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A14778	Christ in the clouds, or Gods comming to iudgement A short treatise, very necessary in these euill and dangerous times, for all those which desire that the day of the Lord, may be their day of ioy.; Christ in the clouds.	Warner, John, fl. 1635.	1635 (1635)	STC 25078; ESTC S106604	10,185	26

consider the euils you haue committed and the good you haue omitted the tormenting worme will seize vpon your conscience the worm that Esay 66. speaketh of The worme shal neuer dy And the Euangelist Marke 9. did testifie the same Their worme dieth not their fire neuer goeth out their torments are endlesse neither is there in that day any partiality to be vsed For the Kings of the earth Gentlemen the rich men the great chiefe Captaines the mighty men euery bond-man and euery frée-men shall hide themselues in the dens and in the rockes of the mountaines shall say to the rocks and mountains fal on vs and hide vs from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe For she great day of wrath is come and who shall be able to stand But when the Son of man shall come in the Maiesty of his glory and the holy Angels with him before whom all Nations shall be gathered He shall then separate them one from another as she shepheard diuideth his shéepe from the Goats and he shall set his shéepe on his right hand and the goats on the left hand and the King shall say to them on the right hand Mat 25. Come yee blessed of my father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world but to them on the left hand hée shall say Depart from me you wicked into euerlasting fire prepared for the diuell his angels and those shall goe into euerlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternall To conclude this point heare she Counsell of our Sauiour Ch●ist Take heed lest at any time your hearts be ouercharged with surfeting and drunkennesse c. 2. 34 and cares of this life and so that day come vpon vs vnawares For as a snare it shall come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth watch yee and pray alwayes that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to passe and to stand before the Sonne of man Since therefore all these things are suddenly expected to be fulfilled and all that reade the Scriptures may heare this both from Prophets and Apostles nay and Christ himselfe That it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God It is a wonder that since all things as the Apostle saith shall be dissolued that now at length we become not pure and walke in an holy conuersation and godlinesse looking for 2 Pet. 3.11 and hasting vnto the comming of the day of God Wherein the Heauens being on fire shall be dissolued and the elements shall melt with feruent heat It is a wonder that we doe not deny all vngodlines and worldly desires and lusts of the flesh the glory of the world the deceitfulnesse of riches and the choaking cares of all earthly things and exercise our selues in all sobriety and godlinesse looking for that blessed hope Tit. 2.3 and the glorious appea●ance of that great God and our Sauiour Iesus Christ It ought therefore to be our ●rst and chiefest care in these dangerous ●nd wicked times not being drowned in ●he imployments of this world to haue a ●are of our owne saluation and to make ●ure the anchor of our hope and saith that ●ur soules suffer not eternall shipwracke ●et vs not perswade our selues that the ●ord is not néer Let vs not say with them ●hat Peter reprehended where is the pro●ise of his comming For since the fathers ●el asléep all things continue as they were ●nce the Creation for how long these ●hings shall continue the Lord of Hosts by the Prophet Haggai doth declare Yet once it is a little while and I wil shake the heauens and the earth the Sea and the dry land Now the Apostle Peter giues the reason why he is not yet come 2 Pet. 3.9 'T is his long suffering saith he to vs-wards not willing that any should perish but that all should come vnto repentance wherefore account that the long suffering of the Lord is saluation and be diligent that you may bee found of him in feare without spot and blamelesse we must be diligent watchfull the Grecians are gone aside we haue a Sinon in vs that will yéeld the place to them we must continually watch and haue alwayes an eye to the watch holding our weapons in our hands vnlesse wee be minded at all times to be surprised and yéeld at the pleasure of our enemie For the day of the Lord commeth as a theefe in the night in which the Heauens shall passe away with a great noise and the Elements shall melt with feruent heat Therefore be yee ready for in such an houre as you thinke not the Sonne of man commeth Now they that deferre the comming of the Lord and say with that euill seruant My Lord delayeth his comming Let vs eate and drinke be drunken let them know The Lord will come in a day when they looke not for him and in an houre when they are not aware and will cut them asunder and will giue them their portion with the vnbeleeuers Hypocrites where there shal be weeping and wa●●ing and g●ashing of teeth Now Luk. 12.3 they that know these things and prepare not themselues neither doe according to the Will of God shall be beaten with many stripes as the same Apostle Saint Luke hath in his Gospel pronounced Let vs endeauour therefore that when the last day cometh we may say with S. Paule I haue fought a good fight 2 Tim. 4.7 I haue finished my course I haue kept the Faith henceforth there is laid vp for me a crowne of righteousnesse which the Lord that righteous Iudge shall giue me that day but is this crowne laid vp for thee alone O Paul not onely for mée he saith but also for them that loue the Lord Iesus and expect his appearance Oh that this would take some impression in the hardest of hearts that doe sing a temporall requietem here vnto their soules lest while they think the day of the Lord farthest from them it on the sudden come vpon them and so they be found in a condition too late to be amended and by no meanes whatsoeuer to be auoided To conclude all gird vp the loynes of your mindes be sober and hope to the end for the glory that is to be brought to you at the reuelation of Iesus Christ as obedient children not walking after your former lusts of ignorance let your loynes I say be girded and your lights burning and you your selues like vnto them that wait for the Lord ●uk 12 15 when he wil return from the wedding that when he cōmeth and knocketh you may open immediatly blessed is the seruant whom his Master when hée cōmeth finds so doing of a truth I say vnto you he will make him ruler euer all hée hath Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know not when the time is For the sonne of man is as a man taking a far iourney who left his house and gaue authority to ●●s seruants and to euery man his worke ●●mmanding them to waith Watch ye therefore for ye know not when the Master commeth at euen at mid-night or at the cock crowing lest comming suddenly he finde you sleeping and so cast you into prison there to remaine world without end From which the Lord Iesus kéepe vs all and that for his mercy sake alone To whom he rendred all honour glory praise and thankesgiuing now and for euer Amen FINIS

