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The only deliverer from wrath to come, or, The way to escape the horrible and eternal burnings of Hell By Thomas Vincent.
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Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.
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my heart to add Drunkenness to thirst The Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousie shall smoke against that man and all the curses that are written in this Book shall lye upon him and the Lord shall blot out his name from under Heaven Moreover we read Gal. 3. 13. Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them Such as are guilty of any transgression of the Law whilst out of Christ are under the curse and lyable unto Gods Wrath and it is said Heb. 3. 2. That every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward Hence it is that the children of disobedience are called children of Wrath Eph. 2. 2 3. 2. The wrath of God will come upon all Hypocrites it is more peculiarly appropriated unto them as their portion Matth. 24. 51. He shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of Teeth Whoever escape Gods wrath hypocrites shall not escape whoever are pardoned hypocrites shall be punished such as have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof such as make some show of outward reformation but are without inward transformation such as are like Painted Sepulchres fair and beautiful without but within full of rottenness such who make it their great business to appear Religious and take no care to be Religious but are rotten at heart and cover carnal designs with a cloke of profession as their sin is most offensive unto God here so his wrath will certainly come upon them with the greatest severity hereafter 3. The wrath of God will come upon all impenitent and unbelieving persons Luke 13. 3. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Mark 16. 16. He that believeth not shall be damned Repentance and Faith are two great duties of the Gospel and wrath is particularly threatned to such as do not obey the Gospel to such God will render indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish Rom. 2. 8 9. And Christ will come in flaming Fire to take vengeance upon them 2 Thess 1. 8. Such as are impenitent and unbelievers neglect the Salvation of the Gospel which by Faith in Christ alone is attainable and sinning against the only remedy they cannot escape Heb. 2. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation Fourthly When this wrath of God will come 1. The wrath of God will come in part upon the wicked immediately after the separation of their Soul from the Body the souls of the wicked assoon as they are loosned by death from the ruinous Habitation of their bodies they presently appear before God and are condemned to Hell and dragd by the Devil the Jaylor into that Prison where they are bound in Chains of Darkness filled with horrour and anguish until the day of eternal Judgement The Scripture tells us of disobedient Spirits thrown into Prison 1 Pet. 3. 19 20. 2. The Wrath of God will come in full upon all the wicked together at the last day called the day of Judgement and Perdition of the Ungodly 2 Pet. 3. 7. When the Lord Jesus shall come to Judge the World he will bring the Treasures of Gods wrath with him and render unto all the wicked that wrath and vengeance which is their due and therefore this day is called The day of Wrath and Revelation of the Righteous Judgement of God Rom. 2. 5. This will be a dreadful day unto the wicked when the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise and like a Stoll be rolled together and the Elements shall melt with frevent heat and be dissolved when the Sun shall become black as Sack-cloth of Hair and the Moon become like Blood when the powers of Heaven shall be shaken and the Stars shall fall from Heaven unto the Earth like Figgs from their Tree when it is shaken with a mighty Wind when there shall be Thunderings exceeding loud and Lightnings and Tempest exceeding horrid when the last Trumpet shall sound and a mighty shout shall come down from above and awaken all the Sinners that are asleep in the dust when Christ the great Judge of the World shall come forth from his Fathers house and make his appearance in the World with Millions of mighty Angels and all the Saints at his right hand clothed with Majesty and brightness of Glory and when the wicked shall come forth of their Graves and so soon as they shall open their eyes shall see Heaven and Earth on Fire about their Ears and the Lord Jesus coming towards them in flaming Fire to take vengeance upon them so soon as they open their ears shall hear the dreadful Trumpet and Shout in the Air and the Howlings and Lamentations of all their fellow Sinners about them upon the Earth O the dread and confusion which the wicked then shall be filled with when they are summoned and dragged to the Tribunal Seat of Christ and there have the Books opened before them where all their fins are written and which then will be made manifest unto the whole World and when the Sentence Depart ye cursed into everlasting Fire shall be passed upon them and when the Lord shall open the Treasures of Wrath unto them and give them that portion thereof which is their due and when they shall see the mouth of Hell open beneath them and an horrible flame issuing forth from thence giving notice of a more horrible fire within which is prepared for them O the dread O the shreeks Who can dwell with such devouring Fire Who can inhabit such everlasting burnings How welcome would a great Rock or Mountain be if they could find any that would fall upon them and hid them from the wrath of the Lamb and keep off the strokes of Gods vengeance which then will be inflicted upon them but the Sentence being pronounced the Execution will follow and none can escape it from Christ's tribunal Seat the wicked will be rhrown into the fiery Prison of Hell where they will be shut down and shut in and that for ever there they will lye there they will fry and there they will cry and though always dying yet they will never dye the fire there will burn most dreadfully and continually and never be extinguished and the wicked will be tormented there in every part and in extremity and their torment will never be ended Fifthly Who this Jesus is that doth deliver from Wrath to come In the Text he is called Jesus and the reason of this name we shall find Matth. 1. 21. Thou shalt call his Name Jesus for he shall Save his People from their Sins This Jesus is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God and Man in one Person he is the Eternal Son of God of the same Essence with the Father equal to him in Power and Glory who before the world was appointed in time to be the Redeemer of Mankind and when
