Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	great_a	life_n	write_v	5,211	5	5.2860	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94068	Hēmera apokalypseōs. The day of revelation of the righteous judgement of God. Delivered in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, at their late solemn fast, December 31. 1645. / By William Strong, sometime fellow of Katherine Hall in Cambridge; now minister of More-Crichel in Dorcetshire.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1646 (1646)	Wing S6003; Thomason E313_33; ESTC R200485	24,229	42

stewardship he that hath received five talents must account for five and he that hath but two shall account for no more Luc. 16.2 to whom much is given of him much shall be required and to whom men have committed much of him they will ask the more Luc. 12.48 3. Of all the souls committed to them in their severall places and relations husbands for the soules of their wives parents for the soules of their children Magistrates for the souls of those under their charge so farre as that relation extends for he is the Minister of God for thy good Rom. 13.4 thy spirituall as well as thy temporall good And Ministers also for the soules of their people We watch for your soules as those that must give an account Heb. 13.17 and the account of soules will be dreadfull It s part of Romes trading indeed but let it not be ours to make merchandise of the souls of men Rev. 18.14 And in all these God will manifest not only their doings 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 op●● ●ud●● 〈◊〉 ●on●●um but also the fruit of their doings for he will reward every man according to the fruit of his doings Jer. 17.10 the word signifies doings studies and endeavours The personall acts both of wicked and godly men are transient and quickly dye but oft times the fruit remaines Ieroboam dyed but his Idolatry dyed not with him the poyson of his example remained that to this day his title is Ierobo●m the son of Nebat who made Israel to sinne so that the sinnes that other men in successive ages are drawne to by an evill example shall be all numbred to him as the fruit of his doings in that day And the good deeds and examples of Gods people which prove a seed to the Church for many generations these shall be brought forth not only according to their acts but also according to their fruits in that day And th us much of the first branch propounded for the explication of the point sc what shall be laid open in that day I come now to the second sc How can such a manifestation be The manner of this manifestation we may gather as I conceive out of Rev. 20.12 And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the booke was opened which is the booke of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the booke according to their workes Pa● Adration●●● resurrection●● u●●●mahoc o●●ia accommade ●●●r Bright If we understand this as some doe properly of the day of judgement then it doth directly and expressely serve to our purpose Or if we understand it as others do to be spoken of the day of judgement but by way of allusion yet it holds forth this to us that the manner of the revelation of all things shall be by opening of those bookes which are now closed or sealed up against that last and great day There is a five fold booke which the Scripture speaks of all which the Lord will open in that day men shall be judged out of the things written in them 1. The booke of the Word of Law and Gospel with all the sinnes and duties contained in them shall bee made manifest before men and Angells in that day Io. 12.48 Hee that rejecteth mee and receiveth not my words hath one that judgeth him the word that I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day The Law in the full extent of it which is exceeding broad with all the precepts and prohibitions thereof shall then bee discovered Io. 5.45 Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to my Father there is one that accuseth you even Moses in whom yee trust Here men are not able to hide the secrets of their hearts from the word it s a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart Heb. 4.12 even while its preached by men how much more when God himselfe shall open it and set it forth in its glory before men and Angells And the Gospell also with all the glory of it the sinnes and duties also contained therein that in it Gods manifold wisdome may appeare which is now but little understood for hee will judge the secrets of all men in that day according to my Gospell Rom. 2.16 2. The booke of Gods decree commonly called the booke of life which is Gods free and everlasting determination of the eternall estates of men and Angells This is a depth here indeed that men cannot fadome which made the Apostle to cry out Rom. 11 33. Oh the depth both of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God how unsearchable are his judgements and his wayes past finding out But then these deeps shall bee broken up and discovered then shall bee manifested whom he hath chosen as vessels of mercy to the praise of the glory of his grace and whom he hath rejected as vessells of wrath to the glory of his justice Then it shall be said of every man plainly as it is of Iacob and Esau Iacob have I loved and Esau have I hated To some Christ will say Come yee blessed of my Father receive the Kingdome that was prepared for you from the foundation of the world Matth. 25.34 And to others he will professe I never knew you depart from mee yee that worke iniquity Matth. 7.23 3. The booke of Gods omniscience David speaks of this book In thy book were all my members written Psal 139.16 A book of remembrance Mal. 3.16 Thou puttest my teares in thy bottle are they not written in thy book Psal 56.8 Then shall the King say I was hungry and ye gave me no meate Mat 24.41 I was thirsty and ye gave me no drinke naked and yee cloathed me not in as much as you did it not to the least of these my brethren ye did it not to me Then it will be too late to deny and in vaine to excuse for he that knows all things shall be thy Judge and he shall produce and publish his knowledge of thee before men and Angels For Amos 8.7 he hath sworne by his holinesse that he will never forget any of your works 4. The book of conscience which God maintaines as a Register in every mans breast The sinne of Iudah is written with a pen of iron Ier. 17.1 Indelchiliter e●atatum in co●s●ienlia c●rum Alap and the point of a Diamond it is graven upon the table of their heart c. This booke is now sealed up from men and Angels and in a great measure also through ignorance and fearednesse from a man selfe but it shall then be opened and men shall reade in it the hell of their natures with all those hidious abominations of their lives see all former sinnes which they have forgotten to be written in their consciences with indelible characters never to be blotted out And this record conscience will surely bring forth at that day because

