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A58888	A discoverie of the vvorld to come according to the Scriptures the first part thereof being didactical, or such as contains a form of positive doctrine : wherein 1. The doctrine of the world to come is propounded, explicated, confirmed, and applyed in a more familiar method then formerly hath been observed, 2. The doctrine of millenaries, touching a new reformed church in the latter times, which they call a new world, is confuted, 3. Sundry passages of holy writ are interpreted in reference to the world to come, which have been formerly wrested, and forced in a wrong sense / written by J. Seager...	Seager, J. (John)	1650 (1650)	Wing S2172; ESTC R32635	182,162	318

illustrated in the Gospel by the separation of goats from sheep Mat. 25. 32. as also by the severing of the bad fish from the good Mat. 13. 49. Now by reason of this everlasting separation of theirs from all Union and Communion with God with Christ and the Saints they shall never have any experience of Gods Goodness Mercy and Love towards them in Christ Neither shall they ever have any experience of the Saints favour and fellowship but shall still abide under the wrath of God And so this everlasting separation of theirs will be unto them an everlasting Death and this Death is called in Scripture the second Death Rev. 20. 6 14. because it shall follow immediately upon the destruction of the first death For the natural death of mankind which is the first death shall be destroyed at the general Resurrection and thereupon shall begin this the second Death It is called everlasting punishment Mat. 25. 46. because it shall be such a punishment to those that shall suffer it And it is called a lake of fire Rev. 20. 14 everlasting fire Mat. 25. 41. everlasting burnings Isai 33. 14. because all that shall suffer it shall be everlastingly tormented with it as it were with fire Thus we may understand the Nature of thiâ— Death Secondly Touching the Certainty of it I affirm That Reprobates shall most certainly suffer this everlasting Death in the World to come As may be made good by these Arguments 1. They who shall not have their names found in the Book of Life shall suffer everlasting Death in the World to come Rev. 20. 15. But Reprobates shall not have their names found in the Book of Life Ergo. 2. They that are appointed unto wrath shall suffer everlasting Death in the World to come But Reprobates are appointed unto wrath 1 Thes 5. 9. Ergo. 3. They that are vessels of wrath shall suffer everlasting Death in the World to come But Reprobates are vessels of wrath Rom. 9. 22. Ergo. 4. They that will never beleeve effectually shall dye in the guilt of their sins and so suffer everlasting Death in the World to come John 8. vers 24. But Reprobates will never beleeve effectually Ergo. 5. They that will never unfeignedly repent and so turn from their evil ways shall suffer everlasting Death in the World to come as may appear Ezek. 3. 19. 18. 20. But Reprobates will never unfeignedly repent and so turn from their evil ways Ergo. 6. They that will Apostatize and grow worse and worse shall suffer everlasting Death in the World to come as may appear Ezek. 3. 20. 18. 24. But Reprobates will still Apostatize and grow worse and worse 2 Tim. 3. 13. Ergo. 7. They that will still hate wholesom reproof shall suffer eternal Death in the World to come according to that of Solomon He that hateth reproof shall dye Prov. 15. 10. But Rebrobates will still hate reproof while they shall remain here Ergo. 8. They that will still and finally be wicked persons shall suffer eternal Death in the World to come according to that of the Lord O wicked man thou shalt surely dye Ezek. 33. 8. But Reprobates will still and finally be wicked persons Ergo. 9. They that will still despise Gods Ways and Commandments shall be sure to suffer everlasting Death in the World to come as Solomon saith He that despiseth his Ways shall dye Prov. 19. 16. But Reprobates will still thus do while they shall remain in this world Ergo. Thirdly Touching the Causes of it I affirm 1. That the Efficient Cause of this their Death shall be the whole Trinity God Father Son and Holy Ghost For it is said concerning wicked Reprobates That God hath prepared for them the instruments of death Psal 7. 13. And that he will kill their children with death Rev. 2 23. And if the whole Trinity will do this then it is the whole Trinity that shall inflict eternal Death upon Reprobates in the World to come 2. That the Meritorious Cause hereof is and shall be sin for sin only and every sin in its own nature deserves death both temporal and eternal as it is written Death entred by sin Rom. 5. 12. The wages of sin is death Rom. 6. 23. The Soul that sinneth shall dye Ezek. 18. 