the Angels as by his 〈◊〉 and executioners he shall send cite summon and gather together all Nations before him 1 Thess 4. 16. Mat 24. 31. 1 Corin. â—5 52. Matt. 25. 32. And thus much for what shall go before the judgement It will be terrible also for the things which shall accompany the Judgement it self For the proceeding herein shall be much after the manner of the Judicatures of men For here in are thrones prepared for the Judge his 〈◊〉 and assistants and they shall sit on them Dan. 7. verse 10. Matth. 19. verse 18. Reâ— 20. verse 11. 2. There is â— a law making the offence and a punishment appointed for the â—ssence 2. a hearing of the cause wherein is an offence proved to be done 〈◊〉 sentenced to be punished 3. the sentence executed according to that â—aw In the doing of 〈◊〉 are two parts 1. a hearing of the cause 2. a doing of execution and in the first of these are foure parts 1. an accusation 2. an arraâ—gnment 3. an examination of witnesses or giving of evidence 4. a giving of sentence So here The Iudge being on his Throne and all Nations convented before him every man is brought forth his case is examined and he receiveth his sentence according to it But to open this yet more fully let us examine these two things 1. by what men shall be tryed 2. how it shall be done 1. By what They shall be tryed â—y their words and works by which their faith or infidelity shall be discerned Matth. 25. 35 42 c. Iude v. 15. 2 â—or 5. 10. 2. How they shall be tryed 1 by discovery of the fact 2 by discovery of the Law By discovery of the fact For which purpose The books of Gods 〈◊〉 knowâ—edge 〈◊〉 every mans own consciâ—â—â—â— as an informer accusing and as a thousand with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then â—ly and lye so open that every man shall have all his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—d shall be left and sit down speechlesse excuselesse and self 〈◊〉 Iude v 15. And this shall be such a discovery as nothing shall escape it for it shall be of every thought of ouâ— heart though never so secret every 〈◊〉 â—f our 〈◊〉 though never so carâ—lesly uttered every glance of 〈◊〉 eye every moment of our time every omission of good every commission 〈◊〉 done by ourselves or by others and suffered by us of every 〈◊〉 we 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of every good thing committed to us of every work we have done â—f every company we have kept all this must be brought to judgement And our 〈◊〉 that â—e nâ—w written as it were with the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 shall then be by the fire of the last day made most legible Matth. 25. 19. Rom. 2. 1 6 Râ—â— 20. 12 Eccles 20. 1. God will bring every work to judgement with every 〈◊〉 thing whether good or evill 1 Corin. 4. 5. Iudge nothing before the time till the Lord come who will lighten things that are hid in darknesse and make 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the heart manifest and then shall every ma◠〈◊〉 praise of God 〈◊〉 50. â—1 I will reprove thâ—â— and set them in order beforâ— thine eyes 2. This that be by discovery of the word of God Law and Gospel For men shall have that light therein as to see 1. what they should have done 2. what they have done against it 3. what they must 〈◊〉 for it They that have had no more but the law of nature shall be judged by that alone they that have had the law written by that also they that have had them both and the Gospell shall be judged by them all Rom. 2. 12. 16. Iohn 1 2. 48. Thus thâ—â—â—yall and hearing of every mans cause being done and passed there shall be a seperation made of the good and bad the good shall be set on Christs right-hand a place of dignity and safetie the bad on his left-hand a place of neglect and forsaking Matth. 25. 33. Then the sentence shall be pronounced and this is twofold 1. of Absolution to the good the sheep on his right hand in these words Come yee blessed c. every word full of sweetnesse and comfort 2. Of Condemnation to the bad the Goats on his left hand in these words Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels a sentence breathing out nothing but fire and brimstone stings and horrours every word whereof hath in it a deadly sting Depart be gone from me from God this were Hell enough to go from God the chiefest good But oh God! let me go with a blessing nay with a curse and vengeance Gâ—yee 〈◊〉 Whether Lord must I go Let me go to some good place of pleasure â—â—y to Hâ—ll fire a fire as bad as Gods wisdome can devise of old by him devised for thy torment yet let me I pray thee come out again â—ay into everlasting fire Grant me then but some good company there nay with the Devill â—â—d his Angels And thus we have the terriblenesse of the Iudgment and that which doth accompany it Now that which followeth it is the execution of this sentence and this will be much more terrible For 1. it will be suddain and present there can be no reprieve the 〈◊〉 be no delay 2. Iâ— will be certain no pardon noâ— other thing can happen or come between the Cup and the Lip to prevent it 3. It will be unresistable and unavoidable for no power or policy can rescue the prisoner 4. It will continue to all eternity The wicked being then under that shame and contempt spoken off by Daniel chap. 12. v. 2. and under ten thousand timeâ— more horror and grief then ever any guilty condemned person was after his sentence of condemnation pronounced shall be violently puld down to Hell from the presence of the glorious God Iesus Christ all good Angels and Men and their godly friends who shall be then so far from pittying and praying for them that they shall rejoyce in Gods justice upon them and there they must suffer the pain and horrour of eternall â—aselesse and reâ—â—dilesse vengeance in a dark dungeon the gates whereof are to be for ever shut upon them whilest the godly shall be taken up into heaven there to enjoy everlasting rest glory and peace Matth. 25. 46. And they shall go into everlasting pain and these into eternall life Revel 20. 14. Death and Hell i. the heirs of Death and Hell the reprobates shall be cast into the lake of fire this is the second Death of which we shall anon speak largly 2 Cor. 5. 10. 7. This Iudgment being dispatched the end of all things shall come Matth. 13. 40. 24. 3. 31 32 c. 1 Cor. 15. 23 24. 8. This doctrine of the last judgment and Christ comming ought much to be thought upon of every Christian Rev. 22. 12. 9. By this we may be taught also That God will have the glory of his justice to be seen 2 Thess 1. 4.
