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B03760	Christ's last sermon, or, The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the world to come. Exactly describing the everlasting, blessed, and happy condition of the children of God in glory for ever: with the everlasting, endlesse, and caseless [sic] condition of wicked men in the world to come forever. Set forth for the comfort of the godly, and for the terror of the ungodly. / By a godly, able and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, J.H.	Hart, John, D.D.	1664 (1664)	Wing H940B; ESTC R177841	23,456	47

a rich tr●●sury the store-house of God himself into 〈◊〉 which he hath been treasuring up for his Sai● from the foundation of the world I might much larger herein but I will conclude all i● word or two of Application Is it so then that those mansions of Glory p●●● pared by Christ for Believers in Heaven 〈◊〉 abundantly recompense and make good all 〈◊〉 Losses and Crosses which Believers meet with in the World The I beseech you set your fections upon things above and not on things low You see we live in slippery times we ca● not say that any thing is certain here O th● labour to be sure of something hereafter If th● canst not keep thy earthly inheritance then bout to get an inheritance in heaven Secondly for I must be brief If there be s●● glorious mansions in heaven then labour to p●●● pare your souls for heaven But how shall we this may some say I answer These five way 1. Wouldst thou prepare thy self for heav●● be fruitfull then in well doing alwayes abounding in the works of the Lord be sure to get that work done which God sent you into the world to do growing in grace is going to heaven and grace here will make you fit and meet for glory hereafter 2. Would you prepare for heaven labour to purge your selves then from all sin by being unpotted in the world for as Heaven is a place of happiness so it is a place of holiness into which nothing that is unclean can enter it is only the ●ure in heart that shall see God Mat. 5.8 3. Would you prepare for heaven then get ●our selves into a posture of readinesse to leave he world and go to Heaven every day that ●ou may up and be gone when ever death calls ●or you so that when death comes you may ●ave nothing to do but to die Death will not ●ait when he cometh if ye are not fit to die ye ●re not fit for heaven death will not carry that ●oul to heaven that is not ready when he comes ●f you are not ready to die when ever death ●omes let me tell you ye are not fit to live in a●other world You know not at what hour Christ ●ay come or send his messenger Death for you ●erefore be alwayes ready for heaven because ●eaven is alwayes ready for you When the ●idegroom came they that had Oil in their ●mps grace in their hearts they went in to the ●●riage but for those that wanted oil the door was shut against them and they were shut from the marriage-feast They that have la●● without oil profession without grace shall ●ver enter into Heaven 4. Would you prepare for Heaven then your title to Heaven cleared and confirme●● you what man is there that having purch●● a great Estate that will be so foolish as n●● get a sure title to what he hath purchased 〈◊〉 we are strangers and pilgrims as all our fa●● were but heaven that 's our home our coun● our Fathers House our Inheritance O should we then labour to make that sure to souls and having made that sure labour in the next place to keep up your Evide●●● First keep your Evidences for Heaven and fair for Satan will endeavour to blot t●● Secondly keep them safe the Devil wi●● them from you if he can and if ye lose Evidences what have you to shew for Hea●●● If your writings be lost how will you get Inheritance Then whatsoever you do ge●●surance of heaven for first assurance of he will take off your hearts from the world rance of those things above will make you ●ing to part with all things here below co●● you in all your tribulations and bear up hearts under all discouragements as it did vids Jobs and Pauls Evidence for Heaven lie warm at your hearts when naturall hea●●● ●…yes when you lie upon your death beds they ●…ill be a sweet taste to your Souls when you ●eel no taste or comfort in meat or drink assu●…ance of Heaven will comfort you when all ●…ings fail you assurance of Heaven will pre●are you for all changes it will fit you for your ●…eat change Assurance of life eternall will ●…onquer the Grave for you and unsting Death ●…o you it will make you sing yea to triumph ●…n the way to heaven over death and the grave They that have Heaven assured to them have more joy and gladness put into their souls than ●…ll the world besides Assurance of salvation will ●…ngage you to trust God for all things and evi●…ence God to your souls it will make you to love ●…nd delight in him fearfull to offend carefull to ●…lease