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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 13: The Application.
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instead of speaking •••dly to you, he will speak to you in his wrath, and vexe• you […] his hot displeasure; Angels and Saints will then turn from […], and Devils will drag you with them into torments.
instead of speaking •••dly to you, he will speak to you in his wrath, and vexe• you 〈…〉 his hot displeasue; Angels and Saints will then turn from 〈…〉, and Devils will drag you with them into torments.
3. If you repent of sin now, you may obtain the pardon of […]; I will surely have mercy on him, saith the Lord• concerning •••enting Ephraim, Jere. 31. 20. He that confesseth his sins, that […] with repentance, so as not only to grieve for them, but also […] leave and forsake them▪ shall find mercy, Prov 28 13. Yea, God hath promised abundantly to pardon such as forsake their […] ways▪ and by repentance turn to him Isai 55. 7. and if sinners cease to do evil and learn to do well, that though their ••as be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow▪ though they be red like Crimson, they shall be as wo•l, Isai. 1. 16, 17, 18. And not only his mercy, but also his Justice and faithfulness is engaged •o pardon such as acknowledge their sins with repentance and apply themselves to him by faith: 1 Joh 1. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, […] to cleanse as from all unrighteousness. The Door of mercy […] now open to all true penitents, and the golden Sceptre of Grace and Reconciliation is held forth unto them; the Lord Jesus Christ is now interceding at the right hand of God, ready to make their peace with God; but if you do not