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A44515	Delight and judgment: or, a prospect of the great Day of Judgment and its power to damp, and imbitter sensual delights, sports, and recreations. By Anthony Horneck, D.D.	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1684 (1684)	Wing H2824A; ESTC R215360	126,341	401

wants have the Lord Jesus in thine Eyes regard not so much the poor Man's Nature because he is of the same Flesh with thee nor so much his Relation because he is of Kin to thee nor so much his Country because he is of the same Town that thou art of nor so much his Religion because he professes the same Faith with thee nor so much his Person because he is a Gentleman nor so much his readiness to extol thy bounty as the Love and Charity of the Holy Jesus to thy Soul and Body Have that in thine Eye chiefly when thou openest thy Hand let him be in thy Mind when thou distributest thy bounty this makes thy Charity amiable and acceptable and fit to be proclaimed and commended in this Day And indeed How dost thou know Christian but that thy Saviour may sometimes disguise himself and appear to thee in the shape of a poor Man and wilt not thou give freely wilt not thou give cheerfully wilt not thou give readily since thou knowest not but thou mayest give it to thy Saviour himself And how glorious an Encomium will it be in the last Day to hear him say before the World I was naked and this good Man cloathed me I was in Prison and he visited me The three Angels of Old disguised themselves in the shape of Travellers to try Abraham's hospitality and from hence possibly came the heathenish Fables that their Jupiter came in the Habit of a poor Man to Philemon who entertaining him Jupiter made his House a Temple and the Owner the Priest of it and that Apollo coming as a Traveller to Mydas and being kindly entertain'd by him rewarded his Bounty with vast Wealth and Riches though we have no warrant from Scripture to believe that Christ doth actually disguise himself to us in such shapes and appears to us to try our Charity yet it is no impossible thing and we may piously believe it thereby to encourage our selves to cheerful Contributions lest finding us hard-hearted and ill-natured covetous and incompassionate he deal with us as Jupiter among the Heathens is said to have dealt with Lycaon whom when he came to visit as a guest and found cruel instead of being hospitable he turned him into a Wolf Christ hath threatned the hard-hearted a worse and stranger Metamorphosis for they that will not be like him in doing good shall be doomed to be like Devils to mourn and lament as they and to Eternal Ages too for this is the Sentence Go into Everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels for I was an hungred and ye gave me no meat c. Mat. 25.41 42. 12. Let nothing discourage you from admiring those men who have always lived in the Thoughts and Contemplation of this future Judgment we admire men for their Parts Abilities and Accomplishments we admire Aristotle for his Learning Archimedes for his Mathematicks Socrates for his Gravity Absolum for his Beauty Achitophel for his Policy Saul for his Tallness Arion for his Musick Asahel for his Nimbleness the Men of Benjamin for their Skill in Slinging Darius for his Gratitude Cicero for speaking Virgil for Poetry Vrbino for Painting c. but these are poor things for our Reason to admire Men that live Day and Night in a sense of this future Judgment live continually in expectation of the Archangel's Trumpet or the Summons of Almighty God these are the Men whose Praise we ought to shew forth in the Gates Let others admire Demosthenes for his Rhetorick I will admire St. Paul who so look'd at the things not seen even at this Judgment as to rejoice in Tribulation and though troubled on every side yet was not distressed though perplex'd yet was not in despair though persecuted yet was not forsaken though cast down yet was not destroy'd appeared to the World as sorrowful yet was always rejoicing as poor yet made many rich as having nothing and yet possessed all things 2 Cor. 4.7 8 18. 2 Cor. 6.10 Let others admire Arcesilaus for his Prudence Scipio for his Fortitude Aristoclides for his humanity Pythagoras for his Philosophy I will admire the Primitive Believers who stood in such awe of this Great Day that their constant Thoughts and Contrivances were how to resist their Adversary the Devil and upon this account stood fast in Faith quitted themselves like Men were strong and always abounding in the work of the Lord. The thoughts of this Day made them vigilant sober heavenly minded despisers of the World charitable kind tender-hearted fruitful in all good works and why should we delude our selves or fancy we need not do so or that they did more then they ought to have done The Best of Men the Wisest Men the Holiest Men that ever lived have been frighted over-awed supported preserved in goodness by the contemplations of this Day and therefore if we are not it 's no sign that we are wiser then they but that we are more stupid we are all ambitious of participating of their glory and why should we be afraid of taking the way that led them to it These are the men who choose the better part These are the men who though laugh'd at by the World are a Crown of Glory and a Royal Diadem in the Hand of their God and for their Shame they shall have Double and for their confusion they shall rejoice in their