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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45728	Heavens glory, and hells horror: or, the parable of Dives and Lazarus opened and applied Wherein, the everlasting joy of the saints and the endless torments of the wicked are discovered: for the confort of the one, and terror of the other. By J.H. a servant of Jesus Christ.	Hart, John, D.D.	1662 (1662)	Wing H955; ESTC R216587	16,435	51

HEAVENS Glory And Hells Horror OR The Parable of DIVES and LAZARUS opened and applied Wherein the everlasting Joy of the Saints and the endless Torments of the Wicked are discovered for the Comfort of the one and Terror of the other By J. H. a Servant of Jesus Christ Mat. 25.46 These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the Righteous into life eternal LONDON Printed for John Andrews at the White Lion near Pye-Corner 1662. John 5.28 29. Marvel not at this for the hour is c●●●g in the which all that are in the graves shall hear ●●●ice and shall come forth They that have done good ●●●e resurrection of life and they that have done evil to ●●urrection of damnation Heavens Glory AND Hells horror Or the Parable of DIVES and LAZARUS opened and applied Luke 16.19 20 c. There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus which was laid at his gate full of sores And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich mans table moreover the dogs came and licked his sores And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by Angels into Abrahams bosome the rich man also dyed and was buried And in Hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome And he cryed and said Father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Son remember that thou in thy life time receivedst thy good things and likewise Lazarus evill things but now he is comforted and thou art tormented And besides all this between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us that would come from thence Then he said I pray thee therefore father that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house For I have five brethren that he may testifie unto them lest they also come into this place of torment Abraham saith unto him They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them And he said Nay father Abraham but if one went unto them from the dead they will repent And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead THese words beloved in our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ contain the Parable or rather the History as I humbly conceive of the rich Glutton and poor Lazarus In the words we have first in general the life and death both of the rich man and the beggar with the condition of them both in the life to come But more particularly in the thrée first verses we finde recorded for our instruction the lives first of the rich Glutton and then of poor Lazarus In the following verses we have the death first of the Beggar and secondly of the rich Glutton with the different condition of them both after death To begin with the first the life of the rich man and this we finde recorded in the 19. verse There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day In the life of the rich man we have three particulars very considerable First he is here prescribed by his riches There was a certain rich man The Spirit of God here takes no more notice of the rich mans name neither of the place where he lives from whence we may take notice that God regards not those whom the world possibly may greatly honour many men perhaps might honour this mans name by affixing unto it the empty title of Worshipful or Honourable but those that despise God shall be lightly esteemed saith Solomon in that excellent Book called the Proverbs God can blot out the names of wicked men as well out of the Book of this life as out of the life to come yea many times he maketh both the names and estates of wicked men to rot and stink in this world well then may he punish their souls in the world to come The memory of the just saith Solomon is blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot God will not have the name of wicked men to be mentioned but with shame and disgrace to them as for example Jeroboam and this character followeth who made Israel to sin but the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance and the desire of the wicked shall perish Psalm 112.6 It is the great desire I know of the wicked that their names should continue for ever and for this purpopose they call their Houses and Lands by their owne names but the very desire of these men shall perish But I procéed In the second place where the rich man is described by his apparel and that is said to be purple and fine linnen which signifies not onely the greatness of his riches but the eminency of his person and place in the world namely that he was some Ruler among the Iewes Purple clothing ye know in the ornament of Kings and great ones of the world and they that wear fine linnen are in Kings houses that is they are either Kings themselves or else great Officers under Kings from whence we may observe that Greatness and Honour riches and gorgeous apparel commends us not to God it is not all the riches in the world that can save a soul it is onely grace that commends us to God God can see a pure heart and a gracious soul though they be clothed in rags for God judgeth not as men judgeth according to outward experience no he seeth many a rotten graceless soul under scarlet gowns and purple robes Among all the Kings of Israel there was not one gracious and among the Kings of Judah onely one good Josiah that walked before the Lord with a perfect heart It is true there was Asa and Amaziah and Hezekiah that the Text describes as imperfect in some things but of Josiah it is said of him He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the wayes of David his father and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left That of the Apostle 1 Cor. 1.26 doth fully confirm this truth Not many wise men not many after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called Thirdly We have the description of this rich Glutton by his fare and ●hat not onely barely described but also amplified here by the Spirit of God He fared sumptuously every day It was not now and then but every day day after day if he had done it but now and then it might have béen lawful for God doth not onely give the Creatures for our use but also for our delight and moderate feasting may be lawful yet by the way that is a good caution

