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A93736 A discourse on the extensiveness and comprehensiveness of future judgment of God In another method than what hath been hitherto extant in any other books or sermons upon this subject. By Richard Stafford. Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703. 1697 (1697) Wing S5115A; ESTC R230355 16,898 16

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certainly come unto and appear before him It is the very same as to the compreheusiveness and extensiveness of the future Judgment For then God is Judge himself Selah Psal 50.6 And he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the World in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given Assnrance unto all Men in that he hath raised him from the Dead Acts 17.31 When the Apostle Paul professes his Belief of the Resurrection of both the just and unjust He thereupon immediately adds Herein do I exercise my self to have a Conscience void of offence towards God and towards Man As Attorneys and Solicitors are now very diligent and industrious to get their Business Witnesses and Evidence all ready against the day of Assize or Nisi prius So we should prepare and make all things ready against that Day we shall be judged knowing by whom it must be And so to learn to behave and comport our selves that we may not be condemned when we shall be judged Psal 37.33 Others we read of who will be condemned when th y shall be judged Psal 109.7 It may be we have no Business at those Assizes which are holden twice a year but at this general Grave delivery which is kept once for all our dead Bodies shall arise and every one of us shall give account of himself to God Rom. 14.12 What a comfort will it then be as the same should be our care now to see well to it that our selves be acquitted out of that word whereby we shall be judged at the last Day And where we see our selves acquitted and cleared out of that same World there to endeavour to keep so keeping your selves in the love of God It is best not to defile our Garments at first which I gather from what is written Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their Garments and they shall walk with me in white for they are worthy Rev. 3.4 But if they have been defiled by additional Sin and Transgression then what P●ul writes unto the Christians of his Time is here proper and applicable And such were some of ye but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6. ●1 That is ye are to get your Garments washed in the Blood of Jesus and in the sprinkling of the Spirit and when they are washed and made clean Isa 1.16 by the Word which proceeds forth through them there be sure to keep them clean We should copy out and follow the Example of Jesus Christ as near as ever we can Who went about doing good and suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow his steps Herein is our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of Judgment because as he is so are we in this World 1 John 4.17 And so when as to all those Characters which we find recorded of him we can find somewhat thereof in our selves even of him that was holy harmless undefiled separated from sinners And so we read of the meekness and gentleness of Jesus Christ See well to it that all these and the like Qualities and Dispositions be wrought inlaid and formed within thee And so those fruits of the Spirit reckoned up in Gal. 5.22.23 Love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance And besides this giving all diligence add to your Faith virtue and to Virtue knowledge and to Knowledge temperance and to Temperance patience and to Patience godliness and to Godliness Brotherly kindness Charity 2 Pe● 1.5 6 7. For these also are Graces Gifts and Fruits of the Spinte and if we have these this is the earnest of the Spirit that we are indeed sealed unto the day of Redemption If any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his So it follows likewise by the same consequence that if a Man have the Spirit of Chrish then he is Christ's and belongs to him and is one of his Members So that not only where he is there shall his Servant be But where the Head is there of necessity must be the Members because it is not whole and compleat without the Members The Scripture doth often make use of this Comparison How the people of God are one Body and Christ is their Head The Prophet Ezekiel speaks of a Roll of a Book And he spread it before me and it was written within and without and there was written therein Lamentation and Mourning and Wo. Ezek. 2.9 So should this same Bible the Book of the Lord both as it comprehends the old and New Testament be to each of us written within and without Written within that isi written in our hearts and engraven in our inward Parts when we can turn inwards and see how it is written there as well as look what is written without in Ink and Paper And whereas Ezekiel goes on to add Therein was written lamentation and mourning and wo. This is too true as to all the Children of Disobedience Unbelievers Hypocrites Sinners Wicked Ungodly and such like But to the willing and obedient to those who have begun or are perfecting the good work the same word speaks comfort and rejoycing and blessedness Some have called it Quakerism to speak of the Light within the Spirit within the Word within But in this thing those that are called Quakers have certainly spoken the thing that is right for as it is noted of the false Prophets They have not what should confirm the Word but as an evidence that they are true and right in this Thing I would to God they were so in all others we have the Scriptures expresly speaking the same After those days saith the Lord I will put my Law in their inward parts and write it in their Hearts Jer. 31.33 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your Idols will I cleanse you But this that follows is to our present purpose A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony Heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh and I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes and ye shall keep my Judgments and do them Ezek. 30.25 26 27. That was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the World Joh. 1.4 which it doth in his inward parts or within him Neither shall they say Lo here or lo there for behold the Kingdom of God is within you Luke 17.21 The Word is very nigh unto thee even in thy month and in thy heart Deat 30.14 Rom. 10.8 Indeed all true Religion is an inward Thing and an inward Work for outward Acts of Worship or Bodily Exercise are but the Husk or Shell for as the Soul