23o TheYoungmans LibertyandLimits, or, wine, and ogle, and frlver, and gold ; this joy will die when you die. Yea, not- wlthtanding all the fupports of this joy in this life, yet in another life youmay he tranfported tohellilh torments. Thus much for thisfirft. Inthefecond place; Solomon lheweth the remedy againft this carnaljoy in young I men ; which alfa may be a prefervative againft fin, both for young and old. Burl know thou (faith he) thatfor all thefe things God will bring thee to judgement. The Do&rine is thus much; Doiá, z. That the Lord Godwill certainly bring men tojudgement for all the fins they have God will bring committed. men to judge. went for ad This is an infallible truth. Know thou this, that for all thefe things Godwill brine fins. Mil. g, 18. thee to judgement. Malach. 3 r8. A boo o f remembrance is written be f ore God, f o thole that fear the Lord, andthought upon his name. So the Lord bath a book of remembrance wherein he writeth down the fns ofthe Ions ofmen ; and this than eclefrf. ì4. be opened , and unclafped in the evil day; Ecclef. rz. 14. God will bring every work into judgement, with every f erce thing, whether it be good, or whether it be z Cot. S. so. evil. z Cor. 5. to. the muff appear before the Judgement feat of Chrzf, that every one may receive the things done inhis body, according to that hebath done, whether z Thel. 4. 6. it begood or bad, r Thel.4. 56. The Lord himfelf"hall defcendfrom heaven with a Epi(t. Jude 14. fhout, with the voyce ofthe Arch-angel, andwith the trump of Cod. Epiltleof"ride, verf. 54. And Enoch the fee enth from ddam, prophefied of this, flying, the Lord( cometh with ten thoufands of his Saints, to execute judgement upon all, and to con- vince all that are ungodlyamongtbeno, of alltheirungodlydeeds, which theyhave un- godly committed, ated of all their bard jjteeches whichungodly finners bave fJoken a- gainfi him. For opening ofthis point, I will briefly thew you thefe two things. Firft, what is the rcafon that God will bring all thefe things to Judgement. Secondly, what manner ofJudgement it (hall be. Rea r. For the first. What is the reafon that God will bring all thefe things to Judge - Bccaule of ment. The frft reafon is, His Decree, Heb. 9. z7, It is appointed to all men once blebs d. e. todie, andafterthis the Judgement. Even as it molt needs bethat man muff die, be- caufe God bath fo appointed it ; fo alto it mutt needs be that men mull come to Judgement, in regard of the purpofe and decreeofGod. Reaf. Z. Secondly, God will do this in regard ofhis righteoufnefs. He is a holy God, a Becaufc of his hater ofiniquity. But many times in this world it iswell with the wicked, and ill righteoufnefs with the godly. Lazarus he is in woful mifery, and Dives he is in abundance of profperity : Now God will (hew his love to the righteous, and his hatred to the wicked in this Judgement. Ifjudgement here begin at the boule of God ; It is im- poffible the family of Sathan should efcape hereafter. Rea% 3. Thirdly, God will by this meansclear his wayes, as the Apoftle fpeaks, 7tgm.z.5. Bscaufe of There are many wayes of God that arc dark and cloudy to us , but then God clearing his will manifeft himfelf before men and Angels. Then thofe wayes and works wayes before y all, men and of God againft which the hearts of unfan &ified men have boyled, [hall ap- Angels. pear to be as they arc, holy, and good, and righteous, to their condemnation and terror. Reaf. 4. Yet further ; The particular Judgement that God inflicas upon men in this Líe, Becaufc of his may prove the uuiverfal. The burning of Sodomand Gommorah ; the drowning findo lared in ofthe oldWorld ; the plaguing ofEgypt, and the defolatton of Jerufalem. Thefe parciculir (hew the infinite hatred of God againft fin ; therefore no doubt he will take a judgements in timeto revenge himfelf of the impenitent amongftthe fonsof men, becaufe of their this life. fins. Reaf. 5. Laftly, the confcicnces ofmenmayprove that there (hall be a judgement. For Becaufe of the let a man commit (ecru fins, that noneknoweth but God and he, yetmany times, honor than is he feeleth hellilh horror ; which is a manifeft proof, that confcience feeth, and in ply? as the P am Judge, f the apprehendeth o God fu re that will call all men to an account for wicked, theirfins. Thus you hear the reafons why there mutt be a judgement. The
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