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A sermon preached in S. Peters Church in Exceter the 6. day of December last wherin is intreated of the second commming of Christ vnto iudgement, & of the end of the world. By Iohn Chardon maister of Art, and preacher of the word of God.
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Chardon, John, d. 1601.
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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