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A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…
A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1655
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A SERMON Of Judgement, Preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord… › Part 7
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VII. FOR the seventh Head, What will be the cause of the day to be enquired after? What the Accusation, and what the Defence?
VII. FOR the seventh Head, VVhat will be the cause of the day to be enquired after? VVhat the Accusation, and what the Defence?
Answ. This may be gathered from what was last said. The great Cause of the Day will be to enquire and determine, who shall dye and who shall live; who ought to go to heaven, and who to hell for ever, according to the Law by which they must then be Judged.
Answ. This may be gathered from what was last said. The great Cause of the Day will be to enquire and determine, who shall dye and who shall live; who ought to go to heaven, and who to hell for ever, according to the Law by which they must then be Iudged.
1. As there is a twofold Law by which they must be Judged, so will there then be a twofold Accusation. The first will be, that they were sinners, and so having violated the Law of God, they Deserve Everlasting Death according to that Law; If no defence ⟨p. 35⟩could be made, this one Accusation would condemn all the wo•ld; for it is most certain that all are sinners, and as certain that all sin deserveth Death. The only defence against this Accusation lieth in this Plea: Confessing the charge, we must plead that Christ hath satisfied for sins, and upon that consideration God hath forgiven us; and therefore being forgiven, we ought not to be punished; To prove this we must show the pardon under Gods hand in the Gospel. But because this pardoning Act of the Gospel doth forgive none but those that Repent and Believe, and so return to God, and to sincere Obedience for the time to come; therefore the next Accusation will be, that we did not perform these Conditions of forgiveness; and therefore being Unbelievers, Impenitent and Rebels against the Redeemer