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A44351	Heavens treasvry opened in a fruitfull exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the principal grounds of Christian religion briefly unfolded / by Tho. Hooker.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1645 (1645)	Wing H2650; ESTC R32035	59,299	265

any thing is added but because it speads it selfe further so then there shall be no new body but the same substance enlarged and increased Q. But how comes it to passe that there shall be a change A. By the immediate and immutuable assistance of Gods upholding and supporting the body Q. What change shall there be of the soule A. The wicked shall be changed frō evil to worse there is sin in thē here but there is some restraining grace either feare or profit prevails with them now and keeps them from sin but there shall be no restraining grace at all but al sin then 2. There Gods wrath shall be powred in a fuller measure then now 1. But the godly soules shall be freed from all sinne and corruption that is now in them 2. They shall have eternall life and possesse God himselfe as it were fully Vse How should this stirre us up to thirst after the day of our resurrection here we have sin and cannot doe good but there all sinne shall be taken away It should comfort Gods servants though it fare ill with them in this life yet they shall be freed from all afflictions and miseries one day Paul saith If a Christians hope were in this life onely he were of all men most miserable for who are pursued who are hated more then they Now come we to speake of the last judgement wherein observe 1. There must be a day of judgment 2. The persons that must come to judgement 3. The manner of judgement 4. Who shall proceed therein 1. It is called the day of judgement as the time of the Gospell is the day of salvation and the time of affliction the day of visitation So here the particular time God hath appointed to judge all men is called the day of judgement It is called also the last day because it shall be the last and all others prepare to this It is also called the Generall judgement then all shall be judge even those that judge others here Q. Why is it necessary there must be a judgement it seems there need not be a judgement for the godly are now acquitted and wicked men are condemned already in their own consciences that flie in their faces why therefore must there be a judgment A. God doth it for these two reasons 1. That his glory might he more manifest even the glory of his justice for what a great glory is it which all shall confesse even the devils and damned that God is just in all his proceedings against them 2. That Christs glory might be made manifest here he was judged but then hee shall be Judge Q. When shall the day of judgement come what shall be the time of it A. For the particular time no man knowes onely we must conceive thus much 1. That Antichrist must bee destroyed before 2. The Jewes must imbrace the truth and both Iewes and Gentiles must professe the truth after this there must be an universall declining as Christ saith As it was in the daies of Noah so now at Christs comming there shall be a wonderfull and fearefull declining then it will be time for God to come Q. What use may we make of this A. It is a ground of patience to the godly let the wicked judge as they will there will be another judgement saith Paul I passe not to be judged of you So we when wee are wronged and trod upon should lift up our eyes and call to mind the last judgement then our causes shall be heard and we shall be righted Q. Who must be judged A. Every man high and low rich or poore all are lyable 1. God that created every man and hath given them severall talents may justly call them to an account for the same 2. God is only wise knowing how to do it and able to bring all men to judgement how should this awe us from sin as God saith Rejoice and take thy pleasure but remember for all these things thou shalt come to judgement Q. But for what shall we be called to an account A. The Apostle Paul saith for what ever is done in the flesh Those that dishonour God hee will punish and those which honor him he will recompence Q. By what rule must every one be judged A. By the Law not by the Gospel because all men have the Law given them Rom. 1.24 the Law is engraven in our hearts that wee may be without excuse but every one hath not heard the Gospel many Nations and people have not heard of Christ therefore they can make their plea when God shal say Why did you not beleeve in Christ and the Gospel Why Lord say they we never heard of Christ 2. This judgement will be cleare and open When as wicked men shall be condemned by their works God can then say Have you not done thus and thus committed these and these sinnes Have I not seen you As Elisha said to his servant Gehasi Hath not my heart gone with thee S● God may say Did not I see you do such a thing Then will hypocrites be made known Gods justice will much appeare when the ungodly shall see their own wayes have ruined them Object If this be so then no man shall have a reward of glory A. There is a difference between justification and glorification a man must be justified and sanctified before hee can performe any thing which God accepts Now justification is by Christ but glorification by workes There is a two fold obedience Legall and Evangelicall legally no man can obey God that is in every point we cannot serve him so absolutely and exactly as the Law requires Q. What is the