OF THE FOURE LAST AND GREATEST THINGS Death Iudgement Heaven and Hell The Description of the Happinesse of Heaven and misery of Hell by way of Antithesis WITH The way or means to passe through Death and Judgement into Heaven and to avoid Hell By VVILLIAM SHEPHEARD Esquire Revel 21. 7 8. Hee that overcometh shall inherite all things And I will be his God And he shall be my Sonne But the fearfull and unbelieving and abhominable Murderers Whoremongers Sorcerers Idolaters and all Lyars shall have their part in the Lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death LONDON Printed by G. Dawson for Thomas Brewster and are to be sold at his Shop a little within Creed-lane neare the West end of Pauls at the signe of the three Bibles 1649. To the Right Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House of PARLIAMENT Worthy Gentlemen WHen the World was shaken by Adams sin God secured it by the promise of his Son When Canaan was distressed by the Gen. 3. 15. Judg. 6. Midianites he sent his servant Gideon a Saviour to it Now England is distracted and her foundations out of course he hath raised you up the unwearied Worthies of our Nation to repair the breaches and settle the foundations thereof A work albeit very honourable yet as your selves have very well experimented very hardly accomplished For whaâ— from the rage of professed adversaries the inconstancy ingratitude ignorance and wilfulnes of seeming friends blinded with their own unruly passions whereby they have foolishly mistaken the men and their meaning Your selves have been somtimes by the mutinous distempers of the common multitude brought into great perill of destruction those whom you have saved who for your safety ought to have sacrificed themselves being willing to have you destroyed and sacâ—â—ficed But unsearchable providence hitherto your Sanctuary amidst these perils hath wheeled and driven on though in somwhat a dubious method your great Counsels through your adversaries attempts And it s often appearing for you and your Armies as from under a Cloud doth assure my self the many thousands that love and honour you that a work carryed on with so many hands and heaâ—ts so much prayer life and spirit so much faith and patience cannot by the rage of man which in all times hitherto hath praised Psal 76. 10. God be disappointed of its end And now Right honourable sith this providence hath given you in appearance some hope of a little breathing time I crave leave humbly to present you with this smal Treatise of the â—oâ—re last things Death Iudgement Hell and Heaven wherein are plainly but profitably handled things of highest concernment and therefore well becomming men of choisest imployments I know your wisdoms and piety need not be minded in whose presence you stand whose part in the managing of the weighty affairs of the Math. 12 16. Kingdom you act to what strength you are engaged for all your glorious and never to be forgotten deliverances Rom. 2. 6 and to whom ere long for the work you have done words you have spoken and ends you have had therein you must give an account You nâ—â—d not be minded that for every word you speak an account must be given by you who by speaking one word may make or mar a Kingdomâ— Wee need not tell you that it is a double crime which is committed under the sacred name of authority and greatnes that the sins of great ones in the pollitique are as dangerous as pestilent Feavers to the natural body Ps 82. 8. Shall we minde you Gods amongst men that you shall â—hâ—râ—v die like men and that impartiall Death knoweth no faces that Heaven is the reward of the righteous Tophet is prepared of old for Kings That you and we must all appear before â—he highest bar where all your judgments shall be rejudged your secrets discovered and your selves rendered responsable not onely for all the good you have not done but for the evill you have not hindred have we need to comfort you under your matchlesse labours and to tell you of Beds and rest at hand you know how to Esa 57. 2 arm your selves against Reproaches Censures and Slanders with the meditation of the day of Revelation when the Lord shall bring to light the hidden things of darknes Rom. 2. 5 1 Cor. 4. 5. Math. 10 â—â—â—â—6 and then shall every man that deserves it have praise of God And that there is nothing â—â—dâ— but shall bee then made knowâ— These generall truths and such like as these largely discuâ—â—ed in this Treatiâ—e albeit you do very well know already and are established in themâ— yet since the best of men to so easily forget them and are at some time or other to seek in them shall I beg leave in these few lines to become your remembrancer thereof The Lord hath many times Right Honourable remembred you in your low estate his people from all places are mindfull of you you have the blessing of many thousand prayers upon you you are engaged in as acceptable a service to God and good men as ever any Assembly was as great expectation there is from you as ever was from any Parliament of England and as likely you are to have opportunity to render your names renowned to succeeding generations as ever any Parliament of ours had There are still those amongst us that would again cast us into the Fire and Water Marke 9. 22. And we say to you our Masters help us save or else we perish If you can do any thing have compassion on this almost expired Kingdome the Lord grant you may keep back nothing from us that may do us good and that your own wayes ends wils and interests may be sâ—â—allowed up in that work you are called unto and that therein your motion may be like that of the Heavens intrinsical and from within swift with the primum mobile but slow with your own And if herein you may have any furtherance by these plain meditations it can be no dishonour to you but will be much honour and comfort to me who begging pardon for my boldnes and plainnes Pray that the God of Heaven will give you all such a spirit as is fearlesse of danger faithfull to your trust and succesfull in your great work Which will be the daily Prayer of Your most humble Servant WILLIAM SHEPHEARD To the Reader Christian Reader THou hast here presented to thy view a plain but profitable Treatise of the foure last things Death Judgement Hell and Heaven And these if they having respect to Saints or Sâ—nners wereever needfull and usefull then in this evil and peâ—ilous time wherein albeit the foundations of the world seem to shake and Heaven Luke â—â— â—â—â— 26. and Earth to bee passing away and alâ—eit there bee trouble â—mongst the Nations with perplexity the Sea and Waters roar insomuch as mens yea godly mens hearts faile for fear and
