Sam. CXXV. the WorldJh11 be judged. i 5 r Confider then, Sinner, whom it is thou now reje&en and defpifefi, and whole Laws thou cafteli behind thy Back. It is he, who for all his mean Appearance in the World, is the Lordof Glory, into whofe Hands the Father bath committed all judgment. And can there be a greater Madnefs than to pro- voke and make him thine Enemy, who (hall be thy Judge ? than to defpife him, who can deltroy thee? He appeared once as a Lamb to take away the Sins of the World ; but if through our Obstinacy and Impenitency we ren- der this Appearance of his ineffeEtual for our Recovery, he will appear a fecond Time in a more terrible manner, as a Lion to tear or in Pieces. He came once as a Light into the World, in a Bill and gentle Way, to convince and convert Sinners i But if we refit} this Light, he will come inflaming Fire to take Vengeance on all them that know not God, and obey not the Gofel'of his Son. And this is that which will make us fpeechlefs, and fill our Faces with ever- laning Confufion, at the fecond Coming of Chriu, that we have frunrated and made void the Endof his first Coming. What (hall we be able to fay to him when he comes to judge us, who reje&ed him when he came to fave us ? With what Reafon can we hope that he will deliver us from Hell, when we would not be fated by him from our Sins, and redeemed from our vain Converfation? I will conclude all with that merciful Warning which the judge himfelf bath given us, and left upon Record, Luke 2t. 34, 35, 16. Take heed to your selves, left at any time your Hearts be overcharged with Surfeiting, and Drunkennefs, and Cares of this Life, and fo that Day come upon you unawares. For as a Snare (hall it come on all them that dwell on the Face of the whole Earth. Watch ye there- fore andpray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to efcape all theje Things that (hallcome to paf, and to flaredbefore the-Soso of Man. SERMON CXXVIe Of the Perlons who are to be judged. 2 C O R. V. O. The Taaird Sermon on for we muft all appear before the judgment Seat of Chri/i, that every tint Text . one may receive the Things done in his Body, according to that he bath done, whether it be good or bad. IProceed to the Second Propofition contained in the Words, via. That all Men are liable to this judgment, and that no Man that ever lived in the World, except our Bleffed Saviour the Judge himfelf, (hall beexempted from it. We mull all appear before the judgment Seat of Chrifi. I (hall firfl endeavour to illunrate andconfirm the Truth of thisPropofttion; and then apply it to our felves. Firfl, For the Confirmation of it. This I (ball endeavour to do from ex- prefs Tenimonies of Scripture ; and then by Arguments drawn from Reafon and Scripture together. I. I (hall endeavour to confirm the Truth of this Point from exprefs Te(li- monies of Scripture. And we find that the Scripture vfeth Words of the greaten: Latitude and Extent, to exprefs this Matter more emphatically to us. Gen-
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