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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Christ's certain and sudden Appearance to Judgment. › Chapter 8
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had you believed in me, and yielded obedience to me, my righteousness should have been yours, and then you might have held […] your heads with joyful expectation of glory on this day, but […] cleaved to your own righteousness, and were well and whole, […] did not see your need of me to be your Physician and Saviour, […] would not submit unto, and accept of my righteousness, and […] have you to say, why judgment should not pass upon you? […] […] think such works as yours would satisfy Justice when if you […] done better, and kept the whole […] for the greatest part of […] life, yet you had done but your Duty, and the […] of your […] were enough to sink you into Hell: […] was any of your righteousness perfect: Did you think to […] Heaven by such works do you think you deserve a Crown of glory for your […] […] morality? where have you a promise of it? and if you had […] promise: could you think you should ever attain it? what, […] ⟨p. 88⟩mouth ••opt, and are you speechless new? Take them Devils, bind them hand and foot.
had you believed in me, and yielded obedience to me, my righteousness should have been yours, and then you might have held 〈…〉 your heads with joyful expectation of glory on this day, but 〈…〉 cleaved to your own righteousness, and were well and whole, 〈…〉 did not see your need of me to be your Physician and Saviour, 〈…〉 would not submit unto, and accept of my righteousness, and 〈…〉 have you to say, why judgment should not pass upon you? 〈…〉 〈…〉 think such works as yours would satisfie Justice when if you 〈…〉 done better, and kept the whole 〈…〉 for the greatest part of 〈…〉 life, yet you had done but your Duty, and the 〈…〉 of your 〈…〉 were enough to sink you into Hell: 〈…〉 was any of your righteousness perfect: Did you think to Heaven by such works do you think you deserve a Crown of glory for your morality? where have you a promise of it? and if you had promise: could you think you should ever attain it? what,