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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12478	An exposition of the Creed: or, An explanation of the articles of our Christian faith. Delivered in many afternoone sermons, by that reverend and worthy divine, Master Iohn Smith, late preacher of the Word at Clavering in Essex, and sometime fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Oxford. Now published for the benefit and behoofe of all good Christians, together with an exact table of all the chiefest doctrines and vses throughout the whole booke	Smith, John, 1563-1616.; Palmer, Anthony, fl. 1632.	1632 (1632)	STC 22801; ESTC S117414	837,448	694

shall judge Angels c So they shall be assessors and sit in judgment with him which cannot but be a marvellous comfort to a Christian though the world take upon them to censure their care zeale and conscience now yet one day they shall be Iudges of such worldly caitiffes so that they which have judged others that is the Saints shall be judged of them at the day of judgment If Iosephs brethren had knowne that their brother Ioseph should have judged them when they stripped him of his coate cast him into a pit and sold him away Genes 37. they would have used him more kindly and better by farre in all probability so if the world did know that the Saints should judge them it would make them wary what they did to them and carefull to use them more kindly for howsoever they judge of Christians care zeale and conscience now yet one day the Saints shall judge them Thirdly Th●●●ntence it selfe which is divers according as it lights on divers persons wherein we observe two things first the Sentence of Remuneration to the Sheepe on the right hand and secondly the Sentence of Condemnation to the Goates on the left hand In the Sentence of Remuneration we observe 4. things 1. An Invitation 2. A Commendation 3. An Assignation 4. A Reason The Invitation is in ●hese words Come ye blessed it is a calling of all the holy and good people to come to Christ as if he should say Come ye holy people you that have repented you of your sinnes and walked in newnesse of life come to me but you that are drunkards whoremasters and covetous persons such as spend your time loosely away with you to Hell to the Devill to paines and torments but you that be holy and sanctified come unto me and enjoy the Kingdome ye have long looked for and as Genes 45. when Ioseph did discover himselfe to his brethren they were abashed at it and crept into a corner in conscience of their bad dealing with him but Ioseph bids them come neere my bretheren come neere be not abashed so at the day of judgment when we shall be ready to creepe into a corner and stand aloofe in conscience of our bad dealing that we have been disobedient to him and have not regarded him as we ought then he shall say to us Come neere me my brethren come neere me be not abashed nor afraid Now this Invitation or calling of the holy and godly people to Christ doth imply two things 1. An Association with Christ 2. A Dissociation from the wicked First an association with Christ all the people of God are called to come to Christ to enjoy him and live with him and indeed here all their desires are set on Christ their prayers tend to this end all the Sermons they heare the labor and paines that they take is to enjoy Christ and to live with him and it is Christs promise Iohn 14. 2 3. I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe to receive you to my selfe that where I am there may ye be also and so Iohn 17. 24. in that holy prayer that Christ makes to his Father saith he Father I will that they which thou hast given me be with me even where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me So here then is the comfort of a Christian that he shall be with Christ as we read Ierem. 52. 31. that the King of Babel in the first yeare of his reigne lifted up the head of Ieh●jachim King of Iuda and brought him out of prison and spake kindly to him and set his Throne above the Kings that were in Babel with him and changed his prison-garments and he did eate bread continually before him all the dayes of his life So Christ will deale with his faithfull people he will take them out of the prison out of the graves change their prison garments speake kindly to them and set their Throne above all the wicked Kings and Princes in this World and they shall eat bread with him all the dayes of their life that is enjoy all heavenly comforts in glory and happinesse for ever We read 1 King 10. 10. when the Queene of Sheba came to hea●●●he wisedome of Salomon and saw the order of his house and of his servants and his wisedome she said happy are thy men and happy are thy servants c. So when we shall see the glory happinesse of the Saints and shall heare the wisedome not of Salomon but of Christ how much more are the people of God happy and blessed thus much of the association with Christ that they shall be called to come to him Secondly a dissociation from the communion of the wicked and ungodly that vex them and trouble them here in this world The Church is like a Lily amongst the Th●rnes as Cantic 2. 2. her● they are troubled with a number of ●ad neighbours such as Ezekiel speaketh of a number of goats that tread downe the pasture mud the waters push with the hornes and kick with the prick but they shall be sundred and separated from them that do trouble annoy them they shall heare a voice from heaven saying Come up hither as it is Revel 11. 12. Where we may see the two witnesses that were slaine in the citty which spiritually is called So●om and Egypt after three dayes and a halfe the Spirit of life from God shall come into them and they shall stand up on their feate and shall ●eare a voyce from heaven saying Come up hither and their bodies shall be taken up in like manner all the godly shall be called to an association with Christ and a dissociation from the wicked and ungodly Now this come unto me depends on another come unto me for Mat. 11. Christ calls us to come unto him here in this world to come to him by Repentance faith and Obedience and then we may boldly come unto him at the day of judgment every man could be contented to come to Christ in the Kingdome of glory but first we must come to him here in the Kingdome of grace by repentance faith obedience and the like and then we shall be sure to come to him in the Kingdome of glory for no man comes to him in the Kingdome of glory but by the Kingdome of grace Secondly The Commendation This is layd down in these words Ye blessed of my Father O you be the blessed that heare me you that have repented of your sinnes that have faith and obedience that make conscience of your wayes you be the happy men and women here is the glory of the Saints that in the theater of this world they shall bee pronounced blessed and happy by the mouth of Christ before Angels and men in the hearing of the whole world Now this is to be opposed against all the