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A34575	The great necessity of preparation for death and judgment a sermon preached in the parochial chappel of Macclesfield, in the county palatine of Chester, at the funeral of Mr. John Corker, als Cor Cor, of Hurdesfield, on the eleventh day of November, 1693, and since revised and enlarg'd at the request of the relations of the deceased / by Samuel Corker, als Cor Cor ...	Corker, Samuel, 1645 or 6-1713.	1695 (1695)	Wing C6307; ESTC R9062	80,354	95

enter into the Kingdom of Heaven John 3.3 except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish except ye be born again ye cannot see the Kingdom of God All Births are painful Chap. 16.21 Gal. 4.19 both the Natural and Supernatural but nothing is too hard for Omnipotency He can cause dry Bones to live and if we set our selves in earnest to amend our ways and doings and to implore the help of his Grace he will send his holy Spirit to invigorate and assist us with Divine Aids and infuse every Grace into the Soul which constitutes the Divine Nature The Conversion of a Sinner is a work purely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from above 1. Pet. 1.23 We are born again not of corruptible Seed but of that which is incoruptible and are sanctified and cleansed by the washing of Regeneration Tit. 3.5 and renewing of the H. Ghost and so made meet for our Lords Appearance 2. By Faith in Christ This Peace of Reconciliation with God may be obtained by a firm and stedfast belief that our Lord Jesus Christ hath appeased his Fathers Anger satisfied the Demands of his Justice slain the Enmity established a steady Friendship between God and us and purchased eternal Life and Salvation for us God the Father hath promised him in the Covenant of Redemption Rom. 3.25 to be a Propitiation through Faith in his Blood and it is by the Blood of his Cross that he made Peace as the Apostle affirmeth Coloss 1.20 for without shedding of Blood there could be no Expiation or Remission of Sins Therefore he became obedient to the accursed Death of the Cross that by the bloody Sacrifice of himself there once offered Heb. 9.14 he might perfect for ever them that are sanctified and do all that was necessary for their acceptation with God and the forgiveness of their Sins But altho' he hath done this for us yet it is Faith on our part which must lay hold of the Value and Merit of his Sacrifice and Suffering and apply the Benefit which he hath purchased for us God is the principal Efficient Christ the Meritorius and Faith the Instrumental Cause of our Justification the Accomplishment whereof is by Faith and not by Works By the Deeds of the Law there shall be no Flesh justified Rom. 3.20 and acquitted from Condemnation in the Court of Heaven and accounted righteous in the sight of God for by the Law cometh the knowledge of sin and a more exact and perfect Discovery of the nature and turpitude thereof than the Light of Nature could afford But there is another way of becoming righteous which is of God's Ordination and Appointment and which alone he will accept by Faith Being justified by Faith Rom. 5.1 we have Peace with God with whom before we were at Enmity as the Apostle testifies But now we are reconciled Coloss 1.21 Ephes 2.14 2 Cor. 5.18 19 by the Blood of his Gross and the Merit of his Death for he is our Peace and hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the Ministry of Reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the World to himself and by Faith in him we become righteous in the sight of God Tit. 3.5 Jam. 2.22 Acts 15.9 not by any works of righteousness which we have done but by a lively operative Faith which is made perfect by Works and purifieth the Heart and bringeth forth the good Fruits of Sanctification and new Obedience in Life and Conversation This is that Divine Grace which renders God propitious to us and our Persons and Religious Services acceptable to him Without which it is impossible to please him Heb. 11.6 This is the Shield wherewith we shall be able to quench the fiery Darts of the Wicked Mat. 13.19 i. e. the Devil who is denominated 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Wicked One because it is a Name that fitly denotes his spiteful malicious nature his desire to vex and annoy us with his violent Temptations wherewith he and his wicked Instruments fiercely assault us this is that part of our spiritual Armour by which we become victorious over the Fears and Terrors the Hopes and Joys the Temptations and Desires of this World which are the great Obstructions and Hinderances of our Obedience 1 John 5.4 This is the Victory that overcometh the World even our Faith By the assistance of this heavenly Vertue we are enabled to live above the World and despise the Pomps and Vanities of it because it represents unto our Minds * Heb. 11.1 invisible Glories and Felicities all the Riches and Treasures of Heaven and the future Recompences of Reward For this cause we faint not tho' our outward man decay 2 Cor. 4.16.18 our inward is renewed day by day whilst we look not at the things that are seen but at the things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard nor have entred into the heart of Man to conceive For the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal This is that Fruit of the Spirit which gives us Union and Communion with Christ Ephes 3.17 John 3.15 16. and entitles us to Eternal Bliss to live for ever with the Lord. Whosoever believes on him and commits the Care of his Soul unto him relying on him alone for Salvation hath such an Interest in him that he is not afraid of being condemned by the severe Judge at his Appearing He that over-cometh Rev. 21.7 8. shall inherit all things and I will be his God to love and glorifie him and he shall be my Son to inherit all the Joys and Happiness of Heaven and to live with me for ever but the fearful and the unbelieving shall have their parts with the Abominable and Murtherers and Whoremongers and Sorcerers and all Liars in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone which is the second Death 3. By Prayer this is the most effectual means which God hath consecrated for receiving the highest Blessings for the obtaining of Peace with him and to compleat our Reconciliation Haec vis Deo grata est Tert. Salvation is not to be obtained without great vehemency in Devotion This violence which we offer to God in fervent Prayer is very grateful to him Jam. 5.16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man is very prevalent with God for obtaining of what is desired When God had determined to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbouring Cities by raining down Fire and Brimstone from Heaven upon them to consume them for their filthy lusts Abraham by his powerful intercessions had most certainly averted Gods indignation from those wicked people if there could have been found but Ten Righteous Persons among them Hereby Jacob in his conflict with the Angel of the Covenant wrestled so vigorously that he obtained the Victory and had the name Israel given him Gen. 32.28 For saith the Text

