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Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein…
Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunned, so that all true Christians, of what persuasion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.
London: printed by J.D., 1680
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Part 2 › Chapter 9: Of God's Work of Government in Judging the World by Jesus Christ.
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A. Thus: all the Dead, both the Just and Unjust, shall be raised, and then all Men shall by the Angels be gathered and brought before Christ, sitting on the Throne of his Glory. Acts 24.15. John 5.28, 29. Mat. 25.31, 32.
Q. Is there any thing in special to be observed here concerning the Righteous?
A. Yes; for we are taught, That the Dead in Christ shall rise first; and that they, together with those Believers that shall be alive at the coming of Christ, shall be caught up in the Clouds, to meet the Lord in the Air.
[1 Thess. 4.13, &c. But I would not have you to be ignorant, Brethren, concerning them which are asleep, [that is, the Faithful which are Dead] that ye sorrow not even as others which have no Hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, That we [Believers] which are alive, and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent [that is, shall not come before] them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the Voice of the Arch-Angel, and with the Trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the Clouds, to meet the Lord in the Air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. See also