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A03695	Life and death Foure sermons. The first two, of our preparation to death; and expectation of death. The last two, of place, and the iudgement after death. Also points of instruction for the ignorant, with an examination before our comming to the Lords table, and a short direction for spending of time well. By Robert Horne. Auspice Christo.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.; Horne, Robert, 1565-1640. Points of instruction for the ignorant. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 13822.5; ESTC S118515	156,767	464

nor care that is care of man hath heard the like neither can they enter into our heart which yet hath a large mouth of capacitie to conceiue and vnderstand them if they were told vs which are reuealed by the spirit and but lisped of by Iohn in those earthly similitudes of gates of Pearle of walles of Iasper and of a streete whose pauement is gold Apoc. 21.18.19.20.21 1. Cor. 2.9 Dauid calleth them ioyes and fulnesse 〈◊〉 also pleasures and pleasures eternall Psal 16.11 that is blessednesse without end and the same without want Paul calleth them an eternall waight of glorie 2. Cor. 4.17 as if he should call them glorie endlesse and the glorie that waigheth downe there is such fulnesse in it And they are called the well and riuer of life Apoc. 22.1 as beeing alway full and hauing springs that come from God to feede them Or an inherit●nce immortall 1. Pet. 1.4 An inheritance and therefore a possession in the best tenure and an inheritance immortal therefore not for yeares but for euer Life in it selfe is good good life is better but eternitie maketh it excellent Obiect But in heauen some shall shine as the firmament some as the starres for euer Dan. 12.3 Now the firmament hath not so much light as the starres haue that lighten it and the starres haue lesse light then the Sun hath that lighteneth them It seemeth therefore that in heauen there should be to some rather some want then such fulnesse of heauenly glorie Ans I answere though in this condition of our heauenly life there may be degrees of glorie yet there shall be no want Some may bee like the skie some like the starres of the skie yet all shall shine Some vessels may hold more some lesse yet all bee full One may haue more ioy then another and there are sundry measures of more or lesse glorie in heauen but no measure shall lacke his fulnesse of life or glorie there He that hath least shall haue inough The reasons are Hell is contrarie to Heauen In hell there is a fulnesse of torment In he 〈◊〉 therefore there must be a perfection of glorie Secondly earthly kingdomes and the Kings thereof haue as great an absolutenesse as earth can giue them and shall we thinke that heauen which can giue an entire will giue an imperfect crowne of righteousnesse Will not the Kings of the earth dwel in base cottages but in royall courts And shal these Kings of a better kingdome want glorie where mortall Kings haue so great glorie and power Princes on earth dwell in royall palaces and sometimes in Cedar and Iuorie Apoc. 1.6 But they whom Christ hath made Kings Priests to God his Father who dwell in tabernacles not made with hands shall raigne in a citie whose twelue gates are twelue Pearles whose wall is of Iasper and building of Gold and whose streetes shine as cleare glasse Apoc. 21.18.19.21 So said he who saw all this glorie but darkely or as Moses saw the land of Canaan in a very short Map or Card a farre off Deu. 34.1.2.3.4 We see but the outward wall of this heauenly citie new Ierusalem yet how glorious is it and how decked with starres as with sparkling Diamonds What would we say if wee could see into it and behold though with Peter Iames and Iohn at a glance blush superficially the goodly pauement of heauen within whose floore is of gold and wall about is garnished with precious stones Apoc. 21.19 Thirdly if Adams paradise and garden was so pleasant and delightsome how pleasant and glorious is Gods owne garden and seat of his owne residence Hee spake of it with a wondering tongue whose finite heart could not comprehend so infinite an excellencie very glorious things are spoken of thee thou Citie of God Psal 87.3 For though in the letter this worthy Prophet spake of that earthly heauen which he confessed to bee in the materiall tabernacle because of Gods presence and the godly exercises of Gods people performed there yet his meaning was vnder the cloud of the phrase to direct Gods children to a higher tabernacle and house of greater glorie then that which was earthly and vnder the doome of time An instruction aboue all things Vse 1 to affect the things aboue and to draw our mindes with strong cordes of desire vnto them Col. 32. For what place haue we here but of trouble There wee shall haue our place of peace The joyes of our earthly life do much affect vs sometimes too much which yet haue their gall of bitternesse in them and crosse of short time For no sooner doe they begin but their end borders vpon their beginning and many times they rather seeme to begin then begin indeed being like to a false conception that comes not to bearing Many are vnwilling to leaue this world because of the acquaintance they haue in it and which when they die they must leaue behinde them in it And yet in this worldly fellowship there is much sowre ioined with sweet But if there be so great a portion of content in this worldly fellowship what pleasure is there and how perfect in the societie of glorified soules the ancient worthies of the old world and the flower of this when wee shall see but with other eyes and in a spirituall manner Abraham of whom we haue heard so much Isaac Iacob Iob Samuel and the Prophets whose names we haue loued When with Eliab we shall see Christ clothed with our flesh who hath immortalitie at his right hand and shall make vs raigne for euer Wee admire the building of Kings and hee was a Disciple who said to Christ speaking of the temple see what stones what buildings are here Mar. 13.1 But as Christ to him so let me say to all that wonder at these things are those the things ye looke upon Luk. 21.6 The sumptuous buildings of Kings and stately Nobilitie though all the rich entrals of the earth had conspired to giue them varnish and glories what are they but base Cotes compared to this frame not made with hands And doe we so much wonder at mortall lime and stone and so little care for our eternall house The three Disciples who in the transfiguration saw but a glimpse of this heauenly glorie shining vpon the face of their Sauiour would needs build taberbernacles in it what if we saw the whole Sunne of it and not some glimpses onely Math. 17.2.4 Moses saw God but a little in the mount and with mortall eyes and his face so show that the people were afraid to come neere him Exod. 34.30 How then shall they shine in roabes of perpetuall glorie who do behold not with these but with other cies the face of God for euer Lastly to draw our affections to the place where our life is and directly to God in whom we liue let vs consider the honour and pleasures of this Citie Where●● greater honour then in soueraignty and where are

