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A07289	Saint Peters watch word the end of all things is at hand / digested into eight chapters, and published by R.M. minister ; perused and allowed.	Mavericke, Radford, b. 1561?	1603 (1603)	STC 17683A; ESTC S450	71,286	178

sooner was our Sauiour Christ ascending or ascended into heauen but presently the Angels of God proclaime hi● descent or descending vnto Iudgement Saying Acts. 1.11 ye men of Galilee speaking vnto Christs Apostles and Disciples Why st●●● ye gazing into heauen This Iesus which is t●ken from you into heauen shall so come mean● vnto Iudgement as yee haue seene him goe● to heaven Saint Paule in the fourth Chapter the second Epistle vnto Timothy plai●ly affirmeth 2 Tim. 4.1 That Iesus Christ shall 〈◊〉 the quicke and the dead at his appearing in his kingdome And the same Apostle in the first of the second to the Thessalonians saith 2. Thes 7.8 that The Lord Iesus shall shew himselfe from Heauen with his mightie Angels in flaming fier rendring vengeance vnto them which doe not know God and obey not the Gospell of Iesus Christ In the Gospell euery where mention is made of the comming of the son of man vnto Iudgement as in the 24. and twentie fiue of Mathew the thirteene of Marke the seuenteene of Luke against all which it may be obiected that Christ himselfe saith Obiect Ioh. 8 1● I came not to Iudge the world and againe I Iudge no man But the answere is easie Ans for Christ therein speaketh of rash priuate and partiall Iudgement whereof hee accuseth the Iewes In that manner Christ iudgeth no man but speaking elsewhere of this generall Iudgement He saith plainely Ioh. ● 23. That the Father Iudgeth no man but hath committed all Iudgement vnto the Sonne yeelding a reason Because all men should honour the Sonne as they honour the Father And that none might thinke this Iudgement to appertaine vnto him onely as he was the Sonne of God he addeth presently in the same Chapter ●se 27. That God hath giuen him power to execute Iudgement euen as he is the Sonne of man Againe it might be answered that Christ saith I Iudge no man before he was glorified when he came to be iudged and not to Iudge but after his resurrectiō he plainly telleth vs ●●tth 28. that All power in heauen and in earth is giuen vnto him Wherefore Saint Paule saith in the second to the Romanes that God shall Iudge the secrets of all men but by Iesus Christ ●●n 2.16 And elsewhere the Apostle saith when after Iudgement Christ hath brought all things in subiection vnder his feete then he shall deliuer vp the kingdome to God the Father ●or 15. But it may be againe obiected that the same Saint Paule saith to the Corinthians ●ct That the Saints shall iudge the world and the Angels ●●r 6. that is the wicked men of this world and euill Angels called Diuels And Christ saith his Apostles shal sit vpon twelue seates Iudging the twelue Tribes of Israell Hereunto it may be answered that at the generall day of iudgment ●ns whē Christ shall sit vpon the throne of his glory accompanyed with his holy Angels and all the elect by his Angels gathered vnto him then as well Saints as holy Angels shall Iudge that is subscribe and giue consent vnto Christ his most righteous Iudgement which then hee shall most iustly pronounce against all the reprobate both of men and Angels whereat all the Saints elect Angels shall greatly triumph and reioyce no otherwise then it is said in the Reuelation concerning the Iudgement that shall fall vpon the whore of Babilon Rom. 18.20 Reioyce O heauen and ye holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath giuen iudgement vpon her So at the last generall Iudgement the holy Saints and Angels shall sing the song of Moyses the seruant of God Reu. 15.3 and the song of the Lambe saying Great and maruellous are thy works Lord God Almightie iust and true are thy waies and ●udgements King of Saints So here we may ●onclude according to the truth of Gods word euery where reuealed in the Scrip●utes and agreeable with the Catholike ●rofession of the Church of God in all ●ges that Iesus Christ as he is both God ●nd man shall stand as holy Iob saith Iob. 19.25 The ●●st vpon the earth and come to giue true ●●dgement at the last day The vse of which doctrine is two fold namely a comfort to the godly and a terror to the wicked for what thing can bring more ioy and comfort to the harts of all godly and faithfull Christians specially to those that are afflicted in this life either in Soule or body o● in both for Christ his sake then t● heare and assuredly to be perswaded that Christ Iesus their Sauiour an● brother shall come to be their Iudge That is to pronounce them blameless● through his owne obedience and righteousnesse in the sight of God his Father and to crowne them with eternal glory and not onely those as the Apostle teacheth that suffer persecution a the Apostle did but all the faithf●● whatsoeuer that loue his appearing 2. Tim. 4.8 Be therefore of good comfort dea● Christian whosoeuer thou art that gr●nest vnder the burthen of thy sinn● feare not that dredfull Iudgement 〈◊〉 if thou hast faith in Christ and d●truely repent then thou mayest aff●● thy selfe to be one of Gods elect A●so apply that sweete sentence of t● Apostle vnto thy Soule which sai● Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect it is God that iustifieth Rom. 8.33 34. who shall condemne it is Christ which is dead yea or rather which is risen againe which sitteth at the right hand of God to make intercession for thee which also it may be added for thy further comfort shall come againe at the last day to giue sentence on thy side and to receaue thee vnto himselfe Contrariwise Let the wicked Infidels and all the vngodly ones of this world which either knowe not God or obey not the Gospell of Iesus Christ shake and quake for feare for euen he whom they deadly hate whose word they beleeue not whose Ministers they regard not yea euen he whose bloud they trampled vnder their feete He that was crucified vpon the crosse and had his hart bloud launced out with a Speare shall in his owne person come to be their Iudge according to that of the Apostle Iude. Iude. 〈◊〉 And Enoch also the seuenth from Adam prophesied of such Behold the Lord commeth with thousands of his Saints to giue Iudgement against all men c Re●● 〈◊〉 And euery eye shall see him euen they that pearced him through and all kindreds and people though neuer so pompious and glorious that haue not repented or beleeued in him shall waile before him 1 Reu. 1.7 And in the bitternesse of their griefe and in the anguish of their soules forhorror and feare of that Iudge shall say to the mountaines 〈◊〉 5.16 Fall vpon vs and hide vs from the presence of the Lambe for that great day of wrath is come and who may abide it And so much briefely

