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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

Christ shall proceed only concerning the things done in the body whether good or bad Lastly the inference of the Apostle upon the consideration of his appearing in the first particle of the text which is set downe v. 9. We labour whether present or absent to bee accepted of him The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies to labour not only with the lifting up of the hand but the heart also so to make a thing matter of duty as also to esteem it matter of glory so a mans labour that it shall bee alwaies a mans honour we ambitiously labour whether in this life present in the body or after this life when wee shall lay downe our bodies to be accepted before him Habet sapientia sui generis superbiam I shall only pitch upon the third sc the manifestation in that day which I shall present to you in this short Observation Doct. There shall be at the day of judgement a cleere and full manifestation of every man what manner of man hee is The Apostle calls it for this cause a day of revelation Rom. 25. ● Cor. 4.5 And that when the Lord comes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he will inlighten the hidden things of darknesse c. Now there is many a grave that appeares n●t many a wolfe in sheeps cloathing and men have their cloaks of covetousnesse and dishonesty But then the graves shall bee opened the wolfe uncased the cloaks plucked off before men and Angells Now things hid as colours in the darke but when the light comes they will appeare and this seems to be the great worke of this great and terrible day of the Lord. In the opening of this truth it will be necessary to enquire into these three things 1. What shall be manifested 2. How can such a manifestation be 3. Why will the Lord have every man laid open in that day 1. What shall be manifested in that day The Text saith wee all and that not in a crowd and in the generall judgement to receive a generall sentence Rom. 14.12 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 every particular person shall give a particular account of himselfe and receive a particular sentence concerning himselfe at that day But more particularly in every man there are three things to bee distinctly considered 1. His state 2. His heart 3. His life and in the discovery of the man all these shall bee made manifest in that day 1. Mens states shall then bee made manifest in two things 1. What they are 2. Upon what grounds they are built 1. What mens estates are There are two Covenants that God hath made with man under two common heads publique persons the first with the first Adam and all in him the second with the second Adam and all in him therefore the Lord looks upon the world as if there were but two men in it the first man was of the earth earthy 1 Cor. 15 47. the second man the Lord from heaven heavenly These two Covenants are the two mothers Gal. 4.24 and the condition and state of the Son is according to the condition of the Mother partus sequitar ventrem therefore in conversion there is required a double change moral which is the change of a mans Covenant 2. Physicall the change of a mans image So that as a mans Covenant is such is his state if under the first Covenant hee is in a state of nature a state of sin of bondage and of death if under the second Covenant a state of grace of liberty and of life because no longer a son of the bond woman but of the free Now as it is an act of soveraignty in God to appoint every creature to their ends and eternal estates whether vessells to honour or dishonour So it is also in Christ an act of Sovereignty to judge of their estates and to discover them what they are men in their judgements can looke no further then the action and as it discovers the heart but to judge of mens eternall estates is a secret which the Lord hath reserved as a royalty to himselfe And at the laft day this seems to be the great businesse that shall be done the discovery of mens estates what they are Here wise and foolish virgins live together Matth. 25. and together goe forth to meet the bridegroome with oile in their lamps and seeme all to be wise alike but there will bee made manifest who is wise and who is foolish Here the tares and wheat grow together in the same field sheep and goats feed together in the same pasture but then comes the harvest and the time of separation at that day when the goats shall be set by themselves and the ●ares bound up in bundles by themselves to burne Ps 125.5 At that day he will sort the world and lead every man forth with those of his owne kind though in this world they be all mixed one with another 2. Upon what grounds men doe build their estates Christ Matth. 7. tells us that every man is a builder and his hope and confidence of the goodnesse of his condition is his house Job 8.15 the hope of hypocrites shall be as the spiders web be shall leane upon his house but it shall not stand be shall hold it f●st but it shall not endure One builds his hope onely upon the self flattery of his owne heart and saith I shall have peace Deut. 29.19 Another upon outward blessings and Gods prospering him in things of this life therefore while be lives he blesseth his soule Psal 49 1● Another upon an outward profession of Religion a forme of duties oyle in his vessels to make a blaze before men and to these men cleave this house they hold fast and that with all their * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fi●miter apprehe●dere mordi●us tenere might for if men will hold fast a corrupt opinion and a sinfull practise as they doe how much more will they a corrupt estate this is the generall delusion of the world Videas ●os tenentes tenere ●es ulla ratione discrere quod primum occurr●●t manibus licet tale sit ●●iquod quod own no prodesse non possit Bern. De adventu Domini Serm. 1. Sic pereunt miseri dum peritura sectantes mittunt solida But in that day these grounds shall be discovered there shall be manifested who doe build upon the Rock and who upon the sand who upon Christ alone received aright in a worke of faith and who upon outward blessings a forme of godlinesse some common worke of the Spirit a vaine hope of mercy a generall notion of the death of Christ for sinners and hope of a late repentance c. 2. Mens hearts shall be made manifest 1 Cor. 4.5 He will make manifest the counsels of the heart and herein these three things 1. Principles 2. Projects 3. Ends. 1. All the principles which are the grounds of mens actions and by which they are

