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B08096	The great assize, or, Day of iubilee. Deliuered in foure sermons, vpon the 20. chapter of the Reuel. ver. 12.13.14.15. : Whereunto are annexed two sermons vpon the I. chapter of the Canticles, verse 6.7. / [By] Samuel Smith, minister of the work of God at Prittlewell in Essex..	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1617 (1617)	STC 22847.7; ESTC S95246	88,613	364

World must appeare before the Throne of CHRIST IESVS Thirdly if you desire to be instructed by what meanes and after what maner CHRIST IESVS wil proceed in iudgement What shall be the Euidences and the Witnesses What Iury shall passe vpon euery man and woman The holy Ghost tells vs that the Bookes shall be opened that God will Iudge euery man by his owne conscience for that shall giue euidence eyther with or against thee either to excuse or accuse thee Fourthly and lastly if you would know what shall be the finall end of all men you may heere perceiue that they vvhose Names are written in the Booke of Life shall bee Blessed But Death and Hell and Sathan and all vngodlie sinners shall bee cast into a Lake of Fire and Brimstone for euermore which is the second death Now hauing seene the meaning of the Text let vs come to speake of the seuerall points one by one in order I saw a great white Throne c. THis Verse containes in it a notable Description of the Iudge himselfe And whereas S. Iohn saith he saw a great white Throne that is Christ Iesus reuealed it vnto him in a Vision the manner of his second comming to iudgement and withall commandeth him to write it in a booke for the comfort and instruction of the Church of God for euermore Heere then we may note the great care and loue of IESVS CHRIST towards his poore Church and people that hee would not haue them ignorant of his second comming to Iudgement But he doth make it knowne to his Disciple Iohn and bids him record it in the booke of God for our instruction that so no man might be ignorant of it but rather might prepare himselfe by true repentance to meete the Lord Iesus Christ in the Clouds Now concerning the Vision Saint Iohn saw a Great white Throne he saw a throne set and this Throne is described by two properties First a Great Throne 1 Great Throne secondy a white Throne The first shewes the wonderfull Might Maiestie and Power of the Iudge The second shewes the Puritie Integritie and Vprightnesse of the great Iudge of the whole world Mat. 25.31 And as it was shewed vnto Iohn in a Vision so our Sauiour Christ himselfe speaketh of it when he shewes that as earthly Kings vvhen they will make shevv of their Regall Power and Dignitie of their Maiestie they ascend into the Thrones of their Kingdome euen so Christ Iesus when hee comes to Iudgement hee will come with all glorie all his holie Angells shall attend on his Sacred person And then hee will ascend into this Great white Throne of his Glorie to pronounce that finall sentence both on the Sheepe and on the Goates Vse 1 Here then we see a manifest difference betweene Christs comming in the flesh to bee a Mediator and Redeemer and his second comming to Iudgement And surely it makes much for the comfort of Gods poore children that though heere they be in want in misery and pouerty yet they shall be made partakers of this glorie of their head Christ Iesus Secondly it serueth to astonish all hard-hearted sinners which contemne Christ and his poore members Christ will at last manifest his power in their iust condemnation Seeing the person of the Vse 2 Iudge is of such endlesse power and glorie of such wonderfull might and maiestie this must humble all men vvhen they come to stand in presence of so great a Person as wee doe vvhen vvee come to heare the Word Preached and Taught to receiue the holy Sacrament If wee were to come but into the presence of an earthlie Prince how carefull and circumspectly vvould vve behaue our selues to do nothing vnbeseeming the presence of so great a person This is the great care men haue when they come into the presence of an earthlie iudge to put off their hats and to shew al tokens of reuerence And yet it is a wonder to see how vnreuerently men and women come into the ptesence of the Euer-liuing and most high God vnto the presence of the great Iudge of Heauen and Earth the King of Kings and Lord of lords When we come to pray or to sing Psalmes vnto God hovv vnreuerently doe some sit vvith their hattes on would any man do it in the presence of an earthly iudge or a mortall presence Surely it is an vnreuerent behauiour to sit couered eyther when wee speake vnto God by Prayer or vvhen GOD speaketh vnto vs in his word Againe when men come to heare the vvord of this great Iudge the glorious Gospell of Iesus Christ when they reade it priuately in their houses It is wonderfull to see what little reuerence they shew in the glorious presence of this great Iudge Would anie earthlie Prince take it in good part if thou shouldest stand in his presence and he talke