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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65311	The righteous mans vveal and the vvicked mans vvoe by Thomas Watson.	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1662 (1662)	Wing W1141; ESTC R38521	12,956	32

Israel God puts him in this Grave betimes in mercy because he should not see the evil coming on the Land and there 's a parallel to this the 2 Kings 12 last it is spoken of Iosiah I will gather thee unto thy Fathers thou shalt be gathered unto thy grave in peace and thine eyes shall not see the evil I will bring upon this place Iosiah he dyed in battle how then was it said he went to the grave in peace We must understand the meaning of it is this Iosiah went to his Grave in peace because he was a holy man and he has made his peace with God and so he went to his grave in peace and because he should not see the evil approaching God gathered him to his grave in peace Ierom. speaking of his friend Nepotian you must observe Ierom lived to see some troubles before he dyed saith he O how happy is my friend Nepotian that sees not these troubles but is got out of the storm and is arived safe in the Haven Luther dyed in mercy before the troubles in Germany broke forth and thus you see the righteous though they dye yet it is well with them God takes them away in mercy that they may not see approaching evils 2. Though the Righteous dye and are taken away yet it is well with them because death cannot hurt them Death can neither hurt their bodies nor yet their souls and then it is well with them 1 Death cannot hurt their bodies the body of a Saint it doth not perish though it dye the bodies of the Saints are very precious dust in Gods account precious dust the Lord locks up these Jewels in the grave as in a Cabinet the bodies of the Saints lye mellowing and ripening in the grave till the blessed time of the resurrection Oh how precious is the dust of a Believer though the world mind it not yet it is precious unto God The Husbandman he hath some Corn in his Barn and he hath other Corn in the ground why the Corn that is in the ground is as precious to him as that that is in the Barn the bodies of the Saints in the grave are Gods Corn in the ground but the Lord makes very precious account of this Corn the bodys of the Saints shall be more glorious and blessed then ever 〈◊〉 were at the resurrection Turtullian he calls them Angellical bodies in regard of that beauty and lustre that shall be upon them As it is with your silks when they are dyed of a purple or scarlet colour they are made more bright and illustrous then they were before thus it is with the bodies of the Saints they shall be dyed of a better colour at the resurrection they shall be made like a glorious body Phil. 3. 20. thus it shall be well with the righteous their bodys shall not perish 2. It wall be well with the righteous at death as to their souls too Oh it will be a blessed time me thinks it is with a Saint at the time of death just as it was with St. Paul in his voyage to Rome we read that the Ship did break but though there were so many broken pieces yet he got safe to shore so though the ship of the Believers body break by death yet it is safe with the passengers his soul that gets safe to the Havenly harbour let me tell you the day of a Believers death it is the birth-day of his blessednesse it is his ascention day to Heaven the day of his death it is hi marriage day with Iesus Christ. Faith doth but con tract us here in this life is but the contract but at death then the Nuptials shall be solemnized in glory they shall see God face to face it will be Heaven enough to have a sight of God saith Austin when the Saints shall enter into joy here joy enters unto them but then they shall enter into it T●●y shall drink of those pure Rivers that run from the ●●●rlasting Fountain And thus you see it will be well with the righteous However things go though trouble come though death come yet it will go well with the righteous And oh let those that are the people of God comfort themselves with these words oh what an incouragement is this to all you that hear me to begin to be righteous this Text may tempt us all to be Godly Say unto the righteous it shall be well with him when things are never so ill with him yet it is well with him We would be glad to have things go well within our relations and in our estates why when the righteous things go well with us thy person is sealed thou art heir of all Gods promises thou art Christs favourite thou hast heaven in revertion and is it not now well with thee if you would have happiness you must espouse holiness Say unto the righteous it shall be well with them and thus much of their first proposition the Godly mans comfort in life and death it is well with him But now if all this will not prevail with you to make you leave your sins and become righteous I must passe in a few words to the next branch of the Text to scare men out of their sins to affright men out of their wickednesse woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him This my beloved is the dark side of the cloud It may cause in every wicked man that hears me a trembling at the heart Woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him The proposition that doth result out of the words is this Doct. When things seem to be well with the wicked men it shall be ill with them at last though they have more then heart can wish yet it shall be ill with them at last Ecclesiast 8. 13. It shall not be well with the wicked nor shall he prolong his dayes which are as a shadow because he fears not God it shall not be well with the wicked the God of truth hath pronounced this It is as true as God is true it shall not be well with the wicked Now that I may a litle clear this to you I shall demonstrate this to you in these four particulars 1. It is ill with the wicked in this life 2. It is ill with them at death 3. It is ill with them at the day of judgement 4. It is ill with them after judgement it shall be ill with the wicked 1. It is ill with the wicked in this life a wicked man that hears me will hardly think so when he hath the affluence and confluence of outward comforts when he eates the fat and drinkes the sweet He will hardly beleive the Minister that shall tell him it shall be ill with him but it is so For is it not ill with that man that hath a curse Yea the curse of God entailed upon him can that man ever thrive that lives under the curse of God Floods of blood and wrath hang

