318 The Mifery of thofe Men am now to go to Cod, and todeal immediately withHim, andGods judgrnent, and Mans judgements are different - things ; when God íhall come to weigh all mens porions out, as it will be then, So much Righteoufnefs, fo much portion, fo much happineffe,youwiil fay theh,Lord,what (hall becomeof us all ? All our righteoufnefs is as the men ftruort, cloath ; I but for the Saints, the Righteoufnefsof Ch rift will be f.ut into one Scale, and their Portion in- to the other , and their Portion will be weighed by the Righteoufncfs ofChrifl. Nowwhen thou cornett to God, thou mutt come to the Scale, and thou wilt put in thy good fervings of God, and thy comirng toChurch, and forre good Civil a&iona, and Natural and Moral things thou haft done, thou wilt put them in the Scale ; faith God, That which thou haft had alreadyweighs down all thofe ; Haft thou nothing to put into the Scales but this thou haft had thy reward already for all this, and much more than this ; then if there be nothing to put into the Scale but this, thou arc undone, and there is nothing for thee for Eternity. And here is the ground of the confine- ment of the Portions of wicked men. Theft are the Two fire things. Thirdly, Iwill giveyou f ame C o it R A L L A R I E S only from hence. Is it fo that wicked men have a portion here, and here is all Firfi, Here we may fee theKeafon why the men ofthe world are fo cunning in the things ofthe world, why they can make fo good shift for thernfelves in the world, rather than other men can : Why here's their Portion, their veryhappinefs and good is no mervail though they snake fuch fhife as they do here : the Apottl' in I Car. 2. 12. We have not received the fjiirit of the world (faith the Apofile) we cannot tell how to thift in the world fo asbthec wen do, for indeed, we look further than thofe _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _
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