35.  And  there  is  a  place  prepared,  yea.  even  that  '^awful
hell  of  which  I  have  spoken,  and  the  devil  is  the  foundation
of  it;  wherefore  the  final  state  of  the  souls  of  men  is  to
dwell  in  the  kingdom  of  God,  or  to  be  cast  out  because  of
thatj^ustice  of  which  I  have  spoken ;

do.    Wherefore,    the    wicked    are    rejected    from    the

h,  L  Nep.  8: 13.  i,u.  Nep.  1 :  18.  Alma  26:  20.  Hela.  8 :  29.  Jf.lL
Nep.  9:  16.  Moa  2:  37.  Alma  11:  87.  Mor.  9:  4.  k,  ver.  29.  IL  Nep.
1: 18.  2:  29.  9: 8—19,  26,  84,  86.  28: 16,  21,  28.  Jacob  6:  la  Alma  12:
16—18.    m.  Nep.  27 :  11, 12.    More.  8 :  18, 14,  2L       l,  ver.  80.
36  I.  NEPHI.  [chap.  XVI.
righteous,  and  also  from  that  tree  of  life,  whose  fruit  is
most  precious  and  most  desirable  above  all  other  fruits ;  jee^
and  it  is  the  greatest  of  all  the  gifts  of  God.  And  thus  X
spake  unto  my  orethren.    Amen.
CHAPTER  16.
1.  And  now  it  came  to  pass  that  after  I,  Nephi,  had
made  an  end  of  speaJcing  to  my  brethren,  behold  tney  said
unto  me.  Thou  hast  declared  unto  us  ^hard  things,  more
than  we  are  able  to  bear.
2.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I  said  unto  them.  That  I
knew  that  I  had  spoken  hard  things  against  the  wicked,
according  to  tibie  truth ;  and  the  righteous  have  I  justified,
and  testified  that  they  should  be  lifted  i^p  at  the  last  day  ;
wherefore,  the  guilty  taketh  the  truth  to  be  hard,  for  it
cutteth  them  to  the  very  centre.
