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A91363	A little cabinet richly stored with all sorts of heavenly varieties, and soul-reviving influences. Wherein there is a remedy for every malady, viz. milk for babes, and meat for strong men, and the ready way for both to obtain and retain assurance of salvation: being an abridgement of the sum and substance of the true Christian religion; wherein the cause of our salvation, the way, the guide, the rule, the evidence, the seals, &c. and the connection of these points together, and dependancy of them one upon another: this I have endeavoured to do orderly, exactly, methodically, with much plainness and clearness. / By Robert Purnell.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1657 (1657)	Wing P4237; Thomason E1575_1; ESTC R209217	254,040	517

think it not safe rashly to define where the place of the last judgement shall be Of the Person who it is that shall judge the world THE chief power of judicature shall be in Christ for to him all power is given and from whom no appeal can be made to any superiour This judge shall be visible to all both in respect of brightness and majesty in which he shall appear but so that his sight shall be terrible to the wicked but joyfull to the Godly Acts 17. 31. He hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead and both reprobate and elect shall hear the sentence of the judge to the one it shall be full of horror to the other full of comfort Mat. 25. 34. Come ye blessed vers 41. Go ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels now where as many texts of Scripture say the Saints shall judge the world that is to be understood that they shall approve of Christs sentence and praise the wisdom and justice of God therein Of the time how long the Judgement shall last VVE read in the Scripture that the time is a day but there are three opinions among Christians about this word day 1. Some take the day here spoken of precisely and properly as if the day of the last judgement should not exceed that space and proportion of time 2. Some conceive that by the day is meant a thousand years because some are said to sit on thrones and have judgement given unto them that is power of Judging and to live and reign with Christ a thousand years Rev. 20. 4. but I conceive that this judgement and reign of a thousand years cannot be understood of the last Judgement because death the last enemy shall in the resurrection be destroyed now after the end of the thousand years mentioned by Saint John Satan shall be loosed out of the prison and the nations deceived by him shall compass the camp of the Saints about and the beloved City and fire shall come down from God out of heaven and devour them all 3. Others seem more safely to apprehend that the day here mentioned is to be taken improperly for time indefinitely it being in Scripture very ordinary to put a day for time in an acceptable time have I heard thee in a day of Salvation have I helped thee Isa 49. 8. If thou hadst known in this thy day Luke 19. 42. Your Father Abraham rejoyced to see my day John 8. 56 c. there must be a day wherein that great work of judgement must begin but the duration thereof is to be measured by the nature of the thing and the counsel of God so I can determine nothing peremptorily concerning the continuance of the last judgement By what or out of what we shall be judged AND the books were opened and the Revel 20. 12. dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works c. by those books are meant partly Gods omniscience and partly mans conscience God to whom all things are naked and open needs no books to help his memory as man doth yet we read that he hath two books the one is called the book of life the other of knowledge of the first there are four kinds the first is of predestination to life eternall and in this book some are so written that they cannot be blotted out others are written but in appearance and hope many hope their names are recorded in heaven but when they fall from this hope then they may be said to be blotted out of this book this is the book of life eternal Secondly there is a book of life temporary which is nothing else but the condition and state of this life out of this book did Moses David and Paul wish themselves to be blotted out The third book of life is the Scripture as containing those precepts and means by which we may obtain life eternal The fourth book of life is our conscience informing us of all the good and bad actions of our life This book is opened sometimes in this life but shall be laid open to us in the last day The other book we read of is of knowledge which is threesold viz. 1. The book of Gods general knowledge whereby he takes notice of all men whether they be good or bad of this every man may say with David Psal 139. 16. in thy book are all my members written c. 2. The book of Gods particular knowledge of this see Psalm 1. the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and 2 Tim. 2. the Lord knoweth who are his this is the knowledge of approbation in this book they are not written to whom Christ will say at the last day depart from me c. of this David speaketh Psalm 69. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous 3. The third book of knowledge is that wherein the actions of wicked men are recorded and which shall be laid open to them Deut. 7. 10. Judgement was set and the books where opened c. The day of judgement shall be a great Day THIS day shall be a great day first in respect of the judge attended with a great number of Saints and Angels even all his Servants waiting upon him 1 Thes 1. 13. Secondly this day shall be great in respect of the judged as they fall under a four-fold consideration 1. In respect of the greatness of their company and number 2. In respect of the greatness of their ranks and dergees 3. The greatness of their faults and offences 4. In respect of the greatness of their rewards and recompences 1. In respect of the greatness of their number Matthew 25. 32. and 2 Thes 2. 1. We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body 2. The day shall be great in respect of the greatness of their ranks and degrees the high and mighty Emperors as well as the poorest out-casts the tallest Cedar as well as the stoutest heart must bend and break at that day Psalm 110. 5. there will be no other crowns worn at that day but the crowns of righteousness no other robes but those washed in the blood of Christ 3. The day of judgement will be great in respect of their faults and offences the least sin will appear exceeding great the smallest offence unpardoned is against a God infinite the least sin will then be looked upon as that which put God upon complaining Christ upon bleeding and the Spirit upon grieving Oh how will the scarlet crimson transgressions at which natural conscience is affrighted appear at that day those blasphemies murthers open oppressions unnatural uncleanness c. 4. This day shall be

