Ver.2,3. the .Epifile tó dic Romanes. authority -to govern and judge others, that they bee very careful( to avoide (what maybee ) to become felfe -con- demners and judgers, by failing in filch 'natters, as by their plat- and,of- fice, they are driven to fentence and punifh in t heir inferiours. For it is a thing fall of difhoneftieand fcand all , when a man may worthily have it re. plyed unto !aim; Pbyfitian /male thy fe f . DIALOGUE. II. Verfe 2, 3. But we know, that the judgements!' God it according to truth againft them which commit Itch things : and thinkeft thou this (O Man ) that condemnef# them which do fach things ,and doe ft the fame, that thouflaalt efcape the judgement of God? TIM oTHE 11 S. WHat is the drift of this Text? S n L. To reprove tholewhich flood upon mens judgements, and neg- ledted Gods judgement ; that is, they thought all wel,tè long as men thought well of them, not regarding what God judged of them, which was chiefly and afore all to be thought on. T r M. Hom fitly doth thin Text agree with theformer? Alp in what fence is Gods judgement affirmed to be according to truth? o.4ad how doe we knot' thus much? S t L. This verfe was a proofe of that which was written in the firit verle: for there he laid, that men which con- demned themfelves, are without excufe; but are fo guilty,as they cannot efcape; therealon hereof is now rendred, be- caufe the judgement of.God is accor- ding to truth ; and therefore , though men would blind themfelves, putting out their owne eyes, yet that cannot be done;and were it done,it cannot helpe, for God will find them out. By judge- ment, is meant both Gods governe- ment of things and perfons in this world, namely, his judicary power, in inflifting Paine; and alto the aëtion of the last and great day , when God will give recompence to every man , as his workes be.This judgement is faid to be (accordingtotruth ) not to much for that bee judgeth nut a!tr outward fhewes and appearances , but lea'cheth the hearts, t .Sarre. 16 7.a5 becautè it is a righteous unpartia4 judgemene,look- ing not to perlons, as corrupt men doe in their judgement, but to the quality of the offence. This wee are fait( to know, both b,caufe it is certain , and the certainty hereof evidently appea- reth to all men generally and obfcure- ly by light of nature,imprinted in meus mindes, whereof before Chap. e. verf 19,20. and this is meant here:and more fpecially and clearly by the witne(Te of the ward avouching God to be. righte- ous in his judgement, and holy in his wayes,Pfalme99 .and76.and 145. Paul abhorring with detestation , the leak thought of any injultice in God, Rom. 3.5. and Chap. 9. 14. T i M. What doch the Apoftle teach here, touching the Ioedgement of God? S i L. Two things : Fill, that his judgement is true, equall , and jult: Secondly, that it is certaine and una- voidable. T i M. What learned we from the for- mer? S t L. That God Both judge other- Wife then inendoe judge,now herein is the difference : that men de judge ac- cording: to that they doe h ar and fee, becaufe they know not the heart, and cannot tell with what ntinde every thing is done. This is the cattle that men are fo Toone and much deceived :as it may appeare, firft, in that men take fame to be good which be otherwife,as in Ifaac, who thought wel of Efau;and Paul who thought well of Demac ; and the eleven Apoftles, who had a good conceit of Iudae.Al fo men are deceived in judging foam men evill which be good: example hereof we have in Da- vid towards Mephibofbeth, Zedekiiahto- wards Jeremie:Therefore in thelecafes,. men are to judge well of all men, fo long as they have no cause to the con trary,efpecially fo long as they fee good in them,which may give hope. Second-. ly,fo to feek the good opinion of men, as
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