with thee for thy good and thou shouldst euen at that time turne thy backe vpon him and fall to wiping of thy shoes or some baser businesse Though men dare not do this in the presence of an earthly prince yet when Iesus Christ shall speake vnto them in his Word and Gospell they will more regard the vaine and foolish talke of anie Boy or Girle that shall prattle in their eares then the heauenly voyce of this great Iudge CHRIST IESVS Which shewes very plainely that they care not for CHRIST and that they make but small account of his Word and glorious Gospel Oh therefore let vs consider when we come eyther to speake to God by our praiers or to heare Christ speak vnto vs in his Word that wee come to appeare in a glorious presence that so we may come in feare and reuerence as becommeth the presence of so great a maiestie Vse 3 Seeing the Person of the Iudge is of such endlesse Maiestie and power we must take heede we neuer doe wrong anie of his poore members for Christ hee taketh it as done vnto himselfe and hee will neuer put it vp at our hands Let vs therefore embrace the counsell of the Prophet Dauid in the second Psalme and twelfth verse Kisse the Sonne lest hee be angrie c. let vs regard his word embrace his Gospell loue his people obey his truth kisse the golden Scepter of this great and mightie Iudge of the world lest in his anger he breake vs in peeces with his rod of yron Secondly 2 White Throne this Throne of CHRIST IESVS is called a White Throne Now this white Throne it betokeneth puritie beautie sinceritie and integritie And therefore it sheweth that CHRIST IESVS the Iudge of the whole world will iudge all causes and all persons vprightly sincerely and purely no crueltie no iniustice nor wrong will hee doe to anie creature but will proceed most sincerely in all vprightnesse Indeed iudgement in this world many times swarueth greatly sometimes the Iudge is not able to search into the depth of the Cause sometimes for feare he dareth not doe iustice sometimes for

fauour he is with-holden sometimes bribes blind his eies and peruert the right sentence But it shall not be so with this Iudge of the whole world His sentence is a righteous sentence he will iudge according to trueth he is able to finde out any cause and will examine it to the bottome hee feareth no mans person he will not be moued with fauor to conceale the truth And as for rewards hee contemnes them all therefore no doubt hee will proceede according to iustice This serueth for the comfort Vse 1 of Gods people in this world we see oftentimes the righteous cause is troden vnder foot mens lands and liuings are detained and taken from them by vnrighteous Iudges and that vnder colour of Law Well let men haue patience and know this that there wil come a day wherin there shal be Iustice and true Iudgement doone vnto them Here thy cause shall be heard it shal be righted for Christ Iesus will bee a righteous Iudge for the poore the fatherlesse and the widow Againe we see how the members of CHRIST which make conscience of sinne and care of their liues to heare the word and to walke accordingly they be disgraced and despised of the world Well let vs learn here to possesse our soules with patience for there will come a day of reckoning when as our righteous cause will bee heard and we shall haue iustice and all the contemners of Christ Iesus and persecutors of his poore members shall feele the smart of it Vse 2 Secondly seeing Christ Iesus the Iudge commeth thus with might and Maiestie not as a Sauiour or Mediator but as a Iudge It must admonish all men and women now to repent and turne vnto God in the time of mercy Esay 55.6 to seeke the Lorde while he may be found and to call vpon him while hee is neere Now while we liue Iesus Christ commeth vnto vs by his Ministers as a Sauiour to saue our Soules in mercie to bring vs to Repentance But after this life hee will no more come as a Sauiour or a Mediator but as a mightie Iudge full of Maiestie full of Might Power and Glory And therefore looke how men die so shall the Iudge finde them If thou die in thy sinnes and doest not repent and seeke for pardon at the hand of the Iudge whilest thou liuest heere There is no hope of mercy after death For how death leaueth thee so shall iudgement finde thee Cain died many thousand yeares agoe and Iudas in their sins so shall the last day find them For after death there is no mercy but iustice and iudgement And one fitting thereon NOw who this is which sate vppon this Great White Throne The Person of the Iudge described Reu. 14.14 you may see in the Reuelation of Saint Iohn the foureteenth chapter and the foureteenth verse I sawe a White Cloud and one sitting on it like the Sonne of man hauing on his head a golden Crowne and in his hand a sharpe Sickle So that wee see that it is the Sonne of man euen CHRIST IESVS GOD and man that shal be the iudge And so doth Saint Mathew call him Mat. 25.31 When the Sonne of man cometh in his glorie and all his holie Angells with him then shall