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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10964	The general session conteining an apologie of the most comfortable doctrine concerning the ende of this world, and seconde comming of Christ, written by Thomas Rogers. The first part, wherein for the comfort of the godlie is proued not onely that God wil, but also that he doth iudge this world.	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1581 (1581)	STC 21233.3; ESTC S106670	65,044	146

scarslie be saued where shal the vngodly the sinner appeare If he doe so to the greene wood what shalbe done to the drie And if he plague them which cal-vpon his Name how wil he afflict such as feare him not Last of al that the righteous maie atteine the rewards which are promised to the miserable of this worlde according both vnto these words of Christ Blessed are theie which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake and these also of Paul Our light affliction which is but for à momēt causeth vnto vs à farre moste excellent and an eternal weight of glorie CHAP. 14. That God in his iustice doth punish his seruantes for their sinnes IN his iustice God also doth punish euē his sainctes for their offences Because theie are guiltie not onelie of original but of actual also not only of secret but of knowne sinnes beside Of original because Theie are borne in iniquitie conceiued in sin and their harts are euil euen frō their youth of actual For who can saie Mine heart is cleane I am cleane from sinne There is no man that sinneth not of secret for If thou ô Lorde streightlie markest iniquities ô Lord who shal stand If I would iustifie my selfe mine owne mouth shal condemne me If I woulde be perfect he shal iudge me wicked yea my cloathes shal iudg me filthie and of knowne for I know mine iniquities and my sinne is euer before me Againe In manie thinges we sinne al Seeing then so manie waies the godlie are guiltie of sinne what maruel though God as a righteous iudge doth seuerelie in his iustice pinish them for the same In this their affliction the godlie haue continual consideration both of themselues and their miserie and of God and his mercie In themselues theie compare their sinnes and their miserie together and by the greatnes of their afflictiō theie gather what an ouglie filthie and abominable monster sinne is Theie consider that by their sinnes theie haue offended not man but God who is soueraignelie and infinitelie righteous and that impossible it were for them to be saued except some extraordinarie pardon did come At the remembrance wher of theie do euen tremble quake-againe As Dauid did when he saide i Thine arrowes haue light vpon me and thine hand lieth vpon me There is nothing sounde in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there rest in my boanes because of my sinne For mine iniquities are gon-ouer mine head and as à weightie burden theie are too heauie for me My woundes putrifie and corrupt because of my foolishnes I am bowed crooked verie sore I goe mourning al the daie For my reines are ful of burning and there is nothing sound in my flesh I am weakned and sore broken I doe roare for the verie griefe of mine heart And afterwarde Mine heart panteth my strength faileth and the light of mine eies euen theie are not mine owne By which words the affections sorrows of those men who truly doe repent and weigh their wickednes in equal ballance are described For theie conceiue of their sins not as the hypocrites doe according to their owne opinions fleshlie imaginations but theie place before their eies first the maiestie of his person whome theie haue offended namelie God then the filthines and abhomination of sinne in it selfe and last of al the punishment which theie deserue for sinning by the sentence of the Lawe and according to the maiestie of God which is most sacred to the nature of sin which is most abhominable and to the torments y ● theie deserued which are endlesse intolerable theie do think of their offēces In God theie note iustice and mercie For of his righteous iudgemement it is that theie are punished of his mercie y ● theie perish not vtterlie And although theie are scourged sometimes gentlie sometime sharplie yet alwaies fauourablie For when he is angrie hee sheweth mercie and in the time of trouble forgiueth the sinnes of them which cal vpō him Therfore blessed are theie whome God correcteth For though he woundeth them yet hee healeth them though he smiteth them yet he maketh whole againe though he sēdeth troubles yet at length he deliuereth though he doeth afflict yet he forsaketh not and though he casteth down yet he raiseth-vp againe For he tempereth his iustice with mercie vnto the preseruation of his seruants But howe come theie by such mercie Euen through the obedience of Iesus Christ. For he was wounded for our offences and made à cursse for vs so that by his stripes we are healed deliuered though not from worldelie punishment yet from the guilt of sinne wherbie we appeare boldlie before God being iustified through his obedience and made cleane by his bloud These thinges when the godlie doe thinke-vpon as seldome theie are quite out of their minds theie do magnifie the goodnes of God exceedinglie partlie for punishing them which is an argument to their consciences not onelie y ● theie are his children for theie who are without correction are bastards and not sonnes but also that hee loueth them entirelie because whō the Lord loueth he chasteneth and correcteth them for their profite that theie maie bee partakers of his holines and bring-forth the quiet fruite of righteousnes Partlie for punishing thē in this world and not in the worlde to come with lenitie not in his furie as his children not as seruantes and as elect not as cast-awaies But especialie theie praise him for their reconcilement vnto God y e Father by the pretious bloud of the immaculate lambe Iesus Christ wherebie theie bebeleeue that none afflictions can hurt them And therefore theie reioice knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed but boldlie to endure al manner troubles and earnestlie to desire not onlie à quite deliuerance from sinne but also that quiet state where shalbe no more death neither sorowe neither crieng neither paine CHAP. 15. Against à vane opinion that the Saints yea in this world haue no sinne NOtwithstanding this being so apparent that it cannot be doubted of so true that the Scripture doth confirme what so euer hath bine written yet some fantastical heades wil not let to saie yea and to publish also that the Saintes are without al manner sinne or do not sinne at al. Whose wordes if theie be true then doth God against al iustice in punishing them so seuerelie and that without ceassing who deserue not the same beeing pure from al contagion of wickednes For this necessarilie must be inferred vpon their wordes although happilie theie do not marke so much To proue their opinion theie bring diuers as theie thinke substantial arguments of which I wil recite though not al yet the strongest that such as