will his person be glorious who shall come to iudge the world The reasons There must be a difference between Christs first comming in the flesh and second comming to iudgement Now his first comming was base therefore his second comming must be glorious His first was obscure his second therefore must be manifest In the first he came into the world in the second he comes against it His first was to receiue iudgement his second is to giue iudgement His first in mercie his second with rebuke Then he came as a seruant poore and without shew but now he commeth as the mighty God with power and great glorie Tit. 2.13 And if Iudges of assise doe not ascend to their seats of iudgmēt but as we haue said with great state solemnity shal we think that the Lord of the Angels iudge of man wil go meanly attended to his tribunall in the clouds 2. Christs second cōming is to cōdemn̄ the world to cast fear in the face of euery sinner It is requisite therfore it should be with power with signes of power 3. Christ shall haue at his cōming all that may set forth the state roialtie of such a King Now a part this glorie is in the attendants about his person For in the multitude of the people is the honor of the King saith Salomon Pro. 14.28 Therefore shal his day be manifest his comming glorious A confutation of their madnes who think with their multitudes as Giants here to put Christ out of countenance Vse 1 Christs seruants out of heart For what are their numbers to Christs thousands nay what are they al to one Angell and what a nothing to those troups of Angels who shal come with him frō heauen now stand about his throne in heauē Euen they who band the world to resist Christ notwithstanding that they boast so much of their thousands whom they haue numbred against religion shall know one day and may know within few daies that there is no health but vnder his wings whom they haue defied For what saith the Lord to such Assyrian Spoilers gather on heapes and yee shall be broken gird your selues and yee shall be broken in peeces so saith the Lord and he saith it twise because it is ratified and God will doe it Esa 8.9 They were many against a few and heapes of men to there here and there a man yet did they stumble and fall and were broken and snared and taken verse 15. look Nahum 2.1 2. 13. Ioel 3.9.11 There was a conspiracie of Kings against Christ and Dauid prophecied of a world of kingdomes that should bee against him and yet what could they doe against him put him to death and he rose from death tread him downe by his owne sufferance and will for a little while and he is King for euer Iudge him here and he will be their iudge at his terrible comming Ps 2.2.3.4 But Vse 2 will Christ come with such power and signes of power then how terrible shall his comming be to presumptuous and vnrepentant sinners what will become of vnpardoned swearers drunkards whooremongers breakers of the sabbath liars slaunderers and such sinners at that great day of the Lords comming whether will they runne to saue themselues and into what holes of the earth to hide themselues how will they resist Christ who commeth so strong against them and if they must yeeld vnto him as is without question they must how will they abide the rebukes of his comming If the people could nor endure his glorie when he descended on mount Sinai in a storme of fire in tempest thunder and darknesse but fled and stood a farre off Exod. 20.19 And if the sight was so terrible that Moses himselfe said I feare and quake Heb. 12.21 And yet Christ came then but to giue the law as Mediatour not to visit for it as Iudge how shall his despisers stand before his great glorie and second comming when he shall burne with wrath stirring vp himselfe like a man of Warre till the houses of pride and children of disobedience bee destroyed for euer Or if the brethren of Ioseph could not tell what to say vnto him because of one trespasse against him Gen. 45.3 What shal these bastard brethren say to this glorious Ioseph our brother their Iudge for innumerable contempts and trespasses wherewith they haue pierced him being not ouer one kingdome only and vnder an higher as Ioseph ouer Egypt and vnder Pharao but ouer all the kingdomes of the world And if they who came to take Christ being a well prouided company when he himselfe was not countenanced with worldly meanes to resist and was onely followed by a few vnarmed men fell to the earth after he but spake vnto them Ioh. 18.6 how shall they fall back or rather altogether flat vpon their faces with horrible feare who shal come qu●uering before him not attended as then with eleuen Apostles onely but with thousands of his Saints nor meanely furnished but gloriously arrayed not speaking gently whom seek yee But threatning sharpely and saving roundly Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the Diuell and his Angels Mat. 25.41 If men should pitch against vs we would feare with the seruant who said Alas Master what shall wee doe 2. King 6.15 We would more feare if many Kings should ioine to make an hoast against vs. Yet the power of men might be forced yea the power of Princes but if an Angell should come against vs as sometimes against Balaam with a drawne sword Num. 22.23 Who can compell an Angell to returne to heauen What then when mighty troupes of Angels shall threaten the world at Christs comming Who shall daunt so strong a power the strong power of the Angels when they shall keep their march in the aire and professe to rebuke the vngodly and sinners that shall be turned into hell with all that forget God The Sunne Moone and Starres that neuer sinned cannot endure this wonderfull and astonishing maiestie of the Sonne of God and therefore shall by a kinde of blushing darknesse presently loose their light and glorie and shall the race of men that haue beene such sinners and stand not in any borrowed corruption as those heauenly lights doe but in their proper transgression and filthinesse appeare without shame and without the confusion of their faces before Christ the iudge of all flesh at that day nay if the sea and waters not infected by their owne but by mans sinne shall then roare and cry out because of those things which shall come on the world Luk. 21.25.26 How shall the wicked roare out for the disquietnesse of their harts and how shall the vngodly and sinners feare and be troubled who haue stained themselues and cast into the world those defilings that cannot bee washed but with a floud of fire A comfort to the righteous For Vse 3 shall Christs comming bee glorious then they shall not