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A sermon preached in S. Peters Church in Exceter the 6. day of December last wherin is intreated of the second commming of Christ vnto iudgement, & of the end of the world. By Iohn Chardon maister of Art, and preacher of the word of God.
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Chardon, John, d. 1601.
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euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his Angels Would God men did consider of these things and think vpon this streite iudgement in the fearfull day of the Lord and as often as they consider hereof whether they eat or drinke or what euer they do to think that the terrible trump of the Lord stil soundeth 〈◊〉 theyr eares Arise ye dead come away to â—â—dgemeÌ„t But what do they Though â—â—y heare it preached that the day of â—â—e Lord is at hand yet they continue â—â—â—elesse they eat they drink they maâ—â— are married they plaÌ„t they bild They build as though they should lyue 〈◊〉 euer they eate drinke as though â—â—ey should dye to morrow saying 1. Cor. 15.23 Let â—s eate and drinke for to morrow wee â—â—all dye Wheras if they did but think 〈◊〉 the world to come and remember â—â—w that euery one must geue an acâ—â—unt of him selfe vnto God they could â—â—t they would not liue so wickedly so â—â—â—sually so carelesly so vngodly as â—â—ey do they would not vex the fatherâ—esse the widdow nor the orphane and â—traunger as they do they would not â—ake all fish that commeth to the net they would not draw wickednes vnto â—hem with a coard Esay 5. 18. and sinne as it were with a cartrope They would prepare â—â—d make redy themselues to méete the bridgrom They would obserue the adâ—â—â—â—ition and counsell of our Sauiour who bicause hee foresaw that iniquitiâ— should ouerflowe the worlde before hiâ— comming and that men would be carelesse about the time of the worldes destruction least we should be taken napping telleth vs what we must do anâ— how wee must prepare our selues against his comming For as it is â— great griefe vnto an earthly father tâ— léese his Sonne for whome hée hath prouided but a meane inheritaunce sâ— is it a great griefe to our heauenly Father to léese any of vs his children for whome hee hath prouided not aâ—â— earthy 1. Pe. 1.18 but an heauenly inheritaunce purchased not with golde and siluer which are corruptible but with the effusion of the most precious blood of the immaculate and vndefiled Lambe Iesus Christ The admonition or counsell of our Sauiour is this Take heede to your selues least your hearts be ouercome with surfetting dronkennesse and cares of this lyfe that that day come not on you vnwares For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the earth Watch thereâ—â—re continually and pray that you â—â—y obtaine grace to flee all this that â—â—all come and that you may stand beâ—â—e the Son of man In which wordes â— willeth vs first to be sober Take â—de saieth he vnto your selues least â—ur hearts be ouercome with surfetâ—â—â—g dronkennesse Among other creâ—â—â—res God hath geuen to none so litle â—â—outh as he hath giuen vnto man â—cording to his quantitie which sigâ—â—â—eth no doubte that man should 〈◊〉 more temperate in meates drinks 〈◊〉 al other creatures Besides the â—â—uth of a man is not bent to the earth 〈◊〉 are the mouthes of vnreasonable â—eatures to signifie that man should â—â—t eate and drinke after the manner â—hrute beastes but should moderateâ—â— vse those creatures which GOD â—â—th geuen as necessary and néedefull 〈◊〉 the preseruation of lyfe V. Max. lib. de insti antiquis The auncient Romaines were went 〈◊〉 eat their meates in the open stréetes â—â—d were not ashamed to let the people to sée what they did eate that by the example they myght learne to bee â—â—ber For there is not a more vâ— and pernicious thinge than surfâ—ting and dronkennesse By surfâ—ting saieth Ecclesiasticus manâ— haue peryshed Eccl. 37.30 Wine and dronkenesse saieth Oze take away 〈◊〉 heart Oz. 4.11 Let the dronkardes and voluâ—tuous Epicures hearken vnto thâ— which is written in the fift of the Prâ—phet Esay Esai 5.11 The wordes bée these Woe bee to them that ryse vp earely giue them selues to dronkennesse aâ—â— set all their myndes so on drinkinâ— that they sit sweating therat vntil it night The harp the lute and shaulâ—â—â— and plentie of wine are at theyr feaâ—â— but the workes of the Lorde they dâ— not beholde nor yet consider the opâ—ration of his handes Esai 5.22 Woe bée to theâ— that are mighty to drinke wine 〈◊〉 to