bundels to burne them but carry the wheate into the barne Nowe the sheepe and goates go together feede together and are foulded together but at that daye shall the chiefe sheapehard seperate the sheepe from the gouts placing the shepe one his righte hande and the goates on the left Now the world doth deride and the children of GOD doe weepe and lament but at that day they shall be comforted and the other shall be tormented Nowe all the creatures of God do grone and trauaile in paine with vs looking when the sonnes of God shall appeare but at that daye they shall bee freed of the bondage of corruption and vanitye whereunto they are now subiect Nowe the very heauens are not pure in his sight but at that day the heauens being on fire shalbe dissolued and the elements shall melt with heate and wee looke for a newe heauen and a newe earthe according to his promise wherein dwelleth righteousnesse In the meane time let vs possesse our soules in patience and reioyce to be partakers of Christe his sufferinges that when his glorie shall appeare we may be glad and reioyce being certainly perswaded that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of that glory which shall then bee shewed vppon vs. Onely let vs be dilligent that wee maye be found of him in peace without spot and blameles in holy conuersation and godlines our hartes being pure from an ill conscience washed in oure bodies with pure wator and that so much the rather bicause we see the end of al things to drawe neere and the daye of oure appearaunce to bee euen at hande Thus much of the first part The second part Where and before whome we must appeare THe place where wee shall appeare the apostle calleth it The iudgemente seate The person before whome we must appeare is Christ For the father hath giuen all iudgement to the son the articles of our Christion faith do teache vs to be leeue that hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the deade not that God the father and God the holy ghost shall then be excluded and not ioyned in iudgement with him but for that the visible execution of this iudgemente shall bee doone by the second person in trynitye God the sonne who shall then sitte one his seate of iudgemente to giue euerye man c. Nowe hee sitteth one his seate of mercy as oure mediator and aduocare making continuall intercession to God his Father for vs Sitting on his seate of iudgement hee shall pronounce the sentence of condemnation against vs. Now be offereth himselfe to be intertained calleth al men to be his clientes that are opressed with their ennemies the world flesh or diuell come to me all ye that labour and are laden and I will refresh giue ease to your soules Those which now resist to come when he thus calleth them in mercy he wil refuse them when he shall come in iudgement and whereas now he biddeth them come they will not come he will then commaund them to depart Now he knoweth those that are his but those that nowe will not knowe him be will not knowe them Nowe hee hathe neyther beautie nor fauoure nowe the worlde hath no lust to him nowe hee is despised and abhorred of all men nowe hee is counted so vile as men are ashamed of him and hide their faces from him nowe hee is reckoned as a worme and no man a reproche of men the verye â—f coome of the people But when hee shall come in iudgement as the sonne of God in glorie of his father accompanyed with a multitude of heauenlye souldiours in the sound of the trumpe and in flaming for to render vengeance to suche as know not God nor beleeue not the gospell his presence shall bee so hotte that no man shall be able to abide it his lippes full of indignation his tongue as a consuming fire his breath is a vehement flood of water that reacheth to the necke insomuch that euen kinges of the earth great men rich persons graund captaines and mighty men euery bondman freeman shall hide themselues in dennes and amongst rockes of the mountains saying to them fall on vs and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne from the wrath of the lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can stand Now he appeareth in him little then be shall appeare in maiestie nowe wee see him in pouertie then we shal see him in glorie Now he seemeth to be but a man then shal be shew himselfe to be god Now is hee iudged of all men then shall hee come to iudge al men Now he commeth as a lambe then shal he come as a lyon Now be commeth to call then shall hee come to condemne Now he commâ—th intreating of vs then will he come thre aâ—eâ—nge of vs. The signes and tokens which shall goe immediately before this his seas 〈◊〉 comming the scripture sheweth to be manie