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A66425	A sermon upon the resurrection preached before the Right Honourable Sir Edward Clark, Lord-Mayor, the Aldermen, and Governors of the several hospitals of the city, at St. Bridget's Church, on Easter-Monday, April 5, 1697 : being one of the anniversary spittal-sermons / by John Lord Bishop of Chichester.	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1697 (1697)	Wing W2732; ESTC R7557	14,394	37

are many Acts Good or Evil which the Laws of men have no regard to as Gratitude and Ingratitude that are highly commendable or injurious and yet no Human Authority doth oblige to the Virtue nor punish the want of it Again Men are very partial apt to be byassed by Enmity Envy Interest Fear or Flattery or Prejudice on one side to the worse or by prepossession from Affection and Interest to the other And therefore there needs a Higher Tribunal where Universal Knowledge Unlimited Power Impartial Administration bear sway Where all things shall be finally decided all cases fully resolved and determined according to the Merits of them This then the present state of things in the World doth shew This the Consciences of men do presage This the Scripture every where inculcates This will be a Judgment exact and impartial final and irreversible A Consideration of mighty force So Solomon thought it when he concludes his Advice with it Eccl. 12. 13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter Fear God and keep his Commandments for God shall bring every work into Judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil So thought St. Paul 2 Cor. 5. 9 10. We labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him For we must all appear before the Judgment-seat of Christ v. 11. Knowing therefore the Terror of the Lord we persuade men And surely this will persuade men or nothing will This will persuade if they are to be persuaded The Rich Man thought so when he concluded That if Lazarus rose from the Dead and went to his Five Brethren and testified unto them concerning a Place of Torment they would repent And surely if this Doctrine was as much believed and as well considered as it is of importance it would quicken the Slothful awaken the Drowsy and Negligent reform the Perverse and conquer the Obstinate If they did but after this manner reflect upon themselves Is the Time coming when whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap when all that I have done said or thought shall be brought into Examination Are all these things wrote down in a Book of Remembrance What a condition then am I in to appear before such a Judge and such a Tribunal If I know so much by my self who have kept no such Book taken no such punctual account of my self and yet know so much as to condemn my self and stand condemned by my own Heart what shall I say or think when God is greater than my heart and knoweth all things May we not justly cry out with the Psalmist Enter not into judgment with thy Servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no flesh living be justified And again If thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand but there is forgiveness with him and that is testified by Jesus Christ and confirmed by God's raising him from the Dead who was a Propitiation for our Sins Which brings me to the second 2. That Christ is ordained to be at that Time the Judge of Quick and Dead So we read John 5. 22. That the Father hath committed all judgment to the Son and v. 28 29. The time is coming when all that are in the grave shall hear his voice and come forth and shall stand before the judgment-seat of Christ That God shall judge the secrets of men by him Matter indeed of just Terror to the Wicked That he is then to be the Judge who thought nothing too dear to purchase their Redemption but freely parted with his own Life for it How must those stand Speechless and be Inexcusable When the Lord shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. But on the other side What Comfort will this administer to all True Believers That He is to be the Judge who took part of the same with them and laid down his Life for them To see him whom they have believed in as their Saviour loved and obeyed as their Lord To see him whom they have longed to see What Joy will it then be to such What Comfort will spring up in their Minds When the Lord Jesus shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired of all them that believe in that day 3. There is the certainty of this As certainly is there a Judgment to come and as certainly shall Christ then be the Judge as he himself rose from the Dead Thus the Apostle improves it Acts 17. 31. God hath appointed a Day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained and of which he hath given assurance to all men in that he hath raised him from the dead That indeed is an undeniable Testimony for whatever it is to prove So it was thought by that miserable Person in Hell Luke 16. 