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A77788	A golden-chain, or, A miscelany of divine sentences of the sacred Scriptures, and of other authors. Collected, and linked together for the souls comfort. By Edward Bulstrode of the Inner-Temple, Esquire.	Bulstrode, Edward, 1588-1659.	1657 (1657)	Wing B5443; Thomason E1618_2; ESTC R209646	90,388	257

set and the books were opened But thou O Daniel Daniel cha 12. ver 4. shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased And these shall go away into everlasting punishment Matthew cha 25. ver 46. but the righteous into life eternall For the hour is coming John chap. 5. ver 28 29. in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice And shall come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the Resurrection of damnation Let them be blotted out of the book of the living Psalm 69. ver 28. and not be written with the righteous He that overcometh Revelation chap. 3. ver 5. the same shall be clothed in white raiment and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life but I will confesse his name before my father and before his angels And I entreat thee also Philippians ch 4. ver 3. true yoke-fellow help these women which laboured with me in the Gospel with Clement also and with other my fellow labourers whose names are in the book of life And it was given unto him Revelation ch 13. ver 7 8. to make war with the Saints and to overcome them and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lambe slain from the foundation of the world The beast that thou sawest was Revelation chap. 17. ver 8. and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomlesse pit and go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder and whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world when they behold the beast that was and is not and yet is And I saw the dead small Revelation ch 20. ver 12 13. and great 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 written in the books according to their works 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 their works And death Revelat. chap. 20. ver 14 15. and hell were cast into the lake of fire And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecie Revelat. chap. 2 r 2. ve 19. God shall take away his part out of the book of life and out of the holy City and from the things which are written in this book Books named in the Scripture and not to be found as namely Is not this written in the book of Iasher the marginall note of an old Bible Ioshua chap. 10. ver 13. being as some read it In the book of the righteous meaning Moses The Chaldee text reading In the book of the Law But it is like that it was a book thus named which is now lost All this in the marginall notes of an old Bible As it is written in the book of Iasher 2 Samuel cha 11. ver 18. or righteous as the marginall note is Wherefore it is said in the book of the warres of the Lord Numbers chap. 21. ver 14. or of the battels which by a marginall note in an old Bible seemeth to be the book of the Iudges or a book which is lost Concerning the acts of David the king behold 1 Chron. chap. 29. ver 29. they are written in the book of Samuel the Seer and in the book of Nathan the prophet and in the book of Gad the Seer The marginall note in an old Bible is that the books of Nathan and Gad are thought to have been lost in the captivity And there shall in no wise Revelation ch 21. ver 27. enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination nor maketh a lye but they which are written in the Lambes book of life There is as One well observeth a two fold Book of God as namely First there is Liber Providentiae that is the Book of Gods Providence whereby we are taught to know our duties to God and to referre our selves and all our actions to his Divine Providence and mercy and to use his good blessings on us bestowed to his glory All which if we thus do we shall then receive all things necessary in this world and life eternall in the world to come But if we are disobedient and do contrary to all this then there is a second Book which will be opened against us as namely Secondly there is Liber Judicii the Book of Gods Judgement whereby we shall receive all the Judgements of God therein mentioned and pronounced against the wicked and disobedient Then shall the king say unto them Matthew cha 25. ver 34. on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world Then shall he say also unto those Matthew cha 25. ver 41. on the left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels It is observed by a Father That there is another book and that is called Codex Conscientiae the book of a mans conscience St. Chrysostome observeth thus much S. Chrysostom sc That Conscientia est codex in quo quotidiana nostra peccata rescribuntur The Conscience is a book in the which our daily sinnes and offences are writ down registred and recorded against us as S. Chrysostome observeth And as touching Conscience There is a Threefold quality of the Conscience Of Conscience as One observeth as namely First Testificare de praeterito that is to bear testimony and witnesse of what is done by us and past Secondly Accusare vel excusare to accuse us of what we have done or else to excuse us Thirdly Solvere vel ligare That is either to let us loose or else to bind us fast up For when the Gentiles Romans chap. 2. ver 14.15.16 which have not the Law do by nature the things contained in the Law these having not the Law are a Law unto themselves Which shew the work of the Law written in their hearts their Conscience also bearing witnesse and their thoughts mean while accusing or else excusing one another In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel Conscientia est quasi cordis scientia S. Bernard ut S. Bernard The conscience is as it were the very knowledge of the heart By strength stratagems and policy men do overcome their enemies But God