Christ himselfe saithe you shall heare of warres and rumoures of wares Hearing hath relation to speaking And therefore when be saith you shall heare of warres he thereby signifieth vnto vs that towards his coÌ„ming y e diuel shal disperse sediciously messeÌ„gers of newes into the world which shal raise vp rumors tales filling y e peopls heads full of newes those no ioyfull or good newes as y e angels reported at his firste coÌ„ming but heauie troblesom newes newes rending to sedicion y e disturbaÌ„ce of publique peace disquieting of peoples mindes breeding disoledience in subiectes againste their souerâ—igues in princes ielosie of their Subiertes in Magistrates and men of honour secrete harted disliking one of an other both in religion gouernment After which rumors newes dispearsed abrod of war that mens hartes are as it were prepared to wars wars shall flow indeede both forren ciuell and domesticall For nation shall rise against nation realm against realm c. Bitter contentions and contrarietie of opinions controuersies for matters of religion shall ensue sollow They shal put you to troble and shal kill you you shal be hated of al nations for my names sake Many shalbe offeÌ„ded betray hate one another that which is wonderful against the coÌ„mon course of nature a man shalbe at variance with his father the daughter with the mother the daughter in lawe with the mother in lawe insomuch that the brother shal betray the brother vnto death the father the son childreÌ„ shal rise against their own pareÌ„ts shal cause theÌ„ to dy a mans foes shalbe those of his own houshold For nullu est 〈◊〉 saith Hierâ—m in 〈◊〉 non sint infidele◠〈◊〉 Ther is no hous wher in they are not both infidels beleâ—â—ers And therfore no 〈◊〉 though they be thus diuided in
heauen at whose comming all men shall rise agayne with their bodies and shall giue accompte for their owne workes It is of necessitie therefore that wee must appeare c. Otherwise saithe the Apostle our prearching is in vayne youre faithe is also vaine yea and we are founde false witnesses of God because wee haue testifyed of God howe that hee raised vp Christe whom hee raysed not vppe if so bee the deade rise not befâ—â—es you are yet in youre sinnes and they whiche are fallen a sleepe are perished But the preaching of the Apostles is true oure faythe grounded vppon the doctryne of Christe and his Apostles is true and wee beeleeue and receaue it for an vndoubted trueth that GOD hathe rayfed vp Iesus from the dead and that by vertue of his resurrection wee all must ryse agayne and they lykewise Muste appeare A thirde reason maye be taken from the iustice of GOD. For as the Apostle sayth if in this life onely we haue hope in Christe then are wee of all men moste miserable The best Christians are and alwayes shall bee moste hated The worlde shall hate you in the world you shall haue tribulation and agaâ—â—e They that will liue godlye shall suster persecution And therefore theire state who will â—iue godlye of all other maye seeme to bee moste miserable and vnhappye and contrariwise the state of the wicked moste happye and blessed For they for the most part are in no perill of death but lusty and strong they come in no suche misfortune as other folke neither are they plagued as other men they prosper in the lande and haue rydâ—â— in possession They come to oulde age thiâ—e children liue in their sighte and theirc generation beefore theyr eyes theire houses are safe from all feare and the rodde of GOD is not vppon them their bullocke ingendereth and that not oute of tyme their Cowe caluethe and is not vnfruitefull they send foorth their children by flockes and their sonns daunce they beare with them tabretes and harpes and reioyce in the iustrumentes of musicke c. What shall wee saye to this Is God vniust whiche thus heapeth his benefites and blessinges vppon the wicked Or is hee vnfaithfull of his promise that forgetteth the poore whome hee hath receaued into his charge God forbid yea let God bee true and euerye man a lyer mee hath promised that no good deede shalbe vnrewarded nor no ill deede vnpunished and bee will performe it I graunte wee see it fall oute contrarye manye tymes in this lyfe but yet her that hathe promised is faythfull hee cannot denye himselfe and thoughe sometyme he doth dissemble him selfe to his children in this life yet the truth consideration of his iustice do preache vnto vs the performance thereof shall be in an other lyfe And therefore Wee must appeare c. Neither must any man thinke him selfe exempted from the generall necessity of this iudgement challenging any prerogatiue as priuiledged from it by his petegree parentage