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B03760	Christ's last sermon, or, The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the world to come. Exactly describing the everlasting, blessed, and happy condition of the children of God in glory for ever: with the everlasting, endlesse, and caseless [sic] condition of wicked men in the world to come forever. Set forth for the comfort of the godly, and for the terror of the ungodly. / By a godly, able and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, J.H.	Hart, John, D.D.	1664 (1664)	Wing H940B; ESTC R177841	23,456	47

a rich tr●●sury the store-house of God himself into 〈◊〉 which he hath been treasuring up for his Sai● from the foundation of the world I might much larger herein but I will conclude all i● word or two of Application Is it so then that those mansions of Glory p●●● pared by Christ for Believers in Heaven 〈◊〉 abundantly recompense and make good all 〈◊〉 Losses and Crosses which Believers meet with in the World The I beseech you set your fections upon things above and not on things low You see we live in slippery times we ca● not say that any thing is certain here O th● labour to be sure of something hereafter If th● canst not keep thy earthly inheritance then bout to get an inheritance in heaven Secondly for I must be brief If there be s●● glorious mansions in heaven then labour to p●●● pare your souls for heaven But how shall we this may some say I answer These five way 1. Wouldst thou prepare thy self for heav●● be fruitfull then in well doing alwayes abounding in the works of the Lord be sure to get that work done which God sent you into the world to do growing in grace is going to heaven and grace here will make you fit and meet for glory hereafter 2. Would you prepare for heaven labour to purge your selves then from all sin by being unpotted in the world for as Heaven is a place of happiness so it is a place of holiness into which nothing that is unclean can enter it is only the ●ure in heart that shall see God Mat. 5.8 3. Would you prepare for heaven then get ●our selves into a posture of readinesse to leave he world and go to Heaven every day that ●ou may up and be gone when ever death calls ●or you so that when death comes you may ●ave nothing to do but to die Death will not ●ait when he cometh if ye are not fit to die ye ●re not fit for heaven death will not carry that ●oul to heaven that is not ready when he comes ●f you are not ready to die when ever death ●omes let me tell you ye are not fit to live in a●other world You know not at what hour Christ ●ay come or send his messenger Death for you ●erefore be alwayes ready for heaven because ●eaven is alwayes ready for you When the ●idegroom came they that had Oil in their ●mps grace in their hearts they went in to the ●●riage but for those that wanted oil the door was shut against them and they were shut from the marriage-feast They that have la●● without oil profession without grace shall ●ver enter into Heaven 4. Would you prepare for Heaven then your title to Heaven cleared and confirme●● you what man is there that having purch●● a great Estate that will be so foolish as n●● get a sure title to what he hath purchased 〈◊〉 we are strangers and pilgrims as all our fa●● were but heaven that 's our home our coun● our Fathers House our Inheritance O should we then labour to make that sure to souls and having made that sure labour in the next place to keep up your Evide●●● First keep your Evidences for Heaven and fair for Satan will endeavour to blot t●● Secondly keep them safe the Devil wi●● them from you if he can and if ye lose Evidences what have you to shew for Hea●●● If your writings be lost how will you get Inheritance Then whatsoever you do ge●●surance of heaven for first assurance of he will take off your hearts from the world rance of those things above will make you ●ing to part with all things here below co●● you in all your tribulations and bear up hearts under all discouragements as it did vids Jobs and Pauls Evidence for Heaven lie warm at your hearts when naturall hea●●● ●…yes when you lie upon your death beds they ●…ill be a sweet taste to your Souls when you ●eel no taste or comfort in meat or drink assu●…ance of Heaven will comfort you when all ●…ings fail you assurance of Heaven will pre●are you for all changes it will fit you for your ●…eat change Assurance of life eternall will ●…onquer the Grave for you and unsting Death ●…o you it will make you sing yea to triumph ●…n the way to heaven over death and the grave They that have Heaven assured to them have more joy and gladness put into their souls than ●…ll the world besides Assurance of salvation will ●…ngage you to trust God for all things and evi●…ence God to your souls it will make you to love ●…nd delight in him fearfull to offend carefull to ●…lease him Thirdly Assurance makes men ●…uspicious of themselves they that are assur'd ●…hat they shall stand will be sure to take heed ●…hat they do not fall they that shall be saved ●…ill labour to work it out with fear Fourthly ●…ssurance makes the soul humble the higher the ●…oul is in assurance the lower it will be in humi●…ity But how shall we know that our assurance ●…or heaven is right Take these following Rules 1. Right assurance will make you more holy every man that hath this hope purifies himself as God is pure Right assurance for Heaven will ●…ngage your souls to be holy in all manner of conversation Having therefore these promises dearly beloved cleanse your selves from all thinesse both of the flesh and spirit 2 Cor. 6. 