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A01078	The great day of chancery A sermon preached at White-Hall, the last day of October. 1619. By Iames Forsith, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinarie.	Forsyth, James, fl. 1615-1619.	1619 (1619)	STC 11192; ESTC S105640	20,697	60

the commons to lay imposition vpon the subiect for to benefit the King as hee pretendeth but his intent is like that of the vniust stewards in the Gospel for to get vnto himselfe some meanes of liuing all such shall bee manifested in that day The cunning parishioner that hath a tricke to cozen his Pastor in Tythes with two leases or else by way of fine seeke to defeate the Lord of his due in that day cannot deceiue the great Pastour of our soules 1. Pet. 2.25 for there he shall appeare to bee a sacrilegious robber and all such as haue intus linum subtilitatis extra lanam simplicitatis a linsey-wolsey garment the outside lambes wooll the inside foxes furre shall be manifested in that day Againe some will appeare truely in their coulours as they are Vera manifestatio impiorum as Basill well noteth The whoremaster in his affectation the drunkard in his abomination the blasphemous swearer in his execration the proud man the liar robber and the deboascht man in that day shall appeare in their perfect pictures and bee throughly manifested to the Iudge and to the whole world and bound hand and foote and cast into vtter darkenesse from whence they shal neuer bee deliuered for if they should breake the chaines through their strength yet they shall see no light whereby to escape for the place is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vtter darkenesse and thus much of the wicked mans appearance in that day For all must appeare Lastly Manifestatio piorum the godly that are now reuiled slandered hated and persecuted of the wicked shall then appeare how falsely they are accused and vnworthily vsed in this present world when their causes shall bee knowne the word of the Lord shall trye them Psal 105.19 they shall be exalted in the sight of the world and shine like starres in regard of their puritie and sinceritie before the Iudgement seat Ioseph that was accused falsely by his Mistris condemned and cast into prison wrongfully was not more glad when hee was exalted by Pharaoh in the sight of the people then these when they shall stand before the Iudge with dignitie and be honoured in the sight of the whole world In regard whereof that day will be pleasant and glorious vnto that litle flocke of Gods children for here we see in a glasse 1. Cor. 13.12 sayth the Apostle but there wee shall know as wee are knowen here wee are persecuted there shall wee be glorified Luk. 12.32 Feare not litle flocke it is my fathers pleasure to giue you a kingdome Now wee are accounted the scumme of the earth then shall wee be preferred aboue the lords of the earth Matth. 5.3 Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of God this is our ioy and comfort that in that day wee shall be manifested Vse Let this doctrine be a terrour to the wicked Io. 3.19 that now loue darkenesse rather then light because their deeds are euill when euery thing commeth foorth into the light it shall be iudged by the light Matth. 12.36 Our blessed Sauiour telleth vs. that of euery idle word that men shall speake they shall giue account thereof at the day of Iudgement Let no filthie communication no idle and vaine oath proceed out of your mouthes you that are prophane obscoene and wicked Nay our very thoughts shall be called in question Why thinke yee euill in your hearts you hypocrites And let it bee as a spurre vnto the godly to stirre them vp to an holy and godly conuersation that they may walke in a good conscience before God and in the sight of men knowing that in that day they must be manifested I will conclude this point with a storie out of Damascen Damasc Hist inter Barlaam and Iosaphat Cap. 13. A man had three friends two of them hee loued dearely and regarded much but on the third hee looked with a squint eye litle respecting him it happened on a time that this man was arrested and vpon the sodaine being taken tarde and not knowing what to doe he made his way to his best beloued friend to entreat him by all the bonds of loue to goe before the iudge with him which hee denying saide that hee durst not looke the Iudge in the face but all the fauour that hee could doe was to giue him so much as to beare his charges in his iourney Vnto the second he made haste who answered him so likewise At last hee came to the third whom hee least of all respected and told him how it was with him vnto whom hee answered with great comfort that although sayth he thou hast litle regarded me yet I will goe to the Iudge with thee and cleare thee immediatly So it is with euery man in this world that hath these three friends The first which a man most regardeth is his money and wealth which hee dearly loueth the second his friends kinsfolke and acquaintance whom hee next respecteth but the last is the least that hee looketh vpon and it is his owne conscience this man is arrested with the Sergeant of death to stand before the Iudge of heauen and earth at which time his money nor his wealth cannot helpe him to buy a wynding-sheet a coffin to giue a pennie dole or the like is the furthest they can goe His friends likewise can doe no more but accompanie him to the buriall there remaineth nothing in that day but a cleare conscience to quite him before the Iudge let vs therefore respect our conscience more then all things besides in the earth for it must onely helpe vs in that day when wee shall bee manifested For wee must all appeare In the third place wee haue the necessitie or ineuitabilitie of this appearance The necessitie of our appearing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things that are driuen by force are most violent therefore to set forth the terrour of this Iudgement our blessed Apostle addeth an oportet The reasons why there must be such a day necessitate coacta to shew that there bee no meanes to escape no waies to auoide it and that for many reasons Oportet it must be so 1 Propter decratum Dei because it hath beene so decreed of God from the beginning and whatsoeuer the Lord hath appointed from the beginning must stand Tit. 1.2 Heb. 6.18 God is not like man to lye or dye nor like the Sonne of man that he should repent he hath appointed a day wherein he will iudge the world in righteousnesse by that man whom he hath appointed Acts. 17.31 Math. 11.22 sayth the Apostle in one of his sermons it shall be better for Tyrus and Sidon in the day of Iudgement then for this citie sayth our blessed Sauiour the Prophets before the Law did prophesie of it our Sauiour affirmeth it in the Gospel and all the Apostles beare witnesse of the same in their seuerall writings Oportet ergo

