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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77556	Gods statute for generall iudgement by the man Christ Iesus. Opened in a sermon at the funerall of the most religious lady, the Lady Lucie Iervoice, sometime wife to the right worshipfull Sir Thomas Iervoice at Herriot. Aug. 26. 1641. By John Brokett Minister of Elsfeild.	Brokett, John.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4845; Thomason E116_1; ESTC R5889	21,463	41

of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 derived either 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to run or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to see Because the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth 2 Chron. 16.9 to spie out all our wayes and to behold all our works The second Reason is drawn from Gods Omnipotence As he is infinite in knowledge so also he is infinite in power and authoritie Our God saith David is in Heaven and doth whatsoever he will Psal 111.3 Againe Whatsoever pleased the Lord that did he in heaven and in earth and in the Sea Psal 135.6 God is supreame Head over all persons and in all causes through his Dominion which is universall Zach. 9.10 and everlasting Dan. 7.14 Kings themselves though Gods on earth yet are subject to the regiment and government of the King of heaven He bindeth Kings in chaines and nobles in links of iron Psal 149.9 more plainly Revel 6.15 16 17. where Saint Iohn shewing the terrour of the Lord at the last day against the persecutors of the Saints he saith And the Kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chiefe captaines and the mightie men and every bondman and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountaines And said to the rocks and to the mountaines Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Nay God is not onely over all the Kings of the earth but he is Potentate of Heaven and Hell too He hath a commanding power over all the Angels feare the Divels tremble when they come to stand before God Thus you have seene who shall judge Almightie God and the reasons why 1. Because he onely hath sufficient Knowledge to discerne all sins 2. Because he onely hath sufficient Power to punish all sinners The consideration whereof me thinks should deterre the greatest persons from the least and most secret sins because one day they must be arraigned before the judgement seat of that God Quem latebit nil occultum Qui relinquet nilinultum from whom nothing can be concealed by whom nothing shall be left unpunished So much for the second point I proceed to the third 3. Who shall be judged The world saith my Text. World is a word of a large extent of an universall signification It comprehends 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Saint Paul speaks Rom. 8.22 every creature 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Whatsoever is in the world as Saint Iohn speaks 1 Ioh. 2.16 Angels in Heaven Divels in Hell Men on Earth with all unreasonable and inanimate creatures whatsoever All these suo modo after a sort in some respect shall be subject to the judgement of the last day 1. The glorious and blessed Angels of Heaven they shall not onely summon others but they themselves shall be summoned by the voice of the Archangel Christ Jesus if not to be judged which some doubt yet at least to write upon the Judge for the declaration of his Majestie the approbation of his Judgement and the execution of his sentence The Judge himselfe saith it Matth. 25.31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory all the holy Angels shall come with him 2. The Divell and all his Angels shall then be judged as appears plainly Iude 6. The Angels also which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation he hath reserved in everlasting chaines under darknesse unto the judgement of the great Day That is those reprobate Angels which did voluntarily depart from that estate of holinesse and righteousnesse in which they were created proudly leaviing the place of Gods presence and rebelliously departing from that office and calling in which they ought for ever to be employed in glorifying God are reserved by the everlasting Decree and Almightie power of God under the darknesse of Gods implacable wrath and their owne accusing condemning and tormenting consciences unto the Judgement of the great Day wherein they shall have their finall doome and the fulnesse and extremitie of torment to which they were of old adjudged shall be powred forth upon them 3. All unreasonable and inanimate creatures shall be after a sort judged at the last day as is evidently proved 2 Pet. 3.7 The Heavens and the earth and the things in them are reserved unto fire against the day of judgement It is most probable that by this fire all these creatures which are appointed for the necessities of this life for the food cloathing and other services of men shall be consumed and mans necessitie ceasing and with it their use and service their being and substance shall for ever be abolished But for the Heavens and the Earth their substance shall not be consumed nor their being abolished but onely their fashion shall be changed and their qualitie renewed They shall be freed from that vanitie corruption and servitude which the sin and service of Man hath made them subject to and in a sort they shall be brought into the glorious and immortall state of the sons of God The heavens shall be decked and adorned with Stars The Moone shall shine like the Sun The light of the Sun shall be seven-fold Esay 30.26 The earth shall be replenished and garnished with fruitfull and pleasant trees plants and flowers Such a new Heaven and a new Earth the Scripture promiseth in which God will have a new Hierusalem a glorious Church and the time of their renovation will be at this day of Judgement 4. Men shall be judged at the last day And to them this word World hath speciall reference in this place teaching us that all men without exception of any shall come to judgement Though some escape mans judgement yea Gods judgement too here yet none shall escape the last udgement of the Lord. The Papists say that Christs resurrection harrowed Hell Limbus Patrum was then emptied Surely Christs comming to iudgement shall harrow Heaven and Hell too for a while not a Saint shall be left in Heaven nor a damned ghost be left in Hell all shall be assembled before the Judge of all the world The Scripture is not more plaine or plentifull in any point than this In which you shall meet often with these three distributions of men Iust and unjust Great and small Quicke and dead And these distinctions comprehend all men of all Nations Ages Estates Qualifications and Periods Now the Scripture speaks expressely of these that they shall all be iudged Eccles. 3.17 Salomon saith God shall judge the just and the unjust and Revel 20.12 Saint Iohn did see 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Revelation Great and small stand before God to be judged and Acts 10.42 Saint Peter doth preach and testifie that Christ was ordained of God to be judge of quick and dead This last distinction we finde in the seventh Article of

