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Christ in the clouds coming to judgment
Christ in the clouds coming to judgment; or The dissolution of all things. Wherein is plainly set forth the second coming of Christ to judgment. ... / Being the substance of a sermon preached by that Reverend Divine, Dr. Bates, deceased.
Boston: printed for Benjamin Gray, 1729
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It is most certain that the Day of Judgment will come, and that it will be very dreadful to all the Wicked. But seeing these things must be, what manner of persons ought we to be in all manner of conversation; always looking for the coming of Christ: At whose coming the Sun shall be darkened, the Moon shall not give her Light, the Stars shall be shaken, and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat: Who can hear of all this and not be wonderfully dismayed? O! who dares eat or drink or sleep, or take a minutes rest, be sure these days shall come. O wake ye Drunkards, and weep all ye drinkers of Wine, because of the new Wine, for it shall be pulled from your Mouths: Gird your selves, and lament ye Priests, howl ye Ministers of the Altar, alas! for the day of the Lord is at hand.
It is most certain that the Day of Judgment will come, and that it will be very dreadful to all the Wicked. But seeing these things must be, what manner of persons ought we to be in all manner of conversation; always looking for the coming of Christ: At whose coming the Sun shall be darkned, the Moon shall not give her Light, the Stars shall be shaken, and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat: Who can hear of all this and not be wonderfully dismayed? O! who dares eat or drink or sleep, or take a minutes rest, besure these days shall come. O wake ye Drunkards, and weep all ye drinkers of Wine, because of the new Wine, for it shall be pulled from your Mouths: Gird your selves, and lament ye Priests, howl ye Ministers of the Altar, alas! for the day of the Lord is at hand.
The DOCTRINE shall be this,
That 'tis a Gospel-truth that Christ that came into the World in the form of a Servant, will one Day come as a Judge, attended with all his Angels.