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Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory…Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory…
Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Timothy Green, 1702
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The Throne of CHRIST, the most Glorious Throne. › APPLICATION
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USE. II. Let us endeavour to approve our selves such as that when we must appear before this Glorious Throne, a blessed Sentence may be pronounced upon us, v•z that, Mat 25 34. Then the King shall say, come you blessed He will say […] to •om•; let us be careful to make sure of it, that we be of those to whom the King of Glory when Sitting on his Throne of Glory, will say, Come you blessed. Therefore,
USE. II. Let us endeavour to approve our selves such as that when we must appear before this Glorious Throne, a blessed Sentence may be pronounced upon us, v•z that, Mat 25 34. Then the King shall say, come you blessed He will say 〈…〉 to •om•; let us be careful to make sure of it, that we be of those to whom the King of Glory when Sitting on his Throne of Glory, will say, Come you blessed. Therefore,
1. Consider, that we must all appear before this Glorious Judgment Seat. There is no avoiding it: Indeed at Death there will be an appearance before the Throne of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then as to their immortal Souls, men appear before the Lords Throne of Judgment. Heb 9.27. It is appointed for men once to dye, and after that the Judgment. Immediately upon Death there is a Judgment. A true believer is no sooner dead, his immortal Soul is no sooner separated from his Body, but he sees Christ. Therefore Stephen when dying, said, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit He sees Christ in Glory to his unspeakable Joy So when a wicked man dies, he also has a discovery of the Glory of Christ, but to his infinite terror. A Sentence is then passed on his Soul, and it is the same that will be passed on him before the ⟨p. 117⟩whole world at the last day. It must needs be an amazing and a soul-confounding thing to a Sinner, that so soon as ever his Soul is out of his body, […] knows for certain that the King Eternal is his Enemy; and where he shall be, and what his condition throughout Everlasting Ages; but especially at the last day, all men appear before this Judgment-seat.