them that are expert to aduanâ—â—â— dronkennes Awak ye dronkards sâ—â—â— the Lord Ioel. 1.5 by the Prophet Ioel wâ—â— and howle al ye wine suppers becaâ—â—◠〈◊〉 â—he new wine for it shal be pulled 〈◊〉 your mouth Pro. 23.31 Looke not saith Saâ—â—â— vpon the wine how red it is â—â—at a coulour it giueth in the glasse â—â—â—eth downe softly but in the end it â—â—eth like a serpent and stingeth like 〈◊〉 Adder Gala. 5.19 S. Paule in the fift to the â—â—lathians reckoneth gluttonie droÌ„â—â—nesse among the déedes of the flesh 〈◊〉 coupleth them with Idolatrie forâ—â—cation murther witchcrafte and â—â—ch like most gréeuous and detestaâ—â—â— vices and saieth that they that â—â—â—mit such thinges shall not inherit â—â—e kingdome of God And therfore let â—â—t our heartes bee ouercome with â—â—â—fetting and dronkennesse 1. Pe. 4.3 Let it â—â—e enough and sufficient for vs that â—ée haue spent the time that is past 〈◊〉 the lyfe after the will of the Genâ—â—les walking in wantonnesse lustes â—â—onkennesse in eating and drinking â—â—d in abhominable Idolatrie wherin â—seemeth to them a strange thing that â—â—e runne not also with them to the â—â—e excesse of ryot and therefore speake they euill of vs which shal gâ— accountes to him that is ready to iâ—â— quicke 1. Pe. 4.7 and dead The ende no dâ—â— of all thinges is at hand And thâ—â—fore let vs be sober 1. Thes 5.6 Let vs not 〈◊〉 as other do but let vs watch and be â—ber For they that sléepe sléepe in 〈◊〉 night and they that bee dronken 〈◊〉 dronken in the night But let vs whâ—â— are of the day Ro. 13.11 be sober It is time thâ— we should now awake out of sleeâ— For now is our saluation néerer thâ— when we beléeued The night is passâ— and the day is come nigh Let vs thâ—fore cast away the déedes of darkeneâ— and put vpon vs the armour of lightâ— Let vs walke honestly as in the dâ— light not in eating and drinking neâ—ther in Chambring and wantonneâ—â— neyther in strife and enuying But 〈◊〉 vs put on the Lorde Iesus Christ aâ—â— make not prouision for the flesh to fâ—fill the lustes and desires of it For is the will of God as the Apostle 〈◊〉 clareth vnto Titus that we should â—nye vngodlinesse Tit. 21.2 and worldly lust aâ—â— thâ—e should liue sober minded righâ—â—y and godly in this preseÌ„t world 〈◊〉 for that blessed hope and gloriâ—â—ppearing of the mighty God and â—â—r Sauiour Iesus Christ Seâ—ly our Sauiour willeth vs to flée câ—res of this life for that the loue â—â—re of temporall things doth draw 〈◊〉 quite away from the loue and deâ— of heauenly
lest they should faint by reason of those troubles which were at hande This doone our Sauiour taketh occasion to speake of the vniuersal and latter iudgement likewise declareth what tokens and â—â—â—es shal goe before the same There shal be sayeth hee signes in the Sunne and in the Moone and in the starres in the earth the people shal be at theyr wittes ende through dispaire The sea and the water shall roare and men hartes shall faile them for feare and so foorth In which péece of scripture wâ—â— haue to consider First of the comming of Iesus Christ vnto iudgement Secondly of the signes and tokens that shal goe before his comming Thirdly of the maner of his comming Fourthly of the cause of his comming And fiftly how wée ought to order to prepare our selues against his comming It is a thing firmely to be beléeued that God hath set a certain time of the worlds destruction though vnknoweâ— vnto vs bicause by the sinne and wickednes of vngodly men being meruellously polluted and accursed it doth together with all other creatures subiect to the same corruption Rom. 8.22 desire a deliuerance Howbeeit wicked and vngodly men whose delight is to liue carelesly in this worlde suppose that the worlde shal stil continewe as it is and that it â—â—â—l neuer haue end But wonderful is 〈◊〉 and execrable that among the people of God shoulde bée Saducées among Christians such kind of men which of â—et purpose against the manifest worde â—f God dare boldly affirme that the world shal haue no end that there shall â—e no resurrection of the flesh no life after this life no rewarde for wel doing 〈◊〉 punishment for euil doing and that the world as it is now so it hath bene and shal continue for euer Which kind of men are plaine Atheistes men which neither beléeue there is any God or diuine prouidence at all Against which apparant dotage and wicked cogitations of wicked men through want of true knowledge by the instinct of Satan wée haue to arme our selues with the worde of God and to confirme our consciences by the