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A Saint Indeed
A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel.
London: printed by W.R., 1668
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He that is ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful Generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy Angels, Mark 8. 38. Yet a little while, and you shall see the sign of the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with Power and great Glory: the last Trump shall sound, the dead, both small and great, even all that sleep in the dust shall awake, and come before that great white Throne, on which Christ shall sit in that day. And now do but imagine thou sawest the trembling knees, and quivering lips of guilty sinners; imagine thou heardest the dreadful sentence of the Judge upon them, Go ye cursed, &c. and then a cry, the weeping, wailing, and wringing of hands, that there ⟨p. 171⟩shall be: wouldst thou desert Christ now to protract a poor, miserable life on earth? If the word of God be true, if the sayings o• Christ be […] and faithful, this shall be the portion of the Apostate: 'Tis an easy thing to stop the mouth of Conscience now, but wil• it be eas•• to stop the mouth of the Judge then? Thus keep thy heart, that it depart not from the living God.
He that is ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful Generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy Angels, Mark 8. 38. Yet a little while, and you shall see the sign of the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with P•wer and great Glory: the last Trump shall sound, the dead, both small and great, even all that sleep in the dust shall awake, and come before that great white Throne, on which Christ shall sit in that day. And now do but imagine thou saw'st the trembling knees, and quivering lips of guilty sinners; imagine thou heardest the dreadful sentence of the Judge upon them, Go ye cursed, &c. and then a cry, the weeping, wailing, and wringing of hands, that there ⟨p. 171⟩shall be: wouldst thou desert Christ now to protract a poor, miserable life on earth? If the word of God be true, if the sayings o Christ be and aithful, this shall be the portion of the Apostae: 'Tis an easie thing to stop the mouth of Conscience now, but wil it be eas to stop the mouth of the Judge then? Thus keep thy heart, that it depart not from the living God.