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A87554	An exposition of the Epistle of Jude, together with many large and useful deductions. Lately delivered in XL lectures in Christ-Church London, by William Jenkyn, Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The first part.	Jenkyn, William, 1613-1685.	1652 (1652)	Wing J639; Thomason E695_1; ESTC R37933	518,527	654

and manifest There is nothing hid but shall be revealed Sinners shall be openly sham'd their secret sins their speculative impurities their closest midnight-impieties shall be publickly discovered and their feined hypocriticall appearances shall then be unmasked Then Saints shal be openly honour'd the good which they have done in secret shall be divulged from their sins against which they have mourn'd pray'd beleev'd secretly they shall be acquitted openly and honourably from all the censures suspicions aspersions and wrong judgements upon earth before all the world of men and Angels they shall be publickly cleared In a word As the Judge is righteous he will bee known to be so and therefore not onely his sentencing but the equity therof shal be manifestly known Every tongue shall confess to God the just proceedings of that day and Christ shall be clear when he judgeth and justified when sinners are condemned 6. This judgement shall be immediate Christ will not any more judge by man They whom he hath intrusted with Judicature have often miscarryed in the work acquitting where they should condemne and condemning where they should acquit now therefore he will trust others with the work no more but will take it into his own hands Judgement here among men is the Lords mediately but the great judgement shall be his immediately Sinners might hope to escape while sinners were their Judges Saints might fear cruelty while sinners were their Judges In a word when frail sinfull man is Judge he like the unjust steward in the Gospel who cut off fifty in the hundred punisheth malefactors by the halfs and with him wicked men can tell how to deal Ezek. 22.14 but can their hearts endure or can their hands be strong in the day wherein the Lord shall deal with them When Gideon commanding young Jether to slay Zebah and Zalmunna and he feared to draw his sword against them Judg. 8.20 being but a youth Gideon himselfe ariseth and fals upon them and as was the man so was his strength for hee instantly slew them And God commands those who should resemble him in righteousnesse to cut down sin and cut off sinners but alas they are oft either unwilling or afraid to draw the sword of Justice and therefore the Lord himselfe will come and take the sword into his own hands and as is he so will his strength be found and felt to be infinite The mountaines and hills will be but light burdens to fall upon sinners in comparison of this mighty God 7. This Judgement shall be the last Judgement The sentence that there shall be pronounced is the finall conclusive and determinating sentence The day of Judgement is frequently call'd The last day The last day Joh. 11.24.12.48 and the Great day are sometimes put together Joh. 7.37 Wicked men have had in this world many dayes of Judgement by the word by temporall troubles by the examples and warnings of the Saints but now their last day their last judgement is come after which there shall be no more tryall Former judgements might be reverst upon repentance but this last is irrevocable Repentance will not move the Judge to repent of his sentence Jer. 11.7 8 9. repentance will be hid from his eyes From his sentence there can be no appeal nor is there any Judicatory above or after it 8. This judgement is call'd Eternall How great are those dayes wherein an earthly Judge sentenceth to a temporal punishment of a few minutes Heb. 6.2 Judicium humanum est vix alphabetum illius ultimi Luth. But Christ sentenceth to an eternall state the effect of his judgement shall last for ever An earthly Judge allowes men to put the sentenced to death out of their paine at their execution but this shall be the bitter ingredient into the sentence of the great day namely that the sentenced shall be executed but never die Depart from me yee cursed into everlasting fire Departure for losse and Fire for sense are the greatest punishments but this Everlasting is that which makes both insupportable Dreadfull sentence Without this everlasting departure hell would not be hell This Everlasting burnes hotter then the fire or rather is the heat of the fire in hell and oh the bottomelesse Ocean of sweetnesse in this word Ever when joyned with Being with the Lord this is that which like the faggot-band binds all the scattered parcells of heavens blessednesse together and keeps them from dropping out In a word This stability of happinesse is that which makes it happinesse Great day wherein there is a sentence to no estate shorter then Eternity OBSERVATIONS 1. Great is the vanity of all earthly greatnesse While we are in this world troubles and comforts seem far greater then they are Observ 1. the former we think too