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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30200	The resurrection of the dead and eternall judgement, or, The truth of the resurrection of the bodies both of good and bad at the last day asserted and proved by Gods word : also, the manner and order of their coming forth of their graves, as also, with what bodies they do arise : together with a discourse of the last judgement, and the finall conclusion of the whole world / by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1665 (1665)	Wing B5590; ESTC R34391	88,686	200

good or whether it be bad But now because I would prove by the words whatever I would have others receive for a truth therefore I shall in few particulars prove the Resurrection of the wicked First then it is evident that the wicked shall rise from the very termes and names that the raised shall then go under which is the very same names that they did go under when they lived in this World They are called the Heathen the Nations the World the wicked and those that do iniquity they are called Men Women Sodom Sidon Bethsaida Capernaum and Tire The Men of Ninive shall rise up in Judgment the Queen of the South shall rise up in the Judgment and it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in the day of Judgment then for other sinners that have resisted more light The Heavens and the Earth that now are are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of Judgement and perdition of ungodly men 2 Pet. 3. 7. Mat. 12. 41 42. Mat. 11. 21 22 23 24. Luk. 10. 12 13 14. Joel 3. 12 13 14. Mat. 25. 32. Jud. 14. 15. Now these Termes or Names are not given to the spirits of the wicked onely but to them as consisting of Body and Soul Further Christ tells his adversaries when they had apprehended him and shamefully intreated him that yet they should see him sit on the right hand of power and coming in the Clouds of Heaven as John also doth testifie saying Behold he cometh with Clouds and every Eye shall see him and they also that pierced him and all the kinreds of the Earth shall wail because of him Mat. 26. 64. Revel 1. 7. Now none of these sayings are yet fulfilled neither shall they untill his second coming for though the Jews did many of them see him when he did hang upon the Cross yet then he was not coming in the Clouds of Heaven neither did then all kinreds of the Earth wail because of him No this is reserved till he comes to judge the World for then shall the ungodly be so put to it that gladly they would creep into the most invincible Rock or Mountain under Heaven to hide themselves from his Face and the Majesty of his Heavenly presence Rev. 6. 14 15 16 17. There shall therefore that this may be brought to passe be a Resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust For though an opinion of no Resurrection may now lull men asleep in security and impiety yet the Lord when he comes will rouse them and cause them to awake not onely out of their security but out of their Graves to their doom that they may receive for their errour the recompence that is meet Secondly The Body of the ungodly must at the last arise out of the Grave because that Body and their Soul while they lived in the World were Co-partners in their lusts and wickedness God is a God of knowledge and by him actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2 3. Eccles. 12. 14. He will therefore bring every work into Judgement with every secret thing And as he will bring into Judgement every work so will he also the worker thereof Revel 20. 12 13 14. even the Dead small and great It is not in God to lay the punishment where the fault is not neither to punish a part of the damned for the whole With righteousness shall be judge the World and the People with Equity shall not the Judge of all the Earth do right Psal. 98. 9. Gen. 18. 25. As therefore the Body was Copartner with the Soul in sinning so shall every man receive the things done in his Body according to what he hath done Wherefore he saith in another place Behold I come quickly and my Reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be Rev. 22. 12. There shall therefore be a Resurrection of the Dead both of the just and unjust 3. The body of the wicked must rise again because as the whole man of the just also that is the Vessel of mercy glory so the whole man of the unjust is the Vessel of wrath and destruction There are saith Paul in a great House not onely Vessels of Gold and of Silver but also of Wood and of Earth and some to Honour and some to dishonour Now as he sheweth us these Vessels to honour they are good men and the vessels to dishonour are the bad 2 Tim. 2. 20 21. Now as these vessels to dishonour are called the vessels of wrath so it is said that God with much long suffering doth suffer them to be fitted to destruction Rom. 9. 22. how they are thus fitted he also further sheweth where he saith They do after their hardness and impenitent heart treasure up wrath against the day of wrath and the Revelation of the righteous Judgement of God Rom. 2. 5. Which treasures of wickedness James saith it is treasured up against the last dayes which is the time of Judgement and observe it He saith that then it shall eat their flesh as it were fire Jam. 5. 12. 3. Now then their Bodies being the vessels of the wrath of God and again seeing with this wrath they must be possessed at the last day that their flesh must with it be eaten it is evident that their body must rise again out of their Graves and before the Judgement Seat appear for it is from thence that each of them must go with his full load to their long and eternal home where their Worm dieth not and their fire is not quenched Mark 9. 47 48. Fourthly The severity of the hand of God towards his Children with his forbearance of his enemies doth clearly bespeak a Resurrection of the ungodly that they may receive the reward for their wickedness which they have committed in this World We know that while the eyes of the wicked start out with fatness the godly are plagued all the day long and chastned every morning Psal. 73. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Wherefore it is evident that the place and time of the punishment of the ungodly it is another World If Judgement begin at the House of God what will the end of them be that obey not the Gospel of God and if the Righteous scarcely be saved where shall the ungodly and sinner appear 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. Alas poor Creatures they now plot against the Righteous and gnash upon them with their teeth but the Lord laugheth at them for he seeth their day is coming for as he saith the wicked is reserved or let alone in his wickedness to the day of destruction and shall then be brought forth to the day of wrath Psal. 37. 12 13. though in the mean time he may go to his Grave in his banner and rest within his Tomb. As Peter saith again Job 21. 29 30 31 32. the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation but to reserve the unjust to the day of Judgement