20. And though it be true that all such as have or shall have their sins pardoned through Christ shall escape eternal Death notwithstanding the desert of their sin yet it is most certain that Reprobates shall suffer this Death in the World to come even for their sin as the Meritorious Cause thereof and then they shall acknowledg that every sin of theirs hath brought this Death upon them 3. That the Final Cause of it shall be the Glory of Gods Justice for he shall punish them with everlasting Death that he may manifest the Glory of his Justice upon them and that all men may see his Righteousness This latter Proposition may inform us as before 1. That it had been good for Reprobates if they Vse had never been born for if they had never been born they could never have suffered everlasting Death But now seeing they have been are or shall be al born this death shall seize upon them 2. That it will be worse with such in the World to come then it can be with them in this world for here they can suffer no other then a temporal death but hereafter they shall suffer eternal death not without cause but for their sins 3. That all men living in the body should take some speedy course for their own safety that they be preserved from eternal death for I know that none of us are willing to suffer this death with Reprobates in the World to come and the Word of God prescribes a way for the avoyding of it And therefore all should take this way or this course for their own safety and preservation Object But what course must we take for to preserve our selves from this eternal death Sol. First We must earnestly pray to have our sins pardoned as our Saviour hath taught us in his Prayer and this pardon of sin will preserve us from eternal death as may appear by that speech of Nathan to David God hath put away thy sin thou shalt not dye 2 Sam. 12. as if he had said Though thou mayst and must dye a temporal death yet thou shalt not dye an eternal death because God hath pardoned thy sin Secondly Because this pardon of sin cannot be obtained without a lively faith in Christ we must in the next place labour and pray for this faith and such a faith as this will preserve us from eternal death as may appear by that saying of Christ to Martha Whosoever liveth and beleeveth in me he shall not dye Joh. 11. 26. that is though he dye a temporal death yet he shall not an eternal death because he beleeveth in me Thirdly Because our faith cannot be good without repentance we must also labour for a

ears and turning their â—ars from the truth are turned unto fables There 2 Pet. 2. 2. â—re many that follow the pernicious ways of Seducers by reason of whom the way of truth is evil spoken of And there are many that are lovers of 2 Tim. 3. 2 3 4 5. their own selves covetous boasters proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankeful unholy without natural affection truce-breachers false accusers incontinent fierce despisers of those that are good traytors heady high-minded lovers of pleasures more then lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof And as it is an evil world at this day by reason of sin so we may well expect that it shall grow worse and worse towards its end and dissolution because our Saviour hath said That towards the end iniquity shall abound and the love of many shall wax cold Mat. 24. 12. wherefore we may well acknowledg this present world to be evil in respect of sin The second thing which proves this present world to be evil is pain or punishment whereof also there is much to be found and as long as a man lives in this world his flesh upon him shall have pain and his soul within him shall mourn Job 14. 22. Sin and punishment are as the cause and the effect as the mother and the daughter the one leads the way the other drags after the one makes men merry for the present the other makes them mourn afterward and as all men living have sinned so they do all suffer for their sin more or less in one kind or other only with this difference those pains which are suffered by Gods Elect in this world are truly said to be castigatory and such as do prepare them for eternal Salvation but those which are suffered by the rest are truly said to be vindicatory and such as do prepare them for eternal wrath And the pains of this life are either inward such as are inflicted upon the Soul or inward man or else outward such as are inflicted upon the body or outward estate of man But if any desire to have a particular accompt of the pains of this life he must hear and observe the several plaints and cries of all particular persons and so you shall have one to cry out Oh my head another Oh my eye another Oh my tooth another Oh my heart another Oh my back another Oh my bones another Oh my bowels another Oh my thigh another Oh my foot You shall have one to complain of the Fever another of the Plurisie another of the Dropsie another of the Palsie another of the Stone another of the Strangury another of the Gout You shall hear one bewail his corporal blindness another his deafness another his lameness another his poverty another his oppression another his losses another his imprisonment another his banishment And perchance you shall have another say The graves are ready for me and the pains of death or the pains of Hell are upon me Thus lust when it hath conceived bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death Jam. 1. 15. Yea not only man himself doth thus suffer for his sin in this world but also other creatures do suffer pain for mans sake and the whole Creation is in pain and groans to be delivered from that bondage of corruption which the sin of man hath brought upon it Rom. 8. Now all pain or punishment is evil in its own nature Mat. 6. 13. That which helps to make the days of our pilgrimage to be few and evil Gen. 47. 9. And all the days of the afflicted are evil Prov. 15. 