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A93110	Of the foure last and greatest things: death, iudgement, heaven and hell. The description of the happinesse of heaven, and misery of hell, by way of antithesis. With the way or means to passe through death, and judgement, into heaven, and to avoid hell. / By VVilliam Shepheard, Esquire.	Sheppard, William, d. 1675?	1649 (1649)	Wing S3196; Thomason E551_7; ESTC R205687	96,747	120

his works but the finall and solemn consummation and manifestation thereof is not till this day of judgment Object 2 It may be also objected out of that place Iohn 12. 47. that Christ sayth He came not to judge the world but to save it To this we answer That by those words Christ meaneth nothing but Answer this that he came not then when he came first into the world to judge or punish men for sin but to save men from sin and for that purpose then rather to execute his priestly and propheticall office then his kingly office in the judgment and punishment of sinners which is to be done at the time of his second comming to judgment Object 3 There is yet one more objection to be answered which is this There needeth no other judgment then what is already Iohn 3. 18. 5. 24. He that beleeveth shall not come into judgement but he● that beleeveth not is condemned already To this we answer that the sence of this place is by Interpreters thus that the beleever shall not be judged to condemnation but in the judgment of absolution he shall be judged And as for the unbeleever he is condemned already by that ancient sentence Gen. 3. 19. 2. 17. Gal. 3. 19. he is condemned also by Gods councell and decree by Gods word and by his own conscience the sentence is as it were passed the halter about his neck nothing to be done but turn him over the ladder of life and he is gone for ever Or he is as sure to be condemned as if it were done already but the full and solemn declaration and execution of this is not till this last judgment And now we shall come to the application of this point and consider what profitable uses we may make thereof wherein we must premise these things that some of the uses are deduced from the generall doctrine of the last judgment and some of them from some particular branches of this doctrine or some things that do accompany this judgement As the firing of the world the end of all things and the like And some of the uses are applyable to all men but some to good men and some to bad men only Vse 1 The first use shall be of Instruction and discovery to shew us some things concerning this point of the last judgment 1. Who shall be Judge The Lord Jesus Christ God and man as to the externall visible act is to be the Judge of quick and dead Acts 17. 31. 10. 42. And herein his divinity and humanity both shall be exercised But as to the consent and authority the whole Trinity shall be Judge Rom. 2. 5. 16. 1 Cor. 4. 5. Christ Jesus the second person of the Trinity is to be the Judge 1. That as he was judged by the world so the world may be judged by him 2. That as 〈◊〉 people have seen him in his state of humility so they may see him in a state of glory 3. That therby he may perfect his Kingly office 4. Because the Father hath committed all judgment to him John 5. 27. 22. 5. That he may have the same honour with his Father 6. That the Iudge may be visible If that be objected which is in Matt. 19. 28. 1 Cor. 6. 2. that the Apostles and Saints shall judge the world The answer is this That some take the sence of this text to be but this That their doctrine faith and grace shall rise in judgment against the unbeliefe and wickednesse of the world and leave them inexcusable Heb. 11. 7. Mat. 12. 41 4● Others thus They shall sit with him as assistants and approve of the sentence as Iustices of peace with the Iudges Others thus They shall according to their measure partake of the glory of Christs Kingdome and be therein preferred before others Luke 22. 30. Rev. 10. 4. 2 26 D●● 12. 3. 2. What this judgment shall be It shall be that whereby Christ will judge all men without exception according to his word some to eternall life some to eternall death 3. The place where this judgment shall be For this some have thought that the place of this judgment shall be over the valley of Jehosa●hat n●●r to Ierusalem and for proofe hereof have alleadged some reasons and some places of Scripture As Ioel 3. 1 2. 2 Chron. 20. 1. 22 23. c. But this opinion seemeth to be very doubtfull and it is more probable it shall be in the aire and alost from th●se Scriptures Luke 21. 27. Mat. 24. 27 28. 30 31. 1 Thess 4. 17. 4. The time when this judgment shall be For this some have held it shall be at the end of 6000. years Others immediatly after the discovery of Antichrist Others at another time But these things are not certain Yet as to this poynt the Scripture seems clearly to h●ld forth these things 1. That Gods people shall have a more certain knowledge of the time when this judgment shall be then wicked men shall have they may perhaps be able to see and say in what age it shall be 1 Thess 5. 