Chap. 19 . !ín Expo/him upon the Book! of J OB. Verf. 25 . thus in many cafes we ought not to judge our brethren kt all, fo in all cafes yard ought to judge them with tenderneffe and mtek- neffe,with a kinde of tremblingand unwillingneffe,becaufe, there is a judgement to which we aifo muff come to give an account, as ofall our wayès, fo of the Judgement which we at any time pi; ffe upon, our brethren. Secondly, Obferve; The Redeemer Ad be the fudge. Though the threePerlons in the Glorious God-head Fa= Cher, Sonne, and HolySpirit; concurre in every worke upon the Creature; yet fotne works are fpecially appropriated ro each perfon. This great worke of Judgement is appropriated to the Sonne as a part, or as the completion of his mediatori- all office. (f oh. 5 22.27. ) The Father judgeth no man,but bath committed alljudgement to the Sonn; That is, the Father alone ( as they imagined) without the Son, judgeth no man ,For as he created all, fo he judgeth all by the Son ; And bath givenhim au- thoritie to execute judgement alto, becaufehe is the Son of man ; For being the Son of ma he will be vifible to all (Rw. I 7. ) and fo m-,ft fit to be the Judge. Pcter fpeakes this as a fpeciall do- &rine which he was called to preach ( Alls I o. 42. ) Him bath God rayed up, and[hewed him openly,not to all thepeople, but to wit- niff: cho ?n befor e of rod, and bath commandedue to preach to the people, an to teflifie that it is he that is ordained ofCod to judge the quick and dead. As the faving ofman by Christ is founded in the will and ordination ofGod, fo alfo is the judgeing of man by Chrift. The Apoítle 'Paul (lilts 17. 3I)4tirresup and awakens all to the duties ofholineffe and repentance, becaufeGodbath appointed a day in Which he willjudge the world in righteoufneffe by that man whom he bath ordeined, whereof he bathgived affuretnce to all men, in that he hegth railedhimfrom the dead. Sonne may objet that of Chrift himfelfe ( rob. S. 15.) as a difcl.aimer of this office ; Ijudge no man. The anfwer is at hand ; Tejudgeafter theflab. I judge no man ; that is, as ye doe, after the fleJh, or by outward .appearances ( as he fpeakes rob. 7. 24. ) I judge the Spirit, and after the Spirit, mine is righteous judge- went. Againe, I judge no man ; that is, my prefent worke is to fave, and to preach falvation, my worke is to tender conditi- ons 349
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