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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09576	Gods generall summons to his last parliament. By George Phillips	Phillips, George, fl. 1597.	1595 (1595)	STC 19859; ESTC S114702	14,661	50

GODS Generall Summons to his last Parliament By George Phillips Reuel 20. verse 12. And I saw the dead both great and smal stande before God and the bookes were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were iudged of those thinges which were written in the bookâ— according to their workes VERITAS TVA ET USQVE AD NVBES Printed for William Leake and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Crane 1595. Gods general Summons to his last parliament The text read in the 2. Epistle of S. Paule to the Corin. 5. Chap. 10 verse Wee must all appeare before the Iudgement seate of Christ That euery man may receiue the thinges which are done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or euill THis Text is the generall Summons of God whose dominion reacheth from Sea to Sea Psal 72 8 Apoc 4 10 and from the floud vnto the worldes ende in signe whereof the Elders threwe downe their Crownes before him saying Thou O Lord art worthy to receiue all glory honour and power In this generall conuocation wee meete with these matters The first that our assembly shal be general for Wee shall all appeare c. Secondly before the iudgement seate of Christ and laste of al why we must appeare That euery man may receiue the things which hee hath done in his body according to that he hath done whether it bee good or euill In remembrance of this day of appearance the saints do incourage themselues in the middest of al their miseries Psal 119 52 As Dauid said I haue remembred thine euerlasting iudgments O Lord and haue receiued comfort Whereas if there were no iudgment day 1 King 21 2 as Ahab sold himselfe to work wickednes so euery one would giue himselfe to follow vanity like those epicures which said Wisdo 2 6 Iob 1 19. Come let vs enioy the pleasures that are present and take our fil of the creatures in our youth feasting securely til iudgement coÌ„meth vpon them as the house fell vppon Iobs children There is no shifting off from this day for we must al appeare Genes 3 8 2 Reg 21 20 Exod 14 28 Num 2â— 24 If wee woulde seeke to hide vs like Adam we cannot for Gods summoner wil either find vs out as Elias found Ahab or ouertake vs as the waters did Pharao or meet vs as the angel did Balaam If Sion were sure that their captiuitie should not faile but bee turned into libertie Psal 137 2 then it is like that they would not sit downe and weepe riuers of teares by Babilons riuers of water nor so much as hange vp their harps in sign of sorrow as heretofore they haue done Therefore the day of our appearance is sette before vs as the time of Syons captiuitie Genes 3 24 Gene 19 26 or as the cherubins with the shaken blade of a sword or as the Piller of salt that was Lots wife Rom. 13 3 Therefore as Paule saide of the temporal magistrate If ye will not feare him doe wel so if yee wil stand before the spirituall Iudge Iesus Christ without trembling liue wel If yee pray 2 king 20 2 pray zelouslie lyke Hezekias if you heare the worde of God hearken vnto it attentiuely like the people that pressed vpon Christ to heare the worde Mark 4 1 and when you practise doe it fruitfully like Iob. That you may say like Ionadabs sons Iob 31 Iere. 35 8 Thus haue we obeied the voice of our father As we are al summoned so we must al appeare Luke 21.35 for as a snare shall that day come vpon al them that are on the whole earth So that looke howe helpelesse the birdes are when they are ouerwhelmed with the net so al mans resistance shal be without a remedy at that day Paule speaketh of a general appearance here that euery one may lay his plat before hand like the vnfaithful Steward that said Luke 16 4 I know what to do Luke 12 18 and 19 and men must be at a point what to say least they bee taken tardie like him that was neuer so careful to prouide for the worlde as in the daye before his soule must leaue his body and his body soule packe out of the world when Rebecca aduised Iacob to steale Esawes blessing he fel into this consideration If my father in handling mee shal finde that I am not Esaw his elder sonne Gen 27 12 I may haue a curse in stead of a blessing and so if we presume to present our selues in Gods presence without care of beeing either the very same or at least as like the men we should be as may be It is out of controuersie that we shal carry awaie a curse rather then a blessing Because God wil feele man as Isaac felt Iacob Gene 27 22 Therfore as Iacob put on his elder brothers garment Gene 27 15 so we must put vpon vs Christ Iesus his righteousnesse Isaac felt the outwarde garment and it was Esawes and our mother the church biddeth vs put on Christ his garment therin to come before him that we may bee sure to haue a blessing Genes 47 2 God turned the selling of Ioseph into a kind of sauing his brethreÌ„ whilest they must either haue foode from him or be famished It hadde beene worth the seeing to haue beheld what passions heauen afforded to those brethren as howe forwarde weeping is to quench rough words how careful Ioseph was to keep his pledg of their returne with their father and friendes in that hee lockt vp his brother Gene 42 24 And when he hath them howe loath he is to let them go againe for he planteth them neer himselfe Gene 47 11 Such ioy shal our appearance bring to vs to see our elder brother Iesus Christ to be our iudge what desire hee will haue to plant vs by him if wee haue care how wee shoulde come before him he feedeth vs with his sustenaÌ„ce or else our soules woulde sterue hee holdeth our fleshe in Heauen for a pledge that the whole generation of the faithful may be blessed 1 King 14 2 Vp I pray thee said Ieroboam to his wife disguise thy selfe that thou be not knowne to be the wife of Ieroboam Fain would Ieroboam haue help for his sicke son but loth was hee to haue the woman knowne to bee his wife least his euil demeane should make hir misse of a good answere And so would al men willingly appeare if they might indent with the iudge that they should come only for their good and heare of no hurt Where the scripture saith that Obediah feared God greatly it giueth a reason to proue it For when Iezabel destroyed the Prophetes of the Lord 1 kin 18 3 and 4. Obadia tooke an hundreth Prophets hid them by fiftie in a caue and he

