modo_fw-la infidelibus_fw-la nec_fw-la angelis_n vel_fw-la bovis_fw-la vel_fw-la malis_fw-la aquinas_n sum_fw-la pa._n 3._o q._n 89._o art_n 7_o 8._o the_o judgement_n of_o retribution_n appertain_v to_o all_o the_o judgement_n of_o discussion_n to_o believer_n only_o neither_o to_o infidel_n nor_o angel_n either_o good_a or_o bad_a the_o holiness_n of_o elect_a angel_n and_o the_o impiety_n of_o devil_n and_o infidel_n be_v so_o notorious_a as_o they_o need_v no_o discussion_n he_o that_o believe_v not_o be_v condemn_v already_o et_fw-la quoniam_fw-la de_fw-fr his_o sententia_fw-la in_o absolutionem_fw-la and_o can_v be_v absolve_v and_o therefore_o they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v from_o not_o judge_v before_o christ_n presence_n say_v lactant._n the_o divino_fw-la praemio_fw-la 7._o 20._o they_o shall_v not_o stand_v in_o judgement_n psal._n 1_o that_o be_v of_o the_o general_a day_n say_v aben_n ezra_n nos_fw-la juxta_fw-la operum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la mensuram_fw-la judicabit_fw-la illos_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la judicabit_fw-la sed_fw-la arguet_fw-la condemnatos_fw-la jerom_n in_o mic._n c._n 4._o we_o shall_v be_v judge_v according_a to_o our_o work_n but_o infidel_n god_n will_v not_o judge_v but_o take_v they_o up_o short_a as_o condemn_v already_o ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la non_fw-la veniunt_fw-la nec_fw-la pagani_n nec_fw-la haeretici_fw-la nec_fw-la judaei_n etc._n etc._n august_n serm._n 38._o de_fw-fr sanctis_fw-la neither_o pagan_n nor_o heretic_n nor_o jew_n come_v into_o judgement_n because_o it_o be_v write_v of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v already_o condemn_v alii_fw-la judicantur_fw-la &_o pereunt_fw-la alii_fw-la non_fw-la judicantur_fw-la &_o pereunt_fw-la alii_fw-la judicantur_fw-la &_o regnant_a alii_fw-la non_fw-la judicantur_fw-la &_o regnant_a etc._n etc._n greg._n mag._n moral_n 26._o some_o be_v judge_v and_o perish_v viz._n the_o goat_n of_o the_o flock_n some_o be_v not_o judge_v and_o perish_v viz._n they_o that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o flock_n some_o be_v judge_v and_o reign_v viz._n the_o sheep_n of_o the_o flock_n some_o be_v not_o judge_v and_o reign_v viz._n the_o guardian_n of_o the_o flock_n elect_a angel_n etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la intrà _fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la mali_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o damnandi_fw-la qui_fw-la verò_fw-la extrà _fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la inveniendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicandi_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la damnandi_fw-la isid._n hispal_a sent._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 27._o 3._o after_o the_o infidel_n be_v thus_o dispatch_v of_o the_o method_n of_o god_n proceed_v with_o who_o i_o know_v no_o text_n in_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o god_n that_o purposely_o and_o plain_o speak_v but_o this_o of_o rev._n 20._o the_o great_a white_a throne_n shall_v be_v erect_v for_o the_o trial_n of_o such_o as_o have_v make_v profession_n of_o worship_v the_o one_o god_n through_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n or_o of_o embrace_v the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n in_o the_o various_a dispensation_n of_o it_o the_o whole_a flock_n of_o christ_n both_o sheep_n and_o goat_n who_o shall_v have_v allow_v they_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o book_n the_o book_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o be_v judge_v according_a to_o the_o term_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n imply_v by_o the_o white_a throne_n fideles_fw-la qui_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la saltem_fw-la numero_fw-la cives_fw-la civitatis_fw-la dei_fw-la judicabuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la cives_fw-la aquin._n sum._n 3._o q._n 