30. who said of his Five Brethren If one went from the dead they will repent That is There is no Evasion it is Evidence not to be gainsaid But here is one risen from the Dead that has brought Life and Immortality to Light And then how inexcusable must they be that disregard such a Testimony or the matter it bears Testimony to Let him come down from the cross say the incredulous Jews and we will believe But here is one come from the Dead and what can be said then if they believe not 4. The Doctrine of a Future Judgment being a Point of great importance to all is to be preached unto the People This is the Use St. Paul makes of it knowing the terror of the Lord That we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ we persuade men And surely there is no matter of greater Terror no Argument of greater Force and Persuasion and so none more to be used and repeated and insisted upon by the Teacher none more fit to be considered by the People both as to the Consequence of it and the Negligence of Mankind in the Consideration of it What an Influence would this Doctrine of a Judgment to come have upon us if firmly believed duly pondered and frequently thought upon If it was but taken into serious Consideration in the beginning of the Day and reflected upon in the close of it what Evil would it prevent And what Good would it put us upon and promote If the Thoughts of it did but intervene in the Spaces of our Business how just and exact would it make us in our Dealings How observant of our Words and Behaviour How would it oblige us to improve our Time and to lay out our Talents to the best Advantage And yet though this be one of the most important Subjects we can think upon and the most necessary to have frequently in our Thoughts though this be an Article we all profess to believe how

am sorry for making such an Observation upon the whole as will not only make it very commendable but a necessary Work and to speak Christianly a Duty to such whom God hath prospered in such a plentiful manner as they may be capable of it And this is so much the more capable of enforcement that in all the Expence is much beyond the standing Revenue and in some near if not above a Moiety beyond it And what can be the issue of this but augmenting their Debt or that others by their Benefactions should prevent it What remains therefore but that those that are not under those necessities should consider the case of those that are Let those who have had Parents to provide for them or who have been by the Wonderful Providence of God notwithstanding their want of it rais'd in the World to plentiful Estates shew their thankfulness to God by a care of those that are Orphans and Comfortless Let such as have their Health and Limbs and so can enjoy the Estate God has blessed them with consider those that want Health and Riches nay the Necessities of Life to support them under those Infirmities Let those that have the use of their Senses and that have not had occasion to burthen or lay too heavy a load upon their Minds or if they have yet have not been pressed beyond measure remember what a Blessing they enjoy by the use of that Reason which others do want and are deprived of Let those that have not by necessities or other occasions been exposed to the Temptations of Vagrancy and Dissolute Courses have some compassion for those that have and contribute toward the pulling of such out of the Fire Indeed if every one did but make the case of others their own every one that can would be more or less a Benefactor to such Foundations as these are And this Argument would be improv'd if we consider'd That all we have is of meer Gift and we are but Stewards and Dispensers of it it being for a time deposited in our hands for several Excellent Ends and Uses and that we are all accountable another Day to God the Supreme Lord and Donor and indeed Proprietor of all And thus our Saviour represents it Matt. 25. 31 c. When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the Holy Angels with him then shall he sit upon the Throne of his Glory and before him shall be gathered all Nations Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye cloathed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me He concludes Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me What greater encouragement than to have our Saviour himself a Debtor to us when we are all so to Almighty God! What greater than to have an Eternal Reward for dispensing of that to others which we our selves receive What greater than to be assured that the Son of Man Himself when he shall come in his Glory will be ready to receive us and that He will then say to us Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you I shall Conclude with that of the Apostle who sums up all as to our Duty and Encouragement Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the Living God who giveth us richly all things to Enjoy That they do Good that they be rich in good Works ready to Distribute willing to Communicate Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on Eternal Life Which God of his Infinite Mercy grant unto us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS ERRATA Page 4. Margin r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 P. 23. l. 18. for revealed r. recalled Matth. 12. 38. 16. 4 21. 20. 18. Joh. 2. 19 Acts 2. 23 24 32. 3. 15 26. 4. 10. 5. 30. So the Phrase is used Rom. 10. 20. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I was made manifest 〈◊〉 Acts 1. 21 22. Luk. 24 44 45 46 47 48. Matt. 11. 19. Luk. 24. 39. John 20. 25. Act. 1. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 John 1. 1 2 3. Act. 4. 8. Mat. 28. 7 16. 1 Cor. 15. 6. Act. 1. 3. Mark 15. 13. Matt. 27. 25. Matt. 23. 38. Mat. 28. 2 11 13. Noluit se Judaeis ostendere nè adduceret eos in paenitentiam atque impios resanaret De Ver. Sap. L. 4. 1 Cor. 11. 19. Apol. Non in vulgus eduxit se nè impij errore liberarentur Et ut fides non mediocri praemio destinata difficultate constaret 1 Pet. 1. 8. Matt 6. 3. Eccl. 3. 16 17. Rom. 2. 6. 15. Eccl. 12. 14. 1 Cor. 4. 5. Gal. 6. 7. 1 Joh. 3. 20. Ps. 143. 2 Ps. 130. 3 Rom. 14. 10. 1 Cor. 2. 16. 2 Thess. 1. 7 8. Heb. 2. 14. 2 Thess. 1. 10. 2 Tim. 1. 10. Matth. 27. 42. 2 Cor. 5. 10. Dr. Andrews after Bishop Spittal-Sermon 1588. p. 17. and Dr. Willet's Synopsis Papismi Ib. p. 21. Joh. 14. 18. 1 Tim. 6. 17 18 19.