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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94068	Hēmera apokalypseōs. The day of revelation of the righteous judgement of God. Delivered in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, at their late solemn fast, December 31. 1645. / By William Strong, sometime fellow of Katherine Hall in Cambridge; now minister of More-Crichel in Dorcetshire.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1646 (1646)	Wing S6003; Thomason E313_33; ESTC R200485	24,229	42

feare commeth Prev 1.26 2. By the Saints Mat. 25.9 Goe yee say the wise Virgins to them that sell and buy for your selves ●on admonitio est sed exprobratio hoc sensu fuit adhuc emēdi tempus quod à vobis negligi non ●portuit prostabat enim tunc oleum venale cujus recuperandi ablata est facultas Cal. which is not to be conceived as an admonition as if now there were hope but as an exprobration that they had formerly neglected the time of buying and therefore now they should see their folly in it when it was too late So Luke 16.25 when Abraham saith to Dives Son remember that in thy life time thou receivedst thy good things Nomen filii videtur ironicè positum you would needs call me father and glory in the title of being a son of Abraham now see what ease this priviledge can give you in that flame 3. By the Devils and the damned spirits who if it may tend to a mans torment will surely upbraid him in that day Isaiah 14.9 12. The King of Babylon is described as brought downe to the grave Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy comming c. How art thou fallen from heaven Lu●ibria haec sunt Cal. Est sarcasmus sive bostilis irrisio regis Babyloniorum occisi A Lap. Oh great Lucifer son of the morning c. You were a man of high esteeme of great authority a zealous professor in your time and one who was accounted a Saint in your generation and yet you heare How art thou fallen from heaven oh great Lucifer 4. By a mans owne spirit Thy heart will reproach thee for thy dayes for if a mans spirit flye upon him with such bitternesse here So foolish was I and ignorant I was as a beast before thee How will men befoole and be beast themselves and what a furious reflection will there be of the soule upon it selfe in that day Therefore here men have but their faces dyed with shame but then they shall lye downe in their shame for ever and a man shall cover himselfe with his owne confusion as with a mantle Psal 109.29 Vse 2 2. Of Exhortation That which was the Apostles care upon this ground let it be yours also Wherefore we labour whether present or absent that we may be accepted of him That your persons may be accepted and your services also Right honourable and beloved you have done much good in the State bin both the pillars and the shields of the earth and under God the repairers of the breach made almost irreparable in this kingdome these works and that worthily finde great acceptance with the Saints yet be pleased to consider they are not your Judges but he that judgeth you is the Lord Doe all things therefore so that you may be accepted of him because yee shall be judged by him at that day Three rules of acceptance with the Lord I shall crave leave to set before you at this time 1. He that will be accepted of God must doe the whole will of God his acceptable will is his perfect will David was therefore a man after Gods owne heart because he did 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all his wills Acts 13.22 In particular what ever is defective in the Civill justice of the kingdome supply it Amos 5.24 Let judgement run downe as waters and righteousnesse as a mighty streame But especially perfect what is wanting in the reformation of Religion the speediest way unto which I humbly conceive will be the sending forth of a godly and faithfull Ministery throughout the Kingdome those who shall be both able and apt to teach who shall not think they have sufficiently discharged their duty towards their people if they have preached to them once or twice in a weeke but also may make conscience of Catechising knowing the state of their flocke reaching publiquely and from house to house Who ever they be that shall perswade you that the principall meanes to subdue the kingdome unto God is by Discipline unlesse men be subdued by Doctrine first will be able to returne but a slender account of all such their endeavour in the end And I dare confidently say that a faithfull and painfull Ministery shall by Gods blessing gaine more authority in the consciences of men in a yeare then an Ecclesiasticall Consistory shall gaine in an age 2. Be true to your principles A godly man in stormes should stand like unto a rocke it starts not it shrinks not If a man be off and on unsteady in himselfe and double-minded he will not long be accepted of men much lesse of the Lord with whom is no variablenesse norshaddow of turning I know you meet with trials of all sorts are gaged on all sides it hath bin thitherto your honour to be inflexible Still be strong in the Lord lay your principles sure and adhere to them to the end for if you start the kingdome sinks 3. Do nothing but that wherein your consciences are first satisfied without this a man cannot be accepted with himselfe much lesse with God 1 Iohn 3.21 For if our heart condemne us God is greater then our heart To be led by an implicite faith is a thing unworthy of a man much more of a Magistrate And be well assured that if any shall undertake to teach the feare of God by the precepts of men for as you ought not to blot out the Lords stamp where he hath set it so if you stamp a jus divinum where Christ hath not what ever is not of God will not stand every plant that my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up This Exhortation I desire to presse by a double Argument 1. At that day you shall be stripped of all your honours titles and dignities which are now put upon you and you shall stand upon even ground with the rest of the world for all these offices and relations are but for the time of this life afterward all these differences shal be taken away and yee shall stand before God with naked consciences as others doe 1 Cor. Potestates legi●●●mas à Deo ordinatas tum in coel● cessabunt principatus Angelicà tum in Ecclesia cessabunt Ministeri● perfectura Cal. 1 Cor. 15.24 Christ at that day shall put downe all rule and all authority and power It is not onely to bee understood of adverse powers lifted up against Christ sc that he shall make all his enemies his footestoole but of all lawfull powers either men or Angels who are now set up by Christ to rule for him and from him Then shall be no difference betweene King and people Magistrate and vulgar Master or servant but every one shall be judged according to his works 2. If you be not faithfull you will appeare before God in that day upon worse termes then other men For to whom much is given of him much shall be required And as it will be a sad thing for us in the Ministery that we should preach the Gospell to others and our selves become cast-awayes when we shall say Mat. 7.22 Lord we have prophesied in thy Name c. ●urgunt indocti rapiun● coelum Aug. Wee having the key of heaven have opened it to many shall we our selves be shut out We that have beene a meanes to save the soules of many shall we be damned our selves So for the Magistracy for a man to be taken up to the Throne of God as in Authority a man is said to be Rev. 12.5 Ad threnum Dei ●d est ad solium Romanum subvectus Mede Rev. 12. and yet at last to be rejected by God as an abhominable branch and to be cast to the Devill and yee who have bin Gods great instruments to save kingdomes for you not to be saved your selves It would be a sad thing to see men of meane estate low and despicable conditions to enter into the kingdome of God and you with all your honour and authority to be shut out Vse 3 3. Of Consolation unto all whose hearts are upright with God in these three things 1. Here you doe many secret duties which no eye is a witnesse of but the Lords yee pray in secret labour in secret c. but there will come a time when he that sees in secret will reward you openly 2. Here you have many secret intentions gracious purposes blessed ends some of which it may be you are never able to accomplish or bring to passe for the desires of Gods people are better then their actions they are willing beyond their ability all these shall be manifested and rewarded in that day 3. Now there are many scandalous imputations cast upon you and many a wilfull mis-interpretation put upon most of your actions all is said to be done in Rebellion humour for selfe-ends and out of a desire to rule c. Neither hath this bin your condition from your enemies abroad onely but oftentimes from your friends at home And you like wise Physitians have many times heard your Patients say ye will kill me when your utmost endeavour hath beene to cure them But in that day God will cleere you from all these 1 Cor. 4. ● then shall every man unusquisque fidelium have praise of God And then he who will wipe away all teares from your eyes will also wipe off all blots from your names Comfort and incourage one another with these words FINIS