I. ^ Acts xvii. SI. Because he hath

appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
b John v. 22. For the Father •judgeth no man ; but hath commit- ted all judgment unto the Son; Ver, 27. And hath given him autho- rity to execute judgment also, be- cause he is the Son of man.
^ 1 Cor. vi. 3. Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much
more things that pertain to this life ? Jude, Ver. G. [See letter^ Chajdef foregoing.'] 2 Pet. ii. 4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and deliver- ed them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment
d 2 Cor. V. 10. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat ol Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, accord- ing to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Eccl. xii. 14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Rom. ii. 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. Rom. xiv. 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother .? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother ? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Ver. 1 2. So then, every one of us shall give account of himself to God, Mat, xii. 36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall sptak, they shall give account thereoi in the day of judgment. Ver. 37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt bt condemned*
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Chap. XXXIII. The Confession of Faith,
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the elect, and of his justice in the damnation of the repro- bate, who are wicked and dis()])edient. For then shall tlie righteous go into everlastini( hie, and receive that fulness ol' joy and refreshing which sliall come from the presence of tlie Lord ; but the wicked, wlio know not God, and obey not the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast into eternal tor- ments, and be punished with everlasting destruction from tlie presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his powers IIL As Christ would havens to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin, and for the "greater consolation of the godly in their ad- versity ^ ; so will he have that day unknown to men, that*
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