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A01078	The great day of chancery A sermon preached at White-Hall, the last day of October. 1619. By Iames Forsith, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinarie.	Forsyth, James, fl. 1615-1619.	1619 (1619)	STC 11192; ESTC S105640	20,697	60

stand in Iudgement Hilar. in Psa 1. Orig. in Iob l. 3. pag. 272. for he that beleeueth not is iudged already Some of the Ancients did thinke by these places that neither the godly faithfull nor wicked infidell should come to Iudgement but they that are inter Impios piosque medij of the middle sort which are in the faith yet liue not thereafter this opinion is plainely confuted in my text Ambr. serm 20. in Psalm 119. nam oportet nos omnes for we must all appeare S. Ambr. thought that the godly onely should come to Iudgement quia festinant innoxij ad Iudicium for they that are innocent make hast to Iudgement because they doe not feare it but the vngodly doe so tremble at it that they dare not come neere it but our blessed Apostle saith plainely Rom. 2.3 that the wicked man aboue all other shall not escape the iudgement of God But Saint Augustine doth very wel expound these places thus The godly shall not come in iudicium condemnationis vnto Iudgement of condemnation as it is in the Gospel nor the wicked shall not come in Iudicium Electionis vnto iudgement of Election with the godly Saint Chrysostome vpon that place that the wicked are adiudged already doth say thus He that hath committed murther although hee bee not by the Iudge condemned actu prolationis by sentence giuen yet by the Law he is condemned for the Law saith Thou shalt not kill Hee that beleeueth not hath the cause of condemnation in himselfe although the sentence bee not pronounced against him vntill the day of Iudgement The Lord said vnto Adam In what day soeuer thou eatest of the fruit thou shalt de the death The Lord spake not this meaning presently to destroy Adam but to shew that Adam immediately vpon tasting thereof had the cause of death in himselfe But to conclude this point neither godly nor godlesse although the one cleared in his owne conscience the other condemned hauing the cause of condemnation in himselfe shall escape this Iudgement seat For we must all appeare c. Obiect 2 Another obiection may bee made vpon this text concerning little children whether they that haue miscaried before the birth or after birth that haue died without Baptisme or after Baptisme that haue departed before they come to knowledge shall come to Iudgement It is but a Popish conceit to imagine that such shall stand on the Iudges left hand in that day Thom. Aquinas 4. dist 7. q. 1. art 3. Thomas Aquinas thinkes that little children shall appeare in that day not to bee iudged but to see the glory of the Iudge but my text is plaine that all both old and young great and small shall appeare And surely in that day all shall goe either vnder the sentence of Goe yee cursed or Come yee blessed Let this doctrine conuince the Heathen Vie that expect not such a time and likewise let it condemne the Wicked that put off this day from them thinking as they shew in their actions that they shall not come to Iudgement Let vs that professe Christ stand in awe of his comming and expect this day knowing the terror of the day wee perswade men Aug. in Psa 93. St. Augustine compares all Christians vnto schollars that come to render an accompt vnto their masters of that which they haue receiued they doe it not without feare so should wee tremble to remember this day Sine metu Plagarum when we shall giue account of all things giuen to vs in charge Know this that the Gyants before the floode could not deliuer themselues from the deluge by their strength that Pharaoh for all his power and forces could not saue himselfe from the ouerthrow in the redde Sea that the rich glutton in the Gospel could not with all his wealth free himselfe from hell torments Neither shall Kings nor Potentates Iudges nor Magistrates poore nor rich deliuer themselues from this Iudgement some shall iudge others bee iudged but all must appeare God grant wee may be found worthy of the Iudges comming Amen In the second place wee are to consider the euidence The maner how wee shal appeare 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the manner of our appearing or rather the condition of those that appeare in that great day Our blessed Apostle repeating the same words in his Epistle to the Romans doth vse another word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 14.10 stabimus wee shall stand and Saint Ambrose seemes to fauour that word better because saith hee the Psalmist sayth Psal 1.5 the wicked shall not stand in Iudgement and St. Augustine enclineth rather to stand in this sense but Theoph. Theodor. and all the moderne doe reade it rather 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to bee manifested and not to stand and I thinke the word is more Emphaticall and doth expresse better the manner of our appearing in that day for many stand before a Iudge that are not manifested or well knowne vnto the Iudge Gen. 39.18 Ioseph and Putiphars wife stood before Putiphar shee accused Ioseph and hee did cast him into prison but Putiphar knew neither the hypocrisie of the one nor the integritie of the other But it shall not be so with this Iudge concerning those that stand before him hee is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the searcher of the heart Thou hastryed me and knowen me sayth the Prophet Dauid Psal 139.1 thou knowest my thoughts long before there is not a word in my tongue but thou knowest it altogether Quid in Babilone tutum si Ierusalem manet scrut mium sayth holy Bernard Bern. Ser. 55. in Cant. If hee doth so narrowly marke the actions of the godly for which they shall not come to iudgement how much more doth hee obserue the abhominations of the wicked Hebr. 4.13 for which they shall bee condemned in iudgement Omnia illi nuda manifesta erunt all things shall appeare plainely vnto him when wee shall stand naked before him not vnto him alone but vnto the whole world 1. Cor. 4.5 cunctaque cunctorum cunctis arcana patebunt Iudge nothing before the time vntill the Lord come who will lighten things that bee hid in darkenesse and make the counsels of the heart manifest sayth the Apostle Ecce homo opera eius will the Lord say sayth St. Ierome vpon that text Behold the man and his workes when hee doth giue vnto euery man according to his workes there is nothing now hid which then shall not bee manifested Whatsoeuer hath bin done in darknes shall then bee brought vnto the light and whatsoeuer men haue spoken in the eare shall then be preached on the house toppe As the Lord spake vnto Dauid by the mouth of Nathan 2. Sam. 12.12 so shall it be then done to euery one thou didst it secretly but I will doe this thing before all Israel and before the Sunne The Sunne

