Sermons upon death and eternal judgment

1. Upon the account of its superlative Dignity. No mere Creature is capable of such a glorious Commission. To pass a Sovereign Sentence upon Angels and Men, is a Royalty reserved ⟨p. 13⟩for God himself. We read that no Man in Heaven, or Earth, ¹was able to open the Sealed Book of his Eternal Counsels, as unsearchable as deep: only Jesus Christ who was in the Bosom of the Father, the Seat of his Counsels and Compassions, and was acquainted with all his Glorious Secrets, could unfold the Order of the Divine Decrees about the Church. And if no Creature was worthy to be admitted into God's Counsel, much less to be taken into his Throne. The Eternal Son, the express Image of his Person, is alone fit to be his authorised Representative in Judgment. Our Saviour declares, that the Father invested the Son with this Regal Power, that all Men should honour the Son, ²with the same religious Reverence, and supreme adoration, as they honour the Father.

1. Upon the account of its superlative Dignity. No mere Creature is capable of such a glorious Commission. To pass a Sovereign Sentence upon Angels and Men, is a Royalty reserv'd ⟨p. 13⟩for God himself. We read that no Man in Heaven, or Earth, ¹was able to open the Sealed Book of his Eternal Counsels, as unsearchable as deep: only Jesus Christ who was in the Bosom of the Father, the Seat of his Counsels and Compassions, and was acquainted with all his Glorious Secrets, could unfold the Order of the Divine Decrees about the Church. And if no Creature was worthy to be admitted into God's Counsel, much less to be taken into his Throne. The Eternal Son, the express Image of his Person, is alone fit to be his authorised Representative in Judgment. Our Saviour declares, that the Father invested the Son with this Regal Power, that all Men should honour the Son, ²with the same religious Reverence, and supreme adoration, as they honour the Father.