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Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins…
Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins Milk-Street, London; ; [Three lines from Hebrews]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Benjamin Harris, 1690
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Christ's certain and sudden Appearance to Judgment. › Chapter 8
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3. Devils will be the Accusers and Witnesses against the wicked; they are now accusers of the brethren, then they will be accusers of the wicked; they accuse the brethren ••••ly, they will accuse the wicked truly; now they please & […] the wicked, and persuade them to sin; then they will accuse them for those very sins which they persuaded them unto: they have done the Devils drudgery all their d•ies, and been his faithful slaves; and this is his recompense, he will be their accuser at the last day.
3. Devils will be the Accusers and Witnesses against the wicked; they are now accusers of the brethren, then they will be accusers of the wicked; they accuse the brethren ••••ly, they will accuse the wicked truly; now they please & 〈…〉 the wicked, and perswade them to sin; then they will accuse them for those very sins which they perswaded them unto: they have done the Devils drudgery all their d•ies, and been his •aithful slaves; and this is his recompence, he will be their accuser at the last day.
4. The wicked will •e accused by themselves their own thoughts shall accuse them in the day when God shall judge the secrets of […] by Jesus Christ, Rom. 2. 15, 16. their own consciences will accuse them, and be as a thousand witnesses against ⟨p. 69⟩them: they will find all their sins registered in that book, and that book will then be opened, and they will not be able to deny one word of what they shall find there recorded. Thus of the accusers and witnesses against the wicked.