Chap. VI. Of Eternal Judgment. }~e3;~~d f~~:~~k1:n~ff;;e~u;~gr ~~:~e~ for 1 t~~{:.e~·~a~~=~~~:'tl;~t dt~a;'r,~~~~~ ~~~~~~r:s0~h ~~ flow'd from his Crucified Body, that all the Sorro~vs and Agonies of his Soul were not effeaual Perfwafives tb make them forfake their S1ns : for their preferring the Bramble to reign o'Ver them, Sanin the Defhoyer Of Souls, an~ ungrateful rej et1ing the true Vine, the b/efl.Cd Saviour, who. by fo many miraculous Mercies iOII.icited their Love, and dcfcrvcd ~heir Service ; this wtll matte the Sentence as juil as terrible, and tlt_e more terrible becaufe · JUil. This will exafperate theanguirb, that the Gofpel 0Jall be ajav011r of Death tothem ; and the ble(fed Redeemet· pronounce them wrfed, and difpatch them to everlajfing }ire, r:r~~~t:~ 1!,ea~~r;l~;g;~t~;gelt,~ ;ue;he ~·:~t!~~~~~,"~~o~~e~e\~,~~~~~;1~;1~~;?e~: 0Jall be the Meafure of their Guilt and Woes. All the Means ofGrace ufed for .their Conver· fion, but frullrated by their Perverfenefs, fball bechartsed upon their fcore. What Conller~ nation will feize the Wicked, when ten thoufand Accufers fball rife up in Judgment againft them, and not one Advocate appear fortheirdefence? Saran will be ready to aggravate their Sins above his own: For altho the fuperior Excellence of his Nature and State did heigh- . ten his Obligation, and confequently his Difobedience to his Creator, and that he finn'd of himfelf, derived a Guilt upon him exceeding that of Man's Otiginal Sin, whQ was feduced to his Ruin; yet in that Ju(tice was fo quick and feverc, that the Angels af~ ter thoir Sin were immediately expell'd from their ble(fed Habitation, no fpace of Repen, tance was allowed ; and no Mediator interpos'd to obtain Terms of Reconciliation with the incenfed Deity, their Doom was final and irrevocable: But after our rebellious Sin~ the Son of God, fuch was his immortal Love, was willing to be mortal to redeem linful. Men, and freely offer'd himfelf a Sacrifice to atone the Divine Difpleafure : and a Day of Grace and Long-fuftCrance was granted, and many compaffionatc InvitatiOns were fent from Heaven to !often their llony Hearts: But they ncgleaed and defpis'd the Grace o( the Gofpel, and wilfully excluded themfelves from Mercy. In this refpeClthey are more guilty than thefallen Angels; and Jullice will revenge the abufc of Mercy. Do they hope to foften the Judg by Submiffions and Deprecations? Alas! he will be inAexible to all theit· Ptayers and Tears. The Lamb will be then a Liar> arm'd with Terrors for theic Dellruaion. Or can they appeal to a higher Court to mitigate or reverie the Sentence ? ~~y :::1nt~~h~:A'x itll:u;:~~~~;n~f c~h~fiS~~~e~~~ ?h;!(p~~:~b~ol?;~h~heG~~ge!~"n~t~ wirhilanding their numbers an~ frre~gth, could not for a £!10ffi~nt efcape his reven~ing Hand. The whole World of Smners IS of M more force agamll hiS Wrath, than the ltght Dull agaio!l: a Whirlwind, or dry Stubble againll devouring Fire. Or do they dunk, by a llubborn Spmt, to endure 1t? Selfdecetvmg Wretches! If the correaton of his Children here, tho allayed, and for their amendment, make their 8eatlt] and Strength conjume away as a Motb, how infupportable will the Vengeance be on his obllinate Enemies ? Who knows tbe Power of his Anger? Who can found the Depths of his Dlfpleafurc ? CHAP. VI. The c;,tfideration of Etemal ]r1dgment fhauld pownfully mol!e ,.; to prep,ri·e for it. rJ(t~les of our accepta11ce in that day. Unftigned Faith in t/,e Lord Jefus " abjo!lltelynecejfaryfor o11r acceptance 7he pardon of our Sim, .and the mvarding our Ser1Jtces, ts upo~z the accou~1t of o~r Sa1liour's m~ritorious Obedmrcennd Sujferjngs. Sin-. cere and tmiform Obedtence wdl be only accepted of o11r f 11Jg. 1/>t jrrqumt trial of Con(cience prepares tts for the !aft Judgine>it. . This leads eo IJVpentance for f!af/ Sins; and preferlJesfromSim afterwards . The improl!ing of 011r Talmts >vi!/ nitke the lajl Judgment comfortable. The zealous maintainii~ the Trm/, and Ci11{e of [briji, WJ/1 be rtwarded ill the lajl Judgment. d beneficent LolJe to the afjliCied Saints }hall the" be rewarded. An ex.citatioll to Jbatth a~d pray; that toe may with Coriijort ap~ pear before tl>t Ewrlajling Judg. 7· THE C<infideration of Eternal Judgment fbo~ld be a powerlul incentive to p~e~ tion or Da~~:tY~~ ~~~v:~:~.r itfet~l~; ~~=~~r~s i~~d~~tn~fsi~fs~l[6\~~fl~c%'!fe~u~a~vf~ security, and hinder the imire appliCatioll of their Minds to prepai·e for tlieir lefi A:ccci~tl~
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