portion Their light shall come the Glory of the Lord shall rise upon them They shall break forth on the right Hand and on the left and in Righteousness shall they be established They shall dwell on high their place of defence shall be the Munition of Rocks Bread shall be given them their Water shall be sure Their Eyes shall see the king of Glory in his Beauty they shall behold the Land that is very far off even the Land where Rivers of Pleasure flow where no Tears are to be seen no Sorrow to be found no anguish to be heard of These are the Men which at last shall sit down in the Throne of God and having suffered Hunger and Thirst with the Holy Jesus here shall Eat and Drink at his Table in his Kingdom These Men will at last be look'd upon with greater fear and reverence then now they are and when the bruitish World shall see them advanced to the highest Seats of Bliss and behold that these which once were the most contemptible Creatures shall judge the World with the Son of God they will change their Voices and with the Maltheses be ready to call them Gods whom but a little before they condemned as Varlets and Villains I conclude this discourse with St. Peter's exhortation 2 Pet. 3 9 15. The Lord is not slack concerning his Promise as some men count slackness but is long suffering to us ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to Repentance But the Day of the Lord will come as a Thief in the Night in the which the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat the Earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of Persons ought ye to be in all Holy Conversation and Godliness looking for and hastening unto the coming of the Day of God wherein the Heavens being on Fire shall be dissolved and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat Nevertheless we according to his Promise look for New Heavens and a New Earth wherein dwells Righteousness wherefore Beloved seeing that ye look for such things be diligent that you may be found of him in Peace without Spot and Blameless FINIS ERRATA PAge 38. line 13. read Farms p. 4.5 l. 1. r. To let the World see the Bands p. 55. l. 12. r. persons are who are employ'd p. 210. p. 10. r. imitation BOOKS Printed for and sold by Mark Pardoe at the Sign of the Black Raven over against Bedford House in the Strand Doctor Horneck's best Exercise 8 o. Dr. Hooper's Sermon before the King on the Fifth of November His Sermon before the Lord Mayor Sir William Petty's Essay in Political Arithmetick 8 o. His Observations on Dublin Bills of Mortality 8 o. Novels of Elizabeth Queen of England containing the History of Queen Ann of Bullen in Two Parts 12 o. Observations on Feavers 12 o. Plain Man's way to Worship 12 o. Becteri Minera Arienaria 4 o. mdash De nova Temporis 4 o. Holder's Elements of Speech 8 o. Charras Experiments on Vipers in 8 o. Socrat. Eccl. Hist. l. 1. c. 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 24.25 Plat. in Phaed. Ps. 8.6 1 Sam. 15.23 Es. 1.3 Lam. 1.12.13.14 Chrysost. Homil 2. in 2 Thessalon Rev. 22.15 Zephan 1.14 15 16 17 18. Prov. 5.11 12. Happy Asectick p. 425 Seqq. Philip. 4.4 Eccl. 2.4 8 10 11. Gen. 4 21. Council Eliber c. 79. Council Constantinop 6. c. 50. Es. 3.18 19 20 21. 1 Tim. 2.9 10. 1 Pet. 3.3 4. De Serm. in monte lib. 2. 1 Tim. 2.9 1 Pet. 3.3 Vid Cyprian de Habit. virg Ed Oxon. p. 95. Esth. 14.16 Cyprian de Habit Virgin 1 John 2.15 16. Rev. 17.4 Tertull. de cult Faemin lib. 2 c. 13. Vid. Celada commentar in Judith c. 10 Plutarch in Apophthegm Aelian var. Hist. l. 8. Rom. 8.9 Rom. 8.5 Platin. in Paul 2. Euseb. lib. 5. c. 15. Gregor Naz. in laudem Gorgon De Habit. virg p. 100. Homil. 31. in Matth. Vid. P. Martyr loc com class 2. c. 11. P. Mart. loc cit Summ. Part. 2. tit 6. c. 6. § 3. De Bell. Belg. l. 1. Hom. 49. in Matth. De vanit scient c. 18. Ps. 119 47. Exod. 23.13 Vid. Gerh. Joh. Voss. de Idol l. 2. c. 8. Matth. 5.13 Ephes. 5.4 Mar. 8.38 Salvian degubern Dei lib. 6. Tertul. de spect c. 15. c. 15. c. 15. c. 16. c. 17. c. 23. c. 23. c. 25. c. 25. c. 26. c. 26. c. 27. c. 29. 2 Cor. 6.4 5. Pro. 7.14 Vid. Dre●●l Tribun Christi l. 1. c. 8. § 5. In Epitaph Paulae Rom. Rev. 21.2 21. Psal. 37.6 1 Pet. 2.23 Matt. 11.22 Luke 6.38

DELIGHT AND JUDGMENT Or a Prospect of the Great Day OF Iudgment And its Power to damp and imbitter Sensual Delights Sports and Recreations By ANTHONY HORNECK D.D. LONDON Printed by H. Hills Jun. for Mark Pardoe at the Sign of the Black Raven over against Bedford House in the Strand 1684. The PREFACE THough Practical Writers have this advantage of Controversial that they do not make themselves so many Enemies as the other yet I know not what the fate of the ensuing Discourse may be For though the subject relate to Manners and the Behaviour of Men as Christians yet it is to be feared that not a few who think themselves Religious notwithstanding their pretended Piety securely bathe themselves in Delights this Book condemns may put no very favourable construction on such endeavours as being levell'd against things they are used to and the Humour of the Age hath allowed of and rendred unquestionable and such it 's like will call these attempts pragmatical and bid us as Constantine did Acesius in another case erect a Ladder to Heaven and climb up thither by our selves But it 's God's Mercy that while Christianity is decay'd in the Glory and Brightness of its Life the Bible is still among us and that we are not to regulate