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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77851	A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. Together with a sermon of the generall day of judgement. / By Anthony Burgesse pastor of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.	Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664.; Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664. Demonstration of the day of judgement against atheists & hereticks.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1658 (1658)	Wing B5661; Thomason E1904_1; ESTC R209997	46,977	246

affections are breaking and longing for his coming even as Sisera his mother Judg. 5.28 looked out at the window expecting his triumphing return and crying Why is his Chariot so long in coming Why tarry the wheels of his Chariot The second Use which is of Terrour and thereby to keep back from sinne to preserve in a constant watching and praying which the Scripture likewise frequently commendeth is diligently to be heeded by every one especially Right Honourable and Right Worshipfull by you who are called to the Publick Government of that famous City the meditation on that Day should be as powerfull to awaken your souls for Zeal to the glory of God and righteousness in all your administrations As the sound of the Trumpet and the voice of the Archangel will be effectual to raise your bodies And the rather attend hereunto because that Day among other ends is especially Judicare non judicata malè judicata The sinnes not judged and not punished and the things falsly and unrighteously judged God will at that Day have a review of them so that the crooked things which are in this world will then be made straight At that Day riches honours and the pomp of the world will be in no request but an interest in Christ to have him our Mediatour and Friend who is the Judge will be the only happiness of which the Lord grant you to be partakers so as to finde mercy in that Day is the prayer of Your humble Servant in the work of the Ministry ANTHONY BURGESSE A DEMONSTRATION of the Day of Judgment ACTS 17.31 Because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained WHat hath Athens and Jerusalem to do with each other What the Gentiles Academy and the Christian Church said Tertullian speaking of Gods providence concerning this passage of Pauls being at Athens yet here we see him like a little David going in the name of the Lord with a few Stones from the brook some Arguments from the Scripture against the great Goliahs of the world And in this Historical Narration we may see Paul performing a double service for God as a Disputant and as an Oratour As a Disputant with the many Sects of Philosophers then reigning in Athens especially the Epicureans whose opinions were called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being suitable baits to draw out the flesh of man and the Stoicks Now though both these were extremely contrary yet they agreed in opposing of Paul and therefore called him for his Doctrine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a trifling babbler a word much vext by Criticks and Austin saith though of deriders Paul was called S●minator verborum yet of believers he may in a good sense be acknowledged to be so because of the good seed of the Word he did abundantly sow from which came a great crop But Paul doth not only encounter with Philosophers he is brought to Areopagus that famous place with Heathen Writers where he makes a grave and admirable Oration of which my Text is part In which we may consider the place where the general is Athens the bright luminary of the world for Learning Linguata Civitas as Tertullian calleth it a City of the tongue whose manners are said to be exercised in enquiring after 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a dise3se many times in the Christian Church many being weary of solid and known Doctrines desiring of that which is unheard and unknown and loving to be in the Terrâ incognitâ or uninhabitable part of Divinity The proper place is Areopagus Mars-hill called so either because Mars was here accused for his impiety or else because it was a severe Court of Justice against all unjust violent murderous actions This Areopagite Judicature is famous they did excel so much in Authority that Kings laid down their Crowns when they came to sit with them they were of such integrity that they kept their Court and gave Judgement in the night and in the dark that they might not behold the persons who did speak lest they should be moved thereby they only did hear what was said here it was that the pleader must not use any Proemium nor make any rhetorical expression to move the affections Hence it was that they did bear as much reverence to the Sentences and Decrees promulged there as they did to their sacred Oracles and here Paul is placed Grotius thinks not as to the Court there in a juridical manner but others judge contrary however Paul is undaunted and being an earthly Angel as Chrysostom calleth him feareth not the power of man In his Oration we may consider the crime he chargeth upon them and that is Superstition in the universal extent of it in al things 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is redundant as some think or else it is emphatical for there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 veritatis and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 similitudinis which may explain that place against the Socinians Joh. 1.14 Some learned men think the word Superstition is used in an indifferent and middle sense as the word Heresie is sometimes yea some say Paul speaks here in their commendation and therefore useth the comparative more superstitious or religious and indeed they were excessively devout in their Religion as among other things is plain concerning Anaxagoras whom they adjudged to death because he held the Sunne which they worshipped as god to be but Saxum ignitum a white fiery stone but this is not probable because afterwards he calleth it an ignorant Worship therefore the word is not here used in an indifferent sense much less a laudable one The instance by which he proveth their superstition is an Altar with this Inscription 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Romans had their Incerti Dij and therefore sacrificed sine Deo fine Dea so the Grecians not knowing which was according to their blinde Idolatry 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the proper god to repel such an evil made these Inscription To the Unknown God The Apostle to inform them herein instructs them both about the true God who he is and the true manner of Worship After which he comes to the Exhortatory part of his Oration which is grounded upon Gods dispensation to those times of Ignorance he winked at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here may be much dispute about the salvation of Heathens because it is said God winked at it and so indeed generally it is interpreted but the Septuagint use the word for to despise and be angry Deut. 3.26 Psal 78. and so to punish and in this sense it seems to be used here Those times of ignorance in Idolatry God was angry with punishing of them with temporal and spiritual judgements but now the grace of the Gospel and the love of God hath appeared in commanding every one to repent And my Text is the reason and forcible ground of repentance Because he hath