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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.
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Chardon, John, d. 1601.
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after the things that shal come vâ—pon the earth For the powers of heâ—uen shal moue These fiue signes shâ— goe before the comming of Christ vnâ— iudgement First there shal be signâ— in the Sunne and in the Moone and â— the starres that is as S. Marke wrâ—teth Mar. 13.24 The Sunne shal be darkened thâ— Moone shal not giue her light and tâ— starres of heauen shall séeme to fall Secondly in the earth the people shalâ— be at their wittes end thorow dispainâ— That is as S. Marke againe doeth uâ—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 â—â—â—des Fourthly by reason of these â—ens hartes shal faile them for feare 〈◊〉 looking after the thinges that shall â—ne vpoÌ„ the earth Fiftly the powers â—f heauen shal moue that is there shall â—ee straunge sightes in the heauen and â—n the earth there shal bee earthquakes 〈◊〉 al quarters Briefly the heauen the â—â—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 â—re passed alreadie For wée haue séene â—traÌ„ge Eclipses of the Sunne moone â—ée haue séene nation to rise against â—â—tion and kingdome to rise against kingdome we haue heard of cruel tempestes vehement and vnaccustomed â—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 owâ— selues that sommer is nigh at hand 〈◊〉 likewyse yee also when yee see the things to come to passe be ye sure thâ— the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand But wée haue séene most of these come to passe and therfore let vs thiâ— no otherwyse but that the kingdom God is nigh at hand and that the lorâ— is ready to take his fanne in his haÌ„d Mat. 3.12 purge his floore to gather his wherâ— into his barne and to burne the chaâ— with vnquenchable fire Other tokeâ— there are besides these to prooue vnâ— vs that the end of the world hangeth â—uer our neckes among which in iâ— iudgement the preaching of the Gâ—pel is not the least For as our saâ—â—â— sayeth in the 24. chapter after the Gâ—pel of S. Mathewe Mat. 24.14 The Gospel of 〈◊〉 Kingdom shal be preached thorow eâ— the world for a witnes vnto al nation and then shal the end come By whâ— words the Sonne of man doth plaiâ— declare that about the time of tâ— 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 thinkâ— and perceaue the foundations of the world to be worne out and the same to bée falling vppon our shoulders wheâ— we sensibly perceaue our selues to liâ—â— in those daies of which our Sauiour hath foreshewed I meane eating anâ— drinking marrying and married buying and selling planting and building For neuer more did men eate drinke neuer did they faster marry wyues iâ— the dayes of Noe neuer more did they buy and sell plant and builde in thâ— dayes of Lot than they doe now which may prooue vnto vs that the endes oâ— 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 thâ— 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 coÌ„trolment For notwithstanding that God thorot Aâ— vnspeakeable mercy in these latter dayes hath giuen vs the vse of his most â—ly worde whereby we shoulde frame â—â—r lastes and affections according to 〈◊〉 most holy will what desire of righâ—â—usnesse what loue of vertue what â—â—â—e of godlynesse or what zeale of reâ—â—â—ion is there to bée founde yea who is â—â—t in Christianitie eyther colde or â—arelesse Wée may nowe plainely see greatest vice to bée counted for chiefest â—ertue and those men to bée most commended which of al other for impietie â—â—ght most to bée dispraysed For the â—rafty deceitful men are counted wise â—he couetous are called good husbands â—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 curâ—â— speakers disobedient to father and â—â—ther vnthankeful vnholy vnkind 〈◊〉 so foorth And when did men more â—et by themselues When were they â—â—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 thesâ— 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 â— Paule wryteth in the fourth of the 〈◊〉 Epistle to the Thessalonians 1. Thes 4.16 The â—orde shal descend from