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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45728	Heavens glory, and hells horror: or, the parable of Dives and Lazarus opened and applied Wherein, the everlasting joy of the saints and the endless torments of the wicked are discovered: for the confort of the one, and terror of the other. By J.H. a servant of Jesus Christ.	Hart, John, D.D.	1662 (1662)	Wing H955; ESTC R216587	16,435	51

blessed Saviour himself he had not so much as a hole to lay his head in not a Cradle to lye in when he was born he who was the bread of life wanted bread to eat in this life he was a man of sorrows augmented with grief con●emned and scorned by the world he who was Lord both of heaven and earth had not so much as a hole to put his head in when he was upon earth Lazarus who is now in Abrahams bosom was laid at the rich mans gate and he who was then full of sores now knows no sorrow he hath all tears now wiped away from from his eyes who might have cryed his eyes out for bread at the rich mans gate they that know no want in the world to come may know nothing but want in this world In the next place as an addition to the lives of them both we have the poor mans humility and the rich mans cruelty and this is first set forth by the smallness of that which Lazarus desired onely a few crumbs he did not come to Dives to beg any of his Lands or Lordships neither any of his messes or costly dishes had Lazarus desired any of these he might have denied him as too hold You know we have a common Proverb amongst us that Beggars must not be chusers and it s not more common then true they that are truly poor will be thankful for the least crumb for the smallest gift Lazarus desired onely to be fed with the crumbs that fell from his table not his dainties And then secondly the rich mans cruelty is here condemned by the compassion of his dogs Dives regarded neither his hunger nor his sores but the d●gs they pittied his wounds they came and licked his sores they did what they could to ease his pains those cruel creatures whose natures are so fierce and cruel and apt to bite and devour they forget their wonted cruelty and as much as in them lyes labour to heal or ease the poor mans sores It s not improbable but that the dogs were let loose purposely to affrighten Lazarus from his gate or else to devour him rich Gluttons usually kéep such fierce and devouring creatures purposely to kéep or frighten the poor from their gates but God can restrain the rage of the fiercest creatures to preserve his people he can shut the mouths of Lions that they devour not Daniel he can cause the Dogs contrary to their natures to lick the sores of Lazarus In the next place we come to give you the deaths both of the beggar and the rich man And it came to pass that the beggar died God hath now given him a writ of ease from all his sores no more sorrow nor pain now no more hunger nor cold nor nakedness God hath released the poor man out of all his miseries From whence we may observe that death to the godly is a blessed priviledge it puts an end to all their woes though heaviness may endure for a night yet joy comes in the morning though poverty losses and disgraces and all kinde of outward afflictions may attend Gods people in this life yet when death comes there 's an end of all these In a word death is the best friend a childe of God hath next to Iesus Christ it doth not onely deliver them from their sorrow but it translates them to their joyes it is the messenger of God their heavenly Father who comes onely to call them home to their Fathers house to inherit those everlasting joyes which God hath prepared for them to all eternity Lazarus was not onely released from his sorrows by death but he is carried by the Angels into Abrahams bosom death takes him from the woes of this world and the Angels they transport him to everlasting glory in the world to come God hath released Lazarus from all his miseries But what becomes of the Glutton The rich man also died and was buried From whence we may observe that neither riches nor honours can prevent death he knocks as well at the Court as at the Cottage he regards Scarlet Gowns and Purple Robes no more then he doth the poorest beggars rags death deprives men of all their honours and riches the rich fool in the Gospel he sings a requiem to his soul and this very night death comes and then whose are all these 'T is neither Purple Robes nor sumptuous Apparel that can prevent death God cuts off wicked men in the midst of their mirth and jollity in the grave there is no difference between the poor and the rich the worms may be finde better fare upon the fat Carkasses of rich Gluttons then of the poor Well the rich man he dyed also what becomes of him afterwards his body that is honourably buried by his friends I but what becomes of his soul that you read is hurried into hell he is huried and in hell he lift up his eyes From whence we may observe That the Lord Iesus Christ doth hereby signifie that men are naturally unwilling to see or take notice of their sad state I say by nature but though now they are willingly ignorant yet in Hell they shall lift up their eyes That is in Hell they shall see and understand their miserable condition and therefore to these words In Hell he lift up his eyes he added being in torment As if he had said Though once they shut their eyes though once they were willingly ignorant yet when they depart into Hell they shall be so miserably handled and tormented that they shall be forced to lift up their eyes For while men live in this world and are in a natural state they will have a good conceit of themselves and of their condition they will conclude that they are Christians and their state to be as good as the best they will conclude they have faith the spirit good hope and an interest in the Lord Iesus Christ but then when they drop into Hell and lift up their eyes there and behold first their soul to be in extream torments their dwelling to be the bottomless pit their company thousands of damned souls also the innumerable company of Devils and the hot scalding vengeance of God not onely to drop but to fall very violently upon them then they will begin to be awakened who all their life time were in a dead sleep I say when this comes to pass as it will then in hell they shall lift up their eyes in the midst of torments they shall lift up their eyes Again you may observe from these words And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torment That the time of the ungodly mens smarting for their sins will be in torments of hell Now here I am put to a stand when I consider the torments of hell into which the damned do fall O unspeakable torments O endless torments Now that thy soul might be made to flée from these t●●●ollerable torments into which the ●amned do go I shall

