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A07289	Saint Peters watch word the end of all things is at hand / digested into eight chapters, and published by R.M. minister ; perused and allowed.	Mavericke, Radford, b. 1561?	1603 (1603)	STC 17683A; ESTC S450	71,286	178

in sense Heare the ende of all feare God and keepe his commaundements which is the whole dutie of man for God will bring euerie worke vnto iudgement with euery secreate thing whether it be good or bad that is to the ende the good and godly may bee approued and rewarded the wicked and vngodly reproued and condemned Saint Paule the great Doctor of vs Gentiles 2. Cor. 5.10 vseth almost the same wordes saying None shall escape Gods iudgement We must all appeare before the tribunall or iudgement seate of Christ that euery one may receyue the things that are done in this life whether it be good or euill And in an other place reprouing the hastie and rash iudgement of some hee saith Rom. 14.10 Why dost thou iudge thy brother Meaning rashly or before the time or why dost thou despise thy brother Meaning in doing thinges that are indifferent presently he addeth Wee shall all appeare shortly before the iudgement seat of Christ where euerie one shall receiue a righteous iudge-ment And he also confirmeth his testimony out of the prophesie of Esay where it is written Esay 45.23 I liue saith the Lord and euery knee shall bow to me Meaning when hee commeth vnto iudgement for nowe many knees bow vnto Baal and many other Idols and all tongues euen the wicked shall confesse that is shall acknowledge Gods righteous iudgements And then the Apostle concludeth that euery one of vs shal giue accoūt of himself to God And seeing the Apostle doth alledge this former testimonie of the Prophet Esay to proue the iudgement to come we may here adde another proofe out of the same Prophet where it is sayd Esay 6 Behold the Lord will come with fire and with Chariots like a whirlewinde that he may recompence his anger with wrath and his indignation with flames of fire Hereunto agreeth that euident place of Saint Peter where purposely hee speaketh entreateth at large of this generall iudgemēt saying The day of the Lord will come as a Theefe in the night 2. Pet. in the which day the heauens shall passe away with a noyse the element shall melt with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall be burnt vp And a little before the same Apostle saith The Lord knoweth how to deliuer the godly out of temptation and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement to be punished The Prophet Ioel also speaketh of this great and fearefull iudgement 〈…〉 31. when hee saith The Sunne shall be turned into darkenes and the Moone into blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord come The Prophet Malachy likewise as al the rest of the Prophets doe 〈…〉 4.1 which would be tedious to reherse speaketh of this great and feareful day of the Lord. Behold saith he the day commeth that shall burne like an Ouen and all the proude and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and that day that commeth shall burne them vp saith the Lord of hostes And the Prophet Dauid euerie where maketh mention of this iudgement 〈…〉 1. The God of Gods euen the Lord hath spoken Then he sayth Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence a fire shall deuoure before him and a mightie tempest shall bee moued round about him he shall call the heauen aboue and the earth to iudge his people Againe Say among the Nations the Lord raigneth he shall iudge the people in righteousnes Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad before the Lord for hee commeth to iudge the earth he will iudge the world with righteousnes and the people with his truth And not onely haue the Patriarkes Prophets and Apostles remembred vnto vs this great and dreadfull day of iudgement but euen Christ Iesus the iudge himself hath beene most carefull to forewarne vs of this day knowing how carelesse and retchlesse the world would bee in this last and doting age of the worlde insomuch that when the Sunne of man commeth he shal scarce find faith on the earth iniquitie shal be encreased and the loue that should bee betweene man and man waxing cold In the foure twentieth and fiue and twentieth of Mathew Math. 2● 25. in the thirteenth of Marke in the seuenteenth and one and twentieth of Luke and in diuers other places in the Gospel doe the euangelists record vnto vs the speeches and admonitions which our sauiour vseth touching his second comming vnto iudgement vnto which places for breuities sake I referre the Readers for this time the rather for that I shall haue occasion hereafter to note the chiefest of them when I shal speake of the maner of this iudgement and of the preparation which the faithfull ought to make against that day These few testimonies alreadie alledged are abundant proose vnto the faythfull and godly And therefore I may here say vnto any one that shal read this chapter 〈…〉 rest●●● 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 as a good writer saith speaking of the beginning of the worlde and the creation thereof Si credis satis tibi dictum est si non credis nihil tibi satis faciet If thou be a faithfull beleeuer there is inough spoken to satisfie thee if thou be an Infidel or an Atheist nothing will satisfie or content thee yet that the vngodliest Athiest may bee the more inexcusable if hee shall happen to reade this Booke it shall not grieue mee to adde some oher authorities and reasons fitting this mater we haue in hand not that any thing that can bee spoken can adde any weight to the proofes alreadie alledged out of the Scriptures but only to fight with the wicked ●●●ing ●dde ●o●itie 〈◊〉 scrip●●●● and to wound them as it were with their owne weapons who euery where builde vp their fortresses of reason and dispise or neglect he word of God which is able to throw down the strongest holdes and ought to bring into captiuitie all the thoughts and imaginations of man Wherefore if the wandring thoughts of the wicked Athiests wil not yeeld con●●nt vnto this truth what reason haue ●●●y to gain-say it Surely none other but bare denials and because they woulde willingly not haue any iudgmēt though their consciences summon thē to iudgement euery day therefore they willingly cheerish and maintain this opinion that there shall be none at all And why maruell we at this seeing they sticke not to denie that there is a God that the soule is immortall that there shal be any resurrection from the dead and therefore no iudgement to bee looked for that the world had any beginning and therefore shal neuer haue ending This proceedeth wel inough for indeed to denie one One absu●ditie dra●● on anot●●● is to denie all as to grant one is to graunt all graunt the first that their is no God and all the rest follow of necessitie And why I beseech you doe they not aswell denie that there is a sunne in the

