gaue mée drinke Blessed when I was harbourlesse you lodged mée when I was naked you cloathed mée when I was sicke and in pryson ye came vnto mée and visited mée Father And shall they aunswere any thing Sonne Yea father for the Lord saith Esay 14 there shall be all mightie men of the earth areigned and Princes and kinges and small and great shall stand from their seates that they may all aunswere and speake vnto the Lorde They shall aunswere Math. 25 Lorde Iesus when sawe we thée an hungered and féed the thirstie and gaue the drinke harbourles and lodged thée naked and clothed thée sicke and in prison and cam vnto thée he shall aunswere and say in asmuch as ye haue done it to the least of these my bretheren you haue done it vnto mée Father What speach shall his Maiestie vse to the wicked on his left hand Sonne Oh ye cursed of my father Cursed when I was an hungrie you gaue mée no meate when I was a thirst ye gaue me no drinck when I was harbourlesse ye lodged mée not when I was naked yée clothed mée not when I was sicke and in prison ye came not vnto mée to visit mée and they shall aunswere Lorde when saw we thée an hungrie or a thirst or harbourlesse or naked or sicke or in prison came not vnto thée he shall say in asmuch as ye did it not to these my brethren ye did it not to mée Father Iesus God if the Lord coÌ„demne them that helpe not their bretheren what will he do to the vnmercifull that robbe him that taketh meate drinke apparell lodging relefe and all from him euen fleaing the skin from the bone as much as lyeth in them Sonne The Lorde or they passe away will reward them for all as you shall heare afterwardes Father Well sonne who shal be present to heare all causes pleaded and what witnesse shall there be against the wicked for I am sure that the Lorde will haue all men sée that hée dealeth iustly and vprightlie withall Sonne True it is father VVitnesses 2. Cor. 5 there shal be present all Angells Archangels all the hosts of heauen there shal be all Saints and righteous all wicked and vngodlie that euer were vppon the face of the earth young and olde There shal be the great Dragon the diuell Sathanas with all the rable of hell-houndes and damned spirits for Saint Iohn saith Reuel 20. that he sawe the dead both great and small stand before God and the bookes were opened which is the booke of life and an other booke was opened and the dead were iudged of those thinges that were written in the booke according to their déedes Wherby we may learne that the bookes wer their coÌ„ciences layd abroad to al the world ConscieÌ„ces It is a sore thing wheÌ„ a man 's owne coÌ„cience beareth witnesse and recorde of his wickednesse and condemmeth him Wisd 17 He that speaketh vnrighteous thinges cannot be hidde and why Wisd 1. inquisition shall bée made for the thoughts of the vngodly and the reporte of his wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednesse shal be punished Eod. There is nothing so hid that shall not be reueled Luke 22 There is nothing so couered saith Christ that shall not be vncouered neither hid that shall not be knowen Father I sée then that euerie thing shal be opened for I haue heard that a mans concience is quasi millie testis As a thousand witnesse but what other witnesses will there be Sonne God himselfe a witnesse GOD himselfe who séeth all thinges from the beginning shall be both the iudge and witnesse Malachi 3 I my selfe saith the Lord will be a swift witnesse against al witches against aduoulterers against false swerers against those that wrongfully kéepe backe the hyrelinges dutie which oppresse the stranger and hurt the widowes and Fatherlesse Cor. 10. The Lorde will come and open the thinges that are in darkenesse and declare the counsell of Princes and then shall euery one haue praise of God Father What other witnesses will there bée against the wicked VVorks Sonne Their owne workes in fine hominis denunciatio operum illius at the ende of man there is a declaration of their works Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord Reuel 14 euen so saith the spirit that they rest from their labours but their workes followe them The Appostle Saint Paull teacheth all men that they learne to excell in good works Titus 3 that they be not vnfruiteful in the Lords daie My deare brethren be stedfast and vnmoueable 1. Cor. 15. alwaies rich in the works of the Lorde forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vaine in the Lorde Father What are there any more witnesses Sonne The Diuell that great dragon as saith saint Iohn which deceiued all the world Diuell a witnesse the accuser of our brethren which accuse them before God day and night 1. Peter 1 That aduersary the diuel like a roareing Lyon séeketh whom he may deuoure Father Lorde God what shal the worme-eaten conscience then doe what shall the vnmercifull and couetous man say Sonne