lo st 〈◊〉 â—ight the starres of heauen did fall and the 〈◊〉 â—oor the your spirits â—ring but your 〈◊〉 men and come â—oorth you Astrologers and cast your figures looke to the houses of heauens toâ—â—ther the detriments and degrées of the planets and starres what are you now confounded then beholde saith the Prophet the Lord will destroy the tokeÌ„s of witches and make the southsayers go wrong Esay 44. make the cunning of the wise foolishnes bring the councell of the Magitioners to nought for sayeth the Lord I will destroy the wisdome of their wife and the vnderstanding of their lerned shall perish so that now ye fall to the ground quaking to se the signe of the sonne of man appearing to se the day of fire that is come to trye euery mans woork whereat O how yee lament and cry but what for your spirits and familiars which made you to bee counted cunning men whiche promised you dreames and shewed you vi sions which serued your pleasure to vex men and to bewitche with O beholde sayeth Christ many shall say vnto me in that day Lord Lord Math 7. haue we not in thy name prophisied and in thy name haue cast out deuils in thy name haue done many myracles but sayeth the Lord I will knoweledge to them that I neuer knew theÌ„ depart from me ye workers of iniquitie And now yée Idolaters false woorshpers and Apocrites sée how you doe nothing but wé epe what for your pictures your cerimonies your offerings your golden Ladies your wooden saincts for wante of your masses to eas e you or of bulles frome Roome to pardon preserue you this day beholde saieth Esay they are the strawe and you are the fire you shall burne and neuer be quenched Esay 33. yea all that you haue thus conceiued is stubble strawe and your spirit shal be the fire that it shall consume you and shal be burnt like lime thornes for now confouÌ„ded shal be all woork maisters of errors and shal be turned to fire and smoke and shall burne for euer with that great beast and false prophet which shal be cast into a ponde of burning brimstone Esay 45. Esay 65. Therfore let s uddain fearfulnes run through you to consider the terror and vengeance of this heauie and ferefull day of bitter wrath and indignation and who shall be able to indure it wherfore away with all vanities and so runne your race of lyfe that you may finde mercy at the great day of the Lord so that cleanse your consciences from sinne filthines and buy the milke of heauenly nurishment the wine of heauenly gladnes hope and the garments of righteousnes that you may be filled and clothed with all godly lyfe and conuersation that you may be bolde and and not affeard at the appearing of the Lord in the dreadfull day of iudgement Moreouer yée enuious men reuenger théefe murtherer blasphemer lyar quariler and deceiuer why dooest thou now shake for feare that wunt to be so lusty a thretner so feirce and stout a reuenger against thy poore neighbour or enemie Deut. 32. what art thou become a lump of feare and is the day come that hath shaken a sunder thy ioynts and hart stringes that thou so wretchedly doost wéepe Rom. 12. or why wéepest thou because thou canst haue no more thy mynde to hurt and sting thy neighbour and enemie and so backbyte him alas wretch the direfull day is come that the Lord sayeth vengeaunce is mine and I will reuenge yea the time is come the hée will spend all his arrowes vpon thee and will reward thy enuious reuenging hart euen into thy bosome except thou hast imbraced repentance in time for beholde God sayeth the fire is kindled in his wrath and shall burne vnto the bottome of hel Zache 5. for the flying booke of cursse which was entred into the houses of theues swearers murtherers lyers reuengers quarrellers and malicious sinners is brought foorth that they may bée iudged and thereby consumed being adiudged to be s ectered with chaines of fire and led through the gates of hel to be brent in the pit of burning brimstoÌ„e for euer Wherfore awake quickly out of your s lumbring â—eâ— of sin turne vnto the Lord your God for he is gracioê° and mercifull and redy to pardon wickednes so that you â—â—cuse your hartâ— become 〈◊〉 creatures in holines and purenes working out your saluation with earnest deuotion for consider the dreadefull voyce which the watchemen soundeth of the day of the Lord saying that it shall come as a snare to all them that sit on the face of the earth wherby ye ought to take heede to your selues lest your hearts be ouercome with surfetting and drunkennes with lusâ—es and cares of the worlde and so haue your heartes as it were giued to sinne Therefore repent for the kingdom of God is at hande Matth. 