terrible will the substance thereof and the execution thereof this last judgment be See Ioel 2. 1 2. 31. c. Zeph. 1. 14 15 16. This judgement is resembled and likened to terrible things as Lightening Theeves in the night the Child-birth of a Woman the comming of a Iudge to guilty Persons c. Notable is that place in Rev. 6. from v. 12. to the end of the chapter upon the opening of the sixt Seale being a prophecy of temporall judgments only to come upon the Roman Empire already fulfilled upon divers great men and others therein enemies of Christ and his Members And I behold and there was a grâ—at earthquake and the Kings of the earth great men rich men chiefe Captaines mighty men c. notwithstanding their valour power wit riches and friends 〈◊〉 themselves amongst the Râ—cks and said to the mountaines fall on us and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the Throne anâ— from the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who can stand Esay 34. 6. 8. Ezek. 10. 11 12. chap. 30. 2 3. 9. Esay 13. 6 7 8 9 10. Of this day then we may say much more who shall stand who shall be able to abide it Mal. 3. 2. This day therefore in 2 Cor. 5. 11. is called the terrour of the Lord. But the dayes of temporall judgments the great and terrible dayes of the Lord. Terrible this judgment will be 1. For the things which shall go before it 2. For the things which shall accompany it 3. For the things which shall follow after it For the things which shall precede it we will not speak of those foregoing but remote signs Which Divines say are 8. To wit 1. The preaching of the Gospell 2. The Apostacy of professors 3. The revealing of Antichrist 4. Great wars and troubles in the world 5. Great trouble in the Church 6. False Christs 7. The calling of the Iewes 8. Strange signs in Heaven But of the immediate signs which shall appeare a little before Christs comming to judgment For some think that alittle before this the powers of Heaven shall be shaken the Sun and the Moon shall be darkened and the Stars shall fall from Heaven out of Mat. 24. 29 30. Luke 21. 26. and that these Prophesies are to be taken litterally that there shall be strange events in Heaven and Earth that the frame of the whole universe shall shake as a house that gives a Crack when it is ready to fall And it is most probable that that which the Apostle 2 Pet. 3 10. prophesieth concerning this day The day of the Lord will come as a Thiefe in the night in the which the Heavens shall passe away with a noise like a mighty Whirl-wind or Tempâ—st roaring and carrying all before it and the elements shall melt with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall be burnt up And after v. 11. That day of God by the which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved answerable to that in Mat. 24. 29. 30. The Sun shall be darkened and the powers of heaven shall be shaken By which is understood the purging renewing and changing of their form and not their utter destruction by comparing these places with Psal 102. 26. Rom. 8. 21. 2 Pet. 3. 13. Rev. 20. 11. After this there shall be new heavens and a new earth This thing we say it is probable is to go immediatly before Christs comming or that Christ shall come in this fire And as the day of Iudgment is the last day so it is likely the judgment it self is one of the last acts of this day For the text â—aith that 〈◊〉 â—â—ely after these strange signes and sights the on of man shall appear Matth. 24. 29 30. and in and by this change of all things it is probable that change shall be made of the Saints whereof the Apostle speaks 〈◊〉 15. 51 52. We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a 〈◊〉 c. Some understand by the signe of the Son of man Matth. 24 30 some exâ—â—â—ding glory which shall appear in heaven before the appearing of the Soâ—â—e of man himself which others take to be meant of the dreadfull dissolution of the world by 〈◊〉 immediatly to forego his appearing 2. The comming of the judge shall be terrible For 1 it shall be cons 〈◊〉 as the Lightning for he shall appear in his humane shape so that every eye and those that have 〈◊〉 him shall 〈◊〉 him Rev. 1. 7. Acts 1. 11. 2. It is not improbable as we have touched that he shall discend and come in the clouds in the middest or at the end of that 〈◊〉 Psal 50. 3. God shall coâ— and shall not keep silence a fire shall 〈◊〉 before him and a mighty tempest shall be round about him 2 Thess 1 6 7. When the Lord Iâ—sus shall shew himself from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 flaming fire 3. his comming shall be suddain like the comming of the Lightning Matth. 24 27. 4. his comming shall be with great power bâ—â—ghtnes majestre and glory Psal 18. 7 8 c. So Matt. 24. 30. Chap. 25. 31. He shall coâ—e 〈◊〉 and sit mounted on the clouds as on a stately Throne Acts 1. 9. 11. envâ—â—oned as with a flame of fire attended with an 〈◊〉 hâ—â—t of heavenly Angels there shall not one of them be left in heaven but they shall all minister to him in this work What a bright day will this be when so many glorious Suns shal shine in the â—â—rmament together and 〈◊〉 all the Sun of righteousnes outâ—â—â—ning them so much that the Sun shall 〈◊〉 but a 〈◊〉 to him 2 Thess 1. 7 8. 1 Thess 4 17. Matth. 6. verse 27. Luke 21. 27. Matth. 25. 3◠〈◊〉 15. 16. 3. An unconceivable and unspeakable horâ—our and fear shall seize upon all especially upon all wicked men Luke 21. 25 26 27. And there shall be signes in the 〈◊〉 and in the 〈◊〉 and in the Stars and upon the Earth dâ—â—â—resse of 〈◊〉 wâ—th 〈◊〉 the Sea and the Wavâ— roaring mens hearts failing them for 〈◊〉 and â—or 〈◊〉 after the thingâ— which are comming on the earth For the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shall be 〈◊〉 c. Matth. 24. 30. Then shall the signe of the Son of man apâ—ear in Heaven and all the tribes of the Earth shall 〈◊〉 Revel 20. 10. 〈◊〉 and Earth shall â—â—e away before him Rev. 6. 18. The King Captains 〈◊〉 great men shall run into holes and corners 4. There will be a long 〈◊〉 terrible â—â—und of a Trumpet made by Christs 〈◊〉 an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Christs voice and the last Trump like unto that at the giving â—t the Law Exo. 19. 15. and as at their solemn meetings they did 〈◊〉 men together â—y a Trumpet so nâ—w by this Trump the dead in Christ shall be first raised and called before Christ and the rest of the dead afterwards Iohn 5 28. And by the Ministery of this and the rest of
hurt them or which is worse do neither believe it nor thing of it at all or which is worst of all if they do think or speak of it it is to mock and jeer at it They say lâ—t him make hast with his work that we may see it Esay 5. 19. Where is the promise of his comming 2 Pet. 3. 3. Out of a prophane boldnes and infidelity as provoking God to bring 〈◊〉 that once which he hath so long threatened or by an impudent boasting of their own innocency as if Gods comming to judgment should finde them not guilty or not s guilty as they are charged to bee they desire the day of the Lord Amos 5. 18. Ior. 5. 11 12 13 c. To all these we have this to say 1. They are worse then the Devils who do believe the day of judgment and tremble to think of it Matt. 8. 29. Iam. 2. 10. 2. The time will shortly come when all Gods words which he hath spoken concerning this thing shall be no longer delayed but come to passe and be performed against them Ezeâ—k 12. â—1 2 â— 23 24 25 26 27 28. 2. Pet. 3. 20. The day of the Lord will come c. Iâ—r 5. 13 14. 3. This day will come too soon for these men when ever it comes 4. It will come on a suddain and when they least of all do think of it It shall come as a thiefe in the night 2 Pet. 3. 10. 