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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93110	Of the foure last and greatest things: death, iudgement, heaven and hell. The description of the happinesse of heaven, and misery of hell, by way of antithesis. With the way or means to passe through death, and judgement, into heaven, and to avoid hell. / By VVilliam Shepheard, Esquire.	Sheppard, William, d. 1675?	1649 (1649)	Wing S3196; Thomason E551_7; ESTC R205687	96,747	120

the Angels as by his 〈◊〉 and executioners he shall send cite summon and gather together all Nations before him 1 Thess 4. 16. Mat 24. 31. 1 Corin. ●5 52. Matt. 25. 32. And thus much for what shall go before the judgement It will be terrible also for the things which shall accompany the Judgement it self For the proceeding herein shall be much after the manner of the Judicatures of men For here in are thrones prepared for the Judge his 〈◊〉 and assistants and they shall sit on them Dan. 7. verse 10. Matth. 19. verse 18. Re● 20. verse 11. 2. There is ● a law making the offence and a punishment appointed for the ●ssence 2. a hearing of the cause wherein is an offence proved to be done 〈◊〉 sentenced to be punished 3. the sentence executed according to that ●aw In the doing of 〈◊〉 are two parts 1. a hearing of the cause 2. a doing of execution and in the first of these are foure parts 1. an accusation 2. an arra●gnment 3. an examination of witnesses or giving of evidence 4. a giving of sentence So here The Iudge being on his Throne and all Nations convented before him every man is brought forth his case is examined and he receiveth his sentence according to it But to open this yet more fully let us examine these two things 1. by what men shall be tryed 2. how it shall be done 1. By what They shall be tryed ●y their words and works by which their faith or infidelity shall be discerned Matth. 25. 35 42 c. Iude v. 15. 2 ●or 5. 10. 2. How they shall be tryed 1 by discovery of the fact 2 by discovery of the Law By discovery of the fact For which purpose The books of Gods 〈◊〉 know●edge 〈◊〉 every mans own consci●●●● as an informer accusing and as a thousand with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then ●ly and lye so open that every man shall have all his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●d shall be left and sit down speechlesse excuselesse and self 〈◊〉 Iude v 15. And this shall be such a discovery as nothing shall escape it for it shall be of every thought of ou● heart though never so secret every 〈◊〉 ●f our 〈◊〉 though never so car●lesly uttered every glance of 〈◊〉 eye every moment of our time every omission of good every commission 〈◊〉 done by ourselves or by others and suffered by us of every 〈◊〉 we 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of every good thing committed to us of every work we have done ●f every company we have kept all this must be brought to judgement And our 〈◊〉 that ●e n●w written as it were with the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 shall then be by the fire of the last day made most legible Matth. 25. 19. Rom. 2. 1 6 R●● 20. 12 Eccles 20. 1. God will bring every work to judgement with every 〈◊〉 thing whether good or evill 1 Corin. 4. 5. Iudge nothing before the time till the Lord come who will lighten things that are hid in darknesse and make 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the heart manifest and then shall every ma● 〈◊〉 praise of God 〈◊〉 50. ●1 I will reprove th●● and set them in order befor● thine eyes 2. This that be by discovery of the word of God Law and Gospel For men shall have that light therein as to see 1. what they should have done 2. what they have done against it 3. what they must 〈◊〉 for it They that have had no more but the law of nature shall be judged by that alone they that have had the law written by that also they that have had them both and the Gospell shall be judged by them all Rom. 2. 12. 16. Iohn 1 2. 48. Thus th●●●yall and hearing of every mans cause being done and passed there shall be a seperation made of the good and bad the good shall be set on Christs right-hand a place of dignity and safetie the bad on his left-hand a place of neglect and forsaking Matth. 25. 33. Then the sentence shall be pronounced and this is twofold 1. of Absolution to the good the sheep on his right hand in these words Come yee blessed c. every word full of sweetnesse and comfort 2. Of Condemnation to the bad the Goats on his left hand in these words Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels a sentence breathing out nothing but fire and brimstone stings and horrours every word whereof hath in it a deadly sting Depart be gone from me from God this were Hell enough to go from God the chiefest good But oh God! let me go with a blessing nay with a curse and vengeance G●yee 〈◊〉 Whether Lord must I go Let me go to some good place of pleasure ●●y to H●ll fire a fire as bad as Gods wisdome can devise of old by him devised for thy torment yet let me I pray thee come out again ●ay into everlasting fire Grant me then but some good company there nay with the Devill ●●d his Angels And thus we have the terriblenesse of the Iudgment and that which doth accompany it Now that which followeth it is the execution of this sentence and this will be much more terrible For 1. it will be suddain and present there can be no reprieve the 〈◊〉 be no delay 2. I● will be certain no pardon no● other thing can happen or come between the Cup and the Lip to prevent it 3. It will be unresistable and unavoidable for no power or policy can rescue the prisoner 4. It will continue to all eternity The wicked being then under that shame and contempt spoken off by Daniel chap. 12. v. 2. and under ten thousand time● more horror and grief then ever any guilty condemned person was after his sentence of condemnation pronounced shall be violently puld down to Hell from the presence of the glorious God Iesus Christ all good Angels and Men and their godly friends who shall be then so far from pittying and praying for them that they shall rejoyce in Gods justice upon them and there they must suffer the pain and horrour of eternall ●aselesse and re●●dilesse vengeance in a dark dungeon the gates whereof are to be for ever shut upon them whilest the godly shall be taken up into heaven there to enjoy everlasting rest glory and peace Matth. 25. 46. And they shall go into everlasting pain and these into eternall life Revel 20. 14. Death and Hell i. the heirs of Death and Hell the reprobates shall be cast into the lake of fire this is the second Death of which we shall anon speak largly 2 Cor. 5. 10. 7. This Iudgment being dispatched the end of all things shall come Matth. 13. 40. 24. 3. 31 32 c. 1 Cor. 15. 23 24. 8. This doctrine of the last judgment and Christ comming ought much to be thought upon of every Christian Rev. 22. 12. 9. By this we may be taught also That God will have the glory of his justice to be seen 2 Thess 1. 4.

