heauen with mighty shout with the voyce of the â—rchangel and trumpe of God Such â—albe the manner of the comming of â—esus Christ vnto iudgement And what shall there then ensue S. â—aule sayth Then shal we which liue 〈◊〉 remain be caught vp in the cloudes 〈◊〉 â—â—iete the Lord in the ayre But say â—â—u shall not they that are aliue and â—â—maine in the comming of the Lorde â—nto iudgement dye Yes no dout For â—therwise S. Paule shoulde bée contrarie â— himself in that he sayeth writing to â—he Hebrewes Heb. 9.27 It is decréed that al men â—hal once dye But they that so remain â—nd are aliue in the comming of the Lorde shall not dye by distaunces of â—ymes as they who are spent and conâ—â—ed with diseases and are buried For they shall not bée buried neyther â—hal they dye being wasted and consumed with long sicknes but foorthwith being extinguished forthwith they shâ— be chaunged and shal be caught vp â— the cloudes to méete the Lorde in thâ— ayre Euen as also the Apostle writetâ— in the 15. 1. Cor. 15.51 of the first epistle to the Corinthes We shal not all sleepe but we shal al be chaunged and that in a moment and in the twinkling of an eye aâ— the sounde of the last trumpe Buâ— what shal there become of those bodie which were loosed from the soules before the comming of Christ vnto iudgâ—ment 1. Thes 4.16 Héere S. Paule answereth Thâ— dead in Christ shal first aryse meaninâ— that the bodies that before the comming of Christ vnto iudgement steâ— in the graues shall rise out of thâ— graues at the sounde of the trumpe aâ— the voyce of the Sonne of God 1. Cor. 15.52 Foâ— the trumpe shal blowe the dead shalâ— rise incorruptible they shal be changed For this corruptible shall put 〈◊〉 incorruptibilitie and this mortal shaâ— put on immortalitie And this is thâ— which the Apostle againe concerninâ— this mutation and change writeth tâ— the Philippians Phil. 3.20 Our conuersation is in heauen whence wee looke for the Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ which shal change our vile bodies that they may be like to his glorious body according to the mighty working wherby hee is able to subdue all thinges to himselfe And therefore the Saducees haue fouly erred that denyed the resurrection of the dead whereof Iob béeing fully assured saieth thus Iob. 19.25 I knowe that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shal be couered again with my skinne and shal see God in my fleshe yea and shal beholde him not with other but with these same eyes For if there were no resurrection of the dead which the Saducees affirme then mark you what S. Paule inferreth Mat. 22.23 1. Cor. 15.16 if the dead sayeth he rise not againe then is Christ not risen againe If Christ bée not risen againe then is your fayth in vaine and yet are you in your sinnes and they also that are falleÌ„ a sléepe in Christ are perished And if in this life onely wée beléeue on Christ then are wée of al men the most miserable And what auailed the great patience of Christians in al their troubles and cruel persecutions if this doctrine of the consummation of the world and of the comming of the Lord with al that belongeth theretoo were but a vayne imagination of Christ of the prophetes and Apostles and of all the blessed martyrs in the Church of God What did it aduantage the godly of al others in the world most miserable to suffer most cruel tormentes to bée racked Heb. 11.35 to bée stoned to bée hewen asunder to walke vp downe in sheep skinnes and in goates skinnes in néede tribulation and vexation which the worlde was not woorthy of wandring in wildernesses in mountaines in dennes and caues of the earth and woulde not bée deliuered were there not hope to receaue a better resurrection That I haue fought saieth Paule with beastes at Ephesus 1. Cor. 15.32 after the maner of men what auantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe But wée meruel howe the dry rotten bones can bée fetched out of the 〈◊〉 out of the earth and ashes agayne 〈◊〉 that fetcheth the sunne out of his 〈◊〉 euery morning he that quickneth â—he dead moone euery moneth hée that â—â—â—sed Aaron his rod Num. 17.8 that had béene many yéeres dryed in one night to bud â—â—â—ssom and to beare rype Almondes 〈◊〉 also bring the dry bones out of the graue sea and ashes and cause them to â—care ripe and perfect fleshe And why â—hould we doubt that of a rotten body a perfect body may spring since we sée by dayly experience that of rotten corne perfect corne doeth growe and that of rotten séedes and kernels perfect séedes and kernelles doe come Rom. 8.11 If the spirite of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead dwelleth in you euen hée that raysed vp Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodies 1. Cor. 15.22 For as in Adam all do dye so in Christ shall all bée made alyue 1. Cor. 15.49 As wée haue borne the image of the earthy so shall wée