5. It will be a terrible day to them for they must then be brought to judgment and cannot avoid it 2. Then shall all their sins which now they will not see be represented to them in their colours as a debt they are not able to pay nor any will pay for them for which the Serjeant is ready to arrest them the Gaole ready to take and keep them till they have paid the utmost farthing which will never be and this shall be laid open to men and Angels 3. They can look for no other but to hear against them pronounced that dreadfull sentence Depart yee cursed into c. and in what a case will their hearts be to hear it 4. They must expect a speedy and certain execution thereof like that of Haman Esther 7 8. Mat. 24. 50. Cut him asunder and give him his portion with Hipocrites 5. The punishment will be intollerable the time eternall But to them which so much desire the day of the Lord we have this further to say out of Zeph. 1. 12. 15. Anâ—os 5. 18. To what end is it for you the day of the Lord is darknes and not light the great day of the Lord is neer and hasteth greatly It is a day of wrath a day of trouble and distresse a day of wastenesse and desolution a day of darknesse and gloominesse a day of clouds and thick darknesse to them which are setled on their lees that say in their hearts the Lord will neither do good neither will â—e doe evill To them and all the rest we say There remains nothing for them But a fearfull looking for of judgment and violent â—ire which shall devoure the adversaries Hebr. 10. 27. 2. The second part of this use is to blame Gâ—ods peâ—ple If tâ—ry of judgment be a dreadfull day near at hand and will come when men least think of it are not Gods people blame-worthy that they doe not think more seriously and frequently of and prepare more carefully for this day That this security may be and is the fault of Gods own people is evident Matth. 24. 5. Whiles tho bridegroom â—arried long they all slumbred Matth. 25. 38 39 c. 1 Thess 5. 3. When Chriâ—â— comes shall he finde faith on the earth Luâ—e 18. 〈◊〉 Psal 30. 7. 1 Cor. 11. 29 30 31. And hence it is partly that their hearts are so much set upon the things of this world they do so little minde the making up of their accounts and that they are so impatient under their lusterings and so caâ—elesse and uncircumspect in their lives because they dâ—â— not more minde the second comming of Christ to judgment and the near approach thereof It was to Christs own Disciples he said Luke 21. 34 Take heed to your selves least at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfetting drunkennesse and the cares of this life and least that day come on you at unawares Matth. 24. 42 43 c. Matth. 25. 12 c. And truly as this is an evill to which the Saints are lyable so is it not without danger enough to them The danger is set out and illustrated at large in Matth. 24. and chapt 25. in the parable of the Virgins and the Houâ—â—olders neglect of his house and the Thieves breaking in thereby and the sudden comming of the Master upon his evill Servant for albeit it cannot overthrow the elect and prevent their salvation for this is impossible to be done yet so far it may take upon them that they may be very hardly saved 1 Pet. 4. 18. Matth. 26. 39. It is true the great soule Thief the Devil come he at what houre he will cannot rob him and spoile him of his salvation but it is as true he may notwithstanding affright him sorely and much endanger his salvation That Soul to whom when Christ shall come in his particular Judgement at his death and finde him somewhat carelesse and secure may perhaps not know and much doubt whether it shall be saved or not And truly we cannot say but the last comming of Christ to judgment in generall may at the first be somwhat terrible as the comming of the Master on a sudden to the servant whose accounts are not made oâ—n and the comming of the Thief to the Housholder that looketh not for him though he knoweth he shall not rob him and as it seems the â—ive wise but slumbring Virgins were at the sudden comming of the Bridegroom The more watchfull we are and shall be found the more confident assured and comfortable doubtles we shall be found when Christ comes to judgement But if we be otherwise we may be saved but it will be perhaps as a firebrand pluckt out of the fire and as Lot was saved out of the destruction of Sodom Gen. 19. 16. It will be Gods decree and his care to keep us and not by our watchfulnes and care to keep our selves it will be by his holdfast of us not our â—oldfast of him Of Heaven of Hell IN the handling of this subject of Heaven and Hell to omit all curious endlesse needlesse and fruitlesse questions we shall endeavour for the doctrinall part to prove 3. things necessary to be known 1. That there is such a state to come as Heaven and Hell is For he that is such a fool as to say â—n his heart there is no God may be such a fool also as to say there is neither Hell nor Heaven 2. What Heaven and Hell are that the one is a very glorious and happy the other a
they are passing out of the world into death and the grave and from thence to judgment Of which we are to speak in the next place Of JUDGEMENT DOCTRINE There is without question a great and terrible Assist or day of generall Judgement set and to come wherein every one must be brought to account and be judged for all his thoughts words and works IN this point we shall say something for Explication something for Confirmation and somthing for Application For Explication 1. It shall be a great day and so it is called â—ude v. 6. Mal. 4. 5. It is so called 1 for the great assembly and meeting that then shall be If all the Juries and people of the Kingdom were to meet at one grand Assise before the King himself for the tryall of all the Delinquents in the Kingdom this would be a great day how great then will that day be wherein all the Men Women and Children that ever were are or shall be must appear before the Lord Jesus to be judged 2. It is called a great day because there are great things to be done on that day It is also called a terrible day because there are terrible things on that day to be seen and done Ioâ—â— 3. 2. Rev. 20. 12 13 14. 13. 16. Ioel 2. 31. Mal. 4. 5. It is also called the day or that day by a specialty Luke 21. verse 34 Rev. 6. 17. This day we call the day of the generall Judgement to distinguish it from the perticular Judgement which every man receiveth at his death for every mans deaths day is his dooms-day Hebr. 9. 27. Eccles 12. 7. This is to be a day of Judgement For in it there shall be a formall and â—udiciall proceeding Judgment containeth three things 1 Examination of the cause wherein it is requisite there be two things 1. an equity in all things and persons 2. a laying open of this equity 2. a giving of Judgement upon the cause 3. the doing of execution according to the Judgement all this shall be then done For the Judge shall sit parties shall be cited evidence given in a tryall had and passed and judgment given men shall be formally and orderly examined condemned and punished Rev. 10. 11 12. Matt. 25. verse 40. c. This day is decreed and set Acts 17. 31. He hath appointed a day wherein to â—â—dge the world And it is not past but yet to come nor shall it come till the end of all other things be first come 2 Thess 2. 1 2 3. nor is the very certain houre or day to be known by man Matt. 24. 42. 25. 