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A73009	Tvvo sermons delivered at St. Peters in Exeter. By Rychard Pecke, Master of Arts, and minister of Gods word, at Columpton in Devon; Two sermons delivered at St. Peters in Exeter	Pecke, Richard.	1632 (1632)	STC 19522.5; ESTC S104988	46,565	83

1 who and what this Iudge is Secondly on the Attribute what meanes his standing before the doore First who and what this Iudge is Quest 1. Answ No ordinary and common Iudge be sure whose skill and acts of iudicature comparatiuely are at best but imperfect limited and reach no further then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a few matters of fact amongst men no but a Iudge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one by an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or transcendent excellency infinitely euery way surpassing all others No temporall or earthly Iudge liable to like frailties that are other men and meriting oft-times Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his reuenging eye as well as Homer Batrach others But one of whom wee may say most truly what Papists falsely of their holy father the Pope Omnis judicans à nemine judicandus one who iudgeeth Dist 14. Can. Si Papa all men but to be iudged of none yea the very Iudge of Iudges No mere or simple man neither no nor Saint or Angell but one to whom both Saints and Angels doe acknowledge homage and very deuils crouch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one both God and man Phil. 2. 7. Psal 22. 6. Isa 53. 3. Christ blessed for euer Who though while on earth a seruant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a worme and no man most vile contemptible yea himselfe like a malefactor accus'd arraygn'd condemned yet now inuested with Mat 28 18. Phil. 2. 9. all Regall power both in heauen and earth now exalted aboue euery name that 's named is by the authority of God his father ministerially in respect of manhood namely deputed the visible and generall Iudge at last of the whole world And would yee know what a Iudge this is T is one for power almighty none shall withstand him for wisdome wonderfull Act. 17. 38. none shall deceiue him for maiesty dreadfull none shall out-face him for iudgement most iust none shall trip him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one that will search 1 Chro. 28. 9. Acts 1. 24 the very reines of men and dig open the hidden cauernes of euery heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one irrespectlesse Rom. 2. 11. of persons that will iudge impartially according to each our workes whom no bribes shall corrupt nor greatnesse brow beat whom intreaties shall not moue nor teares deflect that will take a most strict account of all mens wayes and will not put vp the wilfull transgressions of his lawes that blessed and only Potentate that King of Kings and Lord of 1 Tim. 6. 15. Deut. 32. 39. Lords in whose power it is to kill and to keep aliue to saue or to damne eternally who descending at last 1 Thes 4. 16. Mat. 25. 31. day from heauen with a shout enroab'd with shining glory attended with a traine of Angels and riding vpon the wings of flaming fire shall by the voyce of an Arch-angell and with the trump of God rouze vp the dead from their beds of dust and by a generall summons both of quick and dead gathering all before him shall from his Throne of iudgement erect Mat. 25. 32. Mat. ibid. in the ayre plead with all flesh Where sheepe and goats good and bad one seuered from t'other and all the bookes both of nature Scripture conscience and of Gods omniscience shall be opened and euery one iudged out of those things which shall be written in Reu. 20. 12 those bookes according to their works This done an eternall doome and sentence shall he passe of glorification vpon his elect and faithfull Venite benedicti Come ye blessed c. of condemnation vpon impenitent reprobates Ite maledicti Go ye cursed c. Mat. 25. 34. 41. You haue seene the Iudge But what of him Hee standeth before the doore What 's that that 's the second question Quest 2. Answ There are two doores in Scripture mentioned before which Christ standeth the one within vs the other without Christ stands at the one to tender grace at the other to bring in iudgement Mans heart 's the one whereat Christ daily presents himselfe and by the preaching of his word knocks for entrance Behold I stand before the doore and knock Reu. 3. 