a man discreetly to consider the day of Iudgement will cause him Iudiciously to prepare his accompts against his Masters comming Amb. ad Virgin laps Cap. 8. Si mente cornerent peccatores quale Iudicium imminet mundo saith Saint Ambrose if sinners did consider what great Iudgement is to come vpon the world they would not hunt so much after worldly vanities and plunge themselues so deep into earthly dirt as they do Hierom. in Reg. Mona Cap. 30. Saint Hierome saith of himselfe that he was very carefull ouer his waies and fearefull in his carriage for saith he whether I eate or drinke or whatsoeuer I doe I continually thinke that I heare this sound in mine eare Rise vp ye dead and come vnto Iudgement It was Origens conceit that the Priest had bells in the lower parts of his garment to put the people in mind of Iudgment The cōsideration of which many times is a terror to the godly Psal 119.120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraid of thy Iudgements saith the sweete singer of Israel and the wicked often are curbed by it Oderuut peccare mali formidine poenae The Psalmist tels vs that this is a cause why the wicked man doth so much delight in sinne and make such a progresse in Iniquity because Gods Iudgements are farre out of his sight Psal 10.5 the remembrance of the Tribunall the feare of execution the consideration of the dungeon the darknesse and blacknesse of the bottomlesse pit the weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth are able to reclaime the most wicked and make them refraine their euill waies knowing that they must come to Iudgement Considering then the terror of the day we perswade men as it is in the next verse That we may couet that both dwelling at home and remouing from home we may be acceptable to him as it is in the verse precedent Thus I haue made way to the Tribunall where I intend to take vp my standing that I may take a full view of the great Assembly cited before the seate of Iustice and there orderly obserue this generall appearance and first obserue the persons cited to appeare and you shall finde them all we 2. marke the manner of their appearance which is well set forth in the word manifested 3. the necessitie of appearance in the word oportet must 4. the place where it shall be and it is said before the Tribunall 5. the Iudge what he is or who hee is before whom and he is Christ. In the first you may see a generalitie for number in the second a plaine euidence or Charitie of euidence in the manner in the third an ineuitabilitie and no resistance of the matter in the fourth the glory or maiestie of the place being a Tribunall and lastly in the Iudge equity and humanitie for he is Christ In the first place The persons summoned 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the persons are set downe in generall to be all we without exception Clergie Laitie King Priest and People it will not bee such an Assembly as that of king Ahashuerosh of his Nobles Princes and Captaines onely Ester 1.3 nor such as the biddings of rich men to their feasts of their rich neighbours Luke 14.12 kinsfolke and acquaintance but like the inuitation of that housholder in the Gospel that sent his seruants at supper time to compell all to come in Ibidem 23. In like manner shall it bee in that great day that all of what degree soeuer sort or sexe high or low rich or poore old or young that haue beene that are that shall be must generally appeare The howre shall come Ioh. 5.28.29 saith our blessed Sauiour in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce and they shall come forth that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life and they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of condemnation Behold he commeth with clouds and euery eye shall see him yea Apoc. 1.7 euen they which pierced him and all the kinreds of the earth shall waile before him Plinie reporteth of the Lyonesse that she brings forth her whelps dead and so remaine for the space of three dayes vntill the Lyon comming neere to the place where they lye lift vp his voyce and roare so fiercely that presently they are raised from death to life The Prophet Ieremy tels vs the like of the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah Ier. 25.30.31 That hee shall roare from aboue and thrust out his voyce from his holy habitation he shall cry aloud as they that presse the Grapes his sound shall come to the ends of the earth and he will enter into Iudgement with all flesh so that with his voyce all that are dead shall bee raised to life and shall come and stand before him In that day none shall answer by a proxie no neighbour or friend answer for another no excuse nor pretence shall preuaile Apoc. 6.15.16 The Kings of the earth the great men the rich men the chiefe Captaines and the mightie men euery bondman and euery free man hid themselues in dens among the rockes of the mountaines and said vnto the hills fall on vs and to the rockes couer vs from the presence of the Lambe that sitteth on the Throne These you see would be couered but cannot they would haue others to stand for them but it will not be their authoritie although great in the world while they liued will not serue riches will not help nor honour auaile neither bribes nor friends can saue them from their appearance before that irefull Iudge that Iudge will admit no man to make way for malefactors that they should not bee brought forth into Iudgement neither shall their bee any standing by that dare for Money excuse any mans appearance or free him from the seate of Iustice I reade saith Chrysostome that the man that had not on a wedding garment Hom. 22. ad popul Antioch was thrust out from the feast but I read not saith hee that any made request for him I heare that hee that hid his talent in the earth was bound hand and foot and cast into vtter darknesse and none to speake for him I see the fiue foolish virgins shut out of the wedding chamber and none to make intercession for them Huius diei terror crit inexplicabilis veniet Iudex inexorabilis The terror and dread of this day is vnexplicable and the Iudge will come inexorable The Angels themselues will come out in feare and if in that day the Iust shall hardly be saued Where or how shall the sinner and vngodly appeare c But before I passe further Obiect I must answere an obiection that commeth in my way the Scripture saith That hee that beleeueth hath euerlasting life Ioh. 5.24 and shall not come to Iudgement but shall passe from death vnto life and that the wicked shall not rise vppe Psal 1.6 nor