That is Ye that continue still in your wickednesse and think that Gods plagues are not at hand but give your selves to all idlenesse wantonnesse and riot Exposition Obadiah 15. as the exposition is For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen as thou hast done it shall be done unto thee thy reward shall remain or return upon thine own head When I heard Habbak 3.16 my belly trembled my lips quivered at the voice rottennesse entred into my bones and I trembled in my self that I might rest in the day of trouble I will utterly consume all things from off the land or destroy all things saith the Lord God I will consume man and beast Zeph. 1.2 3. I will consume the fowles of the heaven and the fishes of the sea and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked and I will cut off or destroy man from off the land saith the Lord. Or I will destroy man and beast I will destroy the fowles of the heaven and the fishes of the sea and ruines shall be to the wicked and I will cut off man from the land saith the Lord. Note Exposition that God was not angry with those dumb creatures but because man was so wicked for whose cause they were created God maketh them to take part of the punishment with him Hold thy peace or be still Zeph. 1.7 8. at the presence of the Lord God for the day of the Lord is at hand for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice he hath bid or sanctified his guests And it shall come to passe in the day of the Lords sacrifice that I will punish the princes and the kings children and all such as are clothed with strange apparel Who may abide the day of his coming Mal. 3.2 who shall stand when he appeareth for he is like a refiners fire and like fullers sope He sheweth Exposition that the hypocrites which did so much desire the Lords coming will not abide when he draweth near for he will consume them and purge his and make them clean as the exposition is For behold Mal. 4.1 the day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord of hosts and it shall leave them neither root nor branch But unto you that fear my name Mal. 4.2 shall the sun of righteousnesse arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall Meaning Christ who with his wings or beams of his grace should lighten and comfort his Church as the exposition is Wherefore he saith Eph. 5.14 Awake thou that sleepest and rise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light Again Amos 1.14 The day of Judgement called the day of battel and the day of the whirlwind FINIS A SERMON Preached by Mr. MASTERS Master of the TEMPLE in the TEMPLE-CHURCH At the Funerall of Henry Croke Esq one of the Society of the Inner Temple February 8. 1608. LONDON Printed by Fr. Leach and are to be sold by William Lee at the Turks-head in Fleetstreet 1657. A Sermon Preached by Mr. Masters Master of the Temple in the Temple-Church Febr. 8. 1608. 2. Cor. 5.10 For we must all appear before the Judgement-seat of Christ THis Text divides it self into these five parts following Text divided The first touching the certainty and the necessity of the day of Iudgement contained in these words For we must The second concerning the generality of our appearance in these words We must all appear The third concerning the severity of this Iudgement The fourth concerning the manner thereof Before the Judgement-seat of Christ And the fifth concerning the person before whom we are to appear being Christ our Judge and Saviour Of these severally in their order First Of the certainty of the day of Iudgement and that in these three respects First above the Law as appeareth in the generall Epistle of Jude Jude 14 15. 14 15. And Enoch also the seventh from Adam prophesied of such meaning the wicked there before named Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints To give Judgement against all men Secondly Under the Law And Thirdly Under the Gospel as appeareth Matth. 25.31 32 33 34. Matthew 25.31 32 33 34. And when the Son of man cometh in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory c. The Reasons hereof First To whomsoever a dispensation is given at the end there must be an account by him made and this appeareth to be so Luke 16.1 2. There was a rich man Luke 16.1 2. which had a steward and he was accused to him that he wasted his goods And he called him and said Give an account of thy stewardship Secondly As the life of man is the time of working and death is the period thereof so of necessity there must be a Iudgement and censure of every mans work with a reward thereof Again In the generality all this is to be observed that there is then to be a two-fold Iudgement that is to say First A Iudgement of condemnation Secondly A Iudgement of Declaration And this appeareth in the book of the Revelation chap. 20. ver 10 11 12 13 14. And the Devil that deceived them Rev. 20.10 11 12 13 14. was cast into a lake of fire brimstone And I saw a white throne and one that sat on it And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened And another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their works And the sea gave up her dead which were in her and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to his works There is to be a two-fold Iudgement The one a Iudgement of dissolution for the righteous The other a Iudgement of condemnation for the wicked The first a Iudgement of dissolution or of acquittall The other a Iudgement of condemnation Reason The reason why there is to be a twofold Iudgement of the bodies and souls reunited is this The soul receiveth the first Iudgement being the first and principall actour in sin and then the body being quickned by the soul and so conjoyned and associated with the same in the acting of sin and in this respect it is requisite that there should be a second Iudgement when both body and soul might together receive their Iudgement as they had been both of them joynt actours in sin And this may serve to answer an Objection which may be made of some shew of injustice to be twice punished by two Iudgements for one and the same sin Again at our appearance there we shall be naked and where we shall be manifested

