334 C x AP.¢. din Expofition vpon the firfi VEit.id T. Reafons of it are many ; amongft many tak e thefe few, f ril , to declare the iuftice and 'equity of Gods ferret f Rpm. z5 iudgement, for which caule it iscalled, ftbe day of de- cl.vingtheiaef judgement of Cod. There is at cuery mans death a iudgement of ablolution or condemnation paf- fed vpon their foules, according to their faith or infide- lity, repentance, or impenitency, but to vs as yet fecret. The Lord therefore bath :appointed a day of generali Aflïfe, wherein euery mans workes: thalicome ro exami- nation and publike view, 'and all the world be forced to acknowledge the equity of the Lords ferret pro -+ ceedings. . To this tend other aetionsof the Lord euidencing the g lade if, fame truth, as g cenaaiE ion of all he vnaoelly oftheir vnlam- full deeds which they halm vngodIiy committed. Though I doubt not but it is true of moll men, they line and dye as brit 3.15. thole heretiques Paul fpeakes of, h'ovr4grnutprrat, their confcience being witnelre and iudge againft them ; yet bath it pleafed the Lord lo to appoint, that there (hall be a farther,and more publique conuittion ofthcm:that if any hypocrite fhall bee fo impudent as to obtrude vnto the Lord the formali feruice he hath done, his mouth may be flopped, and his face cowered with confufion ; when his owne heart fhall tell him, men and Angels witnefling, he hath btene a formallift onely in Chriftianicy. 2. A fecond reafon, is . the execution of full vengeance vpon the bodies and foules of them, that haue either ig- íz Thef t. 8. norantly or malicioully i difoheyed the Gofpell. And this rea- fon is furthered by two others. FA, though they now in their fouleshuffer what their finnes haue deferued, yet by their bodies, the inftruments of their foules in finning, in the fame flare of lenfeleliief "c with the bodies of Gods Saints. Iris meet therefore, that there fhould bee fuch a comming- ofChrifl, that as bodies and follies haue beene fellowes in euil doing,ló they may both partake in the pu- nifhmcntof their abominations. Secondly,moreouer,ir is to
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