Chapter 32: Of the Last Judgment
1. God hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in
righteousness, by Jesus Christ; to whom all power and judgment is
given of the Father; in which day, not only the apostate angels shall
be judged, but likewise all persons that have lived upon the earth
shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their
thoughts, words, and deeds, and to receive according to what they have
done in the body, whether good or evil.
(
Acts 17:31;
John 5:22, 27;
1 Corinthians 6:3;
Jude 6;
2 Corinthians 5:10;
Ecclesiastes 12:14;
Matthew 12:36;
Romans 14:10, 12;
Matthew 25:32-46
)
2. The end of God's appointing this day, is for the manifestation
of the glory of his mercy, in the eternal salvation of the elect; and
of his justice, in the eternal damnation of the reprobate, who are
wicked and disobedient; for then shall the righteous go into everlasting
life, and receive that fulness of joy and glory with everlasting rewards,
in the presence of the Lord; but the wicked, who know not God, and
obey not the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast aside into everlasting
torments, and punished with everlasting destruction, from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
(
Romans 9:22, 23;
Matthew 25:21, 34;
2 Timothy 4:8;
Matthew 25:46;
Mark 9:48;
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
)
3. As Christ would have us 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 adversity, so will he
have the day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security,
and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will
come, and may ever be prepared to say, Come Lord Jesus; come
quickly. Amen.
(
2 Corinthians 5:10, 11;
2 Thessalonians 1:5-7;
Mark 13:35-37;
Luke 12:35-40;
)
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