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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Thus much for the Summons that you hear is given 5 and every man must appear. Death must now give back all that he hath taken on• the world. What a ghastly sight shall that be to see the Graves open, to se• dead Men rise out of their Graves, and the scattering dust fly on the wings of the Wind, till it meet together in one Body? Ezek. 37.6. The dry Bones shall Live; Behold the power of God Almighty; out of this Grave & the dust of the Earth, from these Chambers of Death and Darkness, shall •ise the bodi•• of the Buried, Rev. 26.22, 23. I saw th•• dead (saith John) small and great stand before GOD […] the Sea gave up her Dead which were in it, and Death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and they were Judged every man according to their ⟨p. 9⟩Works. He that said to Corruption thou art my Father, and to the Worm thou art my Sister and Mother, said also, I know that my redeemer-Liveth, and mine eyes shall behold him. O good GOD, how wonderful is thy Power; Joel. 3.11, 12. Assemble your selves and come all ye Heathens to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to Judge the Heathen.
Thus much for the Summons that you hear is given 5 and every man must appear. Death must now give back all that he hath taken on• the world. What a gashly sight shall that be to see the Graves open, to se• dead Men rise out of their Graves, and the scattoring dust fly on the wings of the Wind, till it meet together in one Body? Ezek. 37.6. The dry Bones shall Live; Behold the power of God Almighty; out of this Grave & the dust of the Earth, from these Chambers of Death and Darkness, shall •ise the bodi•• of the Buried, Rev. 26.22, 23. I saw th dead (saith John) small and great stand before GOD the Sea gave up her Dead which were in it, and Death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and they were Judged every man according to their