him Thirdly Assurance makes men ●…uspicious of themselves they that are assur'd ●…hat they shall stand will be sure to take heed ●…hat they do not fall they that shall be saved ●…ill labour to work it out with fear Fourthly ●…ssurance makes the soul humble the higher the ●…oul is in assurance the lower it will be in humi●…ity But how shall we know that our assurance ●…or heaven is right Take these following Rules 1. Right assurance will make you more holy every man that hath this hope purifies himself as God is pure Right assurance for Heaven will ●…ngage your souls to be holy in all manner of conversation Having therefore these promises dearly beloved cleanse your selves from all thinesse both of the flesh and spirit 2 Cor. 6. 2. Right assurance will make the soul to pe●vere to the end receiving the end of your fa● the salvation of your souls But how shall get this assurance 1. By having a godly 〈◊〉 row for sin wrought in thy soul Christ gives 〈◊〉 to none but to the weary 2. Examine your he●● and lives by comparing them with the Word God 3. Assurance is obtained by a holy co●stant and carefull use of the Ordinances of Go● in joining both the end and the means togeth●● it will make you as carefull to use the means confident to expect the end of your faith the ●●vation of your souls It doth not feed men w● vain hopes that they shall escape hell thou they live in sin and go on in the broad way t●● leads to destruction They that would come heaven must be carefull to use the means 〈◊〉 they must walk in that strait and narrow w● unto holinesse and righteousnesse which on leads unto life and salvation And lastly is it so then that Godlines is great g● yea it is the best gain Hath God made thee g●ly The lines are fallen to thee in a pleasant place t●● hast a goodly heritage Psal 16.6 It is enough th● hast all though it may be thou hast but little the world yet thou hast a propriety in God G●● is thine thy portion is Christ he is thy Jes●● thy all Labour then to be conformable to Go● godliness is Gods likeness Hath God given you ●…ace God hath done more for you than if he ●…nd given you a thousand worlds Are others ●…ch and art thou poor have others plenty of ●…old and silver and hast thou little or none ar all ●…onsider hath not God given thee that which is finitely better than all the Gold and Riches of ●…he World Faith that is more precious than Gold that perishes Wisdom that is better than ●…bies yea all things that can be thought of are ●…ot comparable to grace If grace be thy portion ●…lory will be thy portion and thou hast more ●…use of content than if thou hadst all the world ●…or thy portion without grace What though o●…hers be richer than thee yet thou art better than thers The righteous is more excellent then his neigh●…r Are others had in honour and art thou de●…pised let me tell thee if thou hast the favour of God thou hast more honour then all the world ●…n give Are thy troubles greater nor others conder God seeth them good for thee thou canst or tell how to be without them It is good for me saith David that I have been afflicted They that ●…ave endured the most of afflictions here will be ●…nd to be the happiest people in all the world ●…reafter for through them we enter into glory ●…hrough many tribulations we must enter into the king●…m of heaven Unto which Kingdom the Lord his infinite mercy bring us all Amen FINIS

in it And Death and Hell that is the grave delivered up the dead which were in them And they were judged every man according to their works And whosoever was not found written in the Lambs book of life was cast into the lake of fire There 's the event of this judgement to the wicked But what successe the Righteous shall there have he sets down in Chap 21. Verse 3. Behold saith he the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God And God shall wipe all tears from their eyes And there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor cursing neither shall there be any more pain He that overcometh shall inherit all thing●… and I will be his God and he shall be 〈◊〉 ●…on A blessed priviledge indeed but what remains for the wicked See what follows in the eight Verse The fearfull and unbelieving the abominable and murtherers whoremongers sorcerers and idolaters and all lyars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone A most dreadfull Scripture the Lord awaken every secure sinner and give them hearts to consider these things before it be too late For as the Prophet Malachy faith Mal. 4.1 The day cometh that shall burn as an Oven and all the proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day cometh that shall burn them up saith the Lord Hosts that it shall leave them neither root nor branch Then shall they call upon the mountains to cover them and ●pon the ●●lls to fall upon them to hide them from the fierceness