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The only deliverer from wrath to come
The only deliverer from wrath to come, or, The way to escape the horrible and eternal burnings of Hell By Thomas Vincent.
London: printed for George Calvert, 1671
Tract › Part 3: Use 3. For Reproof and Terror.Tract › Part 3: Ʋse 3. For Reproof and Terrour.
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.
Use 3. For Reproof and Terror.
Ʋse 3. For Reproof and Terrour.
If upon search, you find you are without an interest in Christ; suffer the word of reproof. Sinners what do you think? is there no such thing as wrath to come? is there no such place as Hell, where the damned shall be eternally tormented? what blackmouth is there that dareth to speak against this, which is so clearly revealed in the Word of God? surely none but such as are children of the Devil, the Father of lies will impeach the Word of God with falsehood, and hereby make God a liar, who hath foretold this so plainly in the Scripture; only such as are loose in their lives, and deficient in their morals, whose interest they think it is to do it, will deny the punishment by eternal fire in Hell, that so they might sin with the less check and control; but when they come to feel the heat of this fire, as of all ⟨p. 25⟩others they are most like to be cast into everlasting burnings, then they will be of another mind. And if there be such dreadful wrath coming, such a horrible fire preparing in Hell, for all disobedient persons, for all impenitent persons, for all hypocrites and unbelievers, what do you do sinners? have ye not sinned, have ye not by your sins deserved? and are ye not by your sins exposed unto the vengeance of eternal fire? is there any way for you to escape, but only by Jesus Christ the only Deliverer from wrath to come? and yet do you neglect him? do you refuse and reject him? do you shut the door of your hearts against him? What! do you mind only your bodies what ye shall eat, what ye shall drink, and wherewithal ye shall be Clothed, and to provide for a short abode in this world, and in the mean time neglect the Salvation of your Souls, and take no care to prevent your everlasting punishment? Are you not guilty of a great affront and indignity against God, when he hath made such provision for your Salvation, as to send his Son into the World for you, and to proffer his Son with deliverance to you? don't you sin against his chief command, which is to believe in and accept of this Son? don't you sin against the greatest impression of his love unto mankind? don't you spurn at his bowls, and in effect say, God might have kept his Son to himself, for any thing you care? are you not guilty of the greatest ingratitude towards the Lord Jesus Christ? Never was there such a thing heard of, since the foundation of the world;