Of Eternal Judgment. Chap. H. fame great Events lhould come to pafs; after how many Years the lfraelites lhould be freed tram Egyptian Bondage; after what fpaceofTime they lhould be re!lored from t!ie Captivity of Baby/on; when the Mef/iah lhould die for the expiation of Sin: but there is nodelignation by certain Characters of the particular Day, nor Year, nor Age in any ~\~~~;&~1~~d~f ~~~}~';;~J;ai~~~ ~Js~~~~e~~;fe~!~fv!~i~o •fee ~~~~~~:~pi~ili~~~~· notwith!tanding the feeming Impoffibilities, might believe the Truth and Power of God to fulfil the Revelation.of hts Purpofes for the Time to come.. But at the !aft. Day, all the Promtfes and Threatmngs wtll be fulfilled, nothmg wtll remam to be the Object of Faith· and confequently it was fuperfluous.to dccl~re t~e certain Time, lince the exaCt accomplifh: ment of. 1t accordmg to the Predtct!On, wtll neither be ufeful to confirm Believers, or ccnver tinfidels. LaiHy, The Refurre£tion of Jefus Chrift is the moll convincing and commanding evidence ol this Do£trine, that he lhalljudgthe World. For he was charged withBlafphc· ~:fi~~~:;~~~r.~~hJ~~J!fs;;:2:~~~y:o~lri:n~;:~;o:zt'H!!~l."U:.:,~:e.~~~t He dedicated Martyrdom '!I hiS own Suffi:rings. . Now ~od in railing him ~rom t.he Dead, · ·confirmed the Truth of his Tefttmony by that vtfible M~tacle, and the beliefof ttconver. ted the World to Chrifiianicy. , CHAP. II. l]od wiU r~IJteoujly judg t/;e World by Jefus Cl>rift. The r~hteou(nefs of God's judicial proceedmgs will appear by conjidering the equity of the Law, the rule of Judgment. The ).aw of Nature confidered in its Precepts and Penalties. The fPrecepts are fucb as becomes the (reator togive, and the reajonable Creatt<re to receil>t. An An· f1'11er to the Objef!ion, that the Law being pure and perfe£1, and Man in afrail Jlate, . it feems hard to require perfe£1 obedimce from him, and condemn l1im for failings. The Law of Faitb confdered. Our Innocence being lojl, rJ?.epentance is allowed. Sincere obedimce is accepted, where per{e£iion is wanting. Unfeigned Faitb in the IJ?sdeemer i, tiJe condition of our ]ujlification and Glorification. 1he not c11mplying with t/;e Gofpe1-terms of SalVation, proceeds from the perl>erje l'llills of Men. I Will now proceed to illufirate and prove the main Point, which is this : That God ,.;/1 judg the World in Righteoufoefs bJ 'Jefus Chrift. The Mediator, who lhall be Judg in the Union of both Natures, confidered as the Scn of God, is elfentially Holy and Righteous ; and confidered as the Son of Man, was holr, lmmle(s, undejled, and (eparate from Smners. In him all Vertues lhin'd in their abfo)ute Purity : and who is fa worthy and qualified to reward Holinefs and punilh Wickednefs as the holy One of God? 'Tis faid of him, Thou :t,toved Riihteoteft, and hated lni{.uity, :;di(i~::{h~0;:;~too;:,~;J~~~(:~,gtth§~.~f~!:;:$i~E~d~~:~n~fu~ble~oi~ :!;;;,~;:;!2~~,0~h~ir;p;,Tt:'/t:::~J{a!!e i;f;;zt·:i:t;;;{~j t~~t~g~'::~ ~ %:~::, of the Lord; andfha!i make htm of quick unrbrjlandmg in the Fear of the Lord: and he jbal ';:j;:;:.:ff,:[s tf,:.ffgz: J~~i:h;';:o:,ei:!~ ;:;:: t::; t;.te~'ff.. 0{:.;~. ~:'~.; ~~::: Judgments are often unrighteous,from vicious Refpe£ts and A~ections that pervert the WiiJ, or fair Appearances that deceive the Underfianding: by Gifts or Guile, Innocence is caft, and Guilt acquitted; but the Jud~ of the World is inflexible to Partiality, and all thin~s rt:::/:'~:C~n.~ :i:/'ft~·E~~I:m•of~n1J~~~~~fn~~. is reprefenred fitting on a ~h''' The Rightcoufnefs of God's Judicial Proceedings will appear, by conlidering three Things. I. TheEquity of his Law, the Rule of the great and final Judgment. II. The
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