Luke 23. Decent montibus cadite super nos they shall say to the mountaines fal vppon vs and to the hills couer vs from the face of the Lorde Oseas 10 Esay 2 Then shall they séeke to crepe into holes and caues and rockes for feare of God but they cannot escape Reue. 6 They shall couet to hiâ—e themselues in dennes and Rockes of the Hills and shall say vnto the rockes fall on vs and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seate and from the wrath of the Lambe For the great day of his wrath is come and who is able to endure Reuel 9 At that time shall men séeke for death and shall not finde it they shall desire to dye and death shall flée from them Father Can there none hide themselues Sonne I tould you before father Amos. 9 that although they were buryed in hell the hand of the Lorde would fetch them from thence though they clyme vp to heauen yet will hée cast them downe though they hide themselues vppon the tope of Carmell yet will he séeke them out and bring theÌ„ from thence though they could créepe into the déepe of the sea yet hée will commaund the Serpent there to byte them Father Father of heauen be mercifull to vs. Well goe on seeing that euerie one must abyde the sentence of God and his straite iudgement tell mée now what will folow Sonne Then shall the Lorde Iesus Christ call those on his right hand and say come ye blessed of my Father Math. 25 inherite the kingdome of heauen prepared for you from the beginning of the worlde Father I perceiue that the faithfull mercifull and righteous shall then be blessed and without all feare But what shall he
aunswere to euery man that asketh me a reason of the hope that is in me that with méekenes feare hauing a good cōcience that whereas they back byte mée as an euill doer they may be ashamed that falsly accuse my good conuersation in Christ demaund therefore what pleaseth you and I will according as Gods holy spirit shall teach me aunswere to the same Father In whome doest thou beléeue and whom doest thou worshippe Sonne Acts. 24 I aunswere with Saint Paull and confesse vnto you that after the way which some called heresie so worship I the God of my fathers beléeuing al things that are written in the Law and Prophets and haue hope towards God that the resurrection of the dead shall be both of iuste and vniust and therefore I study to haue alwaies a cleare conscience towardes God and towards men Father Shew mée if thou hast read perfectly the whole booke of God Sonne Psalm 1. Yea father I may say with Dauid my delight is in the Lawe of the Lorde and in his word haue I exercised my selfe day and night Father Are all thinges necessary to saluation contained in that booke of life called the Byble Sonne Yea truly father Io. 5. search the Scriptures saith Christ for in them ye thinke ye haue eternall life and they are they which testifie of mée and yet ye will not come vnto-mée that ye might haue life Saint Iames saith Iames. 1 Suscipite insitum verbū quod potest saluare animas vestras receiue with méekenesse the worde which is grafted in you being able to saue your soules Many signes truly did Iesus in the presence of his disciples Io. 20. which are not written in the Byble but so many are written that may learne vs to beléeue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of GOD and that in beléeuing wée may haue life through his name Saint Peter sayth 1. Peter 2 although wée sée not Christ yet wee doe beléeue and reioyce with ioye vnspeakable glorious The end of faith is saluation receiuing the ende of our faith euen the saluation of our soules Io. 15. Christ Iesus himselfe saith that we are cleane through the words which he hath spoken vnto vs. Peter the Appostel rose vp and saide ye men and brethren Acts. 15. ye knowe that GOD did choose among vs that the Gentiles by my mouth should heare the worde of the Ghospell and beléeue and GOD which knoweth the hearts bare them witnesse and gaue vnto them the holie ghost euen as he did vnto vs and put no difference betwixe vs and them Purified by faith séeing that with faith he purified their hearts Saint Paull saith to Timothie continue thou in the thinges which thou hast learned which also were committed vnto thée knowing of whome thou hast learned them 2. Tim. 3 And for as much also as of a Childe thou hast knowen the holie Scriptures which are able to make thée learned vnto saluation through the faith which is in Christ Iesu for all Scriptures giuen by inspiration of GOD is profitable to teach Scripture makes men perfect in righteousnesse to improue to amēd to enstruct in righteousnesse that the man of God may bée perfect and prepared vnto all good workes Whereby you may plainelie perceiue Father that all thinges néedefull to saluation both to the Iewes and Gentiles Conclusion bonde and frée is contained in the written worde of GOD. Father Me thinkes that by these proues