A64995:77
The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…
The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians with an appendix concerning Christs manifestation of himself to them that love him / by Thomas Vincent.
London: printed by J.R. for Samuel Sprint, 1677
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Sodom and Gomorrah those wicked Cities will then be punished dreadfully, with a worse fire than that which was rained down from heaven, and consumed their persons & habitations together; I mean, with the fire of Hell, which will be kindled and kept alive unto ⟨p. 48⟩Eternity by the breath of the Almighty; but you who do not love the Lord Jesus Christ notwithstanding all discoveries of him, invitations to him, and proffers of kindnesses by him, you will be punished more dreadfully than the wicked Sodomites. it will be more tolerable in the day of Judgment for them than for you; the torments of Hell will be intolerable by any, but they will be most intolerable by Gospel-sinners; the fire of Hell will burn upon you the most fiercely, and the scourge of Conscience will lash you the most furiously. Consider this all ye that have no love to Christ, otherwise when he cometh to judgment he will tear you to pieces and there will be none to deliver you: if you have not the sweet fire of love to Christ enkindled in your hearts here, you will be thrown into the dreadful fire of Hell which will burn you Everlastingly.
Sodom and Gomorrha those wicked Cities will then be punished dreadfully, with a worse fire than that which was rained down from heaven, and consumed their persons & habitations together; I mean, with the fire of Hell, which will be kindled and kept alive unto ⟨p. 48⟩Eternity by the breath of the Almighty; but you who do not love the Lord Jesus Christ notwithstanding all discoveries of him, invitations to him, and proffers of kindnesses by him, you will be punished more dreadfully than the wicked Sodomites. it will be more tollerable in the day of Judgment for them than for you; the torments of Hell will be intollerable by any, but they will be most intollerable by Gospel-sinners; the fire of Hell will burn upon you the most fiercely, and the scourge of Conscience will lash you the most furiously. Consider this all yee that have no love to Christ, otherwise when he cometh to judgment he will tear you to pieces and there will be none to deliver you: if you have not the sweet fire of love to Christ enkindled in your hearts here, you will be thrown into the dreadfull fire of Hell which will burn you Everlastingly.