now lye hid shall then be made known Luke 18. 17. and 12. 2. there is nothing covered that shall not then be revealed 1 Cor. 4. 5. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness Matthew 24. 30. Then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and mens hearts fail for fear and for looking after those things that are coming on the earth Joel 3. 16. the Lord also shall roar out of Sion and utter his voice from Jerusalem and the heavens and the earth shall shake but the Lord will be the hope of his people Christ shall come terribly and yet seasonably THe day of the Lord is great and terrible who can abide it Joel 2. 11. There hath not been ever the like neither shall there be Joel 2. 2. there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since the creation Dan. 12. 1. Then shall be great tribulation such as was not from the beginning to this day Matthew 24. 21 22. A fire stream shall come forth before him and ten thousands shall be ministring unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand shall stand before him and the judgement shall be set and the books opened See Dan. 7. 10. Jude 14. Yet this coming will be seasonable to all that have an interest in him and did look for him and hasten to his coming and love his appearing for now they shall be like him 1 John 3. 2. Isa 25. 9. and Isa 2. 3 4. Rev. 21. 4. There be four things that Christ hath already done for his flock and five things he is now doing and six things more he will finish when he comes THere are four things that he hath already done viz. 1. He hath taken our nature upon him Heb. 2. 16. 2. He hath taken our sins upon him Isaiah 53. 6. 3. He hath taken the curse due to us upon himsef Gal. 3. 13. 4. He hath fully satisfied Divine justice for us Isa 53. 11. Then there are five things that he is now doing for us viz. 1. He is at the right hand of the Father making interceslion for us Heb. 7. 25. 2. He is teaching us as a Prophet and preserving us as a King and healing us as a Physitian and feeding us as a Shepheard c. 3. He is preparing for the destroying of Antichrist 2 Thes 2. 8. 4. He is making good his promise in pouring out his Spirit 5. He is turning our disunion into union Zeph. 3. 9. Then there be six things more that he will do for us when he comes 1. He will unvail himself and every eye shall see him Rev. 1. 7. 2. He will gather his spiritual Kingdom Psal 50. 5. 3. He will establish his Kingdom on the top of all kingdoms Isa 2. 2. 4. He will restore our judges as at the first and counsellors as at the beginning Isa 1. 26 5. He will make his enemies his footstool Psalm 110. 1. 6. He will make his people the head and not the tail Deut. 28. 13. Dan. 7. 27. Many more things hath Christ done for us many more he is doing and many more will he do when he comes Let the reader take notice these that I have named are but a taste Of the resurrection of the dead at the second coming of Christ THough the resurrection of the dead is above nature and mans corrupt reason yet it is neither against nature noragainst right reason the Scripture proves the resurrection of the dead by many testimonies examples types and reasons c. 1. The resurrection is proved by testimonies Job 19. 25 26. Dan. 12. 2. Hos 13. 14. Mat. 22. 31. and 27. 52. John 5. 28 29. Phil. 3. 21. 1 Thes 4. 2. By example of those that were raised 1 King 17. 22. 2 King 4. 34. 2 King 13. 21. Matthew 9. 25. and 27. 52 53. Luke 7. 14. John 11. 11. Acts. 9. 40. and 20. 10. 3. By types as Aarons rod budding Numb 17. Of the Jews returning from Babylon Ezek. 37. but chiefly of Enoch and Elias Gen. 5. and 2. Kin. 2. 4. This resurrection is also proved by reasons drawn first from the Covenant of God which is not broken by death Mat. 22. 30. But the chief reason is drawn from Christ who is not only the type and example of our resurrection but the beginning also thereof For the Life of the body the Church is from the head There is a first and a second Resurrection 1. THe first Resurrection as most do affirm is a Resurrection from the death of sin to the Life of Righteousness this is a Revocation from a state of death to a state of Life 2. There is a resurrection of the same body that man had in this life Iob 19. 26. The form of this resurrection consisteth in the re-union of body and soul and restoring of the de●d to Life and in the suddain change of those that remain upon the earth at his coming c. This resurrection is either of the godly or of the wicked There is a Resurrection to Life and another to condemnation John 5. 29. 1. Of the godly they shall be first raised and then freed not only from corruption and bodily defects but shall be crowned also with Glory 1 Thess 4. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Arch-Angel and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first Agreeable to this Text is that in Rev. 20. 4 5. I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God which had not worshipped the beast nor his Image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and raigned with Christ a thousand years Ver. 5. But the rest of the dead lived not again untill the thousand years were finished this is the first resurrection blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection on such the second Death hath no power the Apostle Paul speaks to the same thing 1 Cor. 15. 23. But every man in his own order Christ the first fruits afterwards they that are Christs at his Coming 1 Thess 4. 14. For if we believe that Jesus dyed and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him 1 Cor. 15. 42 43 44. It is sown in corruption it is raysed in incorruption it is sown in dishonour it is raised in Glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power it is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body ver 49. As we have born the Image of the earthly we shall also bear the Image of the Heavenly Adam The bodies of the Elect being thus first raised they shall have most excellent and supernatural qualities I will instance in four 1. As before they shall be raised in power whereby they shall be freed from all wants and weakness and enabled to continue without the use of meat and drink