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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. There will be the most terrible, amazing noise that ever was heard in the world. 2. Pet. 3.10. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise. The very noise of the fire which then shall prevail every where will be terrible to hear. If a Town be on fire, what a noise does it make! The Rattling of the Flames is terrible to hear. But what then will it be, when all the World shall be on fire▪ What an amazing noise will those rattling ⟨p. 74⟩flames make all the World over! And ther• will be then the most terrible Thunderings and Lightnings that ever were known. If when the Lord came down to publish the Law on mount Sinai, there were Thunderings and Lightnings, so that all the people in the camp trembled; how much more when He shall come to judge the breakers of that Law. And what fearful out-cries and roaring Lamentations will amazed Sinners make in every Corner of the world! As undoubtedly they did in the Old World, when they saw that the windows from on high were opened, and there was no escaping that flood of death which was round about them. So it will be much more when Sinners shall behold a flood, a River, a Sea of FIRE and Brimstone that they cannot go from.
2. There will be the most terrible, amazing noise that ever was heard in the world. 2. Pet. 3.10. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise. The very noise of the fire which then shall prevail every where will be terrible to hear. If a Town be on fire, what a noise does it make! The Rattling of the Flames is terrible to hear. But what then will it be, when all the World shall be on fire▪ What an amazing noise will those rattling ⟨p. 74⟩flames make all the World over! And ther• will be then the most terrible Thundrings and Lightnings that ever were known. If when the Lord came down to publish the Law on mount Sinai, there were Thunderings and Lightnings, so that all the people in the camp trembled; how much more when He shall come to judge the breakers of that Law. And what fearful out-cries and roaring Lamentations will amazed Sinners make in every Corner of the world! As undoubtedly they did in the Old World, when they saw that the windows from on high were opened, and there was no escaping that flood of death which was round about them. So it will be much more when Sinners shall behold a flood, a River, a Sea of FIRE and Brimstone that they cannot goe from.