2.3 intreating of the â—â—aginations of the wicked which say That after this life their bodyes â—halbe as ashes that are quenched and that their soules shal vanish away as the soft ayre hée sayeth That they doe not vnderstand the mysteries of the Lord that they haue no hope of the rewarde of the righteous that they regard not she woorship that holy blessed soules shall haue Wisd 3.1 And in the chapter following speaking of the soules of the righteous hée saieth That they are in the handes of God and that the feare of death shal not touche them Luke 16.22 The paâ—ble of the rich man and Lazarus 〈◊〉 euidently and plainly proueth vnto that the soule doeth not dye with body For the soule of Lazarus was ried by the Angels into Abraham bosom and the soule of the riche 〈◊〉 was buried in hel Our sauiour in 〈◊〉 10. of Matth. Mat. 10.28 comforting his disciplâ— willeth them not to feare them tâ— kil the body and bée not able to kill soule The soule therefore doeth not dâ— with the body Secondly that the souâ— doe not sléepe til the day of iudgemeâ— the testimonies of the scripture doe dâ—clare In the 23. of Luke Luke 23.43 our Sauioâ— sayd to the theefe that did hang on tâ— one side of him vpon the Crosse Thâ— day thou shalt be with mee in paradisâ— As much to say Thou shalt bée wiâ— mée in a place of singular quietnes aâ—â— pleasure not there to sléepe till the daâ— of iudgement but without all peraâ—uenture to liue and to raigne witâ— Iesus Christ in eternall glory Apo. 6.9.10 And 〈◊〉 the 6. of the Reuelation it is declared that Iohn sawe vnder the altar the â—â—les of them that were killed for the â—ord of God and for the testimony â—hat they had crying with a loude voice 〈◊〉 saying Howe long tarriest thou Lord holy and true to iudge and to â—auenge our blood on them that dwell â—on the earth The soules then doe not â—â—éepe til the day of iudgement neither doe they perish with the bodies but being loosed by death from the same are carried eyther vnto eternall ioy or els â—â—to euerlasting sorrowe vnto which â—he bodies shal bee gathered in the last day to receaue euery one according to that which they haue done whether it bée good or euill For it standeth with she eternal iustice of the eternall God she righteous iudge that euery man shal receaue according to his desertes Heereof Daniel prophesied whose wordes bée these Daniel 12.2 Many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall awake some to euerlasting life some to perpetual shame and reproofe And in the third of the Prophet Malachy Mal. 3.5 I myselfe wil come and bée a swift vâ—nes against witches against aduouâ—rers against false swearers yea and â—gainst those that wrongfully kéep bâ—â— the hyrelings dutie which vex the wâ—dowe and the fatherlesse and oppreâ— the stranger and feare not mee sayeâ— the Lord of hoastes Eccles 11.9 In the 11. chaptâ— of the bâ—oke of the Preacher it is sayd Be gladde o thou young man in thâ— youth and let thine hart be mery in thâ— yong dayes follow the wayes of thyâ— owne hart and the lust of thyne eyeâ— But bee thou sure that God shall brinâ— thee into iudgement for al these thingâ— Hee derideth those that set their delighâ— in worldly pleasures as though Goâ— woulde not call them to account theâ— which nothing is surer For we must aâ— appeare before the iudgement seate oâ— Christ that euery man may receaue thâ— workes of his body 2. Cor. 5.10 according to thaâ— which hee hath done whether it be good or bad Hée wil come shortly anâ— his reward is with him Apo. 22.12 to geue euerâ— man as his woorke shalbée Rom. 9.7 Prayse honour and immortallitie to them that â—time in well doing and séeke eterâ—â—ll life but vnto them that are rebelâ—â—â—â— and disobey the trueth shal come â—ignation wrath tribulation and â—â—â—â—she vpon the soule of euery one â—â—â—t doeth euill of the Iewe first and â—â— the Gentile 2. Thes 1.6 For it is verily a