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A18433 A sermon preached in S. Peters Church in Exceter the 6. day of December last wherin is intreated of the second commming of Christ vnto iudgement, & of the end of the world. By Iohn Chardon maister of Art, and preacher of the word of God. Chardon, John, d. 1601. 1580 (1580) STC 5001; ESTC S107733 22,790 62

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sell and ●●ye for your selues But whyles they went to buy the brydegrome ●●e and they that were ready ●●at in with him vnto the mariage ●●d the gate was shutte vp Anon after came the other virgins and sai● Lord Lord open to vs. But he ans●red and sayd Verily I say vnto you● know you not Watch therfore for know neyther the day nor yet the h●wer wherin the Sonne of man sh● come Luk. 12.35 Let your loynes be girded abou● and your lightes burning and ye yo●●selues like vnto men that waight f●● their master when he wil return fro● the wedding that when he commeth and knocketh ye may open vnto him For happy are those seruantes who● the Lorde when hée commeth findet● waking If he come in the secōd watch or third watch finde thē so happy ar● those seruantes Verely he shall g●●● him selfe and shall make them to s●● downe to meate shall walke by and minister vnto them Luk. 12.39 This vnderstand you If the good man of the house knew what howre the théefe would come hée would surely watch and not suffer his house to be broken vp Euen so if we knewe in what day or hower the Lord would come we would surely watch we would be prepared and adourned ●e would haue lightes in our handes 〈◊〉 oyle in our Lampes But we doe ●t know the day nor hower nor shal ●now And therfore let vs be prepared 〈◊〉 man hower that we thinke not Mar. 13.35 wil ●e sonne of man come Watch I say 〈◊〉 ye know not when the maister of ●●e house will come whether at euen ● at midnight whether at the cocke ●wing or in the dawning least if hée ●●me sodēly he should find you sléeping Now if the euill seruant shall say thus 〈◊〉 his heart Math. 24.48 Tush my maister will de●●re his comming and shall begin to ●●uite his fellow seruants and shall beg●n to eat and drink and to be dronken ●●e same seruants Lord shall come in a day when he looketh not for him and in an hower when he is not ware shall geue him his portion with hypocrites there shal be wéeping and gnashing of ●●eth But contrariwise Luke 12.44 if the Lord shal find his seruāt wel doing he shal make him ruler ouer al his houshold Watch therefore and pray continually that we may obtein grace to flee al that shal● come and that we may stād before th● sonne of man Let vs pray that our flight be not in the winter nor on th● the Sabboth day Mat. 24. ●0 For so our Sauiour counselleth in the 24. of Saint Mathewe For to walke in the winter it was not good and vppon the Sabboth day it was not lawefull Meaning that we should pray and that with a stedfast and ardent fayth that the day of the Lord come not vppon vs vnprepared For if it doe wée shall not escape the euilles that then shal be nor yet be able to stande safely before the Sonne of man Beloued we haue bene warned to leaue our surfetting dronkennesse and to forsake the superfluous cares of this life We haue bene exhorted to watchfulnesse and to prayer and stil are we called vpon for these matters Howbeit wée are lyttle or nothing the better Mat. 12 4● The men of Niniue shall arise at the day of iudgement to condemne vs. For they amended at the short preaching of Ionas We haue bene called vpon with often and long ●●eaching and yet cannot frame to lay ●r●m vs the old man Ephe. 4.22 that marreth him se●fe with deceiuable vanities But let v● thinke and beléeue that the negle●ting of Gods holy spirit speaking in his prophets can not but prouoke Gods heauie wrath and indignation spedily to bée powred vppon vs. The heauens the earth and sea haue already witnessed the same against vs which vnlesse wée conuert in the measure of our sinnes he will power foorth vpon vs and so wee shall perish in his iustice vtterly that in mercy refused to imbrace his trueth obediently Mat. 3.10 Now is the axe put to the roote of the trée so that euery trée that bringeth not forth g●●d fruite shall bée hewen downe Mat. 12.33 and cast into the fire Eyther then make the trée good and his fruit good or make the trée euill and his fruite ●ill also For beholde Iames. 