Of Eternal Judgment. .Chap.l. 1. The determining a Time wherein he will rigbteouny judg theWorld: He hAth•ppointedaDay. . ,. . 2. ThJ.J?efi&natmn g.( the 1e_rfon by""~hoqj he WLI! perform thai emirionfPart of Soveraignty ;, !'! 1eJ~s /1hrifi, , Jhdl1i he I! tHrtJifed fro""f?:j:a(~ " In order to the handling 'of the main taint, it is requifite to prcmife briefly fame Propo- .fitions.________ ,___ _ t. That God is the Univerfal Monarch of the World, and has fupreme Authority to govern reafonable Creatures, antecedent to their EleCiion and Confent. The Pfalmift tails to the Heathens, K;to1v yethattheLord fl God, PraLioo.J. that is, themoft glorious ~fi~~ml'f~;'Kfr~f~~~~~t~6k{~,~! ~~t~h~~·;~ C~e:;fc~~' ' '"' our fe171es. He formed , 2. "ftu!' tW'O'prhieijk\1 ah'd neeelfary part's of his Sdveraigoty are1 to give Laws for the ruling of his SubjeCis, and to pafs final Judgment uJ>orl them for therrQbedience or Difmn- ~ormity to his Precepts. Mere natural Agents are regulated by a wife-Eftablifhmem, that .IS the Law oLtherr Creauon. The Sun and Stars are moved according to the juftl'oint> of their Compafs. The Angels are under a Law in Heaven, and obey his Commandmu:ts. The Humane Nature of Chrift, thoadvan<ed to the higheft capacity of a Creature ytt recewedaLaw. And his whole Work upon Eartb far our Salvation, wasanACi~fObe- ~~en!~n1~\\>~i\~;\,r;~d,-tGI ~r~itt,.h~: ~~tao£,~f:i~~~~r~;, ~:~e:un~~ ~}~i,;~i:ao:~~ · 11\vs of Hiaf Plate. lli~~d lt is notleonceiv'able that a Ct'eature fhould bewithcltit .aLaw· fc:[r this isJto•majle it fuprtnl'e"and'indepel'!'eent : Supreme, in not b'ing liable to a fuperio; fo.w · cl orderit ;Indej\ehdenr, as.ro its Being and Operations ; for D9><n- . _ n, Th~re qs a vtfible connexion be!wccn thofe J:itles; The the or tsp.r Law-~171er,_ the. Lorduor~r/(jng. Ifa. 33 . 22. , Andiome- •_ his $o'veraightv is '(n\iin'~tCd •ih tl\'e title of Juag : thus in ·that hUmble HipQ'ft -t~dllYMf14braham·AA- 8bdbm j ShK/1 •not ~he 'Jt~!l.g of all tile World ·do right ?· Ue ad- {lr_effeii\1$. <1\~Qe(t to Qld -~fider thal: Title, to foften h!S Power,_and inclin~ his Clemency to fave thc_\\ltc)Se~ for:\'en· -,(akes. w~o were cpmpar~uvely Rtghteous, that IS, innocent of their cryrng Sms. £~ :.. j. As his right to govern and judg the World is natural, fo are his Attributes, his Wif.. ~g:~~~~~~~;,.!u~~~~!~::C·r:~:a6!:~:~~t~~d~n~~~ o~~e~:o~~~~~:ti~~~~;: fe6UonstUire Deity. 'T·ismo?e ratidna-L to colu:<live that'thirrgs may be tongeal'd• b.y the h.tat.of f'ire,, or turn'd black by wbitenefs; tban that ·the leaft aCi of injuftice ean be done by tlie cighitous Lord. if lie ·Apoftle rejeas witb 'extreme detofuitioh, the blafphembm ChatgetJf :Uilrightedufnefs in God's proceedings : Is GO?Junrlg!Jteous _th•t t•keth VUJgeance l Gadjor6ed: . Forlhenhor.fhaHGod.jt~d~;_theWorld? Rom.j. 0,6. Me may as foon renmmce hisNature, and ceafefo lbe God, for as fuch he is ncceifarily Judg of 'the World, as violate'his own.PerfeCiions in his jitdidd proceedings \vith us. , 4· God being invifible i11 his ownNature, hath moft wifely oreaibed the I aft Judgment oL.theW.orld to be'tranfaCied by a -vifible Perfon; becaufe Men are tb be jullged, ·and the whOle pwcefu'of Jtldgmeht'\vith them, will be farthings done in the Body. _lfhe Perfon appointed for this Great Wbrk, is Jefus Chrift the Son of God united to <1Je1:!umane Nature. 1/!eiF:AIIiir judgeth- no Man, John -5· 2 -2. not as if he defccnded from the 1lhrone, arlddevi!fted himfelf of hi>Supremacy; but not immediately; b~t Jwh committed aU j•dgme'nt to thi ~on. •And it ~allows, As the Bather ltatb Life in himfelf,{o hath he gi71en -tq.-the Son to ba71tJ Dijilh himfelf: And:htJ.th gi11eiJ !Jitn 'authorety'to'execute 'Judgment aljo, · ·bmiu{<,he_ ts t:ie~T:{;~/~~;lfti~(.~~~~Ji~jf.~~~;u~~tfefs~~e':1~~if~~~h~di~~~a:~~v:f~t,0~1~~ <he Sob of God. ,. · ( r.) uPon 'the account of its fuperlative Dignity. No mere Creature is capable Of:fuch • ?;~~.i~:'J ·k~~:t~;:rel0~a[i:a~0tJ,~t:;t~~~t::H.J~: o~~~;;;,~~~ ~;~~;~~~~~J:.~~ Jl'ook of_mnEter:nal Counfel!, as tinfearchahle' lu ileep, Rev. 5· only Jefus Chrift, ·wb.o -was ·in tbe BOfom of tGe Father, ihe Seat of his-Cbunfels and Compaffions? ~nd \Vas1acquaintcil wi!lr :illiJis- <hlorious Secrets, could u'Jifold the Order of the Dtviiie Decrees about the ~h~;~keritgt~l~sn.ffr~~!~re;~: ~:rt ~:,et~~~~;~~}s i;''),~g?~'h_g~;j.~; .X:~f~n~~: to be his authorized Reprefentative in Judgment. Om Saviour dsclares that the•Father mvefted the Son with this Regal Power, that aU Me~ fbordd honoflr the Son, J?hn 5• •J• with the f.1n1eicligious RevererlGe, -and fupreme Adoratton, .s they booour lhe Father. ~" ::· ' (z-) Upon
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