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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 4
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.
[…] Book which will be opened, is the Book of the […] the righteous will find the merits of Christ […] •ad none of their own: they will find ex••••• […] precious promises of pardon, and Salvation, […], which have been made to all them that […] ••lieve in Christ, and testify the same by their […] God, making choice of him ser their chief go•• […] and laying up their treasure in Heaven, and b• […] obedience to his commands, and walking in […] way: and then Conscience will give in evidence, […] Gods remembrance will confirm it, and the Spirit will ⟨p. 23⟩witness it, and Christ himself will acknowledge it, that all his true Disciples have had the qualifications, which have shown their interest in the Promises: yea, the weakest of believers, whatever doubts and fears they have now, will then certainly know, and confidently plead these qualifications which they have had, they will be able to say, that they had true saith, though it were but weak: that they did truly lay hold on Christ, though it were with a trembling hand: that they had the faith of reliance and recumbence, though they had not the faith of assurance and strong confidence: that they did heartily repent and grieve for sin, though they had not that measure of Godly sorrow, which they desired▪ that sin did not reign in them, though sometime it did rag••• and domineer: that they had chosen God for their […] good, above the whole World, and the ••yass of their […] was towards him: and that they had a sincere love to […] […] though they fell short in the fervency which they desi•• […] have: that they did walk and keep on in Heavens wa•• […] if sometimes they wandered, that they found their way […] […] if sometime they stumbled, that they got up again: […] […] Book of the Gospel, will give all true believers such […] […] ••• tances as that they shall not co••e into condemnation […] […] 3. 16. Whosoever believeth in the Son shall not perish […] everlasting life, and Rom 8. 1. There is no […] which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the […] the Spirit. And the like.