righteâ—â—s thing with God to recompence â—â—ibulation to them that trouble you 〈◊〉 to you which are troubled rest â—â—th vs when the Lorde Iesus shall â—â—we him selfe from heauen with his â—ighty Angelles in flaming fire renâ—â—â—â— vengance vnto them that know â—t GOD and to them that obey not â—â—to the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christ which shall be punished with eâ—erlasting damnation from the preâ—ence of the Lorde and from the glory â—f his power when he shall come to bée â—lorified in his Saints and to be made â—eruellous in all them that beléeue â—ohn saw by Reuelation the dead Apoc. 20.10 both â—â—eat and smal stand before the Lorde 〈◊〉 the booke to be opened and the dead to bee iudged out of that which waâ— written according to theyr deedes And hée that was not written in thâ— booke of lyfe was cast into the lake 〈◊〉 fire Iude. 1.14.15 And no doubt the time draweth when this that Iohn saw by Reuelation shall bée fulfilled when the Lorâ— shall come with thousandes of Saint to giue iudgement against all men anâ— to rebuke al the vngodly among them of all their vngodly déedes which theâ— haue vngodlyly committed and of aâ— their cruell speakinges which vngodâ— sinners haue spokeÌ„ against him whicâ— it must néedes followe as a necessarâ— consequent that the state of good meâ— in the comming of Iesus Christ vnâ— iudgement shal be most glorious anâ— the state of the wicked most miserablâ— Which commeth to passe cleane coâ—trary in this wicked world wheâ— most coÌ„monly the godly are with trâ—â—bles tormented with banishment pâ—nished with the losse of goodes impoâ—rished with all miseries ouerwhelmeâ— But contrariwise the wicked are wiâ— delycat fare nourished with goodes inriâ—â—â—d with offices preferred for autoâ—â—e honoured as the Prophet Dauid in â—â—se words doth bitterly coÌ„plaine Psal 37.4 My â—â—ete were almost gon my treadings â—ad well nigh slipt And why I was â—reued at the wicked to see the vngodâ—y in such prosperitie For they are in â—o perill of death but are lusty and â—roÌ„g They come in no misfortune like â—ther folk neither are they plaged like â—ther men Their eies swel with fat â—hey do euen what they list Vers 12. And a litle â—â—ter Beholde these prosper in the â—orld these haue riches in possession Iob. 21.9 The houses of the wicked saith Iob are â—eaceable without feare and the rodde â—f the Lord is not vpon them Their â—ullock gendreth and fayleth not their â—â—we calueth and casteth not her â—alfe They sende foorth their chilâ—ren like Shéepe and their Sonnes â—eade the daunce And therefore there â—â—st be of necessitie an other life after â—his lyfe in which according to the 〈◊〉 iudgement of GOD euery one may receiue according to their workâ— be they good or bad eternall
A SERMON preached in S. Peters Church in Exceter the 6. day of December last wherin is intreated of the second comming of â—hrist vnto iudgement of the end of the world By Iohn Chardon maister of Art and preacher of the word of God 1. Pet. 4. vers 7. Novv the end of all things is at hand Be ye therfore sober and vvatching in prayer Jmprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson 1580. To the right worshipfull Sir Gawen Carew Knight Iohn Chardon wisheth prosperity in this lyfe and in Christ Iesus our sauiour lyfe euerlasting I Had no sooner ended this Sermon rightworshipful but some of my very familiar friends wished and in maner vrged me to coÌ„mend the same â—o you or to the good Lady your wife vnto whose request I thought good the rather to yeeld for that I knewe right well what stoare you made of the Word Mat. 13.46 being a pearle of greate price a rich treasure and â—n incomparable Iewell Mat. 13.44 the very â—ode of mans soule the sworde of â—he spirit Eph. 6.17 Heb. 4.12 more sharpe thaÌ„ any two â—dged swoorde which entreth â—hrough euen vnto the deuiding sunder of the soule and the spirit