person power riches honour learning wisedom or authority For saithe the Apostle this necessitye is common to all We must al appeare c. All. All flesh all Nations Iewes Gentils Turks insidels Christians high and lowe Princes aswell as their subiectes Magistrates and meane men rich and poore men and women fathers and mothers maisters and seruauntes young and olde I saw the deade sayth Iohn in his reuelation both small and great standing before God Not smal in respect of their stature nor great in respect of kodilye proportion but in respect of the great or small credite they carry in the world These All the scripture deuideth into two sortes foolishe or virginswise chaffe or wheate corne or els cockell good stshes or bad sheep or goaces the children of this world or the children of hight which two sorts onely shall appeare in iudgement wherof one is blessed the other cursed y e one chosen before the foundacion of the worlde the other reiected as also there shall be but 〈◊〉 formes of iudgement Come and goe but two places mencioned for these two sortes to goe vnto heauen or hell no mencion of anye third either before iudgement or after iudgement which were requisite if there were anye collects or third sore of people as they fandly imagine to them selues which dream of a third place And these two sortes shall all be found aliue or dead not halfe aliue or halfe dead as they may seeme to be which are supposed to be in the third place according to the articles of our Christian faith wherein we beleeue that hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the deade which the Apostle also witnesseth when he sayth We shall not all dye but we shall all be chaunged not meaning that we shall hee chaunged in substaunce or qualitie of oure bodyes but in the qualitye and nature of oure bodyes The teares beeyng wyped from our eyes all sorrow and griefe taken out of our myndes All infirmities and blemishes out of our bodies and cur hearts replenished with such psalmes of ioye as no man can take from vs. Besides this corruptible must put on incorruption this mortall must put on immortalilye and as wee haue borne the image of earth so wee shall be are the image of heauen Our bodles are sowen in corruption they shall rise agayne in incorruption they are sowen in dishonoure they shall ryse agayn in honour they are sowen in weakenesse they shall rise agayne in power they are sowen naturall bodyes they shall rise agayne spirituall bodyes and death shall be swallowed vp into victory If any man be so curious to aske whether those that shall bee founde alyue or those which shall bee dead shall appeare first the Apostle doth aunswere him That those which be aliue and which remaine vnto the comming of the Lorde shall not preuent them that sleepe For the Lorde him selfe shall descende from heauen in a shoute and in the voice of the archangell and in the trumpe of God and the deade in Christe shall rise first then we which liue and which remayne shall be caught vp together with them in the cloudes to meet the Lord in the ayer to remaine and liue with him for euer So that whether we remaine aliue or be found dead at his comming We must all appeare c. All whether we died at home or abroad in our beds or in the field whether we were drowned in the sea or slaine on the lande or whatsoeuer becommeth of our bodyes in this life to come We must all appeare c. I saw the sea giue vp her dead death and hell saith S. Iohn deliuered vp the dead that were in them and al stood before God Manye thinke that those bodyes which are buried in Christian buriall as they tearme it that is such as are laid in graues and included with in Church walles-shall rise againe but as for those bodies which
done and I heid my tongue and thou thoughtst wickedly that I was suen a one as thou thy selfe but I will reproue thee and lay before thee the things that thou hast don Let vs not flatter our selues in our sins therfore thinking bicaus God doth dissemble theÌ„ make as thogh he saw them not that therefore be doth forges them or allow of them but assure our selues that one day he will reproue vs and laye our faultes before our eyes We do many thinges in secret and huggermugger which for shame we woulde not if we knew we were seen of anye how much lesse ought we to do theÌ„ since we are seene of God We haue many secret thoughts phantasticall imaginacioÌ„s wherin we much please our selues and delight our flesh and would blushe to haue them knowne of others which one daye the Lorde will make knowne to our neighbours when he shall make manifest the thinges of the darcke and open the secreates of all heartes I will search Hierusalem sayth