hee sit vpon the Throne of his glorie And againe he titles him by the name of a King Verse 24. Then shall the King say to them on his right hand c. This is taught by the Apostle Wee must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ .1 Cor. 5.10 True it is that our Sauiour Christ is King Priest and Prophet a true Prophet in whom vvas contayned all the secrets and whole counsell of God A true high Priest whose Sacrifice alone was able to put avvay the sinnes of the vvhole world But when he comes in the Throne of his Maiestie to iudge the quicke and the dead he shall not come as Priest or Prophet for these Offices of Christ are finished For his Propheticall Office he hath sufficiently reuealed the whole counsell of God his Father to his Church and People First by his holy Prophets then by himselfe after by his Apostles and Minsters And therefore seeing that his Prophetical Office is finished he calles not himselfe a Prophet but a King Againe CHRIST IESVS our Priest hauing once for all offered vp that Propiciatory Sacrifice for the sinnes of all the Elect now this Office of a Priest is likewise finished and this Sacrifice must be no more iterated and repeated But now hee commeth as a King in all Maiestie and Glorie For though his Propheticall and Priestlie Office be accomplished yet his Princely Office is not finished But now CHRIST IESVS the Iudge of quicke and dead shall beginne to manifest himselfe to be a King to all Nations to men and Angells Novv shall hee shevv himselfe to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords full of all Diuine and Heauenly power and glory For that now at the name of CHRIST euery knee shall bow When our Sauiour IESVS CHRIST liued on earth he came in misery very base and lowly euery childe durst look him in the face Then euery base fellow euery sinfull wretch durst mock him and spit in his face Herod and Pontius Pilate and the rabble of the Iews durst then vse him at their pleasure But now Hee shall come as a King full of maiestie and glorie guarded and attended vpon with many thousands of heauenly Souldiours euen all his holie Angells and then he will make Herod and Pontius Pilate yea the greatest Kings and Monarchs to stoope Nay then all his enemies shall tremble and quake Zach. chap. 12 ver 10. and not dare to open their mouthes against him Oh then what a terrour may this bee to all vvicked and vngodlie sinners that liue in sinne to see him come in that wonderfull Maiestie to be their Iudge whom they haue contemned vvhose members they haue persecuted and whose word and glorious Gospel they haue not regarded but troden vnder foot for he shall come with a sharpe two-edged Sword to cut them in peeces and a consuming fire to burne vp all vngodlie sinners And as hee is a King to the vvicked so is hee a King to the godlie Hee alone hath the Scepter of Dauid to the endlesse comfort of those that bee the children of his Kingdome For who is it that curbs Leuiathan snaffles the Diuell brideleth his force and malice Surely this our King Who is it that cuts the throate of sinne in his members and taketh away the strength of sinne Surelie this King of Kings Who breaketh the brasse barres of Death and pulleth out the sting of Death Our sinnes that they sting not our soules to the eternall death None can doe that but this our King CHRIST IESVS Who opens the gate of heauen who puts his spirit into the hearts of his children making them to crie Abba Father to lift vp their soules and with ioy to long

after this Kingdome of Heauen Surely it is none other in Heauen or earth but this our gracious King who being the onely immortall and wise GOD hauing the Key of Heauen and of the bottomlesse Pitte he alone can kill and make aliue hee alone can lift vp to Heauen and send to Hell hee alone and none but hee can saue and destroy O vvhat a comfort is this vnto all the poore Members of CHRIST IESNS For vvhat greater ioy and comfort can there bee to anie poore soule then this to know that he that is their Iudge is their Sauiour a sweet Redeemer a mercifull Iudge vnto them he will neuer condemne his owne members Nay he will crowne them with his ovvne Selfe and vvith his owne Glorie Vse What must this teach vs Surely seeing our Iudge is a King and that he alone is able to saue and to destroy this must teach vs euery man and woman in the feare of God to yeelde to this King that true loyaltie that sincere obedience and seruice which this our King requireth of vs in his blessed word Malac. 