and of the ioynts and the maroâ— In consideration whereof I offâ— this my poore trauell vnto you praying you to accept the same as token of my good wil. And albeâ— I cannot compare with the rich who of their superfluities are won to adde vnto the offerings of God yet I of my penurie am willing with the poore widowe Luk. 21.2 to cast iâ— the substance I haue euen the mitâ— to the augmentation of the treasury of the Lord. Which if I perceaue to be accepted your worship shall encourage mee to greater trauelles And so I betake you to the Lorde Heuytre The second of Ianuary 1579. Yours in the Lord to be commanded I. Chardon Hosea 4.1 AVdite verbum Domini filij Israël quia iudiciuÌ„ domino cum habitatoribus terrae non est enim â—â—ritas non est misericordia non est scientia Dei in terra Maledictum mendacium homiciâ—â—â— furtum adulterium inundauerunt â—â—â—guis sanguinem tetigit Propter hoc lugebit terâ—a infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea Hoseae 12.2 â—â—dicium dominicum Iuda visitatio super Iacob â—â—â—ra vias eius Ergo quìd euigilas nummorum condere saccoâ— QuÃdue modus rabidae nullus auaritiae Quid gestis cupidè terras coniungere terris Quìd te Mammonae possidet alta sitis Quìd tibi concilias tam largo foenore nummos Quìd spolias fratres non miserande tuos Quìd iugulas teneros quos Christus diligit agnos Ioan. 13.1 Quìd Christo charas perdite perdis oues Quid non mendaces quìd non mendacia linquis Quìd violas magni iussa tremenda Dei Quid tua non linquis periuria furta rapinas Quìd tua sic lacerat liuida lingua bonos Quìd sic scortaris quìd non piget ire Corinthuâ—â—â— Quìd fuscant oculos blanda venena tuos Quìd non emendas mores vestigia gressus Quì sibi vult tantus cultus amórque mali Quìd sic decurris furiosae more iuuencae Quìd tollis cristas terra cinÃsque tuas Quìd sic defectu miserorum corporalanguent Horrea frumento quìd tua plena iacent Quìd non producis granorum durus aceruos Quìd sepelis tanti munera tanta Dei Quìd Lazarum spernis quem morte redemit Iesus â—â—ke 16.21 QuÃdue tui superant te pietate canes Quìd non scripturas voluis medicamina vitae Quìd non sacratum voluis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Volue reuolue precor sic disces iussa Iehouae Sic bene compones ordine quaeque suo Dudum terra fuit subito concussa tremore Aduentus magni tessera certa Dei Io. Chardonâ—s Vigilate igitur Mar. 13.35 nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniet vespere an media nocte an in gallicinio an manè ne quum repentè venerit inueniat vos dormientes 〈◊〉 5.9 Quae autem dico vobis omnibus dico vigilate Index ante ianuam adstat 〈◊〉 22.20 Dicit qui testatur ista Etiam venio citò Amen Etiam veni domine Iesu Luke 21. vers 25. THere shal be signes in the Sunne in the Moone and in the starres in the earth the people shal bee at theyr â—ittes end through dispaire The sea the water shal roare and mens hartes shall faile them for feare and for looking after those thinges which shall come on the earth for the powers of heauen shal moue And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude with power great glory When these thinges begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nye And he shewed them a similitude Behold the figge tree and al other trees when they shoote foorth theyr buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that sommer is then nigh at hande So likewyse ye also when ye see these thinges come to passe bee sure that the kingdom of God is nigh Verily I say vnto you this generation shal not passe til al bee fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe Take heed to your selues lest your hartes bee oueâ— come with surfetting drunkennese and cares of this life and that that daâ— come not on you vnwares For as 〈◊〉 snare shal it come on al them that dweâ— on the earth Watch therfore continually and pray that you may obtaynâ— grace to flee al this