namely under the black Rod in the Kings black Book where he hath Recorded all his Enemies and Traytors It shall be said of this man of this ungodly man that he was born there Psal. 87. 4. That he lived and dyed in the state of nature and so under the curse of God even as others for as he said of wicked Coniah Jer. 22. 30. Write this man childless so he saith of every ungodly man that so departeth out of this World Write this man Graceless Wherefore I say among the Babylonians and Phylistians among the unbelieving Moors and Pagans his name will be found in the day when it will be inquired where every man was born for God at this day will divide the whole World into these two Ranks the Children of the World and the Children of Zion Wherefore here is the honour the priviledge and advantage that the Godly above the wicked will have at the day of their counting When the Lord maketh mention of Zion it shall be then acknowledged that this and that good man was born in her the Lord shall count saith the Prophet when he wrighteth up the People that this man was born there Psal. 87. 5 6. This man had the work of Conversion of Faith and Grace i● his Soul This man 〈◊〉 Child of Zion of the Heavenly Jerusalem which is also written in Heaven Blessed is the People that are in such a case Gal. 4 26 Heb 12. 22 23. Psal. 144. 1●● But poor Soul Counters will not go for Gold now for though so long as thou didst judge thy self by the crooked rule of thy own reason fancy and affection thou wast pure in thy own eyes yet ●ow th●u must be judged alone by the words and rule of the Lord Jesus Which word shall not now as in times past be wrested and wrung both this way and that to smooth thee up in thy Hypocrites hope and carnall confidence but be thou King or Keser be thou who thou wilt the Word of Christ and that with this interpretation onely It shall judge thee in the last day Joh. 12. 44. Now will sinners begin to cry with loud and bitter cryes Oh! ten thousand Worlds for a saving work of Grace Crowns and Kingdoms for the least measure of saving Faith and for the love that Christ will say is the love of his own Spirit Now they will begin also to see the work of a broken and a contrite spirit and of walking with God as living 〈◊〉 in this World But alas these things appear in their hearts to the damned too late as also do all things else This will be but like the repentance of the Thief about whose neck is the ●alter and he turning off the ladder for the unfortunate hap of the damned will be that the glory of Heavenly things will not appear to them till out of season Christ must now indeed be shewed to them as also the true nature of Faith and all Grace but it will be when the door is shut and mercy gone they will pray and repent most earnestly but it will be in the time of great Waters of the flouds of eternall wrath when they cannot come nigh him 1 Tim. 6. 15. Matth. 25. 10 11. Psal. 32. 6. Well then tell me sinner if Christ shou●d now come to judge the World canst thou abide the tryal of the Book of Life Art thou confident that thy Profession that thy Conversion thy Faith and all other Graces thou thinkest thou hast will prove Gold Silver and precious Stones in this day behold he comes as a Refiners fire and as Full●rs Soap shalt thou indeed abide the melting and washing of this day Examine I say before hand and try thy self unfeignedly for every one that doth ●ruth cometh to the light that their deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God Joh. 3. 21. Thou sayest thou art a Christian that also thou hast repented dost believe and love the Lord Jesus but the question is whether these things will be found of equall length heighth and bredth with the Book of Life Or whether when thou art weighed in the ballance thou wilt yet be found wanting Dan. 5. 27. How if when thou comest to speak for thy self before God thou shouldest say Siboleth instead of Shiboleth that is though almost yet not rightly and naturally the Language of the Christians Judg. 12. 4 5 6. If thou miss but one letter in thy evidence thou art gone for though thou mayst deceive thy own heart with Brass instead of Gold and with Tin instead of Silver Gal. 6. 7. yet God will not be so put off You know how confident the foolish Virgins were and yet how they were deceived They herded with the Saints they went forth from the gross pollutions of the World they every one had shining Lamps and all went forth to meet the Bridegroom and yet they mist the Kingdom They were not written among the living in Jerusalem they had not the true powerful saving work of Conversion of Faith and Grace in their Souls they that are foolish take their Lamps but take no Oyl no saving Grace with them Mat. 25. 1 2 3 4. Thus you see how sinners will be put to it before the Judgment-Seat from these two parts of this Book of Life But Thirdly There is yet another part of this Book to be opened and that is that part of it in which is Recorded those noble and Christian acts that they have done since the time of their Conversion and turning to Christ. Here I say is Recorded the Testimony of the Saints against sin and Antichrist their suffering for the sake of God their love to the members of Christ their patience under the Cross and their faithful frequenting the Assemblies of the Saints and their incouraging one another to bear up in his wayes in the worst of times even when the proud was called happy and when they that wrought wickedness were even set up As he there saith Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard it and a Book of Rememrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon his Name Mat. 3. 14 15 16. For indeed as truly as any person hath his name found in the first part of this Book of Life and his Conversion in the second so there is a third part in which there is his noble spiritual and holy actions Recorded and set down As it is said by the Spirit to John concerning those that suffered Martyrdom for the truth of Jesus Write blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works follow them Rev. 14. 13. And hence it is that the labours of the Saints and the Book of Life are mentioned together signifying that the travels and labours and acts of the godly are Recorded therein Phil. 4. 3. And hence it is again that the Lord