Gods Dcoks 3• lo .. Chriils cv1nExpojition lait iudgement. For as at the bar ofan earthly iudge, thema- A!before the iudgement featofCh ·a h h lefaelour isbroughtout of prif~n, and fer be- !knowingallthingsin his erernallr~o~nJ~ r!hea~ ~ore the mdge, and there examme~. : cuen fo reueale vnto euery man his owneparti~lar mthat great day, 0Jall euery man without exfins, wherherrhey werein thought w d ceprion be brought before the Lord,to be.trideedc,and theAalfo by his mighty p~w~~' i,~~- ed.Butl!ow!hall this mall be made? Anf By !hall fotottch mensconfcienoes,rhattheylhall worke.s:asthe Apofile f.11th,• Cor.5 .10. We. ~frefh remember whatthty hauedone. Now m11jfallappearebefortthe.udgmentfeat ifChri.jf~ mdeede, the wicked mans confciencc is!hut that~"'') ,,,.n "'") re~<lucthuhmgs wbtchar. vp asaclofed booke; but then it lJ 1all beil'o ddn. m hu body accordi_ng tothat hee hatit.do~e, tou;hed, andas it were opened, rhathee!hall wherh<nt begoodor ekl/1. And thereafo~Is,bepl~nely fee and remember all the partic•lar caufe works a.rethe outward flgnes ofmward offences w~ich at any time hee hath commit· _grace and holmes.And though we bemlhfied ted; and his very confciencc fhall be asgood ~y faithalo"e wit~outworkes,yet may we be 'Isa thouund witne!l'es: whereupon heo fha!l 1\1dged both by faith and workcs. FOr the laft .a~~ufe and vtterly condemnc himfclfe. Th'e iudgement doth notferue tom~ke men mll ~onfl<!eration(>fthisoughtto.terriliealltfiok that are vniuft, but onely to mamfell them to B' that hue in their linnes: for howfoeuer they . be.iuftindeede., which are iull before, ~nd in -may hideand'coutrthem from the world;yet · this hfe truly m!hfied. The conflderatiOn of at ·the !all: day, God will bee JUre toreueale this very point fhould mooue vs allto repent them all. vs ofour fins pall , and to reform~our felues. :.. Nowafterthatmensworkes aremade mathroughout, and to bee pknufullutall good pifefr,rhey mull further be tried whetherthey works. And vndoubtedly ifwe ~eriou!lythink be.good 6reuili,And that fhal bedone onrhi$ vponir,it will hold vs more ilieitlytoal(loo.d this manner. Theythatncuerheard ofChriff · duties, then ifwith the Papills,we held mft1- .mull: bee _triedby the law of oatnre which .fication by\vorkes. .. ..· . d<ruesto make them inexcufable befo're God. Furthermore, in rhis triaUtwo thmgs muft As for thofi: that line in the CHurch they!hall be fcanned: r. howall mens work~~ !hall bee be.• tried by the Law andthe Gofp:l, -as·f~l made .manifelt: II. by what mea~es they. faith..R0md.·n. Asm1Wyuh•••fl1111edi1Jtlit; fhall be examined. Ofthe marufeftatiOn ofe· lr<~Y,.fhaY buudgedbytht/Aw. And~aine,vlj6'.; uery mans worke S.John fpeakes, Reu.,p.to. -d! r.hniAyif.iudgementG•dfha/Jiuilge.theftci-iNI Andlfow (faith he) thedeailborhgreat&[l"•ll of•ur h<Arts.MCordingt••hisGofpel. And;Hebo' j/andbifore Go,!, andtheboo'<!swere•pen<d .: am! C 1·~.7·'BJfaith .'b[oahbuildtdanarlt!,whete~·he anoth'Yboo'<!w.u opened;which u thekook!_of/;fe, codemncd theollworta. ThenWee muft inthe and the dead were i•dged ofthofe:th'?g_s, w.bich fcare of God heare his wotd pr<ached ana 1Pere-writtmin thebo9k! tJccqrding.;orJie,r Work,t. taught with all reuerencc" and ~make·corffci: God is faid to haue bookes n~rpropcr!y·,. bur t'!c.e toprofit by it. For otheJ.W!fe inthcaay bocaufeallthings are as certame and manifeft ol;_m~gementwhen all Otlt'~otkslhall be trito him, as ifhe hadhis Reg1llets>m~eauen ro eol.by ~t, rhe-lilmeword of God lhall bea bi)l kcepe roUes and records ofthem• Ris bookes oftRditeme~t,. an.? the fearcfuH fentence of arethree; the bookeof'l'rouidmce, We booke -condembatlen agamftvs. Thereforelet vs be ofJndgemmt,the booke ofLif~.rT~>book.eof hu.mbled by. the doftrine of the !•w, and hisprouidence is the k"owledgeof·all pamcu 7 : "':Illmgly embrace.the ~lol(e,etepronufes of the. Iarrhings pall,prefent,9t to come;. 0fthisrhe , Gofpel: confldermg It JS·the onely touch- . Pfalmi(l (peaks,Jlfal.t 39•16. T;h•;:e·e~ud1dfee !tone, whereby all ou~words, thoughts, ·and meol.'ht1"Wa;without forme1orm ~hj,bM/ttwer.e Wl>rkesmuft b~·exammed. . , I all thi•gs ivritten,whichincofiml~<f!ce••teref•Jh,oi• :: . '!'he flJ<t po!~t In the proce<;ding of rh~ 1~~ ntd,\vhentherewa; none ofthem befdre,ifhebook uldgement; ISthe&••mgoffenrence, whir.HIS. ofiud•mentis that,: \Vhereby hee gitf<s-iudge- D t'wo-foldc: tlie~t1tence ofibfol'ution,anfi tlie1 ment~ and iris two.fold. The fi,<n,: is Gods fenrenceof<ondeinnation;liotli which are to' knoWledgeor prefcitlice, in which all the-afbe obferued<liilgentlY,, that We n10y tecei~e faireso fmen thekdlbughr,wordl ,&deedes, profit thereby :'A nil'fir!lof.alljChrill !hall be-. are as certai~ly knowne and fer downc, as if gin his iudgem'c:nt with' the fentence.of alifutftey-tvcrcpi!t in b_ool\es ofRecord. We may lotion; w!iich~ewes that he' is:ready ro !hew I foroec.our finncs , but God keepes them ma mercy,and1{l~\V:t:o wrat~.'ln.this fenten~e we Re;;iifer·hc kuo,~cs them eueryone. The fe" are tocorifldcrfollre pomts :"!. Acalhng~f co1:d tx.6ke is eue,.Y mans particular confei. the Eleeltorhe kingdom< <>fheauen: II. The ,mce,,~l\ich alfo brings to remembrance, & reteafon thereof.: ~f':A reply o~-the Elc,a: IV. fi.ifit·swhat men hatJedone., & what they haue The anfwer ofChn!ho thema·game. The eR/.. .not done. The book of life is nothin'g tlfe, but lingof the Elect is Cetdownc in thcfe words: 1 the decree of Gods elecrion, in which God ComeyebieffidofmyF.rhtr, inhttitthekingdom< hath ftt down who be ordained to lifeeternal. preparedforyoufrom the b•ginmngif the world. Moth.•!· Now the opening of thcfe bookes is athirig And thewordsare to b'eobfe_rued oue by one. H· whe.reitlthc endl<ffcpowerofGod Oull moll Comeyebleffid] Though Chnfi now fit mglbnvtably (hew it ftlfc. For when we fhallfiand ry and maiellie in iudgement,_yet hcceafcth - -· ---· ~- .... not
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