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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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10. Come forth all ye unmerciful persons: whole […] ⟨p. 81⟩have been shut up against the poor and needy who have spoken churlishly to the poor, and looked upon them a far […]: or if you have spoken to them fair, and said to the na••d and destitute of daily food, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and be ye filled: yet have not given unto them things needful for the body, whatever abundance you had by you, who have no pity on my distressed members, so as to contribute any relief to their necessities? I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was waked, and ye clothed me not: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in […] I was sick▪ •nd you visited me not: I was in prison, and ye did not administer unto me. Did you not understand it was your duty to relieve the▪ poor? had you not your riches given to you for this […]? was not this the best use you could put them unto? would not works of mercy have brought unto you the best returns at last: might you not hereby have laid up for your selves a good foundation against this day? if you had laid o•t▪ your estate according to my prescription, might not you now have […] hold […] eternal life? were you never forewarned, that such should have judgment without mercy, that did not show mercy? And you that have had no mercy to forgive, that know not how to pass by real, or conjectural injuries, which […] hare received: that were ready to take your brother by the throne for a hundred pence, when you might have been forgiven your ten thousand talents which you owed unto God: were ye never told, that the King of Heaven would deliver you to the tormentors, if you were unmerciful? Take them Devils bind them hand and foot.
10. Come forth all yee unmerciful persons: whole 〈…〉 ⟨p. 81⟩have been shut up against the poor and needy who have spoken churlishly to the poor, and looked upon them a far 〈…〉: or if you have spoken to them fair, and said to the nad and destitute of daily food, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and be ye filled: yet have not given unto them things needful for the body, whatever abundance you had by you, who have no pitty on my distressed members, so as to contribute any relief to their necessities? I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was waked, and ye cloathed me not: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in I was sick nd you visited me not: I was in prison, and ye did not administer unto me. Did you not understand it was your duty to relieve the poor? had you not your riches given to you for this ? was not this the best use you could put them unto? would not works of mercy have brought unto you the best returns at last: might you not hereby have laid up for your selves a good foundation against this day? if you had laid ot your estate according to my prescription, migh not you now have hold eternal life? were you never forewarned, that such should have judgment without mercy, that did not shew mercy? And you that have had no mercy to forgive, that know not how to pass by real, or conjectural injuries, which hare received: that were ready to take your brother by the throne for a hundred pence, when you might have been forgiven your ten thousand talents which you owed unto God: were ye never told, that the King of Heaven would deliver you to the tormentors, if you were unmercifull? Take them Devils bind them hand and foot.