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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

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

For many I say unto you will strive to enter in and cannot be able Matth. 7.13 For when once the Master is risen up and shut the door and you begin to stand at the door knocking without saying Lord Lord open to us but the Lord will answer I know you not whence you are depart from me all you workers of iniquity Luke 13.25 27. Oh what a dismall Sentence is this to be deprived of the joyes of Heaven and the presence of Christ wherein is all fulness of joy lacking nothing and rest and peace for evermore Consider the Lillies how they grow the toyl not the spin not and yet I say unto you Solomon in all his glory was not arayed like to one of these if God so then cloath the grasse which is to day in the field and to morrow is cast into an Oven and how much more will he cloath you O you of little faith Luke 12.17 18. O consider my dear Friends and he better grounded towards God in true faith through Iesus Christ You sée and know that God is able to let you want for nothing so you will but serve him Mark what God saith in Ezekiel 33.4 5. Whosoever heareth the sound of a Trumpet and takes not warning if the sword come and take him away his blood shall be upon his own head but he that taketh warning delivereth his own soul I beséech you Friends now you hear this day the sound of God in your ears take warning hereby prepare for the coming of Christ in the courts of Heaven to judgement for assuredly that man that is found unprepared at that day will be in a most damnable condition they shall burn as an oven yea and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be stub●le and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord that is shall not leave neither root nor branch but unto them that fear my name saith God shall the Son of righteousnesse rise with healing in his wings and you shall tread down the wicked for they shall be as ashes under the soles of your feet Malac. 4.1 2 3. We have great cause to work out our salvation with fear and trembling what man would run himself in danger when he may escape it Be not idle dear Friends but spare of your ordinary sléep to muse of the word of GOD for great is the reward of the righteous in Heaven yea love you your Enemies and doe good and lend unto the needy hoping for none again and your reward shall be great and you shall be Children of the highest Luke 5.35 sée also the manner of Christs coming to Iudgement the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the noise of the Arch-angell with Trump of God and those which died in Christ shall rise first then we that are alive and remain shall be caught up with them together in the Clouds to méet the Lord in the Air and so shall we ever be with the Lord Thes 4.16 17 18. but the day and hour knoweth no Man therefore watch and pray for the coming of Christ for it will over-take you as a thief in the night therefore sleep not as do others but watch and be sober for they that sleep sleep in the night they that be drunken be drunk in the night but let us who are of the day be sober putting on the brest plate of Faith and Love and for a Helmet put on the hope of salvation And I beséech you brethren to know them that labour among you and are over you in the Lord abstain from all appearance of evill do good and not hurt for he that diligently séeketh good procureth favour but he that seeketh hurt provoketh shame Pro. 11.27 so it must néeds be with the wicked a perpetuall shamefull thing for a Christian to be so simple as to lose the presence of God and his glorious kingdome to gain the intolerable flashing of Hell Fire and to be accompanied with divelish companions to foreshew the glorious light of Heaven where is light for evermore to obtain Hells obscured darknesse to be bereft of everlasting Ioyes to suffer perpetuall Torments this is true that these torments are prepared for the Damned which shall be known to all those which is reserved for those torments by the most wretchfull and indignation of God a just reward for the wicked for saith Job Chap. 21.30 The wicked is reserved to the day of Destruction they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath How oft is the Candle of the wicked put out and how oft cometh her Destruction upon them they are stubble before the wind and as chaff that the storm carrieth away his eyes shall see his Destruction and she shall drink the wrath of the Almighty Job 17.18 20. strive to escape this wrath of God else will your own eyes sée your sudden destruction come upon you is it not better to serve God and be in safety then to serve the Devill and be in utter destruction 't is time Christian Friends to prepare your selves for the day of doom for it is even at the door the signs of Christs coming doth signifie the same for in the latter days there shall be Wars and Rumors of Wars with great slaughters blood touches blood the Father against the Son and the Son against the Father one Neighbour against the one not knowing his Friend from his Foe and the day is not yet great signes will be in Heaven and in Earth before the notable day of the Lord cometh the Moon shall be turned into blood and the Sun shall be darkened and forbear her shineing Young men shall see Visions Old men shall dream dreams and divers notable signes will be before the day of the Lord cometh Acts 2.19 20. these are the signes of the coming of Christ and the generall Resurrection when the Lord shall appear in the Clouds with magnificent glory coming in the Air with his Saints judging the Twelve Tribes of Israell but when this is accomplished there will be peace and safety but then cometh sudden destruction as a Thief in the night therefore Christian Friends watch and pray for you know not at what hour the Son of Man cometh you sée and have heard and do know that most of these things are accomplished and we are now in peace and safety and you know not how suddenly destruction may come upon you pray pray for the Lords coming it is even at the door it cannot be far off for our ancient Fathers have wrought that the world should last Six Ages that 's to say not six thousand years for the longest liver was Methusaleh who lived nine hundred sixty and nine years and then dyed Genesis 5.27 his age six times doubled makes it appear that the last day is not far of us but will be accomplished in the year from the Creation to the year of the Lords resurrection 5886. but then the Apostles testifie write in the book