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A45351	A sermon preach'd at the Castle of York to the condemned prisoners on Monday the 30th of March 1691 being the day before their execution : with an appendix which gives some account of them all, but more particularly of Mr. Edmund Robinson Clerk who was condemned and executed for high treason in counterfeiting the King's coyn / by George Halley.	Halley, George, 1655 or 6-1708.	1691 (1691)	Wing H455; ESTC R26651	21,825	37

from the Dead God hath certainly appointed a day in the which he will judge the World in righteousness by that Man whom he he hath ordain'd whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the Dead Acts 17.31 How strangely then will such Sadducees or any who are mindless of a future state be surpriz'd at the Resurrection of the Dead Oh! that we had been wise and consider'd this Oh! let us lie still in the Dust will they then cry let the Earth cover us Let the Mountains and the Rocks fall upon us Alas the Trumpet will sound and they shall be rais'd from the Dead they shall hear this terrible Voice Arise you Wretches and come to Judgment they will then find that which Solomon hath asserted to be infallibly true Eccles 11.9 Know that for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment And this leads me to the fourth Observable namely The great Advantage of considering the latter End Oh that they were wise that they understood this that they would consider their latter End It is the Saying of the Wise Man Ecclus 7.36 Whatsoever thou takest in hand remember the end and thou shalt never do amiss The Latinist reads it In omnibus Operibus vel Sermonibus tuis memorare Novissima in aeternum non peccabis In all thy Works or Words remember the last things and thou wilt never commit a Sin unto Death such a Remembrance would make it morally impossible for thee to commit a presumptuous Sin a wilful and deliberate Transgression Now the Four last things to be continually remembred are Death a Judgment to come Hell and Celestial Glory And what more horrible than Death What more terrible than such a Judgment What more intolerable than Eternal Fire And what worthier Object can there be for us to exert our Faculties upon than God and the Mansions of everlasting Felicity How many Sins might we have avoided in the course of our Lives if we had had the serious remembrance and apprehension of these things And how many Sins might we yet avoid if we would but endeavour to have these things as Belshazzar's Hand-writing upon the Wall constantly in our Eye These things as the Pilot the Ship would direct and influence our whole Life and Conversation would help us to steer our Course and safely bring us to the Haven of Bliss and Happiness Such would be the great Advantage of considering our latter End If Men would but thus consider no Temptation would then take hold of them nothing would ruffle and discompose their Conscience it would be void of Offence both towards God and towards Men. But alas In this lapsed and degenerate Age in this miserable and naughty World how many are there that have languid luke-warm and feeble Opinions of Religion If Judgment may be formed according to their Vicious and immoral Conversation what a Deluge of Prophaneness and Impiety Atheism and Infidelity overflows this Sinful Land this poor Nation How many live as tho they believed that Vertue and Vice that God and the Devil were Words signifying nothing as if they were the Extract of some melancholy and pregnant Brain as if they were invented meerly for Mens Terror and Affrightment The Halter the Gibbet and the most terrible of Temporal Punishments too have as little Influence upon Mens Lives makes as small an Impression upon the Minds of Men as those which are Eternal How many have suffer'd as Murderers as Thieves as Evil-doers And yet Men will not take Warning and Example Men will not be deterr'd from committing the like abominable Vile and Enormous Offences Every Assize gives us too many fresh and sad Instances of this Truth Oh that Men would become wise and consider not only Temporal but Eternal Punishments Such a Consideration would if any thing oblige them to follow the important business of Religion To hurt no body by Word or Deed to keep their hands from picking and stealing Such a Consideration would enforce them to labour truly to get their own living and to do their Duty in that Station which Divine Providence hath allotted to them There is not certainly a more effectual way to revive the drooping Spirit of Christian Religion in the World than seriously to contemplate upon and consider our Latter End That we must shortly die and come to Judgment and there receive a Reward according to our Deeds If we were but possess'd with a warm and constant Sense of these things we should in all probability endeavour to walk circumspectly not as Foools but as wise to be holy in all manner of Conversation Such is the advantage of a Religious Consideration Alas were there but mature Thoughts would but Men be wrought upon to act as reasonable Creatures would they but judiciously and soberly weigh things in the Balance of their Understanding they would seldom or never be found wanting in their Duty and Obligation If Men would once entertain serious Thoughts of Religion they would soon set open their Ears to its sweet and charming Language if they would but fix their Eyes upon it they would soon be captivated with its incomparable Beauty it would presently attract their love and admiration and enforce them to embrace it with all profound respect and affection A consideration of our latter end a serious reflection upon Eternity this would put the Soul into such a frame and posture as would make it restless and uneasy wrack'd and impatient till it had made its Peace with an incens'd Judge by Repentance not to be repented of till it had prepar'd it self for a comfortable Appearance at his Bar for a glorious advancement into an endless state of Bliss and Immortality Such is the great advantage of considering our latter end Oh that they were wise that they understood this that they would consider their latter end And this leads me to the fifth and last Observable Namely That to consider our latter end is an Argument of our Wisdom and Understanding And here if we consider our latter end as we ought it we seriously meditate upon Death and a Judgment to come then we shall prepare our selves and make ready for it by purity of Life and holiness of Conversation such a Consideration will create in our Minds an abhorrency and detestation of Sin and plant in us Vertue and Goodness a perfect and sincere love of God and Religion and this I am sure is the greatest Wisdom the noblest Understanding The fear of the Lord saith the Royal Psalmist is the beginning of Wisdom a good Vnderstanding have all they that do thereafter Psalm 110.10 i. e. There is no such excellent and prudential course as the preserving in our Breasts a just and due reverence of God an awe to his Laws and a dread to his Judgments and all this is the happy effect of considering our latter end So teach us to number our Days is the fervent Prayer of Moses Psal 90.12 So teach us to