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A10914	A discourse of Christian watchfulnesse Preparing how to liue, how to die, and to be discharged at the day of iudgement, and so enioy life eternall. By Iohn Rogers minister to the Church of Chacombe in Northampton-shiere.	Rogers, John, of Chacombe.	1620 (1620)	STC 21185; ESTC S103184	154,709	397

more too and so the Lord shall bee iustified by the Reprobates themselues The third booke is the book of life that is of mans Election Reuel 20. 12. 15. mentioned also in Psal. 69. 92. Dan. 12. 1. Philip. 4. 3. Reu. 3. 5. and 13. 8. and 17. 8. and 21. 27. and 22. 19. Ex. 32. 32. 34. Isa. 34. 16. Now according to these three bookes the world shall bee iudged whereto may bee added the fourth booke which is the booke of Gods workes which for 2000. yeares instructed the world and by which the holy Patriarkes profited exceedingly witnesse the Patriarkes all from Adam to Moses and also the booke of Iob and that this shall be iudge may be gathered out of Rom. 1. 19. to 26. Psal. 19. 1. c. and 8. 2. c. and these bookes may properly be said to be so many witnesses for or against them that day The Vses then wee are to make of these bookes are these 1. That euery man bee watchfull to study the whole booke of Gods worde seeing we must be iudged by the same that so they may know what to doe and what to leaue vndone wee see theeues though they regard no Lawes nor equity yet vvhen they be attached and see they must appeare at the Assises they vvill be very carefull to peruse vvhat statutes make for them or against them that so they may in that day be able to answer according to Law and by Law plead defend and free themselues and how much more should vve doe so seeing the danger is greater and we know wee shall bee iudged by this booke of bookes especially seeing we are before-hand fore-told and commanded so to doe as Deut. 6. 6. c. Iosh. 1. 7. 8. 2. Then in that wee shall be iudged by the booke of Conscience the great Chancery booke we must be carefull so to liue according to the prescript rule of Gods word that vvee sinne not against our consciences nor knowledge in the word of God for there is no burthen to the burthen of a wounded conscience euer forecasting fearefull things iudgeing and condemning himselfe as Iudas who seeing the greatnesse of his sinne and not of Gods mercy accused and hanged himselfe not able to abide the horror thereof and therfore if our conscience controule vs let vs in prayer reperitance faith new obedience speedily be reformed and quiet it else let vs assure our selues that howsoeuer worldlings say that Conscience is hanged it will reuiue and hang vs for it is resembled to a bawling Mastiffe which thogh at his Masters doore it fall asleepe yet if any awake him he will take him by the throat and so will a wounded Conscience awake when the Lord by any iudgement toucheth it and cause vs destroy our selues for the Conscience is choyce and tender like the Apple of a mans eye the least moate will chafe it and disquiet the whole man and therefore must we charily keepe it as the apple of our eye which is done by eschewing all euill and doing all good wee can to all men 3. In that vve shall be iudged by the booke of life that is if God hath before all vvorlds elected vs to saluation then shall we vndoubtedly be saued else not Now for the making our Electiō sure to our selues or rather for the assuring of our selues that we are elected vve must haue an earnest care to leade godly liues stored with all heauenly graces as Peter exhorteth saying Ioyne vertue with your faith and with vertue knowledge and with knowledge temperance and with temperance patience and with patience godlines c. Make your Calling and Election sure for if you doe these things you shall neuer fall 2. Pet. 1. 3. to 12. for vvee must know that as God called vs to the end that is to bee saued of his owne vndeserued mercy so hee calleth vs to the meanes whereby vvee may come to this end vvhich is by leading a godly life as Rom. 8. 29. 30. Eph. 1. 3. 4. and therefore must vve labour by hearing reading and practising Gods word to serue Gods election and make it sure to our selues that vvee are elected and shall questionlesse be saued but if we contemn the word resist the spirit and regard not to leade a godly life but follow the torrent of the wicked it is plaine we vvere neuer elected and neuer shall be saued but be put out of the booke of life as the Lord said to Moses whosoeuer hath sinned against mee I will put him out of my booke Exod. 32. 33. that is it shall bee euident his name vvas neuer written there and the like speech is in 1. Sam. 2. 30. vvherefore the Lord God of Israell said to Eli I said that thy house and the house of thy Father should walke before me for euer But now the Lord saith it shall not be so for them that honour me I will honor and they that despise me shall be despised So that we need not climbe vp to heauen to see if our names bee written in the booke of life but descend into our selues and examine our liues if wee lead godly liues we are surely elected for else vve could neuer haue the grace to be godly and contrarily The fourth Vse is to contemplate and meditate in a deuout and thankefull heart vpon all the vvorkes of God and abuse them not but conuert them all to the glory of God 1. Cor. 10. 31. and to the good of his Church The next Vse serues for terror to the wicked vvho vvhen these bookes be open and first the booke of life be shut against them that they haue no hope nor helpe to be saued and next vvhen the bookes of Gods vvord be opened and it testifie what a great despiser and persecutor thereof and of all the Articles of the Couenant of Grace therein registred thou hast beene as also of the Preachers and Professors thereof reuiling all good men and blaspheming thy Iudge extinguishing and spiting the very spirit of grace and heereunto thy Conscience as a thousand witnesses will giue testimony and cry vnto God for iudgement and the booke of Gods works yea all Gods creatures but specially the poore widdow fatherlesse and stranger cry against thee for spilling innocent bloud for detaining the hirelings wages for oppressing the impotent and for thy Sodomitry and all creatures rise in iudgment against thee what wilt thou doe for shame and sorrow yea what paine and confusion of face will it be to thee when by the wide and broad opening of these bookes all thy sinnes of omission and commission all thy mischiefes and treacheries thy blasphemies scornings scoffings reuilings buffetings persecutings and all thy indignities done formerly against the Iudge himselfe his Church his Ministers and people with the Sacriledge Oppressions Thefts and Robberies c. shall be all discouered and laid open in the face of all the world yea besides these the villenies which hitherto thou

