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B03760 Christ's last sermon, or, The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the world to come. Exactly describing the everlasting, blessed, and happy condition of the children of God in glory for ever: with the everlasting, endlesse, and caseless [sic] condition of wicked men in the world to come forever. Set forth for the comfort of the godly, and for the terror of the ungodly. / By a godly, able and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, J.H. Hart, John, D.D. 1664 (1664) Wing H940B; ESTC R177841 23,456 47

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Christs last SERMON OR The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the World to come Exactly describing the Everlasting Blessed and Happy condition of the Children of God in Glory for ever With the everlasting endlesse and easelesse condition of Wicked Men in the World to come for ever Set forth for the Comfort of the Godly and for the Terror of the Ungodly By a godly able and faithfull Servant of Jesus Christ J. H. Col. 3 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also upon with him in glory Mat. 25.34.41 Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world Depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels EDINBVRGH Printed by ANDREVV ANDERSON Anno DOM 1664. Courteous Reader THere are lately published some useful and profitable Sermons viz. Christs first Sermon A Key to open Heaven-gate The true Christians Path-way to Heaven The Plain mans Path-way to Heaven Heavens Glory and Hells Horrour The dreadfull Character of a Drunkara There are also severall other small Books needfull to be bought and read viz. Bessie Clarkson of Lanerk The Lady Culrosse Dream The last Good-night The History of Doctor Faustus The History of Fortunatus The History of Roswall and Lillian The History of Guy Earle of Warwick No Jest like a true Jest or The History of Captain Hynd All which with variety of other Stories are to be sold by Andrew Anderson CHRISTS LAST SERMON OR The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the world to come John 14.2 3. In My Fathers House there are many Mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I go I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also OUR blessed Lord and Saviour having in the foregoing Chapter acquainted his Disciples with His departure from them out of this world He comes here in this and the three following Chapters to give them his last fare-well-Sermon and therein He endeavours principally to comfort the sad hearts of His Disciples who were now disconsolate and cast down in the spirits under the sense of so great and sad a los● as the losse of their great and only Lord an Master Jesus Christ For whom they had le●● and lost all Christ having acquainted them wit● His going out of the world they thereupon presently begin to be dejected and cast down at thi●● sad news Lord said they have we left all an● followed Thee and wilt thou now leave us shall we now be exposed to the difficultie and dangerous of the wide world No saith our Saviour bi●●● not discouraged let not your hearts be troubled it is for your good that I go away In my Fathers House are many Mansions I go to prepar a place for you And if I go I will come again and receive you You shall be no losers by My going away from you I will surelie make you a●● mends for all your losse There are Mansions of joy in Heaven that will abundantlie counter vail all your wordlie losses If I go away it is for your good for I go to prepare a place for you And though you have not my bodilie presence yet you shall have my spirituall presence I will send you another Comforter that shall abide with you for ever I will not leave you comfortlesse I will come unto you That is by My Spirit to guide you and direct you into all truth and to bear up your hearts under all those troubles and temptations which ye shall meet withall in the world Having thus briefly given you the scope of ●he whole I come now to the words themselves ●●com whence I raise these four Propositions first that there are mansions of glory in heaven for the people of God hereafter In my Fathers House are many mansions 2. I note from ●ence that Christs ascension was to prepare a place for Believers I go to prepare a place for you 3. That Christ will certainly come again ●●nd receive Believers to Himself I will come ●gain and receive you 4. and lastly which shall briefly insist upon I note from hence ●hat those mansions of glory prepared by Christ or Believers in Heaven will abundantly recomense and make good all the losses and all the crosses which Believers may meet withall in the world I shall begin with the first of these that there ●re mansions of Glory for Believers hereafter The point is so plain from the words themselves that I shall onely give you a place or two of Scripture in the 84. Psalm vers 11. The Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will ●e withhold from them that walk uprightly Eye ●ath not seen ear hath not heard neither hath is ●●ntred into the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath provided for them that love him Cor. 2.9 Come ye blessed saith your Saviour inherit the kingdom prepared for you Mat. 25.34 Severall other Scriptures I might give you b●● I shall proceed to the uses of this usefull poin● Is it so then that there are Mansions of Glor●● for the godly hereafter then I note from henc● the unspeakable miserie of all wicked men bo●●● here and hereafter Is there glory in heaven f●● Believers What is there then in hell for Unb●●●lievers if glorie be the portion of the godly wh●● will the lot and portion of wicked men b●● The wicked saith Psal 9.17 shall be turm●●● into hell and all the Nations that forget Go●● Wicked men shall have no part nor portion those glorious Mansions they are prepated onl● for the godlie Wicked men may indeed whic● shall but further agravate their sorrow behold t●● Saints received by Christ into glorie as Dives b●● held La Zarus in Abrahams bosome but it w●●● afar off Wicked men may at the last day he●●● that blessed sentence fo Come ye blessed but the again also they shal hear I and that with a vengeance too that wofull sentence of Go ye curs● into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil an● his Angels It is impossible for wicked men I me● such as live and die in sin unrepented of to ent● into heaven Know ye not saith the Apostle 1 Co● 6.9 that the unrighteous shall not inherit 〈◊〉 Kingdom of God The Evangelist St. John Re●● 20.21 speaking of the world to come which 〈◊〉 foresaw in his heavenlie vision I saw saith he t●● 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 out of those things which were written in those Books according to their works All the wayes of men both good and bad are exactlie written down both in the Book of Gods everlasting Rememberance and in the Book of mans own particular Conscience And the sea gave up the dead which were