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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62905	A discourse of Christ's Second Coming and purging of his kingdom in two sermons on Matth. XIII, 41 / by Samuel Tomlyns.	Tomlyns, Samuel, 1632 or 3-1700.	1695 (1695)	Wing T1858; ESTC R25655	49,894	104

affright and terrisie the Workers of Iniquity that they as vile and worthless Creatures shall be cast away Matth. 13.48 the bad Fish shall be cast away as those that God hath no esteem of Love to o● Delight in they have cast away the Law of the Lord Isa 5.24 and now they themselves shall be cast away they would not put away the Lusts of their Hearts the Evil of their Doings and now therefore they must be put away as Dross Psal 119.119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the Ea●● as Dross But this is not all the Tares shall be cast into a Furnace of unquenchable Fire Matth. 13.12 It is honourable to be Trees for Fruit but it is disgracefull and reproachful to be Trees for Fuel Hay serves for Food to Cattel but Tares do serve only to heat the Oven and to burn in the Furnace O how dreadful is this for to be cast into a Furnace heated by the Anger and Fury of God Can we imagine how terrible that Fire is which is kindled by incensed Justice and blown up by the Breath of an angry God a Fire that will indeed devour all that is pleasant and coniume all that is sweet and gratefull in Life yet leave still a Being to feel Misery and endure Eternal Torments We should be amazed to see a Wisp of Straw a Bundle of Tares to hold out one day and not be consumed but this is a great Miracle of the Power of God to uphold and preserve Sinners to be an eternal Mark for God to shoot at an eternal Footstool for him to tread on Eternal Vessels for him to drop his Wrath and pour out his Fury into The Evil of Sin doth not consume is not expiated by all the Torments of the workers of iniquity and so their Misery cannot abate their Punishments cannot lessen nor the Fire go out they suffer from God and hate him they endure Blows and Wounds from him and blaspheme him for them they Rebelled against God they suffered Sin and Satan to Rule in them and now full sore against their Wills God will Reign over them with an out-stretched Arm and Fury poured out Ezek. 20.33 they would not come under Christ's Pastoral Rod Ezek 20.37 but they must be forced to fall under Christ's Iron Rod Psal 2.9 their Sin did grieve God and God's Sentence and the Execution of it will eternally sting and vex them Oh it is dreadful for Sinners to be preserved in being for their hurt to have an immortal Existence that they may feel an immortal Punishment Misery and Torment If Christ that was a green Tree Luke 23.31 that was full of the vital Sap of Holiness and Righteousness and did continually abound in spiritual Fruit had yet such a Fire of Wrath burning against him and kindled on him when as Evil Fruits were only hanged on him by imputation but did never grow in or on him what must dry Trees expect that are destitute of the Life of God and did never bear Fruit to Christ what an everlasting Furnace what an Eternal Fire will be their Portion Christ could pass the Cup from him by his drinking of it Mat. 26.42 but workers of iniquity shall drink of the Cup of God's Fury yet it shall never pass from them but stay at their Lips and be suck'd and soak into their Souls 2. Use I would now put you on the Search Trial and Examination of your selves Are you truly Members of and sincere Subjects in this Kingdom of God Are you such as shall stay in the Kingdom of God or such as shall be gathered out of it There is a great deal of difference between treading in God's Courts Isaiah 1.12 and growing in God's House or being planted and flourishing in God's Courts Psal 92.13 those that only tread in God's Courts may not stay in his House John 8.35 but may be driven out of it Hos 9.15 I will drive them out of my house I will love them no more but those that are planted by God and are green Olive-Trees in the House of God they shall never wither or be rooted up Psal 52.8 they trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever and mercy will follow them all their days Psal 23.6 and mercy will be built up for ever Psal 89.2 It is worth the while to enquire what we are and whose we are that we may not flatter and deceive our own Souls In a Family there are Sons and Servants John 4.35 in a Great House there are Vessels