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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 13: The Application.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. To Sinners. 2. To Believers. 3. To B•th.
1. I shall speak to sinners.
1. To discover them. 2. To awaken them. 3. To exhort them.
1. For the Discovery of sinners.
Will the Lord Jesus Christ certainly and quickly appear to Judgment? and must the whole World be summoned unto his Ba•? surely then it doth above all things concern all of you to sit down, and consider how you are provided for this day; all of you will be spectators of Christ, and his glory on that day; but you will not be idle spectators as some times you have been of great shows in the City, whilst it […] yet standing, which have passed away, and you have gone away without much regard of the things you have seen No, you will all be most highly concerned in this appearance of Christ, more then Persons, who are to be tried for their […], are concerned at the appearance of the Judge, who comes to pass sentence upon them; you will all be tried on that day, and your everlasting weal, or woe, will depend upon the account you shall give, and the sentence which shall be pronounced upon you by the great Judge: therefore let me, beseech you all to examine your selves, whither you are prepared for this day of Judgment; it will be a woeful day to such sinners, whom the Lord Jesus will condemn unto everlasting torments; and are there no such Persons amongst, you? are there no ungodly ones gathered together into this place? are all of you Saints and Children of God? if you are not such, you will wish you had been such at that time? but are you all such now? the worst of you may be such, if you seriously, diligently, and timely […] such a privilege but are you such yet? are there not […] here, whom the Lord Jesus Christ will come in flaming […] to take vengeance upon? It would take up too much room to speak of all these sinners whom Christ will condemn; especially having already spoken particularly of them under the conviction But briefly and more summarily for the discovery of such Persons