel of the Lord called to Abraham. . . saying : By my own selfhave I sworn, saith the Lord : . . .Thy seed shall possess the gatesof their enemies ."1 John 3 :8, Dy "For this purposethe Son of God appeared,that he might destroy the worksof the devil ."Rom . 16 :20, Dy "And the Godof peace crush Satan under yourfeet speedily."Apoc. 12 :7-9, Dy "And therewas a great battle in heaven :Michael and his angels foughtwith the dragon, and the dragonfought, and his angels . And theyprevailed not : neither was theirplace found any more in heaven .And that great dragon was castout, that old serpent, who iscalled the devil and Satan ."Apoc. 20 :1-3, 7-9, Dy "And Isaw an angel coming down fromheaven, having the key of thebottomless pit and a great chainin his hand. And he laid hold onthe dragon, the old serpent,which is the devil and Satan, andbound him for a thousand years .And he cast him into the bottomlesspit and shut him up andset a seal upon him, that heshould no more seduce the nationstill the thousand years befinished. And after that, he mustbe loosed a little time . And whenthe thousand years shall be finished,Satan shall be loosed outof his prison and shall go forthand seduce the nations . . . Andthere came down fire from Godout of heaven and devoured them :and the devil, who seduced them,was cast into the pool of fireand brimstone ."(5) Mary Not Given SpecialPosition in Early Congregationas "Spiritual Mother"Acts 1:14, 15, Dy "All thesewere persevering with one mindin prayer with the women andMary the mother of Jesus, andwith his brethren . In those days,Peter, rising up in the midst of402the brethren, said (now the numberof persons together was aboutan hundred and twenty) ."1 Tim. 2:11-13, Dy "Let thewoman learn in silence with allsubjection . But I suffer not awoman to teach, nor to useauthority over the man : but tobe in silence . For Adam was firstformed : then Eve ."Gal. 4 :26, Dy "But that Jerusalemwhich is above is free :which is our mother."(6) Improper to Address Prayersto Mary as MediatrixJohn 14:6, 13, Dy "Jesus saithto him : I am the way, and thetruth, and the life . No mancometh to the Father, but by me .. and whatsoever you shall askthe Father in my name, thatwill I do ."1 Tim. 2 :1, 5, Dy "I desiretherefore, first of all, that supplications,prayers, intercessionsand thanksgivings be made forall men : for there is one God :and one mediator of God andmen, the man Christ Jesus ."See "Prayer" .(7) "Assumption" of Mary, orTaking Her Body and Soul intoHeaven, Unscriptural and Unreasonable.Flesh-and-BloodBodies Could Not Exist BeyondEarth's AtmosphereJohn 3 :3, 7, 8, Dy "Jesus answeredand said to him : Amen,amen, I say to thee, unless aman be born again, he cannotsee the kingdom of God . Wondernot that I said to thee : You mustbe born again . The spirit breathethwhere he will and thou hearesthis voice : but thou knowestnot whence he cometh andwhither he goeth . So is everyone that is born of the Spirit ."1 Cor . 15:42, 44, 45, 48-50, Dy"So also is the resurrection of thedead. It is sown in corruption :it shall rise in incorruption . Itis sown a natural body : it shallrise a spiritual body . If there bea natural body, there is also a