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Heavens glory, and hells horror: or, the parable of Dives and Lazarus opened and applied Wherein, the everlasting joy of the saints and the endless torments of the wicked are discovered: for the confort of the one, and terror of the other. By J.H. a servant of Jesus Christ.
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Hart, John, D.D.
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1662
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Wing H955; ESTC R216587
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HEAVENS Glory And Hells Horror OR The Parable of DIVES and LAZARUS opened and applied Wherein the everlasting Joy of the Saints and the endless Torments of the Wicked are discovered for the Comfort of the one and Terror of the other By J. H. a Servant of Jesus Christ Mat. 25.46 These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the Righteous into life eternal LONDON Printed for John Andrews at the White Lion near Pye-Corner 1662. John 5.28 29. Marvel not at this for the hour is câ—â—â—g in the which all that are in the graves shall hear â—â—â—ice and shall come forth They that have done good â—â—â—e resurrection of life and they that have done evil to â—â—urrection of damnation Heavens Glory AND Hells horror Or the Parable of DIVES and LAZARUS opened and applied Luke 16.19 20 c. There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus which was laid at his gate full of sores And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich mans table moreover the dogs came and licked his sores And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by Angels into Abrahams bosome the rich man also dyed and was buried And in Hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome And he cryed and said Father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Son remember that thou in thy life time receivedst thy good things and likewise Lazarus evill things but now he is comforted and thou art tormented And besides all this between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us that would come from thence Then he said I pray thee therefore father that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house For I have five brethren that he may testifie unto them lest they also come into this place of torment Abraham saith unto him They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them And he said Nay father Abraham but if one went unto them from the dead they will repent And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead THese words beloved in our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ contain the Parable or rather the History as I humbly conceive of the rich Glutton and poor Lazarus In the words we have first in general the life and death both of the rich man and the beggar with the condition of them both in the life to come But more particularly in the thrée first verses we finde recorded for our instruction the lives first of the rich Glutton and then of poor Lazarus In the following verses we have the death first of the Beggar and secondly of the rich Glutton with the different condition of them both after death To begin with the first the life of the rich man and this we finde recorded in the 19. verse There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day In the life of the rich man we have three particulars very considerable First he is here prescribed by his riches There was a certain rich man The Spirit of God here takes no more notice of the rich mans name neither of the place where he lives from whence we may take notice that God regards not those whom the world possibly may greatly honour many men perhaps might honour this mans name by affixing unto it the empty title of Worshipful or Honourable but those that despise God shall be lightly esteemed saith Solomon in that excellent Book called the Proverbs God can blot out the names of wicked men as well out of the Book of this life as out of the life to come yea many times he maketh both the names and estates of wicked men to rot and stink in this world well then may he punish their souls in the world to come The memory of the just saith Solomon is blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot God will not have the name of wicked men to be mentioned but with shame and disgrace to them as for example Jeroboam and this character followeth who made Israel to sin but the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance and the desire of the wicked shall perish Psalm 112.6 It is the great desire I know of the wicked that their names should continue for ever and for this purpopose they call their Houses and Lands by their owne names but the very desire of these men shall perish But I procéed In the second place where the rich man is described by his apparel and that is said to be purple and fine linnen which signifies not onely the greatness of his riches but the eminency of his person and place in the world namely that he was some Ruler among the Iewes Purple clothing ye know in the ornament of Kings and great ones of the world and they that wear fine linnen are in Kings houses that is they are either Kings themselves or else great Officers under Kings from whence we may observe that Greatness and Honour riches and gorgeous apparel commends us not to God it is not all the riches in the world that can save a soul it is onely grace that commends us to God God can see a pure heart and a gracious soul though they be clothed in rags for God judgeth not as men judgeth according to outward experience no he seeth many a rotten graceless soul under scarlet gowns and purple robes Among all the Kings of Israel there was not one gracious and among the Kings of Judah onely one good Josiah that walked before the Lord with a perfect heart It is true there was Asa and Amaziah and Hezekiah that the Text describes as imperfect in some things but of Josiah it is said of him He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the wayes of David his father and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left That of the Apostle 1 Cor. 1.26 doth fully confirm this truth Not many wise men not many after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called Thirdly We have the description of this rich Glutton by his fare and â—hat not onely barely described but also amplified here by the Spirit of God He fared sumptuously every day It was not now and then but every day day after day if he had done it but now and then it might have béen lawful for God doth not onely give the Creatures for our use but also for our delight and moderate feasting may be lawful yet by the way that is a good caution