the holie Scriptures contained not onelie all thinges necessary for Saluation but also all other thinges néedefull for the good gouernement of a Christian life Sonne It is so Father as if it please God you shall heare afterwarde in the declaring of the duties of all estats and degrées of people for what blasphemy were it to the holy spirit of God to say that God hath left his word will and Testament vnperfect Father Is there nothinge then left out of Scripture for manne to teach that is néedefull many rites ceremonyes ordinances and inuentions of manne haue béene added thereto and taughte as things most requisite euen in my time Sonne Deu. 4. No father the Lorde saith you shall put nothing vnto the worde which I commaund you Prou 30. neither doe ought there from put thou nothing vnto his wordes least he reproue thée and thou be found a lyer Reuel 22. I testify saith Saint Iohn vnto euery man that heareth the prophecie of the Lords booke if any man shall adde vnto those thinges God shall adde vnto him the plagues that are written in that booke and if any man shall minish of the words of the prophecie of that booke God shall take away his parte out of the booke of life and out of the holy Cittie and from the things that are written in that booke who then dare be so bould father to thrust in among the ordinances and statutes of our heauenly father mans inuencions and constitutions séeing there hangeth Gods vengeance and eternall punishment ouer the heades of such ready to destroy soule and body when the Lorde commaundeth and to cast them into hell fire that neuer quecheth Father Séeing that the Scripture is the word of saluation why doe so many in these dayes refuse to heare or reade the same Recusants Sonne Christ Iesus saith Io. 8. he that is of God heareth Gods wordes they therfore heare them not because they are not of God To those Recusants saith Christ further Io. eod why doe you not know my spéech euen because you cannot abide the hearing of my worde Yée beléeue not my wordes Io. 10. because you are not of my shéepe for my shéepe heare my voyce and I know them Recusants none of his sheepe and they follow mée and I giue vnto them eternall life and they shall neuer perish neyther shall anye man plucke them out of my handes He that heareth you saith Christ to his disciples heareth mee Luke 10 and he that heareth mée heareth him that sent mée Recusants despise Christ and he that dispiseth you despiseth mée and he that despiseth mee despiseth him that sent mée The Quéene of the South shall rise at the daye of iudgement Luke 11. with this nation and condemne it for she came from the vttermost partes of the earth to heare the wisedome of Salomon and beholde a greater then Salomon is héere Luke 14 Nemo virorum istorum qui vocati sunt gustabunt cenam meam None of these saith Christ that were called and refused to come shall tast of my Supper Acts. 3. The time will come sayth the Apostle That euerie soule that wil not héere that same Prophet shall bee destroyed from among the people 1. Io 4. Recusants are not of God neither know him We are of God saith Saint Iohn hée that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not hereby knowe we the spirit of God and the
euill counsellers Sonne If Sathan their Maister sée that through them he cannot preuayle 2. king 17 he will doe with them as he did with Achetofell for when Absolon did not follow the counsell of Achetofell his most trustie counseller Euil counsellers hanged Achetofell went home set his house in order and hanged himselfe ye may sée that when Sathan by his naughtie counsell could not come to his purpose to obtaine the more yet he tooke the lesse Father Some there be that will not onelye moue their Maisters to mischiefe but also mocke the poore when they crie and complayne Mockers What saiest thou of these Sonne Math. 27 Will ye thinke much to suffer reproch mockeing and derision Christ our King and Sauiour was derided they that passed by when he was vpon the Crosse reuiled him wagging their heades and saying thou that destroyest the Temple of God and buildest it in thrée dayes saue thy selfe and the high Priestes likewise mocked him Iob. 30 The fooles and villaynes saith Iob make me their song I am become their iesting stocke 4. king 1 Little children came from Bethell and mocked Elizeus and saide goe vp thou bald head and he cursed them in the name of the Lord and two shée Beares came out of the wood and tare them in péeces Ye may sée that mockers shall be punished Father Mercilesse men What sayest thou of such vnmercifull men that mocke and oppresse the poore what shall become of them Sonne Except they repent they shall all perish Iames. 