in vita aeterna cum Christo beatus qui non est in hac vita in Christo sanctus That is He shall never be happy with Christ in the life to come and eternall who is not in this life holy and sanctified in Christ It is well observed That man hath a Threefold being as namely First Esse naturae a Naturall being by birth Secondly Bene esse gratiae a well-being by grace by his new birth And Thirdly Optime esse gloriae his glorious being by death the same being an entrance into a life of glory These three being all of them specified by this ensuing place of Scripture c. Jesus answered and said unto him John 3.3 5 6 8. Verily I say unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdome of God Verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of God That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit The wind bloweth where it listeth John 14.2 3. and thou hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth so is every one that is born of the Spirit In my fathers house are many mansions I go to prepare a place for you And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also Fourthly Gen. 2. the Old Testament or the law sheweth unto us our miserable estate and condition we are in by sin and by the fall of our first parents in Paradise The New Testament or the Gospel sheweth unto us our happy estate and condition we are in by grace by the merits death and passion Resurrection and ascension of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ For now is Christ risen from the dead 1 Cor. 15.20 21 22. and become the first fruits of them that slept For since by man came death by man came also the Resurrection of the dead For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive For the wages of sin is death Rom. 6.23 but the gift of God is eternall life through Iesus Christ our Lord. And sin when it is finished James 1.15 bringeth forth death As by the offence of one Rom. 5.18 19 20 21. Iudgement came upon all men to condemnation even so by the righteousnesse of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Moreover the Law entred that the offence might abound but where sin abounded grace did much more abound That as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign through righteousnesse by lesus Christ our Lord. Fifthly In the Old Testament we have many Prophecies and foretellings of Christ our Saviour to come In the new Testament or Gospel we have the joyfull newes and glad tidings of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ And hereupon one well saith The Gospel or the good spel because the Gospel bringeth us good and glad tidings of salvation in and by Iesus Christ And there were in the same country shepheards abiding in the field Luke 2.8 9 10 11 12. keeping watch over their flock by night And lo the Angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid And the Angel said unto them fear not for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. And his name was called Jesus which was so named of the Angel before he was conceived in the wombe Behold Mat. 1.20 21 22 23. the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Ioseph thou son of David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wise for that which is conceived in her is of the holy Ghost And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shall save his people from their sins Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet saying Behold Isaiah 7.14 a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and shall call his name Emmanuel which being interpreted is God with us And the word was made flesh John 1.14 and dwelt among us and we beheld the glory as of the onely begotten son of the father full of grace and truth Who 1 Pet. 1.20 verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you But when the fulnesse of time was come God sent forth his son made of a woman and made under the Law To redeem them that were under the Law Gal. 4.4 5. that we might receive the adoption of sons Sixthly The Law tyeth us to an active obedience and due performance of all which the Law requireth to be done by us Dicit Lex hoc fac vive that is do and perform all this which is commanded and live Now therefore hearken O Israel Deut. 4.1 2. unto the statutes and unto the judgements which I teach you for to do them that ye may live and go in and possesse the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you Ye shall not adde unto the word which I command you neither shall ye diminish ought from it that ye may keep the commandements of the Lord your God which I command you What thing soever I command you Deut. 12.32 observe to do it thou shalt not adde thereunto nor diminish from it Ye shall do my judgements and keep mine ordinances Levit. 18.4 5. to walk therein I am the Lord your God Ye shall therefore keep my statutes Levit. 20.8 and my judgements which if a man do he shall live in them I am the Lord. And ye shall keep my statutes and do them I am the Lord which sanctifie you Therefore shall ye keep my commandements Levit. 22.31 and do them I am the Lord. But if thou wilt enter into life Mat. 19.17 keep the commandements Onely Joshua 1.8 9. be thou couragious that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous then thou shalt have good successe Ye shall observe to do therefore Deut. 5.32 33. as the Lord your God