5.9 the Iudge standeth before the dore It is tyme for vs to awake out of sléepe and to gyrde vp our loynes and to be ready with oyle in our lampes and to be adorne with our wedding garments that w● may finde entraunce to the Lords marriage For sith it is most certaine tha● Christ shall come to iudge both quic● and dead Rom. 14.12 sith that euery one of vs shal geue account of him self to God 2. Pe. 3.10 sith th● heauens shal passe away in manner 〈◊〉 a tempest sith the elements shall me●● with heate sith the earth also and th● workes therein shal burne sith al thes● things shall perishe what manner persons ought we to be in holy conuersation godlinesse looking for and hasting vnto the comming of the day of God 〈◊〉 which the heauens shall perish with ●●er the elemēts shal be consumed with heate ● Pe. 3.13 Neuerthelesse we looke for a new heauen and a newe earth according to his promise wherein dwelleth righteousnesse Wherfore beloued séeing we looke for such things let vs be diligent that we may be found of him in peace without spot and vndefiled growing in grace in the knowledge of the Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ that in the ende of the world when he shall come in 〈◊〉 clowds with power and great glo● we perish not with the vnbeléeuers which the Lord graunt for his infinite ●ercy and goodnesse and for his chosen ●●●e shorten these vnhappy dayes that ●●rruptible may be swallowed vp of in●●rruptibilitie and mortall of immor●●●lity And that as in this woful Egypt ●e haue foūd him a louing father so in ●he world to come we may behold him ● merciful Sauiour Mat. 25.34 may receiue that 〈◊〉 and happiest blessing that neuer again shal be reuoked which thing likewise the father of al comfort and consolation spéedily bring vpon vs al for the tender loue of his beloued sonne Iesus Christ to whome with the holy ghost thrée distinct persons in trinitie but one eternal immortal most glorious God be al praise honour glory now and for euer Amen
euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his Angels Would God men did consider of these things and think vpon this streite iudgement in the fearfull day of the Lord and as often as they consider hereof whether they eat or drinke or what euer they do to think that the terrible trump of the Lord stil soundeth 〈◊〉 theyr eares Arise ye dead come away to ●●dgemēt But what do they Though ●●y heare it preached that the day of ●●e Lord is at hand yet they continue ●●●elesse they eat they drink they ma●● are married they plāt they bild They build as though they should lyue 〈◊〉 euer they eate drinke as though ●●ey should dye to morrow saying 1. Cor. 15.23 Let ●s eate and drinke for to morrow wee ●●all dye Wheras if they did but think 〈◊〉 the world to come and remember ●●w that euery one must geue an ac●●unt of him selfe vnto God they could ●●t they would not liue so wickedly so ●●●sually so carelesly so vngodly as ●●ey do they would not vex the father●esse the widdow nor the orphane and ●traunger as they do they would not ●ake all fish that commeth to the net they would not draw wickednes vnto ●hem with a coard Esay 5. 18. and sinne as it were with a cartrope They would prepare ●●d make redy themselues to méete the bridgrom They would obserue the ad●●●●ition and counsell of our Sauiour who bicause hee foresaw that iniquiti● should ouerflowe the worlde before hi● comming and that men would be carelesse about the time of the worldes destruction least we should be taken napping telleth vs what we must do an● how wee must prepare our selues against his comming For as it is ● great griefe vnto an earthly father t● léese his Sonne for whome hée hath prouided but a meane inheritaunce s● is it a great griefe to our heauenly Father to léese any of vs his children for whome hee hath prouided not a●● earthy 1. Pe. 1.18 but an heauenly inheritaunce purchased not with golde and siluer which are corruptible but with the effusion of the most precious blood of the immaculate and vndefiled Lambe Iesus Christ The admonition or counsell of our Sauiour is this Take heede to your selues least your hearts be ouercome with surfetting dronkennesse and cares of this lyfe that that day come not on you vnwares