beare the image of the heauenly As for the soules after they bée once loosed from the bodies they reigne eyther with Christ or with SataÌ„ eyther in eternâ— glory or in euerlasting sorrow Whicâ— maketh to the vtter subuersion ouerthrow of the popish purgatory of twâ— daÌ„nable opinioÌ„s of twoo sortes of Heretikes the one called Arabici the otheâ— Dormitantij the one affirming that â— soule doeth dye together with the body and that in the resurrection they shall both bée raised vp together The other affirming that the soules doe sléepe till the day of iudgement then to bée awaked and then to receaue either damnation or saluation Both which opinions are most wicked and contrary to scripture For first that the soule liueth that it is immortal and incorruptible after that it is once loosed from the body the examples and testimonies of holy scripture doe declare Dauid no doubt beléeued the immortalitie of the soule For when hée perceaued that the child was dead hée wept no more but saide 2. Sam. 12.23 I shal goe to him but he shal not come againe to mée The widowes sonne of Sarepta fel sicke and dyed and Elias tooke him out of her bosom 1. Reg. 17.19 and laid him on the bed and stretched himâ—â—â—fe vpon the childe thrée tymes and â—â—led vnto the Lord praying that the â—â—â—es soule might come into him aâ—â—â—ne And the Lord heard the voyce of â—e Prophet and the soule of the childe 〈◊〉 into him againe and hée reuiued The soule therfore doeth not dye with â—he body The wyse man sayeth that â—he body which hée nameth dust shall returne to earth as it was Eccles 12.7 but the spirit vnto the Lord that gaue it And in â—he second of Wisdom Wisd
2.3 intreating of the â—â—aginations of the wicked which say That after this life their bodyes â—halbe as ashes that are quenched and that their soules shal vanish away as the soft ayre hée sayeth That they doe not vnderstand the mysteries of the Lord that they haue no hope of the rewarde of the righteous that they regard not she woorship that holy blessed soules shall haue Wisd 3.1 And in the chapter following speaking of the soules of the righteous hée saieth That they are in the handes of God and that the feare of death shal not touche them Luke 16.22 The paâ—ble of the rich man and Lazarus 〈◊〉 euidently and plainly proueth vnto that the soule doeth not dye with body For the soule of Lazarus was ried by the Angels into Abraham bosom and the soule of the riche 〈◊〉 was buried in hel Our sauiour in 〈◊〉 10. of Matth. Mat. 10.28 comforting his disciplâ— willeth them not to feare them tâ— kil the body and bée not able to kill soule The soule therefore doeth not dâ— with the body Secondly that the souâ— doe not sléepe til the day of iudgemeâ— the testimonies of the scripture doe dâ—clare In the 23. of Luke Luke 23.43 our Sauioâ— sayd to the theefe that did hang on tâ— one side of him vpon the Crosse Thâ— day thou shalt be with mee in paradisâ— As much to say Thou shalt bée wiâ— mée in a place of singular quietnes aâ—â— pleasure not there to sléepe till the daâ— of iudgement but without all peraâ—uenture to liue and to raigne witâ— Iesus Christ in eternall glory Apo. 6.9.10 And 〈◊〉 the 6. of the Reuelation it is declared that Iohn sawe vnder the altar the â—â—les of them that were killed for the â—ord of God and for the testimony â—hat they had crying with a loude voice 〈◊〉 saying Howe long tarriest thou Lord holy and true to iudge and to â—auenge our blood on them that dwell â—on the earth The soules then doe not â—â—éepe til the day of iudgement neither doe they perish with the bodies but being loosed by death from the same are carried eyther vnto eternall ioy or els â—â—to euerlasting sorrowe vnto which â—he bodies shal bee gathered in the last day to receaue euery one according to that which they haue done whether it bée good or euill For it standeth with she eternal iustice of the eternall God she righteous iudge that euery man shal receaue according to his desertes Heereof Daniel prophesied whose wordes bée these Daniel 12.2 Many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall awake some to euerlasting life some to perpetual shame and reproofe And in the third of the Prophet Malachy Mal. 3.5 I myselfe wil come and bée a swift vâ—nes against witches against aduouâ—rers against false swearers yea and â—gainst those that wrongfully kéep bâ—â— the hyrelings dutie which vex the wâ—dowe and the fatherlesse and oppreâ— the stranger and feare not mee sayeâ— the Lord of hoastes Eccles 11.9 In the 11. chaptâ— of the bâ—oke of the Preacher it is sayd Be gladde o thou young man in thâ— youth and let thine hart be mery in thâ— yong dayes follow the wayes of thyâ— owne hart and the lust of thyne eyeâ— But bee thou sure that God shall brinâ— thee into iudgement for al these thingâ— Hee derideth those that set their delighâ— in worldly pleasures as though Goâ— woulde