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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 11
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3. From the Historical Relation in them of Prophesies fulfilled, and Miracles whereby they were confirmed, and the rationally unquestionable certainty of this History, as it is handed down to posterity.
1. From the superscription and Image of God upon them, I mean i• that, 1 They hear the name of the Word of God. 2. […] that they bear such evident marks and characters of Divinity.
1. From the supersciption and Image of God upon them, I mean i• that, 1 They hear the name of the Word of God. 2. 〈…〉 that they bear such evident marks and characters of Divinity.
1. T•e Scriptures bear the name of the Word of God. 2. Tim. 3. 16. All Scripture is given by divine inspiration. We cannot nationally imagine that the all-seeing and jealous God should permit such an impious forgery and deceit to receive credit for so many generations, amongst the most zealous worshippers of him in the World; and by such wonderful providences preserve and maintain the Scriptures against the rage and fury of an ungodly Word, who have opposed the truths therein contained, and endeavoured the suppressing of the Light, which therein hath shined, if so be that they had been a forgery and deceit indeed, and the fancies and inventions of Men, fathered upon him as his Word, and will, and proceeding from the inspirations of his spirit; but that he would have made known their falsehood unto some, at least, who had the greatest love & respect to his name and honour, and have been the most diligent enquirers after truth, and unwilling to be imposed upon with deceits, especially in such things as are of the highest concernment; which the Lord having given no testimony against, but all along owned; and when none in the World, either worshippers of him, or others of highest pretensions to reason have any evident and swaying reason to believe that the Scripture are a deceit; (whatever some black mouths mutter in corners) it is not irrational for us to believe, that the Scriptures and indeed the Word of God, which they bear the Title of.