For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the earth Watch there●●re continually and pray that you ●●y obtaine grace to flee all this that ●●all come and that you may stand be●●e the Son of man In which wordes ● willeth vs first to be sober Take ●de saieth he vnto your selues least ●ur hearts be ouercome with surfet●●●g dronkennesse Among other cre●●●res God hath geuen to none so litle ●●outh as he hath giuen vnto man ●cording to his quantitie which sig●●●eth no doubte that man should 〈◊〉 more temperate in meates drinks 〈◊〉 al other creatures Besides the ●●uth of a man is not bent to the earth 〈◊〉 are the mouthes of vnreasonable ●eatures to signifie that man should ●●t eate and drinke after the manner ●hrute beastes but should moderate●● vse those creatures which GOD ●●th geuen as necessary and néedefull 〈◊〉 the preseruation of lyfe V. Max. lib. de insti antiquis The auncient Romaines were went 〈◊〉 eat their meates in the open stréetes ●●d were not ashamed to let the people to sée what they did eate that by the example they myght learne to bee ●●ber For there is not a more v● and pernicious thinge than surf●ting and dronkennesse By surf●ting saieth Ecclesiasticus man● haue peryshed Eccl. 37.30 Wine and dronkenesse saieth Oze take away 〈◊〉 heart Oz. 4.11 Let the dronkardes and volu●tuous Epicures hearken vnto th● which is written in the fift of the Pr●phet Esay Esai 5.11 The wordes bée these Woe bee to them that ryse vp earely giue them selues to dronkennesse a●● set all their myndes so on drinkin● that they sit sweating therat vntil it night The harp the lute and shaul●●● and plentie of wine are at theyr fea●● but the workes of the Lorde they d● not beholde nor yet consider the op●ration of his handes Esai 5.22 Woe bée to the● that are mighty to drinke wine 〈◊〉 to them that are expert to aduan●●● dronkennes Awak ye dronkards s●●● the Lord Ioel. 1.5 by the Prophet Ioel w●● and howle al ye wine suppers beca●●● 〈◊〉 ●he new wine for it shal be pulled 〈◊〉 your mouth Pro. 23.31 Looke not saith Sa●●● vpon the wine how red it is ●●at a coulour it giueth in the glasse ●●●eth downe softly but in the end it ●●eth like a serpent and stingeth like 〈◊〉 Adder Gala. 5.19 S. Paule in the fift to the ●●lathians reckoneth gluttonie drō●●nesse among the déedes of the flesh 〈◊〉 coupleth them with Idolatrie for●●cation murther witchcrafte and ●●ch like most gréeuous and detesta●●● vices and saieth that they that ●●●mit such thinges shall not inherit ●●e kingdome of God And therfore let ●●t our heartes bee ouercome with ●●●fetting and dronkennesse 1. Pe. 4.3 Let it ●●e enough and sufficient for vs that ●ée haue spent the time that is past 〈◊〉 the lyfe after the will of the Gen●●les walking in wantonnesse lustes ●●onkennesse in eating and drinking ●●d in abhominable Idolatrie wherin ●seemeth to them a strange thing that ●●e runne not also with them to the ●●e excesse of ryot and therefore speake they euill of vs which shal g● accountes to him that is ready to i●● quicke 1. Pe. 4.7 and dead The ende no d●● of all thinges is at hand And th●●fore let vs be sober 1. Thes 5.6 Let vs not 〈◊〉 as other do but let vs watch and be ●ber For they that sléepe sléepe in 〈◊〉 night and they that bee dronken 〈◊〉 dronken in the night But let vs wh●● are of the day Ro. 13.11 be sober It is time th● we should now awake out of slee● For now is our saluation néerer th● when we beléeued The night is pass● and the day is come nigh Let vs th●fore cast away the déedes of darkene● and put vpon vs the armour of light● Let vs walke honestly as in the d● light not in eating and drinking ne●ther in Chambring and wantonne●● neyther in strife and enuying But 〈◊〉 vs put on the Lorde Iesus Christ a●● make not prouision for the flesh to f●fill the lustes and desires of it For is the will of God as the Apostle 〈◊〉 clareth vnto Titus that we should ●nye vngodlinesse Tit. 21.2 and worldly lust a●● th●e should liue sober minded righ●●y and godly in this presēt world 〈◊〉 for that blessed hope and glori●●ppearing of the mighty God and ●●r Sauiour Iesus Christ Se●ly our Sauiour willeth vs to flée c●res of this life for that the loue ●●re of temporall things doth draw 〈◊〉 quite away from the loue and de● of heauenly