great to bear the other too great to forsake How do men groan under small burdens and how do they admire the poor enjoyments of the world but when this great day is come neither of these will seem great How smal will former disgraces be esteem'd by those who shall bee honour'd before all the world How contemptible shall then poverty be in the thoughts of those who shall ever be inriched with the satisfying enjoyment of God himself How slight yea forgotten will the few bitter drops of pains be to those who shall be filled with Rivers of pleasures What poor trifles will all the profits and revenues of the earth be esteem'd when all the stately edifices and the richest treasures upon earth shall be consum'd in the flames What a bubble a shadow will all worldly honour and dignities appear when the faint candle light of the earthly glory of the greatest Monarchs shall be swallowed up in the glorious sun-shine of the appearance of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords How will a sentencing to the everlasting flames of fire and brimstone blast those former dreams of pleasure in cool and pleasant Arbors costly Perfumes sumptuous Banquets c To those who so admire earthly injoyments I say as Christ to his Disciple Mar. 13.2 when he shewed him the buildings of the Temple Seest thou these great buildings There shall not be one stone left upon another the flame of that day wil devour them as easily as the fire from heaven did consume the stones and sacrifice of and lick up the water about Elijahs Altar 2. Boldnesse in sin is no better then madnesse The great Judgement day is by the Apostle call'd The terror of the Lord. Observ 2. Eccl. 12.14 Magna peccati poena metum fu turi judicii perdidisse Aug. ser 120. de Tem. And though it may be our sin to be afrighted at mens judgement days and to be afraid of their terror yet is it our folly not to fear this great day of the Lord and a great punishment of sin not to fear the punishment of sin What Judge would not be incens'd when the prisoners being warned of his solemn approach

and holinesse 1 John 3.9 putteth into us a seed that shall never die and infuseth an habit of holinesse never to be lost or overcome Phil. 1.19 Ephes 3.16 Ephes 6.10 2. In the latter it affordeth those continued supplies of grace whereby we are more and more strengthened with might to resist all tentations go through all conflicts to find preservation and direction in every danger and doubt to walk in daily detestation of every sinfull way to call and cry for grace which is wanting and in a word Phil. 4.13 enabled to do all things through him who strengtheneth us 2. On our parts he enables our faith by his Spirit to receive from him the supplies of his strength This he doth by giving a power to faith 1. To unite us unto and to incorporate us into him as the branches are in the tree the member in the body or the house upon the foundation We laying hold upon him for ours by our faith as he layeth hold upon us for his by his Spirit wherby the union is compleat and reciprocall 2. To improve this union for our assistance by drawing daily influences of grace and strength from Christ who is a fountain of fulnesse John 1.16 John 15.1.5 Gal. 2.20 as the root doth from the soyl or the branches from the root or the pipe from the fountain Hence it is that we live by faith it being the instrument that fetcheth vertue from Christ to sustain us in all our wants and weaknesses it being not only in but drinking of the fountain it not only uniting us as members to the head but supplying us as members from the head with all vertue necessary to the preservation of grace both from the filth of sin within us and the force of tentations without us and hence it is that faith makes use of all ordinances but as the conduit pipes or water-courses to convey from Christ that grace and strength it wants it esteeming ordinances without Christ but as a viall without a cordiall or a pipe without water Faith also having united us to Christ helps us to expect through him that abundant reward which will infinitely more than countervail for all the combats and contentions for him against his enemies Moses saw him that was invisible Heb. 11.26.27 he had an eye to the recompence of reward We faint not c. saith the Apostle while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen 2 Cor. 4.16.18 And herein consisteth principally the strength of Christians in this earnest fight and contention 4. This earnest contention by which the faith is maintained implyeth a putting out forth of this strength against the enemy with whom we contend for the faith He who hath strength contends not if he stands still and acts not Sundry wayes is strength to be put forth in contending for this faith 1. Magistrates must put forth their strength 1. By commanding their subjects to submit to the faith Their edicts and injunctions should be like those of Asa and Hezekiah who commanded Judah to seek the Lord. 2 Chro. 14.4 2 Chro. 29.5.30 2 Chro. 34.33 They must engage men to be true and faithfull to God