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A58888 A discoverie of the vvorld to come according to the Scriptures the first part thereof being didactical, or such as contains a form of positive doctrine : wherein 1. The doctrine of the world to come is propounded, explicated, confirmed, and applyed in a more familiar method then formerly hath been observed, 2. The doctrine of millenaries, touching a new reformed church in the latter times, which they call a new world, is confuted, 3. Sundry passages of holy writ are interpreted in reference to the world to come, which have been formerly wrested, and forced in a wrong sense / written by J. Seager... Seager, J. (John) 1650 (1650) Wing S2172; ESTC R32635 182,162 318

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know that whatsoever good thing any man doth the same shall he receive of God at the day of Judgment whether he be bond or free Ephes 6. 8. More particularly it should exhort us 1. To beleeve in the Lord Jesus Christ effectually so as to rely upon him for Pardon Peace Sanctification and Salvation and not to content our selves as many do with a bare profession of faith or with an historical faith or with a temporary faith or with a false faith saying they beleeve that all shall be saved c. seeing we know that a dead faith cannot save any but it shall be well for such Beleevers as have a lively faith at the day of Judgment as it is written He that beleeveth shall be saved Mark 16. 16. Christ shall come to be admired of those that beleeve 2 Thes 1. 10. And whosoever beleeveth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life Joh. 3. 16. Joh. 11. 2. To repent of our sins dayly by way of confession contrition and prayer seeing we know it shall go well with such penitent sinners at the day of Judgment when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of God Acts 3. 19. 3. To be doers of Gods Word and not hearers only deceiving our own Souls seeing we know it shall be well with the doers of Gods Word at the day of Judgment as it is written Not every one that saith Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the will of God which is in Heaven Mat. 7. And it shall be then said unto every doer of Gods Will Well done good and faithful Servant thou hast been faithful in little I will make thee Ruler over much enter into thy Masters Joy 4. To be merciful unto such as are in misery seeing we know that Mercy rejoyceth against Judgment yea against the last Judgment Jam. 2. 13. 5. To be circumspect in our ways according to that of Saint Iames So speak and so do as they that shall be judged by the Law of Liberty Jam. 2. 12. 6. To fear the last Judgment not with a distrustful fear but with an awful and reverential fear so as to be admonished thereby to eschew the evil forbidden and to do the good required as David feared the temporal Judgments of God Psalm 119. 120. 7. To make our Calling and Election sure seeing we know that it shall be well with Gods Chosen at the day of Judgment Rom. 8. 33. SECT VIII Touching the Personal-Humane Kingdom of Christ in the World to come THough the Kingdom of Christ be Monarchical and so but one Kingdom in a large sence there being no other Christ superior or equal to him in it yet there be different estates of his Kingdom and every estate of it is called a Kingdom in Scripture and so we have warrant from the Word of God to distinguish of the Kingdom of Christ and to say there is a three-fold Kingdom of his viz. 1. His Essential Kingdom 2. His Personal-Divine Kingdom 3. His Personal-Humane Kingdom 1. The Essential Kingdom of Christ is that Kingdom which belongs to him as he is God equal with the Father and the Holy Ghost for whatsoever is common to the three persons in the Trinity is essential to each of them as the Godhead is common to all and essential to each of them Omnisciency is common to all and essential to each of them Omnipotency is common to all and essential to each of them So there is a Kingdom common to all of them which therefore may be called the essential Kingdom of Christ as he is God equal with the Father and the Holy Ghost which Kingdom of his is called by some His Natural Kingdom by others His Native or Providential Kingdom by me His Essential Kingdom And this Kingdom of his hath for its Object both this world and the World to come It is every where in Heaven in Earth and under the ●●●th it extends to all creatures together with their actions and all accidents incidental unto them as it is said God hath established his Throne in Heaven and his Kingdom ruleth over all Psal 103. 19. O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy Name in all the Earth Psal 8. 1. God ruleth in the kingdoms of men Dan. 4. 17 25. And the Wisdom of God saith By me Kings raign and Princes decree Iustice By me Princes rule and Nobles even all the Iudges of the Earth Prov. 8. 15 16. 2. The Personal-Divine Kingdom of Christ is that Kingdom which belongs unto him as he is God and man in one Person and wherein he now raigns in his Divine Nature For it is commonly acknowledged by Divines That Christ now raigneth over his Militant Church in his Divine Nature and hath so raigned from the beginning hitherto and shall so raign unto the end of the world in a spiritual way and that both inwardly by his Word and Spirit and outwardly by the Discipline and Government which he hath appointed in his Church And they say The Person which thus raigns is God and man yet the Nature wherein he raigns is not the Humane but the Divine Nature and therefore I call it his Personal-Divine Kingdom Of this Kingdom of his it is said The Kingdom of God is at hand Mar. 1. 15. The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation The Kingdom of God is within you Luk. 17. 20 21. The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink but Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost Rom. 14. 17. And I acknowledg that this Kingdom of his may fitly be called his Spiritual Kingdom because his Government in it is altogether Spiritual It may fitly be called his Donative Kingdom because he received it by donation and gift from his Father Joh. 17. 2. It may fitly be called his Mediatory Kingdom because it belongs unto him as he is a Mediator between God and man And it may fitly be called his Oeconomical Kingdom because it extends properly to his Family the visible Church Neither do I think that think this Personal Kingdom of Christ considered as meerly Divine shall extend to the Church Triumphant 3. The Personal-Humane Kingdom of Christ is that Kingdom which belongs unto him as he is the Son of man and the Son of David and wherein he shall raign in his Humane Nature bodily and visibly And though I grant That this Kingdom of his shall be a second estate of his Personal Donative Mediatory Occonomical Kingdom yet for distinction sake I call it his Personal-Humane Kingdom because only in this estate of his Kingdom shall he raign after a bodily and humane manner Now this is the Kingdom of which I am here to speak and I shall speak of it partly by way of Doctrine and partly by way of Use and Application By way of Doctrine I shall lay down several principles or grounds needful to be known concerning this Kingdom of Christ As First I affirm That Christ shall one day have