13. which as the Apostle saith is like to a net cast into the sea that gathereth of all kinde of fishes which when it is full men do draw to land and sit and gather the good into vessels and cast the bad away and so shal it be at the end of the world the sonne of maÌ„ shal send foorth his angels and they shall seuer the good from the bad and gather out of his kingdome all that offende and doeth iniquitie and shall cast them into a furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth and then shal the iust man shine as bright as the Sonne in the kingdome of the Father wherein ye are warned carefully to watch and abide in Christ least you be founde cursed children forsaking the right way for which cause arme your selues with goodnesse of life Matth. 2. â— that when he shall s ende his angels with great voyce of trumpet to gather together his chosen from the foure windes and from the one ende of the worlde to the other you may be found profitable seruaÌ„ts and well doing Peter 2.3 For it is written that the heauens shall perish with fire and the elements consume with hearte and the earth burne with all that is therein And seeing that all these things shall thus vndoubtedly perish what maner of persons ought we to be in conuersation godlinesse in righteousnesse and holinesse looking for the comming of that day in which the whole worlde shal be vtterly burnt vp and consumed no doubt seeing that such thinges are most assuredly to be looked for we ought to be diligent so to liue as to be founde true children of the light sprinkled in our heartes with the blood of Christ Heb. 10. from an euill conscience knowing that euery 〈◊〉 that bringeth not foorth good fruite shall be â—ewen downe and cas t into the fire Matth. 7. for Chri st saith That not all that say to me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but hee that
and washe you cleane and cleanse your corrupted harts by washing away your euill thoughtes wicked lusts and sinfull déedes in the blood of Christe by true repentance and newnes of lyfe least you be cast hedlong from the inheritance of heauinly pleasure into the filthie lake of perpetuall sorrowe and miserie and all yée Inhabiters of the earth striue against sinne and cast from you the fellowship of Ipocrisie enuy pryde couetousnes with all other sinnes and cut of from your hartes the cloisters of euill thoughtes and the braunches of wicked imaginations that you may bee found woorthie at the great day of the LORD to bee translated into the kingdome of glorie Wherefore consider the terrour of the day of iudgment and beholde how all kyndreds dooth stand shaking and be wailing before the highe Iudge that it may inforce vs to teares for to thinke on that daye when shall bee séene that moste great lamentable and euerlasting seperation departing of the elect from the dampned and this departing shall be such as that the one parte shall be cast into hel Mark 9. into the fire that neuer shal be quenched out of which no wéeping teares can restore vs where sayth Mark that the worme dyeth not and the fire neuer goeth out when shall be fulfilled that heauie voice Wo be to you that are riche Luke 6. for you haue therein your consolation woe bee to you that are full for you shall hunger woe bee to you that now laugthe Math. 11. for yee shall waile and weepe and theÌ„ shall bee heard that voyce of terrour and wretchednesse saying Woe bee vnto thee Châ—rasin Woe bee to thee Bethsaida whiche so little regarded and estéemed the Myracles and the Doctryne doone in thee which if they had bene done in Tyre and Sydon they would haue repented in sackcloth and ashes Therefore I say to thee it shall be easier for Tyre and Sydon at the day of iudgement then for you And wo be to thee Capernaum which art lift vp euen to heauen being so proud thou shalt be brought downe into hell for if the miracles and doctrine done in thee had bene done in Zodome they had remained vndestroyed till this day therefore it shall be easier for the land of Zodome in the day of iudgement then for thee wherefore beware ye carelesse people howe you refuse the doctrine of Christ least you heape to your selues an hard iudgement at the day of the Lord make ye readie that you may go vp to the house of the Lord Esay 2. and to the house of the God of Iacob and walke in his pathes for Christ hath told signes wonders and tokens of his comming And he hath sent you many a Ionas to recall you to repentance and to teach you his doctrine of saluation therefore turne to God least that Nyniuie rise in iudgement against you and the woe of Bethsaida ouertake you for as it happened in the time of Noye so shall the comming of the sonne of man be they eate they drank they married wiues and were married Luk. 17. euen vnto the same day that the floud came and destroyed them all like wise also as it chanced in the daies of Lot they eate they dranke they bought they sold they planted they bilt and euen the same day that Lot went out of Zodome it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen and destroyed them all And after these examples shall it be in the day when the sonne of man eppeareth and then two shall be in bed the one receiued the other forsaken two grinding at the mill the one receiued the other forsaken Therefore harken O earth and ye indwellers of the earth to this terrible day of the Lord yea cast off your mantle of securitie and slacknes and open your blunt hartes and dull eares giuing a carefull eare to the sentence which the Apostles doe giue Matth. 