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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 10
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4. Th•• Wills shall be perfectly holy; there shall be a sweet harmony between their wills and the will of God, a perfect compliance with the sweet Law which they shall be under, without the least contranite•cy, or contradiction; they shall not have day evil motion, or inclination of will in Heaven.
5. Their Hearts and affections shall be perfectly holy; the inner room of their hearts shall then be swept clean of all cobwebs, there shall not be the least dost of sin remain; the roots of bitterness will be plucked up then, and the stains which now are upon them shall be washed off; all the disorders and distempers […] their affections shall be removed, yea some affections which now they have and are suitable to this estate of sin and imperfection, shall be removed in their state of glory, such as grief, anger, fear, and the like; they shall have no bitterness upon their spirits, no sorrow in their hearts, no sinking and fainting of spirit, no discouragement and despondency, no terror or perplexity, no anguish or anxiety; all these shall flee away like a Cloud, yea they shall have no hope in Heaven, nor desire as I conceive, because these affections suppose the chief good to be absent, and imply imperfection; but there they shall have a perfect enjoyment and rest of soul in the chief good; which is the next thing to be spoken of, namely the object of the Saints happiness in Heaven.
5. Their Hearts and affections shall be perfectly holy; the inner room of their hearts shall then be swept clean of all cobwebs, there shall not be the least dost of sin remain; the roots of bitterness will be plucked up then, and the stains which now are upon them shall be washed off; all the disorders and distempers 〈…〉 their affections shall be removed, yea some affections which now they have and are suitable to this estate of sin and imperfection, shall be removed in their state of glory, such as grief, anger, fear, and the like; they shall have no bitterness upon their spirits, no sorrow in their hearts, no sinking and fainting of spirit, no discouragement and dispondency, no trrour or perlexity, no anguish or anxiety; all these shall flee away like a Cloud, yea they shall have no hope in Heaven, nor desire as I conceive, because these affections suppose the chief good to be absent, and imply imperfection; but there they shall have a perfect enjoyment and rest of soul in the chief good; which is the next thing to be spoken of, namely the object of the Saints happiness in Heaven.