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A49962	The great day of judgment handled in a sermon preached at the assizes at New-Bristol, Octob. 7, 1687 / by the reverend and learned Samuel Lee, M.A., sometimes fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxon ; accompany'd with preparatory meditations upon the Day of Judgment, by Mr. Cotton Mather.	Lee, Samuel, 1625-1691.; Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.	1692 (1692)	Wing L896; ESTC R41402	29,252	97

writ in the memorials of that tremendous Judge For every Secret Sin is set down in the Light of His Countenance Psal 90.3 beyond all the Noctiluca's in the World Every Secret is determin'd to come to Judgment Eccl. 12.14 Ten times have the Children of Israel Murmured against Me Num. 14.22 sayes the Lord and so again the Sacred Pages number up Six Captivities under the Judges Judges Ch. 10 1● answering to Six several prevarications in the Worship of God Petav. ra●ionarie P. 84. Isai 65.6 ●●s written before me sayes the Lord by Isaiah and I will recompence into their Bosome And so t is now Ten times Drunk such a man Ten times Forsworn such another Ten times such a Proud Jezabel with her Painted Eyes Strutting in the Streets of Jerusalem write him down set her down sayes God Paint her to the Life that all the World may then behold her with Peacoc●s Feathers and mincing ● King 9.30 Isa 3.16 tink●ing motions with her feet How should it strike as with a Poysoned arrow to the heart to think of these dreadful tradegies of that terrible day 2. Mens Repentant sorrowful Sighs and Actions are also set down in Gods day book and this I speak for the comfort of all humble Mourners in Zion The Confession of that Renitent Thief at Golgotha's Mount Lord Luke 24.42 Remember me in they Kingdom We never drop a sincere tear but it drops up-ward Contrary to all other tears it ascends up into Heaven and Runs into the Chryst all Bottle upon the Shelfe with thy name ingraven upon it in Letters of Gold and 't is often taken up and Lookt upon to see how it fills Are they not in thy Bottle Psal 56.8 sayes David and in thy Book But wo to them that have none Every hearty Sigh that Reeks e sulco pecto●is from the inmost Closets of thy Soul are Pencilled with Vermillion under the bloody lines streaming from the Cross of Life 3. Mens gracious discourses and good works are all written in that Book When serious Persons doe but meet and think upon the Name of the Lord in evil times and talk often ingether Mal. 3● 16. Every time you meet every Heavenly thought and every holy word you speak is written down Nay all your Prayers and Almes deeds like those of Correlius goe up in Remembrance before God Act. 10.1 Every Penny you pu● into Gods Treasury Nay every Mite you give to Temple uses as in the case of the poor Widows Mark 12 ●● is put down in Gods Debt Book and will be Converted into so many Pearls to adorn your Crown in Glory III. The Books of mens Consciences shall then all be laid open Here mens thoughts Excuse or Accuse one another till that day Rom. 2.15.16 ● Cor. 3. ●1 when God shall Judge the Secrets of all men by Jesus Christ according ●o the Gospel Preached by Paul and let me tell you that every faithful Sermon which you hear Consonant to the Word of God will come up in Judgment as a Testimony against you if disobeyed so that if our hearts Condemn us not that is our Conscience 1 john 4.17 as to Irreverence Negligence or Disobedience to we may have Confidence in the Day of Judgment before God 1 john 3.20 21. who is greater then our hearts and knoweth all things and this will give us a holy freedom of Spirit in that Solemn time There will be no Shuffling Tricks no False Treacherous accounts no T●ffany Cheats no Fine-Spun-flams but all fly away like Spiders Webbs before a Beesome The flaming Eyes in the Scepter of that day sees through all in a moment IV. The Book of the Scriptures shall then be taken down and the Parchment Rolls all unfolded The Act Forensia the Publick Commentaries the Regu a Juries the Institures of the Law Rom 2.16 and the Cannons of the Gospel shall be all produced for Conviction of S●nners All their in quities written in that Book mentioned by Je●emy with the point of a Diamond jere 17.1 or graven with an iron Pen in focules or leases of Lead mentioned by Job job 19.24 25. or in a Rock for the ever of this World Dan. 12.1 till our Redeemer standeth upon the Earth at mount Olivet at the latter day to Judge the World Z●ch 14 4. V. The particular and singular Book of Election when all that are written in that ivory Volumns shall come forth and Shine as Stars for ever and ever Dan. 12.1 3. The Sheep of Christ's little Flock Rev. 3.5 13 8.17 8. that are written in the Lambs Book of Life shall then pass under the rodaccount for the Sanctuary of Glory Exod. 32 32. Nay God Himself is said to write down the names of those Chosen Vessels that are prepared and fitted for Salvation Luke 10 20. The names of the Holy Apostles and Saints are deciphered and set down in Heaven Psal 68 28. Phil. 4. ● when others are written in the Dust and shall be legible by the flames of Hell And so much for the Second particular the rules of Procedure and its branche In the Third Place we are to Consider the quality or property of this astonishing Judgment in Five Particulars 1. It 's most accurate and Critical Exactness as to Equity and Commensuration to Every ones actions be they good or bad The Judge sits down in His Sella Curulis or seat of Judgment Dr Stoughtons felicitas ultimi Seculi ● all of ivory or unspotted Alablaster like the Sun when He Shines in Libra among the Caelestial Ballances near the Milky way The Eyes of Justice are Covered with a Purple Mantle no accepting the Person of any as to Earthly dignities and distinations but its Eares are with all diligence and Curiosity attentive to the impending causes 2. Impartiality in determining Cuts off all demurrers and delayes and gives speedy dispatches to persons of all Degrees There will be no favouring of Rich and Great men to sit down neer the bench as here among fellow Worms nor no pittying of a poor man in his cause from a seeming Comiseration to the mean and Afflicted Lev. 19. ●5 The dispensation of justice will be Equal to a tittle no pleading Sub forma pauperis at that day 3. Vniversality as to Comprehensivenes of both persons and times All Ages both Sexes all Qualities and degrees of men must make personal appearance without any Proxy in this Dooms-day Parliament no Slye Excuses or writs of Error to impeach or turn by the gravity of that most awful judicature no querks nor tricks nor jugling account shall Velum Pretendere cast a mist before the Sagacious inspection of that quick and all searching Judgment 4. The Irresistible doom There is no Subtle arguing no wresting of the Text of the Law or the intentions of the Sacred Law Maker No pleading of old Customes or the Opinions of Reverend

