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The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come
The world that now is; and the world that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden, 1681
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And now the convinced sinful sinner judgeth his Soul's state and condition to be worse than ever it was; he hath so many dreadful Temptations, he is so filled with blasphemous Thoughts, that he begins to be a terror to himself, and is tempted to choose strangling rather than life, he is so tormented in his conscience, and so tempted by Satan, and terrified with fears of Hell. He sees now the Law curseth him, Gal. 3.10. and the Gospel judgeth him, 2 Thes. 1.9. And he is made to receive the sentence of Condemnation in himself, & is made ⟨p. 16⟩to read it in the written Word of God, Joh. 3.18. He that believeth not is condemned already.
And now the convinced sinful sinner judgeth his Soul's state and condition to be worse than ever it was; he hath so many dreadful Temptations, he is so filled with blasphemous Thoughts, that he begins to be a terrour to himself, and is tempted to chuse strangling rather than life, he is so tormented in his conscience, and so tempted by Satan, and terrified with fears of Hell. He sees now the Law curseth him, Gal. 3.10. and the Gospel judgeth him, 2 Thes. 1.9. And he is made to receive the sentence of Condemnation in himself, & is made ⟨p. 16⟩to read it in the written Word of God, Joh. 3.18. He that believeth not is condemned already.
Now God goes on with his work of Conviction, which he had before begun in the sinful sinners Conscience, and sends his holy Spirit to convince and reprove him of Sin, of Righteousness, and of Judgment,