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CHAP. XXXVI. Of Christs second coming to the Judgment, and rendring unto every man according to his deeds done in the body, whether good or bad. (Book 36)

SHall not the Judg of all the earth do right? Gen. 18. 25.

The wicked is reserved to the day of destruction: they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath, Job 21. 30.

I know my Redeemer liveth, and he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth, Job 19. 25.

The ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, Psal. 1. 5.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations which forget God, Psal. 9. 17.

God is Judg himself, Psal. 50. 6.

He cometh to judg the earth: and he shall judg the world with righteous∣ness, and the people with his truth, Psal. 96. 13. Psal. 98. 9.

Rejoyce, O young man in thy youth, &c. and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment, Eccles. 11. 9.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing: whe∣ther it be good, or whether it be evil, Eccles. 12. 14.

Thine eyes are upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one accord∣ing to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings, Jer. 32. 19.

Agree with thine adversary, &c. lest at any time thine adversary deliver thee to the Judg, &c. Matth. 5. 25, 26.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, Have we not prophesied in thy name, &c? then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me ye who work iniquity, Matth. 7. 21, 22, 23. Luke 13. 25, 26, 27.

Whosoever shall not receive you, &c. it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that City, Matth. 10. 14, 15. chap. 11. 21, 22, 23, 24.

But I say unto you, That every idle word which men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment, Matth. 12. 36.

So shall it be at the end of the world: the Son of man shall send sorth his An∣gels, and they shall gather, &c. them which do iniquity: and shall cast them into a furnace of fire, there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth: then shall the righ∣teous shine, &c. Matth. 13. 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 50.

The Son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then he shall reward every man according unto his works, Matth. 16. 27.

There was a man who had not on a wedding-garment; and the king said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? and he was speechless. Then said the king to his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping, &c. Matth. 22. 11, 12, 13. chap. 25. 30.

As the lightning cometh out of the East, and shineth to the West: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, &c. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory; and he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, &c. But of the day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the Angels in heaven, but my father only: but as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, &c. they were eating and drinking, &c. Watch therefore, &c. be ye therefore ready also: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh, &c. Matth. 24. 27, 30, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, &c. Luke 12, 35, 36. chap. 17. 24.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy Angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on the right hand, but the goats on the left hand. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand: Come ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was an hungred, &c. Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepa∣red for the Devil and his angels: for I was an hungred, &c. and these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into everlasting life, Matth. 25. 31, 32, 33, 35, 41, 42, 46.

Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right-hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven, Matth. 26. 64.

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, &c. in this adulterous and sin∣ful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with his holy Angels, Mark 8. 38.

The father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son, that all men should honour the Son, &c. and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man, &c. As I hear, I judg, and my judgment is just, because I seek not mine own will, &c. John 5. 22, 23, 27, 30.

He who rejecteth me, &c. hath one who judgeth him: the word I have spoken, the same shall judg him in the last day, John 12. 48.

I will come again and receive you, John 14. 3.

Ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoyce, &c. John 16. 22.

This same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven, Acts 1. 11.

He commanded us to preach unto the people, &c. That it is he who was or∣dained of God to be the Judg of quick and dead, Acts 10. 42.

He hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the world in righteous∣ness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given an assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead, Acts 17. 31.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance and judgment to come, Felix trembled, Acts 24. 25.

After thy hardness, &c. treasurest up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuing in well∣doing, &c. eternal life: but unto them who are contentious, &c. indignation and wrath, &c. upon every soul of man who doth evil, &c. but glory, honour, and peace to every man who worketh good, &c. for there is no respect of per∣sons with God, &c. in the day when God shall judg the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel, Rom. 2. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16.

Is God unrighteous, &c? God forbid: for then, how shall God judg the world? Rom. 3. 5, 6.

Why dost thou judg thy brother, &c? we shall all stand before the judg∣ment seat of Christ: for it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, Every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God: so then, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God, Rom. 14. 10, 11, 12. Isa. 45. 23.

