The day-dawning and the day-star arising to the dispersed of Judah & Israel wherein is briefly handled their call and Christs second coming, whose day is neer at hand / by Tho. Collier.
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- The day-dawning and the day-star arising to the dispersed of Judah & Israel wherein is briefly handled their call and Christs second coming, whose day is neer at hand / by Tho. Collier.
- Author
- Collier, Thomas.
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- London :: Printed by H. Hills for T. Brewster at the Three Bibles neer the West End of Pauls,
- 1655.
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- Second Advent -- Early works to 1800.
- Judgment Day -- Early works to 1800.
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"The day-dawning and the day-star arising to the dispersed of Judah & Israel wherein is briefly handled their call and Christs second coming, whose day is neer at hand / by Tho. Collier." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B08800.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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Ans. It must needs minister consolation in the knowledge of the truth of things; there is no truth of God but the knowledge of it ministers joy, much more; this about the kingdom and glory of Christ, that the place of suffer∣ing shall be for a time the place of glory and liberty.
2. It will keep us more to a constant expectation of his coming and not to put it far away, as of necessity we must, if we suppose a state of glory and liberty for the Church here on earth before his coming, as almost all do expect; when Paul onely mindes the Ap∣postles to be first, 2 Thess. 2. 3. and that hath been, and I believe is al∣most over, and the day of his glo∣ry is at the doors.
3. It will tend to the establish∣ing of the Saints in the truth in opposition to all false wayes and false Christs, knowing it to be
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their duty to wait upon him in his appointment untill the day of his appearing, thereby manifesting not onely their owning of him, by vertue of their being owned by him, but also that they do in∣deed look for him, for none durst to look for him indeed, but those who upon a right account do serve him. What advantage hath Satan had in our dayes for want of souls being principled in this truth, one saith here, another there is Christ, and all because we turn his reign all into a mystery, viz. in the Saints: but hold right here, and you shall be able to discover all false and Antichrists, be they ne∣ver so deceivable: own Christ thy justification, thy king to serve him according to the Scriptures, the resurrection his personal com∣ing and reign, and look for it, and thou shalt live above all those false notions that are in the world, able
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to judge them all, in the light of this truth.
4. It will keep the Saints in peace and quiet in their mindes, though under persecution, till the time come, the contrary, an ima∣ginary that the Saints shall reign, makes them vex when things go not to their minds, fills them with trouble and unquietness, if not tur∣bulency of spirit, thinking now is the kingdom of Christ going up, but if the Saints knew that their day must be a day of suffering till Christ come, they would not trouble themselvs about the king∣doms of the world till that time come, for all powers set up in the world before Christ come, are but members of the fourth Monarch, even the most righteous, &c. must be broken when he comes, there∣fore let the Saints wait with pati∣ence, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Amen.