the worth and excellency of will above all things be most vexatious unto them 2. The punishment of sense this will consist in the horrible pains and tortures which shall in extremity be inflicted upon every part of the bodies of all the wicked by the most dreadful and unquenchable Fire which they shall be thrown into and the more horrible anguish which through the immediate imimpressions of Gods wrath shall be inflicted upon every faculty of their souls in Hell where they shall have no ease nor release for ever Matth. 25. 41. Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels Rev. 14. 10 11. The same shall drink of the Wine of the Wrath of God which is poured out without mixture into the Cup of his indignation and shall be tormented with Fire and Brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever and they have no rest Day nor Night c. See more of this in my Book of Christ's certain and sudden Appearance to Judgement and in my Book of Fire and Brimstone c. Secondly That this Wrath of God is to come this implyseth two things 1. That this Wrath is not yet come 2. That it will certainly come 1. This wrath of God is not yet come were it come who could stand before it who could deliver from it where it seiseth it crusheth it burneth and that worse than any fire where it seiseth it holds and never letteth go it's hold for ever but as yet this is not come some sparks of this fire may be let fall in temporal judgements upon sinners in this life but what are temporal judgements in comparison with eternal In this world God doth exercise his patience towards the wicked he is angry with them and his anger doth smoke against them but he with-holds his wrath from breaking forth into a flame which would quickly devour all the wicked of the Earth together should he give way to it and let it loose upon them Indeed we read John 3. 36. That the wrath of God abideth upon unbelievers that is it shall abide upon them who at last are found in a state of unbelief as surely as if it did already abide upon them or the wrath of God abideth upon unbelievers that is the sentence of condemnation unto this wrath doth abide upon them as John 3. 18. He that believeth not is condemned already Indeed it is said of the persecuting Jews who had killed the Lord Jesus and their own Prophets and forbidden the Apostles to Preach unto the Gentils that the wrath was come upon them to the uttermost 1 Thes 2. 15 16. But this we are thus to understand that the wrath of God was come upon them to the uttermost not in regard of eternal judgements but in regard of spiritual judgements it being the uttermost expression of God's Wrath here to give sinners up unto a persecuting spirit which doth prepare them for the uttermost and most dreadful punishment of Hell hereafter But as yet the wrath of God is not come none in this world do or can know the power of God's anger 2. The wrath of God is to come that is it will certainly come there are some things which may come such and such temporal judgements may come such and such deliverances may come but there are some things which will come Death will come and Christ will come and as certainly as Death and Christ will come so certainly this wrath of God will come God hath foretold it and Heaven and Earth shall pass away but not one jot or tittle of what God hath foretold until it be fulfilled God hath threatned it and God is not more faithful in his promises to his people than he is true in his threatnings to his enemies God's justice doth engage him to send it which can be satisfyed no other way by those which have no interest in the satisfaction of Christ The wicked are Vessels fitted by sin for destruction and prepared for wrath and therefore they shall be filled with it even as the Vessels of Mercy are fitted and shall be filled with glory God hath Treasured up wrath for the wicked as they have Treasured up Sin and God will give them that which they have so much deserved and he hath prepared for them However Sinners may escape this wrath for a while and vainly hope to flee or hid themselves from the strokes of Gods vengeance yet Gods Right hand will find out all those that hate him and he will make them as a fiery Oven in the time of his anger and swallow them up in his wrath and devour them with the fire of his indignation Psal 21. 8 9. Thirdly Vpon whom will this wraâ—h of God come 1. This wrath of God will come upon all the children of disobedience see Col. 3. 5 6. Mortifie therefore your members which are upon the Earth Fornication Vncleanness inordinate affection evil concupiscense and covetousness which is Idolatry for which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience Such are children of disobedience who are disobedient children such who do nor yield obedience unto the Law of God but live and allow themselves in the practice of known sins and in the neglect of known duties such who are under the reigning power of sin who are willing servants of sin who yeild up their members as Instruments of unrighteousness unto sin as Rom. 6. 13. Who serve divers lusts Tit. 3. 3. Who make provision for the Flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Rom. 13. 14. Such who are Blasphemers or Swearers or Sabbath-breakers or Murderers or Adulterers or Drunkards or Thieves or Covetous or Unrighteous or Extortioners or Revilers or Scoffers at Religion or Persecutors of Gods people or have an enmity to the power of Godliness such as are Proud and Boasters such as are disobedient to Parents without natural affection such as are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God such as are Lyars and unfaithful such as are idle and slothful such as live in envy and malice and are given to revenge and cannot forgive injuries and the like sinners these are Children of disobedience upon whom the wrath of God will come see also Ephes 5. 6. Let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the Children of disobedience Let none deceive you with vain words neither deceive your selves with vain thoughts as if you might escape the wrath of God although you live in the practice of such and such sins see how vain and groundless the security of such persons is Deut. 28. 19 20. Lest there be among you a root that beareth Gall and Worm-wood and it come to pass when he heareth the Words of this curse that he blesseth himself in his heart saying I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of