2 for he shall haue iudgement saith S. Iames without mercie that sheweth no mercie for mercie reioyseth against iudgement Iudge not that ye be not iudged Math. 7 condemne not that you be not condemned for with what measure soeuer you méete to others with the same measure it shal be measured vnto you againe The Lorde will not be slacke in comming nor tary longe Ecclesi 36 till he haue smitten in sunder the backes of the vnmercifull till he haue reuenged himselfe of the cruel Father Well sonne Sacrifices leaue these mercilesse men to the good pleasure of God and procéede to tell with what offerings and sacrifices of man is the Lorde best pleased Sonne He that is mercifull and giueth almes Eccle. 35 Almes offereth a right thancke offering A troubled spirit Psalm 51 a broken and contrite heart is an acceptable sacrifice Psal 54. An offering of a frée heart will I giue thée and praise thy name oh Lord because it is so comfortable Psal 112. He that is merciful louing righteous and guideth his wordes with discretion offereth a swéete sauour vnto the Lorde Heb. 13 To doe good and to destrybute forget not for with such sacrifice God is pleased By Iesus Christ we do offer sacrifice of land alwaies to God â—oâ— that is to say the fruite of those lyppes which confesse his name Rom. 12 Chiefelie we ought to make our bodies a quicke sacryfice holie and acceptable vnto God which is our reasonable seruing of God Father Vengance Vnto whom belongeth vengance Sonne Rom. 12 Vnto the Lorde for vengance is mine and I will reward saith the Lorde Psalm 94. O Lord God to whome vengance belongeth thou God to whome vengance belongeth shew thy selfe Father Humble and poore Shall not the humble and poore bée once exalted and holpen Sonne Yes father Christ saith Luke 18 he that exalteth himselfe shal be brought low and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted He hath put downe the mightie from their seat Luke 1 and hath set vp the humble and méeke Father What saist thou by these land-lordes and other vnmercifull and wicked men Euell example that do not onelie wickedlie but also giue euill example to others Sonne It were better for them that a Milstone were hanged about their necks Luke 17 and that they were drowned in the depth of the sea for wo be vnto them by whom the offence commeth Father Whereof ought we to glorie or reioice Glory Sonne The Prophet Ieremie saith Ieremi 9 let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome nor the strong man in his strength nor the rich man in his riches but let them reioyce in this that they knowe mée sayth the Lord. Let him that reioyceth reioyce in the Lord for he is made vnto vs wisdome and righteousnesse and sanctifiyng and redemption Father In the beginning almost thou toldst mée that all thinges néedefull for saluation wer contained in the booke of life and also all other thinges necessary for the good gouerning of a christian which thou hast proued but tel me now why we ought to liue so precisely as thou hast shewed Sonne For diuerse causes first because the Lorde our God hath so commaunded secondlie because thereby we shewed our selues to be louing vnto is Maiesty and obedient to his holy will good pleasure Thirdly because we haue enimies that lye in waite for vs to draw vs from our God into perdicion And lastly because we shall all once appeare before the Maiestie of allmightie God to giue a iust accompt and make a streight reckning of our selues and of all our thoughts wordes and workes the Lord respecting no person but iudgeing euerie one according to their déedes Father Let me know first what those enimes are that are so lusty and carefull or rather watchefull to drawe vs from God that they may haue somthing wherewith they may accuse vs in the day of the Lord and so bring vs to perdicion Sonne The Diuell the worlde and flesh Father Describe vnto me the qualities and force of that enimie the diuell and Sathanas Sonne Iob witnesseth that the Lorde called his people before him Iob. 1. and Sathan appeared also The diuel searcheth euery place And the Lord demaunding of Sathan where he had béene he aunswered and saide I haue béene through the world and séene it Iesus said to his disciples Luke 22. The diuell tryeth Gen. 3. Craftie Sathan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate The serpent the diuell was subtiller theÌ„ euery beast of the field which the lord hath made There was a man named Goliath of 1. King 17 the Philistines host of six cubits and an hand bredth longe A strong enimie wel armed weaponed and had an helmet of brasse vppon his head and a coate of male about him and the waight of his coate of male was fiue thousand sickles of brasse and had boots of brasse vppon his legges and a shéeld of brasse vppon his shoulders and the shaft of his spear was like a weauers beame and the head of his speare weyed six hundred sickles of Iron A blasphemer of God Arailir and he blasphemed God and rayled vpon the host of Israell Iob. 40 A strong enimie mightie Behold the beast Behemoth loe how strong he is in his loynes what power he hath