1.6 If I he a Father where is mine honour If I be a Lord where is my feare saith the Lord. So vvill Christ say If I be a King where is that loyaltie seruice and obedience that is due vnto mee Now Christ Iesus is a Spirituall King and therefore he will be serued in Spirit and Trueth O then let vs all with a godly purpose of heart yeeld and resigne our selues bodies and soules to honour this King and to performe vnto him true and spirituall obedience for euermore Alas it is not externall and outward seruice which hee expects he is not like an earthly king but he regards the heart and the soule that is a speciall thing in his seruice And if wee shall thus performe this spirituall seruice and obedience then wee shall shew our selues to bee his loyall and dutifull Subiects and then will he acknowledge vs for his Seruants But if wee denie to him this seruice of the heart and giue it to anie other he will then cast vs off for euermore Seueritie of the Iudge described Thus much of the Maiestie of the Iudge and of his sinceritie and vprightnesse in iudgement Now in the description of the Iudge it is further added that from the face of this Iudge both The Heauen and the Earth flee away And this doth shevv the wonderfull seueritie of this great Iudge of Heauen and Earth We know that men flie those things that they feare and dread So here the Heauen and Earth do feare the glorious presence of IESVS CHRIST the great iudge of the whole world and seeke to hide themselues that they may not appeare before him This flying of the Earth and the Heauens and hiding themselues that they dare not appeare in the presence of CHRIST this shews the wonderfull maiestie and the great seueritie and terror of CHRIST IESVS the Iudge from whence we obserue a three-fold instruction The Heauens and the Earth Vse 1 are voyde of sense they are great and mightie Creatures Agayne they be verie goodly and beautifull Creatures Besides all this they neuer committed anie sinne Hovv commeth it to passe then that they shal flie hide themselues from the glorious presence of the Son of God Ans They neuer sinned indeed but yet the sinne of man is of that force that it hath infected both the earth we treade on and the heauens ouer our heads many thousand miles aboue vs. Oh then see how monstrous a thing sinne is in the sight of Almightie God what a vile thing that the contagion and infection thereof should hurt infect the whole Heauens and make them that they dare not abide the glorious presence of God their Creator O should we not abhorre sinne as the vilest thing in the world Wee are afraide of the plague because it infecteth and killeth mens bodies But the plague of Sinne is a thousand times and more to be abhorred and fledde from seeing it poysons and infects both bodie and soule is so contagious that the creature is afraid to behold the face of the Sonne of God Seeing both Heauen and Vse 2 Earth shall flie and perish from before the glorious presence of Christ Iesus Nay they shall burne with fire as Peter saith 2. Pet. 3.10.11 All these goodlie houses all thy golde and siluer and costly apparell shal be burnt with fire this may teach vs moderation and sobriety in the vse of Gods creatures What folly is it to spend al that a man hath to build a stately house and yet in the end it must be consumed with fire and become nothing else but fevvell for the fire That seeing the heauens and Vse 3 the earth these great and mightie Creatures these beautifull and excellent works of almightie Gods power which haue no sense nor feeling nor neuer sinned if these shall flie before the Sonne of GOD as being not able to indure his presence Alas what shall wicked and hard-hearted sinners doe what shall become of the vile wretches of the world which liue and delight in sinne where shall the vngodlie and sinner appeare what will become of all ignorant soules what will become of the Blasphemer and Adulterer If the Heauens and the Earth these great and glorious creatures which sinne not shall not be able to stand in his presence Then what I say will become of all prophane and vngodly sinners Alas they shall be euen at their wittes end not knovving in the world which way to turne them nor where to flie for succour vvhere shall they seeke for refuge when as the Iudge himselfe is their enemy who dares pleade for them dare any Saint or Angell No no no Saint or Angell dares open their mouth to speake one word in their behalfe neyther can any creature deliuer them from the dreadfull vengeance of this terrible Iudge Verse 12. And I saw the dead both great and small THvs haue you seene the person of the Iudge described by his wonderfull maiestie and povver The persons that shall appeare before this Iudge described wherevvith he will come to iudgement and also by the great severitie and terrour that shal astonish both the heauen and the earth and make them to flie from before his presence Now in this Verse and that which follovveth is declared who be they that shall appeare before this great Iudge Namely I saw the dead both great and small c. Secondly the euidences that shall bee brought in and vvhat witnesses shall be produced either to excuse or accuse in these words And the Books were opened Obiect And I saw the dead both great and small c. Before we come to speake of the wordes heere may a question arise Namely How this can be true that Saint Iohn saith He saw the dead both great and small For we beleeue that Christ Iesus shall iudge both quicke and dead not onely the dead but the liuing and Paul