the Lorde in that day with a lanterne Alas who can hide him selfe so secretlye or dissemble so deeply but the Lord wil find him and found euen the vnserchable depth of his heart when he shall search Hierusalem with a lanterne Let vs remember this all the sort of vs least as the Prophet Dauid sayth we forget God and perish from the right waye The witnesses which shall come in againste vs shall be especiallye the testimonye of our owne heartes and consciences The bookes shal be opened and the dead shalbe iudged of these things which are written in the bookes These bookes are the consciences of our good deeds and bad which as the Apostle witnesseth shall then excuse vs or accuse vs iustiste vs or condemne vs make with vs or against vs. And there is no man to whom God hath not giuen one of these bookes to carrye with him alwayes in his bosome neyther is anye man so ignoraunt but the Lorde hath giuen him knowledge to reade them But most men are so carelesse to vnclapse them as they neuer read or marke the contents of them till it is to late for them When God had placed Adam in Paradise forbidding him to eate of the fruit in the middest of the garden hee gaue him a booke and for his memories sake hee wrote in it What day soeuer thou eat thereof thou shalt dye the death But Adam neuer vnclaspt this booke till he had in deede transgressed Goods commandement and then his booke beeing opened he sawe the vglesome deformitie of this sinne whereto he had brought him selfe and his posterity but it was too late Caine carried this booke in his bosome but he neuer opened it til he had murdered his brother and then vnclasping it he found written in it Thou shalt not kill but thou hast killed thy brother ergo sayth he My suâ—e is greater than that it can be forgiuen That same frantike 〈◊〉 of whom mencion is made in Euripides after he had staine adulterouâ—â— Egisthus aud Clytemnestra his owne mother hauing no man to accuse him but his own conscience he looked in his booke and there he found written Bloud will haue bloud and therevpon though he was acquit by the law he presemlye ran mad and was neuer his own man afterward One demaunding the cause thereof in Euripides Quid muli te perdidit Orestes What ill hath betide or what hath caused thee lose thy wits Orestes He aunswereth him conscientia my conscience for Quid si omnes excusant sola conscâ—enâ—ia accusat what if all meÌ„ in the world excuse a man if his owne conscience accuse him which is insteed of a thousand witnesses shal more foâ—er confound him then they al. And therfore Nullam peccatoruÌ„ tuoruÌ„ conscium magis timueris quaÌ„ teipsum aliuÌ„ potes effugerâ— teipsum nun quam feare no maÌ„ y â— in priuie to thy sins so much as thy selfe thou maist auoyd an other maÌ„ but thou canst not flee froÌ„ thy self nor thy own knowledg conscience which according to the Etimologye of the worde is nothing els but a ioynts knowledge which an other hath with thee and thou with him which is God and thy self and is very aptly termed of Chrisostom in psal 50. Coaeâ— in quo conscribanâ—â— quotidiana peccata A booke wherin is recorded our daily sins which howsoeuer they be dissembled of vs now shall then be reuealed brought to light and punished when we must appear c. And therfore is this day and time of our appearaunce termed of the Apostle dies declarationis the daye of declaration not that anye thing shall then be declared to the Lord more then he knoweth already For he that planes the care how can he but heare he that made the eie how can he but see heauen is his seate earth is his footstoole what can be dâ—n in heauen or earth wherof he hath not knowledg he knoweth our down sitting our vprising he vnderstandeth all our thoughtes long before he spieth out all our waies not a word in our tong but he knoweth it altogether if we climbe vp into heauen he is there if we go down into hell he is there if we remaine in the vttermost partes of the sea he is there also if we think darknes shal hid vs the darknes is no darknes with him but the night is as cleare as the day darknes light are both alike To conclude all thinges are naked and open to his eies and there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight but wherfore is the daye of iudgemente tearmed of the Apostle the day of declaration for that nothing is so secretlye concealed of vs nowe but it shall be manifestly reuealed then The daye of this lyfe is one daie and may be tearmed the day of our dissimulation the day which followeth immediately after this life is the lords and is tearmed the daye of declaration For then the verye heauens saith Iob shall declare the wickednes of the wicked and