90._o art_n 7._o believer_n who_o be_v at_o least_o in_o account_n the_o citizen_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v judge_v as_o citizen_n in_o order_n to_o which_o trial_n the_o book_n be_v open_v the_o book_n of_o every_o man_n conscience_n as_o many_o book_n as_o there_o be_v conscience_n so_o as_o every_o man_n shall_v be_v his_o own_o judge_n as_o to_o matter_n of_o fact_n according_o as_o his_o own_o conscience_n shall_v accuse_v or_o excuse_v st._n jerom_n in_o daniel_n 7._o the_o judgement_n shall_v be_v set_v and_o the_o book_n shall_v be_v open_v i._n e._n conscientiae_fw-la &_o opera_fw-la singulorum_fw-la in_o utramque_fw-la partem_fw-la vel_fw-la bona_fw-la vel_fw-la mala_fw-la revelabuntur_fw-la st._n austin_n de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la 20._o 14._o that_o be_v of_o the_o conscience_n and_o the_o work_n of_o every_o man_n on_o both_o side_n whether_o good_a or_o bad_a shall_v be_v reveil_v qua_fw-la fiet_fw-la ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la opera_fw-la sua_fw-la cuncta_fw-la in_o memoriam_fw-la revocentur_fw-la &_o mentis_fw-la intuitu_fw-la mirâ_fw-la celeritate_fw-la cernentur_fw-la st._n august_n serm._n 67._o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la by_o which_o open_v of_o the_o book_n of_o conscience_n it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o every_o man_n by_o the_o inspection_n of_o his_o mind_n shall_v by_o a_o strange_a celerity_n remember_v all_o his_o work_n and_o the_o judge_n the_o testimony_n of_o conscience_n stand_v by_o shall_v demand_v of_o every_o man_n a_o account_n of_o his_o life_n adstante_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la testimonio_fw-la rationem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la caeperit_n postulare_fw-la bonaventura_n breviloq_fw-la par_fw-fr 7._o cap._n 1._o fiet_fw-la apertio_fw-la librorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la there_o shall_v be_v a_o open_n of_o the_o book_n to_o wit_n of_o every_o man_n conscience_n and_o for_o the_o trial_n of_o right_n another_o book_n shall_v be_v open_v the_o book_n of_o life_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n wherein_o all_o man_n name_n be_v write_v by_o their_o qualification_n which_o will_v only_o be_v ponderated_a then_o that_o therein_o have_v salvation_n promise_v they_o and_o whosoever_o be_v not_o find_v to_o be_v qualify_v as_o that_o book_n describe_v the_o heir_n of_o life_n to_o be_v shall_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n after_o christ_n have_v pronounce_v the_o comdemnatory_a sentence_n upon_o they_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o god_n kingdom_n as_o tare_n as_o thing_n that_o offend_v and_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n provide_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n hanc_fw-la omnium_fw-la revelationem_fw-la comitatur_fw-la separatio_fw-la quae_fw-la mat._n 25._o 32._o comparatur_fw-la separationi_fw-la pastoris_fw-la segregantis_fw-la oves_fw-la ab_fw-la haedis_fw-la hanc_fw-la separationem_fw-la excipit_fw-la sententiae_fw-la dictio_fw-la vossii_n thesis_n theol_fw-it disp_n 15._o thes._n 1._o 2._o &_o 3._o after_o this_o revelation_n follow_v the_o separation_n of_o the_o sheep_n from_o the_o goat_n and_o after_o this_o separation_n the_o judge_n pronounce_v sentence_n §_o 3._o these_o be_v my_o conjecture_n as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o god_n proceed_v in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n my_o reason_n for_o my_o place_v the_o lose_n of_o satan_n and_o the_o gogick_n war_n and_o the_o confusion_n of_o both_o captain_n and_o army_n betwixt_o the_o resurrection_n and_o judgement_n of_o the_o elect_n or_o profess_a believer_n i_o shall_v now_o tender_a before_o the_o church_n tribunal_n to_o who_o sentence_n of_o approbation_n or_o reprobation_n i_o be_o indifferent_o willing_a to_o stand_v as_o one_o that_o espouse_n no_o other_o interest_n but_o that_o of_o truth_n 1._o that_o