not call them to account theâ— which nothing is surer For we must aâ— appeare before the iudgement seate oâ— Christ that euery man may receaue thâ— workes of his body 2. Cor. 5.10 according to thaâ— which hee hath done whether it be good or bad Hée wil come shortly anâ— his reward is with him Apo. 22.12 to geue euerâ— man as his woorke shalbée Rom. 9.7 Prayse honour and immortallitie to them that â—time in well doing and séeke eterâ—â—ll life but vnto them that are rebelâ—â—â—â— and disobey the trueth shal come â—ignation wrath tribulation and â—â—â—â—she vpon the soule of euery one â—â—â—t doeth euill of the Iewe first and â—â— the Gentile 2. Thes 1.6 For it is verily a righteâ—â—s thing with God to recompence â—â—ibulation to them that trouble you 〈◊〉 to you which are troubled rest â—â—th vs when the Lorde Iesus shall â—â—we him selfe from heauen with his â—ighty Angelles in flaming fire renâ—â—â—â— vengance vnto them that know â—t GOD and to them that obey not â—â—to the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christ which shall be punished with eâ—erlasting damnation from the preâ—ence of the Lorde and from the glory â—f his power when he shall come to bée â—lorified in his Saints and to be made â—eruellous in all them that beléeue â—ohn saw by Reuelation the dead Apoc. 20.10 both â—â—eat and smal stand before the Lorde 〈◊〉 the booke to be opened and the dead to bee iudged out of that which waâ— written according to theyr deedes And hée that was not written in thâ— booke of lyfe was cast into the lake 〈◊〉 fire Iude. 1.14.15 And no doubt the time draweth when this that Iohn saw by Reuelation shall bée fulfilled when the Lorâ— shall come with thousandes of Saint to giue iudgement against all men anâ— to rebuke al the vngodly among them of all their vngodly déedes which theâ— haue vngodlyly committed and of aâ— their cruell speakinges which vngodâ— sinners haue spokeÌ„ against him whicâ— it must néedes followe as a necessarâ— consequent that the state of good meâ— in the comming of Iesus Christ vnâ— iudgement shal be most glorious anâ— the state of the wicked most miserablâ— Which commeth to passe cleane coâ—trary in this wicked world wheâ— most coÌ„monly the godly are with trâ—â—bles tormented with banishment pâ—nished with the losse of goodes impoâ—rished with all miseries ouerwhelmeâ— But contrariwise the wicked are wiâ— delycat fare nourished with goodes inriâ—â—â—d with offices preferred for autoâ—â—e honoured as the Prophet Dauid in â—â—se words doth bitterly coÌ„plaine Psal 37.4 My â—â—ete were almost gon my treadings â—ad well nigh slipt And why I was â—reued at the wicked to see the vngodâ—y in such prosperitie For they are in â—o perill of death but are lusty and â—roÌ„g They come in no misfortune like â—ther folk neither are they plaged like â—ther men Their eies swel with fat â—hey do euen what they list Vers 12. And a litle â—â—ter Beholde these prosper in the â—orld these haue riches in possession Iob. 21.9 The houses of the wicked saith Iob are â—eaceable without feare and the rodde â—f the Lord is not vpon them Their â—ullock gendreth and fayleth not their â—â—we calueth and casteth not her â—alfe They sende foorth their chilâ—ren like Shéepe and their Sonnes â—eade the daunce And therefore there â—â—st be of necessitie an other life after â—his lyfe in which according to the 〈◊〉 iudgement of GOD euery one may receiue according to their workâ— be they good or bad eternall
A SERMON preached in S. Peters Church in Exceter the 6. day of December last wherin is intreated of the second comming of â—hrist vnto iudgement of the end of the world By Iohn Chardon maister of Art and preacher of the word of God 1. Pet. 4. vers 7. Novv the end of all things is at hand Be ye therfore sober and vvatching in prayer Jmprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson 1580. To the right worshipfull Sir Gawen Carew Knight Iohn Chardon wisheth prosperity in this lyfe and in Christ Iesus our sauiour lyfe euerlasting I Had no sooner ended this Sermon rightworshipful but some of my very familiar friends wished and in maner vrged me to coÌ„mend the same â—o you or to the good Lady your wife vnto whose request I thought good the rather to yeeld for that I knewe right well what stoare you made of the Word Mat. 13.46 being a pearle of greate price a rich treasure and â—n incomparable Iewell Mat. 13.44 the very â—ode of mans soule the sworde of â—he spirit Eph. 6.17 Heb. 4.12 more sharpe thaÌ„ any two â—dged swoorde which entreth â—hrough euen vnto the deuiding sunder of the soule and the spirit and of the ioynts and the maroâ— In consideration whereof I offâ— this my poore trauell vnto you praying you to accept the same as token of my good wil. And albeâ— I cannot compare with the rich who of their superfluities are won to adde vnto the offerings of God yet I of my penurie am willing