stand Rev. 6. 17. And then shall hee send his Angels with this great sound of a trumpet to gather together his elect from the foure windes Mat. 24. 31. And then shall all flesh appear before his judgment seat 2 Cor. 5. 10. Who is the judge of quick and dead Acts 10. 42. And he shall sit whose garment shall be white as Snow and the haire of his head like pure Wool his Throne like the fiery flame and his wheels as burning fire a fiery stream shall issue and come before him thousand thousands shall mini●er unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand shall stand before him the judgement shall be set and the Books shall be opened Dan. 7. 9 10. Jude 14. And before this Judge for his knowledge is infinite his courage in comparable his uprightnes incorruptible these wicked Catifs shall have a most just and equal tryall and be convinced by more then a thousand witnesses and being separated as Goats from the Sheep of Christ hear that dreadfull sentence Depart yee cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels which shal be speedily effectually and eternally executed in the state place we have before spoken of And what will yee do in the time of visitation and in the desolation which shal come from far and to whom will yee flye for help and where wil lyee leave your glory oh consider this all yee that forget God least he tear you in peeces and there be non● to deliver you Esay 10. 3. 4. Psal 50. 22. In the third place if Hell be such a miserable condition then how much thanks do they owe to God that are delivered and preserved from this estate that are not appointed to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Iesus Christ Had a man been taken captiveby the Turks and there being appointed to die and another man no way obliged to him of whom the captive had deserved no good but evil should ransom him at a great rate all men would say that this captive was infinitely bound to give thanks to this redeemer But ala● what is this to the work of redemption by the Lord Iesus Christ surely nothing at all then are we much more bound to God who hath translated us from darknes to light and from the power of Satan to God Col. 1. 13. 1 Cor. 15. 57. Ps 16 9 10 11. 1 ●et 18. 19. In the fourth place if Hell be such a miserable condition and there be no perswading of us to keep our selves from it yet let us be perswaded not to further others towards this misery as all men do that by wicked councell or example provoke perswade and draw men to sin or dishearten or drive them back from good a monstrous and barbarous cruelty yet common in most yea frequent in Parents to children but rather let us pity them that are under this misery and do what we can to keep others especially these that are neer us from it If we saw another one of our children especially ready to fall in the fire or water do we not should we not do our best to save and preserve them even nature teacheth it much more then let us so do in this case by Councel Prayer and Correction also where we have authority Iude 22 23. And have compassion on some in putting 〈◊〉 other save with fear pulling them out of the fire And to move us hereunto let us consider 1. that he that converteth a sinner from going astray out of the way shall save a soule from death and hide a multitude of sin Jam. 5. 20. 2. H. this turneth others to righteousnes shall 〈◊〉 the Stars for ever and ever Dan. 12. 2. 3. Otherwise we shall seem to be worse then the damned in hell for Dives would have A●●●ban to send to his brethren to 〈◊〉 them that they might not come into this place Luke 16. 27. 28. 4. hereby God is glorified much In the last place since it is so that there be degrees of torments in Hell and that the wicked man will thither say what we can O that we might yet perswade him not to sin so much if he will to hell and there be no nay hee would a● least provide that his torments in hell may not be in the most extream degree But if none of all this will do to perswade him then have we no more to say to him but the words of the Holy Ghost Rev. 22. 1● He that is unjust let him be unjust still And be which is filthy let him be filthy still Finis