in the nauell of his body he spreadeth out his taile like the Ceder trées all his veines are stiffe his shinnes are like pipes of brasse and his rydge-bone was like staues of Iron A great deceuer Leuiathan dare not thou draw out with an angle no manne is so cruell that dare stir him vp when thou thinckest to haue hold vppon him he shalbeguile thée he hath horrible téeth round about his bodie is couered with scales as it were shéelds lockt in kéept and well compact together his weysing is like the glistring fier and his eyes like the morning shine out of his mouth goe torches out of his nosthrells there goeth a smoke like as out of an hote pot his breath maketh the coles burne He is neuer wery and the flame goeth out of his mouth in his necke remaineth strength and there is nothing to laborious for him he is as fast as the stithie that the Smith beateth vppon there may neither speare Iauelen or brestplate abide him he setteth asmuch by straw as by iron he setteth asmuch by a roten sticke as by brasse a sword hurteth him not he maketh the déepe to boyle like a pot The diuel is a king ouer al chiâ—dren of pride and stirreth the sea like an oyntment vppon the earth there is no power like his for he is so made that he feareth not and he is a kinge ouer all Children of pryde The Diuell is a lyer Math. Lyer and the father of the same thing euen from the beginning From the time of his creation hée was right excellent Ezech. 31 tyll wickednesse was found in him Lucifer Zachar. 13 The Angell shewed me Iosua that hye Priest standing before the Angell of the Lorde and Sathan stood at his right hand to resist him and the Lord saide the Lord reproue thée Sathan Once an Angel but now a diuell Io. 13. A tempter Ephe. 6. The diuell put in the heart of Iudas to betray Christ We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against rule against power against wordlie rulers euen gouernours of the darkenesse of this world against spirituall craftinesse in heauenlie thinges â— Peter 5. A â—rorâ—ng â—on Your aduersarie the diuell goeth about like a roaring lyon séeking whom he may deuoure â—euel 2 Behold saith Saint Iohn the diuell shall cast some of you into prison tempt you and you shall haue tribulacion tenne daies â—euel 9 â—ferior â—â—rits I saw a star fall from heauen vnto the earth and to him was giuen the key of the bothomles pit and there came out of the smoke that arose out of the pit Locust vppon earth and to them was giuen power and they had a king ouer them of the bothomles pit And his name was called Abdon in Hebrue but in greke ApollioÌ„ a destroier A great dragon Reuel 12 The great Dragon an olde Serpent the Diuell and Sathanas the accuser of the brethren that deceaueth the world The Dragon and all the beastes that rose vp with him An accuser Reuel 13 blasphemed the God of heauen and his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen and hée had power giuen to warre with the saints and ouercome them and all people and nations worshipped him whose names were not written in the booke of life and of the lambe which was killed from the beginning of the world and to euerie one that worshipped him was giuen a marke in their hande or foreheade else they coulde not be permitted to buy or sell And thus Father you may perceaue the strength subtiltie craft and falsehood of this beast yea this deadelie enemie our aduersarie that runneth daylie through the worlde like a roaring Lion séeking whom he may deuoure Father I tremble and quake to remember this great Dragon this olde Serpent and destroyer tell mée therefore or thou procéede anie further howe I and euerie man and woman may escape his power and kéepe vs out of his hands Sonne Father as you sée that Sathan is strong and well armed so ought we to be well weaponed and besides manly souldiers fighting vnder the banner of Iesus Christ who hath ouercome and conquered this enemie in his owne person Armour of a christian wée must stande saith Saint Paull and our loynes gyrded with the truth hauing on the brestplate of righteousnesse Ephe. 6 and hauing shooes on our féete that we may be prepared for the Ghospell of peace aboue all Truth Righteousnesse Peace Faith VVord and prayer let vs take vnto vs the shielde of faith wherewith we may quench the fierie dartes of the wicked and take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirit which is the worde of God and pray alwaies with al manner of prayer and supplication in the spirite 1. Thes 5 Faith and hope Loue. Iames. 