1. That the Execution of it shall immediately follow the Sentence of it For no sooner shall that Sentence be given but forthwith the righteous shall go into life eternal and the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment Mat. 25. 46. 2. That the Execution of it shall be full and compleat in all things according to the Sentence For nothing shal be found in the Sentence which shall be found wanting in the Execution but in all things according to the Sentence shall the Execution be they that shall be blessed in the Sentence shall be blessed in the Execution and they that shall be cursed in the Sentence shall be cursed in the Execution and so Christ shall render unto every man according to his works Rev. 22. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality eternal life But unto them that are contentious and obey not the truth but obey unrighteousness indignation and wrath tribulation and auguish Rom. 2. 7 8 9. 3. That the Execution of it shall continue for ever For it is granted that the felicity of the godly and the misery of the wicked shall have no end in the World to come And if so then it will follow that the Execution of this last Judgment shall have no end but shall continue for ever both in multiplying of joys upon the godly and in multiplying of sorrows upon the wicked And what else can befall them both after the Sentence of this Iudgment but the Execution thereof Wherefore if we take the day of Iudgment for the day of Sentence we cannot say with Mr Mede and say truly That it On the Apotalyps shall continue a thousand years But if we take the day of Iudgment for the day of Execution we may say and say truly That it shall continue for ever Now as the Scripture doth thus inform our judgments concerning the last Iudgment so doth it also Vse apply ●●e same Doctrine for the reformation of our lives Partly by way of Dehortation And so this Doctrine of the last Iudgment should dehort us in general from the practise of all sin because every sin unrepented of and unpardoned shall be brought to judgment and receive a just recompence of reward Eccles 12. 14. And in particular it should dehort us 1. From Atheism in all degrees because they that shall be found in the guilt of this sin without a pardon for it at the day of Iudgment shall suffer for it according to the full desert of their sin And God shall then say unto such an Atheist Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thy self but I will reprove thee and set those things in order before thine eyes Psal 50. 21. 2. From sinful ignorance in all kindes because they that shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at the day of Iudgment shall suffer for it as it is written He that knoweth not his Masters will shall be beaten with stripes Luk. 12. 48. And Christ at his second Coming shall take vengeance on such as know not God 2 Thess 1. 8. 3. From sinful unbelief in all kindes because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at the day of Iudgment shall be condemned for it and shall suffer according to their demerit as it is written He that beleeveth not shall be damned Mar. 16. 16. And the unbeleevers shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone Rev. 21. 8. 4. From sinful impenitency in every kinde because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall perish for it everlastingly according to that of our Saviour Excepe ye repent ye shall all perish Luke 13. 1 2. 5. From sinful disobedience in every kinde because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of God and the glory of his power 2 Thess 1. 9. 6. From sinful envy and grudging at the good of others because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be severely judged and condemned for it according to that of Saint James Grudg not one against another brethren lest ye be condemned behold the Judg standeth before the door Jam. 5. 9. 7. From rash and peremptory judging one of another because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be condemned for it according to that of Saint James My brethren be not many Masters knowing that ye shall receive the greater condemnation Jam. 3. 1. 8. From sinful swearing in every kind because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be condemned for it according to that of S. James But above all things my brethren swear not neither by Heaven nor by the Earth nor by any other Oath but let your Yea be Yea and your Nay Nay lest ye fall into condemnation Iam. 5. 12. 9. From sinful security because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be greatly terrified in their consciences in so much that they shall hide themselves in the Dens and Rocks of the Mountains and shall say unto the Mountains and Rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great Day of his Wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 16 17. 10. From unmercifulness because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be severely punished for it according as it is written There shall be Judgment merciless to them that shew no mercy Iam. 2. 13. 11. From Adultery and Whoredom because such as shall be found in the guilt of this evil without a pardon for it at that day shall be judged for it as it is said But Whoremongers and Adulterers God will judg Heb. 13. 3. 12. From all Errors in opinion especially such as relate to this Subject As 1. That this Iudgment is yet far off 2. That the day of Sentence shall continue a thousand years 3. That the place of this Iudgment shall be in this present world Now such and all other Errors should be abandoned because such as shall be found guilty of them without a pardon at this great Day shall be condemned for them as S. Peter saith of erroneous persons Their Judgment lingereth not their Damnation slumbereth not 2 Pet. 2. 3. Partly also this Doctrine of the last Judgment is applyed in Scripture by way of Exhortation And so it should exhort us in general to the practise of all known duties seeing we