of al men that shall iudge the World in righteousnesse and considering the punishment that then shall be imposed on the wicked That shall be turned into Hell with the● that forget God Let vs heare and follow S. Hillaries aduise In all the course of ou● liues the memory of the last and grea● Iudgement is to be planted and grafted i● our hearts for happy is that man that dot● what he must doe in remembrance of th● last day and why Eccl. 7.36 heare the words of Iesu● the sonne of Sirach Whatsoeuer thou takest in hand remember thy end and thou shalt neuer doe amisse Thus much shall suffice there shall bée a day of Iudgement and that that Day i● néere Now somewhat remaineth to bé● spoken of the manner of this Day and th● terrour thereof that the wicked being touched with the vnderstanding of th● same might be driuen nearer to God I● that day saith S. Paul euery mans work● shall be made manifest for the day shal● declare it because it shall be reuealed by the fire and the fire shall try euery mans worke of what sort it is The time is now come when Iudgement must begin at th● house of God and if it first beginnes with vs what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospell of God and if the righteous scarcely be saued where shall the vngodly and sinner appeare where will they hide themselues in that terrible ●ay wherein there shall be nothing but weeping and gnashing of téeth howling ●amentation and repentance too too late when the foundations of the mountaines ●hall bée mooued and the land shall bée ●urnt with fire when as S. Peter saith The Heauens shal passe away with a great ●oyse and the firmament shall melt with ●eruent hear the earth also and the works ●hat are therein shall be burnt vp when ●s God himselfe said in the Gospell Mat. 24.29 The ●unne shall be darkened the Moone shall ●ot giue her light the Stars shall fall from Heauen and the powers thereof shall be ●haked Where will the wicked then be●old themselues where will Adulterers ●runkards where will cursers and swea●ers appeare where will the luxurious ●eceiuers proud vncleane and filthy ●ersons be found what vnhappy as they ●re can they then plead for themselues to ●ppease the anger of the iust Iudge of hea●en and earth surely nothing Howle ye ●herefore O ye wicked that forget God ●r the day of the Lord is at hand and it ●hall come as a destruction from the Almighty for the Lord shall lay the Land ●esolate and shall destroy the sinners ●hereof out of it he will punish the world ●or their euill and the wicked for their iniquity hee will cause the arrogancie o● the proud to cease and will lay low the hautinesse of the ambitious worldling 〈◊〉 what feare and what horror what terror and amazement shall there seize vpon and possesse those that are marked out for eternall destruction In the Name of God le● vs therfore while we haue time rouze ou● selues vp whiles there is time let vs correct and amend our selues that wée neue● be brought to these Tortures of body an● soule Let vs rather preferring the simp●city of the Doue and the chastity of the Turtle with the spirituall feathers o● graces lift our soules vp into heauen b● our prayers that so wée may be alwaye● ready to resigne our soules and bodies int● the hands of our Redeemer with ioy an● alacrity of spirit But that we may the better heare and vnderstand the terror of that day to auoid the same wee will heare the Prophets what they fore-tell Gird your selues and lament you priests how leye ministers o● the Altar lie all night in sackcloath ye● Ministers of my God For the meate offering and the drinke-offering is with holden from the house of God Alasse 〈◊〉 for the day of the Lord is at hand and as 〈◊〉 destructiō from the Almighty shal it come Blow a trumpet in Zion and sound an alarum in thy holy mountaine let al the inhabitants of the land tremble For the day of the Lord commeth for it is nigh at hand a day o● darknes and of gloomings a day of clouds and thicke darknesse for great is the day of the Lord and very terrible sure t is a great day wherein so great a God greatly to be praised and to be feared aboue all gods shal come to iudgement and ●o reward all men for their doings T is a great day after which there shall bee us change of time no course of dayes shal fol●ow which day in it selfe shal containe either euerlasting condemnation or saluation without end It is a very terrible day and the Prophet Malachy séemes to giue the reason of ●t For behold the day commeth that shall burne as an Oven and all the proud and al that doe wickedly shall be as stubble and that day that cōmeth shall burne them vp ●aith the Lord of hosts leauing them neither root nor branch And as the Prophet Dauid hath it Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence a fire shall deuoure before him and it shall be very tempestuous round about him he shall call to the heauen from aboue and to the earth below that he may iudge his people For God is Iudge himselfe who therefore wil endure the fury of thi● day where the strong shall be thus weakned oppressed and where she proud and all that doe wickedly shal be burnt vp as stubble who wil not stand astonish'd where the root with the branch shall be plucked vp and consumed what wicked man what sinner then dareth to appeare where the iust shal scarse be saued Per. 4. But many men partly out of dull stupidity and partly being oppressed with crosses and vexations of this life do little estéeme of the terror of this last day and do séeme as being prepared for this day very earnestly to wish and desire the same But the Propht Amos 5.18 doth threaten these men saying Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lord to what end is it for you The day of the Lord is darknes and not light as if a man did fly from a Lyon and a Beare met him or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wal and a Serpen● bit h m. You doe saith he very euill to your selues in that you doe so rashly desire the day of the Lord for yée shall not walke in the light of Gods countenance because yée haue not beene children of the light but children of darknes There noysome darknes shall come vpon you whatsoeuer you shall then assay you shall not shun terror you cannot auoid horror and if you may shunne the face of the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah that you render not accompt for your sins yet that Beare the Deuill will ronne vpon you méete you and punish you for the same Or if you scape this Beare and enter into the house of your conscience to