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Village Sermons on the Chief Articles of Faith, Etc., on the Christian Charakter and on Some of the Relative Duties
Village Sermons on the Chief Articles of Faith Etc on the Christian Charakter and on Some of the Relative Duties Author:Edward Berens General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1828 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SERMON IV, ON A. FUTURE JUDGMENT. 2 Cor. v. 10. We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Our blessed Lord, having finished on earth the work which his Father gave him to do; having by his death made atonement for our sins, and opened unto us the gates of everlasting life by his glorious resurrection; in the sight of many of his chosen followers Ascended Into Heaven, and there Sitteth AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. He will not, however, always continue there. The Scriptures repeatedly assure us that he will come again from heaven, and that the object of his coming will be to judge the world. " God " hath appointed a day in which he will judge " the world in righteousness by that man, " whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath " hath raised him from the deada." Accordingly in the Creed, after professing our belief, that our Lord on The Third Day Rose Again FROM THE DEAD, AND ASCENDED INTO Heaven, we say, From Thence He Shall COME TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. The doctrine of a future judgment is so calculated to produce holiness of living, that I wish to direct to it your serious attention. In discoursing on this awful subject, we will consider, First, some of the circumstances of solemnity which will attend the last judgment; Secondly, what we shall be judged for; and, Thirdly, the consequences of the sentence that will be pronounced. I. Some belief in a future judgment appears to have prevailed pretty generally among men, even before the coming of our Lord; and still I...« less