1 2 3. c. But the very precise time no man or Angell can or shall know for this knowledge is hid from man and kept in Gods own power 1. For his own glory 2. For his peoples good to the end they may be alwayes upon their watch and still ready and prepared Therefore God hath kept one day from us that we may watch every day There is nothing more certain then that Christ will come but nothing more uncertain then the time when Christ will come to judgment Mat. 24. 36. But of that day and houre knoweth no man no not the Angels of heaven but my Father only But as the dayes of Noah were so likewise shall the comming of the So●●e of man be Acts 1. 7. Marke 13. verse 32. 2. That this day shall come when it doth come suddainly and unexpectedly as a thief in the night and a snare upon the blind and secure inhabitants of the world Luke 21. 35. When they shall cry peace then shall come suddaine destruction 1 Thess 5. 3. Matt. 24. 38. As in the dayes before the 〈◊〉 they did eate and drinke c. and knew nothing till the floud tooke them all away so shall the comming of the Sonne of man be 3. This day is not farre off but neer at hand and is hastened by the sins of wicked and the prayers of godly men 1 Pet. 4. 7. Rev. 22. 17. chap. 14. 14 15. c. 4. The manner and order of this last judgment and of Christs comming to it This judgment will be in itself and to all wicked men exceeding terrible and dreadfull For as the Iudge so the judgment will be most impartiall just and righteous Rom. 2. 2. We are sure the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things If Gods temporall judgments which were only shaddowes hereof were so terrible how much more

they are passing out of the world into death and the grave and from thence to judgment Of which we are to speak in the next place Of JUDGEMENT DOCTRINE There is without question a great and terrible Assist or day of generall Judgement set and to come wherein every one must be brought to account and be judged for all his thoughts words and works IN this point we shall say something for Explication something for Confirmation and somthing for Application For Explication 1. It shall be a great day and so it is called ●ude v. 6. Mal. 4. 5. It is so called 1 for the great assembly and meeting that then shall be If all the Juries and people of the Kingdom were to meet at one grand Assise before the King himself for the tryall of all the Delinquents in the Kingdom this would be a great day how great then will that day be wherein all the Men Women and Children that ever were are or shall be must appear before the Lord Jesus to be judged 2. It is called a great day because there are great things to be done on that day It is also called a terrible day because there are terrible things on that day to be seen and done Io●● 3. 2. Rev. 20. 12 13 14. 13. 16. Ioel 2. 31. Mal. 4. 5. It is also called the day or that day by a specialty Luke 21. verse 34 Rev. 6. 17. This day we call the day of the generall Judgement to distinguish it from the perticular Judgement which every man receiveth at his death for every mans deaths day is his dooms-day Hebr. 9. 27. Eccles 12. 7. This is to be a day of Judgement For in it there shall be a formall and ●udiciall proceeding Judgment containeth three things 1 Examination of the cause wherein it is requisite there be two things 1. an equity in all things and persons 2. a laying open of this equity 2. a giving of Judgement upon the cause 3. the doing of execution according to the Judgement all this shall be then done For the Judge shall sit parties shall be cited evidence given in a tryall had and passed and judgment given men shall be formally and orderly examined condemned and punished Rev. 10. 11 12. Matt. 25. verse 40. c. This day is decreed and set Acts 17. 31. He hath appointed a day wherein to ●●dge the world And it is not past but yet to come nor shall it come till the end of all other things be first come 2 Thess 2. 1 2 3. nor is the very certain houre or day to be known by man Matt. 24. 42. 25. 1● All flesh young and old rich and p●ore male and female must then appear none shall be so great to avoid it none so little as to be forgotten And they must must you say is for the King so saith the King of Kings they must appear and that in person they may not appear by proxie nor may they be excused for their default or make delay or have a day over but they must then and there appear to give anaccount Revel 20. 12. I saw the dead great and small stand before God 2 Cor. 5. ●0 We must all appear before the judg●●●● seat of Christ Eccles 11. 9. God will bring thee i. the young man to judgment though thou be unwilling to come God will bring t●●● by force Hebr. 6. 