Secondly, Consider, That secret 1sins shall be revealed. The most hidden works of darkness shall be openly manifested; for though the actings of sin be in the dark, yet the judgings of sin shall be in the light, Luke 8. 17. For nothing ⟨p. 433⟩is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known, and come abroad. The slanders of the Jews concerning the magical arts of Christ and his Apostles; the horrible lies of the Pagans concerning the incestuous copulations of the Christians, and their drinking mans-blood, were in time discovered what they were, Eccl. 12. 14. God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil: Mark, he doth not say some work, but every work; and not only works, but secrets; and not only secrets, but every secret; and not only secret good things, but evil to; whether good works or ill works, whether secret or open, all must be brought to judgement. The Books of Gods Omniscience, and mans Conscience, shall then be opened, and then secret sins shall be as legible in thy forehead, as if they were written with the most glistering Sun-beams upon a wall of Chrystal. All mens secret sins are printed ⟨p. 434⟩in Heaven, and God will at last read them aloud in the ears of all the world, 1 Cor. 4. 5. Judg nothing before the time until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart. Look as there are a world of flies and motes in the Air, which we never see till the Sun shines; so there are many thousand thousands of proud thoughts, and unclean thoughts, and worldly thoughts, and malicious thoughts, & envious thoughts, and bloody thoughts, &c. which the world sees not, knows not; but in the great day, when the counsels of all hearts shall be manifest, then all shall out, then all shall appear, both to the upper and the lower world. In the great day all Masks, Visors, and Hoods shall be pulled off, and then all shall out; all that ever thou hast done in the secret Chamber, in the dark corner, shall be made known to men and Angels, yea, to the whole Court of Heaven, and to ⟨p. 435⟩all the world beside, Rom. 2. 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ:
Secondly, Consider, That secret 1sins shall be revealed. The most hidden works of darkness shall be openly manifested; for though the actings of sin be in the dark, yet the judgings of sin shall be in the light, Luke 8. 17. For nothing ⟨p. 433⟩is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known, and come abroad. The slanders of the Jews concerning the magical arts of Christ and his Apostles; the horrible lyes of the Pagans concerning the incestuous copulations of the Christians, and their drinking mans-blood, were in time discovered what they were, Eccl. 12. 14. God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil: Mark, he doth not say some work, but every work; and not only works, but secrets; and not only secrets, but every secret; and not only secret good things, but evil to; whether good works or ill works, whether secret or open, all must be brought to judgement. The Books of Gods Omniscience, and mans Conscience, shall then be opened, and then secret sins shall be as legible in thy forehead, as if they were written with the most glistering Sun-beams upon a wall of Chrystal. All mens secret sins are printed ⟨p. 434⟩in Heaven, and God will at last read them aloud in the ears of all the world, 1 Cor. 4. 5. Judg nothing before the time until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart. Look as there are a world of flies and motes in the Aire, which we never see till the Sun shines; so there are many thousand thousands of proud thoughts, and unclean thoughts, and worldly thoughts, and malicious thoughts, & envious thoughts, and bloudy thoughts, &c. which the world sees not, knows not; but in the great day, when the counsels of all hearts shall be manifest, then all shall out, then all shall appear, both to the upper and the lower world. In the great day all Masks, Vizards, and Hoods shall be pulled off, and then all shall out; all that ever thou hast done in the secret Chamber, in the dark corner, shall be made known to men and Angels, yea, to the whole Court of Heaven, and to ⟨p. 435⟩all the world beside,
- 1In my Treatise called Apples of Gold, &c. I have proved by many arguments, that the sins of the Saints shall not be brought into the judgment of Discussion and discovery in the great day, pag. 155, to pag. 172. and therefore understand this second particular of such who live and die in their secret sins without Repentance and faith in the blood of Christ.