haue very manie tokens that we might take heede of the iudgement daye to make vs more carefull how wee shall come before the iudgement seate of our Sauiour Christ seeing his comming is as a theefe in the night That is when as al are secure and asleepe in their sins Apo 16 15 for danger commeth most when it is least looked for Irrecouerable as a stronger net theÌ„ that which christ made a hole in when al the birds brake out after him singing Psal 124 6 Luke 21 35 The snare is broken and we are deliuered As a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the earth As Christ asked the Iewes for which of his good works they sought his death so it would bee knowne which of Gods blessinges haue banished vs from him for as the fuller the buckette is with water the more hardlie it is haled vp out of the well so the more men abound in God his blessinges the farther they are from him Iohn 6 44 Therfore said Christ No man commeth vnto me except my father draweth him And seeing like mice in Gods barne wee are content to feed on his corne and enioy his blessings here but loth to see the Lorde of the haruest Paule telleth vs That we must all appeare Euery mothers child of vs. And they needes must that needes shall The second obseruation is That we shall appeare before a Iudgement seate Whereby is vnderstood that Iudiciall power that is giuen to Iesus Christ in heauen and in earth Matth. 28.18 but most specially that generall Iudgement which was reuealed to S. Iohn whereof he saith Apoc. 20.11 I saw a great white throne one that sate on it 12. And I sawe the dead both great and small standing before God and the bookes were opened c. Luke 17.1 As it cannot be but offences must come so it cannot bee but Iudgement will followe Paule could not acquite the best of vs with death but so soone as hee had sayd It is appointed for al men once to die Heb. 9.27 addeth and then commeth the iudgement Balaam rode on till the Angel met him where he could not turne and so long as men haue to deale but with men they dare say declare and we wil declare They wil pleade their own case but when the matter commeth in question before Christ who will be their dayes man or take vpon him to answere one thing of a thousand We are put in mind of a Iudgment seate that all may iudge themselues that they be not iudged that is to say condemned of the Lord. In this world Iezabel can get two that will say 1. Reg 21.10 that Naboth blasphemed God Ahab The Iewes will bring forth false witnesse that Christ sayd Mat 26.60.61 Destroy this materiall temple of Ierusalem and I will build it vp againe in three daies And because the lawe sayth That in the mouth of two or three witnesses euery cause in controuersie must bee proued therefore iniquitie hath prouided Knights of the post that are readie to sweare almost to any matter for a little money But as wheÌ„ the Elders left Susannaes Susan 50. cause in wrong senteÌ„ce Daniel took in hand to right it so wheÌ„ the mightie haue wronged the meaner sorte Christ will determine of the matter Therefore Dauid made choice of his iudgement before any other first for that God goeth wisely to work in waying the waight of euery mans matter Ponder my cause O Lord. Psalm 5.1 And then for speedie dispatching without respite of iudgement from terme to terme Psalm 119.52 For I haue remeÌ„bred thine euerlasting iudgements O Lord and haue receiued comfort vz. The time will come when Gods iudgements shall stande not onely in stead of all plea but also inreuocable for euer It is a terrible matter to fall into the hands of the Lord because that if he beginneth with a man 1. Sam. 4. he will make an ende with him as he did with Eli 1. Sam. 21.13 Dauid escaped the hands of Achish King of Gath by faining himselfe to be mad but bee ye sure God is not mocked Dan. 5.27 Nabuchadnezzar was wayed found too light in the ballance and his kingdome diuided to the Medes and Persians And how can any man sooth vp himselfe imagining God to bee like to men who receiuing light golde are contented to take that in tale which is wanting in waight Luk. 19.24 He that abused one talent had it taken from him much lesse may we prophane many blessings yet possesse them still If we haue all receiued talents then must we al giue accounts If we all haue treasure we must all haue care that it canker not Matth. 6.19 we did not receiue them to lay them vp idely for it was sayd Occupie till I come Luke 19.13 Neither helpeth it that wee do render as much as we haue receiued Luke 19.23 but God will haue spirituall interest of all his spiritual blessings because he is God Matth. 22.21 as Caesar had tribute because he was King The remembrance of the iudgement seate of Christ should make men as loth to consent to sin as Ioseph was to hearken to Putifers wife for as he sayd How can I doe this great wickednes and sinne against God So should all men scan the matter and say If I sin I sinne against God Gen. 39.9 if I sinne against GOD I must answere it before his iudgement seate another day Ioseph was prouident and yet ouerseene in sinning for though hee would not coÌ„sent to Madam Putifer yet would hee sweare by the life of his Lorde Pharao Gen. 42.16 See how sinne pleadeth custome with Ioseph as Laban did with Iacob when he sayd That it was not the manner to marrie the yonger before the elder Gen. 20.25 Because it was vsuall in Pharaoes Court to sweare by the life of Pharao vpon euery light occasion therefore Ioseph neuer suspecteth it to bee a sinne so that where sinne is not suspected it is quite neglected and where it is not had in lothing there in time it seemeth nothing Gen. 4 7. Eze. 18.2 Adams Apple was like Ezekiels sower grape whereof the fathers tasting the childrens teeth are set on edge for the sonnes are many times tainted with their fathers sinnes as Gehazies posteritie were with his leprosie 2. Reg. 5.27 Therefore as all are guiltie in respect of nature so all are summoned to the seate of iudgement The diuels did acknowledge against themselues a time of torment Matth. 8.29 the guest at the wedding was speechles on a sodaine Matth. 22.12 so shall the wicked either in speech coÌ„demne themselues like him that was iudged of his own mouth Luk. 19.22 or by mute sileÌ„ce argue their owne guiltines Iob. 9.2 that GOD may not stand to pleade with them that cannot answere to one matter of a thousand The guests

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