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dead,
and the eternal
rewards and
eternal
punishments
that
attend
it,
are more abundantly mentioned
in
the
New
Testament,
because
they
stand
so
much more
con-
nected
with
the gospel
of
Christ, and
with his own
resur-
rection
from the dead, which
is
the chief evidence
of
its
divine
authority.
It
is
Christ, who rose from the dead,
who
is
appointed
to
rise
and to
judge
all
mankind
;
and,
therefore,
it
is
natural
for
the apostles,
in
their
writings,
who
desire to keep the death and .resurrection
of Christ
always
in
the
view
of
their
converts,
to
point
to
the
aw-
ful
events
of that
day, when
their
Saviour, risen from
the
dead,
shall appear
in
the
execution of
his
glorious com-
mission,
and
judge
the
world.
Thus
St
Paul preaches
to
the Athenians
;
Acts
xvii. 30, 31.
"
God
now com-
mands
all men every where
to
repent;
because
he
bath
appointed a
day,
in which he
will
judge
the world, in
righteousness,
by
that
man, whom
he
bath ordained,
whereof
he
hath
given
assurance to
all
men, in
that
he
hath
raised him from the dead." And,
in
many
other
places,
he
connects
our
resurrection, and future recom-
pences,
with
the
resurrection
of
Christ.
And, in this respect, as
well as in some
others,
the
doctrine
of
rewards and punishments after
the resurrec-
tion,
seems
to
carry
such
superior
force
in
it,
especially
upon those
who believe
the
gospel,
that
it
is
no wonder
the New
Testament
more
frequently
refers
to this
great
day
of
resurrection, and the apostle
derives the
chief
part
of
his
consolations
or
terrors
from
it.
2.
Then
will
be
the public and
universal
retributions
of
vice
and
virtue, in a more
solemn manner,
exhibited
before
all
the
world
;
whereas the
entrance of
mankind,
into
the
recompences
of
the
separate
state,
is
more
pri-
vate and personal.
3.
Then
will
be
the day
of
complete rewards and pu-
nishments
of
man, in
both parts
df
his
nature,
soul
and
body
All
the
separate state
belongs only to
the
soul,
and
even
those recompences
are but
imperfect, before,
in comparison
òf
what
they
will be,
when body and
soul
are
united.
4.
Then
will be
the most
glorious,
visible,
and sensi-
ble
distinction
made
between
the
good and
bad;
and
since this belongs
to
the body
as well as
the
soul,
it
is
very
properly set
before the
,
eyes
of
men, in
the
holy