there shall be a deadly Stupefaction in the World As to sit under Night-Shade breed a Stupor This will be the Effect of being in the Night shade Walks of the World How are most of us asleep so that one can hardly get so much at any good Discourse on foot among us See Math. 24.39 And knew not till the Flood came and took them all away so shall also the Coming of the Son of man be Remember that on your Knees ¶ This comes from want of Consideration God says O that they would Consider See Psal 119.59 T is said They Considered not for their Hearts were hardened No Hammer can break this stone but Gods T is only Gods Fire and Vinegar that can cause the Nether Milstone of our Hearts to Crack And it works in Consideration Consideration is the Glory of a man and it would be our Happiness But for Inconsiderateness This comes 1. From an Innate Inclination People be not of Thinking Spirits They are for Pastime Oh dreadful Word a Word for the Divel to put into our Hearts The Fatness of Heart spoken of by Isaiah is mention'd Six times in the New Testament No Text of the Old Testament so often cited Which is to be thought on Blood is sometimes Congealed like a Serpent in the Heart Such Hearts have we Men are against Prick't Hearts though the Corruption cannot otherwise come out but the Divels will ●uck their Blood for ever 2. From a Judicial Obsignation God says to His Ministers Go Preach at such a place and harden the People there Oh with upl●fted Hands beg Lord let me not be Sealed up under this hardness This Hardness will be turned into shrieks in Hell See Exod. 9.10 From this Hardness t is that men will Scoff at a Little Expression of a Minister but every such Scoff shall cost you a Thousand years in Hell This Nigrum Theta marks for Hell 3. From a Confaederation with Sin and with Sinners T is not our Cannot but our Will not that undo's us Famous Fenner ha's Writ well of this Self-Murder Sinners as Cleopaira take the Asp of Inconsiderateness and put it to their Breasts And Sinners harden one another They are for a Priest that will be Drunk with them and for a faithfull Preacher they think much Learning ha's made him mad They are as Psal 50. end So I should come to our Saviours Question What do ye more than others III. But our Lord ha's given us a gracious Premonition about the Day of Judgment You have the Voice of the Archangel now in your Ears God forewarns 1. By notable foregoing Judgments Every Feavour is a warning of the Fire of Hell Every Dropsy is a Warning of the River of Styx Every causualty is a Warning Have you not been sick and said If God spare me I will be better Well said Pharaoh Have you not heard of the late Earth quakes in Italy and one at New-Haven lately Have you not Rumours of War with the lygre Heathen Our Saviour speaks of these things as Warnings 2. By Ministerial Denunciations As Loud as I can I tell you all in the further Corners yonder The Day of Judgment is Coming And 3. By Angelical Ministration We have their Inward Workings on our Spirits We have Heavenly Infusions from them and we have Operations of Gods Holy Spirit The Knock then is as in Rev. 3.20 Behold I stand at the Door and Knock if any man hear my Voice and open the door I will come in to him and will s●p with him and he with me Besides this Near the Time the Voice of the Son of God shall be heard through the Whole World l●ke the Roaring of the Sea This is when the Judgment is just beginning And ●●e Angels shall Trumpet with a greater Noise than that at Sina●● Upon the whole Observe and Bewayl the horrible Stupidity of the World The Inconsiderate soon grow Debauched Speak to them of Judgments they will kick and say Out be gone you Hypocrite Well The Divel is in that Tongue Lament these as Monica did her Filium tot Lacrymarum Be much with God for them Leave not until God strike the Arrow of His Loveing Vengeance into their Hearts What if this Bible be Gods Word Sinners Where are you then As in the story of the Hermite Remember The Seasons of Grace are sew When the Spirit of God comes nigh to the Heart And row Take some Antidotes against security Antidote I. Consider the Wonderful Suddenness 〈…〉 Day of Judgment 〈…〉 ●●at if you Dy before you go 〈◊〉 of the Assembly A Last Day ●ill come Who knows which Pal●●● Mors will take first Antidote II. Consider As our Lord comes like Theef like Lightening so the sent●nce will be Irreversible and the Judg●ent Unavoidable Gold will not bribe Charon The Wicked shall not stand in Judgment but they shall be there Antidote III. Consider the Impossibility of Escape●●● Judgment is past There can 〈◊〉 no Writ of Error no Appeal Think on Eternity and let the ●●pressions of it be kept in the Ima●●●ation of the Thought of your Hearts 〈◊〉 ever FINIS ADVERTISEMENT THere is lately Published 〈◊〉 little Book Intituled The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Spirit in a Discourse which Laye● open the Manifold and Amazin● Wounds of a Troubled Conscience and Pours the Balsame of Seasonable Counsils and Comforts into those Terrible Wounds By the Reverend Cotton Mather Sold at the Book-seller's Shops 〈◊〉 Boston Price bound 1 s. 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