our Religion by the sickly Fancies of half Christians but by the standing Laws of that Jesus whose Disciples we profess our selves to be and whom the Primitive Believers thought themselves obliged to follow in external as well as internal simplicity It 's true the Church is not now under Persecution as it was in former Days when Men made those mighty Progresses in Self-denial but it is to be observed that when the Saints of the first Ages pressed those Severities they did not lay the stress on their persecuted Condition and the necessity of the dismal Times they lived in but on the Laws of their great Master which they look'd upon to be as immutable as the God that gave them Nor can prosperity make any alteration in those Lessons which Christ required as Essential to his Religion Prosperity indeed was intended to prompt us to a more cheerful discharge of our Duty but not to a neglect of those Austerities which are the best Ornaments of the best Religion in the World As Men have managed Prosperity it hath been the greatest Bane of Religion and the wisest Men have taken notice how Christianity since it hath crept out of the Thorns and Bryars of Barbarous Tyranny and Oppression hath been unhappily decreasing in its Zeal and Fervour whether it is Fable or History that tells us that a Voice came from Heaven saying This Day Poyson is poured out into the Church when Ease and Plenty and Rivers of Gold flowed into it I shall not now enquire Certain it is that external Felicity hath smilingly undermin'd the Foundations of that admirable Doctrine and that which was formerly built on the greatest Innocence hath since changed its bottom and stands too much on shew and formality Prosperity at this Day to the great Sorrow of all considerate Persons gives Law to Mens Religion and whatever crosses Prosperity is thought to cross Religion too What is consistent with our ease is allow'd of as good Divinity and whatever runs counter to our sensual Satisfaction appears so aukward that we fancy it no Religion because Flesh and Blood would not have it so all which must necessarily arise from Vnbelief or a wavering Faith of a Life to come either that future Life the Son of God hath purchased and promised is not look'd upon to be so great as it is represented in the Gospel or it is not seriously thought of for if it were the Pleasures of this Life would grow pale and their Beauty vanish if compared with the glorious delights hereafter and the Satisfactions of this World would soon lose their Charms if view'd by that Light which irradiates the Holy Cherubim If that Life deserves not Self-denial in the Pleasures of this present Christ and his Apostles must needs have been out in the lofty Descriptions they have given of it and our Faith is vain and in vain did the Son of God take all those pains and suffer all the Agonies he did to purchase a thing so trivial and inconsiderable If it were a thing of no great moment the but moderately Pious would not be excluded from its Glories and when nothing but Heroick Virtue can promise it self a share in that Felicity it cannot be otherwise but that the Prize doth answer the difficulties in the pursuit of its attainment They are Great and Masculine Acts that Christianity prompts us to and wherein can this Heroick Vertue be expressed better then in a Noble contempt of what foolish Mortals count pleasant and tickling to their Flesh and Fancy Such acts are arguments of a brave and generous Mind and signs that our understandings soar above the Moon and rely more on what God hath promised then on what the World for the present pays This shews that our Souls do act like themselves and not to be biassed by vulgar Sentiments is that which gives a Man Reputation with the Best of Beings Christ in pressing these Lessons hath only made a clearer Revelation of what the Philosophers of Old guessed at by the glimmering light which Nature gave them and what can be more for a Man's Credit then to do that which both Nature and Grace have judged to be most honourable and glorious There is no Question but if that Eternal Life hereafter were shewn in all its Glories and Riches and Contents to a sensual Man at the same time that he beholds the most charming delights of the Flesh and had he as lively a view of the one as he hath of the other the infinite brightness of the one would so eclipse and darken the feebler splendour of the other that he would not only be content to quit his inferiour delights for the enjoyment of the other but would very much wonder at that Monster that should refuse the greater for the lesser pleasures so that all the difficulty is how to make that Eternal Life so visible that it shall move and affect and preponderate above all Earthly satisfactions And the way to do this is the same with the Method that must be taken in making the Day of Judgment visible to us which is the attempt of the following Discourse in which I hope I have said nothing but what is agreeable to the Doctrine of the Primitive Church If any shall find fault with some passages in it because they contradict the Vanity and Luxury of the Age we live in or charge me with meddling with things which do not belong to me to determine all I shall reply is this that I have done no more but what I have excellent Precedents for even some of the best Divines of our Church since the Reformation whose Example as I am not ashamed to follow so since they thought it their