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A sermon of judgement, preached before the Queen Dowager in Her Majesties chappel at Somerset-House, on the first Sunday in Advent, being the 27th. of Novemb. 1686 / by J.D. of the Society of Jesus.
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J. D. (John Dormer), 1636-1700.
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and what a strict account are they to give with what Reverence and Fear of God did you approach to the dreadful Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ at the holy Altar The Sacrament of Penance was it tyrannically remisly or with a fatherly Love and Vigour administred by you The Prisoners and infirm were they visited as well Poor as Rich were the dying assisted Children were they catechiz'd They weep Preachers an account by whom were you commissionâ—d were you sent and impower'd by the Church directed by my Spirit or was it the private Spirit of a capricious Fancy movâ—d you and set you up did you preach me or your selves out of Zeal or Ostentation my word did you never turn it against my self that is against my Church and my anointed my word is a word of Peace my word is a word of Obedience my word is a word of Charity and mutual Union And how came you to make it the seed of mutual Hatred Disobedience and Rebellion They weep Redde rationem An account O Schollars you had Wit and why pretended you to more Wit and Science than you had what you had was it not venial and mercenary was it not profane was it not too bold in questioning my Mysteries your Quill was it not snatch'd either from one of Cupid â—s wings flowing with poysonous Amours or from one of the Harpies peâ—king fowling and snatching away the Reputation even of the most sacred Persons They weep An account O Lawyers The Causes you defended were they Just were they at least doubtful were they not opposite to law though joyn'd with gain why was the just claim of that indigent obstructed by a false Action laid against him why was Justice put off with Demurs deluded with quirks and the Orphan and Widow starv'd because forc'd to starve their Cause for want of doubled and redoubled Fees They weep An account O Souldiers you receiv'd Pay of your Prince and was you Covenant real were you Loyal were you resolute to serve him with the last drop of your Blood or to serve your own turns and then you ought to have paid your selves Your discipline was exact but what was your Religion you were punctual in observing orders and how complaint with my commands you were stout but had you courage to duel your own Passion you were valiant but were you not haughty quarrelsom and abusive They weep An account O Ladies How tender of your selves but neither tender of Conscience or of the Poor why was a hair misplac'd a freckle in your countenance so offensive and the greatest blemishes in the Soul not consider'd in time of Prayer your lips went apace and how far did your thoughts then wander from me your eye was too severe as to your dress and was not your tongue more severe in cutting out for others They weep Redde rationem An account finally O Christians you pretended to Christianity and id not you live like Heathens Matt. 18.17 not hearing the Church I left you a Church a Pillar of Truth 1 Tim. 3.14 invincible to the gates of Hell. And why was this Church left by you Matt. 16.18 I settled but One Faith Ephes 4.5 how dar'd you divide it into so many to the destruction of Charity division of Unity and arming Insurrections I call'd why was I not heard I knock'd why was I not admitted My toils my labours why were they spent in vain Where are the fruits of my Blood Passion and Death They Weep But weeping will not suffice To each Question a distinct Answer shall be given The Books shall be opened Mens Consciences shall be display'd before the whole Court to be read by all Tunc videbunt filium hominis Then they shall see the Son of Man and by light of the Sun of Justice shall view their own and others Crimes Revelabit condensa tenebrarum Psal 28.9 He shall reveal the profoundest works of darkness O what abominations What shameful Actions What disgraceful Passages will then appear There the hidden Atheism which lurk'd in the heart of the un-wise shall be discovered and the Fool who Psal 23.1 said in his heart there is no God shall by force Adore a just One There the Deist shall meet with what he questions Job 22.13 Quid enim novit Deus quasi per caliginem judicat How doth God know Can he judge through the dark Cloud Sad Repentance will learn him that God Registers every moment Thought Word and Circumstance of the Life of Man and in a Cloud more pure than Light it self he 's come to judge him Nihil opertum quod non Revelabitur Matt. 10.26 Nothing covered that shall not be Revealed That close supplanting that undermining Honesty and Worth Those frauds those deceits in Shops and Wares That infidelity amongst Partners Apprentices and Factors Those Perjuries in Witnesses those breaches of Trust in Stewards and Servants Those palliated Usuries and Simonies Those sly Insinuations to steal away the good Name of some and rob undue Favour and Esteem from others They who could not withstand Power shall then lay their loud claims against concealed injustice Those Debaucheries not to be nam'd shall be no more concealed Nihil occultum quod non scietur Nothing hidden which shall not be known Go now wise Sinner seek the remotest Solitude the secretest Cave the darkest Nights to sin the freer And dost thou think that Solitude that Cave that Night will keep thy counsel from an All-seeing God But grant it could thou wilt not be able to keep it thy self Thy self shall stand up against thy self in judgement thy Conscience shall come in a Witness against thee and what thou bashfully dost now refuse to bury in the Breast of a Priest bound to Eternal Silence by an humble Confession Then Thou thy self in such an Assembly shalt publish to the World Arguam te statuam contra faâ—iem tuam Psal 29.21 I will rebuke thee says the Lord and place thee against thy own face And behold the Tryal is impartial as the Indictment was general for what more impartial then that the Criminal is admitted to be his own Evidence But the more impartial the Tryal the Sentence which is unalterable more just Continue I crave the favour of your attention The Tryal perform'd Man being his own Evidence Man his own Jury The Judge proceeds to Sentence This Son of God having surrounded all with a look full of Majesty terrible to the Reprobrates and pleasing to the Chosen seated at his Right Hand To these with a charming Voice he says Matt. 23.34 Uenite benedicti Patris mei possidete paratum vobis Regnum à constitutione Mundi Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the World. And with a stately and stern Turn to the Wicked placed at the Left with a Voice of Thunder with Eyes of Light'ning and five Stars shining from his Sacred Wounds shall dart his fatal Sentence Discedite