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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 14
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10. You have made choice of Heaven for your portion, you have laid up there your treasure, and God hath set your souls a longing after it, and given you hopes of it; and therefore you shall not miss it, your desires shall be satisfied, and your hopes shall not make you ashamed, Rom. 5. 5.
11. And if besides all this, you have the witness, and seal, and earnest of the spirit, giving you some first fruits, and foretastes of this happiness; (though all believers do not obtain it) then you may know without question, that this is a sure happiness, both in its self, and unto you.
Therefore believers exercise your faith, that you may be filled with all joy and peace in believing.
3. Believers consider the nearness of the happiness of Heaven, Christs appearance is not far off, but your happiness may be nearer, I mean the happiness of your souls in Heaven, which will begin, so soon as your lives come to an end: the wicked walk upon the brink of Hell every day, when they die, thither they are carried; you walk upon the borders of the Heavenly Canaan, the Paradise which is above, when you die, thither you shall be conveyed; and you may die suddenly, and as suddenly you will be in glory.