1â— All flesh young and old rich and pâ—ore male and female must then appear none shall be so great to avoid it none so little as to be forgotten And they must must you say is for the King so saith the King of Kings they must appear and that in person they may not appear by proxie nor may they be excused for their default or make delay or have a day over but they must then and there appear to give anaccount Revel 20. 12. I saw the dead great and small stand before God 2 Cor. 5. â—0 We must all appear before the judgâ—â—â—â— seat of Christ Eccles 11. 9. God will bring thee i. the young man to judgment though thou be unwilling to come God will bring tâ—â—â— by force Hebr. 6. 27. Rom. 14. 10. That all thiâ— is out of all question will appear by the Confirmation which follows in the next place 1. That it is so 2. That it must be so That it is so 1. many Scriptures of the old and new Testament do foreshew it Daâ— 12. 1 â—ard 7. 26. 22. Eccles 11. 9. Mal. 4. 5. Ioel 2. 31. Iude verse 14 15. Acts 17. 31. Rom. 14. 10. Acts 10. 42 43. to him give all the Prophets witnesse that he is ordained of God to be judge both of quick and dead Rev. 1. 7. Behold he commeth i. It is as certain as if he were come 2. The Devils and wicked men at one time or another believe it and tremble to think of it Mâ—t. 8 â—9 Art thou come to torment us before the time Iames 2. 19. The Devils believe and tremble their hearts ake and quake within them 3. All the Godly expect it 2 Pet. 3. 12. 4 Many signes there have been and are foreshewing it 5. The prayers of good and sins of bad men will bring it about Rev. 22. 17 20. chapt 14 15 16 17 18. 2. That it must be so reason doth evince it 1. For it will not stand with the justice mercy and goodnes of God that it should be otherwise then well with the good and ill with the bad at last since it falleth out often that the condition of the best men is worst and of the worst men is best in this life How can it stand with the justice of God that wicked persecutors should go unpunished and not receive a reward of their works and that the godly who have suffered so much injury from wicked men should not be righted and recompenced There is nothing in all the world doth more certainly prove the day of judgment then the injustice of the wicked world for thus we may reason will the Lord certainly punish the wicked and reward the just this being not alwayes in this life it must be certainly at the day of judgment Beliâ—es what mistakes and miâ—construction do the justice of God and inocency of godly men lye under in this life and how much do the names of God and godly men suâ—â—er hereby and when or how will they or can they be delivered but at and by this day of judgement For the clearing thereof therefore and manifestation of Gods justice and godly mâ—â—s integrity theâ—â— must be of necessity such a day to come Hence it is called the day of the Revâ—lation of the righteous judgement of God 2 Thess 6. We glory in your patience in your sufferings which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God The Saints sufferings here are as one saith an ocular demonstration of a future judgement where all their wrongs shall be righted and all their labours of love recompenced Iames 5. 8. Rom. 2. 5. That therefore there is such a judgement to come we do rightly professe in one of the Articles of our Creed That Iesus Christ shall come from Heaven to judge the quick and dead 2. Gods decree hath set it Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed to man once to die but after this the judgment 3. His word hath spoken it and his truth must perform it We have done with the Confirmation but we must answer two or three objections â—re we can make our Application Object Answer It may be said God judgeth men now he judgeth men everyday To this we answer This judgment is begun here on good and bad God judgeth men by his word by their own Consciences and by his administration and the disposall of
10. Lastly this doth discover to us Gods goodnes in forewarning man of this day for by this means he may be prepared for to receive the good of it and forearmed against the evill of it so we have done with the Use of Instruction Vse 2 In the next place let it be to exhort and perswade us and that to divers things 1. This point of the last judgment and Christs comming thereunto being an unquestionable truth an Article of our Creed and Principle of our Christian faith let us not doubt of it but stedfastly beleeve it Heb. 6. 2. 2. It being a point of so great moment and high concernment to us let us meditate and consider of it and this let us do 1 Pupâ—sely and willingly as Iob did Iob 19. 25. I know that my redeemer liveth c. not accidentally and unwillingly as divels and wicked men do â—â—mes 2. 19. Acts 24. 25. 2. Beleevingly so Iob 19. 25. not doubtfully as those wicked in 2 Pet. 3. 4. There shall be mâ—ckers who shall say where is the promise of his comming 3. Desirously as a good day to be wiâ—â—ed for so the Church Rev. 22. 17. The Spirit and the Bride say come not fearfully as an evill day to be avoyded as Foelix did Act. 24. 25. And as he disputed of the judgement to come Foelix trembled and answered goe thy way for this time and when I have a convenient time I will call for thee 4 Often and continually Mat. 24. 44. not once a yeare once a moneth or once a week only let us think we ever hear this voyce sounding in our ears awake ye dead and come to judgment 5. Seriously so as to prepare for it Luke 12. 35. 40. Be ye ready also for the Sonne of man commeth at an houre when ye thinke not 2 Pet. 3. 10 11 12. The day of the Lord will come as a Thiefe in the night c. what manner of persons ought ye thâ—â— to be in all holy conversation anâ— godlynesse c. looking for the comming of this day c. not scoffingly as those 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 3. 4. And in the meditation of this day let us think of 1. The certainty and unavoydablenesse of it Acts 1. 11. 2. The terriblenesse of it 2 Cor. 5. 11. 3 The neernesse of it at least to every man in particular Rev. 1. â— To prâ—vâ—le us to consider much of this time we are to knâ—w 1 That it is a wise profitable and usefull meditation and will certainly leave some good impression behind it upon the heart Deut 32. 29. For it serves 1. To take of our hearts from the vanities of this life he will not much care for that house which is shortly to be burnt down about his cares 2 Pet. 3. 1â— 2. It will serve to make us patient under our present troubles to consider that this time will put an end to them Iob 19. 25. 3. It will make us have a â—are to keep our Accounts always in a readinesse whilst we are still in expectation of the comming of our Master to call us to 〈◊〉 account Rom. 14. 12. 4. And finally it will much serve to forward the work of grace restrain us from evill and make and keep us good Rom. 14. 10. 12 13. Why doest thou condemne brother or why doest thou despiâ—â—thy brother For we shall all appeare before the judgement Sâ—ate of Christ so then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God Let us not therefore judge one another any more c. Math. 3. â— Who hath forewarned you to fly from the wrath Gods judgement to come in this but especially in the next life 1 Thess 1. 10. Mat. 23. 23. Acts 3. 