of Gold and Silver and Vessels of Wood and Earth in great Cities as in Rome of old they did distinguish the Inhabitants into two sorts the Advenae or Strangers the Cives or Citizens that were born and bred there O consider Are you Titular or Real Are you Transient or Abiding Subjects in Christ's Kingdom Are ye rescued and delivered from the adverse Prince and contrary Kingdom Men are born under the Law of Sin Rom. 8.2 and under the power of Satan Acts 26.18 the God of this World is their Father John 8.44 the Prince of this World is their King Oh therefore ask this serious Question Is the Prince of the World cast out of your Hearts John 12.31 now shall the Prince of the World be cast out And are you pluckt out of his Paw rescued out of his Kingdom Col. 1.13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Father hath by a strong hand by a mighty arm pluckt and snatched his Redeemed from the Power of Darkness Ignorance and Sin are Darknesses and Satan is the Power and Prince of Darkness he rules Men by their Ignorance and Lusts and therefore he is stiled the ruler of the darkness of this world Ephes 6.12 Ignorance and Sin have a strange Power over Souls as if they were rightful and lawful Powers and Satan's Kingdom is grounded and built on them Sinners know not what they do whither they go whom they serve and hence it is they do so readily and willingly yield themselves to obey the Commands of these Enemies that hoodwink them and hurry them on to Destruction Are your Eyes opened Are Satan's Snares and Sin 's Bonds broken Are you turned from darkness to light from the power of Satan to God Acts 26.18 are you made free from the law of sin and death Rom. 8.2 darkness did chain the Egyptians in their Places that they did not remove or go about Exod. 10.22 23. but when the Light returned then they were set at Liberty to walk about and work so have you known the Truth of Christ and been made free by it John 8.32 Is the Veil of Ignorance drawn off from your Minds And are the Chains of Lust fallen off from your Wills A Veil is a Restraint and Bondage on the Eye Those that do not see the Evil of Sin will not fly from it they that behold not the Excellency of the Kingdom of God will not press into it 2ly Are you translated

sanctuary and Israel his D●nion Psal 114.2 And how much d● this increase Guilt to be Rebellious 〈◊〉 work iniquity in God's Sanctuary and in 〈◊〉 peculiar Dominion Zeph. 3.5 The just 〈◊〉 is in the midst thereof 3dly It is a heinous Evil to work iniquity where the Rule of Righteousness is profess'd pressed and taught I have written to them the great things of my Law but they counted them strange things Hos 8.12 The just Lord brings Judgments that is his wise and holy Laws to light every Morning and sets his Laws before Men Dan. 9.10 And they ought to choose them and set them before themselves Psal 119.30 I have chosen the way of truth and thy judgments have I set before me Yet those that work iniquity turn to God their Backs and not the Face Jer. 32.38 And cast God's Words behind their Backs Psal 50.17 Hide their Eyes from it and are willingly ignorant of it O what a Shame and Reproach is this to Men that Beasts and Birds are better govern'd by Sense and Instinct Isa 1.3 Jer. 8.7 than Men are by Reason and a written Law of God! How do Men pervert and abuse their Reason and more than Brutisie themselves When as God taught them more than the Beasts of the Earth and made them wiser than the Fowls of Heaven Job 15.11 4thly It greatly burthens and provokes God for Men to work iniquity in a Land of Uprightness and where others do work Righteousness Isa 26.10 The Wicked in the land of uprightness will deal unjustly The Land of Canaan where the People of God dwelt is called the Land of Uprightness and the People of Israel are called Jesherus Deut. 33.26 There is none like to the God of Jesherun This Name is derived from 〈◊〉 Jashar which signifies to be right because this was the People that were taught and profess'd Uprightness and Righteousness Those that are truly the People of God are said to have wrought his Judgment Zeph. 2.3 Now this augments Guilt when Persons shall work iniquity in a Land of Uprightness where Righteousness is profess'd and practised by many These by their Example shew that the Yoke of Christ is not intolerable and that Godliness is not impossible or impracticable These by their Strictness Holiness and Zeal do condemn the looseness profaneness and