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Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment by Thomas Vincent ...
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Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.
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undergone could you eat and drink and sleep and not pray to God which was more necessary than any thing which is mâ—st necessary for your bodies and if there was no worship of God at home could not you have looked alroad were there none lived neer you who would have been glad of your company in the worship of God and way to Heaven could yâ—u finde out no religious young men or women suittble to your degree who would have quickned you and heartned you against discouragements Did not you devote your selves rather to the service of some lusts and were glad of any excuse when conscience would have minded you of your duty towards God Take them Devils binde them hand and foot 4. Come forth all ye Sabbath-breakers you that have spent the day in sleeping in eating and drinking to excess who instead of holy meditations have been thinking and contriving your worldly business instead of religious conferences have discoursed only of earthly matters instead of going to Church to worship God have walked into the Fields and spent the time in recreations or if you have seemed to give God a half-day service by your presence at Church one part of the day yet have worshipped him only with your bodies when your hearts were removed far from him had not you an express command for the Sabbaths observation and if the day of first institution were changed was the day and worship thereof laid aside and ceased to be a duty If the Iews were obliged to keep a day holy were not the Christians much more Was not the Sabbath made for man was it not his Priviledge to take that time for holy rest and worship and did the Gospel straiten mens Priviledges Did not the morral Law of which Sabbath observation was one precept bind throughout all generations could you call other daies holy which the Scripture gave no warrant for and not observe that holy day which you were enjoined Did not God allow you six daies for labour in your Callings and was it unequal for him to take one day for his own worship had he eased you of the burdensome Ceremonies under the Law and was the Sabbath so burdensome to you could you reasonably hope to enter into eternal rest and keep a Sabbath in Heaven if you would not celebrate the appointed Sabbaths on Earth Were not the works of the Creation and Redemption worthy your memorial was not communion with God in Ordinances desirable had you no need of those spiritual provisions which God did use to deal forth on the Sabbath daies to them that waited upon him for them What! not worship God either in your own houses nor in his house neither on the week-day nor Sabbath-day could your sometimes could and formal services be counted worship Did you think that lip-prayers would ever be heard by God that searcheth and requireth the heart Did you think that Sermons un-minded un-remembred which you did neither believe nor were affected with would be effectual to save you Take them Devils binde them hand and foot 5. Come forth all ye swearers and profaners of the Name of God Did you never read nor hear the third Commandement which forbad this sin Did you never hear of my strict Injunction that you should not swear at all in your discourses but that your communication should be yea and nay Were you never told that swearers would fall into condemnation Was the Great and dreadful Name of God of so little regard that you could not only use it irreverently so frequently but also even tear it in pieces by your oaths What profit did you get by your swearing and are you like to sustain no loss what pleasure did you find in your swearing and are you like to reap no litterness was it for your honour to swear by the Name of God or rather was it not for your dishonour but how did you dishonour God What an affront did you offer to him hereby you call'd upon him sometimes to damn and sinke you can you speake in that language now now damnation is so near you Worms could not God have trodden you under his feet or crusht you as easily as you could do a flie every time you profaned his Name and because he was patient would you presume because he did not presentlie punish did you dare him and flie in his face to provoke his fury You have sworn in your solly and have not repented and God hath sworn in his wrath and will not repent that you shall never enter into his rest Take them Devils binde them hand and foot 6. Come forth all yee scoffers at Religion and the zealous Professors thereof who thought and spake of Religion as if it had been a fancie and cunningly devised Fable and of the most holy humble and self-denying Christians as if they were the most mean-spirited foolish and contemptible People upon Earth and have used the name of a Saint in derision and Proverb of reproach Have you the same minde now that Religion was but a fancy Is your Resurrection and my appearance but a fancie Is your punishment eternallie in Hell like to be bus a fancie Had you not a sure ground and bottome for your faith in the Scriptures Could you have desired more reasonable evidence of things done before your age Could you laugh at Scripture-threatnings And can you laugh now you are come to Execution Could you contemn Gospel-promises And are they so contemptible now in your eies when now you see the accomplishment of them before you Against whom was it that you opened so wide a mouth Whom was it that you did flout and scorn What my Disciples because they were meek and humble and did not take the pleasures of sin with you and were strict in their profession and conversation What think you of them now Were they so mean-spirited and contemptible Were they so foolish which made so wise a choice Did they well or ill in staying till this time for their happiness Look upon the Persons now whom once you scorned and thought unworthie of your companie Was it so ridâ—culous a thing to be a Saint as you imagined Was not shining with them in glory at all desirable Would not you be glad to be numbred amongst them now Why do you not laugh and fleer at the Saints now Yee fooles and blinde sots do you know what you sâ—oft at Could you see no excellencie in Holiness and the Divine Nature in my Image which was engraven upon them Did ever any Man of understanding laugh at the light of the Sun They were lights in the dark World where they lived what mock at Holiness hereby you mocked at God himself who is so infinitelie glorious in this attribute and hereby distinguished from all his Creatures vile Wretches Take them Devils binde them hand and foot 7. Come forth all yee Persecutors of my Disciples Was it not enough for you to mock them but you must persecute them too Was it
