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A86528 The immortality of the soule: the excellencie of Christ Jesus, treated on. Wherein the faithfull people of God may finde comfort for their souls. / By T.H. Published according to order. Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647. 1645 (1645) Wing H2651; Thomason E309_20; ESTC R200423 15,087 23

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beene faithfull unto death will God give a crown of life for ever Rev 2.10 Be thou faithfull unto death and I will give thee a crown of 〈◊〉 every m●n according to his works all our patient sufferings reproofs sl●nders for Christ Iesus sake allour godly meeknesse and peace-making in obedience to Christ Iesus Laws shall be rewarded in Heaven with glorious crowns of hap●●nesse all the little good works which we have done in obedience to Christ Iesus Lawes through faith and love in Christ Iesus w●●● make them all well pleasing to God and he will reward them with exceeding great rewards never did man imagine nor his tongue able sufficiently to speak of the joys which God hath prepared for them that love him there shall all the godly Kings and Q●eenes come which have mayntayned Gods true worship and loved the right and have peace and rest and satisfying joys with full content in beholding the glorious vision of God Almighty for ever there shall the godly Priests and Ministers come which have preached Christ Iesus and his Lawes purely with an upright heart and shine as bright as the Stars in Heaven there shall godly Magistrates which have prayed to God and studied to find out the truth and so proceed in justice or mercy according to Gods Laws for Christ Iesus sake finde rest and joy for ever there shall the rich bountifull men which have clothed Christ poore miserable and distressed members hereupon earth and giving meat to them that wanted for Christ Iesus sake they shall receive treasure in Heaven plenty for ever there shall the poore man which hath been patient in his poverty and prayed to God to supply his wants and trusted in Gods providence and used the means that God hath appointed and served God with an upright heart in Heaven hee shall have r●ches plenty and honour enough unto that City shall ●…ll faithfull married people come and chast vertuous single people which have loved Christ Iesus and his excellent righteousnesse to Heaven also shall thousands of innocent children come by Gods mercy which knew not their right hand from their left by the meritorious humble works of Christ Jesus the means to be used baptizing and God requireh the faithfull prayers of the parents yea many of all Nations shall come from the East and from the West and from the North and from the South and shall sit downe in the Kingdome of Heaven with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and the rest of the Saints in that great and excellent City of our God the heavenly Jerusalem so large beautifull and great that some of the Learned have said the wombe of the mother is not so strait for the child in respect of this large World as is the Kingdome of Heaven in greatnesse and excellency above this World and others affirme that some of the Stars are greater then all the earth the description of the heavenly Jerusalem Revel 21.16 in the Revelation of Saint John sayth that it is twelve thousand f●rlongs long and twelve thousand furlongs broad and twelve thousand furlongs high which maketh fifteen hundred miles every way yet this place of Scripture doth not deny but that it may be infinite larger O feare Jerusalem how fair and beautifull is the City of our God heaven is his throne and earth is his footstool heaven is his house wherein are many mansions for dwelling places for the sonnes and daughters of men in pleasure and joy for ever more There would be much joy among a ship load of men which at sea were almost drowned with stormes and tempests in want of all good things should presently come to an Haven where they should have all entertainment with joy and hearty courtesie of the King Princes and Nobles of the Country and have gold and silver and lands given them for ever but a thousand times more joy will it be when the wandring sonnes of men in the sea of this world have almost been drowned with temptations the waves of dispair the rocks of pride the number of vain desires and worldly lusts and yet though the love of God and their faith in Jesus Christ shall not be cast away but shall come to the haven of heaven where they shall be entertained with all joy the Lord God himself will entertain them saying Come ye blessed of my Father receive the Kingdome prepared for you the heavenly Angels will be very joyfull to see heavie sinfull flesh and bloud to have ●pa●sed this mortall death and trouble and now changed so royally and come to dwell with them in joy for ever exceeding great joy will there be among the Saints when they shall see one mother there yea their deerest friends and acq●aintance O the love joy and hearty good will that there will be when wee shall see Abraham Isaack and Jacob and all the Prophets and Martyrs Adam and Evah and all our ancient predecessors and our children and successors which have lived godly and trusted in Jesus Christ exceeding great joy and comfort will there be when all the Saints from the beginning of the world to the ending of the same are all come together to this heavenly Jerusalem which is above to see their glorious excellent great and beautifull Lord God and their redeemer and sanctifier the glorious vision of almighty God and his love unto them shall give them such joy that they shall praise him with delight for ever and love one another most deerly for ever because they shall all be loved of God and drinke of the full torrent and ocean of pleasure for ever the pure river of water of life is there ever flowing the pleasant tree of life is there ever growing and yielding alwayes forth pleasant fruit the gate and walls of that City of diamonds pearles and precious stones Revel 21. the houses and streets of that City more pure then gold all the cities of this heavenly Jerusalem more glorious then Kings but into that Citie shall no unclean person come no murderers nor adulterers nor idolators nor covetous nor thieves nor enviers of goodnesse nor slanderers nor such as love lies nor carelesse people of Gods true worship except they be washed clean by faith and repentance in the bloud of Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour But O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake give us grace to love fear and honour thy holy name that we may enter into thy holy Kingdom there to praise thy holy name for ever more Amen The pain of losse and suffering BUt yet alas with sorrow I am forced to mourn in this world when I see wicked and ungodly men to run headlong to hel and destruction for hell is prepared for wilfull rebellious sinners assure as Heaven is prepared for faithfull repenting sinners our Saviour the Prophets and the Apostles proves it plainly the fearfull punishment and torment which our Lord and Saviour Christ Iesus hath foretold shall come to ungodly unfaithfull and obstinate sinners should make them