wisdome of God thought it meet that men should be judged by man that whilest wicked men tremble and are full of feare horrour and perplexitie the similitude of nature might make the elect full of joy comfort and confidence Now put all these readings together they amount to this That Christ Jesus as he is the son of man in honour and reward of his great humilitie hath received from the Father this great authority this glorious power in his humane Nature to execute judgement at the last Day And so I come to the last point The warrant to assure us that the World shall be judged by Christ There is nothing more remote from the common sense and apprehension of men then the great works of Christ at the last Day in raising the dead and bringing them with all those that then remaine alive to judgement To Christians this is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a mysterie to Heathens it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 incredible And therefore to convince the infidelitie of Heathens and to confirme the faith of Christians Saint Paul sends us in the end of the text to the resurrection of Christ Whereby God hath given to all sufficientissimam fidem saith Cajetan a most sufficient certaine and infallible assurance of these three things 1. That the Dead shall be raised 2. That they shall rise to be judged 3. That they shall be judged by Christ 1. That the Dead shall be raised Christs Resurrection is a pledge of ours For if Christ be risen then is our nature risen and if our nature be risen then our Persons may rise nay shall rise at the last day that is plain 1 Cor. 15.52 The dead shall be raised incorruptible and they shall be raised by the Power of Christ that is proved Ioh. 5.28 29. The houre is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall heare his voyce and shall come forth The same Power by which Christ quickned his own dead body shall quicken our dead bodies at the day of Judgement 2. That they shall rise to be judged Judgement is the end of Resurrection So saith our Saviour Ioh. 5.29 All that are in the graves shall come forth they that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evill unto the resurrection of damnation And what Christ here saith Saint Iohn saw though a thing to come yet he saw it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Revelation Apoc. 20.12 I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another book was opened which was the book of life the dead were judged out of those things which were written in those books according to their works 3. That they shall be judged by Christ His resurrection warrants that for by this powerfull and glorious act the Son of man did mightily declare himself to be the Son of God And being God and Man the Holy Trinitie ordained and decreed by him to Judge the world in righteousnesse And thus much for the Exposition of my Text and the Proofe of those points which are contained in it I come now to The Application of this Doctrine touching the last judgement in a threefold use 1. Of Terrour to some 2. Of Comfort to others 3. Of Admonition to all 1. This Doctrine of the last Judgement serves for the Terrour of all unbeleevers and ungodly livers To such the Preaching and expectation of Judgement is as the Hand which appeared to Belshazzar writing upon the wall the period of his life and kingdome or as the Hand which was sent to Ezekiel which had a rowle in it written within and without full of lamentations mourning and woe Ezek. 2.9 10. Aristotle calls death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the most fearefull of all things He would not have said so had he known that after death comes judgement Heb. 9.27 This exceeds that farre That 's but timendum fearefull but this is tremendum horrendum terrible dreadfull Dreadfull in many respects 1. T is dreadfull in respect of the Preparation to Judgement for the Trumpet shall sound the Archangell shall cry Surgite mortui venite ad Iudicium arise ye dead and come to judgement Then the graves shall open the earth tremble the Sear oare the Stars fall the powers of Heaven shake the world burne Hell smoake and the Judge himselfe shall come in flames of fire to render vengeance 2. T is dreadfull in respect of the strict and severe account the ungodly shall be called unto For they must give account for their bodies which they have defiled for their souls which they have neglected for the creatures which they have abused for the Sabbaths which they have polluted for the Sacraments which they have profaned for all the means of grace which they have despised for their secret thoughts idle words and all evill deeds which they have ungodly committed For all these they shall give account in so rigorous a manner that no eye shall pittie them no tongue shall plead for them no teares no cryes shall procure them the least mercy from their wrathfull Judge 3. But most dreadfull it shall be in respect of the direfull sentence which shall be denounced against them For Christ the righteous Judge wil say to them Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his angels Matth. 29.41 A sentence full of woe and horrour what more wofull more horrible then to see so many admitted into the kingdome of God and themselves separated from the place and presence of God haled with ugly fiends into Hell where the pains of the damned are unsufferable but unavoydable easelesse but endlesse and remedilesse Dolor si longus levis si gravis brevis Pain is lightly light if long short if great t is so here but this rule doth not hold in Hell There is Darknesse that ends not gnashing of teeth that ceaseth not bonds that breake not wormes that dye not fire that never shal be extinguished Damned souls shall howle but none shall heare roare but none shall help looke round about but see no means of comfort nothing but that which helps to encrease their torments which shall have neither ease nor end Oh the fearefull case of all ungodly persons at the day of judgement what aking of Heart what anguish of Minde what horrour of Conscience what wringing of hands what knocking of breasts what cryes filling Heaven Earth and Hell shall be heard amongst the wicked upon this day of vengeance 2. This Doctrine of the last Judgement ministers matter of much comfort and rejoycing to all such as are true beleevers and do lead a godly life To them the day of Judgement will be a joyfull comfortable and most blessed day in many respects It will be a day 1. Of their restauration and perfect freedome from all infirmities and imperfections 2. Of full redemption from all miseries and calamities 3. Of finall deliverance from all sins corruptions 4. Of