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Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment
Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for George Calvert, 1667
Christ's certain and sudden Appearance to Judgment. › Chapter 8
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3. Devils will be the Accusers and Witnesses against the wicked; they are now accusers of the brethren, then they will be accusers of the wicked; they accuse the brethren falsely, they will ⟨p. 87⟩accuse the wicked truly; now they please and flatter the wicked, and persuade them to sin; then they will accuse them for those very sins which they have persuaded them unto; they have done the devils drudgery all their days, and been his faithful slaves; and this is his recompense, he will be their accuser at the last day.
3. Devils will be the Accusers and Witnesses against the wicked; they are now accusers of the brethren, then they will be accusers of the wicked; they accuse the brethren falsly, they will ⟨p. 87⟩accuse the wicked truly; now they please and flatter the wicked, and perswade them to sin; then they will accuse them for those very sins which they have perswaded them unto; they have done the devils drudgery all their daies, and been his faithful slaves; and this is his recompence, he will be their accuser at the last day.
4. The wicked will be accused by themselves, their own thoughts shall accuse them in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, Rom. •. 15, 16. their own consciences will accuse them, and be as a thousand witnesses against them; they will find all their sins registered in that book, and that book will then be opened, and they will not be able to deny one word of what they shall find there recorded. Thus of the accusers and witnesses against the wicked.
4. The wicked will be accused by themselves, their own thoughts shall accuse them in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Iesus Christ, Rom. •. 15, 16. their own consciences will accuse them, and be as a thousand witnesses against them; they will finde all their sins registred in that book, and that book will then be opened, and they will not be able to deny one word of what they shall finde there recorded. Thus of the accusers and witnesses against the wicked.