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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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heauen with mighty shout with the voyce of the â—rchangel and trumpe of God Such â—albe the manner of the comming of â—esus Christ vnto iudgement And what shall there then ensue S. â—aule sayth Then shal we which liue 〈◊〉 remain be caught vp in the cloudes 〈◊〉 â—â—iete the Lord in the ayre But say â—â—u shall not they that are aliue and â—â—maine in the comming of the Lorde â—nto iudgement dye Yes no dout For â—therwise S. Paule shoulde bée contrarie â— himself in that he sayeth writing to â—he Hebrewes Heb. 9.27 It is decréed that al men â—hal once dye But they that so remain â—nd are aliue in the comming of the Lorde shall not dye by distaunces of â—ymes as they who are spent and conâ—â—ed with diseases and are buried For they shall not bée buried neyther â—hal they dye being wasted and consumed with long sicknes but foorthwith being extinguished forthwith they shâ— be chaunged and shal be caught vp â— the cloudes to méete the Lorde in thâ— ayre Euen as also the Apostle writetâ— in the 15. 1. Cor. 15.51 of the first epistle to the Corinthes We shal not all sleepe but we shal al be chaunged and that in a moment and in the twinkling of an eye aâ— the sounde of the last trumpe Buâ— what shal there become of those bodie which were loosed from the soules before the comming of Christ vnto iudgâ—ment 1. Thes 4.16 Héere S. Paule answereth Thâ— dead in Christ shal first aryse meaninâ— that the bodies that before the comming of Christ vnto iudgement steâ— in the graues shall rise out of thâ— graues at the sounde of the trumpe aâ— the voyce of the Sonne of God 1. Cor. 15.52 Foâ— the trumpe shal blowe the dead shalâ— rise incorruptible they shal be changed For this corruptible shall put 〈◊〉 incorruptibilitie and this mortal shaâ— put on immortalitie And this is thâ— which the Apostle againe concerninâ— this mutation and change writeth tâ— the Philippians Phil. 3.20 Our conuersation is in heauen whence wee looke for the Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ which shal change our vile bodies that they may be like to his glorious body according to the mighty working wherby hee is able to subdue all thinges to himselfe And therefore the Saducees haue fouly erred that denyed the resurrection of the dead whereof Iob béeing fully assured saieth thus Iob. 19.25 I knowe that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shal be couered again with my skinne and shal see God in my fleshe yea and shal beholde him not with other but with these same eyes For if there were no resurrection of the dead which the Saducees affirme then mark you what S. Paule inferreth Mat. 22.23 1. Cor. 15.16 if the dead sayeth he rise not againe then is Christ not risen againe If Christ bée not risen againe then is your fayth in vaine and yet are you in your sinnes and they also that are falleÌ„ a sléepe in Christ are perished And if in this life onely wée beléeue on Christ then are wée of al men the most miserable And what auailed the great patience of Christians in al their troubles and cruel persecutions if this doctrine of the consummation of the world and of the comming of the Lord with al that belongeth theretoo were but a vayne imagination of Christ of the prophetes and Apostles and of all the blessed martyrs in the Church of God What did it aduantage the godly of al others in the world most miserable to suffer most cruel tormentes to bée racked Heb. 11.35 to bée stoned to bée hewen asunder to walke vp downe in sheep skinnes and in goates skinnes in néede tribulation and vexation which the worlde was not woorthy of wandring in wildernesses in mountaines in dennes and caues of the earth and woulde not bée deliuered were there not hope to receaue a better resurrection That I haue fought saieth Paule with beastes at Ephesus 1. Cor. 15.32 after the maner of men what auantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe But wée meruel howe the dry rotten bones can bée fetched out of the 〈◊〉 out of the earth and ashes agayne 〈◊〉 that fetcheth the sunne out of his 〈◊〉 euery morning he that quickneth â—he dead moone euery moneth hée that â—â—â—sed Aaron his rod Num. 17.8 that had béene many yéeres dryed in one night to bud â—â—â—ssom and to beare rype Almondes 〈◊〉 also bring the dry bones out of the graue sea and