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The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

Name: The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
Author: Lewis Bayly

The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author

Lewis Bayly d. 1631

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Immediately after this sentence of Absolution and Benediction, every one receiveth his crown, which Christ the righteous Judge pu•s upon their Heads,¹ as the reward which he hath promised of his Grace and Mercy, ²unto the Faith and good Works of all them that loved that his appearing. ³Then every one taking his crown from his head, shall lay it down (as it were) at the feet of Christ; and prostrating themselves, shall with one heart and voice, in an heavenly sort and consort say, Praise ⟨p. 83⟩and Honour, and Glory, and Power, and Thanks be unto thee, O blessed Lamb, who sittest upon the Throne, wert killed, and hast redeemed us to God by thy Blood, out of every Kindred, and Tongue, and People, and Nation, and hast made us unto our God, Kings and Priests, to reign with thee in thy Kingdom for evermore. Amen.

12 Tim. 4. 8.
2• Pet▪ 5. 4.
3Rev. 4. 10.

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Then shall they sit in their Thrones and Orders, ¹as Judges of the Reprobates,² and evil Angels, by approving a•d giving testimony to the righteous Sentence and Judgment of Christ the Supreme Judge.

11 Cor. 6. 1, 2, 3, &c.
2Mat. 19. 13.

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After the pronouncing of the Reprobates Sentence and Condemnation, Christ will perform two solemn Actions.

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1. The presenting of all the Elect unto his Father: Behold,¹ O righteous Father, these are they whom thou gavest me, I have kept them, and none of them is lost. I gave them thy word, and they believed it, and the world hated them, because they were not of the world, even as I was not of the world. And now, Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; and that I may be in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one: that the world may know that thou hast sent me; and that thou hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

1John 17. 13. 14, 23, 24.

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2. Christ shall deliver up the Kingdom to God,¹ even the Father; that is, shall cease to execute his office of Mediatorship, whereby as he is King, Priest, Prophet, and ⟨p. 84⟩supreme Head of the Church, he suppressed his Enemies, and ruled his faithful People by his Spirit, Word, and Sacra•••ts. So that his Kingdom of Grace over his Church in this World ceasing, he shall […] immediately as he is God equal with •he Father and the H. Ghost, in his Kingdom of Glory for evermore. Not that the dignity of his Manhood shall be any thing diminished, but that the glory of his Godhead shall be more manifested; so that as he is God, he shall from thenceforth in all fullness, without all external means, rule all in all.

2. Christ shall deliver up the Kingdom to God,¹ even the Father; that is, shall cease to execute his office of Mediatorship, whereby as he is King, Priest, Prophet, and ⟨p. 84⟩supreme Head of the Church, he suppressed his Enemies, and ruled his faithful People by his Spirit, Word, and Sacra•••ts. So that his Kingdom of Grace over his Church in this World ceasing, he shall 〈…〉 immediately as he is God equal with •he Father and the H. Ghost, in his Kingdom of Glory for evermore. Not that the dignity of his Manhood shall be any thing diminished, but that the glory of his Godhead shall be more manifested; so that as he is God, he shall from thenceforth in all fulness, without all external means, rule all in all.

11 Cor. 15. 24.

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From this Tribunal-seat Christ shall arise, and with all his glorious company of Elect Angels and Saints, he shall go up triumphantly in order and array unto the Heaven of Heavens, with such an heavenly noise and music, that now may that song of David be truly verified, ¹God is gone up with a triumph, the Lord with the sound of the trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises, sing praises unto our King, sing praises: for God is King of all the earth, he is greatly to be exalted. And that Marriage-song of John, Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him:² for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made her self ready. Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

From this Tribunal-seat Christ shall arise, and with all his glorious company of Elect Angels and Saints, he shall go up triumphantly in order and aray unto the Heaven of Heavens, with such an heavenly noise and musick, that now may that song of David be truly verified, ¹God is gone up with a triumph, the Lord with the sound of the trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises, sing praises unto our King, sing praises: for God is King of all the earth, he is greatly to be exalted. And that Marriage-song of John, Let us be glad and rejoyce, and give honour to him:² for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made her self ready. Allelujah; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

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The Third and last degree of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man after Death, begins after the pronouncing of the Sentence, and lasteth eternally without all end.

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Meditations of the blessed estate of a Regenerate Man in Heaven, after he hath received his sentence of Absolution, before the Tribunal-Seat of Christ, at the last day of Judgment.

Meditations of the blessed estate of a Regenera•e Man in Heaven, after he hath received his sentence of Absolution, before the Tribunal-Seat of Christ, at the last day of Judgment.

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Here my Meditation dazzleth, and my Pen falleth out of my hand; the one being not able to conceive, nor the other to describe that most […] and eternal weight of glory (whereof all the afflictions of this present life are […] ) which all the Elect shall with the blessed Trinity,¹ enjoy from that time that they shall be received with Christ,² as joint heirs into that everlasting Kingdom of Joy.³

Here my Meditation dazeleth, and my Pen falleth out of my hand; the one being not able to conceive, nor the other to describe that most 〈…〉 and eternal weight of glory (whereof all the afflictions of this present life are 〈…〉 ) which all the Elect shall with the blessed Trinity,¹ enjoy from that time that they shall be received with Christ,² as joint heirs i•to that everlasting Kingdom of Joy.³

12 Cor. 4. 17.
2R•m. •. 1•.
3Rom. •. 17.

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Notwithstanding, we may take a scantling thereof, thus:

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The Holy Scriptures set •orth (to our capacity) the glory of our eternal and heavenly life after Death in four respects.

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1. Of the Place.

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2. Of the Object.

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3. Of the Prerogatives of the Elect there.

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4. Of the effects of those Prerogatives.

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Meditations of the blessed estate of a Regenerate Man in Heaven, after he hath received his sentence of Absolution, before the Tribunal-Seat of Christ, at the last day of Judgment.

Meditations of the blessed estate of a Regenera•e Man in Heaven, after he hath received his sentence of Absolution, before the Tribunal-Seat of Christ, at the last day of Judgment.

1. Of the Place.