15. And consequently this present world that hath so much pain or punishment in it must needs be evil in this respect And if here it should be asked Whether the latter days of this world shall not be better then the former and more free from pain and punishment My Answer should be I think they shall not because our Savior hath foretold us of many painful evils that shall happen towards the end of this world as of Wars and rumours of Mat. 24. 6 7 10 30. Wars of Famines Pestilences and Earthquakes in divers places of the rising of Nation against Nation and Kingdom against Kingdom of the rising of parents against their children and children against their parents of hating and betraying one another and sheweth That at the very time of his second appearing all the Tribes of the Earth shall mourn and doubtless they shall then mourn not only by reason of sin but also by reason of pain and punishment that shall be then upon them Wherefore I infer from what hath been said That this present world is evil and is likely to beget worse both in respect of sin and also in respect of pain or punishment Yet I find in some Books printed of late years Vse that some men have dreamed of a great change in this world before the end not for the worse but for the better they say That this old world in its latter age and towards its end shall grow better and be more free from sin and pain then ever it was for say they Upon the fall of Antichrist there shall be a National Conversion of the Jews and thereupon shall follow a great Conversion of the Gentiles and such a golden age for holiness and happiness as never hath been Yea some of them have said That there shall be a Reformation-change all the world over at least in Discipline before its end But I would tell such Dreamers Surely a deep sleep is fallen upon you you sleep in the day of spiritual light and not in the night of spiritual darkness as others do you are more swayed by the letter then by the proper sence and scope of those Scriptures which you bring for the proof of that phantastical New-World of which you speak you balk the New-Testament and hide your selves under the dark Prophecies of the Old whereas you should consider that Christ and his Apostles have so clearly interpreted the Prophets as touching the latter times and have so fully stated the evil and perillous condition of them that we need not appeal from them to the Prophets in this Argument And whereas in your printed pages you quote divers passages out of the 11 Chapter to the Romans as if they were pat and sure for your opinion I would tell you also That you much mistake the proper occasion and scope of that Chapter for you should know that the Apostle in the said Chapter doth speak of the Jews of his present time and not of a latter off-spring of them as may appear vers 5. and that the Jews of his then present time were some of them of Gods Election and others not vers 7. and that those of the Election were some of them converted and others were not vers 14. but as for such as were unconverted among them he was willing to convert and save them and had

the same day with the second Coming of Christ as appears 1 Thes 4. 16. and for this cause it is said That the dead shall rise and be raised at the last day Joh. 6. 39 40 54. and 11. 24. where the day of Christs second Coming is called the last day not absolutely but respectively as I conceive because it shall be the first and last day of that nature and kind And though Zach. 14. we know not this day as we know other days by way of computation from the beginning yet we must know it to be the last day in the former sence Eighthly It informeth us That the last Resurrection 8 Informat shall produce a great change in or upon the bodies of men women and children For though in this Resurrection of which I speak our bodies shall be the same with these 1. For Essence because whatsoever is essential to these shall be essential to them as head and ears eyes hands and feet c. 2. For Propriety because every one shall receive his own body again 1 Cor. 15. as God shall give unto every dead seed it s own body and so we shall see Christ not with other but with these same eyes Job 19. 27. Yet in the last Resurrection our bodies shall not be the same with these either 1. For Substance because the substance of these shall perish and be brought to dust Gen. 3. and the substance of those shall be formed and raised as is probable out of the dust of these not out of the substance of them Indeed those bodies of men which have been translated without death and those bodies of men which shall be changed without death probably shall have the same substance in the World to come which now they have But I speak here of the dead bodies of men and do not think that they shall be the same for substance with these which now we have for the Reason before alledged 2. Neither shall our bodies in the last Resurrection be the same with these for Qualities because they shall be changed in this respect For whereas 1. These bodies are corruptible those shall be incorruptible 2. These bodies are mortal those shall be imâ—ortal 1 Cor. 15. 42 43 44. Phil. 3. 21. 