testimonies of holy scripture For the scripture doeth euidently prooue vnto vs that one day the sonne of God Iesus Christ shal come to iudge the quick the dead that all flesh shal rise and that the worlde shal hâ—â— an ende Es 13.9 Esay saieth The day of thâ— Lorde shal come terrible full of indiâ—nation furor and wrath to make thâ— lande waste and to roote out al the siâ—ners that are therin Es 66.15 The lord wil comâ— with fire and his chariots like a whirlewind that he may recompence his anger with wrath his iudgement witâ— the flame of fire for the Lord wil iudgâ— with fire and with his sworde all flesheâ— Daniel sayeth Dan. 7.18 I sawe in a vision bâ— night And beholde there came one iâ— the cloudes of heauen like the sonne â— man to whome was giuen power anâ— dignity regal that all people tribes â— tongues shal serue him Mal. 4.1 Malachy saith The day commeth that shal burne aâ— an ouen and al the proude yea and alâ— such as doe wickednes shal be strawe and the day that is to come shall bunâ— them vpp Psal 96.13 The Prophete Dauid saieth For hee commeth to iudge the earth and with righteousnesse to iudge the worlde and the people with his trueth And this which the Lords forshewed by the mouthes of his holy â—â—phetes our Sauiour Iesus Christ â—â—th confirmed For in the 13. chap. afâ—â—r the gospel of S. Matthewe hée saieth 〈◊〉 Mat. 13.41 The sonne of man shal send forth â—â—s angels which shal gather out of his â—ingdom al things that offende them â—hat do wickednes and shall cast them â—to a fornace of fire there shal be weeâ—ng and gnashing of téeth And there â—e lykeneth the kingdome of heauen to â— draw net cast into the sea Mat. 13.47 which wheÌ„â—t is full men drawe to lande and sit â—wn and gather the good into vessels â—â—t cast the bad away So shall it bée sayeth Christ in the end of the world â—e that there is nothing more certaine â—hen that Christ shal come vnto iudgement Nothing more certain then that the fashion of this worlde shal be changed 1. Cor. 7.29 Rom. 8. â—3 The fashion of this worlde that â—ow is shal vanish Not onely the creature but wee also that nowâ— mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption of the children of God euen the deliuerance of our bodies shalbée deliuered from the bondage of corruption iâ—â— the glorious liberty of the sonnes â— God at the comming of the Lorde Iâ—sus Christ vnto iudgement Howbeâ— wicked and vngodly men can not bâ— perswaded touching the comming â— Christ vnto iudgement of whome S Peter prophesied long tyme ago 2. Pet. 3. 3. Theâ— shal come saieth hee in the last daye mockers which will walke after they owne lustes and say Where is the promise of his comming For since the fathers dyed all thinges continue in thâ— same estate wherein they were at thâ— beginning But this they knowe not â— that willingly howe that the heauenâ— a great while agoe were and that thâ— earth that was in the water appear â—â— vp out of the water by the word of god by the which things the world that thâ— was perished being ouerrunne with water But the heauens and earth thaâ— now are are kept by the same word in stoare and reserued vnto fire againâ— the day of iudgement and perdition oâ— vngodly men Dearly beloued bée nâ—â— ignorant of this one thing howe that â—e day with the lord is as a thousand â—â—re and a thousand yéere as one day The Lorde that hath promised is not â—ack to fulfil his promise as some men â—â—â—nt slacknes As who should say Let â—â— maÌ„ thinke that therfore Christ shall â—euer come vnto iudgemeÌ„t bycause he â—â—th procrastinate put of for a tyme but let him thinke that he doeth it for that he is patient to vs ward would haue no man lost but would receaue al men to repentance Rom. 2. â— Despisest thou the riches of Gods goodnes patience long sufferance And remembrest thou not howe that the kindnes of God leadeth thée to repentance Which lenitie of â—od if thou doest abuse thou heapest thée together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance when shal be opened the righteous iudgement of God which wil rewarde euery man according to his deedes And to the end that this thing might she rather sinke into our hartes and myndes and lest wée shoulde be altogether vnprouided our sauiour hath to â— vs of certaine signes and tokens thâ— shal go before his comming There shâ— be signes saieth hee in the Sunne aâ—â— in the Moone and in the starres and the earth the people shal bee at theâ— wittes end thorowe dispaire The sea the water shall roare and mens hartâ— shall faile them for feare and for loâ—king