It will be a great day, 1st. In respect of the great Multitude which then shall be judged; The whole world: God hath appointed a day wherein He will judge the world. Act. 17.31. Whole Nations, yea all Nations shall be gathered before His Judgement seat. Mat. 25.32. Not only such as shall be found alive on the ⟨p. 70⟩earth, when the Judge shall come down from Heaven, but such as are dead, whose souls have been Thousands of years either in Heaven or Hell, must then to Judgement. 2. Tim. 4.1. What a great day will that be, when all the men that ever were in the world or that ever shall be, must every mothers Child of them appear before the Judgment Seat of the great GOD! All good men shall be judged tho' not condemned. Mat. 25.34. And all wicked men, Rev. 20. The sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, & they were judged every man according to their works. Nay, the Angels that have sinned shall then be judged. They are reserved for everlasting Chains unto the judgement of that great day. Therefore it is that the Apostate Angels tremble at the thought of this day: When they saw the Son of God they cried and roared and said, Art thou come to torment us before our time? Mat. 8.29. They know that there are hotter chains reserved for them, than those which at present they are in; and the dismal thought thereof makes all the Devils in Hell to tremble. 2. The day of Judgement will be a day of great Discovery. Hence it is called a day. In the Night things lie hid, but in the day they are discovered: So in the dark night of this ⟨p. 71⟩present world, many things are unseen and unknown▪ which then all the world shall see & know. Lue. 12.2. It will be a day of great discovery in respect of the works and Dispensations of God. Hence 'tis called a day of Revelation. Rom. 2.5. The Works of Creation and the Mystery of Redemption, and the strange Mysteries of Providence, and Wisdom, and Righteousness of God in all, will then be revealed to the Admiration of men and Angels for ever. There will also be a great Discovery of men in that day. The Spiritual and Eternal estates of all (which are now known to God only) will then be made manifest to the whole world. It will be seen who were sheep and who were goats: who were Wheat and who were Tares: who were wise and who were foolish Virgins.
It will be a great day, 1st. In respect of the great Multitude which then shall be judged; The whole world: God hath appointed a day wherein He will judge the world. Act. 17.31. Whole Nations, yea all Nations shall be gathered before His Judgement seat. Mat. 25.32. Not only such as shall be found alive on the ⟨p. 70⟩earth, when the Judge shall come down from Heaven, but such as are dead, whose souls have been Thousands of years either in Heaven or Hell, must then to Judgement. 2. Tim. 4.1. What a great day will that be, when all the men that ever were in the world or that ever shall be, must every mothers Child of them appear before the Judgment Seat of the great GOD! All good men shall be judged tho' not condemned. Mat. 25.34. And all wicked men, Rev. 20. The sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, & they were iudged every man according to their works. Nay, the Angels that have sinned shall then be judged. They are reserved for everlasting Chains unto the •udgement of that great day. Therefore it is that the Apostate Angels tremble at the thought of this day: When they saw the Son of God they cryed and roared and said, Art thou come to torment us before our time? Mat. 8.29. They know that there are hotter chains reserved for them, than those which at present they are in; and the dismal thought thereof makes all the Devils in Hell to tremble. 2. The day of Judgement will be a day of great Discovery. Hence it is called a day. In the Night things ly hid, but in the day they are discovered: So in the dark night of this ⟨p. 71⟩present world, many things are unseen and unknown▪ which then all the world shall see & know. Lue. 12.2. It will be a day of great discovery in respect of the works and Dispensations of God. Hence 'tis called a day of Revelation. Rom. 2.5. The Works of Creation and the Mystery of Redemption, and the strange Mysteries of Providence, and Wisdom, and Righteousness of God in all, will then be revealed to the Admiration of men and Angels for ever. There will also be a great Discovery of men in that day. The Spiritual and Eternal estates of all (which are now known to God onely) will then be made manifest to the whole world. It will be seen who were sheep and who were goats: who were Wheat and who were Tares: who were wise and who were foolish Virgins.