19. Matth. 25. that shall sit with Christ in iudgement saying take cast the vnprofitable seruant into vtter darknesse And Iohn Paul saith That all vncleane persons that worke abominations Reuel 21. 1. Cor. 6. and lyes the fearefull vnbeleeuing murtherers whoremongers sorcerers Idolaters couetous drunkardes extortioners theeues weakelens cursed speakers enuious persons continuing to death without repentance from the bottome of the heart shal haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death for as the trée falleth so doeth it lie whereupon beware ye wicked worldlings sinners the delay and hold off froÌ„ time to time driue off froÌ„ true repentance amendment of life least your sinnes lie heauie vpon you and your heart grow hard in these sinnes can not repeÌ„t and so heape to your selues the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeaÌ„ce according to the prophesie of Enoch Saint Iude. saying behold the Lord shall come with thousands of saints to giue iudgement against all meÌ„ to rebuke all that are vngodly among them of all their vngodly deedes which they haue committed of all the cruell speakings which vngodly sinners haue spoken against him TheÌ„ shal the Lord cry with a loud voice Reuel 14. like a lion that roareth vnto his angels to thrust in the sharpe sicle and gather the clusters of the earth and to cut downe the grapes of the earth the wicked and sinfull people and cast theÌ„ into the great winefat of his wrath and the winefat is troden wtout the citie of new IerusaleÌ„ yea it is trodeÌ„ in the place of extreme darknes in the hideous dungen of hel in al horror of bloody sorrowes for the reward of sinne is death and hell where it stincke with brimstone that cannot be abodden where behold with piteous eyes how the soules of the dampned bewayle in woe where all mirth and ioye are turned to woes where all songes and musicke are wooes where feasting and banketting be woes where daunsing and loue toyes be wooes playes and pastimes be woes and where golde and siluer and all gay things of this worlde are chaunged into wretchednesse and woes And of all other this is the most dreadfull woe Eâ—trenseâ—â—â— which is the depriuation of hope from comming out of those wooes And thus the miserable dampned soules are euermore tormented with fire and brimstone and the smoke of their tormentes ascendeth vp for euer and euer And neuer haue rest day and night and they crye piteously to the Lorde and hee heareth not and though they neuer cease from teares yet the Lorde regardeth them not And then they knowe when it is too late that all worldly thinges are vanities and miseries and they woulde repent and it helpeth not and thus they weepe and wayls in dolourouse tormentes and gnawe their tongues in most rigorous paine And so in great burning they drink of the cup of Gods intollerable wrath and heauie displeasure and indignation and they still burne and neuer are burned they seeke death and death
dooth my Fathers will which is in heauen whereupon take warning O all ye people of the Lords and consider that narrowe is the way that leadeth to saluation and broade the way that leadeth to destruction for which cause be vigilant in all good conuersation and wel doing that you may keepe your selues in the narrowe path of Christ that you may find grace mercie in time of néede that when his glorie appeareth you may be merry and glad touching the which remember among many examples the forcible example of Dâ—â—es who being puffed vp with all wealthy prouision of lands and goodes liuing in the pleasure and securitie of this worlde Luke 16. regarded not goodnesse righteousnesse and mercie but contemned the poore so liued according to his owne froward thoughts and â—â—â—â—eites shewing no pitie and that 〈◊〉 to poore Lazarus â—â—â—â—ning to his gate for 〈◊〉 who had a true and patient heart to 〈◊〉 and miserie of life in this world And 〈◊〉 how this poore wretches 〈◊〉 to God was caryed into Abraham 〈◊〉 riche man for his wicked life 〈◊〉 heart is adiudged to hell torments and that he being in the burning 〈◊〉 of tortures and 〈◊〉 and beholding Lazarus as ioy â—â—d neuer after 〈◊〉 so much as one drop of 〈◊〉 scalding in the breaking 〈◊〉 take hee s to your selileâ— ye wealthy citizens ye rich gluttons voluptuous liuers couetous worldlings vncharitable hearts stiffs stomackes and vnmercifull people knowing that after that day repentance is too late so that be mindfull to lay vp treasures in heauen where neither theeues breake in nor mothes corrupt Matth. 