after the things that shal come v●pon the earth For the powers of he●uen shal moue These fiue signes sh● goe before the comming of Christ vn● iudgement First there shal be sign● in the Sunne and in the Moone and ● the starres that is as S. Marke wr●teth Mar. 13.24 The Sunne shal be darkened th● Moone shal not giue her light and t● starres of heauen shall séeme to fall Secondly in the earth the people shal● be at their wittes end thorow dispain● That is as S. Marke againe doeth u●terprete Mar. 13.8 Nation shall rise against nation and kingdome against kingdome Thirdly the sea and the water shal 〈◊〉 roare that is there shalbée cruell tempestes vehement and vnaccustomed ●●●des Fourthly by reason of these ●ens hartes shal faile them for feare 〈◊〉 looking after the thinges that shall ●ne vpō the earth Fiftly the powers ●f heauen shal moue that is there shall ●ee straunge sightes in the heauen and ●n the earth there shal bee earthquakes 〈◊〉 al quarters Briefly the heauen the ●●rth and sea shal witnes and declare the day of the lord to be at hand Now beloued wée our selues may witnesse that most of these signes and tokens ●re passed alreadie For wée haue séene ●trāge Eclipses of the Sunne moone ●ée haue séene nation to rise against ●●tion and kingdome to rise against kingdome we haue heard of cruel tempestes vehement and vnaccustomed ●indes with other strange thinges And therfore wée may iustly prognosticat yea and beléeue that the ends of the worlde are come vppon vs and that it wil not be long before Christ wil come vnto iudgement Beholde sayeth our sauiour the figge tree and all other trees when they shoote foorth the buddes ye see and know of your ow● selues that sommer is nigh at hand 〈◊〉 likewyse yee also when yee see the things to come to passe be ye sure th● the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand But wée haue séene most of these come to passe and therfore let vs thi● no otherwyse but that the kingdom God is nigh at hand and that the lor● is ready to take his fanne in his hād Mat. 3.12 purge his floore to gather his wher● into his barne and to burne the cha● with vnquenchable fire Other toke● there are besides these to prooue vn● vs that the end of the world hangeth ●uer our neckes among which in i● iudgement the preaching of the G●pel is not the least For as our sa●●● sayeth in the 24. chapter after the G●pel of S. Mathewe Mat. 24.14 The Gospel of 〈◊〉 Kingdom shal be preached thorow e● the world for a witnes vnto al nation and then shal the end come By wh● words the Sonne of man doth plai● declare that about the time of t● worldes destruction the true and comfortable doctrine of Christ shoulde bée preached Whereby it is gathered that the same was obscured and darkened almost defaced by reason of the false Prophetes Apostles afore that time But nowe againe by the vnspeakeable grace and mercy of God we do plainly perceaue such a cleare light of the Gospel to shyne ouer the whole world that in spite of the deuil and his adherents it casteth his bright beames ouer al nations And therefore what other thing may wee looke for but as Christ did foretel a sodaine downfal of this miserable and wretched world Another token of the ouerthrow of the world is because wee doe plainely perceaue all things dayly to wax worse and worse and to decrease in their vertue For example The ayre is oftentimes corrupt sometime with vntimely showres sometime with vnprofitable drynesse nowe with too much colde and nowe with extreame heate The fruitfulnes of the earth is not such as it hath béene afore tyme. Moreouer wée may think● and perceaue the foundations of the world to be worne out and the same to bée falling vppon our shoulders whe● we sensibly perceaue our selues to li●● in those daies of which our Sauiour hath foreshewed I meane eating an● drinking marrying and married buying and selling planting and building For neuer more did men eate drinke neuer did they faster marry wyues i● the dayes of Noe neuer more did they buy and sell plant and builde in th● dayes of Lot than they doe now which may prooue vnto vs that the endes o● the worlde are come vpon vs. For as our Sauiour sayth After these examples shal it be Luke 17.30 when the Sonne of man shal appeare And if wée compare th● tyme present with that which is past and set the manners of men before our eyes wée shal perceaue wickednesse to