20. The other that of Christs great Iudgement hall and meant in my Text before which in a borrowed forme of speech Christ may be said to stand when as his exceeding neerenesse vnto iudgement is to be noted intimated For as in vsuall speech that stranger wee say is come very nigh our house that 's now standing before our doore So here so nigh proclaimes our Apostle this great Iudge his approach to iudgement as of one already before the doore Nay and that not sitting neither much lesse retiring backe againe as foreslowing entrance but standing as one awayting and ready instantly to step in as soone as but the doore is opened Thus briefly for resolution of parts In their Synthesis or composition secondly I le do but this set and ioyne them againe together and that 2 into this doctrinall frame That the comming of Christ the great Iudge of the Doctr. world is not farre off but very neere at hand Beloued take not the proposition as intimating any intendment of enquiry after the definite and exact point of this great Iudge his neerenesse our Sauiour checks such curious scrutiny when Acts 1. 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 't is not for you saith he to know the times and seasons which the father hath put in his owne hand Mar. 13. 32. and auerres the knowledge of the very day and houre a depth beyond the fathom either of men or Angels My ayme is minding no deeper wading then along the shoare of Scripture to stay my discourse only vpon the indefinite and indeterminate neerenesse of this Iudge his comming and thus sense it T is not farre off but very nigh at hand though how neere for houre day month or yeere I dare not with some to attempt to calculate And here let me demand your thoughts Can we thinke that hee whose approach speeds daily onwards can after sixteene hundred yeeres standing before the doore bee by this time farre off from stepping in or that he who promised concerning this his second comming B hold I come quickly and againe Reu. 22. 12 Ioh. 16. 16 a little while and ye shall see me that hee can now bee any great way off since so many hundred yeeres of that little while or quickly is already spent No if Saint Iohn in his time said truth 't was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Ioh 2 18. 1 Pet. 4. 7. Phil 4. 4. Heb. 11. 37. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the last time Saint Peter in his time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the end of all things is at hand Saint Paul in his time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Lord is nigh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet but a little while and hee that shall come will come and will not tarry then

indiuiduall Papists to the true faith since the generall reuolt But if on contrary not the continued conuersion of some scattered indiuiduals but a generall recollection of the whole nation into one visible flourishing Christian Church before Christs comming be conceiu'd though perhaps not necessarily the Apostles meaning though we grant it a signe yet as for the manner of it no man knowes how it may bee done so neither for the time how soone or suddenly So that the issue will bee that notwithstanding this imagined returne generall of Iewes not yet fulfilled nothing hinders but that Christ may bee very neere at hand euen before the doore Reflect now backe Vnite all together in your thoughts And now that you see all but one at most of Christs forerunners passed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 know that he is neere euen at the doore Mat. 24. 33. But what meane I ranging in such spacious fields of euidence for this truth since that as Paul said to Agrippa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I know you beleeue it Giue Acts 26. 27. leaue to draw homeward then and from these premises to lodge some practique inferences in your soules and consciences And here Beloued shall I begin with that vse of our Sauiours neernesse that Saint Peter presseth 2 Pet. 3. 11. What manner of persons namely ought wee then to bee in all manner of conuersation and godlinesse or with that which Paul and Iames suggest Heb. 10. 30. 37. Iam. 5. 7. 8. Patience therefore courage cheerfulnesse resolution constancy vnder crosse for that the comming of the Lord draweth nigh and he that shall come will come and will not tarry or with that which Saint Iohn intimates Rev. 22. 20. doubling of our desires therefore and of our spirituall faintings and longings after Christs glorious appearing in act I confesse these vses as for deduction genuine naturall so for contemplation sweetly comfortable for Christian practice needfully considerable But thus First what floods of terrour should this Doctrine Vse 1. of the great Iudge his neernesse sluce into the flintiest heart of any impenitent Belialist that lies yet wallowing in the stinking puddle of his resolu'd prophanenesse vnder the insensible guilt and spreading gangrene of his sinnes vnpurged vnreformed A guilty malefactor doe but tell him of the Iudge in circuit and how trembles he at the tiding and can such heare of Christs neere approach the dreadfull Iudge of all the world and not quake and tremble What City 's that that when some irresistible and all conquering Gen. 18. 