Chap. f. Of Eternal Judgment. (2.) Upon the account ofthe immenfe Difficulty no mere'Creature is able to difcharge it,. To judg theWorJd, includes two things: 1. To pafs a righteous anc\ irrevocable Judgment upon ;Men for all Things done in this Life. 2. The aClual execution of the Sentence. And for this no lefs than infinite Wifdom, and infinite Power are necelfary. If a fclca ~dic~irr~iaf~r~~e0ft~~/t~~~eg~~,"~h~~:u!~~~~~·A~~ a~:b~7~~n~f~ :n:·~~~. ~l;~ Secrets of the Hear·t, from whence the guilt or goodnefs ofMoral Aaions is principally de· rived; ar·e not open to them. He alone that difccrns all things, can require an account ~d . (j.) The Son ofMan is invefted with this high Office as the Reward of his Sufferings. We muftdilHngm!h between theelfential and oeconomical Power ofChrift. The Sonof God, confidered in his Divine Nature, has an Original Power of Judgment equal with the Father; but confidered as Mediator, has a Power by delegation. In the quality of the Son of Man, he is inferior in Dignity to the Father. The Apoille declares tins in that fcale of Subordination of the Creatures to Believers, and of Believers to Chriil, and of Chrill: ro God; 40 things •reyours, andyou areChrijls, andChrijl is God'J. Andobferving ~~e'";J,~~i~u/ ~.~er::! a:,i~;~~~;~h;"~~:1~f~h~ ~J.",:'.~a~sc;t,e::.,~,n:~~n~%; ~~;:1~ Chrijl is God. Now this Power by Commiffion was confet'I''d upon him 'as the Reward of his Sulferings. The Apoille exprefiy declares it, that Chrift being in the Form of God, and without any ufurpation truly equal to him in Divine Perfearons and Majelly, humbled hzmfeif, and became obedient to the D"'th of the Crofs. Wherefore God hath highly exalted him, 11ndgiven him a N11111t .tbovt ever7Name: thAt ttt the Nttme of Jefus every Kjiee foordd bow, of Things in Hettven, And Thin,gs in Ettrth, and Things under the Earth; 1111d that .every Tongue fbould confefs that 'Je{ia Chrijl is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father. His vraor:ious Sufferings are the Titles to his Triumphs; his bemg fo ignominioufiy dcprofs'd and condcmn'd by Men, is lhe jurt Reafon of his advancement to JUdg the World. anJ~x~r~~f: l~ts)u£~f.t~r:~~~P:~~~~el~ha~d5~e~: ~~ni~v~~~~=;&i~, ;!~~~:, GJl.rJJ of the Majejly ·on High, and the Celeilial Spheres are und~r his. feet; I;Jniyerf~l Nature !eels the power ofbiS Scepter : He rergns m the Hearts of the Samts by hiS Word and ?r•- rit, and re'fuains the Fury of his Enemies in what degrees be pleafes: but flill his Servants a:re in ·diilrefs, and his rebellious Enemies infolently break his 'Laws; and ·the Curtai~s of Heacvmoontelll his Glory from us: therefore a \I'ime is p,efix'd wheh 'in the face .()f, the World he will make an eternal di lforence by Rewards and Puni!hments, be~ween the Righteous and the Wicked, and his Government fl1all have its cqmpleat and glorious ilfuc. Th;~ i~~\~:&~~"/!:h~n:;~:;:n~;~[ £;judg. Whenthe Law was given from Mount Sinai, the Mountain was covered with Fire, and the Votce of God as loud as Thunder proclaimed it from the mid it of the Flames, fo that the whole Army of the Ifraelites was proftrate on the Plam, ilruck with a facred horror, and a I moll dead at the amazing Sights and Sounds. From hence 'tis faid, that in his rzght Hand JVas afiery La"'. And if the ,Law- ,giver appear'd in 'fuch terribleMajeily at the proclaiming the Law, how·much more when lte ·llJall come•to revenge the Tranfgreffions of it ? 'Tis fet forth in ScrjptU\'e in the mort lof~y and magnifitent lExpreffions: Hefba/1 come in his Father's Glory, and his'ownGiot;y, anil ~trt~;ozvt;~;~~tni:.~r.~ 9-~~·n,.~ ~~~~':,'jn~o~r~~~~~lgY,~k·~~~ ;~~~: ~~~.~~~~i~ the •attendanee of<innumeP:ible Angels, but more in his o1vn Majeily, and fit on a r,4diant Throne htgh •b~n~t...U. 2 . 'Tis great with-refpethothe appearance ·of•tl10fe who are to be judg'd : At! the ApoftateAngels, and·theuniverfaiProgeny of Adam. The bowels of the Earth, and t)le 'bottom of the Sea, .and -Ill~ the Elements !hall ·give up the Dead. :J'I1e mighty An~e l s, the wmgedMmrilerSlcf Juilrce, Thall'fly to all·l'ans, and attach the Wicked to bring-rhem as rnrferablePrtfoners before that htgh Trtbunal. And thofe blclfed powerful Spi rits (ha)I congrogatetheRighteous, ' tO prefent them <at his right Hand. · l· ''Fis·great•With rcfpeato ·what'!ball aC:thendone: He fhall perform the moil.g(orious anti confummite>athofl his Regal Office; · ~ fter• a· rightenus Trial, pronounce Judgment, ~f~~;;~:~~ ~7~e::;~~~~~~~~'lf:c~ '~!ri~~~~~fddt~~~:: an~~e~~~~~~lb1i;t~~~~~~fto~:~ up in the.fiery Gulph for ever. To define the p~rticular Time wh<n this fhall be accomplifh'd, is beyond the know led~ of the Angels of hrgheft Drgnrty. 'TIS mter Arcan• Impmi, a_mopg the Secrets of the Kmgdom of Heaven. 'Tis.obfervable that God has re1·ealed the Times precifely wherern fome 451
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