by precept and example their commands must not so savour of state policy as to be regardless of Scripture purity 'T is not reason of State but ruin of States to be remiss in enjoyning piety The lawes of man should be a guard to the Law of God They who reign by God should reign for him Neh. 13.19 How unreasonable is it that people should be lawless only in Religion Shall it not be indifferent whether men will pay a tax And shall it be indifferent whether they will ever hear a Sermon It was a commendable decree of Artaxerxes though aheathen and that for which the faithfull servant of God blessed God That whosoever would not do the law of God judgment should be executed upon him to death to banishment Ezra 7.26.27 to confiscation of goods or imprisonment and of Darius Dan. 6.26 who decreed that in every dominion of his Kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel 2. By repressing the perveters of the faith Restraining hereticks and Seducers removing the impediments of Religion whether persons or things Nebuchadnezzar a heathen made a decree that none should speak any thing amiss against God 1 Kin. 15.12.13 2 Kin. 18.5 2 Kin. 23.8 2 Chro. 17.6 2 Chro. 31.1 Asa took away the Sodomits Idols and removed Maachah an idolatresse from being queen Hezekiah removed the high places and brake the images and cut down the groves So Josiah defiled the high places and brake them down Thus likewise Jehoshaphat took away the high places and groves out of Judah Thus also Manasseh took away the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the Lord and all the idols that he had built c. To these may be added zealous Nehemiah in repressing Sabboth-breakers Neh. 13.21 And the Apostle saith Rulers are a terrour to wicked works Rom. 13.3 3. By providing and maintaining a faithfull Ministry to dispense the doctrine of faith Thus did Jehoshaphat and Hezekiah 2 Chro. 17.8.9 2 Chro. 31.4 That Magistrate cannot contend for the faith which contends against the Ministers thereof Satan knowes no mean between the pampering and famishing of the Ministry double labour must not be requited with scarce a single maintenance Ministers should not labour for and yet not without a comfortable recompence They ought not to be left to the courtesie of those who though they account enough for themselves but a little yet they account a little for the Ministry too much It 's not enough for faithfull Ministers to be kept from being battered and storm'd by cruel persecuters unless also from being starved by the common protestants 2. Ministers must contend for the faith principally two wayes 1. 1 Tim. 6.3 Tit. 2.1 By preaching the word of faith they must preserve the pattern of wholsome words and speak the things which become sound doctrine They must take heed of their own mixtures and not adulterate the doctrine of faith to please men The beauty of heavenly truths wants not the paint either of humane or hereticall additions The babes of Christ must be fed with sincere milk and the sorenes of mens eyes must not hinder the lights of the Church from shining 2. By confuting gainsaiers and hereticks The Apostle commands Titus by sound doctrine to convince gainsayers Tit. 1.9.11 Ministers must not only have a voice to call their sheep but to drive away wolves one to establish truth 2 Cor. 13.8 another to oppose errour one of his hands must work and the other hold a weapon Christ confuted the corrupt glosses of the Pharisees and Paul confounded the Jewes by proving that this is the very Christ Act. 9.22 and Apollos mightily convinced the Jewes and that publikely shewing by the Scriptures

persons Eph. 6.9 Col. 4.1 The wrath of God in his crectures fire sword sicknesse makes no distinction between the greatest Lords and the poorest slaves How much lesse will Christ himselfe make when all shal stand naked before his tribunall 4. Observ 4. Christ hath power to do what hee will with us or ours This only Lord hath no master to whom to give an account And how far should any of his servants be from expecting that hee should give an account of any of his actions to them It should suffice them that what-ever befalls them it is from the Lord Job 1.21 The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away Whensoever he removes any comforts if we find our selves too ready to say to instruments as did the Owners of the colt What do ye loosing and removing it we should be silenc'd though not with that answer which was return'd by the Disciples to them The Lord hath need of it yet with this Luk. 19.33 34 He sees it needful for us that thus it should be Whensoever he commands the hardest duty inflicts the smartest stripes c. every servant of Christ should stop their murmuring mouths with this The Lord wil have it thus 5. Observ 5. Eph. 4.4 5. Luk. 12.45 The servants of this one and only Lord should be at unity among themselves Fellow servants must not fall out and beat one another The servants of this one Lord should be of one mind Though some may have higher some lower imployments in Christs family yet all are