6. that when the day of the Lord commeth thou maist find fauour to be in the bosome of Abraham with Lazarus in the euerlasting habitatioÌ„s and scape the danger of Diues torments where it is vnpossible euer to come out againe or euer to be released froÌ„ the horrour of woes therefore deceiue not thy selfe with the 〈◊〉 of a counterfet faint and cold repentance but put on true sineers faithfull repentance with a stedfast amendment of life making no longer delay least the arrowes of death or the sudden comming of the day of the Lord doth come vpon thee vnawares and so be found vnprouided like an vnprofitable seruant deseruing to be cast into darknes to whom the Lord shall say in his wrath Esay 3.1 it is ye the haue burnt vp my vineyard therefore depart froÌ„ me ye wicked whereby be ye mooued and stirred vp inwardly in your hearts knowing that it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God to sup the cuppe of his indignation when he shall say woe be to their soules which shal be heauily rewarded Esay 31. For the Lorde commeth saith Esay with â—â—â—e his charet shal be like a whirle wind that he may recoÌ„pence his vengeance in his wrath and his indignation in the flame of fire Esay 66. for the Lord shall iudge all flesh with the fire and with his sword for the hande of the Lorde shal be knowen among his seruants and his indignation among his enemies and I wil saith the Lord gather all people and tongues with their workes and imaginations and they shall sée my glorie for the Lord will hold his court regall with all flesh and then it shal be said Happie are the godly for they shal enioy the fruits of their works and labours but woe to the vngodly for they shall be recompens es after their euill deedes Oseas 7. and then at that day the Lorde shal say as in Oseas woe be do them for they haue forsaken mee they haue sowen winds therefore they shall reape a storme they must be destroyed for they haue set me at naught they haue plowed wickednesse and therefore shall reape the fruite of sinne which at that day of iudgement is the bitter paines of hell and damnation wherefore crucifie your earthly and fleshly members and s eeke for grace to replenish your heartes with heauenly thoughtes and deedes saying with Saint Iohn Reuel 1. He commeth and all eyes shall see him and they that pearced him and then all kindreds shall wayle Reuel 6. And heauen shall vanish away like a scroule when it â—â—â—olled together and all mountaines and Isles shall be mooued out of their places and the Kinges of the earth and the great men and the mightie men and the rich men and the captaines and euery bonde man and euery free man shall hide them selues in dennes and rockes of the hilles and say to the rockes and the hilles fall on vs and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth in the seat and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can endure it Esay 2. For then saith Esay shall men creepe into the holes of stoue and into the caues of the earth from the sight of the fearefull Iudge and from the glorie of his Maiestie when he shall make him vp to shake the earth Nowe sée what a dreadfull day of trembling this is and howe feare shall ouertake all men high and lowe euen with vtter lamentation and despaire when the Lorde at that day which is at hande shall according to Micheas Mich. 1. come downe and treade vpon the high thinges of the earth and cleaue the heauens asunder that the mountaines shall consume vnder him Thess 1.4 and the valleyes rent in pieces according to Paul The Lorde shall discende from heauen with a shoute and the voyce of the Archaungel trumpe of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first and then shal wee which remaine be caught vp with them also in the cloudes Cor. 1.15 to meete the Lord in the aire for the trumpet shall blowe and the dead shall rise incorruptible and we shal be chaunged in a moment and in the twinckeling of an eye at the sounde of the last trumpet for this corruptibilitie must put on corruptibiltie and this mortalitie must put on immortalitie then death shal be coÌ„sumed into victory for now the time is the though you be scattered to dust and ashes or in the waues of the sea and wrapt in the corners of the earth dennes of hell yet can you not escape froÌ„ God for euery place shall giue vp all their dead at the voice of Christ the iudger of the quicke and the dead Reue. â—0 and then shall the bookes bee opuned and the dead iudged of those thinges which are written in the bookes according to their deedes When according to the Scripture shall the names of the righteous be manifest and also the names of the vngodly with their woorks be declared wherfore put on the garmnets of God that yée may bee found to prayse and honor when Christe our high king of kinges commeth to iudgement when all knées shall bowe giue accoÌ„ptes to God Iohn 5. for which cause it néerly behooueth vs to walk in