If any man build on this foundation gold, silver, &c. every mans work shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it: because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is, &c. 1 Cor. 3. 12, 13, 14, 15.

He who judgeth me, is the Lord; therefore judg nothing before the time, un∣til the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of dark∣ness, &c. 1 Cor. 4. 4, 5.

Do ye not know that the Saints shall judg the world, &c? that we shall judg Angels, 1 Cor. 6. 2, 3.

We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad: knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, &c. 2 Cor. 5. 9, 10, 11.

When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him, &c. Col. 3. 4.

To the end he may establish your hearts, &c. before God, even our father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his Saints, 1 Thess. 3. 13.

The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God, 1 Thess. 4. 16, 17.

For your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night: for when they shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travel upon a woman with child: and they shall not e∣scape, &c. I pray God your whole spirit, soul and body, may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord, 1 Thess. 5. 2, 3, 23.

It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them who trouble you: and to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance of them who know not God, and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, 2 Thess. 1. 6, 7, 8, 9.

We beseech you by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, &c. as that the day of Christ is at hand, &c. except there come first a falling away, and that man of sin be revealed, &c. 2 Thess. 2. 1, 2, 3.

The Lord Jesus, who shall judg the quick and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdom, &c. a crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judg shall give me at that day, &c. unto them also who love his appearance, 2 Tim. 4. 1, 8.

Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Titus 2. 13.

Not laying again the foundation, &c. of eternal judgment, Heb. 6. 1, 2.

It is appointed for all men once to dye, but after this the judgment: so Christ, &c. unto them who look for him, shall he appear the second time without sin, Heb. 9. 27, 28.

A certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversary, &c. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Heb. 10. 27, 31.

Ye are come unto mount Zion, &c. and to God the Judg of all, &c. Heb. 12. 22, 23.

Be patient therefore, brethren, to the coming of the Lord, &c. for the coming of the Lord draweth near, &c. James 5. 7, 8.

That the tryal of our faith, &c. might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, &c. the father, who without respect of persons, judgeth according unto every mans works, 1 Pet. 1. 7, 17.

Who shall give account unto him, who is ready to judg the quick and the dead, &c. the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch un∣to prayer, &c. The time is come, that judgment must begin at the house of God, &c. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God? and if the righteous scarcely be saved, Where shall the ungodly and sinners ap∣pear? 1 Pet. 4. 5, 7, 17, 18.

When the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown, &c. 1 Pet. 5. 4.

The Lord knoweth how, &c. to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment, to be punished, 2 Pet. 2. 9.

There shall come in the last days, scoffers, &c. and saying, Where is the pro∣mise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning, &c. the heavens and the earth, which now are, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men, &c. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years: and a thousand years as one day, &c. But the day of the Lord will come

as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, &c. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of per∣sons ought ye to be, &c? looking for and hasting unto the day of God, 2 Pet. 3. 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. Psal. 102. 25, 26.

Abide in him: that when he appears, we may have confidence at his coming, 1 John 2. 28.

That we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we, 1 John 4. 16, 17.

The Angels who kept not their first state, &c. hath he reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day, &c. Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his Saints, to execute judgment upon all, &c. Jude, ver. 6, 14, 15.

Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him: and they also who pierced him, &c. Rev. 1. 7.

And the heavens departed as a scroul, &c. and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief Captains, and the mighty men, &c. hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains, and said unto the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand? Rev. 6. 14, 15, 16, 17.

The nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged: and thou shouldst give unto thy servants a reward, &c. Rev. 11. 18.

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it: from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away, &c. and I saw the dead, small and great, stand be∣fore God: and the books were opened, &c. and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works, Rev. 20. 11, 12, 15.

Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me: to give every man ac∣cording as his works shall be, &c. And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come, &c. He who testified these things, saith, Surely, I come quickly: Amen. Even so, Come Lord Jesus, Rev. 22. 12, 17, 20.

We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them who do such things, Rom. 2. 2.

Be not deceived, &c. for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap: for he who soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap, &c. Gal. 6. 7, 8.