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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01207	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the 3 of Nouember 1594. intreating of the second comming of Christ, and the disclosing of Antichrist. : With a confutation of diuerse coniectures concerning the end of the world, conteyned in a booke intituled, The second comming of Christ. / Preached by Iohn Dove.	Dove, John,	1594 (1594)	STC 7086.5; ESTC S91767	27,513	64

make the godly watchfull for so writeth Peter the ende of all things is at hand be ye 1. Pet. 4 therefore sober and watchfull in prayer to arm the afflicted with patience seeing they haue but a litle tribulation to endure so saith our Sauiour When you see these things begin Luc. 21. to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth neer And rebuking the drowsinesse of Peter Iames and Iohn he draweth argument of reprehension from the breuitie of the time saying could ye not haue watched with mee one Mar. 14. houre Seeing it is but an houre we must not be heauie as the Apostles which slept nor loose as Sathan which the neerer he is to his iudgement the more he rageth nor enuious as the euill tenant which when his lease is almost expired maketh wast and hauock but patient like trauellers which are lesse wearie being almost at their iourneys end and vigilant as the faithfull seruant which when he is neere his freedom is more dutifull in his seruice because he hath but a short time to serue But for my better proceeding and your edifying in my two houres discourse of this one and last houre cōcerning the first part these four points in particular by Gods gracious assistance and your christian patience are to be discussed First of the weaknesse of their arguments which hold this conclusion that the worlde shall neuer haue an end Secondly their rashnesse is to bee discouered which make a shew of diuinitie but in deed set abroch their owne conceits and priuate phantasies and so vnaduisedly take vpon them to demonstrate when the world must haue an end Thirdly how far we may bee bold to determin hauing first with iudgement and sobrietie looked into the state of this question Fourthly after it shall be made euident that the kingdom of God is not now è longinquo but è propinquo not a far off but euen at our doores how we ought to behaue our selues in the meane time expecting the most blessed comming of our Sauiour Christ Concerning the first point two sortes of men denie that the world shal haue an end Philosophers and Atheists The Philosophers Phys l. 8. draw their proofes from naturall reason the Atheists from Diuinitie both are controlled by this place The Philosophers argue out of Aristotle that the worlde shall haue no ende because it had no beginning that it had no beginning because it was alwayes in motion that it was alwayes in motion because God in whom all other things haue their being and mouing euer moued it for nothing els could be moued by him if the world were not and if he did not alwais moue as nowe hee doth he is not constant and permanent in one estate but subiect to chaunge which is an absurditie and may not be graunted But because such curiositie doth not edifie and I am not to play the Philosopher in this place and faith is not agreeable to naturall reason I answere Aristotle the mirrour of humaine witte not by witte or humaine reason for that I can not but against him I oppose the doctrine of Saint Paule Where is the disputer 1. Cor. 1. hath not God made the wisdome of this worlde foolishnesse seeing the world by wisdome knew not God in the wisdome of God it pleased God through the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue Christ saith that which is Iohn 3. flesh is fleshly Aristotle though the wisest among the Gentiles was a sensuall man and therefore vnderstood not the things which were of God I come to the Atheists which as Beza In anotat in Pet. 2. Pet. 8. writeth are in the courts of Princes Of thē saith Peter This first vnderstand that there shall come in the latter dayes mockers which shall will be after their owne lustes and say where is the promise of his comming for since the fathers slept ad things haue continued alike from the first creation In the which wordes they draw a weake argument from the long continuance of the worlde to prooue the perpetuitie of the same and conclude this enthymem The worlde hath euer continued alike from the first Creation therfore it shall alwaies so continue The Apostle maketh answere to the antecedent two maner of wayes First hee denieth it to be true by a notable instance for once saith he the world was destroied by a deluge of water therefore all things haue not continued alike from the first creation Secondly Gen. 7. besides that the long continuance of the worlde if it were graunted were no argument to proue the perpetuitie of the same he answereth by a distinctiō that this long continuance were long in respect of men only not of God so that these 5500 yeares which are commonly reckoned from the first creation vntill this age are but as fiue daies and an halfe in the sight of God a verie short time which saint Peter proueth by the authoritie of the Prophet Psal 90. who affirmeth that a thousand yeares are with God as short as one day euen as one day with God is as long as a thousand years with men Hauing answered the obiection of the Atheists the Apostle disputeth against thē by an argument à simili in this maner Euen as the old world meaning the earth which was of the water and by the water had her being and continuance by the word of God and by the same word of God and the same waters it perished so the new world meaning both heauen and earth are by the same word kept in store and reserued to fire Asmuch as if he had said before the floud the world continued long yet at length it was destroyed by the same thing of which it consisted which was the element of water so after the floud it hath continued longer yet it is the second time to be destroyed of the other element of which it consisteth which is fire When the floud had ceased the Lord gaue the rainbow for a token of his couenāt between Gen. 9. him and vs but in the rainbow are especially to bee obserued two things the figure there of and the colours whereby it is made visible vnto our eies the figure is like a semicircle cut off in the middle by our Horizon so that to our sight it seemeth to reach from the highest arch of heauen to the lowest foundation of the earth to signifie that for as much as man which dwelleth in the lowest earth offended him which fitteth in Psal 2. the highest heauen Gods mercie pierced the clouds and descended from the highest heauen to the lowest foundation of the earth vnto the sonnes of men But the colours where with it is beautified are principally two the one is a Sea-colour which betokeneth Water where with it was drowned the other fierie betokening the other Element wherunto the world vntil the day of iudgement is reserued The Philosophers and Atheists beeing gainsaid