19 Amend your lives therefore and 〈◊〉 that your sins may be put away when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and he shall send Iesus Christ c. whom the heavens must containe untill the time 〈◊〉 all things be restored c. Acts 17. 30 31. And the time of this ignorance God regarded not but now he admonisteth all men every where to repent because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousnâ—s by that man whom he hath appointed whereof he hath given 〈◊〉 assurance to all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Remarkable for this is that place Eccles 11. 9. Rejoyce O young man thou that presumest of thy agâ— and puttest far of the evill day of Death and Iudgmentâ— and let thine heart chear thee c. like the fool in the Gospel Luke 12. 〈◊〉 please thy self in thine own vain concelts and wilfulnes walk in the 〈◊〉 of thine own heart pursue thy pleasures and satisfie thy lusts without 〈◊〉 but know that for all these things God will bring thee to Iudgment Now to help us in this meditation let us use these means 1. Let us read and hear often those Scriptures and other books which treat of this subject 2. Let us speak much of it with them who do most think of it 3. Let us observe much those things amongst men which do resemble it as the Lightning Iudicatures of men and the like 4. Let us still pray to God to put and keep this meditation in our hearts In the third place we are to be exhorted that believing and thinking of this last Iudgment and Christs comming to it we do prepare for it This is Christs counsel Matt. 24. 44. Therefore be ye also ready for in an houre that yee think not will the Son of mâ—n come Luke 12 40. Be ye also prepared therefore Matth. 25. 13 Watch therefore c. for ye know not the day nor the â—ouâ—â— when the son of man commeth Luke 21. 6. Watch yee therefore and pray alwayes And this we must do for these reasons 1. because this day hasteth and will steale upon vs unawares if we look not to it Luke 21. 35. As a snare it shall come on them that dwâ—â— on the earth Rev. 3. 3. If therefore thou shalt not watch I will come on thee as a thiefe and thou shalt not know what houre I will come upon thee 〈◊〉 â—â—y the moâ—e suddain the more terrible for 1 it amazes and exanimates a man as an unexpected storm doth the Mariner 2. it cannot be prevented 2 That which we do in the mater of preparation must be done before that day come for it will be then too late to do any thing to it and delay in this case is very dangerous for though we could be sure of time yet we cannot be sure of grace as we have set forth to us in the instance of the foolish Virgins Matt. 25. 9 10. They which neglect to get grace here have no way left to get any then And no other mans goodnes will then stand them in any stead Psal 95. 11. Matt. 24 43 44. it will be too late to bolt the door when the thieves are broken into the house 3.
see as he is seen he shall have a most cleer beatifficall sweet and comfortable beholding of God by the understanding of the minde as far as the creature is capable And this sight of God shall be 1. True not imaginary and by delusions 2 It shall be perfect according to the capacity of the soul 3 It shall be immediate without the help of any other thing 4 It shall be joyfull as one that seeth his deerest friend and not terrible as one that seeth his Judge or Tormentour And this must needs be a blessed thing For 1. God is Light 2 He is joy 3 He is satisfying to the soul 4 There is participation of him by this means to the creatures 1 Io. 1. 5. Psal 16. 7. 171 Ioh. 3 2. 2 Cor. 3. 18. Cor. 13. 12. Iob 19. 5. I know that my Redeemer liveth and that I shall see him c. And faithfull shall also have a sweet and comfortable and certain knowledge of one another Mat. 27. 3. 4. From the perfect conformity of the whole man to Gods will for then the work of grace shall be perfect and entire 1 Cor. 13. 10. When that which is perfect iâ— come then that which is in part shall be done away then and there the faithfull shall not sin for they shall enjoy a perfect rest which cannot stand with sin and they shall doe Gods will perfectly as the Angels in heaven and as Christ him self Mat. 6. v. 10. 22 30. Psal 103 v. 21 22. 1 Jo. 3. 10. 2 Cor. 3. 18. Wee shall all meet together c. unto a perfect man and the measure of the age of the 〈◊〉 of â—hrist Ephes 4. 13. The Church shall be glorious at last not having spot or wriâ—kle or any such thing Ephes 5. â—7 When he is manifest we shall be like him 1 Jo. 3. 2. Then shall the Saints be freed from that body of death under which they groan so much now then shall they be freed from that body of corruption under which they cry out so much O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me c. Rom. 7. 23 24 25. Rev. 〈◊〉 4. 1â— 5. From their fruition of what they have for they shall not onely have much but enjoy what they have they shall therefore know it that is theirs what it is and that they cannot lose it none can take it from them There are these things in fruition 1. there must be a propriety in the thing 2. a possession of the thing 3. an accommodation of it to the ends for which it is appointed 4. an asâ—urance that they shall not lose it all this is here for then he shall dwel on high and his defence shall be the munition of Rocks Esay 33. 16. compare then the happines and security of this estate together and we must needs say it is a very happy estate Iohn 10. 28. 6. From their contentment and satisfaction in it For then shall they not desire more or other then they have but God alone shall be their portion they shal desire none other with him or besides him then shalâ— it come passe that God shall be all in all 1 Corinthians 15. verse 28. 7. From their work and Imployment which shall be that and nothing but that wherein the regenerate man doth much delight Rom. 7. 21. They serve God night and day in his Temple and sing praises to him Revel 7. 15. Halleluia Salvation and glory and honour and power unto the Lord our God Revel 1. 1. And when those Beasts gave glory and honour and thanks to him that sate on the Throne who â—â—oâ—th for ever and ever the foure and twenty Eâ—â—ers fall down before him that sate on the Throne and worship him that liveth for ever and cast their Crowns before the Throne saying Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour aâ—d power for thou haâ—â— created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created Revel 4. 9 10 11. And they sung a new Song saying Thou art worthy to take the Book and to open the Seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred tongue and nation and people i. From the state of the wicked as the Israelites turned back on the Sea and saw the Egyptians drowned themselves delivered And as there shall be no evill person so there shall be no evill work there Revel 21. 27. 22. ◠〈◊〉 15. 2 Pet. 3. 13. All things that offend shall be removed Mat 13 41. 9. That nothing shall disturbe their happines or in the least measure lessen it and that there shall be no intermission of it but that it shall be night and day continued Great peace shall they have that keep thy Word and nothing shall offend them Psal 119. 165. Your joy shall no man take from you Io. 16. 