a man discreetly to consider the day of Iudgement will cause him Iudiciously to prepare his accompts against his Masters comming Amb. ad Virgin laps Cap. 8. Si mente cornerent peccatores quale Iudicium imminet mundo saith Saint Ambrose if sinners did consider what great Iudgement is to come vpon the world they would not hunt so much after worldly vanities and plunge themselues so deep into earthly dirt as they do Hierom. in Reg. Mona Cap. 30. Saint Hierome saith of himselfe that he was very carefull ouer his waies and fearefull in his carriage for saith he whether I eate or drinke or whatsoeuer I doe I continually thinke that I heare this sound in mine eare Rise vp ye dead and come vnto Iudgement It was Origens conceit that the Priest had bells in the lower parts of his garment to put the people in mind of Iudgment The cōsideration of which many times is a terror to the godly Psal 119.120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraid of thy Iudgements saith the sweete singer of Israel and the wicked often are curbed by it Oderuut peccare mali formidine poenae The Psalmist tels vs that this is a cause why the wicked man doth so much delight in sinne and make such a progresse in Iniquity because Gods Iudgements are farre out of his sight Psal 10.5 the remembrance of the Tribunall the feare of execution the consideration of the dungeon the darknesse and blacknesse of the bottomlesse pit the weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth are able to reclaime the most wicked and make them refraine their euill waies knowing that they must come to Iudgement Considering then the terror of the day we perswade men as it is in the next verse That we may couet that both dwelling at home and remouing from home we may be acceptable to him as it is in the verse precedent Thus I haue made way to the Tribunall where I intend to take vp my standing that I may take a full view of the great Assembly cited before the seate of Iustice and there orderly obserue this generall appearance and first obserue the persons cited to appeare and you shall finde them all we 2. marke the manner of their appearance which is well set forth in the word manifested 3. the necessitie of appearance in the word oportet must 4. the place where it shall be and it is said before the Tribunall 5. the Iudge what he is or who hee is before whom and he is Christ. In the first you may see a generalitie for number in the second a plaine euidence or Charitie of euidence in the manner in the third an ineuitabilitie and no resistance of the matter in the fourth the glory or maiestie of the place being a Tribunall and lastly in the Iudge equity and humanitie for he is Christ In the first place The persons summoned 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the persons are set downe in generall to be all we without exception Clergie Laitie King Priest and People it will not bee such an Assembly as that of king Ahashuerosh of his Nobles Princes and Captaines onely Ester 1.3 nor such as the biddings of rich men to their feasts of their rich neighbours Luke 14.12 kinsfolke and acquaintance but like the inuitation of that housholder in the Gospel that sent his seruants at supper time to compell all to come in Ibidem 23. In like manner shall it bee in that great day that all of what degree soeuer sort or sexe high or low rich or poore old or young that haue beene that are that shall be must generally appeare The howre shall come Ioh. 5.28.29 saith our blessed Sauiour in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce and they shall come forth that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life and they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of condemnation Behold he commeth with clouds and euery eye shall see him yea Apoc. 1.7 euen they which pierced him and all the kinreds of the earth shall waile before him Plinie reporteth of the Lyonesse that she brings forth her whelps dead and so remaine for the space of three dayes vntill the Lyon comming neere to the place where they lye lift vp his voyce and roare so fiercely that presently they are raised from death to life The Prophet Ieremy tels vs the like of the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah Ier. 25.30.31 That hee shall roare from aboue and thrust out his voyce from his holy habitation he shall cry aloud as they that presse the Grapes his sound shall come to the ends of the earth and he will enter into Iudgement with all flesh so that with his voyce all that are dead shall bee raised to life and shall come and stand before him In that day none shall answer by a proxie no neighbour or friend answer for another no excuse nor pretence shall preuaile Apoc. 6.15.16 The Kings of the earth the great men the rich men the chiefe Captaines and the mightie men euery bondman and euery free man hid themselues in dens among the rockes of the mountaines and said vnto the hills fall on vs and to the rockes couer vs from the presence of the Lambe that sitteth on the Throne These you see would be couered but cannot they would haue others to stand for them but it will not be their authoritie although great in the world while they liued will not serue riches will not help nor honour auaile neither bribes nor friends can saue them from their appearance before that irefull Iudge that Iudge will admit no man to make way for malefactors that they should not bee brought forth into Iudgement neither shall their bee any standing by that dare for Money excuse any mans appearance or free him from the seate of Iustice I reade saith Chrysostome that the man that had not on a wedding garment Hom. 22. ad popul Antioch was thrust out from the feast but I read not saith hee that any made request for him I heare that hee that hid his talent in the earth was bound hand and foot and cast into vtter darknesse and none to speake for him I see the fiue foolish virgins shut out of the wedding chamber and none to make intercession for them Huius diei terror crit inexplicabilis veniet Iudex inexorabilis The terror and dread of this day is vnexplicable and the Iudge will come inexorable The Angels themselues will come out in feare and if in that day the Iust shall hardly be saued Where or how shall the sinner and vngodly appeare c But before I passe further Obiect I must answere an obiection that commeth in my way the Scripture saith That hee that beleeueth hath euerlasting life Ioh. 5.24 and shall not come to Iudgement but shall passe from death vnto life and that the wicked shall not rise vppe Psal 1.6 nor