25. enemy is got nigh the gates and ready to enter will not begin to startle and bestirre themselues and can such stretcht out on the bed of security take such deep naps in their sinnes when Christ their victorious enemy the Almighty conquerour of the whole world stands now before the doore and with his rod of iron vnlesse repentance preuent is ready Psal 2. 9. to crush their bones in peeces as a Iudge implacable turne them headlong into the horrid and easlesse dungeon of euerlasting darknesse O that I were some strong-lung'd Trumpeter amidst the armies of Israel some able Belman that could ring this peale but lowd enough in the deafe eares of all such gracelesse and vngodly securelings that thus put farre from them this euill day that letting all thought of future Amos 6. 3. summons to Christs great Assize runne at six and seuens minde nought for the present but their bathing and drenching in the full streames of pleasure brauery profits and other fleshly contentments neuer dreame of iudgement or of Christs neerenesse to it Howsoeuer stands here any such that looks me now Sic loquuntur Rabbini cum auditorem ad diligentem rei considerationem invitare solent Schiudl Isa 28. 1. Isa 5. 22. in face or heares me speaking 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 come and heare Stand forth a while and let me bespeak your thoughts a little You drunkards of Ephraim first and tospots Ale-knights that are so mighty to yot downe drink and to tun vp Ale by gollons into your fleshy barrels that relish no felicity beyond an Ale-bench and empty out all both your gifts and meanes and credit into the pot and pipe O that your thoughts when af-after your drunken naps returned to themselues againe could but looke forth a little and ken this neernesse of Christ the generall Iudge of men that ere long will dash all your pots in peeces will strat your merriments dissolue your drunken crews and send you packing where not a drop either of small drinke or water to coole your bladdering tongues The like thought made Belshazzar tremble and wil't not you You proud Fantastiques next you generation of Dan. 5. 6. light skirt Fashionists that by your mostrous disguiz'd trappings haue cleane dasht modesty out of countenance for want of vertue the antient Iuy of true Nobility haue nought else to shew for Gentilities challenge but slashes cuts louelocks strips and gorgets c. O could you but beleeue Christs instant neernesse but beleeue the hastning of his day of vengeance when all your changeable brauery and flanting vanity must be taken downe your bushy plumes be made ly in dust your hayry fleeces be torne from your heads as fit tow for fire and your new fangled immodest fashions whose weekely variety hath well nigh non-plust the deuils quick'st inuention shall be pluckt off your backs and your selues stript naked of all your ornaments be made stand pewling howling at his barre of iudgement Pauls bare discourse of this same iudgement though farre off then made proud Foelix tremble Cannot the reall neernesse of it now make your hearts to quiuer Acts 24. 25. You vncleane Aldulterers and impure Libidinists whose eyes are full of lusts and hearts minde nothing 2 Pets 2. 14. but the bed of strange loue you that wayt for the twilight when none may see skulk into corners to Iob. 24. 15. conceale your dalliance and assemble your selues by troopes into harlots houses What a cooling card Ier. 5. 7. should this doctrine be to your lustfull heates your day of account that 's iust at hand Christ the dreadfull Iudg that stands now at doore at whose fearfull appearing the filthy bookes of your polluted consciences must be al vnclaspt your hidden works of darknesse to your eternall shame bee laid all open to the world and your selues that now so burne with the fire of lust be burnt ere long in the fire of hell You irreligious Sabbath-libertines you that so nauciate Gods sacred ordinances as if the Sabbath were but a ceremony or rather some feast of Bacchus doe by your vncurb'd disorders make the Lords day the deuils the market day of your soules a play day for your lusts come heare and tremble Behold that Iudge at hand euen at your heeles who himselfe will vindicate the dishonours of his day conuert your pastimes into the sad dumps of horror and for the holy rests