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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 11
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3. From the absurdities which would follow if Christ were not risen.
1. The Apostles would then be found false witnesses, and the Spirit of God which spake in them, would be a false spirit, which is impossible.
2. Then their preaching would be in vain, and the whole doctrine of Christianity, which was built partly upon this foundation, would fall to the ground.
3. Then their faith would be in vain: because if Christ were still dead, he would not be a meet object for their faith, for then he could not be the Son of God, nor a Mediator between God and man.
3. Then their faith would be in vain: because if Christ were still dead, he would not be a meet object for their faith, for then he could not be the Son of God, nor a Mediatour between God and man.