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The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in several discourses / by William Bates.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And if those on the left hand shall be condemned to eternal Fire, for the coldness of their Love, how terrible will the Judgment be of those that from the heat of their Enmity outrageously persecute the Servants of Christ for his sake, in their Persons, Estates, Reputations, that with a worse than barbarous inhumanity seek their ruin? Is there any Sin of a more mortal Guilt? The infernal Furnace is seven-fold heated for the punishing such Wickedness.
And if those on the left hand shall be condemned to eternal Fire, for the coldness of their Love, how terrible will the Judgment be of those that from the heat of their Enmity outragiously persecute the Servants of Christ for his sake, in their Persons, Estates, Reputations, that with a worse than barbarous inhumanity seek their ruin? Is there any Sin of a more mortal Guilt? The infernal Furnace is seven-fold heated for the punishing such Wickedness.
To conclude this Argument, let us observe the Command of our Saviour, To watch and pray always, that we may be counted worthy to stand before the Son of Man. These are Duties of universal Influence into our Lives, the one prevents ⟨p. 262⟩Carelessness, the other vain Confidence in our selves; and the consideration of Judgment to come, is the greatest Motive to them, and the first Principle of Holiness. This should work more powerful in us, considering the Day of Death is equivalent to the Day of Judgment to every Person; for then a particular Sentence decisive and irrevocable passes, that shall be published at the last Day. Methinks the Terrors of the Lord should engage our Souls and Senses to a continual preparation for his Coming. 'Tis represented so as to affect the Eye,1 and keep it vigilant: Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousand of his Saints, to execute Judgment upon all. Behold, 2he comes in the Clouds, and every Eye shall see him. And to call the Ear, and make it attentive; The Lord himself shall descend from Heaven,