that shal come anâ— that you may stand before the sonne oâ— man THis Gospel beloued intreateth oâ— the second comming of our Sauiour Iesus Christe vnto 〈◊〉 iudgement it confirmeth that article of our fayth by which we confesse and beleeue that the same Iesus which take fleshe of the virgin which suffered vnder Pontius Pilate which was buried which rose againe the thirde day from the dead and which ascended into heauen shal come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke the dead when all that are in the graues shall â—eâ—re the voice of the Sonne of God Iohn 5. â—9 â—â—d shal come foorth they that haue â—â—ne good to the resurrection of life â—â—d they that haue done euil to the resurrection of damnation Wherof our Sauiour tooke occasion to speake by â—eason of the talke that he had with his â—â—sciples about the temple of IerusaleÌ„ For when the disciples wondered at â—he gorgeous decking of the Temple with goodly stones and costly iewels â—â—e sayd that the time shoulde come Luke 21. â— in which it should be destroied that there should not be left one stone vpon anoâ—â—er that should not be throweÌ„ down Then the disciples asked him saying Maister when shal these things be And â—hie tolde them of certain signes and tokens which should goe before
glory or euerlasting infamie euen as Dauid againe to the comforting of him selfâ— and the Church telleth vs in thesâ— wordes Then thought I to vnderstanâ— this Psal 73.16 but it was too hard for me vntiâ— I went into the sanctuarie of God and considered the end of these meÌ„ Namely how thou settest them in slipperiâ— places that thou maist cast them dowâ— headlong and destroy them O hoâ— sodenly do they consume perish anâ— come to a fearefull ende Yea euen aâ— a dreame when one awaketh so makesâ— thou their Image to vanish out of thâ— Citie And because the infirmitie oâ— the godly is great whiles they carrâ— this earthly tabernacle about them that they cannot but feare by reasoâ— of those fearefull tokens that shall goâ— before the ende and consummation oâ— the worlde therefore our Sauiour tâ— their comfort and consolation speakeâ—â— vnto them in this wise Luke 21.2 When thesâ— things beginne to come to passe theâ— looke vp and lift vp your heades for â—â—r redemption draweth nigh Meaâ—â—â— that they should not faint but 〈◊〉 plucke vp their heartes and bée â—â—rry for that they do prognosticate 〈◊〉 declare how that their redemption 〈◊〉 at hand when they shal be deliuered 〈◊〉 raunsomed as it were from the â—â—series of this lyfe in the comming â—f the Sonne of God vnto iudgement 〈◊〉 consideration whereof Paule calâ—â—â—h this day the day of Redemption Eph. 4.30 〈◊〉 of this his deliueraunce he gloriâ—â— in these wordes 2. Ti. 4.7 I haue fought a â—â—od fight haue fulfilled my course â—â—d haue kept the fayth From henceâ—â—rth is layde vp in stoare for mee a â—owne of righteousnesse which the â—ord that is a righteous Iudge shall â—â—eme at that day not to me only but â—â—to all them also that loue his comâ—ing And therfore the day of the Lord â—â—â—ht not to be terrible to the godly â—â—ither ought they to feare his coÌ„ming 〈◊〉 that he commeth to deliuer them to â—t them at ease but to render to the wicked eternall paine And I do firmely beléeue that the godly haue a thirstâ— and a desire to enter into the courteâ— of the Lordes house Psal 84.2 that they desirâ— the day of Redemption Luke 11.2 that they still crye Let thy kingdome come Thaâ— they still cry Apoc. 22.20 Come Lorde Iesu Thaâ— they looke vp waighting his comming Phil. 3.21 which shall make their vile bodyes like to his owne glorious body That they desire Apo. 21.2 euen a litle shew â— that holy citie new Ierusalem descending from heauen prepared of GOD as a bryde garnished for her husband For they certeinely beléeue that theâ— there shall bée a full and complete endâ— of all their troubles But the troubles of the wicked