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Of the Dissolution

CHAP. IL

T he fe simonies of Scripture concevtiHthe Dissolution of the World.

1. '-Tr“'Hen, Let us consider what weA. delivered in the Holy Scripts’concerning the Dislolution of the Woy'And first of all, This place , which I 1 ' 3 \

made choice of for my Text, is in myhion the most clear*and full, as to this P 3 f.i

ticular, in the whole Scripture ; and "'Jgive liglitPftfr the Solution of most of*y

proposed" ^Questions. Vers 10. The del

the Lord shall come as a thief &c. This 3 !j-swers the third Question, Whether the st 1solution shall be gradual or sudden ?

in the Heavens shall pas away with a g 1 ' 1

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noise, and the Elements jhall melt withvent heat , the Earth also , and all thethat are therein jhall he burnt up. Anygain, Vers n, Wherein the Heavenson fire shall be dijsolved, and the Ele

jhall melt with fervent heat.

This anso' es !

the second Question, What the Means

^ Inst ' 11