1q..2: Of the Certainty of ll fhtuhetld,inela'tá.tli vile, remarkably to deliver good Men, and to fnare the wicked in tfe workq.nfT own handy. Sometimes he gives good Men fome foretans of lle,ven, forneAgitta.. of their future happinefs in this life : And on the other hand, . he many ,titw ggigß"s. Sinners forme preejudicia divinijudicis, fotne intimations of a suture Judgmett;;.apiI fharlows of that utter darknefs, where they are to dwell for ever ; he drops doton now and then a little of Hell into the Confcience of a Sinner. That fire whichd .: kindled in fome Mens Confciences in this Life, that unfpeakable angui[h, and t1ì f, inexplicable horrors, which fome Sinners have felt in this World, may ferve to,;gig h us notice of the extream feverity of the Divine Junice towards impenitent Sinners..gt., that miraculousdeluge;that fwept away the old World ; thefe nupendous and ter-'' rible (bowers of Fire and Brimftone, which confumed Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Cities about ; that dreadful Earthquake, which fwallowed up Corah and his Com- pany, and let them down as it were quick into Hell, may ferve for pledgesand ear- nens tous of the difmal Punifhments and Torments of the next World. But notwithflanding all thefe particular and remarkable innances of the Divine J uitice, yet concdening how unequal and promifcuous the greaten part of God's Providences are in this World, it is highly requifite, that there fhould be a general Judgment, for a more clear and full manifeflation of the jut-lice and Equity of the Divine Providence. II. But this will moll evidently appear from the clear and exprefs Revelation of the Holy Scripture. I will not citeTexts out of the Old Tenament to this purpofe, becaufe thefe things were but obfcurely revealed to the ews in comparifon, Life and Immortality beingbrought to light by the Gofpel. Yet St. ' ude tells us, that there was an early Revelation of this to the old World, ver. i4, 15. And Enoch alfa thefeventh from Adam prophcfied of thefe, faying, behold the Lord conteth with ten th,:ufand of his Saints, to execute judgment,upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly. But whe- ther this refer to the Flood, or the final Judgment of the World, is not fo celar and certain ; however this is moll plainly revealed by our Bleffed Lord and Saviour, in t}sedNPwTenament. The procefs of this great Day, with feveral of the parti- culwcÇ cumnances of it, are fullydefcrib'dby our Saviour, Matth. )5. and in the V,çüssty f St. John, Revel. 20. r r, 12, 13. And the Aponles of our Lord and Saviour do. n o[> frequently declare and inculcate. it. As 17. 3o, 31. But now commandeth all gn'every where to Repent : Becaufe he hath appointed a day, in the whichhe willjudge t e:,Wìeld in Righteoufnefs, by that Manwhom he bath ordained, whereofhe hath given him.,... aff`urance unto all men, in that he bath railed him from the dead. Rom. a. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, IA, hag epeaking of the day of Judgment, he calls it, Thedayofwrath, and revelati- on,ofabe righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them, whoby patient continuance in well-doing feek for glory. and honour, and immortality, eternal life : Bet unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteoufnefs; indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguifh upon every Soul of man that doth evil. r Pet. t. 17. And ifyecall on the Father, who with- out refped ofperfonsjudgeth according to every mans work. 2 Pet. 3. io. Bat the day of the Lord will come, in which the heavens fhall pale away with a greatnoife, &c. Thus you fee the truth and certainty of a future Judgment confirmed, from the ackrtt?wledgments ofMens natural Hopes and Fears, from then.)tural Notions which McBav concerning God and his Providence, and front plain Revelation of Scrip - tu4fa :_ All that I fhall do farther at prefent {hall be to make force refleaions upon w i ., hat1b keen delivered, concerning the certainty of a future general Judgment E d her 1i 1,1there he loch a Day certainly a coming, it may junly be matter of wigp graft. anti, ¡Rónifhmenr to us, to fee the general impiety and nupidity of Men, hq ek. 15 ed t 3yarc, and how carelefsof their Lives and Allions and how tnfnfibi try at,irp greek aemd terribleday.clan, Lord, which is coming upon all &ill, and fora tq weItImw to the contrary, may beverynear us, and even at the door. HAwu cW- y.,a do441, gfyák part of Men refs away their time, fume in worldly ,buBueC i1 3i rr worldly pleafures and vanity, and a great many in witkednfk-:and i6ce;6i Rnc lttcJh Afignilm,ye, no apprehenfìons ofa future Judgment ; Purely, slay dg E 'vPo that th,csevwill be any memorial of their Aflions in another t #.,tG7,1. fhail.:ia,F c¡lied to a (trio and fevere account for all the Adió, is ñ hill: do not think that there is a Jolt and Powerful Being above *tit!, ,w nQwwtr etv í9:,m every thing that they do, and will one day judge them for it* t,40, therC,4 aept ,. always
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