the earthe whiche nowe doeth beare him shall then take parte againste him Now the ten virgins go together walke together talke together eat and drinke together but at that day it shall appeare who are wise who foolish who haue slept who haue watched whiche of them had oyle in their Lampes and which way which of them shalbe admitted vnto the marriage and whiche excluded and shut oute Now the corne chaffe lie together on a heape in one flowre and are not yet scucrd but at that dtye the Lorde shall come with his â—ari in his hande and purge his flower thorowlye carrye his wheate into his garner but burne his chaffe with vnquenchable fier Now the wheate and tares growe together in one fielde and are not yet weeded out but at the daye the lorde of the haruest will saye to the reapers gather the eares and bind them vp in
kingdoÌ„s in cities towns houses For non potest saith he eorum fidies esse affectus quorum diuersa est fides They caÌ„not be true on to another in hart affection y e differ in faith religion Another signe going before his comming is The Gospell shall be preached in all the world for a witnesse of all nations whereby he noteth vnto vs that towardes his comming the gospell shal be preached to all nations professed also of many but practised of a fewe but be a witnes and testimony against him For notwithstandinge the preaching of the Gospell some shall departe from the faith and shall giue heed to spirites of errour and doctrines of diuels which speak lyes through hypocrisie and haue their consciences burned with a hot iron forbidding to marry and commaunding to absteyne from meates which God hath created to bee receaued with giuinge of thankes of them which beleeue know the truth An other signe is that faith shall faile charitie waxe could and iniquitye abound For men shall be louers of them selues couetous proude boasters cursed speakers disobedient to parentes vnthankfull without naturall affection truthbreakers false accusers intemperate fierce no louers at all of those that are good traitours heady high minded louers of pleasures more then of GOD hauing a shew of Godlines but denying the power thereof But for all this the ende is not yet For that daye shall not come except there come a departinge first and that the man of sinne be disclosed euen the sonne of perdition which is an aduersary and exalteth him selfe againste all that is called God or that is worshipped sittinge as God in the temple of God shewing him selfe that he is God These are the heginninges of sorrowes the manifest demonstrations of his comming and the experience of theÌ„ in our dayes do plainely Prognosticate vnto vs that he can not be farre of For daylye doe we heare of warres and tumors of warres neuer was the world so full of newes and fearefull rumors nation doth rise against nation and realme against realme And euen now is the time that the sonne is at variance with the father the father with the sonne c. Euen now can one state hardly abyde another without grudging disliking or disdaine or if they agree in matters of policy gouerment yet do they hardly agree in matters of faith and religion in one house where they are nighly ioyned together it is hard to finde twoo of one mind amonge those that seeme to consent in opinions not to haue the selfe same man in some thinges to dissent froÌ„ them selues Euen now is the Gospell preached yet euen now in the time of the Gospell doe some depart from the truth giuing beede to spirites of errour and doctrine of Diuels forbidding to marrye and eat meates who the Lorde bath ordained to be receiued with thaÌ„ksgiuing Euen now also doth faith faile faith in religion faith in worde of promise in bargening buying and selling and no truth to be found charitye kaiecold a care to eache man common abuses remaines in many pity mercye and compassion and iudgement remayneth in few Iniquity is growne to such perfection in both sects all states ages and callinges that it hath almost gotten the vpper hand For when was there euer such selfe loue when was there euer so liet lenâ—ig hâ—orly loue when were â—teneueâ— so 〈◊〉 when were there eure such bosters braggers when was ther euer the like pride when were mens mouthes fuller of cursing bitternesse where were Children so disobedient to their parents when were men euer so vnthankfull either to God their prince or their priuate friends when were men euer so voyd of compassion when so fals harted when so many false tongs when so many riotous ruffiaÌ„s so fierce wheÌ„ was vertue godlines godly men more abhorted when so many traitors publique priuate open secret wheÌ„ were there euer so many bayrebraines when so many high