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The glorious and beautifull garland of mans glorification Containing the godlye misterie of heauenly Ierusalem, the helmet of our saluation. The comming of Christ in the fleshe for our glorie, and his glorious com[m]ing in the end of the world to crowne men with crownes of eternall glorie. Beeing an heauenly adamant to drawe thee to Christ and a spirituall rod to mortifie thy life. Made and set foorth by Frauncis Kett, Doctor of Phisick
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Kett, Francis, d. 1589.
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it bee to late to knocke when the dore shall be shut and to late to crye for mercie when it is the time of iustice for hee shall thus come according to Mathew Math. 25. in his glorie and all the holy Aungels with him and then sit vpon his seat of iudgement and all nations gathered before him seperating the one from the other as a shepheard diuideth the sheepe from the gotes and shall set the sheepe on the right hand and the gotes on the left and then shall hee ioyfully say to them on the right hand Come yee blessed children of my father inherite the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world And then hee shall say to them of the left hand depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the diuels and his angels wherin the Apostle setting before our eyes the glorious maiestie of Christes comming and the effecte of his comming may séeme to pricke all mens harts euen to bléed for sorrow of their sinnes to think vpon this fearfull sentence of Christ who thus commeth as saith Iohn Baptist with the fanne in his hand Matth. 5. and will purge his floure and gather the wheat into his barne béeing the righteous and the chaffe which are the wicked he will burne with vnquechable fire by which wée plainly sée the seperation of the good from the ill with the deserts and rewardes of bothe parties Ephe. ◠and with the whole manner of the latter iudgement which no people high or low shall escape for all things in heauen and in earth according to Paul to the Ephesians shall bee gathered togither in Christe and Christe as a iust iudge shall deuide them into two parties and will showe vnto bothe a iust cause of his iudgement Math. 25. that the iust may knowe with what well dooinges they haue attained so great felicitie and ioye and the ill may know with what offences they haue deserued euerlasting punishment for Christe shall say with a mylde and mery cheare to them which hath doone the déedes of righteousnes and mercy for his name sake Come yee blessed of the Lord inherit the kingdome and be clothed with your heauinly mansion Wherfore stirre vp your hartes to imbrace this ioyfull voyce of voyces which hath powre to kendle and inflame all humble harts to run after godlines with all looue power and might of the soule without wearynes to obtaine the ioy of Christes kingdome for which cause stoppe not your eares harden not your harts follow not your lusts EPhes 1. hunt not after worldlynes but thrist after righteousnes and walke in the narrow way and guyde the féete of thy conscience in the holy path that leadeth and conducteth to this eternall saluation and moste blessed Cittie the ioye wherof is so superabundant the glory so triumphant the blessednes so heauenly the pleasure so swéet the treasure so excéeding Cor 1.2 the place so incomparable that the eye hath not séene nor the eare euer heard nor the hart could euer thinke the ioye which is prepared in heauen for vs for suche is the inheritance as to bee made the glorious Sonnes of GOD crowned with glorie and immortalitie for euer Cor. 2.5 where death is chaunged to euelasting lyfe nakednes clothed with Gods brightnes sorrowes turned to perpetuall ioy and all our infirmities are chaunged into to eternall and incorruptible happines In respect wherof séeing wée knowe of a certaintie that if our earthlye mansion or corporall presence wherein wee now dwell were destroyed that wee haue a building or Cittie ordained of GOD beeing an habitation not made with handes but eternall in heauen the verry kingdome of Christe and re st of GOD for which wée should sigthe and grone desiring to bee clothed with our mansiō which is from heauen but yet wée must bee héere clothed and not naked as men without good lyfe for as long as wee are in this tabernacle and world wee shoulde sigth with the s obbes of true repentance and grone with the gréefe of godly sorrow abhorring sinne and wickednes in that wee would not be found vnclothed but would be clothed vpon