â—icked on the earth will behold them and great â—â—ar will fall upon them But O the fear and â—â—ouble which will be upon the spirits of those â—nbelieving Christ-less grace-less sinners whose 〈◊〉 de shall at that day be amongst the believers â—nd some of them linked in the nearest relations 〈◊〉 them when their believing relations shall be â—aught away from them and carried up into the air with the rest of the glorious train of Saints when themselves shall remain below upon the earth It is said that at the time of Christ coming Luke 17. 34 35 36. Two men shall be in one bed the one shall be taken the other left two women shall be grinding together the one shall be taken and the other left two men shall be together in the field the one shall be taken the other left Friends will be together at that day as at other times not expecting Christs comming and it may be less expecting it than before they did some will be in fields together some in houses together some will be in beds together some will be in Churches together it may be Ministers preaching and people hearing as you are hearing me this day Suppose that the heavens should just now open and you should hear the sound of the last Trumpet and Jesus Christ should descend with a glorious train of Angels into the air then all yoâ— that are believers and have got an interest iâ— Christ would immediately be caught up in thâ— clouds to meet with the Lord but all you thaâ— are impenitent and unbelievers would be left behind and think what terrour would fall upon you to see us caught away from you it may be somâ— of you might come hanging about me and otherâ— when you see us arrayed in shining garments anâ— suddenly changed into the glorious likeness 〈◊〉 our Lord and called by the Angels to go up 〈◊〉 him O take us up along with you what wiâ—â— you leave us behind Alas what can I do for 〈◊〉 then I must say I told you of this time and this before but you did not seriously regard it so as to prâ—pare I called you often to repentance and preachâ—â— Iesus Christ to you and shewed you the way of saâ—â—vation but you would not accept of him ye refused him and lived in the neglect of your own salvation I told you if you did not forsake such and such sins they would be your ruine and yet you would not be perswaded to leave them I forewarned you of the miseries which would come upon you at Christs coming but you would not take warning Fain would I have had you all up along with me to meet my Lord and if I could have been instrumental to convert and turn you unto him my joy and crown would have been the greater O how glad should I have been of your companie in this Triâ—mph some did hearken and believe some did awaken when they were called and repent and reform their lives some were wise and did fore-think and make provision for this day and now see how they shine see the mirth and joy in their countenances see the issue and fruit of their tears and self-denial of their faith and love and holy walking Now now we are going together to our Lord whom we have sought and served and trusted for our happiness and O that you would have hearkned and been perswaded to have joined your selves to our number that we might have gone together O that you would have joined your selves to our Lord and have had fellowship with them who hed fellowship with the Father and his Son Iesus Christ and broken â—ff your fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness and workers of iniquity but you would go on in the broad way because it was more easie the way to heaven was too narrow and difficult for you if profession would have been enough and external joyning you selves to Gods people would have brought you to heaven this some of you could do with readiness sufficient but when you must have a power as well as a form and when you must mourn for sin crucifie the flesh mortifie the deeds of the body deny your selves take up the cross be so strict in your lives make conscience of thoughts words and all your actions this you could not away with you could brook to be religious sometimes by the by and when you had nothing else to do but to make it your business to be religious you could not endure you could put on a forme and outward vizard of godliness on the Sabbath daies but to be religious on the week daies and every day to be holy in all manner of conversation this was too much and a hard saying which you could not bear and if you did not like the terms of the Gospel and would be the servants of the Devil whilst you seemed to be the servants of Christ and go on covertly in the way to Hell whilst you seemed to be going in the way to Heaven what can I do for you now I thought you would have shined and gone with us when you shined so much in profession and is your Lamp now gone cut when the Bridegroom is come â—las who can supply you now with Oyle I have little enough for my self and none to spare for you and do you ask me for Oyle alas if I had enough I could not part with it and put any into your vessels â—t Now now it is too late I came with Oyle often to sell from my Lord and Master and you might have had it for nothing you might have bought it without money and without price but then you slighted and refused all prâ—ffers of grace which were made you valued your lusts which you must have parted withall 〈◊〉 it at a higher rate you refused the Oile altogether or at leâ—st took no more than would light your Lamps you would not receive any into the vessels of your hearts and do you think I can supply you with Oyle now Sâ—me of you had convictions once in the time of the Plague when death raged amongst you and â—â—me good worke was beginning then in you and is 〈…〉 off and come to nothing and dwindled into an empty profession Alas what shall I do for you now You know I ventured my life for you to preach to you when the arrows were flying so thick about you I ventured my liberty for you my health for you and was often spent for you and amongst you that I might be instrumentall to call and save you but when the thunder of Iudgments was a little over and out of hearing you quickly dropt asleep and the voice of preaching could not enter your ears and awaken you Alas why do you look upon me now with such rufull countenances and stand with such trembling joints and speak so earnestly unto me as if something might yet be done for you and are loath to let me go from your company Alas what can I do for