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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01678	Not so new, as true Being a verie necessarie caueat for all Christians to consider of. VVherein is truelie described the iniquitie of this present time, by occasion of our confused liuing: and iustlie approued the world to be neuer worse, by reason of our contagious leaudnes. By Charles Gibbon.	Gibbon, Charles, fl. 1589-1604.	1590 (1590)	STC 11816; ESTC S120320	20,683	34

come to passe or what may procure that heauie day of wrath that is wanting The world is now wounded with all corruption as the Apostle Iohn saith It lieth in wickednes h 1. Ioh. ● 1● The same cup of wine which the prophets speake on is dronke to the verie dregs of Gods indignation i Psal 75.8 Isay 51.17 Iere. 25.15 the people are now nusled in all iniquitie and no doubt if the Lord should looke downe from heauen as he did in the daies of Dauid he should see they are all gone out of the way and altogether become abominable there is none that doth good no not one k Psal 14 2● Yea they are growne so sottish they slea their owne soules so sinfull they forget GOD so secure they feare no destruction O carnall vanitie O earthlie vilanie O mortall miserie Insomuch as the contēplation of this confused wretchednes would inforce our Sauiour Christ himselfe to shed teares as he did for Iherusalem l Luk. 19.41 and should make that terrible noise of the last Trompe to bee daylie sounding in our eares to awaken vs from our wickednes And therefore The prauitie of our liues is a presumption of the end seeing it is with vs as it was in the daies of Noah and Lot exceeding euill what should we expect but a sodaine end As for amendment it is doubtfull vnles Gods mercie surmounteth for the diuell beeing come downe amongst vs he hath great wrath because he knoweth his time is verie short m Apoc. 12.12 Besides it is rare to see a rotten roote reuiue or withered grasse to waxe greene or as wee commonlie say sower drinke 〈…〉 If the wisedome of it bee meere follie before God b 1. Cor. 1.20 who would applie his wits altogether to worldlines seeing Paule iudged all things here no better worth than dung c Phil. 3.8 to win Christ As concerning the latter day If the Apostles said aboue fifteene hundred yeres past the day draweth neere d Heb. 10.25 and is at hand e Rom. 12.12 1. Pet. 4.7 how nigh may wee now thinke it is If the Lord hath deferred his comming let vs not imagine with those mockers Saint Peter speaketh of he hath forgot his promise but let vs rather suppose his long suffering f 2. Pet. 3.15 is saluation who vseth patience onlie to drawe vs to repentance and therefore let vs not despise the riches of his bountifulnes towards vs but call for grace in time least at his comming we procure g Rom 2.4 our greater condemnation As concerning the certeintie of the time If Christ commeth vnawares as a theefe in the night and in the houre we thinke not h Matth. 24.44 how carefullie ought we to watch and pray continually least he commeth sodeinlie and finde vs sleeping It behoueth vs to take heed to our selues that our hearts bee not oppressed with surfetting dronkennes and such like i Luk. 21.34 but that we may haue alwaies an earnest meditation of our end for then as Syrack saith we should not doo amisse k Eccle 7.36 Oh that they were wise l Deut. 32.29 saith Moses then they would vnderstand this they would consider their latter end So that it rather stands vs vpon to be in preparation for the end being sodaine than in disputation of a matter We should euer liue as we would daylie die being doubtfull and as euerie day doth threaten our destruction so let euerie one haue a feeling of his infirmities and seeing the reward of sinne is death m Rom. 6.23 the day of death vncerteine and euerie mans death is his owne dome n Eccle. 11.3 we should daylie thinke our end to be imminent and so by the feare of Gods punishment haue a care of repentance least dispensing leaudlie with the time wee presume vainlie of our selues the diuell plaieth subtillie with our soules and God plague vs sodainlie for our sinnes Nican You mistake my meaning altogether for albeit I beleeue Christ will come to iudgement and that shortlie It is a great sinne to enter into Gods secrets 2. Esdr 4.2 yet I doo not presume of the verie time of his comming certeinlie that were abominable before GOD and not tollerable among men but as manie writers haue made much discourse of this matter so amongst them such are most to be preferred that rather perswade vs by apparant proues of an imediat end than those which by palpable meanes would prolong the time by prolixious arguments the one doth put vs in mind to bee in a daylie preparation with the fiue wise Virgins to meete the Bridegrome o Matth. 25.4 the other doth feede vs with a vaine delusion as an occasion to make vs followe that confused course of the leand seruant our Sauiour Christ describeth p Matth. 24 49 that doth dehort vs from impietie and drawe vs to amendement this doth flatter vs in securitie and mooue vs to all mischiefe To what end did the Apostles in their daies perswade the people so often the day of 〈…〉 Alpheus Indeede the superstition in times past should so pitie vs to remember that it should prouoke vs to amendment for it was so far from good conformitie that I pray God vtterly to confound it notwithstanding when Idolatrie was most rifest a faithfull congregation was resident euen as there hath alwaies been from the beginning for GOD hath aswell his elected as eiected in all places they are but fewe in number and therefore termed verie fitlie a little flocke t Luk. 12.32 alluding to that saying of our Sauiour Christ the way is narrowe that leadeth vnto life and fewe there be that finde it u Matth. 7.14 God had reserued some righteous amongst the reprobate although Elias thought there was none left but himselfe alone x Rom. 11.4 We haue had experience of late daies of godlie Martirs among the wicked malefactors who like the Glazeworme glistered most brightlie in the night or like the Lampe gaue most light in the darke whose faith was tried as gold in the fornace The godlie will rather die thā denie Christ who did rather chuse to suffer manie troubles in a good cause than abide the terror of an ill conscience yea rather to indure the torments of fire than submit themselues to the extremitie of their factions Acts and Monuments If you peruse the Acts and Monuments you shall finde how they yeelded their bodies like faggots to the fire rather than they would followe any sottish filthines contrarie to their sincere profession To suffer for the name of God is his onlie gift Philip. 1.29 being incouraged by that saying of S. Paule If wee suffer with Christ wee shall also raigne together with him As contrariwise if wee denie him hee will also denie vs y 2. Tim. 2.12 Remembring what our Sauiour Christ saith Blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnes sake z Matth. 5.10