minded marchauntes In what age were pleasures in greater price and God had in lesse honour when was religion euer more in showe when was there euer lesse among all men generally in truth And to make iniquity consummate hath not the man of sinâ—â— long since beene disclosed hath not the childe of perdition beâ—â—t manifestly deuealed are not his dangerous practises dayly discouered and through the wanderfull working of God miraculoustye confounded Since these thinges therfore are the sIgnes of his comming and are gone before let vs assure our seLues the time of his comming which they prognosticate can not be farre of And yet 〈◊〉 not I speake this as though A 〈◊〉 scemâ— precisely to determine of the verye day or howre weeke or yeare of his comming I know what Christ answered his Apostles when they 〈◊〉 yred of his retourne It is not for thee to know the times and seasons which the father hath put in his owne power And de die hora c. Of thatday and that howre no man knoweth not the angels in heauen nor the sonne of man him selfe But euen as lightninge flash 〈◊〉 in a mans face vnawares and as the byed is 〈◊〉 in the snare before he thinketh himselfe within danger of the net and as a chief enmmeth sodenly in the night so shall the comming of the sonne of man be yet because men are so sencelesse of their sinnes and liue in such securitie of lyfe crying peace peace safety safetye thinking least of those dangers which hang ouer their heades giuing them selues wholy to eating and drinking planting and building buying and selling chapping and chaunging wyuing marrying c. euen as they did in the dayes of 〈◊〉 when the flouddes came and destroyed them all and in the time of Lor when fier and Brimstone came downe from heauen and consumed them all vpon earth This generall securitie I say and these peritous times of ours whereas men liue as though they were either wedded or bewitched of this worlde without anye worde or remembraunce of the worlde to come is a most plaine and manifest argument that hee is at hande euen at the doore who commeth to iudge the world And therefore if thou will bee counted worthye to stand before the sonne of man and auoyd those daungers which shall fall vppon them that dwell on theÌ„ face of the earth Take heede that your hearts be not at any time ouercome with surffeting and drunkenesse and the eares of this lyfe but beeing on earth let your conuersation be in heauen Seeke those things that are aboue wher christ sitteth on the right hand of god set your affectioÌ„ on thinges aboue and not on thinges on earth and take vnto thee the whole armour of God that thou maye bee able to resist in the euil day that hauing finished all thinges thou maye stande fast hauing youre loynes gyrte with truth and the brest-plate of righteousnes your feete shod in the preparation of
the gospel of peace your soules armed with the shield of faith your heade with the helmet of saluation holdinge in the handes of our hearts the swoord of the spirit with your lights and lamps burning in your hands and your selues like vnto men which looke for their Lord when he shall come from the wedding that when soeuer he shall come and knock whether at euen or at midnight at the cocke crowing or dawning of the day thou may open vnto to him immediately Happy is that seruaunt whome the Lorde when he commeth shall find so doing The third part To what ende we must appeare THe ende of the appearing shall be To receaue euery man accordinge to that which he hath done in his body whether it be good or euill Where first the Apostle noteth vnto vs the integrity and vprightnesse of him that shall be our iudge by twoo excellent points of iustice one in that he will reward euery man the other is in that he will rewarde them according to that which they haue done The firste property which the Apostle noteth giueth vs to vnderstande that he will respect no personnes but minister iustice to all alyke without particularitye shewed to one or extreamity to another rewarding euerye man according c. If anye man therefore liuing in the feare of God and with the testimonye of a good conscience findeth him selfe vexed iniuried hurt or oppressed powring forth his grieued soule before God without ease or release of these euils let him not therefore faint or thinke himselfe forsaken of God but patienâ—lye abide his leysure till he rewarde euerye man c. When Dauid saw Saule sought his life Abner after Saules death to enioy his welfare and seeke to ouerthrow his state and then Absoâ—on his owne childe to seeke his lyfe and thirst for his kingdome before his death with a number of such like calamities wherewith all it pleased the Lord