comfort and hopes of deliverance but here is thy misery this is thy state for ever here thou must be for ever when thou lookest about thee and séest what an innumerable company of howling devils thou art amongst thou shalt think this again this is my portion for ever When thou hast béen in he●l so many thousand years as there are stars in the firmament or drops in the sea or sands on the sea shore yet thou hast to lye there for ever O this one word ever how will it torment thy soul O friends I have only given a very short touch of the torments of hell O! I am set I am set and am not able to utter what my minde conceives of the torments of hell Yet this let me say to thee accept of Gods mercy through our Lord Iesus Christ lest thou feel that with thy conscience which I cannot express with my tongue and say I am sorely tormented in this flame And seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome When the damned are in this pittiful state surrounded with fears with terrors with torment and vengeance one thing they shall have which is this they shall sée the happy and blessed state of Gods children he séeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome which as I said before is the happy state of the Saints when this life is ended This now shall be so far from being an ease unto them that it shall most wonderfully aggravate or heighten their torment as I said before There shall be weeping or cause of lamentation when they shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven and themselves thrust out 2. Observe those that die in their sins are far from going to Heaven He séeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome And indeed it is just with God to deal with them that die in their sins according to what they have done and to make them who are far from righteousness now to stand far from Heaven to all eternity Hearken to this ye stout hearted that are far from righteousness and you that are resolved to go on in your sins when you die you will be far from Heaven you will sée Lazarus but it will be afar off Again he seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome These are some of the things that the damned do behold so soon as they come into torment Mark And he seeth Lazarus in Abrahams bosome Lazarus who was he Why even he that was so slighted so disregarded so unto dervalu●d by this ungodly one while he was in the world he séeth Lazarus in his bosome From whence observe that those who live and dye the enemies of the Saints of God let them be never so great or stout let them hear never so much sway while they are in the world let them brag and boast never so much while they are here they shall in spight of their teeths see the Saints yea the poor Saints even the Lazarus's or the ragged ones that belong to Iesus to be in a better condition then themselves O who do you think was in the best condition or who do you think saw themselves in the best condition he that was in Hell or he that was in Heaven He that was in darkness or he that was in light He that was in everlasting joy or he that was in everlasting torments The one with God Christ Saints and Angels the other in tormenting flames under the curse of Gods eternal hatred with the devils and their angels together with an innumerable company of howling roaring cursing ever burning reprobates Certainly this observation will be ea●●ly proved to be true here in this world by him that looks upon it with an understanding heart and will clear it self to be true in the world to come by such as shall go either to heaven or to hell 2. The second observation from these words And seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome is this ●hey that are the persecutours of the ●aints of the Lord now in this world ●all see the Lords persecuted ones to 〈◊〉 they that are so highly esteemed by ●he Lord as to sit or to be in Abrahams ●●som in everlasting glory though they the enemies to the Children of God and the practice of the Saints did so lightly esteem them that they scorn to let them gather up the dogs meat that falls under their table this is also verified and held forth plainly by this Parable And therefore be not grieved O you that are the tempted persecuted afflicted sighing praying Saints of the Lord though your adversaries look upon you now with a disdainful surly rugged proud and haughty countenance yet the time shall come when they shall see you in Abrahams bosome And then shall they cry to think that Lazarus whom once they slighted must be of them that must sit with Christ it junge or together with Christ to pas● sentence of condemnation on their souls for ever and ever and ever 1 Cor 6.2 3. And also that when the judgement is over and others are taken in to the everlasting Kingdom of Glory then thou must depart back again 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 of darkness from whe●● than camest out to appear before th● terrible Tribunal where thou shalt tormented so long as eternity lasts without the least intermission or ease How sayest thou O than 〈◊〉 proud swearing lying ●●godly wretch whether this be to be slighted and made a mock at And again tell me now if it be not better to leave sin and to close in with Christ Iesus notwithstanding that reproach thou shalt meet with for so doing then to live a little while in this world in pleasures and see●ing thy lusts in neglecting the welfa●e of thy soul and refusing to be justified by Iesus and in a moment to drop down into Hell and so cry O consider I say consider betimes and put not off the tenders of the Grace of our Lord Iesus Christ lest you lift up your eyes in Hell and cry for anguisly of spirit as Dives did For you see here God sends Dives his body his rotten Carkass to his friends but the 〈◊〉 he takes possession of his soul but on the contrary no mourning for Lazarus 〈…〉 is taken for his funeral his Carkass it may be is it ●●●bled into some ●o●e other 〈◊〉 but Lazarus's soul that 's in Glory Many 〈◊〉 Carkasses may be honourably buried whose Soul shall be everlastingly damned From the words thus briefly opened let me give you two or thrée observations In the first place then I observe from hence that there is both a Heaven and a Hell a place of joy and a place of torment in the world to come Secondly I observe from hence that the Souls of the godly so soon as they are separated from their bodies are received into glory Thirdly I observe from hence then that the Souls of wicked man when they dye are immediately sent to Hell when wicked men