it is its last act when it shall give up its viatory office to the Lord therefore the maine time of conscience its accusing or excusing shall be when God shall judge the secrets of all men according to my Gospell Rom 2.16 5. The booke of the consciences of others 1 Cor 4 5. good and bad men and devils for God will bring to light the counsels of the heart not onely of every man concerning himselfe but others also that they may all justifie God in his judgement Non ora● pro fratrum salute qua non ●an●i●ur reprob●● sed pro s● 〈◊〉 tormenta ipsi●●●x consortie fratrū●●goantur B●ug 〈◊〉 loc When Dives desired that his brethren might not come into the same place of torment it is conceived by Interpreters not to be spoken out of love to them for the law of Nature and all naturall affections ceaseth in hell whatever may endeare the creatures one to another but it was out of a principle of self-love because their presence would tend to his further conviction and so be a meanes to encrease his condemnation And this shall not onely be of the consciences of men but of devils also Sathan is a watchfull spirit and knows many things that no man in the world knows yea many things that men know not by themselves now he shall produce his knowledge at that day He is now the Accuser of the brethren not onely to themselves and one to another but even to God also but this above all times he will doe at that day And so much that prayer seems to intimate Psal 109.6 When he is judged let him be condemned Ad dextram state a●cusar● 〈◊〉 scriptura dicitur qui causam in jud c●o s●●●t bona 〈◊〉 Tar●o● 〈◊〉 and let Sathan stand at his right hand sc to accuse him for that was the manner of accusers Zach. 3.1 when he accused Ieshuah the high Priest he is said to stand at his right hand it is therefore in judgement that Sathan shall chiefly shew himselfe an accuser of men Now if we take but some of these as if the word of God should in all things passe sentence upon a man and the judgement thereof might be discovered or if a mans owne conscience should give its testimony of him or one man but declare what he knows by another how strangely would such a man be laid open How much more when all these shall be joyned in their discovery and Gods omniscience also shall be brought forth surely it must needs be that the hidden things of darknesse must be manifest and then must be a cleere and a full revelation of all persons and things in that day I come now to the third and last head proposed in the opening of the point sc Why the Lord will make all things manifest in that day Reas 1 The grounds I conceive to be such as these 1. As Christ shall then come in the glory of his Father so he shall come to be glorified before men and Angels He shall come to be glorified in his Saints 2 Thes 1.10 and to be admired in them that believe Christ will bee glorified chiefly in these foure things 1. In his wisdome which cannot be set forth without a manifestation whereby it may appeare to men and Angels what a wise servant he hath beene and what a faithfull steward and hath managed all things for his Fathers glory and the accomplishment of his ends then it shall appeare that he is Wisdome Counsellour 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Glass 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pag. 159. Esay 6.9 The wiser any man is the more ends he doth propose to himselfe to accomplish in what ever hee goes about now when we shall see in every thing there hath beene magna conjunctio and all his ends have met and he hath ordered all the crosse inclinations of the creatures the lusts of men the temptations of Sathan for the accomplishment of his owne purpose and hath brought forth an harmony out of all this discord this will exceedingly exalt his manifold wisdome 2. In his mercy and the riches of it both towards the vessels of wrath and vessels of mercy 1. Towards the wicked when the Lord shall declare the gracious offers they have had the heating motions the importunate entreaties the compassionate invitations how often wisdome hath cryed in their streets and mercy hath come upon her knees to their doores and said Oh doe not that abhominable thing that I hate How long will you love simplicity Why will ye dye c. Yet when I called they refused when I stretched out my hands they regarded not but set at nought all my counsell and would have none of my reproofe Their destruction is of themselves they have chosen their owne delusions and forsaken their owne mercy 2. Towards his owne for their sinnes shall be brought forth though as a cancelled bond in that day that he may shew their natures were as sinfull their lives as abominable their hearts as corrupt and their provocations as many as in the wicked of the world but yet grace overcame them all that they may say Who is a Saviour like our Saviour pardoning iniquity transgression and sinne At such a time mercy prevented mercy spared mercy healed mercy pardoned that in all it may appeare that he is mighty to save 3. In his patience when the scoffers of the world shall say Where is the promise of his comming 2 Pet. 1 1. and the prophane ones say my Lord delayes his comming Luke 12 4● and shall begin to beate their fellow servants and e●te and drinke with the drunken then the Lord shall make it appeare that he hath not beene slack 2 Pet 1.9 as men count slacknesse but onely patient to u●-w●rd Then shall the Lord say this thou hast done against so much mercy here is riches of goodnesse despised under so much meanes here is much precious opportunity neglected this thou hast done with so much pleasure so much greedinesse under such a forme of godlinesse such pretences of Religion and so much contempt of the comming of the Lord yet in all this I held my peace and because sentence was not speedily executed their hearts were desperately set in them to do evill here was patience daily abused and yet continued 4. In his justice for he will in that day Isaiah 2● 17 Lay judgement to the line and righteousnesse to the plummet that his justice may be magnified before men and Angels If in a particular judgement as that upon Rome Rev. 19.1.1 the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornications the Lord shall be so publiquely honoured that much people in heaven shall say Hallelujah salvation and glory and honour and power unto the Lord our God How much more shall this glory be given him at that day when his judgement shall passe upon all the wicked of the world at once Indioa●●nt judici● approbati●●● laud●