ashes and cause them to â—care ripe and perfect fleshe And why â—hould we doubt that of a rotten body a perfect body may spring since we sée by dayly experience that of rotten corne perfect corne doeth growe and that of rotten séedes and kernels perfect séedes and kernelles doe come Rom. 8.11 If the spirite of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead dwelleth in you euen hée that raysed vp Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodies 1. Cor. 15.22 For as in Adam all do dye so in Christ shall all bée made alyue 1. Cor. 15.49 As wée haue borne the image of the earthy so shall wée beare the image of the heauenly As for the soules after they bée once loosed from the bodies they reigne eyther with Christ or with SataÌ„ eyther in eternâ— glory or in euerlasting sorrow Whicâ— maketh to the vtter subuersion ouerthrow of the popish purgatory of twâ— daÌ„nable opinioÌ„s of twoo sortes of Heretikes the one called Arabici the otheâ— Dormitantij the one affirming that â— soule doeth dye together with the body and that in the resurrection they shall both bée raised vp together The other affirming that the soules doe sléepe till the day of iudgement then to bée awaked and then to receaue either damnation or saluation Both which opinions are most wicked and contrary to scripture For first that the soule liueth that it is immortal and incorruptible after that it is once loosed from the body the examples and testimonies of holy scripture doe declare Dauid no doubt beléeued the immortalitie of the soule For when hée perceaued that the child was dead hée wept no more but saide 2. Sam. 12.23 I shal goe to him but he shal not come againe to mée The widowes sonne of Sarepta fel sicke and dyed and Elias tooke him out of her bosom 1. Reg. 17.19 and laid him on the bed and stretched himâ—â—â—fe vpon the childe thrée tymes and â—â—led vnto the Lord praying that the â—â—â—es soule might come into him aâ—â—â—ne And the Lord heard the voyce of â—e Prophet and the soule of the childe 〈◊〉 into him againe and hée reuiued The soule therfore doeth not dye with â—he body The wyse man sayeth that â—he body which hée nameth dust shall returne to earth as it was Eccles 12.7 but the spirit vnto the Lord that gaue it And in â—he second of Wisdom Wisd
lest they should faint by reason of those troubles which were at hande This doone our Sauiour taketh occasion to speake of the vniuersal and latter iudgement likewise declareth what tokens and â—â—â—es shal goe before the same There shal be sayeth hee signes in the Sunne and in the Moone and in the starres in the earth the people shal be at theyr wittes ende through dispaire The sea and the water shall roare and men hartes shall faile them for feare and so foorth In which péece of scripture wâ—â— haue to consider First of the comming of Iesus Christ vnto iudgement Secondly of the signes and tokens that shal goe before his comming Thirdly of the maner of his comming Fourthly of the cause of his comming And fiftly how wée ought to order to prepare our selues against his comming It is a thing firmely to be beléeued that God hath set a certain time of the worlds destruction though vnknoweâ— vnto vs bicause by the sinne and wickednes of vngodly men being meruellously polluted and accursed it doth together with all other creatures subiect to the same corruption Rom. 8.22 desire a deliuerance Howbeeit wicked and vngodly men whose delight is to liue carelesly in this worlde suppose that the worlde shal stil continewe as it is and that it â—â—â—l neuer haue end But wonderful is 〈◊〉 and execrable that among the people of God shoulde bée Saducées among Christians such kind of men which of â—et purpose against the manifest worde â—f God dare boldly affirme that the world shal haue no end that there shall â—e no resurrection of the flesh no life after this life no rewarde for wel doing 〈◊〉 punishment for euil doing and that the world as it is now so it hath bene and shal continue for euer Which kind of men are plaine Atheistes men which neither beléeue there is any God or diuine prouidence at all Against which apparant dotage and wicked cogitations of wicked men through want of true knowledge by the instinct of Satan wée haue to arme our selues with the worde of God and to confirme our consciences by the testimonies of holy scripture For the scripture doeth euidently prooue vnto vs that one day the sonne of God Iesus Christ shal