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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 everlasting damnation Lay up no treasures on earth take care neither for any thing for to morrow thou mayst go to thy grave Then happy is he that hath laid up treasures in Heaven to all eternity where moth nor rust cannot corrupt nor Thieves break thorow nor steal For Heaven and Earth must passe away and fly from the presence of God and not one tittle of the Gospel of Christ shall passe away O England beware of Gods heavy wrath and severe judgements against thée for thy rebellious sinning against him the Lords wrath will consume thée except spéedy repentance he hath stretched out his hand of affliction on the Land as a toll to the day of Doom And it shall come passe saith the Lord at that day I will search with Candles and punish the men that are settled in their lees that saith in their heart the Lord will not do good neither will he do evil therefore their goods shall become a booty and their houses a desolation they shall also build houses but not inhabit them they shall plant Vineyards but not drink the Wine thereof the great day of the Lord is near and hasteth greatly even the voice of the day of the Lord the mighty men shall cry then bitterly that day is a day of wrath a day of trouble and distresse a day of wastnesse and desolation a day of darknesse and gloominesse a day of CLOVDS and thick darknesse a day of tumpeting and alarum against the fenced Cities and against the high Towers and distresse I will bring upon wicked men that they shall walk like blind men because they have sinned against the Lord and their blood shall be poured out as dust and their flesh as the dung neither their Silver nor their Gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lords wrath give good regard to this you rich men who like the great fishes of the sea eateth up the poor small fishes but those the Lord speaks in Micah 6.12 15. the rich men are full of violence shall I account them pure that uses false ballance with baggs of deceitfull weights no I rather account him a deceiver of the poor and at this generall day he cannot be able to stand before the Iudgement seat of Christ but will be by his own Conscience prest from the presence of God wishing the Hills to cover him and hide him from the presence of the Almighty but when that the word of sentence is past he must depart to that lake of Fire that burneth for ever where there is wéeping and gnashing of téeth from which place O mighty God deliver us but if a man will be willing to loose his life to save it he shall arive to his desired Haven which is a Heavenly Ierusalem and glorious throne of Christ as mystically it was put for those prophesies to John in the Rev. 21.9 10 27. and there came unto me one of the seven Angels and talked with me saying come hither and he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high Mountaine and shewed me that great City descending out of Heaven from God having the Glory of God and his light was like unto stone most precious even like a Jasper stone clear as Christall and had a Wall great and high and had twelve Gates and at the Gates twelve Angels which are the manner of the twelve Tribes of the Children of Israell there was three Gates on the North three on the South three on the West three on the East and the Walls of the City hath twelve foundations and in them the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb and the City lyeth four square the length and the bredth and the height of it are equal the building of the walls of it was of Jasper and the City was pure Gold like unto clear Glass the Foundation thereof was grounded with precious stones and the twelve Gates were twelve Pearls and the Gates of this City were pure Gold as it were transparent Glass and no temple is therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple of it This City of Heaven hath no néed of the light of the Sun or of the Moon for the glory of God and the Lamb is the light thereof and also there proceedeth out of the Throne of God and the Lamb a pure river of water of Life as clear as Chrystal and in the midst of the street was the Tree of life which bears twelve manner of fruits and yieldeth her fruit every month and the leaves of the tree was for the healing of Nations there is no night there and they need no Candle neither light of the Sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall raign for ever and ever these sayings my Friends are faithfull and true for the Lord God hath shewed unto his Servants the thing which must shortly be done Oh beloved consider the Glory of this Heavenly Jerusalem no man is able to imagine or conceive the wisdome of God and the Honour and Glory of the Lamb and his amarous Throne which is the Portion of the Righteous and their greatest reward For behold saith God I come quickly and my reward is with me to give to every man according to his works what are our works by which we must be Iudged Oh Base and Filthy more worse then the Beast of the Field we work nothing that 's good we act mischiefe continually to the Face of God by our most Debauched Swearing and Cursing Whordome and Drunkennesse Pride and Covetousnesse Extortionall Idolatry and Deceitfull Living and Murmuring at the handy works of God but lo the portion of those wicked men is to be burned in a lake of Fire which burneth for ever and ever they will be Tormented with the memory of things past present and to come the Rich man will think of his Fidelity that is past his punishment at present and his intolerable Torments to come You Rich Men be convinced and make not a god of your Riches but make such uses of your Tallents that GOD hath lent you be'st thou a King Rule in Peace Execute Iudgement upon Mercies spread forth the Gospell of Christ throughout the whole Dominions and you Iudges and Magistrates in chiefest Iudge equity and right give Iustice to the Poor as well as to the Rich let not the Ballance of Wickednesse out-weigh the Book of Life nor hide nothing from God for his all-séeing eye doth bring secret things to a clear light for what is done in your secret Courts will be proclaimed on the house Top to you Lawyers recall your selves to remembrance what Law is let not handfuls of Gold and Silver carry you from a rightfull Case be you a pleader for the poor and redéem them from an earthly bondage and your Saviour will plead for you and Iudge you according at the great Assizes and redéem you Next you Ministers of God measure out the Fruits of Righteousnesse to the People sound forth the Gospell with boldnesse rehearse nothing but sound Doctrine which prodéeds from the spirit of truth and he as a shining light by your zeal and conversation and lay aside all Superstition Popery Schisme or Heresie which hath bred Destruction in the Land And lastly to you People in General of what degrée soever or opinion Take these few Rules and Administrations before I end or quite conclude my Book to you Learned search you the Scriptures and you 'l find me not to diminish the word of God the Law of the Lord then practise and follow what you find Writ in the Old and New Testament and to the Ignorant People I advise you to hearken to the Learned and to those that Preaches the Gospell and what they commend unto you and lay it to heart and search out your Salvation with Fear and Trembling First séek to find God in your hearts then learn to know him he acquainted with him for if you never séek to know him how should you ever think to live with him you think in your hearts how should we know him that we nere beheld with our mortall Eyes no my Friends you must sée him spiritually and not mortally for no mortall eyes is able to behold his exceeding magnificent Glory he sent Christ in the Flesh because we should believe but for all this yea for all the means he can use we will not believe him yet you say you believe there is a God but wherein doe you believe for if you believe aright how dare you to offend so great a God no my Friends if you believe aright you 'l séek to please him and not offend him but fear his Iudgements and trust in his Mercy for he is slow to anger and of great kindnesse Therefore beloved Conclude with me with these sayings fear God and keep his Commandements and then you may hope to believe aright prepare your selves against this great day of the Lord for unto you that fear my name it will be a day of joy and rejoycing a day of fidelity mirth and gladnesse with eternal Bliss when the Wicked man shall lie and be Cursed with Curses the Plagues of Hell Tormanting him the Memory of things past oppressing him the howle of fearfull Divels affrighting him the heavy wrath and curse of God hang over him and worst of all the Everlasting Torments to come which doth strike him in everlasting despair our wordly pains are wonderfull to be endured were we but to sit still a month and ne're to move to ly in Prison seven years to hold our hands in Fire for an hour to be stormed to Death is nothing to this unknownable Torment of our earthly torment the Tormented or the Tormentor dieth and hath an end but the Pains of Hell hath never end For the Grace of our magnificent God the Father and the Glory of his Sonne our Saviour accompanied with the holy Ghost defend us from Hell and bring us to Heaven to raign with him from everlasting to everlasting Amen All Christian men where ere you dwell Prepare both great and small Seek to avoid the pains of Hell And find this heavenly Hall FINIS