Of Eternal Judgment. Chap. IV. vants to an account for the Talents committed to their Truft, and required Profit in proportion to their numbet· and worth. All Sins of Commi!lion in .Youth and Age, whether grofs SenfualiiJ, as Lajiivioufnefs Lu_jls, e;ccefs of Wine, Re-vellmgs, Banqueungs, And abomm_able IdoL.ttr:es, and all e.xcefi o[ · ·Rtot, {ball be arcormted for to him who is ready to judg the q11rck and the dead, I Per. 4 . 5 . or aas ot unrighteoufnefs to others. He that doth wrong, fball rece~ve according to the wrong he lw done, Col.j . 25. And Sins of a lelfer guilt, for which thcmofr are not touch'd with grief or fhame, lhall then be produc'd in Judgment. All the Sins of our Words, fo ea- ~he'}~~~~::rcl~nt~Ns0~sf~ ~a~Ju~~e;~;~',r,::~~e~;~Jz~~:;~~h~~ :e~/b.~l;~r:;,:~i;rp~:u gtvearcot~nt thereof tn the day of ;udgment, Mat.I2. And tf vam Words, thefigns and immediate effeas of a vain Mind, fhall fadly encreafe our accounts, how much more all the contentious, fierce and revengeful Words; the detralling, falfc, contumelious and injurious Words; the impure, filthy' and contagious Words; the profane, blafphemous and impious Words, that flow from the evil treajure ofthe heart ? 0 their dreadful Number and opprcfling Weight! fea~~rl~~~~~~~s~g&~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~r~~cre;ooj,;;;~~e~~ns, :~~ttl~~:r~t~::rf~·~~~l~o; f~;~ h~ld, the Lord comes witb ten thoujand or 'hts Sat_nts, to e:xtC/Ite Judgment upOI) all, ~tnd to COil· VJ~ce trft that are ungodly among them., oj all thezr tmgodly deeds ll'luch ~hey b~ve ungodly com. mttted ; 11nd all their hard fpeeches wluch rmgodly ftnners have fpoken agarnjl lum. Jude 14, 15. And all the good Works of the Saints lhall then be remembred, even to the lea it Work of Piety, the giving of tiVO Mites to the Trea{ttry of the Temple, Luke 2 r. j, 4· and the loaf! Works of Charity, the gtvrng a Cup of cold Water to a Dijitple, Mat.1o.4Z. upon the account of his relation to Clu·ifr. All their fecret Graces and Duties il1all rhen be re· warded. The manner of this Judicial Evidence is fer forth to us in Scripture, by the oprning tbe ~h::~e i~~~~~~~!Jr:~mP~~t~~~~~~ri~h~~:~Et[~~~f~~~'a~~~f~~~n t~~1~t~~~r~~~io;e;;~~ femed to St. 'Jolm in a Vifion; 1 fow the dead, {mall and great, jlandbefore God; and the boOks 1vere opened, and the dead were judged out of the things that were written in the hooks, according to their works, Rev. 20. 12. I. The !looks of the Law and Gofpel fhall then be open'd in all the Injunaions and Prohibitions, and our lives compar'd with them. Our Saviour told the J ews, Do Tiot think that lwillaccufe yorttomyFather; there U one thataccufeth you, MJen Mofes, inn1hom ;ou trttjl: not the per[on, brtt the larv of Mojis, John S· 45· And he denounced againfl rhofe that rejea the Gofpel; The word that I have jpoken; the /ame jba/1 jmig them in the l.<fl d•y, John 12. 48. The Law is the exaa tranfcripr of God's Sacred Will, the natural and im. mutable Rule of Righreoufnefs; 'tis pure, forbids all Sin, and enJoins univerfal Holinefs; 'tis fpiritrtal, requires not only a contOrmity in Words and Actions~ but inward fanCli. ty in Mind and Heart: for the Soul is the principal part of Man, enttrely open to God's Eye, the Maker and J ud~ of tt. And the moll: enhghrned Samts have but an tmperfecr ~~~~J~~~, o:o i~/~e~~·t i~Ia~i~~:~;, h~o~;;:;~~~~d~j~ 1'r:~~~a;i~~e:fo~h~:s!,"[:rm'/;~ cret fns, l'fal. 19. This, when opened in its fpintual and comprehenfive Nature, by a wife and zealous Preacher, darts a Light into the Confcience, and difcovcrs many fecret Sins, that !il<e fo many Serpents were frill and quiet in tbe dark ; but upon the fudden breaking in of the Light, fly upon the Sinner, and torment him with their mortal flings. But when the Lawgiver himfelf lhall expound the Law in its full extent and perfeaion, with refpea to all the Durys it commands, and Sins it forbids, how guilty will Men appear ? how unable to anfwer one Article of a rhoufand charg'd upon them ? thi~gs~:;en~k~J~~je~~~ ~~1~0~e::i~~z);~.ho~w~~~~en~;nlo !vj~~~~e~;, a~~b~r 4~ 0 {.ks 'Tt: Pfalmift declares the infinite perfpicaciry of his fight: The d.rknefs hides nut from thee, but the night fbines as the day, Pfal. 'l9· As his Light and tranfcendent Brightnefs is invifible to us, I 1tm.6. r6. fo our thickeft Darknefs is vifible to him. We cannot fee rhmgs m ~~tfsir,~[;t ~e~~~~~l~t~~~~~f ~~~ rJ~d~i~~e~fk~h~ }:~;oJ'~r~~r~~~~eri.n~~.'~~r!!l~~ga~~ Darknefs. From his Throne in Heaven, his piercing Eye fees through all the concealments of mens Sins. Thou hajl fit our Iniquities before thee, and our Jicret fm tn the ltght of th; countenance, PfaL go. 8. He difcovered the Sacrilege of Achan, the Lte of Gehazt, the Deceit of Ananw. Saul's Difobedience in fparing the Amalekttes devoted to Defirucrwn, 1 Sam. I 5· 21. had the colourable pretence of Piety, and, as a Sacnfice, was la~d c:v:~~:
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