VII. Art. Q. What learn you out of the Seventh Article, from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead?
A. 1. I learn to my comfort, that he that is my Saviour, shall be my Iudge. Job 19. verse 25.
2. To the terror of the wicked and un∣godly, that he shall be their Iudge, whom they have refused and despised. 2 Thes. 1.8.
Q. Who are the quick and the dead that are to be judged by Christ?
A. All men that ever were from the be∣ginning, are, or shall be to the end of the world, whether they shall be alive then, or dead before.
Q. Why doth Christ defer his coming?
A. He waiteth till the number of the elect be accomplished, till the measure of iniqui∣ty be fulfilled, till his enemies be all sub∣dued and abolished. Rev. 6.11. Mat. 13.30. Heb. 10.13.
Q. What need is there that the dead should be brought to Judgment, seeing particular judgment was given of them before, whether they be good or evil?
A. It is needful for two causes. 1. Be∣cause the first judgment pertains only to