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death_n	body_n	soul_n	unite_v	4,194	5	9.8657	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36355	A sermon of judgement, preached before the Queen Dowager in Her Majesties chappel at Somerset-House, on the first Sunday in Advent, being the 27th. of Novemb. 1686 / by J.D. of the Society of Jesus.	J. D. (John Dormer), 1636-1700.	1687 (1687)	Wing D1927; ESTC R8585	10,972	34

with one foo● upon the Sea the other upon the Land lifting his hand to Heaven and ●wearing by him that lives The End of Time There the over-flowing Caldron of God● Indignation Jeremy and the Prophets heartless 〈…〉 Here the ●ust trembling and almost daunted There Men or rather wandering Skeletons of Men seeking D●n and Caves and withering for fear For fear of what do you conceive And with this thought I end my first part Tell me not for the roarings of an invading Sea the howlings of the Winds in the Air the gapings of the Earth No these were not the subject of their fear These are but Summons's to Judgement They are piercing they are amazing True But to such as feel not Judgement near at hand its Judgement terrifies them They are but Messengers and it is not the Messenger but the Message which chills the Delinquent it s the horrour of Judgement which causes Men to rave for fear and beg the Mountains to fall upon them Quaerent homines mortem saith the beloved Disciple 〈…〉 Men shall seek Death and Death shall fly from them O what a Change O what an Alteration Hear and Admire Men now dread to dye and then for fear of Judgement shall dread to live they shall seek Death but Death will not be found Ah cruel Death they'd say were not their grief too excessive to speak Death ever Cruel Cruel when Men fled from thee and more Cruel now thou fliest from Men Cruel thou wert to the loft intreaties of Ladies Cruel in scorning Infants Tears Cruel to the desires of comely youth Cruel in deriding the Prayers of the Ancient Cruel in feeding upon the Carcasses of all Mankind but Crueller in thy flight than in thy approach in thy retreat than in thy onset Ah Death Death be piteous by continuing thy former Cruelty be merciful by being Death unto us and concealing us from the Eye of the enraged Judge Quaerent homines mortem Men shall seek Death Et mors fugiet ab eis and Death it self frighted at their ear shall take its flight O what apprehension then must Judgement raise which renders easie the Convulsions of Nature the disorders of the Elements the Menaces of the Heavens the deadly Symptoms of an agonizing World M●● 24. ●● Those are but Init●t dolorum The beginnings of sorrows They can but Kill and Death is now a Comfort When Life was lov●d such Evils were fear'd The terrour of Judgment drawing near Life is hated and Death coveted Yet Death at last having left none living must again withdraw and render its spoils The final call to our Tryal sounds the Voice of the Arch-Angel fills the Graves the powerful Trumpet reaches the remotest parts of Sea and Land the command of the Judge urges Heaven Hell and Earth obey Souls are united to their respective Bodies All none excepted shall Arise Omnes res●rgemus says the Apostle 1 Cor 13. ●● And for a moment I leave you in the midst of Alexanders Scipios Hannibals Caesars and Pompeys no more what they were the terrour of the World 〈…〉 but what they are sinking for fear Potentissimi quondam Reges nudo latere palpitabunt says St. Jerome The hearts of the once most powerful now naked Kings shall beat and palpitate Vouchsafe to recollect your selves for the hearing the Tryal and Sentence in my second part to which I now come TUnc videbunt filium hominis c. Then they shall see c. Your attention beloved Brethren your attention The much I have said to what I have to say is little Now the Scene of Terrour is opening The rest was but a Prelude Now for Life and Death and that Eternal Judgement begins and the Tryal will be as Impartial as the Judge is above Bribe Mistake or Passion The Souls united to their Bodies those of the Damned with greater violence than ever they were separated with reproachful Curses charging each other an effect of sinful Friendship as being the cause of their Perdition shall be placed in the Valley of Josaphat interpreted Valley of Judgement to the fulfilling the Prophecy of Joel 3.2 and verse 14. stiled Vallis concisionis The Valley of Slaughter The Souls and Bodies of the Just gre●ting each other with a Reciprocal Love and Joy shall be rais'd into the Air both giving their Appearance in way to a Tryal And the Judge in order to the same likewise appears all like themselves the Wicked burning with confusion the Just replenished with considence and the Judge attended by innumerable Legions of Angels with the Crown of Majesty on his Head the Scepter of Power in his Hand shall seat himself on his Throne and Judgement begins Tunc videbunt Then they shall see And Tunc Plangent Then they shall weep 〈…〉 Omnes Tribus Terrae All the Tribes the Adorers of the Earth compell'd to appear in Judgement The first Ceremony used in our Criminal Causes I conceive may be practised there Hold up your Hand that is your works O Reprobates Hold up your Hand Guilty or not Guilty Pardon my forwardness I mistook Guilty or Not Guilty will not be question'd there And why so The Reason is clear to plead Guilty and so pretend to Mercy it is too late the time of Clemency is pass'd it is a day of Justice Anger and Revenge To be Guilty and plead Not Guilty before an All-knowing Judge where every one comes in Witness against himself is vain The Tryal will be orderly the Evidence without exception and what I set out by parts will be done in a Moment and therefore the more surprising Tunc plangent Then they shall weep and to the increase of their unhappiness their Tears shall be a proof of their guilt Tract ●● Planctus says Origen ad hoc erit ut sponte contra se sententiam proferant seipsos condemnent Their weeping shall serve for a spontaneous Sentencing and Condemning themselves Tears of Guilt and not Repentance The Judge shall examine and they shall weep Redde Rationem sayes the Judge Luke 16.2 An account all you who I intrusted with the Government of the World you who I made accountable to none are now to be accountable to me of what Nature were your Decrees Statutes and Laws How was Justice observ●d what Officers were employ'd were you guided by Flattery or Truth by Passion or by Conscience was Vice discountenanc'd was Virtue encourag●d wa● Religion protected you were glorious but were you Pious often at Balls but how often at Sermons and Prayers They weep Redde rationem An account O Prelates of the Church were you call●d as Aaron or did you intrude did you feed your Flock or fatten your selves was your hand stretched out to Almes or to fill your Coffers were you a Peter or were you a Simon were Benefices and Church-Livings confer'd on the Unworthy and who would give most or to the worthy and who either could or would give nothing They weep An account O Priest