of the wrath of God O consider this all you that forget God lest he tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver you Secondly if there be such mansions of Glory for Believers hereafter I note from hence the desperate folly and madnesse of all those who neglect or despise their own salvation Ye will not come to me saith our Saviour Joh. 5.40 that ye might have life This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evil Christ and salvation is freely offered to all in the Gospel Christ invites all to come Ho every one that thirsteth come to the waters Isa 55.1 Rev. 22.17 The Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that is athirst come and whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely And as Christ invites all to come so he receives all that doth come He that comes to me I will in no wayes cast him out saith our Saviour Joh. 6.37 What think you sinners of these Scriptures will ye come to Christ and accept of life and salvation or will ye wilfully cast away your own souls for ever You see here Christ offers himself to you freely if you will but receive him Come unto me saith our Saviour Mat. 11.28 all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will refresh you What 〈…〉 of the 〈…〉 will ye come 〈…〉 and be saved 〈…〉 you be so de●peratly mad as to destroy your own most precious and immortall souls When I behold the lives of most men my very heart trembles to think what will everlastingly become of their precious souls all the care they take is for their bodies how does money come in and how they shall get riches but they never consider how it goes with their souls Ah sinners are your bodies everlasting Is this world everlasting Can any thing but heaven make you happy Are not your souls everlasting will ye rather cast away your souls then leave your lusts for sin and you must part orelse heaven and your souls will never meet He that doth not leave his sins on this side the grave by Repentance shall find 〈◊〉 sins to meet him on the other side the gravel 〈◊〉 condemn him If you live in your sins ye sha● die in your sins Yea die everlastinglie for you sins Sinners I beseech you consider are yo● fit to die are you fit to live in another world are you prepared for heaven If not let me te●● you you are fit for nothing but hell and hell● prepared for you Sinners what do you do What do you mean to do are you yet a sleep Al● Lord what a harvest will hell have in these sin full daies What preparations do men make so heaven Are not they that were filthie filthi● st●ll What men were that they are still Thoug● God is every day tumbling men into their graves yet no man mends his pace for heaven Sinners you hear all this but can you bear all this Le● me give you two or three properties of a man fitted for hell and I beseech you try and examin● your own souls by them The first propertie of a man fitted for hell i● Obduration A stone you know is fitted to descend it is its propertie to fall downwards Hardnesse makes fitnesse The way to Hell is from burning to burning from a seared Conscience to a damned soul A second propertie of a man fitted for wrath is alienation estrangednesse to God speaks fitness to wrath and it is a sign that the Soul is fitted for utter darknesse There are but two steps to death first the sinner saith he will have no fellowship with God And secondlie God saith he shall have no fellowship with him Now is the sinner judged now fit for hell then judge ye the Execution onlie is wanting And the Devil is not usuallie backward to perform his office The sinner is upon the Gallows as it were he wants but turning off unlesse Christ steps in with a reprieve that soul is utterlie lost A third propertie of a man fi●ted for Hell is Prophanenesse Prophanenesse is the badge of a wicked person Wickednesse in the life speaks out a cursed soul You may know what Countrie men are of by their Language By their Fruits ye shall know them When mens words and works are the Language of Hell what need any further inquirie what Countrie men or to what place they belong You may read Hell in their very faces The tree is known by his fruit saith our Saviour Mat. 7.20 Mens lives foreshew what their ends are like to be As the Tree falls so it lyes As sinners live so they usuallie die Every mans life lively bespeaks what they are and what they shall be hereafter If men will go on in the broad way of sin you know where their journies end will be Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction Mat. 7.13 I know not what lives you live but to be sure you may either spell Heaven or Hell in them If ye would know the frame of your souls then view your lives your souls breath out themselves either into the bosom of God or the Devils and into whose bosom you breath out your souls here in this life into that bosom you will certainly b●eath