odsfudgement onMant Carriage. 2 3 r Themanner of thisJudgement conflleth in thefe particulars. The mannerof Firft, it shall be the tail. judgement, after which there (hall be no other : which he iudginent declarcth the terriblenefsof it. Inthis life, while there islife, there is hope : Let thewickedforfake hit wafer, and turn to the Lord, be will be gracioue to him. But meat. then the fentcncc shall not be reverft :. then there can be noappeal from that Judge, and judgttncur. Again it dratl be a GeneralJudgement, which is the fecond thing. God judgeth z. It fall be in this world, and that both in life and in death : He judgethin life, by chaftifing iud? gemnt. his children for their faults, and avenging himfelf upon his enemies. He judgeth every manat death. But then there (hall be a GeneralJudgement of all, z Cor. so. , Cor. s. to. ruemuJt all appear beforethe judgement feat ofChrifl. In the thirdPlace. h /hall bca manifeff Judgement. Sometime the LordJudgeth a m ifeßl be tnen fecretly, by railing up in them fears and horrors in their hearts t caufing Isis . eurfe in them as water in their bowcls,and oyle in their bones. ButthenGod (hall' I "dgem:ns. open his wrath againft the children ofwrath, before a world of men, and no eye (hall pity them. Fourthly, it (hall be a fudden judgement. Even as the flood came upon the old 4. It flail be Wo Id, whenthey wcre (porting themfelves, and deriding Noah char preached to ! fudden themof the flood : folhall thefire come upon theWorld,that /hall pats before the lodgement. face ofChrift, whenhelhalljudgethe quick and the dead. its afnare (faith Chrift) jhall it come upon á1l that dwell upon the earth. When the Fowler layeth a Inure to take a Bird , he giveth not warning to the Bird, but furprizeth it fuddenly ; fo will Chrift Jefus, lurprize the fobs ofmen , fuddenly beyond their exile Nation. The Evangelift faith, be fed come to a thief in the night. A thief knocks not, he giveth not warning ; foChriftJefus, beyond the thoughts ofmen, will be on them fuddenly before they are aware, byhis dreadfulJudgement. Fifthly, it (hall be a molt righteous Judgement. Then God (as the Apoftle faith Jim. a.) will render to every man according to hit deeds. He will not regard the face ofany : He will not be bribed by wealth or reward : He will not hear the teftimony of the world for the wicked, or againft the godly, but deal impartially, and give to every one according to his doings. Laftly, It fhall be anEternal Judgement. So faith the Apoftle, Heb. 6. z. The meaning is not, that God (hall fit for ever, fitting matters, and furveying caufes: but it is fo called from the effeet : for the conclufon (hall be this, the Eternal weal andhappinefs ofthe godly, and the eternal wo and miferyof the wicked, that (hall be plunged by the juftice ofGod into the fevereft torments. The üfe of this Doeirine. Firft, it ferveth as a prefervative against temptation; for fo Solomon path made it in the Text, a prefervative and bridle to young men, Godwill bring thee to judgement, faith he ; and let me make it fo to you. When Sathan tempted) you to fin, remember, God will call you toJudgement, even for thofe faults, for which you may poffIbly escape the penalty ofmen, yet notwith- handing it is impoffible for you to avoid the righteousJudgement ofGod. IfSa- than wouldhave theedo any thing, that the word ofGod, an l thyownconfcience theweth thee to be hateful, and wicked inthe fight ofGod; fay tohim, No, no, God will bring me toJudgement. This is the policyofour Adverfary, when he induceth us to evil, he makes fintweet and pleafant to us ; but it should be ourwif dome tomake fin bitter and loathfome, even in this meditation, God will bring us to Judgement for the fame. TheApostle faith, 9Jú(1 the devil, andhewillfly fromyou. But howmuff we refillhim; not by arguments ofour own making, but by arguments ofthe word of God: and amongst other weapons, remember to liftup this: when Sultan would have thee fin, fayNo, no, Codwill bring me to judgement. When theDevil foli- cited Eve, and circumventedher : the fpake (in the Serpent) to Satban concern- ing theJudgement ofGod: Wemay eat ( faith the) ofall the treesofthe Garden, but notofthe tree in themiddefi ofthe Carden, leaf? wedie : here thebrought an ar- gumentfrom the judgement ofGod; but herewasher weaknefs,fhe prefendy let it fall. It thould beotherwilewith us,when Sathan tempts us; let us-fay,we thalldie, and ;, Stils,!! Ire a righteous i udgement. Flom. z. f. 6. It {hall be an eternal judgement, vfeI. A plc fervatire agaicß testa- ion.
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