2. Right assurance will make the soul to pe●vere to the end receiving the end of your fa● the salvation of your souls But how shall get this assurance 1. By having a godly 〈◊〉 row for sin wrought in thy soul Christ gives 〈◊〉 to none but to the weary 2. Examine your he●● and lives by comparing them with the Word God 3. Assurance is obtained by a holy co●stant and carefull use of the Ordinances of Go● in joining both the end and the means togeth●● it will make you as carefull to use the means confident to expect the end of your faith the ●●vation of your souls It doth not feed men w● vain hopes that they shall escape hell thou they live in sin and go on in the broad way t●● leads to destruction They that would come heaven must be carefull to use the means 〈◊〉 they must walk in that strait and narrow w● unto holinesse and righteousnesse which on leads unto life and salvation And lastly is it so then that Godlines is great g● yea it is the best gain Hath God made thee g●ly The lines are fallen to thee in a pleasant place t●● hast a goodly heritage Psal 16.6 It is enough th● hast all though it may be thou hast but little the world yet thou hast a propriety in God G●● is thine thy portion is Christ he is thy Jes●● thy all Labour then to be conformable to Go● godliness is Gods likeness Hath God given you ●…ace God hath done more for you than if he ●…nd given you a thousand worlds Are others ●…ch and art thou poor have others plenty of ●…old and silver and hast thou little or none ar all ●…onsider hath not God given thee that which is finitely better than all the Gold and Riches of ●…he World Faith that is more precious than Gold that perishes Wisdom that is better than ●…bies yea all things that can be thought of are ●…ot comparable to grace If grace be thy portion ●…lory will be thy portion and thou hast more ●…use of content than if thou hadst all the world ●…or thy portion without grace What though o●…hers be richer than thee yet thou art better than thers The righteous is more excellent then his neigh●…r Are others had in honour and art thou de●…pised let me tell thee if thou hast the favour of God thou hast more honour then all the world ●…n give Are thy troubles greater nor others conder God seeth them good for thee thou canst or tell how to be without them It is good for me saith David that I have been afflicted They that ●…ave endured the most of afflictions here will be ●…nd to be the happiest people in all the world ●…reafter for through them we enter into glory ●…hrough many tribulations we must enter into the king●…m of heaven Unto which Kingdom the Lord his infinite mercy bring us all Amen FINIS

Christs last SERMON OR The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the World to come Exactly describing the Everlasting Blessed and Happy condition of the Children of God in Glory for ever With the everlasting endlesse and easelesse condition of Wicked Men in the World to come for ever Set forth for the Comfort of the Godly and for the Terror of the Ungodly By a godly able and faithfull Servant of Jesus Christ J. H. Col. 3 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also upon with him in glory Mat. 25.34.41 Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world Depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels EDINBVRGH Printed by ANDREVV ANDERSON Anno DOM 1664. Courteous Reader THere are lately published some useful and profitable Sermons viz. Christs first Sermon A Key to open Heaven-gate The true Christians Path-way to Heaven The Plain mans Path-way to Heaven Heavens Glory and Hells Horrour The dreadfull Character of a Drunkara There are also severall other small Books needfull to be bought and read viz. Bessie Clarkson of Lanerk The Lady Culrosse Dream The last Good-night The History of Doctor Faustus The History of Fortunatus The History of Roswall and Lillian The History of Guy Earle of Warwick No Jest like a true Jest or The History of Captain Hynd All which with variety of other Stories are to be sold by Andrew Anderson CHRISTS LAST SERMON OR The everlasting estate and condition of all men in the world to come John 14.2 3. In My Fathers House there are many Mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I go I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also OUR blessed Lord and Saviour having in the foregoing Chapter acquainted his Disciples with His departure from them out of this world He comes here in this and the three following Chapters to give them his last fare-well-Sermon and therein He endeavours principally to comfort the sad hearts of His Disciples who were now disconsolate and cast down in the spirits under the sense of so great and sad a los● as the losse of their great and only Lord an Master Jesus Christ For whom they had le●● and lost all Christ having acquainted them wit● His going out of the world they thereupon presently begin to be dejected and cast down at thi●● sad news Lord said they have we left all an● followed Thee and wilt thou now leave us shall we now be exposed to the difficultie and dangerous of the wide world No saith our Saviour bi●●● not discouraged let not your hearts be troubled it is for your good that I go away In my Fathers House are many Mansions I go to prepar a place for you And if I go I will come again and receive you You shall be no losers by My going away from you I will surelie make you a●● mends for all your losse There are Mansions of joy in Heaven that will abundantlie counter vail all your wordlie losses If I go away it is for your good for I go to prepare a place for you And though you have not my bodilie presence yet you shall have my spirituall presence I will send you another Comforter that shall abide with you for ever I will not leave you comfortlesse I will come unto you That is by My Spirit to guide you and direct you into all truth and to bear up your hearts under all those troubles and temptations which ye shall meet withall in the world Having thus briefly given you the scope of ●he whole I come now to the words themselves ●●com whence I raise these four Propositions first that there are mansions of glory in heaven for the people of God hereafter In my Fathers House are many mansions 2. I note from ●ence that Christs ascension was to prepare a place for Believers I go to prepare a place for you 3. That Christ will certainly come again ●●nd receive Believers to Himself I will come ●gain and receive you 4. and lastly which shall briefly insist upon I note from hence ●hat those mansions of glory prepared by Christ or Believers in Heaven will abundantly recomense and make good all the losses and all the crosses which Believers may meet withall in the world I shall begin with the first of these that there ●re mansions of Glory for Believers hereafter The point is so plain from the words themselves that I shall onely give you a place or two of Scripture in the 84. Psalm vers 11. The Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will ●e withhold from them that walk uprightly Eye ●ath not seen ear hath not heard neither hath is ●●ntred into the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath provided for them that love him Cor. 2.9 Come ye blessed saith your Saviour inherit the kingdom prepared for you Mat. 25.34 Severall other Scriptures I might give you b●● I shall proceed to the uses of this usefull poin● Is it so then that there are Mansions of Glor●● for the godly hereafter then I note from henc● the unspeakable miserie of all wicked men bo●●● here and hereafter Is there glory in heaven f●● Believers What is there then in hell for Unb●●●lievers if glorie be the portion of the godly wh●● will the lot and portion of wicked men b●● The wicked saith Psal 9.17 shall be turm●●● into hell and all the Nations that forget Go●● Wicked men shall have no part nor portion those glorious Mansions they are prepated onl● for the godlie Wicked men may indeed whic● shall but further agravate their sorrow behold t●● Saints received by Christ into glorie as Dives b●● held La Zarus in Abrahams bosome but it w●●● afar off Wicked men may at the last day he●●● that blessed sentence fo Come ye blessed but the again also they shal hear I and that with a vengeance too that wofull sentence of Go ye curs● into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil an● his Angels It is impossible for wicked men I me● such as live and die in sin unrepented of to ent● into heaven Know ye not saith the Apostle 1 Co● 6.9 that the unrighteous shall not inherit 〈◊〉 Kingdom of God The Evangelist St. John Re●● 20.21 speaking of the world to come which 〈◊〉 foresaw in his heavenlie vision I saw saith he t●● dead small and great stand before God and the Books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of Life And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in those Books according to their works All the wayes of men both good and bad are exactlie written down both in the Book of Gods everlasting Rememberance and in the Book of mans own particular Conscience And the sea gave up the dead which were