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A32882 Christ in the clouds, or, God's coming to judgment A short treatise, very necessary in these evil and dangerous times, for all those which desire that the day of the Lord may be their day of joy. 1686 (1686) Wing C3931AB; ESTC R215217 9,972 26

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CHRIST IN THE CLOUDS OR GOD's coming to Judgment A short Treatise very necessary in these evil and dangerous times for all those which desire that the day of the LORD may be their day of Joy Mark 13. Ver. 35.36 Watch for ye know not when the Master of the House will come Whether at Evening or at mid-night or at the Cock-crowing or at the Dawning least he come suddenly and find you sleeping LONDON Printed for J. Clark W. Thackeray and T. Passinger Christ in the Clouds OR GOD's coming to Judgment ATheisme and Epicurisme are two Sins most hainous and deadly the Atheist believes there is no God him David confutes Doubtless there is a God that Judgeth the Earth The Epicure believes there is no Judgment after Death him Solomon doth seem to instruct Remember that for all these things you must come to Judgment There is no Christian I think but believes that there shall be a day of Iudgment Mat. 24.30 But when this day shall come none knows for of that day and hour no man knoweth neither the Angels of Heaven but my Father only But although no mans reach is able to determine when that Day and Hour shall be yet may plainly be demonstrated and shown both from the Prophets and Apostles that this Judgment day is near at hand and will most suddenly come upon us It is the mercy of the Holy Ghost to men in Holy Writ to insert these Caveats to put Man in mind of the Iudgment day and that for three special causes 1. That we may be terrified from sin 2. That we might be admonished to the true and sincere worship of God 3. That we might be strengthened in our Faith lest the great terrible day should come upon us unawares and so find us unprovided Since the Foundation of the World we know the time when the Dissolution of the World shall be we are altogether ignorant yet we may justly Prophesie and Presage thus much since Sin and Impiety is now come to that height that it can by no succeeding Ages be aggravated and that Vertue and Godliness are so despised villifyed among impious men that they can never hereafter be less esteemed whe cannot then perceive or is so dust sighted that is not able to apprehend and fore-sée the Dissolution to be at hand Now is that Prophesie of Hosea verifyed There is no truth nor mercy nor knowledg of God in the Land which appeareth by the Cursing Lying Murthers Thefts and Adulterers which now abound So that now as the Prophet Micah hath it The Godly man is perisht from the Earth and there is no just man among the Sons of men Thus Hosea Micah nay all the Prophets do agree in one whereupon saith St. Ambrose When Righteous men perish from off the Face of the Earth the Earth must needs perish also because the godly are the Pith and Marrow of the Earth For as the Trée without Pith and Moisture soon dryeth up so the present World must néeds decay when the Righteous that should uphold it are not to be found in it For this cause as Esay hath it In the City is left Desolation and destruction is in the gates thereof because of their manifold iniquities Christ Iesus himself said As in the Dayes before the Flood they were eating and drinking and Marrying and giving in Marriage till the day of the Flood came and took them away So also shall the Coming of the Son of Man be by reason of the Prophaneness and too much Security Suppose that this Prophesse shall be fulfilled upon our present times and that GOD will say to us as he did to Noah I will destroy you with the World O how unhappy and miserable shall that Man be then that hath not God for his Guide But to the end we may the better discern that we are they upon whom the ends of the World must come there is no better a sign amongst those whom Christ himself gave before them this namely For the Gospel of the Kingdom shall be Preached in all the World for a Witness to all Nations and then shall the end come which is as much as to say according to St. Chrysostom To accuse and reprove those that would not believe the Gospel The same is that of Hilary Then the Apostles being dispersed throughout all the World and the Gospel Preached then shall the Fall of Ierusalem be Nevertheless there are both Learned and unlearned of this opinion that since the World so long after these Prophesies hath continued as before that the end is not near and that the World shall continue still immutable But let them persevere in their opinions for since S. Ambrose Cyprian Chry●ostom and S. Gregory were of opinion That since the Gospel in their time was Preached to all Nations long after their time the World could not indure Surely then it is most probable that this is the Age in which the end must come Now that we have some proof that the World cannot endure long because the Gospel is said to be preached to all Nations Here St. Jerome who was of opinion that there was in his time no Nation that was ignorant of the Gospel of Christ For he saith Although they have no Preacher yet they cannot but hear the Opinion of the Faith of their Neighbouring Nations This Prosper confirms No part of the World is without the Gospel of Christ some of all sorts and of all Nations have knowledg of Christ I could induce a Cloud of opinions but let Ambrose serve for them all The Gospel is Preached the World may be destroyed To conclude this point since probably by this great motive we are induced to believe that the end is at hand and that the day and hour thereof is uncertain it shall stir us up to a more holy course of life least that our Desolation and Confusion overtake us unawares But to the end that we may the better understand and believe what hath béen before shewed the Word of God is a most firm Argument to inform us of the truth of Christ's sudden Coming and that this present Age is the last Age of the World For the spirit expresly saith 1 Tim. 4. That in the later end some shall depart from the Faith giving heed to seducing spirits and Doctrine of Devils speaking Lyes in Hypocrisie and having their Conscience seared with a hot Iron c. And again know this also that in the last dayes perilous times shall come for men shall be Lovers of their own selves Covetous Boasters Proud Blasphemers disobedient to Parents unthankful unholy without natural affection truth-breakers false-accusers Innocent despisers of those that are good High-minded Lovers of Pleasure more than God having the form of Godliness but denying the power thereof Thus far the Apostle which-words St. Cyprian handling saith All things that were foretold are fulfilled and the end of the world draweth near the Prophesies are come to pass both in respect of the men