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The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus…
The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Opened & applied, in several sermons. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel, at Boston, in N.E. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Opened & applied, in several sermons. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel, at Boston, in N.E. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Timothy Green for Nicholas Boone, 1701
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The Blessed HOPE, And Glorious Appearing of JESUS CHRIST. › Sermon 6 › Application 2: USE II.
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USE II.
If Believers shall enjoy their Hoped for Blessedness at the Day of Christs Appearing, then they ⟨p. 135⟩have great reason to Long for […] Day o• Judgment. To long for that Day of the Glorious Appearing of the Great God our Saviour Jesus Christ. As the Saints of Old did long for the First Coming of Christ. Abraham by Faith saw that Day, and was glad; and many Prophets and Righteous men desired to see it. So Believers should long for the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. 3.12 Looking for and Hastening to the Coming of the Day of God. You must no• only Look for, not only Believe that such a Day will come, but you must Hasten to it, that is by earnest desires, by longing wishes; we should Pray for the coming of this Day. Thus Christ has taught us to Pray, Thy Kingdom Come. We must therefore Pray for the Day of Judgment. For the Kingdom of Christ will not come in all the Glory of it, before that Blessed Day. And when we Pray, Thy Will be done on Earth as in Heaven, we Pray for the Day of Judgment. For then and not till then will the Will of God be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Then will the Saints that shall come down from Heaven, the Saints in the New-Jerusalem do the Will of God with as much Perfection on Earth, as now it is done in Heaven. So then, we are to Pray for this Coming of the Lord. And great reason Believers have so to do, because of that perfect Salvation which they shall then ⟨p. 136⟩