22. Add we to all this the suâ—dennesse and â—nexpectednesse of them the place the company and the time wherein and with whom all this happines shall be enjoyed and we will see and say that there is indeed matter of wonderfull joy and delight in it 1. From the place in 3. particulars 1. It is above and on high it shall be very conspicuous and therefore more glorious it doth somewhat add to the glory of a building that it is a little mounted Jerusalem which is above Gal. 4. 6. Acts 1 9 10 11. 2. It is a place of unmeasurable greatnes and largenes it ads to the glory of a â—arm and the hapines of hiâ— that ows it that it is spacious to have 〈◊〉 that very good a fair 〈◊〉 it and â—ll in a sweet soile and faâ—â—ly â—â—â—tuated all this together is in this possession for the Heaven is the biggest of all created bodies and infinitely bigger then the Earth 2 Cor. 12. 2. and all this shining with exqâ—â—â—te glory and brightnes of purest light Men love stately houses built by curious workmen especially if â—hey be safe pleasant and delightfull hâ—â—â—tations Such is this Heb 11. 12. Jo. 14. 2. In my fathers house are many mansions It is called the great City Rev. 21. 10. and the City of the great and mighty King and Lord of Heaven and Earth made of purpose for the manifestation of his glory and the habitation and entertainment of his dearest friends 3. It is a place of incomparable and supercelestiall light of a perfect and constant light for there shall be no night there It is set out by a City whose wal is of Jaspar building of Gold Gates of Pearls and foundation of precious stones Iâ— needs not the light of the Sun and Moon For the glory of the Lord shall enlighten it and the Lambe shall be the light thereof And it must needs be infinitely shining and bright for God himself in his most â—â—â—nsparent glory shall there shine out most admirable the glorified body of Christ shall shine brighter then the firmanment and the splendor of many millions of
courage to support If the neer approach to God and an intimate communion with him draw a â—ustie and glory upon the person approaching then the eternall separation from God with an eternall communion with the Devil that unclean spirit and all wicked men must needs attract a shame and a dishonour to the person that is in such a fellowship with them Exod. 34. 29 30. 2 Cor. 3. 18. 2. The dishonour and shame of the wicked in hell wherein another part of their unhappinesse shall be iâ— in these things 1. That they must for ever suffer under the brand of base Cowards the slaves of Satan by whom they have beene carried captive at his pleasure and notorious malefactours justly for the same devoted to this condition 2 Their company and society shall be those unclean spirits The 〈◊〉 fall and unbeleeving the abominable whoremoâ—gâ—rs murderers dogs inchanters c. Like snakes and serpents frogs and toads and such like creatures This is the second death Rev. 16. 13 21 8 22 15. 3. And this in a blinde narrow and stinking prison Rev. 9. 1. 1 Pet. 3. 19. 4. They shall be neglected rejected and despised of God good angels and good men Psalm 119. 18. Psalm 1. 5. Goe ye cursed Matth. 25. 26 41. Matth. 19. 28. 5. They have no master to serve but the devill no work to do but sinne and suffer for sinne And if it be a shame and dishonour to be the mean servant of a base and unworthy person and to serve him in a base and servile work as to cleanse his houses of office or the like then the work and service of the damned in hell to the devill must needs be shamefull and dishonourable indeed Prov. 6. 33. He shall finde a wound and dishonour and his reproach shall never be put away The least part of this dishonour and infelicity we may consider in that example of proud Haman Esther chap. 6. and 7. Tumbling from his exceeding great height of honour and earthly felicity upon a suddain and when he least thought of it into a most shamefull condition and extream misery and contempt And this of the Lord. Who shall cut off the Spirits of Princes and is terrible to the Kings of the earth Psalm 76. 12. That poureth contempt upon Princes Psal 107. 40. That bringeth Princes to nothing and maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie Esay 40. 23. That maketh the strength of the mightie weak Job 12. 21. The opposite tearm to peace is trouble or no rest which also must comprehend many perticulers In hell there is no rest Rev. 14. 10. But torments day and night Rev. 20. 10. It is a place that deprives from all comfort that is ordained for torment onely And this also is in divers particulars For 1. There will be sorrow anguish and discontent such as none like it For 1. it shall be in such a place as is ordained for torment 2. The persons to be tormented there are men forsaken of God for eâ—er 3. Their Executioner will be their maliâ—ious eternall and powerfull enemy 4. There is not the least comfort no light to comfort the eye water to cool the tongue nor courage to support the heart 5. It is the consummation and compleatment of all misery It must needs be an ample torment every vessel of wrath will be full of wrath also every part of body and soul shall be filled with wonderfull torment There is nothing but torment in hell The soul the most tender part shall be distracted to think upon 1. All the sinne that ever it hath committed 2. The time and meanes of grace which it hath neglected trifled away and despised and the eternall miserie it hath acquited And they then shall think of their shamefull negligence and wilfull folly in neglect and refusall of the meanes of Salvation how neere they were it 〈◊〉 how easily they might have had it how much they are deceived how those men are exalted that they thoughts fools and they proved fools that thought themselves wise And in thâ—se and such like thoughts what then will be the gnawing of the never dying worm what rage of their guilty consciences what furious despair what horrour of minde what distractions and fears what bitter looking back upon their mispent time in this world what cursing of the day of their birth their brethren in iniquity and even blaspheming of God himself what tearing the hair gnaâ—â—ing the teeth wailing and wringing the hands no tongue can tell no heart can think See a little of it in this familiar example A man of mean condition is very likely and in great hopes to attain to be a speciall favourite of the King and by that means to come to great fortunes indeed he is fair for it and in his own thoughts so sure of it that he cannot misse of it and at length by some small mistake or some little neglect he is utterly defeated and doth not onely loose the kings favour but incurre his displeasure and is perpetually banished his presence and committed to perpetuall imprisonment how much will this afflict the minde of such a man So it is in this case The wicked man especially that is under the means of Grace is fair for heaven and neer to eternal life and might no doubt with more ease attain to it then many of them do go to hell he dreams all his dayes that heaven is his and makes himself sure of it but at last when he thinks to take possession of it he is irrocoverably and endlesly cast and thrust into hell 2 Thess 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power Matth. 25. 41. Depart from me ye cursed c. And then shall they say too late How have I hated instruction c. Prov. 5. 12. Remember Hamans case Estheâ— ch 6. et 7. It shall be tormented with the memory of pleasures past and with the apprehension of pains present and to come it shall free at its own folly and misery and grieve to set the prosperity and happinesse of the godly in heaven there must needs be grief unmeasurable For the creature hath lost all that good wherein it delighted it is disappointed of all that hope wherein it â—elied and it wanteth all that it desireth and it is unable to remove what it suffeâ—eth to recover what it looseth to supply what it wanteth All the faculties and passions of the soul shall suffer for their joy and delight shall be drowned with sorrow and their sorrow shall none take from them if they love and thing they shall not enjoy it if they hate it they shall have it if they lâ—ath they cannot leave it if they desire they cannot have it The body likewise will have no part free for every sense shall have a singular kinde of suffering The eye shall be afflighted and afflicted with the ugly and fearfull light of devils and the torments and tormented