with the garment of righteousnes that mortalitie might bee swallowed vp of lyfe Reue. 3. To the obtayning wherof Christe counsell vs to buye of him golde tryed in the fyre that wee may bee riche and to buye of him white rayment that wee may be clothed which is treuth and righteousnes that our filthie nakednes doo not appeare as if wee were sotted in the corruption and lustes of the olde Adam thereby indaungering our selues because we neither seeke for the garments of Godlynes with pure diligence and looue nor knock with the hand of stedfast vnfeigned faith nor aske with deuotiō of sincere prayers the giftes of his grace to bee found at the great mariage of the Kings sonne without our wedding garments and so s ubiect to the Ministers of Gods wrath who shall bee commaunded and charged to bynde vs hand and foote and to cast vs moste dreadfully into vtter darknes Wheruppon print and establishe this for euermore in thy hart how greeuous and lamentable it shall bee abooue all greefes and s orrowes when Christe shall say to his Reapers or ministring Angels Take those cursed bynde them lyke tares in sheaues to be brent And al so print it in thy hart and mynde as in a remembring Booke or looking glass e how heauie and lamentable a case it shall bee to beholde the looke of Christe Math. 1◠when his lippes shall wagge with furie and indignation and his toung sparkle out the fierie streames of a wasting and consuming fire when hee turneth to them that stande on the left hand with dyrefull and terrible voice saying Goe away from mee you cursed and execrable of my Father which are woorkers of iniquitie and regarded not righteousnes departe you to fire which neuer shall bee quenched Math. 25. which is prepared for the deuill and his Angells Oh consider how sorrowfull and heauie shall this departure bee into all heauines from whence you shall neuer bee redéemed nor pittied how bitter and gréeuous shall that sentence bee how lamentable shall those cursed soules bee whiche shall neuer againe be comforted that must forsake the presence and sight of Christe for euer that must bee depriued from heauen from ioy from all pleasure for euer that hath loste the glorious and renowned inheritance of new Ierusalem for euer that hath lost the hapines which others inioy for euer-and now are departed into bitter torments greeuouslye to bee vexed for euer what a losse is that O wretched people what a paine is this you may faint to think it And therefore awake vp ye drunkards and wéepe mourn and howle all yée gluttons and wine sippers least you go with Esau from your byrthright and s up the pottage wine dregges of hell fire ye vncleane persones come to the waters of lyfe
of euerlasting life for he that confesseth the treuth of mée before men Reuâ— 3. I will confesse his name before God and the holy Angels and hee that denyeth the treuth of me I will denye him O therfore beware and bee not féeble mynded and dismaid at yonder tempest of persecution for why hath not Christe moste louingly tolde thée that such extreame dangers shall come to passe and sayeth to the feare none of thos e thinges but holde out to the end and thou shalt be saued and crowned with eternall glorie why then wilt yâ— yéeld wilt thou now be shaken down like a figge from his figge trée O man remember thy self consider whereto thou dooest fall what art thou so nyce of thy fleshe so tender of thy skyn Be not remoued from the Gospel so feruent to Wife and Children so geuen to worldly riches and delights so bent to promotions so hastie to please men so adict to this Worlde so foolishe and madde to run with the multitude so ready to yéelde to the persecutors as to forget the day of the Lord when thou shalt altogither tremble and quake and giue an account of thy dooings what I say to thée with heauie gréef wilt thou abide no perrils no torments no imprisonment no affliction no hunger nor shame no wearines no losse of goodes no departing from fré ends no losse of life for Christes Gospell then thou maist say wo is my vntrutefulnes Wherefore pray with all instance that God may strengthen thy faith and that thou maist be endued with patience against all tribulations and that you may be preserued from dogges from Locustes and vnreasonable men And nowe while the doore of the Gos pell is open stablishe your heartes in the euerlasting consolation of faith hope loue and patience in Christ Dan. 12. And suffer aduersitie with him and with his Gospell through the power of God who hath giuen you the gift of grace For it is written that the dayes shall come in which you shall bée