+8 t/ye `Per/ort by 'whom Vol II. And this is a very fuitable Reward of his great Snbmiflion and Sufferings, that be who lived in fo mean and obfcure a Condition, fhould come in great Glory ; that he who was reje&ed and defpifed of Men, fhould be attended on by mighty Angels ; that he who was arraigned and ccndedtned by the Powers of the World, fhould have Authority given him to fummon all, both frnall and great, the Kings and great Men, and fudges of the Earth, to ap- pear at his Bar, and to receive Sentence at his Month. And this (hall be the 1aft Aft of his Mediator(hip, to fit in Judgment upon the World, to diftribute Rewards to his faithful Servants, and to punifh his obftinate and implacable Enemies. And when this Work is finifh'd, then this Authority ¡hall expire, and the Office and Kingdom of the Mediator (hall ceafe ; for when heßtallhave fuhdued all Things to himfelf, as the Apohie exprefly tells us, I Gor. 15. 24, 25, &c. Then cometh the End, when he (hall have de- livered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when he ¡hall have put down all Rule, and all Authority, andPower. For he mull reign 'till he bath port all Enemies under his Feet. And when all Things f1,all be fubdued unto him, then (hall the Son alfo himfelfbe fishjell unto him that hath put all Things under him, that God may be all in all. 2. God bath committed the Adminifiration of this Judgment to Chrift, that he might hereby declare the Righteoufnefs and Equity of it, in that Mankind is judged by one in their own Nature, a Man like themfelves. And therefore we find that the Scripture, when he fpeaks of Chri(t, as Judgeof the World, Both almo(t confiantly call him Man, and the Sonof Man. In the Places I have mentioned before, Matth. 13. 41. The Son of Man (hallfend forth his Angels. And Matth. 16. 27.`The Son of Man (hall come in the Glory ofhis Father. Matth. 24. 3o. Then (hall appear the fsgn of the Son of Man in Heaven, and they (hallfee the Son of Man coming in the Goads of Heaven, with Power andgreat Glory. Matth. 25. 31. When the Son of Man (Ball come in his Glory. Ads 17. 31. He bath appointed a Day, in which he will judge the World in Righteoufnefs, by that Man whom he hath ordained. By the confrant [.Ile of which Expreffion, the Scripture doth give us plainly to underhand, that this great Honour of .being Judge of the World, was conferred upon the Humane Nature of Chrifi. For as he is God, he is over all, and Judge of the World, and could not derive this Power from any, it being originally inherent in the Deity. Which likewife appears in thole Expreffions of his being ordained a Judge, and having all Authority and7udgment committed and given to him. Ads 17. 3 r. He will judge the World in Righteoufnefs by that Man, whom he bath or- dained. And John 5. 22. The Father bath committed all Judgment to the Son. And ver. 27. He hath given him Authority to execute Judgment. Now this can- not be Paid of Christ and God, but in refped of his Humane Nature. And this is clear beyond all Exception, by what our Saviour adds, as a Reafon why this Authority is committed to him ;. He. bath given him Authority to execute Judg- ment, becaufe he is the Son of than ; that is, becaufe in that Refpe6t, and no other, he is capable of having this Authority derived to him ; for as he is the Son of God, he bath it in himfelf. And perhaps for this Reafon likewife, becaufe in refped of his Humane Nature, he is vifible; and Man being part of the vifible Creation of God, and the Judgment of the great Day being to be ad- minifier'd in a vifible manner, and to that End the Bodies of Men to be railed and united to their Souls, in order to their vifible Appearance at this Judg- ment ; it feems very congruous, that the on ofMan, cloathed in our Nature, and inverted with a Humane Body, (hould fit in judgment upon Mankind. But principally becaufe nothing can more effe&Dally declare the Equity of this Judgment, and that it (hall be adminiffer'd in Righteoufnefs, than that God bath ordained a Man like our felves to fit in Judgment upon us. In Humane lodgments, it is reckoned a great Piece of Equity, for Men to be tried by their`Peers, to be acquitted or condemned by thole, who are as near as may be to them, and in the fame Circum(tances of Rank and Condition. with themfelves ; becaufe loch are like to underhand their Cafe heft, and to 2 have
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