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The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without…
The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without delaying. Also, the exceeding danger of men's deferring their repentance. : Together with a discourse about the day of judgement. And on several other subjects. / By Increase Mather teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by R.P. for Joseph Brunning i.e, 1686
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2. The Day of Judgement will be to the Unbelieving world a most terrible day. Hence it is expressed in the Scripture by that of the terror of the Lord, 2. Cor. 5.11. There have bin terrible Types, & forerunners of this dreadful day. Those lesser days of judgment, which have been in the world, when God has called whole Nations to an account, and executed Judgment upon them, were Types and forerunners of the General Judgment; and thence are in the Scripture set forth by Expressions which are most proper to the great and last Judgement. The Terror of this day no heart is able to conceive, nor tongue able to express. But it appears especially in 4 particulars.
2. The Day of Iudgement will be to the Vnbeleeving world a most terrible day. Hence it is expressed in the Scripture by that of the terrour of the Lord, 2. Cor. 5.11. There have bin terrible Types, & forerunners of this dreadful day. Those lesser days of judgment, which have been in the world, when God has called whole Nations to an account, and executed Judgment upon them, were Types and forerunners of the General Judgment; and thence are in the Scripture set forth by Expressions which are most proper to the great and last Judgement. The Terrour of this day no heart is able to conceive, nor tongue able to express. But it appears especially in 4 particulars.
1. In that it will be a Fiery day. This visible ⟨p. 73⟩World is subject to a two-fold Destruction, one by Water, the other by Fire: that by water was accomplished on the old world in the Days of Noah; the other by Fire will take place at the day of Judgment. 2. Pet. 3.7. The Heavens & the earth are reserved unto fire against the day of judgement. & ver. 12. Looking for the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, & the Elements shall melt with fervent heat. The Scriptures both of the Old and of the New Testament speak of this fire.