but servants to this only Lord and all their services meet in this one end of glorifying him In this respect the Apostle saith He that planteth 1 Cor. 3.8 and he that watereth are one The servants of Christ should shun division because Christ is not divided They cannot forgive one another so much or so often 1 Cor. 1.13 as their Master hath forgiven them 6. Observ 6. How carefull and wary should we be in using the creatures All the comforts which we enjoy are the goods of this Lord we are but stewards of them What we use must be used for not against our Lord learning riches honour nay our selves are of and from him and therefore should be for him All our injoyments are but borrowed we must therefore use them well not spot and stain tear and cut them by sin least we be ashamed when we are to return them back to the owner 7. Observ 7. We should neither give nor receive ambitious and flattering titles of honour Christ gives us the reason one is our Lord and Master Mat. 23.8 9 10. even Christ Wee should so acknowledg a superiority among men as to be fearfull of causing pride in men The carriage of a servant to his earthly Lord must be such as that his Lord may know himselfe not to be the only Lord. When they cryed up Herods voice for the voice of God and not of man Act. 12.23 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God would not bear it He made him immediately to become wormes meat who but just now was mens idol 8. Observ 8. There 's no possible escape for Christs enemies If they had another Lord or potentate to match Christ in strength they might flye to him to defend them from Christ but Christ is the only Lord and woe to them who have him for their only enemy Can thy heart endure or thy hands be strong in the day when this Lord shall deal with thee Ezek. 22.14 Isai 10.3 Jer. 4.13 Foolish sinner who if thou wilt needs be contending dost not chuse one of thy fellow-worms to contend with But thou dost as vainly contend with thy maker as doth the smoak with the wind the wax with the fire the stubble with the flame or the snow-ball with the sun when thrown against it Acts 9.5 Psal 2.12 It s hard to kick against the pricks Thy greater wisdome is to kiss the Son with a kiss of sincere and hearty love worship homage lest he be angry and thou perish from the way There 's no flying from him but by flying to him All must one way or other be subject to him Rom. 14.10 11. either as servants or as slaves either under his grace or under his wrath 9. Observ 9. All doctrines and practices are to be abhorred which derogate from the dignity of this only Lord. Doctrines especially the popish which deprave our redemtion by this Lord with the doctrine of merits The worship due to this Lord by the doctrines of image-adoration and the Popes headship the authority of this Lord by the doctrine of Saints intercession and the Popes pardoning of sins Practices of those who serve the times in stead of serving the Lord love their pleasures more than God serve their bellies Rom. 16.18 their lusts themselves as if they were their own Lords the humours of vile men their father the divell Joh. 8.44 Quam multos habet dominos qui unum non habet Oh how many how ignoble how poor how cruell are the Lords of that man who hath not this one this only Lord 10. Great is the happinesse of Observ 10. and strong are the engagements upon every servant of this only Lord. But of this largely before Page 12.13.14.15.16 VER 1. Thus much for our Saviours dignity in respect of his place and authority as he is called the only Lord. His dignity in respect of his divine nature and essence followes He is called also God For Explication whereof briefly Thus This title is not here to be taken 1 Improperly as it is Explicat 1. given to false gods or idols Per 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Polyphemus Cyclops dicit se tantum offerre victimas ventri suo qui maximus esset deorum Eurip. Exod. 21.6 and 22.8 Deut. 19.7 Psal 82.16 and 138.1 Joh. 10.34 35. Num. 10.35 36. Isai 4.7 6.20 2 Sam. 7.6 which are accounted gods in the depraved apprehensions of blind and seduced heathens Act. 14.11 12. 1 Cor. 8.4 5. Act. 17.29 2. To the divell who is called the God of this world 2 Cor. 4.4 In regard the wicked world obeys him and fulfils his commands as if he were a God John 8.44 3. To those things which men preferre before God as the belly is called the God of some men Who serve their bellies and not Christ Rom. 16.18 4. To Kings Princes Magistrates who are in the room and place of God exercise the judgments of God 2 Chron. 19.6 and are ordained by God Rom. 13.1 5. To the Ark of the Covenant to which metonymically the name of God is given the signe being often put for the thing signified But 2. Properly for God the maker and preserver of all things though not 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 essentially and indefinitely signifying the whole Trinity the divine essence common to the Father Son and holy Ghost Mat. 4.7.10 Joh. 4.24 c. But 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