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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 14
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Answ. 1. If you love Christs person, it is a sign your desires after his coming are sincere; we desire the coming of friends to us, whom we love; Do you love Christ in sincerity? Do you love him for himself, for his own excellencies, this loveliness, his love, and spiritual love-tokens? do you love him upon a spiritual account?
Answ. 1. If you love Christs person, it is a sign your desires after his coming are sincere; we desire the coming of friends to us, whome we love; Do you love Christ in sincerity? Do you love him for himself, for his own excellencies, this loveliness, his love, and spiritual love-tokens? do you love him upon a spiritual account?
2. If you do sincerely desire the coming of Christ into your hearts in regard of his Spirit and grace it is a sign you have sincere desires after his coming in glory; when grace will arrive to its perfection; Can you understandingly and heartily […] Thy: Kingdom come; I mean, that Christ's Kingdom of Grace should be erected in your hearts: and are sincerely desirous to have all things within you brought into subjection and obedience thereunto? Do you sincerely and earnestly desire the presence of Christ and the breathings of his Spirit upon your hearts in his Ordinances? it is a sign that there are at the least true radical desires in you after his second appearance, though by ⟨p. 210⟩reason of doubts and fears they may not be so express.
2. If you do sincerely desire the coming of Christ into your hearts in regard of his Spirit and grace it is a sign you have sincere desires after his coming in glory; when grace will arrive to its perfection; Can you understandingly and heartily 〈…〉 Thy: Kingdom come; I mean, that Christ's Kingdom of Grace should be •rrected in your hearts: and are sincerely desi•ous to have all things within you brought into subjection and obedience thereunto? Do you sincerely and earnestly desire the presence of Christ and the breathings of his Spirit upon your hearts in his Ordinances? it is a sign that there are at the least true radical desires in you after his second appearance, though by