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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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I. The Certainty and Infallibility (as well as Necessity) of a Future Judgment after this Life: Which is declar'd to us by a threefold Voice, viz.
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The Voice of{Scripture, Conscience, God's Justice.
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II. The Severity and Dreadfulness of that Judgment; which to the Impenitent Sinners will be most terrible and intolerable, upon many Accounts, but chiefly these, viz.
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1. The Sight of their Judge.
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2. The Manner of his Coming to Judgment.
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3. The Accusations of their own Consciences.
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4. The Nature and Character of that Judgment; which will be Universal, Exact, Just, and Irreversible.
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III. and lastly, The Use we ought to make of this Doctrine of a Future Judgment, so as we may (thro' Grace and Mercy) avoid the Severity of it, and be advanc'd to Endless Happiness by a serious Meditation upon it; duty considering, that it is,
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1. A powerful Disswasive from Vice; because then it will most certainly be severely punish'd. And,
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2. A strong Perswasive to Virtue; because then it will be most certainly and fully rewarded.
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On the last LORD's Day, the
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, I preach'd to them again, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon; and my Text was; Rom. 10. 9. - If thou shalt confess with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine Heart, that God has raised Him from the Dead, thou shalt be Saved.
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Which Words having first explain'd, with their Context, in general, I then shew'd in particular,
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I. What this Confessing of Christ with the Mouth imports.
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II. What is meant by this Believing on Him in our Hearts.
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III. l. What an Unspeakable Benefit will accrue to us from such a Confession and Belief, viz. Eternal Life and Salvation.
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On these I enlarg'd, and then concluded with such particular Adnonitions to the Persons condemn'd, as I thought most suitable to
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