3. Before God at the day of Judgment, 1 John. 2. 28. And now little children abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. He is the brave man that can hold up his head in that day. Wicked men will then be ashamed, 1. Because their secret sins are then divulged and made public, 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, and then shall every man have praise of God. 2. Because of the frustration of their hopes; Disappointment bringeth shame. Some do many things, and make full account of their acceptance with God, and reception to glory; but when all is disappointed, how much are they confounded! Rom. 5. 5. Hope maketh not ashamed, because it is not frustrated. 3. By the contempt and dishonour God puts upon them, banishing them out of his presence; they become the scorn of Saints and Angels, Dan. 12. 2. And many of them that sleep in the dust shall arise, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. But now the godly are bold and confident, Psal. 1. 5. The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the godly shall lift up their head with joy and rejoicing.
3. Before God at the day of Judgment, 1 John. 2. 28. And now little children abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. He is the brave man that can hold up his head in that day. Wicked men will then be ashamed, 1. Because their secret sins are then divulged and made publick, 1 Cor. 4. 5. Iudg 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, and then shall every man have praise of God. 2. Because of the frustration of their hopes; Disappointment bringeth shame. Some do many things, and make full account of their acceptance with God, and reception to glory; but when all is disappointed, how much are they confounded! Rom. 5. 5. Hope maketh not ashamed, because it is not frustrated. 3. By the contempt and dishonour God puts upon them, banishing them out of his presence; they become the scorn of Saints and Angels, Dan. 12. 2. And many of them that sleep in the dust shall arise, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. But now the godly are bold and confident, Psal. 1. 5. The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the godly shall lift up their head with joy and rejoicing.