difference between Legall and Evangelicall obedience Ans 1. The Law layeth hold on a man and bindes him to perfect and personall obedience 2. If a man can obey the Law he may merit salvation had Adam but obeyed the Lord in every point as the Law required hee might have challenged heaven for that saith Doe and live But now the Gospel 1. takes away the rigour of the Law 2. It doth not require exact obedience but sincerity the will and endeavor which is taken for the deed 3. A Christian obeyeth God in his Surety 4. By way of thankfulnesse not to merit he that merits must bring something in himselfe but we have nothing 1. This is a ground of exceeding comfort to Gods people though their abilities be not great yet if they are sincere in heart they may be comforted It matters not how the world judgeth us we stand not nor fall to men but to God and therefore David being standered by his malicious enemies saith Iudge we according to my righteousnesse he was standered as an Hypocrite yet he desireth God that he would look upon him according to the sincerity of his heart This comforted Hezekiah upon his death-bed Remember saith he O Lord how I have walked before thee with an upright heart 2. It serves for terrour to all dissemblers seeing God

will judge them according to their workes there 's no tricks to be used then Here they labour to bleare the eyes of men and to carry faire weather before them that none can say black is their eye But God shall unbowell all and say This is the man who had such cunning devises that men might not take notice of him that had secret corners to commit sinne in c. 3. It should teach us to abound in holy duties because we shall be judged by them set somewhat every day upon the score not to labour for profit but to abound in godlinesse It is better to abound in duty then commodity for a man shall be rewarded not for that a man saith but for that which a man hath done in the flesh labour then to abound in piety that so your reward may be great only look you do it uprightly considering God be thy Judge O. But it is said The Father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgement to the Sonne A. God doth put it over to Christ and gives him power to judge the world As the King is said to judge when others receive Authority from him to doe it Q. Why shall Christ judge all men A. That Christs glory might be knowne here he was judged but then hee shall judge which is a ground of much comfort to Gods servants seeing Christ that is their Saviour shall be their Judge Q. How shall Gods proceedings be A. By Books as Iohn saith Rew. 20.12 I saw the Books opened there are two books the book of Conscience and the book of Gods Prescience the Conscience it is a thousand witnesses God is ten thousand so then there are eleven thousand witnesses against a man His conscience will say Are you a professor and will you do thus thus And if our conscience accuse us God is greater then our conscience Hee will set our sins in order before us and say Look here doe you not see your pride and filthines God will write our sins in the palms of our hands that we may take notice of them he will discover all that ever we did to us Now come wee to the sentence it selfe 1. Upon the wicked Depart from me yee cursed into everlasting fire with the Devill and his angels Herein we must consider 2. things 1. The punishment of losse 2. The punishment of sence the punishment of losse depart from me wicked men must bee banished from Gods presence Ob. But David saith Ps 139. If I go into heaven thou art there if I goe downe into the deep thou art there How then are the wicked separated from God Ans They cannot depart from the presence of his anger and power but they neither find nor feele the work of any of Gods comfortable Attributes God is mercifull but this is nothing to them Hee that hath not God cannot have any rest Who is it that gives us rest by our sleep but God in sleep so who is it that strengthens us by meat but God in meat c. But now they wanting God must needs be miserable withall They shall be utterly out of hope to attaine happinesse and life there shall bee salvation but none for them they have nothing to do with it and this is the greatest misery of the damned in hell that they are separated from the presence of God 2. The punishment of soule that is they must be cast into hell fire which is set forth by two things 1. The worm shall never dye 2. The fire never goeth out 1. The worme is the sting of conscience that is compared to a worme for as a worme gnaweth a man continually so conscience is continually gnawing a mans heart 2. They shall be cast into hell fire that is they shall bee filled with the vengeance of God they have here but a drop of it as it were if we consider all the punishments that all the men of the world have had and suffered they are nothing to this but as a flea-biting in comparison of this That which is the worst their wickednesse shall increase daily though they be full of Gods vengeance yet their sin shall increase it still Q. But if the wicked are full of Gods vengeance how can their punishments be increased A. They shall every day be made more capable of bearing punishment As a glasse though it bee full yet if it be made bigger it will hold more So though a man bee full of misery yet by sinne he shall be made capable to suffer more and more It shall be eternall there shall be no end of their misery for their punishment shall encreaase daily so that a man shall be a Devill incarnate as it were FINIS