feare and repent and seeke for mercy while they are in this world before that fearfull day of judgement to come when there shall be no more mercy for them that would not seeke it in this life but the foolish worldlings of this world will not repent The foole hath said in his heart there is no God the fool hath said that the Al-seeing God doth not see all his bad works and the evill thoughts of his heart he will not repent the foole hath denied in his heart Gods power will and justice hee thinks God will not rayse up the dead bodies of mankind spiritually restored in more strength and nimblenesse the good and faithfull to be partakers of his mercy in Heaven for ever and the unfaithfull the fearfull the adulterers the slanderers the murderers the covetous the envious the Idolaters the unthankfull the carelesse people of Gods true worship and such like to be punished in hell torments for ever except they repent and amend their lives and r●n to God for mercy in the name of Christ Iesus his well beloved Son and then will Christ Iesus gather them as the Hen gathereth her chickins under her wings and save them from the wrath of God and from the power and envy of the Devill and Christ Iesus will wash away their sins in his precious bloud and make them as white as snow and wooll beloved to God for ever bet if rugodly men will not repent their sins and returne to God for mercy and judge themselves worthy to dye for their sins then those wofull threatnings and cursin●s which are written in the word of God must needs fall upon them Go you cursed into everlasting hell fire prepared for the Devill and his angels and take the unprofitable servant and cast him into utter darknesse where shall be weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth And againe take the man which had not on the wedding garment of faith and repentance or the righteousnesse of Christ Iesus binde him hand and foot and cast him into utter darknesse where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth It is better for thee to pull out thy right eye and to cast it from thee that is thy dearest darling and best belovedst sins that will offend and displease thee then having thy sins to be cast into hell fire where the worme dyeth not and the fire never goethout And again Tophet is prepared of old for ungodly faithlesse men the burning of it is great and the wrath ●f the Lord like a river of brimstone shall kindle it And again Hell beneath is moved to meet thee and the wicked people go down to Hell and all the people that forget God and God will wound the hoary scalp● of him that goeth on in his wickednesse and upon the ungodly God will rain snares of fire and brimstore storme and tempest this is their 〈◊〉 to drinke and tribulations horrour and anguish shall be upon the head of every one that doth evill Hell is a darke prison large and great and the wrath of the Lord doth afflict divers torments upon them besides the pain of losse whereof commeth the w●●me of conscience which grief is as great as the other when they shall remember the losse of Heaven that large great and glorious place of pleasure and refreshing which they justly and madly have lost by their greedy sins and have sold their birth-right to Heaven for trifles if they world have trusted in Christ and have loved his laws and now they know all is gone because they loved lying vanities and loose behaviour now all hope is gone for ever too late repentance will doe them no good at this remembrance grief the worme of conscience will byte them and they will curse themselves and curse their wicked acquaintance which drew them on to sins in this world and wish that their torment might make an end of them but that is impossible they must lye in prison for ever Death gnaweth upon them for ever the second death of body and soul so strait was Dives in Hell that he asked but for a drop of water to coole his tongue and could not have it whose fare in this world was delicious and his drinke of the best wine also The Lord Iesus will come from Heaven in flaming fire rendring vengeance to them that obey not his Gospell and another grief followeth to the damned God and his Angels and his Saints shall laugh them to scorne for in this world they grieved the good spirit of the holy ghost which put Gods thoughts in their hearts and they gave place to the Devill and his evill motions they grieved the good Angels with their sins in this world and they grieved and vexed the Saints in this world the godly Ministers that taught them the word of God wept and prayed for them they vexed their godly Neighbours and godly friends which gave them good counsell and mourned for them in this world but when the day of judgment came and when the Angell of the covenant hath sworne that that time shall be no more then the Saints and Angels shall all rejoyce at Gods righteous judgments For in Heaven is no mourning although they see their brothers sisters fathers sonnes and acquaintance sent to hell by Gods justice but they shall say Just and true are thy judgments ô Lord God King of Saints for their destruction is from themselves they have made themselves the children of the Devill but while time lasteth in this world wisdome stretcheth out her hand all the day long saying Turne yee from your evill ways Why will yee die Prov. 1.20 21 22 23. ô ye sons of men The Lord desires not the death of a sinner but that he should turn from his evill ways and lay fast hold on the promises of his Son Christ Jesus and if thou wilt turn away from thy evill works and love all Gods laws with an upright heart thou shalt surely live and have all thy sins forgiven thee for the Lord Iesus suffered most cruell torments and shed his most precious bloud for those people which are truly humbled before him and which do see their sins and confesse them to God and are weary of them and desire God for Jesus Christ sake his only son to forgive them all and pray to God for help and grace to stand in his feare and love to all those people the Lord Iesus our Seviour hath made most great and precious promises wherein stands our very life and comfort and an assured hope of eternall life and salvation if we take heed unto them then be not fearfull to obey Christ Jesus commandements ô doubtfull soul For he calleth all those that be weary and heavy laden with their sins and hee will refresh them and again Fear not little flock it is your Fathers will to give you a Kingdome and again If the Son of God shall make you free you shall be free indeed and again The houre commeth when all that are in