over the head of awicked man he is heir to all the Plagues written in the Book of God All Gods curses are the sinners portion and if he dyeth in his sin he is sure to have his portion paid him Woe unto the wicked every bit of bread he hath he hath it with a curse 't is like poison'd bread given to a dog Every drop of wine he drinketh swallows down a curse with it Woe unto the wicked there is a curse in his cup and a curse upon his table God saith Woe unto him We read of Belshazer Daniel 5. 4. 5. that he did take the wine and commanded to bring the gold and silver Vessels out of the Temple Then they brought the Golden Vessels that were taken out of the Temple out of the house of God that was at Ierusalem and the King and his Princes and his Wives and Concubines drank in them Belshazer was very jovial in the midest of his cups he was merry but Wo unto the wicked For in the same hour came forth the finger of a mans hand and reacht over the Candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the Kings Palace and the Kings countenance changed and he was troubled There was a hand and a Wo written on the wall let a sinner live till he come to an hundred years of age yet he is cursed Isa. 65. 20. his gray hairs they have a curse upon them 2. T is ill with the wicked not onely in this life but t is ill with them at the hour of death and that in these two respects 1. Death puts an end unto all his comforts 2. Death is the begining of all his miseries 1. Death puts an end unto all his comforts no more indulging and pompering the flesh then no more cups of Wine then no more Musick Revel 18. 22. The fruites thy Soul lusteth after are departed from thee All things that are dainty and good are departed from thee the voice of the Harper Musitian and Trumpeter shall be heard no more in thee 'T is spoken of the destruction of Rome so you may say of the wicked man no more joy and gladness no more Mirth and Musick all a sinners sweet spices his Scarlet Robes his sparkling Diamonds they all at death depart from him Secondly as death puts an end to a sinners mirth so it lays a foundation for all his sorrow alas before death begins to close a sinners eyes the eye of his conscience is first opened every sin at the hour of Death stands with its drawn Sword in its hand those sins that did in life delight him now they affright and terrifie him all his joy and mirth turns into sadness as sometimes you have seen Sugar lying in a damp place it doth dissolve and run to Water thus all the sugared joys of a wicked man at the hour of death turns into Water into the Water of Tears into the Water of sorrow Thirdly It shall be ill with the wicked man at the day of judgment when he is seated before Gods tribunal then be shall leave judging of others and shall stand at Gods Bar and be tryed for his life I Read concerning Felix when he heard Paul speak of judgment that Felix tro●bled Iosephus observes that Felix he was a wicked man and she that lived with him her name was Drusilla whom he intised from her Husband and lived in uncleanness with her now when Felix heard Paul Preaching of judgement he trembled Now if he trembled to hear of judgment what will he do when judgment comes when all his secret sins shall be made manifest all his Midnight wickedness shall be Written on his fore-head 〈◊〉 with the point of a Diamond At the day of judgment shall be these two things First there shall be a legal Tryal Secondly the sentence First A legal tryal God will call forth a sinner by name and say stand forth hear thy charge see what thou canst answer to this charge What canst thou say for thy Sabbath-breaking for thy murthers and drunkenness and perjury for all thy revenge and malice for all the persecuting of my Members what dost thou say Guilty or not Guilty Thou wretch thou darest not say thou art not guilty for have not I been an eye witness to all thy wickedness Do not the books agree the book of thy Conscience and the book of my Omniscience and darest thou offer to plead Not Guilty How will the sinner be amazed with horror and run into desparation Secondly After this legal process or trial follows the sentence Go ye cursed into everlasting fire What to go from the presence of Christ in whose presence is fulness of joy to go from Christ with a curse Why saith Chrysostom that very word Depart is worse then the torment it self And remember this you that go on in your sins When once this sentence is past it can never be reversed this is the most supreme Court of Judicature from which is no appeal Here on earth men remove their causes from one Court unto another from the Common-Law unto the Chancery oh but at the last day of Judgement no appeals no removing the sentence for this is the highest Court 4 It will be ill with the wicked that dye in their sins after the day of Judgement oh then there is but one way and they would be glad they might not go that way any way but to prison Oh but there is no way but to Hell Luk. 16. 23. in hell he lifted up his eyes Hell t is the very center of misery t is the very spirits of torments distilled out The Scripture tells us that in Hell there are these three things There is Fire there is darkness there are chains 1. Hell is called a place of darkness Iude 13. To whom is reserved blackness of darkness Darkness you know is the most uncomfortable thing in the world a man that goes in the dark he trembles every step he goes Hell is a black Region nothing but blackness of darkness and it must needs be a dark place where they shall be separated from the light of Gods presence Indeed Augustine he thinks there shall be some little sulpherous light there but suppose it be so that light will serve only that the damned may see the tragedy of their own misery and see themselves tormented 2. In Hell as there is darkness so there is fire it is called a burning lake Rev. 2. 15. Who was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the Lake of fire You know that fire is the most torturing Element it makes the most dreadful impression on the flesh Now Hell is a place of fire It is disputed amongst the Learned what kinde of fire it is and I wish we may never know what kind of fire it is Augustine and others affirm that it is material fire but far hotter then any fire upon your hearths that is but painted fire compared with this But I do rather think that the