4 Be watchfull and sober armed with the brestplate of faith and loue and with hope of saluation for an helmet Submitte your selues vnto GOD and resist the Diuell and hée will flie from you Be sober and watch 1. Peter 5 for our aduersarie the Diuell goeth about like a roaring Lion séeking whome he may deuoure whome resist stedfast in the fayth knowing that the same afliction is appoynted vnto your brethren that are in the world but the Lorde Iesus shall after that wée haue suffered a little afliction settle strength and stablish vs to whome therefore be prayse for euer We must fight with him 1. king 17 as Dauid did with Goliath he saide to Goliath I come vnto thée in the name of the liuing GOD and in his name I shall subdue thée and so he did Sathan will séeke to sift you like wheat Luke 22. Faith but resist him by fayth and let them that be strong saith Christ helpe their brethren Sathan will tempt you Reue. 2 but be faithfull to death and I will giue thee faith the Lorde the crowne of life The Saincts of God ouercame him by the bloud of the Lambe Reuel 12. and by the worde of his testimonie and they loued not their liues vnto the death CoÌ„clusion So that although this Dragon the Diuel maketh warre with the people and saincts of God and with all them that haue the testimonie of Iesus Christ yet if we like manlie souldiers resist him by faith we shall ouercome him by the bloud of the Lambe Iesus and that Dragon will flée away for all the souldiours of Christ are called Faith and faithfull and chosen and kéepe their garments vpon them that men sée not their filthienesse Father Blessed be that Lambe for euer through whose precious bloud wee are deliuered from this roaring Lion Those that â—ied before Christ and alwaies increase our faith so that it growe daylie more more But sonne what became of our forefathers that died before Christ suffered his death and destroyed Sathan and deliuered vs were not all in the power and handes of the Diuell before
Reuel 13 and all that dwel vpon the earth whose names are not written in the booke of life of the Lambe He is the Captaine ouer all that worship diuels and Images of gold Reuel 19 and siluer and brasse and stone and of wood which neither can sée heare nor go of all murderers fornicatours sorcerers ImpeniteÌ„t persons are his souldiers and théeues which repent not of the déedes of their handes Father Many souldyers then hath the diuell vnder his banner if all naughtie men that repent not of the déeds of their owne handes be his but what will the Lord do to them if they amend not and come home to their God Sonne Reuel 8 Saint Iohn telleth that their plauges shall come in one day death and sorow and hunger and they shal be burnt with fier for strong is the Lord God which shal iudge them Rom. 1 There shall come tribulacion wrath and anguishe vppon euery soule of them Father Tell me who are souldyers vnder Christes banner and what reward shall they haue Sonne Reuela 16 Those that watch and kéepe their garments that they walke not naked so that men may sée their filthienesse Io. 4. He that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God They that kéepe his commaundements and doe those thinges that are pleasant in his sight and this is the commaundemeÌ„t Faith and loue are badges of Christs soldiers that we beléeue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he hath giuen commaundement They are buried by baptisme Collo 3 but raised againe by faith They haue their conuersation in heauen from whence they looke for a sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus Christ Phillip 3 They beléeue onely in Christ Iesu Gall. 3. I beheld saith Saint Iohn Reuel 7 a great multitude which no man could number of all nacions people and tongues that stood before the seat and the Lambe clothed with loÌ„g white garmeÌ„ts palmes in their handes they are they that came out of tribulation and made their garmentes white with the blood of the Lambe therfore are they in the presence of God and serue him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth vppon the seat will dwell among them they shall hunger no more neither thirst neither shall the sunne light on theÌ„ any more neither any heat for the Lambe which is in the middest of the seat shall féed them and lead them vnto fountaines of liuing water and God shall wipe away all teares from theire eyes Father Let vs pray against these enimies the Diuell world and the flesh Sonne A prayer O Lord God and mercifull father the diuell goeth about like a roaring Lyon séeking whome he may deuouer the flesh lusieth against the spirit the world perswadeth vnto vainities that we may forget thée and so for euer â—e damned thus are we myserablie beset be séeged on euerie side with cruel and restles enimies and like at euerie moment to perish if we be not defended by thy mightie hand against their tiranny we therefore poore and wretched sinners disparing of our owne strengthes which in déede is none most heartely pray thée to endue vs with strength from aboue that we may be able with strong faith to resist Sathan with feruent prayer to mortifie the luste of the flesh with continuall meditation of thy holy Law to auoide the foolish