with the poore widowe Luk. 21.2 to cast iâ— the substance I haue euen the mitâ— to the augmentation of the treasury of the Lord. Which if I perceaue to be accepted your worship shall encourage mee to greater trauelles And so I betake you to the Lorde Heuytre The second of Ianuary 1579. Yours in the Lord to be commanded I. Chardon Hosea 4.1 AVdite verbum Domini filij Israël quia iudiciuÌ„ domino cum habitatoribus terrae non est enim â—â—ritas non est misericordia non est scientia Dei in terra Maledictum mendacium homiciâ—â—â— furtum adulterium inundauerunt â—â—â—guis sanguinem tetigit Propter hoc lugebit terâ—a infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea Hoseae 12.2 â—â—dicium dominicum Iuda visitatio super Iacob â—â—â—ra vias eius Ergo quìd euigilas nummorum condere saccoâ— QuÃdue modus rabidae nullus auaritiae Quid gestis cupidè terras coniungere terris Quìd te Mammonae possidet alta sitis Quìd tibi concilias tam largo foenore nummos Quìd spolias fratres non miserande tuos Quìd iugulas teneros quos Christus diligit agnos Ioan. 13.1 Quìd Christo charas perdite perdis oues Quid non mendaces quìd non mendacia linquis Quìd violas magni iussa tremenda Dei Quid tua non linquis periuria furta rapinas Quìd tua sic lacerat liuida lingua bonos Quìd sic scortaris quìd non piget ire Corinthuâ—â—â— Quìd fuscant oculos blanda venena tuos Quìd non emendas mores vestigia gressus Quì sibi vult tantus cultus amórque mali Quìd sic decurris furiosae more iuuencae Quìd tollis cristas terra cinÃsque tuas Quìd sic defectu miserorum corporalanguent Horrea frumento quìd tua plena iacent Quìd non producis granorum durus aceruos Quìd sepelis tanti munera tanta Dei Quìd Lazarum spernis quem morte redemit Iesus â—â—ke 16.21 QuÃdue tui superant te pietate canes Quìd non scripturas voluis medicamina vitae Quìd non sacratum voluis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Volue reuolue precor sic disces iussa Iehouae Sic bene compones ordine quaeque suo Dudum terra fuit subito concussa tremore Aduentus magni tessera certa Dei Io. Chardonâ—s Vigilate igitur Mar. 13.35 nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniet vespere an media nocte an in gallicinio an manè ne quum repentè venerit inueniat vos dormientes 〈◊〉 5.9 Quae autem dico vobis omnibus dico vigilate Index ante ianuam adstat 〈◊〉 22.20 Dicit qui testatur ista Etiam venio citò Amen Etiam veni domine Iesu Luke 21. vers 25. THere shal be signes in the Sunne in the Moone and in the starres in the earth the people shal bee at theyr â—ittes end through dispaire The sea the water shal roare and mens hartes shall faile them for feare and for looking after those thinges which shall come on the earth for the powers of heauen shal moue And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude with power great glory When these thinges begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nye And he shewed them a similitude Behold the figge tree and al other trees when they shoote foorth theyr buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that sommer is then nigh at hande So likewyse ye also when ye see these thinges come to passe bee sure that the kingdom of God is nigh Verily I say vnto you this generation shal not passe til al bee fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe Take heed to your selues lest your hartes bee oueâ— come with surfetting drunkennese and cares of this life and that that daâ— come not on you vnwares For as 〈◊〉 snare shal it come on al them that dweâ— on the earth Watch therfore continually and pray that you may obtaynâ— grace to flee al this that shal come anâ— that you may stand before the sonne oâ— man THis Gospel beloued intreateth oâ— the second comming of our Sauiour Iesus Christe vnto 〈◊〉 iudgement it confirmeth that article of our fayth by which we confesse and beleeue that the same Iesus which take fleshe of the virgin which suffered vnder Pontius Pilate which was buried which rose againe the thirde day from the dead and which ascended into heauen shal come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke the dead when all that are in the graues shall â—eâ—re the voice of the Sonne of God Iohn 5. â—9 â—â—d shal come foorth they that haue â—â—ne good to the resurrection of life â—â—d they that haue done euil to the resurrection of damnation Wherof our Sauiour tooke occasion to speake by â—eason of the talke that he had with his â—â—sciples about the temple of IerusaleÌ„ For when the disciples wondered at â—he gorgeous decking of the Temple with goodly stones and costly iewels â—â—e sayd that the time shoulde come Luke 21. â— in which it should be destroied that there should not be left one stone vpon anoâ—â—er that should not be throweÌ„ down Then the disciples asked him saying Maister when shal these things be And â—hie tolde them of certain signes and tokens which should goe before