coldness of the work●● of iniquity The circumspect and exact Li●● they lead should stir up and awaken other that behold them to a serious exact and powerful Religion The very Examples of Saints do teach and should mightily affect others 5thly It is hainous to work iniquity when Men are taught That Jesus Christ ga●e himself to redeem Men from all iniquity Titus 2.14 and from a vain conversati●y 1 Pet. 1.18 These Men clash with and co●tradict the great End and Design of Christs Death They frustrate the Sufferings of Christ and resolve still to be the Servants of Sin the Portion and Possession of Satan as if Christ's Blood were no valuable Price to purchase them or to oblige them to cease to be their own and to engage them to be the Lord's Servants and People as if Christ's Blood should purchase all for them but buy nothing of them nor from them 6thly It is very provoking to work iniquity where the Lord useth many means to purge Men from Iniquity Ezek. 24.13 Because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged thou shalt not be purged any more from thy silthiness till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee Instructions in Righteousness Reproofs for Sins Afflictions without and the Strivings of God's Spirit within when it counsels Duty warns of Danger that attends the practice of Iniquity are all means to purge Men from their Filthiness But when God shews Men what is Good and dehorts them from Evil when he puts them into the Furnace and kindles the refining Fire and yet the Dross of Wickedness cleaves close to them and is not removed from them This renders the workers of iniquity more obnoxious to Wrath and revenging Justice When Men will not stop and cease from Sinning then the Fury of God will rest upon them and they be exposed to Torments without end 7thly It mightily provokes God when Men bear corrupt Fruit and work iniquity in his own Vineyard God sets a great Price and Value on every spot and inch of his Vineyard-Ground Shall that then be clogged and pestered not only with empty Vines Hos 10.1 but with strange and degenerate Vines Jer. 2.21 such Vines as bear Grapes of Gall and bitter Clusters that yield Wine that is the Poison of Dragons and the crude Venom of Asps Are these Grapes fit for the Lord of the Vineyard to eat of Is this meet Wine for his to drink Would it not be intolerably bad for a Child to present such Wine to as Earthly Father to poison him And is it not infinitely worse for Men to render such Wine to their Heavenly Father Is there any thing he doth more abhor than these Clusters or more detest than this Wine W●● God bear always such corrupt and pernici●●● Trees in his Vineyard The Use of this Doctrine is Fourfold 1. For Terrour 2. For Examination 3. For Exhortation 4. For Caution 1. Use is For Terrour to loose scand●lous and profane Christians they shall not still continue in the Kingdom of Christ The time draws near when Christ will send forth his Angels and gather them out of his Kingdom The Harvest is at hand when these Tares shall be cut out of God's Field The Net will quickly be drawn to the Shoar and if bad Fish be cast away God will not value or regard them to all Eternity but cast them off and reject them for ever Consider and weigh all these following Particulars that speak much Terror to the workers of iniquity 1. You shall be known Prov. 10.9 He that perverteth his ways shall be known Though he veil disguise endeavour to conceal himself yet the day will reveal every Man's State and Work 1 Cor. 3.13 Though Hypocrites are as Graves that appear not Luk. 11.44 their Rottenness and Wickedness appears not to Men yet God knows their Hearts Luke 16.15 He inspects their Souls and discovers all the Filth and Wickedness that is there How terrible is Light to Malefactors How bitter and unwelcome is it to Adulterers and Thieves They desire and affect Darkness that they may be conceal'd and a Veil cast over their Wickedness Job 24.17 The morning is to them as the shadow of death if one know them they are in the terrours of the shadow of death Doth God the Judge know Men And will he bring to light all the hidden Things of Darkness and make manifest the very Counsels of the Heart all the secret Principles carnal Motives corrupt Ends that have byass'd and fway'd Sinners in their Actions And shall not this Light of Divine Knowledge this Day of Divine Judgment strike Horrour into the Hearts of secure Sinners Their inside is so bad