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B07516 Sommons to doomes daie sent vnto his beloved England, as a memoriall of his deepe printed loue and loyaltie. / By Henoch Clapham.. Clapham, Henoch. 1595 (1595) STC 5345.7; ESTC S91454 27,025 82

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the glory of God encompasseth them and not only that but they are filled with glorie and are made * 1. Ioh. 3.2 like vnto Christ in qualitie though not in quantitie seeing him as he is a glory beyond the conceit of man And therefore oh my soule here glut thee and be thou ravished in the spirite as was IOHN in Paetmos and bee content to contemplate that which neither thy hand can set down thy tongue vtter nor yet thy self look towards vntill thy flesh by strength of Gods spirit be humbled to the Earth ly as dead for giving further scope vnto the inner man Neither hauing contemplated profoundlie in the spirit shall thou attaine to the least period or jod of that glory a glory beyond the glittering shine of the Sun Moone starres for this must be endles as Christ himselfe is endles But vnto the goatish multitude and hypocriticall tares he shall say I vvas an hungred and ye gaue me no meate I thirsted and ye gaue me no drink I vvas a stranger and ye lodged me not naked and ye clothed me not sick and in prison but ye visited me not But as willing to cover their vnworking faith they shal say When did we see thee and not releeue thee The judge shall answere Verely I say vnto you in as much as yee did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me Depart therefore from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which is prepared for the Deuill and his Angels Herevpon the Devils all workers of iniquitie shall go into everlasting paine as the former into life everlasting Oh the horrible noise and roarings of devils and men at this departure to the bottomles pit where the worme worse than a snake or viper shall gnawe every of them to the death yet not die The Lord his flayle and whippe of Scorpions shall nowe bruise and lashe them more fiercely then doth Iehouahs flayl the Heathen in the valley of Iehoshaphat for the first is but a part but this the fulnes of his wrath But as the shritchings howlings of the latter shall be immeasurable so the Singings of the former togeather with the glorious Angels shall be vnspeakable heavenly even a melody vnmatchable The Devil departeth with his mysticall black body and hellish corporation Christ ariseth togither with his glorious and mysticall body * 1. Cor. 15.24.28 nowe all his adversaries trampled vnder his feete and delivereth vp the kingdome to God the Father hee and his body thence standing subject vnto him that did subdue all things vnder him that God may be all in all First God and Christ is all one secondly Christ and the faithful are all one lastly the Father the Son and the Faithfull are all one according to our Sauiour his petition Iohn 17.20.21 c. And all this falleth out after an vnvtterable manner God first abasing himselfe by assuming our nature and lastly lifting vs vp vnspeakable high that so being like Christ wee may beholde the glory of the Father and bee one with God Neither thenceforth can the mysticall members of Christ fall away from their mysticall head more than Christ from his head the Father and the Father from himselfe Oh filthie flesh filthie lumpish flesh that savoureth not this mysticall Vnion glorious Com-vnion God as it were translated into man and man into God the Creator into a creature and the creature into the Creator Dy dy oh my flesh and be thou more and more vivified oh my spirit that I may be lifted vp beyond my selfe to see my selfe greater than my selfe Oh miserable wretch I am to sin against this God mercifull God that by his vncompassable wisedome hath provided that I a base worme should become one with God Oh my beloved brethren and sisters of England as also oh yee people of other Nations Considering all these things not onely the consumption of all by fire but especially the Accepting and Reiecting of soules immediatlie after vvhat maner of persons say I with Peter ought ye to be in holy conversation and godlines If the corruptible Heavens elements earth the works therein shal be vnable in their corruptible estate to apeare before that great and incorruptible Iudge how had ye neede while it is called To day to cast aside all filthinesse and superfluitie of wickednes that so you may with boldnes stand before that white Throne as though the Apostle woulde say do not your Consciences beare witnes that ye had neede to liue in pure conuersation and godlinesse and if your consciences do testifie that much puritie and holinesse is required at the handes of those that shal come before that Iudge then lest your owne consciences doe condemne you in that great day do labour more in holines of conversation towards man as also that such outward conversation may proceede from an heart inwardly affected with godlines The Apostle taking it for graunted that every mans conscience will make such answer to his demaund doth secretly even in the same demaund exhort vnto holy conuersation and godlines In deede no exhortation can in better time be vrged then when the conscience is convicted And oh thou Atheist whosoeuer thou be tel me if these things somtimes lye not at the doore of thy conscience as did * Genes 4.7 Cains sin at his door and giue thee a twitch bloody nip snarling at the banket of thy sinne as a Dogge vnder the table Oh thou Atheist that corroding of thy Conscience wil prooue the sculpture and ingrauement of thy sin in thy soule that so it may be visible to the eies of al the world in the great generall doome Awake therefore oh Atheist and all ye lovers of iniquitie and * Heb. 12.14 followe holines vvithout vvhich no man shall see the Lord. See him without holinesse they may as Satan the sheepherd of hell and his goats shall see him namely a fearefull and terrible Iudge every word of whose mouth shall wounde them as an envenomed arrowe but see the Lord to their comfort as shall lovers of holines they never snall and therefore as our Saviour saith * Matth. 5.8 The pure in heart are blessed for they shall see God as for the impure hearted they by the nature of contraries are accursed for they shall see the Devill Be not deceived God will not bee mocked as thou sowes thou shalt reape If thou reply Though I liue in vncleannesse Idolatrie witchcraft hatred debate emulations wrath contentions seditions heresies envie murthers drunkennes gluttonie and such like yet I hope to be saved I answer and not I but PAVL They which do such things shall not inherite the kingdome of God Gal. 5.21 Christ will present man before his Father as he presented himselfe but * Heb. 9.14 hee presented himselfe without falt therefore he wil present man without falt If thou saiest I hope he will present me as a sonne to God Iohn maketh this answer