haue his ripenes and to raigne almost euery where without cōtrolment For notwithstanding that God thorot A● vnspeakeable mercy in these latter dayes hath giuen vs the vse of his most ●ly worde whereby we shoulde frame ●●r lastes and affections according to 〈◊〉 most holy will what desire of righ●●usnesse what loue of vertue what ●●●e of godlynesse or what zeale of re●●●ion is there to bée founde yea who is ●●t in Christianitie eyther colde or ●arelesse Wée may nowe plainely see greatest vice to bée counted for chiefest ●ertue and those men to bée most commended which of al other for impietie ●●ght most to bée dispraysed For the ●rafty deceitful men are counted wise ●he couetous are called good husbands ●he prodigal are called liberal and rich men are déemed the best men Besides S. Paule foresheweth that in the last dayes shal come perillous tymes 2. Tim. 3.1 For men saieth hée shal be louers of themselues couetous bosters proude cur●● speakers disobedient to father and ●●ther vnthankeful vnholy vnkind 〈◊〉 so foorth And when did men more ●et by themselues When were they ●●re couetous When were they more proude when more giuen to cursed speaking when more disobedient to father and mother when more vnthankful when more vnholy when more vnkinde And to bée short when more geuen ouer to worke wickednes Eph. 4.16 that with al kind of gréedines then at thes● dayes And therfore it must néedes follow the comming of Iesus Christ vnto iudgement to bée nigh at hand Whose comming shal be in a cloude with power great glorie In the first of the Acts Act. 1.9 after the talke that our sauiour had with the Apostles whiles they beheld hee was taken vp and a cloude receaued him out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp to Heauen as he went behold two men stood by them in white apparel which also said Ye men of Galilee why stande yée gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken from you into Heauen shal so come euen as ye haue séene him to goe into heauen But hée went in a cloude into heauen and therefore hée shal come in a cloude from heauen with power and greate glory euen as ● Paule wryteth in the fourth of the 〈◊〉 Epistle to the Thessalonians 1. Thes 4.16 The ●orde shal descend from
glory or euerlasting infamie euen as Dauid againe to the comforting of him self● and the Church telleth vs in thes● wordes Then thought I to vnderstan● this Psal 73.16 but it was too hard for me vnti● I went into the sanctuarie of God and considered the end of these mē Namely how thou settest them in slipperi● places that thou maist cast them dow● headlong and destroy them O ho● sodenly do they consume perish an● come to a fearefull ende Yea euen a● a dreame when one awaketh so makes● thou their Image to vanish out of th● Citie And because the infirmitie o● the godly is great whiles they carr● this earthly tabernacle about them that they cannot but feare by reaso● of those fearefull tokens that shall go● before the ende and consummation o● the worlde therefore our Sauiour t● their comfort and consolation speake●● vnto them in this wise Luke 21.2 When thes● things beginne to come to passe the● looke vp and lift vp your heades for ●●r redemption draweth nigh Mea●●● that they should not faint but 〈◊〉 plucke vp their heartes and bée ●●rry for that they do prognosticate 〈◊〉 declare how that their redemption 〈◊〉 at hand when they shal be deliuered 〈◊〉 raunsomed as it were from the ●●series of this lyfe in the comming ●f the Sonne of God vnto iudgement 〈◊〉 consideration whereof Paule cal●●●h this day the day of Redemption Eph. 4.30 〈◊〉 of this his deliueraunce he glori●● in these wordes 2. Ti. 4.7 I haue fought a ●●od fight haue fulfilled my course ●●d haue kept the fayth From hence●●rth is layde vp in stoare for mee a ●owne of righteousnesse which the ●ord that is a righteous Iudge shall ●●eme at that day not to me only but ●●to all them also that loue his com●ing And therfore the day of the Lord ●●●ht not to be terrible to the godly ●●ither ought they to feare his cōming 〈◊〉 that he commeth to deliuer them to ●t them at ease but to render to the wicked eternall paine And I do firmely beléeue that the godly haue a thirst● and a desire to enter into the courte● of the Lordes house Psal 84.2 that they desir● the day of Redemption Luke 11.2 