3. These bodies are weak and frail those shall â—e strong and able 4. These bodies are deformed and vile those â—hall be well formed 5. These bodies are natural those shall be spiâ—itual 6. These are it may be imperfect for stature or â—imbs those shall be perfect in both respects And thus the last Resurrection shall produce a great change in or upon the bodies of dead men and women Being thus informed touching the last Resurrection we should be admonished from hence to beware of all erroneous opinions in reference to this Subject As 1. If any think there shall be no such Resurrection Vse as the Sadduces thought Mat. 22. 23. as some Philosophers Epicureans and Stoicks thought Acts 17. 18. and as some amongst the Corinthians thought 1 Cor. 15. 12. This is an erroneous opinion contrary to the Informations before given and we should beware of it because they who thus think are not much better then Atheists but are much worse then some Pagans in former times who acknowledged the Resurrection of the dead and an everlasting life after death 2. If any think this Resurrection is past already with Hyminetus and Philetus 2 Tim. 2. 18. This is an erroneous opinion too and we should beware of it because they who thus think conceive that either the Scripture speaks of no other Resurrection but a spiritual Resurrection or of no other Resurrection but such corporal resurrections as haâ—â— been heretofore whereas it hath been shewed bâ—fore That the Scripture doth plainly distinguish thâ— last Resurrection from both these 3. If any think that the reasonable soul of maâ— is mortal and shall dye with the body it is an erroâ—â— not only against those plain places of Scriptuâ—â— Psal 16. Luke 23. Luke 16. which teaches That the Souls of Christ of the penitent Thief of Dives and Lazarus were living while their bodies were dead but also against thâ— doctrine of the last Resurrection For if these soulâ— of men should dye with their bodies what betteâ— reason can there be given for the resurrection oâ— dead men then may be given for the resurrection oâ— dead beasts birds and fishes wherefore beware oâ— this opinion 4. If any think that dead beasts as well as dead men shall rise again at the last day they are much deceived also as may appear by what hath been said before in this Section and this brutish conceit is a plain denyal of that difference which Solomon puts betwixt a man and a beast in their death Eccl. 3. 21. and shews themselves to be ignorant of it therefore beware of it 5. If any think that the dead in Christ shall rise a thousand years before those men which are dead out of Christ we must take this for an error too though it hath many friends because the Word of God teacheth us to allow but one day for the last Resurrection called the last day Joh. 6. 39 40 54. and 11. 24. in which this great Work shall be finished How then can the dead in Christ rise a thousand years before the rest of the dead unless this one last day shall contain a thousand years from the morning to the evening of it which I suppose none of them will acknowledg for a truth Wherefore when it is said The dead in Christ shall rise first 1 Thess 4. 16. we must understand that they shall rise first in â—rder of dignity if not first in time as we said before And suppose they shall rise some moment of time â—efore the rest of the dead yet we have no reason â—o think that they shall rise a thousand years before â—hem And whereas it is said The rest of the dead â—ived not again until the thousand years were exâ—ired Revel 20. we are to understand that Saint â—ohn in this place and in the Context doth acquaint â—s with two sorts of dead men viz. some are dead â—n Christ and these are yet alive in him and shall â—ive with him in Heaven by virtue of their spiritual Resurrection until the thousand years there spoken â—f shall be expired And others are dead out of Christ and these shall never live by virtue of a spiâ—itual Resurrection neither shall they live again by â—irtue of a corporal Resurrection until the thouâ—and years before mentioned shall be expired And â—f this be the true meaning of the place as I conceive â—â— is it makes nothing at all for this last Opinion â—ut proves it rather to be erroneous and therefore we should take heed of it Again This Doctrine touching the last Resurâ—ection should exhort and stir us up to divers duâ—ies As 1. To beleeve the last Resurrection seeing we have so many Scriptures to confirm it for when our Saviour had

shall 2 Proposit have a poor estate in the World to come which may be thus confirmed 1. They that have no riches purchased for them to be enjoyed in the World to come shall have a poor estate in that world but Reprobates have no riches purchased for them to be enjoyed in the world to come Ergo They shall have a poor estate in that world 2. They that shall have no inheritance with the Saints in the world to come shall have a poor estate in the world now Reprobates shall have no inheritance with the Saints in the world to come as appeareth 1 Cor. 6. 9. Gal. 5. 21. Ephes 5 5. which threats shall be executed only on Reprobates who shall finally be found to be such unrighteous and wicked livers Ergo. 3. They that shall inherit nothing in the World to come but the reward of their folly shall have a poor estate in that world But Reprobates shall inherit nothing in the World to come but the reward of their folly as appeareth Prov. 14. 