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A47577	The great assizes or Generall day of judgement being the laying forth the state of man in righteousnesse, and the cursed condition of the wicked. And the accounts that every man must give at the generall resurrection. By William Knowles the unworthiest of God's people, yet servant to Christ, and B. of P.	Knowles, William.	1662 (1662)	Wing K732; ESTC R221971	11,062	31

The Great Assizes OR Generall Day of Judgement BEING The laying forth the state of Man in Righteousnesse and the Cursed Condition of the Wicked And the accounts that every Man must give at the Generall Resurrection I am the Resurrection and the Life he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live John 11.25 Blessed and Holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on such the second Death hath no power but they shall be Priests of God and Christ and raign with him a thousand years Revelation 20.6 By William Knowles the Vnworthiest of God's people yet servant to Christ and B. of P. London Printed for Fr. Coles at the Sign of the Half-Bowle in the Old-baily 1662. To the READER Christian Reader I Here present to your view a most excellent work of the general day of Judgement I desire you to read it over and lay to heart what is here inserted it will shew you the joyes of Heaven and the pains of Hell and also the state of the Righteous and of the wicked shewing the carefulness you ought to have of your souls while you live in this transitory life and seek so to God as you may know him and reign with him for evermore Amen And so hoping the same may work spiritually in you I for the same shall pray and rest Your friend in Christ W. K. B. of P. Give ear unto this call for doom And light your Lamps of Oyl It is not long e'r God will come Vnawares and take the spoil Then watch and pray good Christians all For know you God is just The Righteous unto Heaven he 'l call To Hell the Wicked thrust Revel 20.7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. 7. And when the thousand years are expired Satan shall be loosed out of prison 8. And shall go out to deceive the Nations which are in the four quarters of the Earth Gog and Magog to gather them together to battle the number of whom is as the sand of the sea 9. And they went upon the bredth of the Earth and compassed the Camps of the saints about and the beloved City and fire came down from Heaven and devoured them 10. And the Divel that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimston where the beasts and false Priests are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever 11. And I saw a great white Throne and him that sate on it from whose face the Earth and Heaven fled away and there was found no place for them 12. And I saw the dead great and small stand before God and the Books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of Life and the dead were judged out of those things which were wriiten in the books according to their works 13. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to his works 14. And death and hell was cast into this lake of fire 15. And whosoever was not found in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of Fire CHristian Friends of what degrée soever I beg at all of you for Christs sake and the good of your own souls to spend one half hour in reading over this small Book or tend to hear the reading of it let me entreat you not to neglect so great salvation and lay by all your busied affairs to hear of the coming of Christ of the great day of Iudgement which is now even at the door throw by all to prepare your lamps of Oyl against his coming for his appearance is a glory to them that fear him but it will be a terrible day to the wicked according to my Text of Scripture before laid down Satan is now loose in the world he deceives four parts of the Earth yea Gog and Magog he gathers together whose number is as the sands of the Sea yea he compasses the camps of the Saints and the beloved City so he like a flying Locust doth corrupt Gods people against the great Assizes to condemne them when fire shall fall from Heaven and devoure the wicked and the Divel that deceived the false Prophets of the world shall be cast into the lake of this fire and brimston with them then shall Christ sit in judgement and power and his Saints with him judging the twelve Tribes of Israel and the dead small and great shall rise and receive according to their works and whosoever be not found in the Book of Life shall be cast in the lake of fire and brimstone for ever where shall be wéeping and gnashing of téeth but the righteous shall never sée this he shall rejoyce when he séeth the vengeance he shall wash his féet in the blood of the wicked so that a man shall say There is a reward to the Righteous verily he is God that judgeth the Earth Psal 58.10 11. Oh kearken I beséech you and repent you of your former sins in what condition will that man be in whose works are not good a fearful thing it is to lose Heaven to obtain Hell to lose the favour of God to be cursed with the Divel to lie in torments for ever Rent your hearts and not your garments turn to the Lord all you that are heavy loaden of your sins are as red as scarlet he will make them as white as snow saith the Lord of Hosts I do not desire the death of a sinner but rather would have you repent and live Dearly beloved Friends the Lord doth not desire you to go astray but to obey his Call while its open unto you for after death comes judgement t is no referring your sin of repentance to day if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts to morrow is another day and who knows what a day brings forth Lie not wallowing in your corruptednesse like to beasts for the day of slaughter is nigh a just reward is prepar'd for the wicked the punishment of Hell might afright you but only you are a people of very hard mettle misbelieving of the Scriptures like to the Scribes and Pharisées but if like to them you do evil you might partake of their punishments also I say how gloomy a sight is the coming of Christ to the Righteous for at the Resurrection God will wipe away all tears from your eyes and there shall be no more death whether sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any pain to thee for the former things are past away but the fearful and unbeliever and the abominable and unbelievers and whoremongers and sorcerers ans Idolaters and all lyars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death and terriblest Rev. 21.4 8. it makes a reasonable Christian go out of his wits to think of the terrible punishment of Hell strive therefore I beséech you to enter in at the strait gate

