N00710:32
Impenitent sinners warned of their misery and summoned to judgment. Delivered in two sermons:…
Impenitent sinners warned of their misery and summoned to judgment. Delivered in two sermons: the former on the Sabbath, Nov. 6. the other on the lecture following, Nov. 10. 1698. : Occasioned by the amazing instance of a miserable creature, who stood condemned for murdering her infant begotten in whoredom. : To which are subjoined the solemn words spoken to her, on those opportunities. : Published for the warning of others. / By Samuel Willard, Minister of the Gospel and teacher of a church in Boston, N.E. ; [Two lines from Deuteronomy]Impenitent sinners warned of their misery and summoned to judgment. Delivered in two sermons: the former on the Sabbath, Nov. 6. the other on the lecture following, Nov. 10. 1698. : Occasioned by the amazing instance of a miserable creature, who stood condemned for murdering her infant begotten in whoredom. : To which are subjoyned the solemn words spoken to her, on those opportunities. : Published for the warning of others. / By Samuel Willard, Minister of the Gospel and teacher of a church in Boston, N.E. ; [Two lines from Deuteronomy]
Boston: printed by B. Green & J. Allen. Sold by Michael Perry, 1698
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.
2. With respect to the time to come: and then to stand in Gods sight, intends to enjoy his special favour and love, and we have this infelicity expounded in Isa. 27.11, and there are two seasons ⟨p. 9⟩wherein they shall be debarred of this favour.
1. In the day of Judgment. In some sense all must stand before him then; i. e. all shall be cited to make their personal appearance before God, and receive their doom; but by standing then, we are to understand their being acquitted and accepted, and acknowledged by him as his Redeemed; these only are said to stand then; whereas these fools shall fall before the Judge; they shall be utterly disclaimed by him, he will say to them, Depart, I know you not, Mat. 7.23. they shall be condemned and have a sentence of death pronounced on them, Mat. 25.41. Depart ye cursed, and in this respect it is said, Psal. 1.5. the ungodly shall not stand in the Judgment.
2. In the Eternal Kingdom; into which the righteous shall be received, and partake in the Everlasting Vision of God, these shall then be excluded, Mat. 8.12. The Children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. We observed that the word signifies, A Settled Condition: Heaven is the Godly mans Inheritance, and when he comes there, he shall settle to remove no more; but there is no settlement for these, but an everlasting exclusion from the presence of God, which is a punishment ordained for them, 2 Thes 1.9. they shall never have one look or pity or compassion from God any more for ever.