gl●rificati●●●● ALap for then 1 Cor. 6.2 The Saints shall judge the world sc Assessors approvers and admirers of the infinite justice of the Lord. Reas 2 There shall be a manifestation of all men at the comming of the Lord for Christ shall not onely judge as God Iohn 5.27 but as man also For the Father hath given him authority to execute judgement because he is the Son of man Acts 17 31. and that he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world by the man whom he hath ordained Now if he shall judge as man it must be done after the manner of men and condiscending to the capacities of men that they may understand the reasons of his proceedings and the justice of judgements therefore we reade not onely of a sentence in that day but of a charge laid upon men and their pleas for themselves and the Lords answer I was hungry Matth 7.23 and ye gave me no meate c. they answer for themselves Lord when saw wee thee hungry and fed thee not c. And the Lord shall answer Matth. 25. In as much as ye did it not to the least of these my brethren ye did it not to me For hee must so judge that the offendor may be speechlesse and the reason of his judgement manifested before all the world that they may all acknowledge the Judge of all the world hath done right Which makes me humbly to conceive that the day of Judgement shall not be passed over in an instant as some have thought but that it shall be of long continuance for if Christ should judge onely as God he could dispatch it in a moment and send men and Angels to their owne places but seeing he shall judge as man it must be after the manner of men that the creature may understand admire and approve this his righteous Judgement Vse I now come to the Application of this point which I shall reduce to three heads 1. Of instruction 2. Of exhortation 3. Of consolation 1. Of instruction in these three things 1. Hence we may learne what a vaine thing it is for a man to encourage himselfe in sin by a hope of secrecy Mens labeur is to dig deepe Isaiah 29.15 to hide counsell from the Lord not that any thing can indeed bee hid from him for Heb. 14.13 All things are naked and open before him But it is actus mentalis non realis A Lap. in loc this is the inward thought of their hearts and the principle that acts them that God seeth not He that cannot spin a fine thread carry a designe subtilly speake words smoother then butter when warre is in his heart Marriner like looke one way when he rowes another and pretend to build where especially hee desires to destroy is no Politician for these times This Luther professeth that he found in his Reformation A falsis amicis plus est mihi periculi quam ab ipso toto Papatu Now what a folly is it to take so much paines for secrecy when shortly the day shall declare it and to be so industrious to hide that from a few which shall be ere long made manifest before men and Angels as if it had beene written with the brightest Star or the most glorious Sun-beame Oh let this very consideration preserve you from plotting of evill and strengthen you against this temptation when sinne is presented under this notion to you yea rather alwayes say in your hearts even for this God will bring mee to Iudgement 2. Hence learne what a vaine thing it is to beare up a mans selfe with the conceit of the good opinions of men and as the Pharisees did do all to be seene of men A good name indeed is a precious oinement but I thinke it should rather follow the man then the man it And a mans rule should be if I take care of my duty God will surely take care of my credit for he hath said Those that honour me I will honour If a man had a testimoniall from all the world what would it profit him in that day Shall things be carried by voices then Or will the Lord judge according to the hearing of the eare according to the good opinions of men This made Paul to sleight the judgement of mans day Is it to me a very sm●ll thing Cor. 4. ● 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the smallest that can be to be judged of you or of mans day There are two great Rate-bookes wherein all the persons in the world are valued Gods booke and the worlds booke and many times where men set downe thousands God sets but a cypher 〈◊〉 ●6 ●5 for many persons highly esteemed among men are an abomination in the sight of the Lord. There is a double ballance wherein all persons are weighed the ballance of the world and the ballance of the Sanctuary and persons who in the worlds ballance are great weight when the Lord shall come to weigh them will be found too light For the first shall be last and the last shall be first My advice therefore is If thou be well accounted of among men be sure to be what thou art esteemed to be or what ever repute thou hast amongst men be sure to be what thou desirest to appeare to be at the coming of the Lord. 3. What a terrour must this needs be unto all men who shall be found in their sins at that day Shame is that which above all things the nature of man abhorres Zedekiah will venture his kingdome and life too rather then he will be mocked Ier. 38.19 Now when men shall be fully laid open in that Judgement whither shall a man cause his shame to go 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Here men have many cloakes of shame by which they can hide it from the world Here men are not ashamed of many things because not discovered the thiefe is ashamed when he is found Ier. 2.26 but this cloake shall be plucked off for all shall be laid open Here men are not ashamed before children fooles or those that cannot judge of their actions but this shall be a discovery before men and Angels and the onely wise God also Here men are not ashamed before strangers and those with whom they must not live and therefore if men doe evill in one place they remove and the change of the place will take away the sense of the same but with this God thou must live in happinesse or misery for ever for as heaven is nothing else but God dispensing himselfe in mercy so hell is nothing but God dispensing himselfe in wrath for after this life God shall be all in all Here in time the shame of evill weares out that scarce a scarre remaines but then thy shame shall be revived and thou shalt be upbraided with it before men and Angels and that 1. By God himselfe I will laugh at your calamity and mock when your