27. Rom. 14. 10. That all thi● is out of all question will appear by the Confirmation which follows in the next place 1. That it is so 2. That it must be so That it is so 1. many Scriptures of the old and new Testament do foreshew it Da● 12. 1 ●ard 7. 26. 22. Eccles 11. 9. Mal. 4. 5. Ioel 2. 31. Iude verse 14 15. Acts 17. 31. Rom. 14. 10. Acts 10. 42 43. to him give all the Prophets witnesse that he is ordained of God to be judge both of quick and dead Rev. 1. 7. Behold he commeth i. It is as certain as if he were come 2. The Devils and wicked men at one time or another believe it and tremble to think of it M●t. 8 ●9 Art thou come to torment us before the time Iames 2. 19. The Devils believe and tremble their hearts ake and quake within them 3. All the Godly expect it 2 Pet. 3. 12. 4 Many signes there have been and are foreshewing it 5. The prayers of good and sins of bad men will bring it about Rev. 22. 17 20. chapt 14 15 16 17 18. 2. That it must be so reason doth evince it 1. For it will not stand with the justice mercy and goodnes of God that it should be otherwise then well with the good and ill with the bad at last since it falleth out often that the condition of the best men is worst and of the worst men is best in this life How can it stand with the justice of God that wicked persecutors should go unpunished and not receive a reward of their works and that the godly who have suffered so much injury from wicked men should not be righted and recompenced There is nothing in all the world doth more certainly prove the day of judgment then the injustice of the wicked world for thus we may reason will the Lord certainly punish the wicked and reward the just this being not alwayes in this life it must be certainly at the day of judgment Beli●es what mistakes and mi●construction do the justice of God and inocency of godly men lye under in this life and how much do the names of God and godly men su●●er hereby and when or how will they or can they be delivered but at and by this day of judgement For the clearing thereof therefore and manifestation of Gods justice and godly m●●s integrity the●● must be of necessity such a day to come Hence it is called the day of the Rev●lation of the righteous judgement of God 2 Thess 6. We glory in your patience in your sufferings which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God The Saints sufferings here are as one saith an ocular demonstration of a future judgement where all their wrongs shall be righted and all their labours of love recompenced Iames 5. 8. Rom. 2. 5. That therefore there is such a judgement to come we do rightly professe in one of the Articles of our Creed That Iesus Christ shall come from Heaven to judge the quick and dead 2. Gods decree hath set it Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed to man once to die but after this the judgment 3. His word hath spoken it and his truth must perform it We have done with the Confirmation but we must answer two or three objections ●re we can make our Application Object Answer It may be said God judgeth men now he judgeth men everyday To this we answer This judgment is begun here on good and bad God judgeth men by his word by their own Consciences and by his administration and the disposall of

the Angels as by his 〈◊〉 and executioners he shall send cite summon and gather together all Nations before him 1 Thess 4. 16. Mat 24. 31. 1 Corin. ●5 52. Matt. 25. 32. And thus much for what shall go before the judgement It will be terrible also for the things which shall accompany the Judgement it self For the proceeding herein shall be much after the manner of the Judicatures of men For here in are thrones prepared for the Judge his 〈◊〉 and assistants and they shall sit on them Dan. 7. verse 10. Matth. 19. verse 18. Re● 20. verse 11. 2. There is ● a law making the offence and a punishment appointed for the ●ssence 2. a hearing of the cause wherein is an offence proved to be done 〈◊〉 sentenced to be punished 3. the sentence executed according to that ●aw In the doing of 〈◊〉 are two parts 1. a hearing of the cause 2. a doing of execution and in the first of these are foure parts 1. an accusation 2. an arra●gnment 3. an examination of witnesses or giving of evidence 4. a giving of sentence So here The Iudge being on his Throne and all Nations convented before him every man is brought forth his case is examined and he receiveth his sentence according to it But to open this yet more fully let us examine these two things 1. by what men shall be tryed 2. how it shall be done 1. By what They shall be tryed ●y their words and works by which their faith or infidelity shall be discerned Matth. 25. 35 42 c. Iude v. 15. 2 ●or 5. 10. 