Chap. IV. Of Eternal Judgment. From hence the Mifery of the Damned is ·without Redemption, without Hope, without Aliay for ever. C H AP. IV. _Tbe E11idmce of FaEi s produc'd M the rJI!afon of Judgment. AD. Sins, 1vhether fecre! or openly l!i(tble, {hall be brougbt toJudgme>Jt. Sms of Omifjion and Commiffion. All the Aggr<tl!ationr and Circumjlances of Sin. The manner of t/,is judicial proceeding is by opening the 'Book.s. The Books of the Law and Gofpel (hall be un• folded in all their Precept s, and Mem Lives compared with them. The Omni{cience of God tvill gil!e convincing e11idence of Mens Works. 77Je 'Book. of Confcience [hall be opened, and accufe or exw{e Men. Satan ••ill be a principal Acwfer. The Wicked tuill acwfe one another. The Saints of God will give tejlmsO>IJ againjl the Wicked. The impartiality of the Sentence tui/1 make the Vi~ine Jriflice confpimotu. Tf,ere tuill be no dijlinEiion of Perfom in that Judgment. There 'Will be a dijlinEiion of Caufes. El!ery Man/hall be judged according to the tmow· of his t,ood Works, and the defert of hu bad. The Harl!ejl }hall be an/werable to the jotumg of th~ Seed, bot/, i11 I(jnd and Meafure. II.I Shall now proceed to confider the Evidence of the Faas that is produc'd as the Rea~ fon of that Judgment. The temper of Divine Juftice is very obfervable in the particular Judgments recorded in Scripture. In the /irft procefs of Juftice on Earth, we read that God made the enquiry of Adam, ·Haft thou eaten of the "!ree whereof I con _mandrd tbee that thou fh~flldefl not eat? Gen.).Il . and by palpable Evidenceconvmc\; hm· lor!: he CU11demn)<1lum. Thus before the fiery Vengeance upon the wicked Cities, the Memory of which will never be ~~~nb~~~!;[e~he~;1~i~~~-~r~~~o:, 1~;H7;:do~~c;~,1::5J/f,v~~1Z; :he~?:;/;;;; ::,!;~a;g to the Cry of it that ts come "f un~o me, Ge~. x8. 2o, 2r. v1z. whether they \\Cre fonumeroufly and exceffively wicked; if not, lwtU kJiozv. God is pleafed to incarnate himfelf in Man's expreffion, t? declare more fenfibly to us, that he never puni01e~ with precipitation, but after an equal tnal of the Caufe. Thus we read of that profane Ktng of Bab1 ton, BC: - lliazzar, Thttt he rvM weighed in the BaUance, and found wantmg, Dan. )· 27. before he was fentenc'd to be depriv'd of his Kingdom and Life. And the Deftruaion of the Antichriflian State is attendee\ with fo!emn Hallelujahs for the Righteoufnefs of t hat J udament Rev. 19. 2, l· And in the !aft Day t he Rrghteoufnefs of God's Proceedings fhaiJ'b;; uni: 'Verfally manifeft and magnified. 'Tis therefore called the day of the revelation of the rrghteouJ judgment of God, Rom. 2 . ) . N~w in order to this, the Scr ipture informs us.. that all the Works of Men f11all be brough t IntO Judgment, e-ven every fecret thing, zvlmber good or evil, Ecclef.12. flit. And the Apoftle fa ith, 'IIw wemujl all appear before the j 11dgmrmt feat of Chrift,_ that every one may receive the things done in hu Body, according to that he bath done, ·whether ttbe good or bad, 2 Cor. 5· xo. All Sins, whether fecret or open and v!fible,DJaiJ be accounted for. T hofe Sins that have been aEted in the moll fecret Retirement, fo t hat no Eye of Man could take cognizance of t hem; Sins concealed from the Eye of the Day, the Light of the Sun, and from the Eye of Night, the Light of a Candle,fhall then be made mamfeft. Nay, the Sins of .rhe Thoughts and Affeaions, of which Satan could not accufe Men, when the inward Frre of Lull or Malice is not difcovered by the leaf! fmoak or fparkles, by no expreffions, all thofe fhall be brought to. Judgment: God,.;{! judg tiJe fecrets of Men by 1efu' Chrifl, Rom. 2. 16. The Sins of Omiffion of our Duty that are fo numerous, from care!efnefs and diverfions, from flothfulnefs and delays, and that now fo little affea us; for we are more fenfible of what we do, than of what we have not done; the guilt of all thefe D1all then bo heavily charged _on the Confcience of the Sin~r. I was 11n hrm~rJ_, and yort gave me no meat; I was tln_rjly, and yott _g4ve me no drrnk, was the Accula~ 10n of the_ Rcp_robates j~~:est~~ Ju*~~1~~~~!h of.~_~:;~:1i~1:n:J~et:b~o ~e~~~~' ;~:a~::~e:~ =~~ ~:~:r~~[tic!~t domg or recemng Good, wrll be a grea t part of that Judgmen t . The Lord called hisSer- · 0 o o 2 vants 457
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