ASSIZE: OR, Day of Jubilee, ΙΝ Which we must make a General Account of all our ACTIONS before Almighty GOD. Delivered in Four SERMONS upon the XXth Chap. of the Revelations, plainly fhewing the happy State of the Godly, and the woful Condition of the Wicked. Whereunto is annexed Two SERMONS upon the firft Chapter of the Canticles, Verfe 6, 7. By the Author S A MUEL SMITH, Minifter of the Worl. The Four and Fortieth Improprn. Matth. 12. 36. Ifay unto you, that every idle Word that Men hall Speak, they shall give an Accoună thereof at the day of Judgment. LONDON: Printed for G. Conyers at the Ring in Little-Britain T. Norris at the Looking Glafs on London Bridg and M. Boddington at the Golden-Ball in Duck Lane, Price Is. 1719. I Courteous Reader, i Prefent here unto thy View the fourth pub lick Fruit of my Miniftry, wherein I bav endeavour'd that thofe, especially mine own Hear ers (thofe religious People and Inhabitants of Prittlewel in Effex, whom I love with my Heart) might once more take notice of these my Exerci fes that in Public I deliver'd unto them. The Night cometh when no Man can work, there fore it behoves us all, both Minifter and Pee ple, to efteem of Time as the most precious thing in the World, and the rather because we know not how foon we shall be called to an Account of our Works. Many have had (many time) goo Purposes of Heart to cleave unto the Lord, tha have been prevented by Death, for want of time ly Repentance. It shall then be our Wisdom 10 agree with our Adverf.ry white we are in the way with him, for if we are but once arrefte with Death we fhall be fure to pay the utmo Farthing. Use this as a Help unto thee, to bet ter thee in the Performance of that Duty whic concerns thee fo nearly, that thou may'it on Day give an Account of thy Works. If the reap any Benefit by it give the Fraife unto Go from whom every good and perfect Work pro cecdeth, for God is a Spirit, and they tha worth p him, muft worship him in Spirit an Truth. And help me in my Payers, which fb ll take as a fill Recompence of my Labour and be encourag'd to spend fome Hours more, the like Duties for thy Good; and in the med time remain, thine in the common Saviour, SAMUEL SMIT THE GREAT ASSIZE. The First SERMON. Rev. 20. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 11. And I saw a great white Throne, and him that fat on it, from whofe Face the Earth and the Heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. 12. And I faw the Dead, fmall and great, ft nd hefore God, and the Books were opened: And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life: And the Dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books, according to their Works 13. And the Segave up the dead which were in it, and Death and Hll delivered up the dead which were in them: And they were judged every in according to their Works... 14. And Death and Hell were caft into the Lake of Fire; this is the Second Death. 15. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life, was caft into the Lake of Fire. Aving fpoken (not long fince) of the coming of Chrift unto his Garden, or into his Church, and of his kind and princely offer unto us, fuing for Entertainment at our Hinds, being his firft coming unto us here in this miferable Vale of Tears; I thought it very neceffary to fpeak fomething of his fecond coming, that A 3 thof |