18. Ergo. 4. They that shall have no portion of wealth but in this world shall have but a poor estate in the World to come Now Reprobates shall have a portion of wealth but in this world as I gather from that of the Prophet where he prayeth to be delivered from the men of the world which have their portion in this life whose belly God filleth with his hid treasure Psal 17. 14. Ergo. 5. They that shall have their wealth perish with them shall have but a poor estate in the World to come Now Reprobates shall have their wealth perish with them as it was said to Simon Magus Thy money perish with thee Acts 8. 20. Ergo. 6. They that shall have their part and portion hereafter in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone shall have a poor estate in the World to come But Reprobates shall have their part and portion hereafter in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone Rev. 21. 8. Ergo. 7. They that shall be filled with want in the World to come shall have a poor estate in that world But Reprobates shall be filled with want in the world to come Prov. 13. 25. Ergo. 8. They whose portion in the world to come shall be to drink still of the cup of Gods wrath shall have a poor estate in that world But it shall be the portion of Reprobates in the world to come to drink still of the cup of Gods wrath Psal 11. 6. Erg. And this latter Proposition thus confirmed may be Vse useful too As First It may inform us That none should envy the prosperity of wicked men in this world so as to grudg and be grieved at it And that for these Reasons 1. It is no new thing to hear of worldly wealth and riches conferred on the wicked sort in this world For scoffing Ishmael prophane Esau churlish Nabal had a large portion of worldly wealth conferred on them and our Saviour speaks of a foolish man who had such an increase of worldly wealth that he knew not what to do with it Luk. 12. 17. and cursed Dives was so rich in worldly substance that he was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day Luk. 16. 19. Yea it is ordinary at this day to find the wicked sort amongst the richer sort of this world And if this be no new thing we have the less cause to grudg and murmur at it 2. It is by the hand of divine Providence that the wicked sort are made rich in this world For the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up 1 Sam. 2. 7. He it is that filleth their bellies with his hid treasure Psal 17. 14. Now the Lord is a free Dispensator and may do with his own as pleaseth him And why should our eye be evil because his is good 3. The worldly wealth of the wicked is sometimes at least a Judgment of God upon them according to that of Solomon There is a sore evil which I have seen under the Sun namely riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt Eccl. 5. 13. And why should we envy the Judgment of God upon them 4. The worldly wealth of the wicked is sometimes at least cursed unto them For God doth curse them in their basket and in their store in the fruit of their land in the increase of their kine and the flocks of their sheep Deut. 28. 17 18. And why should we envy the Curse of God upon them 5. The worldly wealth of the wicked may be of short continuance and be soon taken from them according to that of the Prophet I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay-tree Yet he passed away and lo he was not yea I sought him but he could not be found Psal 37. 35 36. Though they have swallowed down riches yet they shall vomit them up again God shall cast them out of their belly Job 20. 15. Or their riches may perish by evil travel Eccles 5. 14. And why should we envy their short prosperity 6. The worldly wealth of the wicked may fall by inheritance unto the godly and to such as shall make a good use thereof according to that of Solomon The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just Prov. 13. 22. And he that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance he shall gather it for him that will pitty the poor Prov. 28. 8. And if so we have the less cause to grudg at their wealth 7. It is possible that some yea many wicked rich persons may be brought to repentance before their death and so may honour the Lord with their substance as well as others And if so then we shall have more cause to rejoyce then to grieve for that they are or have been so rich in this world 8. But suppose the worst that many or any wicked rich persons shal never be brought to repentance but shall dye out of Gods favour and so be found Reprobates in the world to come what then Surely then wo shall be unto them according to that of our Saviour Wo unto you that are rich for you have received your consolation Luk. 6. 24. Then they shall wish that they had never been rich in this world then they shall be brought into a very poor estate and condition yea then they shall not only be countable to God for their riches according to that in the Parable Give account of thy stewardship but also shall be punished for the abuse of them according to that of S. James Go too now ye rich men weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you Your riches are corrupted and your garments moth-eaten Your gold and silver is cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire ye have heaped treasure together for the last days Jam. 5. 1 2

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