dye the Devil presently claims their souls the breath is no sooner gone but the Soul is in Hell These three Points of Doctrine I shall first prove unto you from Scritpure evidence and shew you that it is so and then in the second place I shall endeavour to improve them by way of Vse and Application for the spiritual improvement of your precious and immortal souls And the first Point to be proved is this that there is both a Heaven and a Hell in handling of which I shall first shew you that it is so that there is both a Heaven and a Hell And secondly what this Heaven and Hell is That there is both a Heaven and a Hell is a truth believed in all ages denied by none but Atheists and such as deny God and they that dare deny this truth will not dare also to deny God himself The truth of this Point is so clear that it néeds no proof it being as clear as the Sun at Noonday so that he that runs may read it the Text it self doth clearly prove this truth Dives being in Hell sees Lazarus in Abrahams bosome Dives he never minded Hell so as to prevent it but Dives he now findes a Hell so as never to escape it That there is a Hell see that place in Psalm 9.17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the Nations that forget God It is better saith our Saviour in Matthew 5.30 to lose one eye rather then our whole body should enter into hell That of our Saviour in the 10. of Matthew and the 28. verse is a clear proof of this Point Fear not him which can kill the body but is not able to kill the soul but rather fear him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell which clearly proves that there is a Hell wherein both soul and body shall be destroyed Secondly that there is a Heaven a place of Glory for the Saints in the world to come you may sée if you consider these following Scriptures Psal 58.11 Verily there is a reward for the righteous And this was that which did put Moses upon chusing Christ the Text saith Heb. 11.26 He had respect to the recompence of reward Psal 37.24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel saith David and afterward receive me to glory This made the believing Hebrews Heb. 10.34 rejoyce in having their goâ—ds spoâ—â—ed and taken away the Apostle saith they knew in themselves that they had in Heaven a better and a more induring substance We know saith the Apostle 2 Cor. 5.1 that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens Rejoyce saith our Saviour and leap for joy for behold your reward is great in Heaven Luke 6.24 Sell all saith our Saviour and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven Luke 18.22 This day saith our Saviour to the Penitent Thief shalt thou be with me in Paradice Luke 23.43 and Chap. 24.51 our Saviour after his Resurrection is there said to be carried up into Heaven So in the 16. of Mark our Saviour being risen and appearing to his Discipâ—e◠〈◊〉 said in the 19. vâ—â—se After he had spoken 〈◊〉 them he was received up into heaven and sate at the right hand of God Consider these Scriptures and surely thou wilâ— believe that there is both a Heaven and a Hell Now what this Heaven is I shall endeavour to declare unto you but had I the tongue of men and Angels it were not possible for me fully to declare unto you the glory thereof for as the Apostle saith excellently Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither hath iâ— entered into the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor. 2.9 If all the stars in the firmament of heaven were all Suns saith a godly man now in glory they would be but a dark shadow to the glory of heaven and therefore it s reserved for eternity to be known But to give you a little glimpse of this glory and I shall but shew you as it were the out-side of your Fathers house the inside or rather the perfection of all you shall know when you come to the enjoyment of it And this I shall briefly shew 1. Negatively 2. Comparatively and 3. Positively And for the negative part of this glory there shall be no evil the Saints in Heaven shall be freed from all evil from sin and that 's the greatest evil yea the evil of evils the people of God in Heaven shall be freed from all hardness of heart blindness of minde â—uâ—ness of spirit there they shall serve God freely and fully and as they shall be freed from the evil of sin so they shall be delivered from all possibility of sinning which is when the happiness of God himself 1. In Heaven there shall be no sorrow sorrow shall there flee away and although through many tribulations we must enter into Heaven yet in Heaven there shall be no tribulation nor sorrow there all tears shall be wiped away from our eyes and there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor pain no sickness in heaven no deformity nor crookedness in glory no consumptions nor decaying of our bodies no persecutions nor oppressions there in Heaven the Saints shall be beyond the reach of the Devil and all his instruments in this world the Saints meet with troubles and griefs and persecutions and distresses but in the world to come in Heaven they shall be done away 2. For the Comparative part of this glory 1. It is infinitely more then what we have here here we know but in part but in Heaven we shall know as we are known We shall be like God and we shall see him as he is 1 John 3.2 2. It s beyond the happiness of Adam in Paradice in Paradice Adams body was but mortal but in Heaven the bodies of the Saints are all immortal for Christ will change our vile bodies and make them like unto his glorious body Phil. 3.21 3. The glory of the Saints in heaven shall be beyond the glory of all the most glorious Angels for they are more nearly united to Christ they are the friends the brethren of Christ co-heirs with Christ they shall be made one with Christ John 17.23 Christ took not on him the nature of Angels Unto which of the Angels said he at any time thou art my Son Heb. 1.5 3. For the positive part of the glory of Heaven and this you may see in these particulars First In heaven there shall bâ— perfection of their nature our body shall then be made like the glorious body of Christ every soul shall then have one incorruptible body there shall be no more death there shall be a perfection of soul and body Secondly they shall possess and enjoy the Kingdom of Heaven even the heaven of heavens they shall be lifted uâ—