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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 book● 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 cōmeth 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 2● 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 brethrē 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 sustenāce 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