that they still crye Let thy kingdome come Tha● they still cry Apoc. 22.20 Come Lorde Iesu Tha● they looke vp waighting his comming Phil. 3.21 which shall make their vile bodyes like to his owne glorious body That they desire Apo. 21.2 euen a litle shew ● that holy citie new Ierusalem descending from heauen prepared of GOD as a bryde garnished for her husband For they certeinely beléeue that the● there shall bée a full and complete end● of all their troubles But the troubles of the wicked shall then begin● The wicked shall sée aboue them a●● angry Iudge beneath them an horryble pytte of hell without them ● burning worlde within them a gnawing conscience on the ryght hand● theyr sinnes accusing them on th● lefte hande the deuiles halling the● to torment The wretched sinners th●● s● are besette where shall they go ●●h then where shall they flée Ps 139.7 Oh then ●●●re shall they hide Oh whether ●●●ll they go then from his spirit or ●hether shall they goe then from his ●●●sence If they clime vp into heauen ●is there If they goe downe to bell 〈◊〉 is there also If they take the wings ●f the morning and remaine in the vt●●rmost part of the Sea euen there 〈◊〉 shall his hand leade them and his ●●●ht hand shal hold them If they say ●●e darkenesse shall couer vs then shall ●heir night be turned to day For the ●●rkenes is no darkenes with the Lord. The night is as cléere as the day the ●●rknesse and lyght vnto him are both ●●●ke Oh with what terrour shall the ●●cked be stroken in the day of the Lord Oh in what feare shall they be Ap. 6.16 They shall say to the hyls and rockes Fall vpon vs and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come who is able to abide it The mockers which haue saide 2. Pe. 3.4 Where is the promise o● his comming shall then sée and fée● his comming to their great gréef● shame and confusion when as too la●● repenting them selues they shall sa● Tedious wayes haue wee gone Sap. 5.7 but ● for the way of the Lorde wée haue 〈◊〉 knowne What good hath our pr●●● done vnto vs or what profit hath th● pompe of riches brought vnto vs L●● these thinges are passed away like ● shadowe and thus are we consumed 〈◊〉 our owne wickednesse For the hope ● the vngodly is like a dry thistle flower● or dust that is blowne away with th● winde lyke a thinne fome that is scattered abroade with a storme and a● the smoake that is dispersed with th● winde and as the remembraunce of 〈◊〉 straunger that tarryeth but for a day and then departeth But the righteou● shall liue for euermore their reward 〈◊〉 with the Lord and their remembran●● with the highest Therefore shall the● receiue a glorious kingdome and a● beautifull crowne at the Lordes hand For with his right hand shall hee couer 〈◊〉 and with his holy arme shall hée ●●fend them Mat. 25.32 For when the Sonne of 〈◊〉 shal come in his glory and all the ●●ly Angels with him then shal he sit ●pon the seate of his glory and before 〈◊〉 shall be gathered all nations and ●●e shall separate the one from the o●her as the Shephearde deuideth the ●héepe from the Goates And hee shall ●et the Shéepe on his right hand and ●he Goates on his left hand that is to ●●y the wicked whom hée compareth ●●to Goates For as the Goates are ●●thy and stincking beastes so the ●icked by reason of their sinnes do ●tincke in the sight of God And as the Goates do stricke the gyltlesse shéepe with their hornes so the wicked do punish and afflicte the godly with their tyranny And as the Goates do destroy the orcharde and garden so do the wicked destroye the vineyarde of the Lorde as it is sayde in the thirde of the Prophet Esay Esay 3. 14. Ye haue eate vp the Vineyarde the robberie of the poore is in your house These Goate● hée shall set on his left hand And the● shall the king saye to them on hi● ryght hande Come blessed childre● of my Father inherit the kingdom● prepared for you from the beginning● Then shall the king say to them on the left hand Departe from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his angels Oh then how happy shal they be tha● shall heare this ioyfull and happy sentence of Christ Come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdō prepared fo● you from the beginning of the world Oh then how vnhappy shall they bée that shall heare this terrible and fearfull sentence Go cursed into