of the Acts if the dayes be not shortned there shall be no flesh saved this beloved is to put you off from knowing the day of the Lords coming be carefull good people to prepare your selves do not think with the scoffers of the world that God will not come or like to Seduces and false Prophets bringing in damnable doctrine of Heresie but behold many shall follow their pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evill spoken of Pet. 2.2 if God therefore spared not the Angels that sinned but cast them down to Hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgement much more wil he reserve the fire of hell for the extortionall sinners of this world he spared not the whole world but drowned it saving eight persons bringing the floods upon the world of the ungodly so also shall fire and brimstone burn up the wicked and leave them neither root nor branch the Lord also turned the city of Sodom and Gomorrah unto ashes condemned them with an overthrow making an example to all those that ever after should live ungodly and delivered just Lot who was vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked so will GOD doe at the Iudgement day he will sever the wicked from the righteous and shower upon them everlasting Torments we in England do as justly deserve sudden destruction as did these Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah for there was not any one sin raigned there but it is as frequently here the sin of pride never raigned more then it doth at this hour both in City and Country and that 's cloaked over with a badg of Galantry to what profit is it to be as Dives was in the Gospell to dwell in a sumptuous Building to wear rare apparel to fair delicately every day to have all the delights that the world could afford him to be in damnable torments for ever be content and strive not dear Friends to gain this to loose heaven for the glory of the world is as nothing to the glory of God besides sin so aboundeth in number it is more then the sands of Sea Sodom had not the sins as we have why therefore O God are we not destroyed O thou God art infinite in mercy and truth sparing thy people willing them to amendment of life but I wil present to your view what sins are now in groth at this present time first raigns pride covetousness malice envy hatred in all abundance besides the most damnable sins of cursing and swearing lying drunkenness whoredom and divers other sins which are weights to weigh a sinner down to Hell Oh dear Friends put from you sin which is the main thing that kéeps you from Heaven yea you take delight in sinning to fulfill the lusts thereof you think when you roar it in Taverns you do a good work when you hurt both soul and body you vapour and exalt your selves when you should be méek and lowly you drink Béer and Wine to excesse when you should be sober besides running to carnal lusts when you should be chast using most damnable Oaths and prophane actions letting your mouths speak guile acting all evil abominably to the face of God and thus in the practice of sin you run continually never thinking of the terrible day of Iudgement yea mighty terrible will it be to the wicked and who will be able to stand before the righteous Judge who judges in truth and righteousnesse according to the work of every mans doings In what a sad condition my friends are you in to he judged according to your doings doth it not behoove you all to have a care of your actions if your works be bad you must receive its just reward of punishment if your works be just your case will be happy at this general seat of Iudgement after life there is no pleading your case for your case is before known you are either recorded in the Book of Life or Death there is no Lawyers to plead for fées there is none of your earthly friends can pay the ransome of your souls in what a vaile of misery are you plunged in at this hour the Divel is on one side of you against the word of Sentence is past to bring you to eternal damnation your own conscience on the other side witnessing against you of all the hidden secret sins which you in your life time have committed the wrath of Gods fury hangs over you his scourging Rod which will torment you Hell lies under you ready to swallow ye up where the most damnable torments of Hell fire is prepared for the wicked then all calamities sorrows and hellish torments presses you at once and compasses you about on every side the losse of Heaven and the presence of God is a hellish torment without any other torment with the losse of the profitable love of God and the glory thereof besides to be punished in the flames of Hell for evermore where there is wéeping and gnashing of téeth Matth. 24.30 When the Son of Man shall come in his Glory and all the holy Angels with him and before shall be gathered all Nations together and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his Sheep from his Goats and he shall set the Sheep on the right hand and the Goats on the left and to the righteous shall say Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdome of God prepared for you from the beginning but to the wicked he saith Go you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Divel and his Angels Matth. 24.31 32 34 41. Lo. these shall go away into everlasting punishment and the Righteous into life Eternal Dear Brethren the way to escape these punishments dependeth only on things that is to fear God and kéep the Commands of GOD these are also lost in your self redéemed by Christ What Christians in the world would endanger themselves of death for the gaining of a trifled matter run into Hell and forsake Heaven falling into eternal misery and might obtain eternal Glory A word to you worldly men that makes a God of your Riches pinching and grinding the poor for gain It will be easier for a Camel to go thorow the eye of a needle then for such a rich man to enter into life eternal But trust not unto uncertain riches now lay upno earthly riches in store for the morrow but lay up riches in Heaven where moth nor rust cannot corrupt And a place where is all fidelity blisse and joy and eternal happinesse relieve the poor and néedy and turn not from them for know you what is given to the poor with charitable friends is lent to the Lord and your reward will be great in the Kingdome of Heaven But such covetous worldly men that will not relieve the oppressed but lay up their gold in store for many years are counted like the fool in the Gospel that was suddenly tain from his riches and indanger'd himself