shall then beginâ— The wicked shall sée aboue them aâ—â— angry Iudge beneath them an horryble pytte of hell without them â— burning worlde within them a gnawing conscience on the ryght handâ— theyr sinnes accusing them on thâ— lefte hande the deuiles halling theâ— to torment The wretched sinners thâ—â— sâ— are besette where shall they go â—â—h then where shall they flée Ps 139.7 Oh then â—â—â—re shall they hide Oh whether â—â—â—ll they go then from his spirit or â—hether shall they goe then from his â—â—â—sence If they clime vp into heauen â—is there If they goe downe to bell 〈◊〉 is there also If they take the wings â—f the morning and remaine in the vtâ—â—rmost part of the Sea euen there 〈◊〉 shall his hand leade them and his â—â—â—ht hand shal hold them If they say â—â—e darkenesse shall couer vs then shall â—heir night be turned to day For the â—â—rkenes is no darkenes with the Lord. The night is as cléere as the day the â—â—rknesse and lyght vnto him are both â—â—â—ke Oh with what terrour shall the â—â—cked be stroken in the day of the Lord Oh in what feare shall they be Ap. 6.16 They shall say to the hyls and rockes Fall vpon vs and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come who is able to abide it The mockers which haue saide 2. Pe. 3.4 Where is the promise oâ— his comming shall then sée and féeâ— his comming to their great gréefâ— shame and confusion when as too laâ—â— repenting them selues they shall saâ— Tedious wayes haue wee gone Sap. 5.7 but â— for the way of the Lorde wée haue 〈◊〉 knowne What good hath our prâ—â—â— done vnto vs or what profit hath thâ— pompe of riches brought vnto vs Lâ—â— these thinges are passed away like â— shadowe and thus are we consumed 〈◊〉 our owne wickednesse For the hope â— the vngodly is like a dry thistle flowerâ— or dust that is blowne away with thâ— winde lyke a thinne fome that is scattered abroade with a storme and aâ— the smoake that is dispersed with thâ— winde and as the remembraunce of 〈◊〉 straunger that tarryeth but for a day and then departeth But the righteouâ— shall liue for euermore their reward 〈◊〉 with the Lord and their remembranâ—â— with the highest Therefore shall theâ— receiue a glorious kingdome and aâ— beautifull crowne at the Lordes hand For with his right hand shall hee couer 〈◊〉 and with his holy arme shall hée â—â—fend them Mat. 25.32 For when the Sonne of 〈◊〉 shal come in his glory and all the â—â—ly Angels with him then shal he sit â—pon the seate of his glory and before 〈◊〉 shall be gathered all nations and â—â—e shall separate the one from the oâ—her as the Shephearde deuideth the â—héepe from the Goates And hee shall â—et the Shéepe on his right hand and â—he Goates on his left hand that is to â—â—y the wicked whom hée compareth â—â—to Goates For as the Goates are â—â—thy and stincking beastes so the â—icked by reason of their sinnes do â—tincke in the sight of God And as the Goates do stricke the gyltlesse shéepe with their hornes so the wicked do punish and afflicte the godly with their tyranny And as the Goates do destroy the orcharde and garden so do the wicked destroye the vineyarde of the Lorde as it is sayde in the thirde of the Prophet Esay Esay 3. 14. Ye haue eate vp the Vineyarde the robberie of the poore is in your house These Goateâ— hée shall set on his left hand And theâ— shall the king saye to them on hiâ— ryght hande Come blessed childreâ— of my Father inherit the kingdomâ— prepared for you from the beginningâ— Then shall the king say to them on the left hand Departe from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his angels Oh then how happy shal they be thaâ— shall heare this ioyfull and happy sentence of Christ Come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdoÌ„ prepared foâ— you from the beginning of the world Oh then how vnhappy shall they bée that shall heare this terrible and fearfull sentence Go cursed into