vanities transitory pleasures of this wicked world and béeing set at libertie from the power of these our mortall enimes may serue thée in true holynesse and righteousnesse after be partakers of thine euerlasting ioies prepared for thy Children which as they are great and vnspeakable so are they few that do enioye theÌ„ for straite is the way narrow is the gate that leadeth therevnto and few therebe that finde it Notwithstanding thou hast a little flocke to whom it is thy pleasure to giue that ioyfull kingdome whose names are written in the booke of lyfe make vs of that number for Iesus Christ his sake place vs amongst those shéepe that shall stand on thy right hand and receiue that blessed inheritance and dwell with thée for euermore Amen Father Iudgement generall Graunt this O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake Well procéede sonne is there once a reckning to be made and an accompt to be giuen before whom shall that reckning be and who shall recken Sonne That straight accompt and reckning shal be before the maiestie of that terryble and fearful God iudge Iesus Christ and they that shall recken are all people kindreds and tongues good and bad that haue béene are or shal be till the ende of the world come and that fearefull iudgement bée Father Resurrection How shall the dead be raised vp if all shal be iudged Sonne Trumpe 1. Cor. 15 With the sound of Gods trumpet father for the trumpe shall blowe and the deade shall rise incorruptable and we shal be chaunged for this corruptable must put on incorruption and this mortall shal put on immortalitie In that day shall the great Trumpet be blowen Esay 23 so that they which were lost in the land of Assyria and those that were banished into the lande of Egypt shal come and worship the Lord in the holy mount at Ierusalem The Lord shall crie with a great shout from his court regall Ieremi 2 he shall giue a great voyce like the grape gatherers and the sounde thereof shall be heard to the ende of the world The Lord shall roare out of Sion Amos. 1 and shew his voice out of Ierusalem that the heauens and earth shall quake withall He shall sende his Angells with the great voice of a Trumpet Math. 24 and they shall gather together his chosen from the foure winds euen from the highest partes of heauen to thendes thereof The Lord God shall blowe out the Trumpet zachary shall come foorth as a storme out of the south The Lorde shall disend from heauen with a shout 2 Thess and the voice of the Archangell and trump of God I will blow for them zachar 1 and gather them together saith the Lorde for I will redéemed them Thus by the sounde of the Trumpet shall all be raysed vp from death Father The Lorde be mercifull vnto vs. The remembraunce of the voyce of the Trumpet terrifieth mée which shall bée hearde in Heauen Earth and Hell but procéede howe shall men rise Sonne â—ob 19 Iob saith I knowe that my redéemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth at the last daye and shall bée cloathed agayne with my skinne and shall sée GOD in my fleshe yea and I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with these same eyes â—say 26 The deade menne shall lyue sayeth GOD euen with their bodies shall they ryse agayne awake and singe thou that dwellest in the dust for thy dewe is euen as
before mée saith the Lord Esay 66. and they shall goe foorth and looke vpon the carrions of them that haue transgressed against mée Amos. 9 They shall not flée away there shall not one escape nor be deliuered though they were buried in hell my hande shall fetch them from thence though they clime vppe to heauen yet shall I cast them downe though they hide themselues on the toppe of Carmell yet shal I séeke them out and bring them from thence though they créepe downe from my sight into the depth of the Sea I shall commaunde the Serpent there to bite them Math. 25 Iesus Christ shall sende his Angells with the great voyce of a Trumpet and they shall gather together his chosen from the foure windes euen from the highest parte of heauen till the endes thereof Thus father you may sée that this iudgement cannot be secaped Father Sonne the Lord comforte vs. What saiest thou shall there be no warning before the Trumpet bée sounded Sodenly and all summoned to iudgement but shall it come vnwares and sodainely Sonne Christ saith if we shall not watch Reuel 3 hée will come as a théefe and we shall not knowe what houre he shall come on vs. The day of the Lord shall come as a théefe in the night 1. Thes 5 for when they shall say peace then shall sodaine destruction come vpon them euen as sorrowe vpon a woman in traueile and they shall not escape Of that day and houre saith Christ Math. 24 knoweth no manne but my Father onelie for as it was in the daies of Noa they eate and dranke married and were married builded and planted vntil Noa went into the Arke and the floude came and tooke them all away So shall the comming of the Sonne of man bée Watch therefore for ye knowe not what houre the sonne of man will come Father The Lord giue vs grace to be watchfull What shall the Lorde doe when all people kinredes and tongues and nations are set before him Sonne Partition Math. 25 He shall seperate the good from the bad euen as a shepperd parteth the shéepe from the Goats Ezech. 