20. They are to be burnt 30 In gluttony and worldlinesse Phil. 3. 19. The end of such men is destruction of body and soul in hell Matth. 19. 28. 31 In Apostasie and progresse from evill to worse 1 Tim. 5. 12. 2. Tim. 3. 13. 22 In not enduring to think of the comming of the Lord Jesus to judgment They shall call on the mountains to cover them c. 33 In Hereticall opinions Rom. 3. 8. 2 Thess 2. 10. 12. God shall send them strong delusions to beleeve lies that they may be damned c. 2 Pet. 2. 1. If a man would now desire to know which way he is passing whether he be going to heaven or to hell Let him examine himself by these rules and try himself by the particulars aforesaid And thereby he shall soon see which way he takes and to what 〈◊〉 will come If he be going the broad and easie way of sin which mans carnall reason directeth and mans corrupt will and affections embraceth he is going the way to destruction if he walk after the prince that ruleth in the air after the course of this present world then he is still in practice as we are by nature The childe of wrath There are three sorts of men 1 Such as are affected with desperate horrours and fears as Iudas these will not escape hell Matth. 27. 5. 2 such as are sottish and senslesse that fear nor or care for any thing these are not the likely men to escape it 3 The vain presumptuous man that 〈◊〉 and hath no ground for his hope 4. Such as have a lively hope upon good and solid grounds these may expect deliverance from â—â—ll and the obtaining of heaven 2 Tim 4. 8. We shall shut up this part in the words of Mâ—ses Deut. 32. 29. Oh that they were wise then they would understand this they would consider their latter end 3 The 3. thing we are to be exhorted to is to gâ—t if possible we may an assâ—ance that we shall escape this miserable condition that God hath not appoâ—uted us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Iesus Christ And the best means to assure us of that is to be assured that we are not in the way If you can assure me that you goe nor the broad way of sin that leadeth to destruction I can assure you you shall never come to the place of destruction And if we can be assured we are appointed to salvation we may be sure we are not appointed to wrath And therefore herein for further satisfaction in this point we must refer and send you to the evidences of our assurance of salvation In the fourth place for application if it be so that hell be such a miserable place state and condition Let it be theâ— for the terrour and dread of al those men which upon the view of their own heaâ—ts and lives in the glasse before proposed to them finde themselves to be in the broad way to this misery to call upon them to fear to turn their laughter into mourning their joy into sorrow and to weep and howl for the miserie that shall come upon them doe you laugh now Oh wo to you that laugh now Luke 6. 25. For you shall mourn and weep Are you mâ—â—â—y now truly you have little cause were all well known your case is little otherwise then that of the devils who are delivered into chains of darknesse to be reserved unto Judgement 2 Pet. 2. 4. As condemned prisoners and malefactors they are shortly to be haled out to a dreadfull execution Are you consident and fearlesse truly it is marvell for the heavie wrath of the Almighty like a sharp sword by a small thread hangs over your heads and when this thread of your life breaks and it will break shortly then will it fâ—ll upon you to the uttermost And who shall be able to abide it Rev. 6. 17. Will you not fear him that hath the keyes of hell and death Matth. 10. 28. Fear him that when he hath killed the bodie can cast soul and bodie into hell 〈◊〉 fear him Ephes 2. 1. 2. 1 Tim. 5 6. Were it not so that you were spiritually dead twice dead and therefore senselesse and as it is that the god of this world hath blinded your eyes that you cannot see the things that belong to your peace Lukâ— 10. 42. you could not be so confident and secure as you are did you see but the least part of what is to come upon you shortly you would soon change your note and as Bâ—lshassar when he saw the hand writing upon the wall their countenance would be changed their thoughts would be troubled so that the joynts of their loyns would be loosed and their knees would smite one against another Oh that thou hadst known these things but now they are hid from thine eyes Luke 19. 42. Can thine heart endure or can thine hands be strong in the dayes that the Lord shall deal with thee Ezek. 12 14. When his wrath is kindled but a little O but a little blessed are they that trust in him Psal â—1 12. For who O Lord knoweth the power of thy anger the thunder of thy power who can understand Job 2â— 14. Even according to thy fear so is thy wrath Remember and forget not That the day of the Lord that great day and terrible day of the Lord is at hand the coming of the Lord Iesus draweth nigh That before this the Sun shall be turned into â—â—rknesse the moon shall not give hâ—r light the starres of heaven shall fall and the powers of heaven shall be shaken Matth. 24. 29. The heavens shall passe away with a noise the elements shall melt with fervent heat the earth with all the works thereof shall be burned up 2 Pet. 2. 10. Then shall come dayes or that great day or day of his wrath Rev. 6. 17. The day of judgement and destruction of ungodmen 2 Pet. 3. 7. When the dreadfull and glorious signe of the Son of man in heaven shall be seen Matth. 24. 30. The Lord Iesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire 2 Thess 1. 7. 8. And he shall come in the clouds of heaven and all his holy-Anggels with him with power and great glory Luke 9. 26. 〈◊〉 admired of al his saints 2 Thess 1. 10. and then the Lord shall descend from above with 〈◊〉 shoat and the trumpet that is first loud shril terrible trump the trumpet of God shall sound and the dead shall be raised 1 Thess 4. 16. 1 Cor. 15. 50. And all the kindreds and Tribes of the earth shall mourn Mat. 24. â—0 Because of him and shall hide themselves in the holes of the earth and they shall say to the mountains and the rocks fall on us and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe for that gret day of his wrath is come and who shall