purifyed cleansed and tryed as golde in the fire Wherfore holde fast the patience of his name in all stormes of persecutions by looking vp ioyfully to heauen when thou art in the handes of the persecuters Reu. 6. and fettered to the stake of torments then to beholde the golden altar and see there the soules of them vnder the hande of Christ which hath suffred before you in the testimonie of Iesus Christ whether now thy soule skipping ioyfully out of thy body as one loosed out of bondage and prison do goe accompanied with Gods holy angel to those blessed soules there meeting together with praising and magnifying God vnder the golden altar for blessed are those that suffer for righteousnes sake An acceptable sacrfice to GOD And therefore consider what an acceptable sacrifice thou shalt be to God when thou shalt breath forth the swéete odours of prayers through the flaming fire or tortures of death vp before the face of God by yéelding thy life for his cause so that bee assured that thy inward ioy shall quench eat vp the outward paines and torments of death for it is written the Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that feare God Psalme 3. and deliuereth theÌ„ therefore feare not death for the gospels sake but suffer with christ that you may be glorified with him and so be of the nomber of them to whoÌ„ he shal s ay Come ye blessed inherite the kingdom and be crowned with the glorious garland of your glorification and so to conclude Luke â—â— Reioyce that your names are written in heauen TO THE Reader LIft vp your heades Christ is at hande Hosanna in the highest Receiue the gifte the kingdome come from heauen which is most purest The Lord doth com him selfe from heauen who is the king of kinges Arise you dead and put you on your newe immortall winges At Sion he will shewe him selfe prepare you to be there Where crownes of life and palmes of ioy the chosen then shall weare Arise therefore receiue the gifte of Gods eternall light Imbrace the ioyes beholde the face of God in open sight The holye Citie gloriously in brightnesse which excel Descendeth downe from God aboue wherein the Saintes shall dwell The wicked then shall stande without an heauie wooe to see The Lord shall say Depart ye hence you shall not be with me Arise therefore as true right heires Of that most blessed lande Sing out Hosanna in the highest Christes kingdome is at hande F. 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A PRAYER OF THANKESGIVING TO GOD THAT IT MAY PLEASE HIM TO sanctifie vs with his holy grace that we may dwell in Newe Ierusalem with a petition for our Soueraigne Queene that it may please God that she may reigne ouer vs many yeeres and after this life be crowned with the heauenly clothing of glorification WE most heartily thanke thée O Lorde God our heauenly Father for thy manifolde and inestimable benefits which thou hast giuen vnto vs both for our soules bodies and that fréely of thine owne goodnesse without our desertes wee thaÌ„ke thée that it hath pleased thée of thy great mercie to create and make vs to thine owne Image and Likenesse and being lost through the sinne of our first father Adam thou vouchsafedst of thy endlesse pitie to s aue vs and redeeme vs againe by the death and passion of thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ our sweete Mediatour and Aduocate whom we looke for to come againe at the day of iudgement as a most louing Lord and Sauiour to carry vs with him into euerlasting glorie there to remaine with him worlde without end Therefore graunt vs sweete Lord God the riches of thy grace that we may haue the fruition of thy ioyes in thy heauenly kingdome of euerlasting blessednes And we beseech thée O Lord Iesus Christ which art the health of al meÌ„ liuing the euerlasting life to theÌ„ that die in thy faith to preserue 〈◊〉 thy seruant our Queene Gouernes so with thy blessed hand to fé ede â—â—â—spéede 〈◊〉 lead 〈◊〉 kéepe 〈◊〉 vnder thy holy wings that she may euermore faste the sweetenesse of thy riche mercie and great loue to the praise of thy holy Name and glorie of the Gospel and also to his glorification in the eternall kingdome of glorie And we thy seruantes and children by grace being ordeined by thee to be her faithfull subiectes doe beseech thée of thy great goodnes so to increase her with thy blessings that we may enioye him swéete gouerneâ—â—e to reigne ouer this Realme manye yeeres more in peace and tranquillitie and after this life to partake the euerlasting glorie of Christ to whome be all glorie honour and praise worlde without ende Amen GOD SAVE the 〈◊〉