34. I will saith the Lord put a pertition and make a difference among the shéepe among the weathers and Goats Math. 25 Hée shall sette the shéepe on his right hande and the Goates on the left hand Father Christ helpe vs but howe shall the Lorde Iesus among all the people of the worlde knowe which are good to set them on his right hande and the euill and place them on his left hande Sonne Father the Lorde séeth and knoweth all thoughts words and workes of all men hee séeth from euerlasting to euerlasting there is nothing hid frō his eyes and besides they shall all bée marked the faithfull and good with the marke of the Lambe Iesus The wicked shall haue in their handes or foreheades the Beastes marke The Lord saide to one that had a linnen rayment vpon him Ezech. 9 and a writers Incke-horne by his side goe thy way through the Cittie of Ierusalem sette a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne and are sorie for all the abhorcions that are done therein And to an other he saide goe after him through the Cittie slay ouer sée none spare none kill and destroy both mē and young maides children and wiues but as for those that haue the marke vpon them sée thou touch them not An Angell hauing the seale of the liuing God in his hande Reuel 7 and he cryed to the foure Angels that haue power ouer the Earth and sayde hurte not the Earth neyther the Sea neyther the Trées till I haue sealed the seruaunts of GOD in their foreheads The names of the good are written in the Booke of life of the Lambe Reuel 3 They haue his name Eod. and his Fathers name written in their foreheads When the Lorde woulde smyte the firste borne in Egypte Exod. 12 and delyuer his owne people he commaunded that all his owne people euerie householde shoulde kill a Lambe late at night and sprinckle the doore chéekes and postes of the doore with the bloud so that when the destroyer should come he might sée the bloud and might passe by that house and not smite it So in like manner whosoeuer haue their hearts and consciences sprinckeled with faith in the bloud of the Lambe Iesus the destroyer in the day of vengeance shall not hurt but destroy the Egiptians that is the wicked that haue receaued the beasts marke Father Not pacified The Lord our God sprinckle our hearts with that bloud Sonne I haue brought thée a little from the purpose but turne againe to it and tell mée if the Lord will not be a mercifull God at that time and soone entreated Sonne Pro. 6. Mercifull no Father not mercifull but iust full of wrath and indignation Salomon compareth the Lord to a Iellious husbande the Ielousie and wrath of the man will not be intreated no not though thou wouldest offer him great giftes to make amends he will not receaue them There is no daise-man betwixt GOD and man Iob. 9. When he is wrath the earth shaketh Ieremy 10 all the Gentiles may not abide his indignation Heauen and earth shall remoue in the wrath of the Lord of hosts Esay 13. and in the day of his fearefull indignation Neither their siluer nor their gold shal be able to deliuer them in that wrathfull day of the Lord Sophony 1. but all the whole lande shall be burned with the fier of Ielousiie Beholde Amos. 2 I will crash you in sunder like as a waine crasheth that is full of sheaues so that the swift shall not escape neyther the strong doe any thing no the Gyant shall not be able to saue his owne lyfe I will not spare because he persecuted his brother with the sworde destroyed his mothers wombe bare hatred verie long and so kept indignation alway by him Who may abide his wrath Nah. 1. or who is able to abide his grymme displeasure his anger taketh on like fier and the hard rockes are clouen asunder He shall be like a Beare that is rauished of her whelpes euen full of wrath and indignation shall the Lord be in that day Father Good God what shall we doe séeing there is no mercie but that Clausae sunt ianuae the gates of all mercie are shutte vppe and iustice drawen out Cognoscetur dominus iuditia faciens The Lorde shall bée knowen to execute iustice and iudgement Procéede to tell mée when all people kinreds and tongues are araigned before this terrible iudge Plead guiltie or not guiltie and pleade guyltie or not guiltie what shall the iudge obiect or lay to their charge what will he saye to the faithfull on his right hande Sonne Math. 25 He shall say Oh ye blessed children of my Father when I was hungrie you gaue mée meate when I was thirstie you