OfDeathand Itdgerent. X83 take awaythat which wemake account of,as by taking away our preferment,wit,&c.for Iaccountthatmantobauelofthiswit , which is turned into a Foxe, which bathnothing¡ detharar butcraft andfubtiltie. Then hefendeth ficknes,reproches andhearts griefe tohumble vs, m,ñ. or foase angular iharpe iudgment on fome,ofvery good hope, and lone, and takeththem ;idgement, out ofthis life, to warnevs that are a greai dealework, to the tcrrour of the wicked, and that theymight not fee the punslhrnentshe is tobring vpon the vngodlyfor fin. Now for afmuch asa titan in the firstjudgment is condemned, in the fecondquited, in the thirdr&- prined: Therfore the Lord bath appointed a fourth iudgement,whichThal pay themhome: and thatmay be compared,if Imay fofay, to tlfegaole deliuene, and this iscalled theday ofiudgement. In comparifon wherof other iudgmentsare asnothinäThen GodNil take verusiifé;a- the matter intohisown hand,tlsenThal there be anewQeit,then at thefe mattersthat are dices dies,in Muffled vp,and euill iudged,fhallbe iùdgedagaine. Now is the dayofaffebtions,hut then quo orcnis the day. ofiudgnienetin it we fhalliofe all chats to be loft. Nowfor this dayand thisiudg- ÿcnieq[[user ment, that wem m ay haue foewhat tomoue vs, beingofourfetus verydull,letvs f ee,hoty isle dirsn fearefnll and dreadtull it is. In a judgement there are three things,the achion,the fentence, qo;nalè in- and the execution. Forwe leethe prifoners,firfthow theyplead for themfelues. Secondly, dicarusrciudi- being found guilty,thefentence is pronounced by the lodge:& after,tbey are executed .In tabimr. Three thing: is cares thereare meansto acquscefor afeafon,as delulió ofthe Iudgeor ofthewitneffcs;per- iudgement. fwafion,corruption,fauor. Forthe fird,thcybeapices iuris,pornts in law,they vndoeal iu- r. AEíiun. ftice,acauilhng iuftúe : but apicesorris incslonon excufant. And for the witncl%s theyThal *Rairks its not deliver bini,for theyMal be truea itneffes,thcbookMal then beopened.Noperfwafi lams Apexíu- on Thal the ferue,becauft God is notfubte6t to anyaffacìion. Thirdly,there fliai benocol- ifspro sure ru tió for though the Judge could becorrupted, whatcould wegiue hitn when the whole fui, fob. P t F g R rili,Ipìnofagi world fhall be deftroied? Laltly,we mulllooke for nofauor,for it is thedayof iudgmenc, depurarione. and not of mercie. The night before theblowing of the Trumpet there (hall bepreached Vipian. . mercy,but then tiserefisali benone: let noman flutter hìmfeife,for lb Ise (isali flsd it. To e 7nte. (cape a fentencehere on earth is either b}+appeale manhigher court, or by retrabhing:but z. sentexce, there canbeno appeale,forwho ishigher thanGod:neither Iitalthere be any reuerfonof the fentence,for thereThal beno more fittin,becaufethere is no fecond judgment. Third- 3.Execution. ly, thereis anexecution, which is molt Anexecration there(hall be, well, letit come,wil we fay,fora punifhmentmust beours : & then whatis thereto helpevs to efèápe punifhinent, but either refiftance,or ifthat wil not lerue,flight;ifwe cannotAie, patience, ormitigation,or.ourcomfortis.hope:butdiereisnoneofaltherecanRandvsinanyRead: for the firft,if wee were, as lob fàith,hard rocker, aswe arepotfhards, weewere notable to 2,0 flyingfroze refill, for ifthe Lord did but touchvs,we would fmoke. But his wrath (sal bepouredvp- Gods dodge. on es,andwho is abletoabide it Secondly; it boomsvs not to Me;for the Lorde is curry meta. whereround about vs, weeareas itwere in a circumference, thefurther weeare frond one Simile. part, theneerer we are to'the other. Weef sc fromtheGodof peace to the Godofwrath, there is no efcapsng : Chritt faith, Taketheunprofitable feruant, bindhimband andfoot, fo that hecannot Me s and lode addeth,n itheuerlaffing chains, and thatindarkyes; fo chuff he `could break hischaines,yet he couldnotfeewhither to the invitedark. Thirdly,there is no . patience;which ye Aial fee,if yecófiderthe example 'ache richman in Luké, whorequired Luk.r& one drop ofwater to coolehis tongue,ofa perjon,whomhehated deadly;& no doubt they do hatethegodlythereus muchas euertheydid in this Iife.Laf ofal,letvslook for no'mi- A defrription tigation: Iftherewereany mitigation,it fhould be either in refpeet ofthe wearines of the of the torments tormentors,but they are fpirits;or by confirmingofour bodies,but we Thai continue fore- of b`h. uer:ofbydùninifhingthe iulruments,butthe fire fhall neuer goout: & that itmay not fodo,there is a lakeofbrunftonepreparedto run.into it,& thewonne neuerdieth.Neither Thalthere beanycomfort,theieemembrance euenof that theyenjoyed Mal torment them. 9 Thereis apeople in Amos and Zepbanie., that put theday of the Lorde faire off, Agaíttfl them but it (hall bee vino them a dayof terrourand trembling. On theother fide, let vs con- that areeither fider how the world waxingolde asagarment, and all creatures became motheatenand ra'elepè or arioui is worme-eaten : the frustes, Roues, maid. hearties decaying in their verrues. Against th,itg, entrer- worldlyAtheiRsthePeophet,Zephaniahfaith, The Lord willleekethem and rather themeing thed y of i he iudgement. 4
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