come to iudge the quick the dead that all flesh shal rise and that the worlde shal hâ—â— an ende Es 13.9 Esay saieth The day of thâ— Lorde shal come terrible full of indiâ—nation furor and wrath to make thâ— lande waste and to roote out al the siâ—ners that are therin Es 66.15 The lord wil comâ— with fire and his chariots like a whirlewind that he may recompence his anger with wrath his iudgement witâ— the flame of fire for the Lord wil iudgâ— with fire and with his sworde all flesheâ— Daniel sayeth Dan. 7.18 I sawe in a vision bâ— night And beholde there came one iâ— the cloudes of heauen like the sonne â— man to whome was giuen power anâ— dignity regal that all people tribes â— tongues shal serue him Mal. 4.1 Malachy saith The day commeth that shal burne aâ— an ouen and al the proude yea and alâ— such as doe wickednes shal be strawe and the day that is to come shall bunâ— them vpp Psal 96.13 The Prophete Dauid saieth For hee commeth to iudge the earth and with righteousnesse to iudge the worlde and the people with his trueth And this which the Lords forshewed by the mouthes of his holy â—â—phetes our Sauiour Iesus Christ â—â—th confirmed For in the 13. chap. afâ—â—r the gospel of S. Matthewe hée saieth 〈◊〉 Mat. 13.41 The sonne of man shal send forth â—â—s angels which shal gather out of his â—ingdom al things that offende them â—hat do wickednes and shall cast them â—to a fornace of fire there shal be weeâ—ng and gnashing of téeth And there â—e lykeneth the kingdome of heauen to â— draw net cast into the sea Mat. 13.47 which wheÌ„â—t is full men drawe to lande and sit â—wn and gather the good into vessels â—â—t cast the bad away So shall it bée sayeth Christ in the end of the world â—e that there is nothing more certaine â—hen that Christ shal come vnto iudgement Nothing more certain then that the fashion of this worlde shal be changed 1. Cor. 7.29 Rom. 8. â—3 The fashion of this worlde that â—ow is shal vanish Not onely the creature but wee also that nowâ— mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption of the children of God euen the deliuerance of our bodies shalbée deliuered from the bondage of corruption iâ—â— the glorious liberty of the sonnes â— God at the comming of the Lorde Iâ—sus Christ vnto iudgement Howbeâ— wicked and vngodly men can not bâ— perswaded touching the comming â— Christ vnto iudgement of whome S Peter prophesied long tyme ago 2. Pet. 3. 3. Theâ— shal come saieth hee in the last daye mockers which will walke after they owne lustes and say Where is the promise of his comming For since the fathers dyed all thinges continue in thâ— same estate wherein they were at thâ— beginning But this they knowe not â— that willingly howe that the heauenâ— a great while agoe were and that thâ— earth that was in the water appear â—â— vp out of the water by the word of god by the which things the world that thâ— was perished being ouerrunne with water But the heauens and earth thaâ— now are are kept by the same word in stoare and reserued vnto fire againâ— the day of iudgement and perdition oâ— vngodly men Dearly beloued bée nâ—â— ignorant of this one thing howe that â—e day with the lord is as a thousand â—â—re and a thousand yéere as one day The Lorde that hath promised is not â—ack to fulfil his promise as some men â—â—â—nt slacknes As who should say Let â—â— maÌ„ thinke that therfore Christ shall â—euer come vnto iudgemeÌ„t bycause he â—â—th procrastinate put of for a tyme but let him thinke that he doeth it for that he is patient to vs ward would haue no man lost but would receaue al men to repentance Rom. 2. â— Despisest thou the riches of Gods goodnes patience long sufferance And remembrest thou not howe that the kindnes of God leadeth thée to repentance Which lenitie of â—od if thou doest abuse thou heapest thée together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance when shal be opened the righteous iudgement of God which wil rewarde euery man according to his deedes And to the end that this thing might she rather sinke into our hartes and myndes and lest wée shoulde be altogether vnprouided our sauiour hath to â— vs of certaine signes and tokens thâ— shal go before his comming There shâ— be signes saieth hee in the Sunne aâ—â— in the Moone and in the starres and the earth the people shal bee at theâ— wittes end thorowe dispaire The sea the water shall roare and mens hartâ— shall faile them for feare and for loâ—king