Book II. c H R I s T THE ] u D G E OF A L L. fue, upon the ill Difpofition of the Judge. ready to pity and forgive, if the Circumflances of the Caufe will bear it: An In!tance of which we have in what Chrilt faid to the Woman taken in Adultery : He that is without Sin, let him throw the firft Stone, &c. John viii. 7· 4· A Judge Is, or o<Jght tu be, a 4· The Lord Chri!t is a Man of Jultice, that M an of Julbce and Impartiality, will not be flattered with fair 'Words. His ]m. · that will not refpeCl: Pcrfons in partiality appeared in the Days of his Flefh. !-le J<'dgment, take Bribes, or know told Nicodemus, a great Ruler, that he mufl: be the Faces of any, though never fo born again, John iii.· 3· called llcrod the King ;t gr.eat among Men. Aaron was not Fox. He told the Rulers of the Jews, that they to know his Father nor Mother in !hould hereafter fee the Son of MaJ>jitting at the Judgment. Right-hand of Power and Glory, Matt. xxvi. 24. 5· A good and upright Judge is a M an of Courage and Boldnefs, will not fay to the Wicked, 'Thou art righteous; nor excufc the Faults of great Men through fear. that is, as a Judge, to arraign them fOr their Jn. jufl:ice, Cr<Jelty, f.Sc. 5· The Lord J efus, tho<Jgh he be a Lamb for Meeknefs, and a Dove for lnnocency, yet he is a Lion for Boldnefs and Courage, and in his Time will fhew himfelf to be fo to all the Ungodly of the Eanh, wht:ther Kings, Captains, or mighty Men : 'They jhalt cry to tbe Rocks to fall upon them, mtd Mountains to cover them, to bide them fro;nthe Face of him tbatjittethupon the 'Tbrone, and from the Wrath of the L amb, Refi!. vi. t 6, '7· M E T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. III. The Place and Work of a Ill. The Work atr.gned to the Lord J efus, as J udge is grounded upon good Reaa Judge, is grounded upon the highefl: Reaton: fon : 1. The Honor of the Sover. The Authority of God the Father, who 1\ath reign. 2. The Reafonablenef, of · comm itted all Judg ment into the Hands of the Sovereignty or Authority. 3· The Son. 2. The Reafonablenefs of his Aut hority: J ufl:nefs of the Laws. 4• In refpeCl: H e gave to all their Being, and therefore may of the SubjeCl:. challenge a Right more than earthly Sovereigns, to fit as Judge over them. 3· The Equity of his L aws, which are holy,juft, andgood, Roiil. vii. 1 2 . There is nothing amifs, no F ault can be found in them. 4· In refpe<'l: of his SubjeCl:s: God is not unrig hteous, to forget their Work of Faith, and Labor of Love, &c. of the God ly: And it is a righte– ous Thing with him to recompenfe the Ungodly according to their D eeds: He jhalt render unto e·very Afan, according as their Works jha/1 be, Rev. xxii . 12. IV. A Judge is appointed to his IV. The Lord J efus Chrifl: is appointed to Place anct Office ; he aCl:s not of take the Place and Office of a Judge ; he acts not himfelf, but by Commiffion. of bimfelf, but by Commitr.on from the great and mighty Potentate of the whole U niverfe. Godjudgeth no Man, but bath committed all Judgment zmto the Son, John v. 22. lt is he that i• ordained ofGod to be the Judge of r.he ~tick and Dead. He bath appointed a Day, in which be willjudge the World in Righteoujilefs, by that Man whom he bath or– daimd, Afts xiii. 31. It is appointed unto Men once to die, and after Death the Judg– ment, to which end Chrift jhalt appear the fecond 'Time, Heb. ix. 2 7· V. A Judge hath his fer Time V. In like manner is there a fet Time, a certain or Days limited, wherein to keep a D ay limited, for the Lord J efus, the great Judge ,general Setr.ons, or hold a folemn to keep a general Setr.ons, and hold a folemn AI~ Affize, for the Honor of his Sofize, for the Honor of the eternal God, called vereign Lord the King. the J)ay of Judgment. It jha/1 be more tolerabi<' - for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment, VI. A Judge, when he hath re– ceived his Commitr.on, and the f(,r Day is come, hath Power to fummoo all Parries concerned, and order ·all Offenders to appear before him in J u_dgment. than for that City, Matt. x. 15. V I. The Lord J efus, as fupreme Judge, by virtue of his Authority and Commitr.on, when the fer Time is come, will fumrnon the whole 'World, even all Offenders, to appear before his Judgment-Seat: 'The 'J'i;ne is coming, whm all that are in their G•aves jha/1 bear his Voice, and come forth, John v. 28. 'Ihe '!'mmpet jha/1 found, and de
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