The seventh Article of our faith is this. From thence he shall come to 1judge the quick and the dead. In the former Articles there is set forth and confessed the divine goodness, bountifulness and grace in Christ: now also shall be declared the divine justice, severity and vengeance that is in him. For there are two comings of our Lord Jesus Christ. First he came basely in the flesh to be the redeemer and saviour of the world. At the second time he shall come gloriously to judgement to be a judge and revenger that will not be entreated against all unrepentant sinners and wicked doers. And he shall come out of heaven from the right hand of the Father in his visible and very humane body, to be seen of all flesh, with the incomprehensible power of his Godhead, and being attended on by all the Angels. For the Lord him self in the Gospel saith: They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory, and he shall send his angels with the great sound of a trump. &c. But now to judge 2is to sit in the tribunal seat, to hear and discuss matters, to take up strifes to determine and give sentence, & lastly to defend & deliver, & again to chastise & punish, & by that means to keep under & suppress injury and malice. ⟨p. 75⟩We believe therefore that our Lord Jesus Christ in that day shall deliver all the godly, & destroy all the wicked: according to the words of the Apostle who saith, Our Lord shall be revealed from heaven with the Angels of his power, with a burning flame, and shall lay vengeance on them that have not known God: And again, the same just judge shall give a crown of righteousness to all them that love his coming. The manner of this judgement 3the writings of the Evangelists & Apostles do tell us, shall be in this sort. When once the wickedness of this world shall come to the full, & that Antichrist shall have deceived the world, so that there is but little faith remaining, & that the wicked shall say peace & quietness, then shall a sudden destruction come. For our Lord the judge shall send his Archangel, to blow the trump & to gather together from the four winds all flesh to judgement: by and by after shall the judge him self our Lord Jesus Christ follow with all the host of heaven: & he shall descend out of heaven into the clouds:
The seuenth Article of our faith is this. From thence he shall come to 1iudge the quicke and the deade. In the former Articles there is set foorth and confessed the diuine goodnesse, bountifulnesse and grace in Christe: nowe also shall be declared the diuine iustice, seueritie and vengeaunce that is in him. For there are two cōmings of our Lorde Iesus Christe. First he came basely in the fleshe to be the redéemer and sauiour of the worlde. At the second time he shal come gloriously to iudgement to be a iudge and reuenger that will not be intreated against all vnrepentaunt sinners and wicked doers. And he shal come out of heauen from the right hand of the Father in his visible and very humane body, to be séene of all fleshe, with the incomprehensible power of his Godhead, and being attended on by all the Angels. For the Lord him selfe in the Gospel sayth: They shall see the sonne of man cōming in the cloudes of heauen with great power and glory, and he shall send his angels with the great soūd of a trūp. &c. But now to iudge 2is to sit in the tribunall seate, to heare and discusse matters, to take vp strifes to determine and giue sentence, & lastly to defend & deliuer, & againe to chastise & punish, & by that means to kéepe vnder & suppresse iniurie and malice. ⟨p. 75⟩We beléeue therefore that our Lorde Iesus Christ in that day shall deliuer all the godly, & destroy all the wicked: according to the words of the Apostle who saith, Our Lord shall be reuealed frō heauen with the Angels of his power, with a burning flame, and shall lay vengeance on them that haue not knowne God: And againe, the same iust iudge shall giue a crowne of righteousnesse to al them that loue his cō ming. The manner of this iudgemēt 3the writings of the Euangelistes & Apostles doe tell vs, shall be in this sort. When once the wickednesse of this world shal come to the full, & that Antichrist shall haue deceiued the world, so that there is but little faith remaining, & that the wicked shall say peace & quietnesse, then shall a soudaine destructiō come. For our Lord the iudge shall send his Archangell, to blowe the trūp & to gather together frō ye foure windes all flesh to iudgement: by and by after shall the iudge him selfe our Lord Iesus Christ follow with all the hoast of heauen: & he shall descend out of heauen into the cloudes:
- 1The seventh Article. Christ a Judge.The seuenth Article. Christ a Iudge.
- 2To Judg• what it […]To Iudg• what it 〈…〉
- 3The picture of •he last judgement.The pic•ure of •he laste ••dgemēt.