bright sonne of the Gospell began to rise as soone as the Son of righteousnesse was borne he hath run his course and hath spred the bright beames of hi● heauenly light by his Apostles and faithfull preachers in all corners of the world sometimes here and some times there which heat of the sunne or Gospel wh●● it hath ripened and brought foorth th● liuely fruits of faith in the harts of Go●● children hardned the wicked to the●● greater condemnation then shall th● same sunne of the Gospell begin to s●● when the true sonne of righteousnes 〈◊〉 appeare in the heauens with power a●● great glory glory so that it is not to be doubted but the Gospell hath beene already published among all nations notwithstanding the preaching thereof shal cōtinue I trust vnto the end of the world Now touching the other questiō whither the kingdome of Antichrist shall also cōtinue vntill the end of the world I know it is doubtfully disputed of among many Diuines some gathering out of the 18. of the Reuelation and other places not onely that it shall haue a suddaine and grieuous fall as no doubt it shall but also are thereby lead to thinke that new Rome which is spiritually called Babilon like as olde Rome also was shal be vtterly rased and ouerthrowne before the ende of ths world whereat all the wicked great ones of the world that hitherunto haue supported her and reioyced in her brauery shal lament and weepe and also hereupon some haue mooued questions disputed vpon what Christian Princes they are that are most likely by force of armes to giue this great and finall ouerthrow to the kingdome of Antichrist All this is probably collected by some out of that place others of the Reuelation where is mention made of the fall of Babilon now there is no doubt as I haue said by the fall of Babilon is meant the destruction of Rome and of Antichrist which hath his chiefe seate at Rome for therein all the godly learned agree I will onely alleadge the authority of Master Bullinger in his exposition vpon that place of the 18. of the Reuelation whose wordes are these He pursueth saith he meaning the Author of the Reuelation throughout all the eighteene Chapter the destruction of olde and newe Rome also of Heathennisme and Antichristianisme and that with a marueilous plentie and euidence of speech euen so that you would thinke you sure all things presently accomplished And he vseth also saith he a most godly order For first the Angell declareth the destruction of Rome with most apt and fit words Secondly counsell is giuen to the godly how to behaue themselues in so great dangers then is added the maner of the desolation that like as Rome hath greedily and cruelly spoyled and destroyed other Nations euen so it shall befall vnto her also after this a lamentation is made wherein the Princes and Marchants doe mourne for the ruine of Rome where they also recite the riches and pleasures Finally the Apostles and Prophets reioyce of the iust Iudgement of God Againe saith hee the Angell of the Lord casteth a milstone into the bottome of the Sea that so the most certaine vnrecouerable and most weightie destruction of Rome might be signified whereunto againe are annexed the causes of so greiuous euils and the same finished with the praise and gratulation of all the heauenly dwellers hitherto Master Bullinger By this therefore it appeareth plainely enough that by the fall and destruction of Babilon is meant the fall destruction of Rome together with the whole kingdome of Antichrist But when this finall fall and vtter destruction shall be or by whom it shall be accomplished Master Bullinger neither many other godly and learned men doe determine rather Bullinger as also many others are of opinion that Antichrist and his kingdome shall in some decaying and ruinous sort continue vnto the ende of the world for so he oftentimes affirmeth in his booke vpon the reuelation And in the end of his first sermon that he maketh vpon the 18. Chapter he thus concludeth Here now saith he the iudgment of God for as much as she is proud meaning the Sea of Rome which presently before he calleth the Lady of al realms and Churches for as much saith he as she is proud vaine glorious carelesse and wicked in one day shal come her plagues by which one day as he noteth out of Aretas is signified a sudden destruction and that she should then perish when she least thought of it and her plagues he saith Saint Iohn reciteth in order death mourning famine and fire And Stories saith he testifie that these things were by the Gotthes fulfilled accordingly in olde Rome whereof saith he I haue spoken before Therefore he addeth we doubt nothing at all but that new Rome also shall by men and Gods Angels marke his speech be torne a sunder and pluckt vp by the rootes by men and Gods Angels now how well the exposition of this godly man doth agree with that euident place of the Apostle in the second of the second to the Thessalonians is not hard to be discerned for no sooner hath the Apostle spoken of the reueiling of Antichrist but presently he maketh mention of his destruction for saith he Then shall that wicked man meaning Antichrist be reueiled whom the Lord shall consume by the spirite of his mouth and shall abolish at the brightnesse of his comming By meanes of which place or contrary to the meaning of this place I suppose no man may determine but that Antichrist and his tottering kingdome may continue till the end of the world no otherwise then a most ruinous and decayed Castle which shall dayly be battered downe with the power of Gods word preached by men but shall vtterly be subuerted and abolished by the brightnesse of Christs comming vnto Iudgement by the power of his Angels agreeable to that saying of Bullinger before noted that newe Rome meaning thereby the whole power and kingdome of Antichrist shall by men and Gods Angels be torne a sunder pluckt vp by the rootes Wherefore I am also of opinion that it is a safer way to perswade the children of God to indure in all places with patience the tyranny of Antichrist though it doe continue to the end of the world thē to cause thē vpon vncertaine coniectures to expect the ending of his tyrannies and ouerthrow of his kingdome before the King of kings shall come in his glory And withall let vs not cease to admonish warne all Nations and people of the world to beware if they be farre of that they come not neare vnto his Romish Babilon if they be neare or in her that they fly far from her and that speedily that they defile not themselues with the filthinesse of that Romish beast that they receiue not his marke in their right hand or in their fore-heads if they haue already beene marked that they wash it out c●eane againe by