are all extinct in the Dust and mouldred to Atoms as are also those Triple Mitred Popes that from the time of Gregorius Magnus the last of the good and first of the bad to this day have filled the Roman Chair and affected the Title of Oecumenical Bishops and claimed an exorbitant Power and Supremacy over the Church of Christ and made Europe to tremble with their dreadful Fulminations But they have all found that there is a Hell for the Unrighteous and a Heaven for the Just but no Purgatory save that of the Blood of Christ which purgeth from all sin These are manifest proofs that Death is not to be avoided 'T is our wisdom then to prepare for it for by that means tho it be formidable to Nature yet the sting thereof is taken away and we may be rather said to fall asleep then to die to sleep in Jesus and go to a blessed and glorious immortality v. Holiness which is the best preparation for Death and Judgment the noblest qualification for Happiness is absolutely necessary for none but holy Souls shall stand with comfort before the Judgment Seat of Christ only they that have walked uprightly and wrought righteousness shall stand in God's presence Ps 15.1 2.24.3 4 5. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord who shall stand in his holy place he that hath clean hands and a pure heart whose life and actions are holy and unblamable who hath not lift up his eyes to vanity nor sworn deceitfully he shall receive the blessing from the Lord Grace and Glory and all other good things which are promised to them that walk uprightly and Righteousness together with the blessed fruits and rewards of it and those benefits which flow from it from the God of his salvation Mat. 5.8 Our Saviour pronounceth Holy Men blessed Blessed are the pure in heart who are they who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sin The very best of Christians are not able to say sincerely and truly that they are free from all guilt and pollution of sin in heart and life Such only then come under this denomination who being purified from all filthiness in the precious Blood of Christ are of a sincere and upright heart and conversation though they be not legally pure and free from all sin yet the bent of their heart is after holyness or to speak in the words of a Reverend Divine upon this Beatitude Mr. Norris They are such as relate not only to the external conduct of their lives but also the inward frame and habitude of their mind and conform not only their actions but their wills and desires thoughts and affections to the rule of the divine Law and to the dictates of the internal light of God in the Soul Such as sanctifie the Lord in their hearts and compose the inward recesses of their Souls into an awe and reverence of the Divine Presence set a law to their intellectual powers and suffer not the least thought or passion to violate the order either of Reason or Grace Such holy Souls as these shall have the happiness to see God in the Beatifical Vision of him in Glory They have an imperfect view of him in his Creatures and in his Ordinances They now see as St. 1 Cor. 13.12 Paul saith through a Glass darkly but hereafter they shall see him face to face and be abundantly satisfied with his presence and glory to all eternity and their joy shall no man take from them Joh. 16.22 neither shall any be sharers with them in it but such only as are qualified for heaven by universal holiness Rev. 21.27 for there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth it no close Hypocrite no scandalous Sinner no unclean person that hath not by a holy life separated himself from all sin and wickedness and dedicated himself to God shall enter into that holy place 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Be not deceived neither Fornicators nor Idolators nor Adulterers nor effeminate persons nor abusers of themselves with mankind nor Thieves nor Covetous nor Drunkards nor Extortioners Gal. 5.19 nor any other sinners that are guilty of the works of the flesh shall without sincere repentance enter into the Kingdom of God of which I tell you before before the day of Death and Judgment come when you will experimentally find what is here said to be true Eph 5.5 Col. 3.6 That no such workers of Iniquity shall have any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God But suppose they should be admitted into that blessed place they would there find nothing that would be grateful to them For the joys of Heaven are all pure and spiritual and upon that account cannot possibly afford any satisfaction to their carnal minds The immaterial felicities of the upper world agree not at all to their sensual desires neither would they find any complacency in those pure and refined delights because there is no suitableness in them to their constitutions and inclinations which are wholy bent to the gross and transient satisfactions of this world which perish in the using like crackling of Thorns under a Pot that make a blaze for a little while and then suddenly vanish away All the Beatitudes of Heaven both in their nature and degree are congruous only to the dispositions of the Saints and suitable to their natures to the divine principle of purity communicated to them by God they are not at all agreeable to the minds of wicked men and it is as unreasonable to think that such men can enter into heaven without vertuous habits and holy dispositions and divine graces as to think that a Lamp can burn without Oyl to maintain the flame Heaven is the habitation of the Holy God of spotless Angels and glorified Souls 't is the Region of the purest Vertue and the most perfect Holiness If ever therefore we desire to enter into it and to enjoy God in that blifsful place we must make it our chiefest business to purifie our selves even as he is pure for there is no enjoying him but by becoming like him Heb. 12.14 without holiness no man shall see the Lord. We can have no union to no communion with or enjoyment of God either in Grace or Glory without Holyness that we may therefore be ready to meet our Lord we must follow i. e. vigorously pursue Righteousness 2 Tim. 2.22 1 Thes 5.15 Faith Charity Peace and that which is good for so an entrance shall be administred unto us abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Having thus shewed wherein this preparation and readiness for Death and Judgment doth consist and also manifested the indispensible necessity of it I proceed to consider 2. The cogent Motive or Argument which our Lord propounds to quicken our zeal and diligence in making