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death_n	die_v	live_v	sin_n	27,888	5	5.5903	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87003	The worlds timely warning-peece newly corrected and amended. This being the third time presented or sent to these three nations, England, Scotland, and Ireland; describing the nearnesse of the day of the Lord, by the signes and tokens that our Saviour told his disciples should come to passe, before the last day. Being a dismall looking-glasse for the false prophets of these times to look into, which invent false imaginations, out of their own proud phantasticall brains, to deceive the simple. Written by Charles Hammond.	Hammond, Charles, 17th cent.	1660 (1660)	Wing H500; ESTC R226173	7,589	17

I shall give you a word or two more which will terrifie the ungodly and be joyfull tidings to those that are prepared to meet the Lord at that day Let the terrablenesse of this day awaken us all from our grievous Sinnes and Transgressions if we must give account for every idle word what account shall we give for every idle oath nay for every false oath that we have taken With Righteousness will he judge the World and the people with equity Psal 58.9 Brides friends mireaties houlings cryes lamentations nothing will then prevaile but a pure heart and a spirit upright St. Jerom saith whether I eat or drink or whatsoever I do else methinks I hear this saying sounding in my eares Arise you Dead and come to Judgment I with the like consideration were in us all The Lord grant to all 〈◊〉 one with another his grace that they 〈◊〉 this Scripture sounding in their ears Of every idle word that men shall speak they shall give an accoun● thereof at the day of judgment It is the duty of every Christian 〈…〉 that vigilant person that carred alwayes in his pocket a little clock and when he heard it sound he would instantly examine himself how he had spent that hour Thu● should Christians examine themselves that they may not be examined of the Lord for Christ must be the judge at the last day and he will use no partiality but the Lord will reward every man according to his works He is a judge that hath no respect of persons This World may fitly be compared to a stage-play wherein they act severall parts one acts the part of a King another a Noble man another a Magistrate another a Country-man another a servant another a beggar and so lang as they are upon the stage so long there is report to their parts they play one of another amongst them but when the play is ended and the stage pull'd down there is no respect amongst them yea many times he that plaid the basest part is the best man So it is here on earth every man hath respect according to the honour and vocation he hath but when the Comedy shall be ended that is the day of doome shall come upon all men and the earth which is the stage pull'd down there shall be no respect of persons among men yea it may be the poor man shall be greater before God than the honourable or rich man Consider this you poor and rich Then shall the book be opened the evidence of thy works in this life and thy sins set in order before thy eyes Heaven and earth shall witnesse against thée yea thy own conscience shall condemn● O it will be a terrour to thée when thou shalt sée the judge angrie with thée for thy sins and the blessed Angels laughing at thy destruction on thy right hand shal be thy sins accusing thée on thy left hand Devils readie to execute Gods vengeance upon thée within thée shalile thy conscience gnawing without thée the damned crue bewailing And then shalt thou receive that lamentable sentence Go from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which is prepared for the devill and his angels These words wil cut thy heart in sunder Go from me Hitherto I have béen a father to thee I have bestowed manie comfortable benefits upon thée I have had great care over thée But now go from me into torments unexpressable where thou shalt cry unto me But I will not hear thee Good people that hear this Book take timely warning O that men would remember their end then they would never offend Oh that men would set alwayes before their eyes the day of death the day of judgement the joy●s of Heaven the torments of Hell then men would not live so loosly as they do St. Paul saith in the Corinthians they were them upon whom the ends of the World should come If therefore the end of the World were come upon them that lived above 1580 and odde yeares ago then surely dooms-day cannot be far off 1 Corinth 20.11 Behold the judge standeth before the door Jain 5 6. So by these two places of Scripture we see that the Generall day of judgment is at hand as also by the signs and tokens which should go before this day of which many yea almost all are already fulfilled But put the case the time were not so neer as it is imagined yet death is the day of doom to thee Many in their youth delay their repentance till their age thinking this place of Scripture sufficient Ezek. 17.21 22. At what time soever a sinner c. Or say as Augustine said before his conversion Forgive me my sinns but not now let me sinne in my youth and pardon me in my age They would die the death of the righteous but they would not live the life of the righteous But let these gracelesse persons beware of these two things first let them beware of suddain death let them take heed they be not cut off in the midst of their sinnes as Job's Children wer●●●● the midst of their banquetting and as the flood came unlook'd for and devoured the whole World as of fate suddain death hath seized on many both in London and in the Country by strange sicknesses and diseases Consider I pray how many families hath there been shatter'd last year and still continues taking the young as well as the old the strong as well as the weak Nay as I may say the strong Oaks and tall Cedars hath been cut down and the low shrubs standing Therefore I desire you all to take heed to live today as you may be readie to die to morrow The old World had 120 years to repent in Ninevey had 40 daies Israel had 40 years to repent in But thou O man knowest not how long thou hast to live thou hast no lease of thy life thou art here to day and gone to morrow death waiteth for thee at all times therefore wait thou for it Therefore to conclude I desire you to let this book be a looking-glass in these dangerous and last times and resolve with St. Jerom's resolution who said If my mother were hanging about my neck if my brother were on every side houling and crying and if my father were on his bare knées knéeling before me to detain me in their wicked and sinfull course of life What would I do shake off my mother on the ground I would hate all my Kindred and Kinsfolks and I would tread and trample my father under feet thereby to flys to Christ when he calleth me So the Lord enable us to do that so we may run that race here that we may receive the crown of glorie here after that we may fight that good fight against the World the Flesh and the Devil that we may be received into that heavealy Army of Saints and follow that General Christ Jesus which conquered sinne death and hell being clothed with the white robes of peace and righteousnesse Then with joy and comfort shall we hear that blessed voice as Come ye blessed children of my Father inherit the Kingdome which was prepared for you before the beginning of the World Grant this dear Father for thy dear Son's sake Christ Jesus our onely Lord and Saviour to whom be asceived all honour and praise both now and for evermore Amen FINIS