him to eternall damnation The Vses we are to make of this heauy sentence are first to humble our selues vnder the mighty hand of God and not stand vpon our gentry or reputation in the world to scorne or set light to serue the Lord lest a day come when our Sauiour will pull downe our pride and say Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire a rough speech and heauy greeting God wot to such especially as when they were heere were in Sermons called with all reuerence Right Honourable Honourable Right Worshipfull Worshipfull and if it please your Mastership if it may stand with your fauour and vnder your correction good sir and I beseech your clemency pardon my boldnesse in reprouing with an hundred such like titles contrarie to Iob 32. 21. 22. but now see how they bee saluted with the Deuils own title thou accursed There was a time that if Christ or any of his Ministers had greeted them thus they would soone haue put their honour in the dust with vae vobis and God should haue where they Lorded no more seruice publike then they with their fauours allowed him which should be little enough and his Ministers for all their preaching in his name should haue as little ioy and comfort And what abasing of them is this and that in the face of all the world yet we see pride must haue a fall and their case stile is altered now they are termed cursed and outed from the Iudgement seat yea to hell and iust it is for there was a day when they outed the poore and Christ himselfe in his members from them and as then they were ashamed of him he is so of them now as the shame of all his creatures Mat. 10. ●8 Oh what childe seruant wife or subiect can abide to heare from the mouth of his deare father louing husband godly master or most gracious Prince this terrible terme Depart from me thou accursed and that to hell for euer so full of implacable indignation and wrath anguish and sorrow much lesse vttered from the mouth of so mild mercifull and gracious a Sauiour and at such time as he most needs his helpe and fauour then to forsake him kills the heart yet right meet it is that as formerly hee had abhorred God and scorned to obey his Lawes the Lord now should not fauour him Oh consider this ye that forget God and kisse the Sunne least he be angry and withall marke the nature of these words Depart from mee ye cursed to euerlasting fire and thou shalt finde couched within these few words a world of woes present and future and in this one curse all curses included and obserue he doth not now in execrable termes curse them but sheweth how by leading heretofore a cursed life and condemned by the Ministers now our Sauiour ratifieth it Mat. 16. 19. and 18. 18. Then consider the manner of vttering of this sentence frō the gracious mouth of God himselfe full of maiesty full of power and full of furious indignation and iustice most strict and seuere able to make not onely the hearts and soules of sinners but the very center and whole frame of heauen and earth to tremble and quake nay to be dissolued to nothing Moreouer what can bee more wofull to a sinfull wretch that somtimes had beene in high place thus to be reiected and to see many Lazars and Beggars and Harlots riffe-raffe sots together with a rabblement of peeuish preachers as Kings now to sit on thrones royall to giue sentence and iudgement vpon his life and actions nay vvhich is more to see his owne parents brethren wife children and friends forgetting all obligations of nature amity and humanity to shew no token of sorrow to speake no one good worde for him in nothing to comfort him but iustifying the Lord to laugh at his destruction neuer was poore wretch how great a felon or traitor soeuer condemned by an earthly Iudge how mercilesse soeuer but his sentence of death should euer end with this speech And God haue mercy vpon thy soule and many others taking him by the hand would comfort him and say God helpe thee we will pray for thee be of good comfort but heere is not one word of comfort but heere soule and body deprived of all mercy and hope is with a most terrible voyce surpassing all vnited thunder-claps cursed to euerlasting fire without pity or comfort Finally see hence what it is to be separated for euer from God and all his Angels and Saints and to be thrust among a rout and rabblement of Deuils and Reprobates and this is an hell it selfe We see how heauily a sucking-childe takes it to be separated but for a moment and cast out of his mothers armes how will he cry and take on how nothing will please nor pacifie him and yet the nurse will soone take him againe neyther did shee cast him away in displeasure but vvhen Christ in his wrath casteth out a sinner he neuer takes him neuer pitieth him for heere no teares prayers sutes cries yellings nor mournings can be heard none will meditate nor speake for him to reuerse or stay iudgement but must without farewell be presently tumbled to hell And heere consider yet all this while and euer after what guilt of conscience is in the condemned what biting enuy what horror in minde what distraction of wit what muttering and murmuring what cursing of themselues their Parents friends and dumbe Ministers what wringing of hands knocking of breasts what cries howlings filling heauen and earth and what now would this damned person giue to obtaine Christs fauour and to heare him say Come thou blessed of my Father but it will not be The onely remedy is now to turne while time serues and to bee reconciled while hee requesteth thee by his Ministers 2. Cor. 5. 20. and then need'st thou not doubt of his fauour and grace else hereafter shalt thou knock long enough at the gate of mercy and not be heard Therefore beloued in the Lord seeing wee know the terror of the Lord this day 2. Cor. 5. 11. and 2. Pet. 2. 311. Let vs stirre vp our hearts to conceiue know these terrors of the Lord I meane not onely in iudgement to conceiue them but also in heart and affection to bee perswaded of the terrible fearefulnesse of this last iudgement and in this regard not to content our selues with the gift of knowledge and with an outward profession of piety as they in Math. 7. 22. and 25. 3. 44. Luke 13. 26. but to labor for soundnesse and sincerity of faith of repentance and new obedience both in heart and life endeauouring alwaies to haue a good conscience towards God man else vanity of vanities will become misery of miser●es for while the theefe stealeth the hempe groweth The second point in this terrible iust sentence to be considered is the reason why Christ commits them to the fire eternall