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A sermon preached in S. Peters Church in Exceter the 6. day of December last wherin is intreated of the second commming of Christ vnto iudgement, & of the end of the world. By Iohn Chardon maister of Art, and preacher of the word of God.
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Chardon, John, d. 1601.
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2.3 intreating of the â—â—aginations of the wicked which say That after this life their bodyes â—halbe as ashes that are quenched and that their soules shal vanish away as the soft ayre hée sayeth That they doe not vnderstand the mysteries of the Lord that they haue no hope of the rewarde of the righteous that they regard not she woorship that holy blessed soules shall haue Wisd 3.1 And in the chapter following speaking of the soules of the righteous hée saieth That they are in the handes of God and that the feare of death shal not touche them Luke 16.22 The paâ—ble of the rich man and Lazarus 〈◊〉 euidently and plainly proueth vnto that the soule doeth not dye with body For the soule of Lazarus was ried by the Angels into Abraham bosom and the soule of the riche 〈◊〉 was buried in hel Our sauiour in 〈◊〉 10. of Matth. Mat. 10.28 comforting his disciplâ— willeth them not to feare them tâ— kil the body and bée not able to kill soule The soule therefore doeth not dâ— with the body Secondly that the souâ— doe not sléepe til the day of iudgemeâ— the testimonies of the scripture doe dâ—clare In the 23. of Luke Luke 23.43 our Sauioâ— sayd to the theefe that did hang on tâ— one side of him vpon the Crosse Thâ— day thou shalt be with mee in paradisâ— As much to say Thou shalt bée wiâ— mée in a place of singular quietnes aâ—â— pleasure not there to sléepe till the daâ— of iudgement but without all peraâ—uenture to liue and to raigne witâ— Iesus Christ in eternall glory Apo. 6.9.10 And 〈◊〉 the 6. of the Reuelation it is declared that Iohn sawe vnder the altar the â—â—les of them that were killed for the â—ord of God and for the testimony â—hat they had crying with a loude voice 〈◊〉 saying Howe long tarriest thou Lord holy and true to iudge and to â—auenge our blood on them that dwell â—on the earth The soules then doe not â—â—éepe til the day of iudgement neither doe they perish with the bodies but being loosed by death from the same are carried eyther vnto eternall ioy or els â—â—to euerlasting sorrowe vnto which â—he bodies shal bee gathered in the last day to receaue euery one according to that which they haue done whether it bée good or euill For it standeth with she eternal iustice of the eternall God she righteous iudge that euery man shal receaue according to his desertes Heereof Daniel prophesied whose wordes bée these Daniel 12.2 Many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall awake some to euerlasting life some to perpetual shame and reproofe And in the third of the Prophet Malachy Mal. 3.5 I myselfe wil come and bée a swift vâ—nes against witches against aduouâ—rers against false swearers yea and â—gainst those that wrongfully kéep bâ—â— the hyrelings dutie which vex the wâ—dowe and the fatherlesse and oppreâ— the stranger and feare not mee sayeâ— the Lord of hoastes Eccles 11.9 In the 11. chaptâ— of the bâ—oke of the Preacher it is sayd Be gladde o thou young man in thâ— youth and let thine hart be mery in thâ— yong dayes follow the wayes of thyâ— owne hart and the lust of thyne eyeâ— But bee thou sure that God shall brinâ— thee into iudgement for al these thingâ— Hee derideth those that set their delighâ— in worldly pleasures as though Goâ— woulde not call them to account theâ— which nothing is surer For we must aâ— appeare before the iudgement seate oâ— Christ that euery man may receaue thâ— workes of his body 2. Cor. 5.10 according to thaâ— which hee hath done whether it be good or bad Hée wil come shortly anâ— his reward is with him Apo. 22.12 to geue euerâ— man as his woorke shalbée Rom. 9.7 Prayse honour and immortallitie to them that â—time in well doing and séeke eterâ—â—ll life but vnto them that are rebelâ—â—â—â— and disobey the trueth shal come â—ignation wrath tribulation and â—â—â—â—she vpon the soule of euery one â—â—â—t doeth euill of the Iewe first and â—â— the Gentile 2. Thes 1.6 For it is verily a righteâ—â—s thing with God to recompence â—â—ibulation to them that trouble you 〈◊〉 to you which are troubled rest â—â—th vs when the Lorde Iesus shall â—â—we him selfe from heauen with his â—ighty Angelles in flaming fire renâ—â—â—â— vengance vnto them that know â—t GOD and to them that obey not â—â—to the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christ which shall be punished with eâ—erlasting damnation from the preâ—ence of the Lorde and from the glory â—f his power when he shall come to bée â—lorified in his Saints and to be made â—eruellous in all them that beléeue â—ohn saw by Reuelation the dead Apoc. 20.10 both â—â—eat and smal stand before the Lorde 〈◊〉 the booke to be opened and the dead to bee iudged out of that which waâ— written according to theyr deedes And hée that was not written in thâ— booke of lyfe was cast into the lake 〈◊〉 fire Iude. 1.14.15 And no doubt the time draweth when this that Iohn saw by Reuelation shall bée fulfilled when the Lorâ— shall come with thousandes of Saint to giue iudgement against all men anâ— to rebuke al the vngodly among them of all their vngodly déedes which theâ— haue vngodlyly committed and of aâ— their cruell speakinges which vngodâ— sinners haue spokeÌ„ against him whicâ— it must néedes followe as a necessarâ— consequent that the state of good meâ— in the comming of Iesus Christ vnâ— iudgement shal be most glorious anâ— the state of the wicked most miserablâ— Which commeth to passe cleane coâ—trary in this wicked world wheâ— most coÌ„monly the godly are with trâ—â—bles tormented with banishment pâ—nished with the losse of goodes impoâ—rished with all miseries ouerwhelmeâ— But contrariwise the wicked are wiâ— delycat fare nourished with goodes inriâ—â—â—d with offices preferred for autoâ—â—e honoured as the Prophet Dauid in â—â—se words doth bitterly coÌ„plaine Psal 37.4 My â—â—ete were almost gon my treadings â—ad well nigh slipt And why I was â—reued at the wicked to see the vngodâ—y in such prosperitie For they are in â—o perill of death but are lusty and â—roÌ„g They come in no misfortune like â—ther folk neither are they plaged like â—ther men Their eies swel with fat â—hey do euen what they list Vers 12. And a litle â—â—ter Beholde these prosper in the â—orld these haue riches in possession Iob. 21.9 The houses of the wicked saith Iob are â—eaceable without feare and the rodde â—f the Lord is not vpon them Their â—ullock gendreth and fayleth not their â—â—we calueth and casteth not her â—alfe They sende foorth their chilâ—ren like Shéepe and their Sonnes â—eade the daunce And therefore there â—â—st be of necessitie an other life after â—his lyfe in which according to the 〈◊〉 iudgement of GOD euery one may receiue according to their workâ— be they good or bad eternall