A77851:143
A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper.…
A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. Together with a sermon of the general day of judgement. / By Anthony Burgess pastor of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. Together with a sermon of the generall day of judgement. / By Anthony Burgesse pastor of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.
London: printed by J.H. for T. Underhill, 1658
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Fourthly, The providence of God, as it disposeth things in this life, doth plainly declare a Day of Judgement; For here in this world Solomon observes, All things fall alike to all, to him who feareth God, and him who feareth him not; The prosperity of the wicked, ⟨p. 35⟩and the adversity of the godly hath been such a perplexing subject to the wisest of the godly Heathens, Seneca and Plutarch, that they have spent many thoughts about it, yea this Providence of God was such a riddle to David and Jeremiah, that without much prayer and recourse to God, they were not able to answer it. Now to this Objection, which hath staggered so many, there is no such satisfying and complete answer, as that there is a Day of Judgement, when God will set every thing in its proper place, when all the world shall discern between him who is righteous, and ⟨p. 36⟩him that is not; therefore silence all such murmurings and disputes with expectation of that Day, you should not judge too soon before the last act be past; and as in the Word of God a man would make blasphemy, if he should make a period at a comma or a colon, as in this place, Thou art not a God that lovest iniquity, if he should stop at that, Thou art not a God, and go no farther, this would be blasphemy: So it would be highly derogatory to the Justice, Wisdom and honour of God, if thou shouldst conclude what is just, and what is unjust, completely and finally ⟨p. 37⟩by passages in this world, seeing the day of consummation of all things is not yet come.
Fourthly, The providence of God, as it disposeth things in this life, doth plainly declare a Day of Judgement; For here in this world Solomon observes, All things fall alike to all, to him who feareth God, and him who feareth him not; The prosperity of the wicked, ⟨p. 35⟩and the adversity of the godly hath been such a perplexing subject to the wisest of the godly Heathens, Seneca and Plutarch, that they have spent many thoughts about it, yea this Providence of God was such a riddle to David and Jeremiah, that without much prayer and recourse to God, they were not able to answer it. Now to this Objection, which hath stagger'd so many, there is no such satisfying and compleat answer, as that there is a Day of Judgement, when God will set every thing in its proper place, when all the world shall discern between him who is righteous, and