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A20523 The doctrine of dying-vvell. Or The godly mans guide to glory Wherein is briefly comprised a short view of the glorious estate of Gods saints in the kingdome of heauen. Together with the meanes to obtaine, the markes to know, and the motiues to vrge vs to prepare our selues for Christ, before our soules be vnbodied, lest heauens gate be shut against vs. Shawe, George, attributed name. 1628 (1628) STC 6934; ESTC S105384 10,860 24

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and breuity of our liues for our life is compared to the Grasse that withereth to a shadow that Esay 40. 6 1 Pet. 1. 24 Hos 23. 3. Iob 7. 6. 14. 2. 7. 9. Iam 4 14. Iob 7. 7. Psa 103. 16 144. 4. Psal 102. 11 passeth away to smoake that vanisheth to a weauers shuttle for swiftnesse to a flower that sadeth to a Spiders web which is easily swept away to a vpour which is soone dispersed and to a winde that passeth away Oh let vs seriously consider with our selues that we may be the next parties that must dye Séeing then we may be so suddenly dispatched by death Oh what manner of persons ought wee to bee in all holy conuersation and godlinesse 2 Pet. 3. 11 2 Motiue II. Motiue By being ready for Christ at his comming we shal be deliuered from all the miseries of this life viz. from all calamities as sicknesse paines labours reproachings mockings and taunts of the wicked rabble of vnreasonable men and 2 Thes 3. 2. 1 Thes 1. 10 Esay 25. 8. Apoc. 7. 16 17. Apo. 14. 13 Apoc. 21. 4. 3 Motiue Iohn 14. 3. 1 Iohn 3. 2. Luke 23. 42. 43. from all the prouocations snares stratagenis of the Deuill and from all feare of the paines of hell for euer III. Motiue by being ready prepared for Christs comming wee shall be with Christ where he is viz. in the Kingdome of heauen where we shal sée him as hée is where we shall blesse the day and houre that euer we were borne for happy and for euer thrice blessed are they that after this short and fléeting life ended shall enter into heauens glory This glory of Gods people in heauen will appeare more punctually to vs if wée take a suruey of these things that here upon result To let passe many of some few for the rest a word or two briefly 2. God will be all in all vnto his children in the Kingdome of heauen for what good things soeuer the heart of man can with or desire that God will be to his children there if we desire wealth God will be wealth vnto vs if honor pleasure he will be honor pleasure to vs yea all in all 1 Cor. 15. 28. Luk. ●● 32. Ioh. 14. 2. 3 1 Pet. 1. 4-● vnto vs nay euery child of God shal haue a kingdome reserued for them in heauen 2. In heauen wee shall want nothing for we shall haue all our wants both in our soules and bodies wholly supplyed when Apoc. 7. 17 Esa 49. 10. Apoc. 21. 4. Esay 25. 8. Apoc. 22. 4. Psal 23. 4. 1 Cor. 13. 12. 1 Iohn 3. 2. Psal 16. 11. 1 Thes 4. 17 Psal 36. 8. 9 17. 15. Phil. 3. 21. Esay 64. 4. Apoc. 7. 9. 10. 1● 12. 4 Motiue Mat. 10. 28. al teares shal be wiped from our eies with fulnes of ioyes and pleasures for euer Although in this vale of misery and shadow of death we sée God but in pact yet in heauen we shal behold him face to face and sée him as he is to our euerlasting comfort 3. In heauen we shall be like our Lord Iesus Christ for he shall change our vile bodies and make them like vnto his glorious body 4. In heauen we shal reap endlesse ioies happinesse where we shal wholy delight our selues in praising God for euer IV And last Motiue is drawne from the ineuitable danger that shal must certainly ouertake vs if we prepare not our selues speedily to be ready for Christ If wee be in some great mans danger that is able to be reuenged of vs Oh how doe we créep and crouch vnto him but we should feare him much more that is able to Mat. 3. 12. destroy both soule and body in hell And if we had hearts to conceiue and grace to beléeue and minds to think vpon the wofull pains of hell this would force vs to forsake and renounce all sin vtterly and make vs prepare for Christ spéedily that so we may enter heauens glory immediately ●ut alas alas the power and strength of sinne nowadaies hath gotten such dominion ouer the most that it hath banished excluded all loue and feare of God and al dread of hels misery out of their harts what else mean those raging and ruling vices in the world as swearing lying vncleannesse drunkennes mocking of Gods seruants such like if people did seriously call to minde the grieuous paines of hell would they liue as they doe No I trow There are some be so tender that they cannot abide the heat of the Sun nor the least cold yea euery small flea or fly disquiets them but their many foule iniquities neuer trouble them to bring them any vnerst vnlesse it be to bring their hellish designes to passe Oh that such would consider what it is to fry in vnquenchable Apoc. 21. 3 flames of fire and brimstone in hel there to haue the neuer dying worme of Conscience to gnaw on them continually Marke 9. 43 There are a sort of nice ones that are so dainty they cannot abide to looke vpon the sores of poore Lazarus and so vnmercifull that they stop their eares at the cry of their poore distressed brethron seeking rather to molest them then to comfort and help thē Oh that such miserable caitifes would remember what a filthy prison is prepared for the damned in hell and what yelling howling the mercilesse shall euer heare and haue euen iudgment without mercy There are a sort of miserable wretches to whom the sernice of God though indéed perfect fréedome is most irksome as to knéele at prayer to be any thing long at a sermon or the like exercises but to sweare to ly to cheat to cozen in buying selling to be drunk and hunt after vaine wicked pleasures is their chiefe delight and ioy Oh that all miserable wretched swearers Rorers pot companions would but premeditate of the wofull paines of hell that they might repent of their sinnes and so avoid Hels misery spéedily and be prepared for Christ continually that they may enter heauens glory eternally And there are another sort that are like the wicked Pharises of whom our Sauiour Mat. 23. 13. Luk. 11. 52. speaketh that will neither goe to heauen themselues nor yet will suffer by their wils those that would else what meane all those accursed scoffes mockes taunts which the wicked crue blech out of their accursed brests against all those that set their hearts and faces towards Sion the heauenly Hierusalem in traducing carping and girding at them because they will not run headlong to the Deuill with 1 Pet 4. 4. Iohn 8. 34. Rom. 6. 16. 20. 1 Ioh. 3. 8. 10. 2 Pe. 2 ●9 2 Tim. 2. 26. Act. 13. 10. Mat. 23. 33 Act. 8 22. Phil. 3. 19. Luk. 13. 35 Luk. 12. 40 Mat. 24. 13. Mar. 13. 33. Mat. 24. 42 them for company into the same excesse of riot therefore they