Now seeing the Prophets Christ himselfe his Angels Apostles who haue not lied nor deluded men at any time before with vane prophecies haue foretold of à iudge ment to come the godlie doubtlesse wil build their faith vpon their wordes especialie because theie al haue spoken therof moued thereunto by the spirite of God who cannot lie Which testimonies maie bring much good vnto al mankinde For first the godlie herebie in al their troubles maie receaue great and vnspeakeable comfort considering that their afflictions shal not alwaie endure but that one daie when the Lord thinketh good theie shal be adorned with euerlasting glorie and life according to his promises This made S. Paul to breake into these words I account that the afflictions of this present time are not worthie the glorie which shalbe shewed vnto vs. Secondlie the wicked hearing these prophecies of the Lorde touching the last iudgement maie be terrified frō displeasing so gratious à God who of his mercie hath reuealed what shal betide the wicked and vngonlie that theie maie with heartie sobs and sorowe repent Last of al both good and bad maie herebie as in à glasse beholde howe the world neither is gouerned by chance nor shal endure euerlastinglie but that as the old world the sinnes of men being come vnto ripenes was drowned with water so the whole world when iniquitie hath gotten the vpper hand shal perish and be cōsumed with fire Theie also both good and bad I meane ought herebie to learne so to set thēselues in order by repentance that when theie shalbe summoned to appeare at that general Assise theie maie boldlie stand in the presence of his glorious Maiestie But beside these testimonies which I haue aleaged there be sundrie other great arguments of the worlds consummation For the present condition of men in this life is a manifest proofe that this worlde cannot alwaie endure For who are in more prosperitie then the wicked and who more afflicted thē the godlie in this life Therefore of necessitie there must be a iudgement where at both the vngodlie are to be condemned for their wickednes and the virtuous to receaue rewardes for their wel-doing For euerie good master to his power wil prefer his good seruants and euerie vpright iudge wil quite the innocent and punish malefactors Is this vprightnesse among mortal men saith Cyril and shal not God the immortal king reward euerie man according to his workes Hee which otherwise thinketh is in a wrong opinion For as it is in à certaine Psalme God is not a God that loueth wickednesse neither shal euil dwel with him The foolish shal not stande in his sight for hee hateth al them that worke iniquitie He shal destroie them that speake lies The Lorde wil abhorre the bloudie man and deceitful Wherfore seing though now then some yet al the wicked are not destroied there must be à iudgement at which al the vngodlie shal perish from the face of the earth and be damned For the Lord neither can because he is iust neither wil for that he is holie suffer his seruants and holie ones alwaie to be afflicted alwaie to be oppressed to be kept in thraldome and bondage of the reprobate alwaie Let the wicked then consider that à daie wil come when tribulation and anguish shalbe vpon the soule of euerie man that doth euil And though either through policie or friendship theie escape the displeasure of man yet that they cannot auoide the wrath of God For idolaters blasphemers and al wicked persons God wil iudge though man do not because he is righteous Further let them note that though they suffer and that deseruedlie in this worlde yet if theie die impenitent the ende of their life is but the beginning of an euerlasting death For God is righteous and wil punish most seuerely vnles his wrath be turned-awaie by the teares of Christian repentance Moreouer man punisheth outwarde offences but god outward and inward too Man executeth correction for one or à few but God for al sinnes which either the heart mouth or any member of the bodie hath committed and that because he is righteous Againe the ende whie this worlde was created is an vndoubted argument that à iudgement one daie must come For it was created onlie to serue for y e vse of the saints sonnes of God not of Atheists Epicures A iudgemēt therfore is to come whereby the wicked must be cast-into euerlasting torments that the godlie and none beside maie enioie the creatures of almightie God Hitherto maketh that of the Apostle For the feruent desire of the creature waiteth when the sonnes of God shalbe reueiled because the creature is subiect to vanitie not of it owne wil but by reason of him which hath subdued it vnder Hope Because the creature also shalbe deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we knowe that euerie creature groaneth with vs also and traueleth in paine together vnto this present This Peter meaneth when he saith by the comming of the day of God the heauēs being on fire shalbe dissolued the elements shal melt with heate But we looke for newe heauens a new earth according to his promise wherein dwelleth righteousnes Againe the base estate of the saints in this world doth proue the same For they are now humbled therefore they shalbe exalted for before glory goeth humility So then We are with Christ to suffer that with Christ we maie be glorified And the life of the saints is hid with Christ in god There remaineth then à manifestation and à glorification of the godlie When Christ which is our life shal appeare then shal yee also appeare with him in glorie Nowe saith Iohn are we the sonnes of God but yet it doth not appeare what wee shalbe and wee knowe that when hee which is Christ shal appeare we shalbe like him For we shal se him as he is In this worlde wee are saued by Hope Therefore the time must come when our Hope shal cesse and we shalbe saued in deede and by the sentence of à righteous iudge be pronounced the verie sonnes of God and heires with Christ of that kingdome which hath bene prepared for the elect euen from y e foundation of the world where we shal see god face to face and know not in part but as we are knowen Moreouer the verie conscience of men is an euident argument of à iudgement to come By this murtherers whoremongers wicked liuers be pricked tormented This made Cicero to saie There can no euils bee imagined but I am troubled therewith notwithstanding in respect of the griefe of sinne which is greatest and eternal theie are al easie to brone Therefore vndoubtedly those torments of mind are tokens that God is the auenger of wickednes and that a seuere