blessed Saviour himself he had not so much as a hole to lay his head in not a Cradle to lye in when he was born he who was the bread of life wanted bread to eat in this life he was a man of sorrows augmented with grief con●emned and scorned by the world he who was Lord both of heaven and earth had not so much as a hole to put his head in when he was upon earth Lazarus who is now in Abrahams bosom was laid at the rich mans gate and he who was then full of sores now knows no sorrow he hath all tears now wiped away from from his eyes who might have cryed his eyes out for bread at the rich mans gate they that know no want in the world to come may know nothing but want in this world In the next place as an addition to the lives of them both we have the poor mans humility and the rich mans cruelty and this is first set forth by the smallness of that which Lazarus desired onely a few crumbs he did not come to Dives to beg any of his Lands or Lordships neither any of his messes or costly dishes had Lazarus desired any of these he might have denied him as too hold You know we have a common Proverb amongst us that Beggars must not be chusers and it s not more common then true they that are truly poor will be thankful for the least crumb for the smallest gift Lazarus desired onely to be fed with the crumbs that fell from his table not his dainties And then secondly the rich mans cruelty is here condemned by the compassion of his dogs Dives regarded neither his hunger nor his sores but the d●gs they pittied his wounds they came and licked his sores they did what they could to ease his pains those cruel creatures whose natures are so fierce and cruel and apt to bite and devour they forget their wonted cruelty and as much as in them lyes labour to heal or ease the poor mans sores It s not improbable but that the dogs were let loose purposely to affrighten Lazarus from his gate or else to devour him rich Gluttons usually kéep such fierce and devouring creatures purposely to kéep or frighten the poor from their gates but God can restrain the rage of the fiercest creatures to preserve his people he can shut the mouths of Lions that they devour not Daniel he can cause the Dogs contrary to their natures to lick the sores of Lazarus In the next place we come to give you the deaths both of the beggar and the rich man And it came to pass that the beggar died God hath now given him a writ of ease from all his sores no more sorrow nor pain now no more hunger nor cold nor nakedness God hath released the poor man out of all his miseries From whence we may observe that death to the godly is a blessed priviledge it puts an end to all their woes though heaviness may endure for a night yet joy comes in the morning though poverty losses and disgraces and all kinde of outward afflictions may attend Gods people in this life yet when death comes there 's an end of all these In a word death is the best friend a childe of God hath next to Iesus Christ it doth not onely deliver them from their sorrow but it translates them to their joyes it is the messenger of God their heavenly Father who comes onely to call them home to their Fathers house to inherit those everlasting joyes which God hath prepared for them to all eternity Lazarus was not onely released from his sorrows by death but he is carried by the Angels into Abrahams bosom death takes him from the woes of this world and the Angels they transport him to everlasting glory in the world to come God hath released Lazarus from all his miseries But what becomes of the Glutton The rich man also died and was buried From whence we may observe that neither riches nor honours can prevent death he knocks as well at the Court as at the Cottage he regards Scarlet Gowns and Purple Robes no more then he doth the poorest beggars rags death deprives men of all their honours and riches the rich fool in the Gospel he sings a requiem to his soul and this very night death comes and then whose are all these 'T is neither Purple Robes nor sumptuous Apparel that can prevent death God cuts off wicked men in the midst of their mirth and jollity in the grave there is no difference between the poor and the rich the worms may be finde better fare upon the fat Carkasses of rich Gluttons then of the poor Well the rich man he dyed also what becomes of him afterwards his body that is honourably buried by his friends I but what becomes of his soul that you read is hurried into hell he is huried and in hell he lift up his eyes From whence we may observe That the Lord Iesus Christ doth hereby signifie that men are naturally unwilling to see or take notice of their sad state I say by nature but though now they are willingly ignorant yet in Hell they shall lift up their eyes That is in Hell they shall see and understand their miserable condition and therefore to these words In Hell he lift up his eyes he added being in torment As if he had said Though once they shut their eyes though once they were willingly ignorant yet when they depart into Hell they shall be so miserably handled and tormented that they shall be forced to lift up their eyes For while men live in this world and are in a natural state they will have a good conceit of themselves and of their condition they will conclude that they are Christians and their state to be as good as the best they will conclude they have faith the spirit good hope and an interest in the Lord Iesus Christ but then when they drop into Hell and lift up their eyes there and behold first their soul to be in extream torments their dwelling to be the bottomless pit their company thousands of damned souls also the innumerable company of Devils and the hot scalding vengeance of God not onely to drop but to fall very violently upon them then they will begin to be awakened who all their life time were in a dead sleep I say when this comes to pass as it will then in hell they shall lift up their eyes in the midst of torments they shall lift up their eyes Again you may observe from these words And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torment That the time of the ungodly mens smarting for their sins will be in torments of hell Now here I am put to a stand when I consider the torments of hell into which the damned do fall O unspeakable torments O endless torments Now that thy soul might be made to flée from these t●●●ollerable torments into which the ●amned do go I shall