çhnp. 19.- An Expofrtion upon the Bookof JOB. Nerf 25. tender the earth, and that every tongue Jbouldconfefe, that ?elite Chrifi is Lord, to the glory ofGod theFather Indeed ifGod be fo careful' to redeeme the honourofhis Saints and Servants, who have fullred reproach, if he will get them fame in every Land where they have been ptit to fhame, and make the Sons of thofe that have ali led them to come bending to them, and toknow that the Lord hath loved them ; and if whereas theyhave been hated, God will make them an eternal' excellency, Purely then, much more will God be carefull of the honour of his So.nne; he that will not let his fervants honour lie in the duff, but will repaire their credit, and take off the reproach which they have borne for his Name, how can he be unmindful( of his Son ? 7, or to treinvelfhim in that Gloryof which he fiript and uncloa- thed himfelfe, that he might perfe t the worke of our Redemp- tióh. This honour of Chrifl the Redeemer , to be Judge of the world, together with the glory in which he (hall appeare when he comes to judge the world, carries a twofold effe& in it, according to that twofold difiribution of thofe who are the ob- jects ofthis Judgement, Good and bad, theGodly and the wic- ked. Firfl, It carries terror to the wicked, who know not God, and who have-not obeyed theGofpel. What more terrible to unbeleevers, then to be judged by him, whom they have not beleeved ? What more terrible then to be judged by him whom they have neglected, to be judged by him whole grace and mer- cÿ the} have refufed ? What more terrible then to be judged by him whom they have defpifed, and Paid (e leafi in their hearts ) This man /hall not reiQneover us ; How terriblewill it be to thofe wick d men, to (land before Chrilt as their Judge,v horn they have trampled underfoot, and counted his blow'( the Vaud of the Covenant ) as an,unholy thing and have done defpight unto the Spirit of .Grace ? There is nothing in condemnation more dreadful', then to be condemnedbÿ a Redeemer; They who are with ut Chril, are without hope, how hopeleffe then and helpleffe are they who arecart out by Chrifl ? By whom (hall they be faved, who are condemned by a Saviour ? As the love of Chrift is moll defireable, fo his wrath is mofl infupportable. Who can fluid before 0
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