to trye him mithall he was in that perplexitie that he protesteth he had vtterlye fainted but that he did verily beleeue to see the goodnes of the lord in the land of the liuing As though he should say the remembrance of the Lorde his goodnesse which I was sure to see and taste of at last in the land of the liuing was that which comforted me in the middest of all my troubles When the Lord had layd vpon Iob all those plagues which might fall vppon man robbed him of his riches spoyled him of his goods and cattell vereft him of his children marked him with botches and biles that from the sole of the foote to the crown of the head he had not one cleane place that whiche was his greatest geâ—eâ— plagues him w t vntrusty friendes vpbrayding him with the hippocrisie of his conscience and the calamities of his lyfe adding this moreouer to the perfection of his manifolde miseries namely a wiâ—â—â—ust froward wicked wise mocking and scoffing his miserie yet saith he The lorde gaue and the lorde hath taken awaye If the Lorde should kill me yet will I still trust in him For I knowe that my redeemer liueth that I shalbe cloathed with my skin and see God with these eyes c. As though he shoulde saye as for these temporall blessings he hath taken them that gaue them blessed be his holy name for them if he should take my lyfe with them too yet haue I this hope left that whatsoeuer I lose I haue a redeemer whom I cannot leese and who will not leese me but in his time reward mee and euerye man according c. In all thy troubles fore whatsoeuer looke vnto Iesus the captaine and finisher of thy faythe who in the end will reward euery man whether he bee bounde or free I haue beene yong saith Dauid and nowe am olde yet did I neuer see the righteous man for saken nor his seede beging their bread confessing as it were that hee had seene them haue their crosses to be persecuted hated and oppressed but that he neuer saw them fully forsaken For the patient abiding of the poore shall not alwais be forgotten The lord may disseÌ„ble his louing affection towardes them for a tyme and seeme to forget them but at last he will remeÌ„ber them Put thy trust in the lorde therfore and be doing good and verily thou shalt be fed Delight in the lord and he shall giue thee thy harts desire commit thy words to him and he shall make the righteous as cleare as the light thy iust dealing as the noone day when euery man shall receaue c. In the meane tyme fret not thy self bicause of the vngodlye neyther be thou enuious at euill doers nor grieued at the wicked or vngodlye whom thou seest in prosperitie For prosperitie neyther commeth from the Easte nor from the Weste nor yet from the South but the Lorde setteth vp one and pulleth downe an other And thoughe for a tyme the wicked florishe lyke a greene baye tree yet sodenlye doe they goe downe to the grounde where they are kepte to the daye of destruction and shall bee broughte foorthe to the daye of wrath and come to a fearefull ende and not bee able to stande in iudgement nor in the congregation of the righteous but receaue according to that whiche they haue done c. The seconde note of his vprightnesse is in this that hee will rewarde euerye man and euerye man shall receaue according to his doeing whereby the holye Ghoste signifieth vnto vs then he will proceede in iudgemente accordinge to the circumstance euidence and matter hanginge beefore hym in iudgement nor respectynge the man whose the cense is but the matter what it is For where the man is not respected not the matter their iustice is peruerted but where the matter is weighed the man not regarded there is iustice truly ministred To shew therfore the exact and precise forme of God his iudgement the Apostle saith Euery man shall receaue according to that which he hath done c. The iudges of this worlde they are men and no gods and therefore as men they proceede in iudgement and giue sentence according to such euidence as they see with their eyes or heare with their eares therfore do erre many tymes in their iudgements and swarue from the truth But he that is lorde and iudge of al men shal not giue iudgement after the thing that is brought before his his eyes neither reproue after the hearing of his eares but with righteousnesse according to the truth of the hart shall he iudge the earth his people with equitie euerie man receiuing according to that which he hath done in his body c. Let vs not deceiue our selues therefore being onely vaine speakers of the worde and not dooers thinking at last to win heauen w t speaking heauenly if we liue wickedly and vngodlye For at the latter daye men shall receiue according to that whiche