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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
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 so all the Scriptures which mention the Coming of the Lord, speak of it in the notion of a most unalterable Decree and Statute of Heaven; thus the Apostle to the Athenians. God hath appointed a day wherein he will judg the world in righteousness, 1by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given us assurance, &c.
See how many words here are heaped one upon another, to assure our Faith of the infallible certainty of Christs Coming.
First he hath appointed a day; 1There is the divine Appointment and Decree, past upon it in Gods Eternal purpose and Counsel: It is a Statute enacted in Heaven, that there shall be a future Judgment; a Statute more sure than ever the Laws of the Medes and Persians; for Heaven and Earth may pass away, but Gods Decree shall stand, &c. And then there is a certain Day appointed for it, a stated time by the same Power; A day which can neither be adjourned nor accelerated. The time is fixed. He hath appointed a day, and it cannot be altered. And then the Work is determined as well as the day: and that is judgment; wherein He will Judge: The Judgment is not left Arbitrary or Contingent; but God is resolved on't; He will Judg; not, peradventure, he may Judg, 2but as sure as He is God, he will Judg.
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