2. How they shall be tryed 1 by discovery of the fact 2 by discovery of the Law By discovery of the fact For which purpose The books of Gods 〈◊〉 know●edge 〈◊〉 every mans own consci●●●● as an informer accusing and as a thousand with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then ●ly and lye so open that every man shall have all his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●d shall be left and sit down speechlesse excuselesse and self 〈◊〉 Iude v 15. And this shall be such a discovery as nothing shall escape it for it shall be of every thought of ou● heart though never so secret every 〈◊〉 ●f our 〈◊〉 though never so car●lesly uttered every glance of 〈◊〉 eye every moment of our time every omission of good every commission 〈◊〉 done by ourselves or by others and suffered by us of every 〈◊〉 we 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of every good thing committed to us of every work we have done ●f every company we have kept all this must be brought to judgement And our 〈◊〉 that ●e n●w written as it were with the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 shall then be by the fire of the last day made most legible Matth. 25. 19. Rom. 2. 1 6 R●● 20. 12 Eccles 20. 1. God will bring every work to judgement with every 〈◊〉 thing whether good or evill 1 Corin. 4. 5. Iudge nothing before the time till the Lord come who will lighten things that are hid in darknesse and make 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the heart manifest and then shall every ma● 〈◊〉 praise of God 〈◊〉 50. ●1 I will reprove th●● and set them in order befor● thine eyes 2. This that be by discovery of the word of God Law and Gospel For men shall have that light therein as to see 1. what they should have done 2. what they have done against it 3. what they must 〈◊〉 for it They that have had no more but the law of nature shall be judged by that alone they that have had the law written by that also they that have had them both and the Gospell shall be judged by them all Rom. 2. 12. 16. Iohn 1 2. 48. Thus th●●●yall and hearing of every mans cause being done and passed there shall be a seperation made of the good and bad the good shall be set on Christs right-hand a place of dignity and safetie the bad on his left-hand a place of neglect and forsaking Matth. 25. 33. Then the sentence shall be pronounced and this is twofold 1. of Absolution to the good the sheep on his right hand in these words Come yee blessed c. every word full of sweetnesse and comfort 2. Of Condemnation to the bad the Goats on his left hand in these words Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels a sentence breathing out nothing but fire and brimstone stings and horrours every word whereof hath in it a deadly sting Depart be gone from me from God this were Hell enough to go from God the chiefest good But oh God! let me go with a blessing nay with a curse and vengeance G●yee 〈◊〉 Whether Lord must I go Let me go to some good place of pleasure ●●y to H●ll fire a fire as bad as Gods wisdome can devise of old by him devised for thy torment yet let me I pray thee come out again ●ay into everlasting fire Grant me then but some good company there nay with the Devill ●●d his Angels And thus we have the terriblenesse of the Iudgment and that which doth accompany it Now that which followeth it is the execution of this sentence and this will be much more terrible For 1. it will be suddain and present there can be no reprieve the 〈◊〉 be no delay 2. I● will be certain no pardon no● other thing can happen or come between the Cup and the Lip to prevent it 3. It will be unresistable and unavoidable for no power or policy can rescue the prisoner 4. It will continue to all eternity The wicked being then under that shame and contempt spoken off by Daniel chap. 12. v. 2. and under ten thousand time● more horror and grief then ever any guilty condemned person was after his sentence of condemnation pronounced shall be violently puld down to Hell from the presence of the glorious God Iesus Christ all good Angels and Men and their godly friends who shall be then so far from pittying and praying for them that they shall rejoyce in Gods justice upon them and there they must suffer the pain and horrour of eternall ●aselesse and re●●dilesse vengeance in a dark dungeon the gates whereof are to be for ever shut upon them whilest the godly shall be taken up into heaven there to enjoy everlasting rest glory and peace Matth. 25. 46. And they shall go into everlasting pain and these into eternall life Revel 20. 14. Death and Hell i. the heirs of Death and Hell the reprobates shall be cast into the lake of fire this is the second Death of which we shall anon speak largly 2 Cor. 5. 10. 7. This Iudgment being dispatched the end of all things shall come Matth. 13. 40. 24. 3. 31 32 c. 1 Cor. 15. 23 24. 8. This doctrine of the last judgment and Christ comming ought much to be thought upon of every Christian Rev. 22. 12. 9. By this we may be taught also That God will have the glory of his justice to be seen 2 Thess 1. 4.