firmament in beholding whereof they cannot if there mindes were not more then blindfolded but beholde the glory of God Psal 19 The heauens declare the glorie of God and the firmament his handie worke Or why doe they not denie that man hath any soule at all in which soule of man there is painted forth as it were in a table vnto vs though couered with the vaile of sinne not onely an Image of the Godhead but euen a liuely representation of the glorious Trinitie Againe if the world had no beginning whence sillie wormes as they are had they their originals who made them or whereof were they made will they say the world made them Why they themselues are more excellent thē the world and the creature cannot be better then the Creator will they say that they had an euerlasting beginning with the world why then doe they die and returne to dust and so an end as they say and yet wil by no meanes yeeld that the worlde shall haue an end Thus when their wits haue wandered the world throughout they shall bee brought into this straite will they nill they either to confesse that there is a God and so the rest to follow in order or else they shall fall into so many absurdities as the wit of man can deuise to aske them questions For as they themselues I meane the learneder sort of thē will teach vs in other learnings a principall being denied they are not to bee disputed withall that deny the same their reasons will be so raw and their conclusions so absurd Againe seeing Aristotle a Prince of Philosophers as they call him when he had read some of Moses writings concerning the Creation of the world could in his bording and iesting maner say of him Ille homo meaning Moses multa dicit nihil probat hath set downe much but how doth he prooue it I say if they will needs craue proofe of God or of his Prophets for confirming of truth let it be demanded of them what proofe or reasons they bring vs to maintaine their dotages lyings and falsehoods what proofe or reason can they alleadge to make any one beleeue or rather to be such an Infidel to thinke that there is no God that the world had no beginning that the soule is not immortall that the world and all mortall things shall haue none end if they will haue vs onely to credit them denying these things without any proofe and contrary to all reason why doe they not beleeue the truth which is agreeable to all reason and confirmed by plaine demonstrations which as they themselues say is the soundest kinde of proofe or why are they so partiall and iniurious to the Prophets and holy men of God I might well say to God himselfe as once to doubt of those thinges which are plainely and compendiously yea with such harmony and consent as is wonderfull The cōsent of Scripture admirable recorded in the Scriptures seeing they themselues will thinke themselues more then iniured if we giue not credit to their writings though many times they bee full of fables and in knowen things different and dissenting the one from the other But if they will not yeelde God his due in obeying the truth let vs yeeld so much vnto them as to reprooue their falsehoodes as well by reason as by weaker authorities then the word of God which they had rather beleeue In their owne reason they both see and confesse that many things in this world by the reason of the alteration of times and corruptions of men are in a sort as it were shuffled together very confusedly the foole is exalted the wise man despised the vertuous punished the vitious praised what other thing should this teach vs in common reason but that there is a time to be expected when all this shall be redressed all these corruptions purged and a perfection of all things restored againe This much the Heathen themselues haue confessed The Heathen held that there should be a burning of al things That after a certaine time there should be an vniuersall burning of the world which wee Christians call Domesday and that immediately after all things shal be set in there perfect state againe as they were at the first Now among all the records of the heathen that intreat of the iudgement to come those sayings of Sibilla Erithrea for there were many Sibils are of greatest accompt among the learned which sayings or oracles as they are called seeing they are extant in diuers bookes both in their originall and also translated into our toung I will not trouble the readers with them in this place And as touching this generall Iudgement though it were neither recorded vnto vs in the sacred Scriptures nor by any other authorities or reasons confirmed yet surely Gods giuing of his Law Gods giuing of the law a testimonie that there shall be a iudgement not to theoutward but to the inner man not to our deedes onely but also to our thoughts sheweth sufficiently without any other proofe that there is another Iudge besides the Iudges Maiestrates of this world to iudge vs and an other iudgement then their iudgement to be looked for seeing there iudgement here proceede but to the outward deede and by prooffes of witnesses therefore cannot in any wise pearce into the hart to discerne what is within For as it is the Soule that chiefely receaueth the commandement and chifely breaketh it it is therefore the Soule that must come to examination which cannot be done in this world Againe seeing the bodies are vsed as the instruments of the Soule either to good or euill therefore there must be a resurrection that they may be againe ioyned to their Soules to receiue ioy or punishment at the generall iudgement But if these Atheists will mocke deride as well prophane as diuine authorities which prooue vnto vs the iudgement to come neither will yeelde vnto common reason yet there is some thing within themselues which they euer carry about to conuince them I meane their own consciences Mans conscience tels him there shall be a adgement which shall euer witnesse against them selues For let them tell me what meane these feares and trouble which terrifie them night and day if there were not a Iudge and Iudgement to be feared What made that prophane Caligula to tremble euen at the shaking of a leafe but onely because his conscience tolde him of the Iudgement to come When Paule preached vnto Felix of the Iudgement to come Act. 24.26 then did Felix tremble and quake And how should not the sinfull Soule of man be afraid of this fearefull iudgement seeing the deuils themselues are horribly confounded with the feare thereof Iud 6. being kept in Chaynes vnto the iudgement of that great day To draw to an end therefore I am rather of this mind then otherwise namely that there were neuer any so prophane or wicked in the world Whatsoeuer they