this_o go_v out_o of_o satan_n to_o deceive_v the_o nation_n into_o a_o engagement_n against_o the_o holy_a city_n will_v not_o be_v till_o after_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a may_v be_v infer_v from_o the_o numerousness_n of_o this_o heathen-army_n for_o multitude_n as_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n large_a enough_o to_o march_v upon_o the_o breadth_n of_o the_o earth_n list_v out_o of_o the_o four_o quarter_n of_o the_o earth_n such_o a_o multitude_n as_o doubtless_o shall_v never_o be_v see_v together_o but_o when_o the_o heathen_a shall_v be_v awake_v and_o come_v up_o to_o the_o valley_n of_o jehoshaphat_n where_o god_n shall_v sit_v to_o judge_v all_o the_o heathen_a round_o about_o even_o those_o multitude_n of_o multitude_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o decision_n sept._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whither_o the_o heathen_a be_v to_o come_v and_o to_o gather_v themselves_o round_o about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o the_o conduct_n of_o that_o mighty_a one_o who_o the_o lord_n will_v cause_v thither_o to_o come_v and_o there_o bring_v down_o joel_n 3._o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a warrior_n shall_v be_v tame_v 2._o indeed_o prophetical_a term_n be_v not_o to_o be_v stretch_v always_o to_o the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o the_o letter_n nor_o in_o every_o word_n to_o be_v expound_v according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n for_o those_o burdenous_a word_n proceed_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n like_o bullet_n do_v often_o graze_v before_o they_o reach_v their_o utmost_a mark_n and_o spend_v not_o all_o their_o force_n where_o they_o first_o light_v and_o therefore_o though_o particular_a local_a and_o indeterminate_a judgement_n be_v denounce_v in_o word_n borrow_v from_o and_o make_v as_o great_a a_o crack_n as_o the_o last_o to_o awaken_v we_o to_o repentance_n in_o order_n to_o the_o divert_v or_o procrastinate_v of_o the_o effect_n yet_o when_o through_o our_o impenitency_n we_o provoke_v god_n to_o inflict_v they_o they_o be_v
hominum_fw-la but_o after_o the_o mention_n of_o those_o thing_n go_v before_o give_v a_o punctual_a account_n of_o christ_n way_n of_o proceed_v in_o judge_v his_o own_o flock_n for_o those_o he_o judge_v from_o his_o white_a throne_n can_v be_v no_o other_o but_o such_o as_o can_v claim_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n such_o as_o can_v say_v lord_n lord_n and_o plead_v we_o have_v prophesy_v in_o thy_o name_n in_o thy_o name_n we_o have_v cast_v out_o devil_n we_o have_v eat_v and_o drink_v in_o thy_o presence_n or_o something_o of_o that_o nature_n whereby_o they_o will_v challenge_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o book_n and_o pretend_v their_o name_n be_v write_v in_o it_o till_o christ_n open_v the_o book_n lay_v before_o they_o the_o term_n of_o that_o covenant_n and_o by_o the_o evidence_n of_o their_o own_o conscience_n convince_v they_o they_o can_v claim_v that_o salvation_n be_v tender_v in_o the_o gospel_n for_o that_o they_o have_v not_o observe_v the_o condition_n on_o which_o it_o be_v offer_v they_o have_v not_o feed_v the_o hungry_a clothe_v the_o naked_a they_o have_v not_o be_v merciful_a humble_a meek_a pure_a in_o heart_n peacemaker_n by_o which_o name_n the_o heir_n of_o the_o evangelical_n blessing_n be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n of_o the_o same_o tendency_n be_v that_o description_n of_o the_o general_a judgement_n which_o our_o saviour_n give_v wherein_o he_o pass_v over_o the_o judgement_n of_o infidel_n and_o confine_n his_o discourse_n to_o his_o way_n of_o process_n with_o his_o own_o flock_n with_o elect_a and_o reprobate_a professor_n of_o worship_v the_o one_o god_n through_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n the_o goat_n be_v part_n of_o christ_n visible_a flock_n the_o excrescency_n of_o his_o mystical_a body_n that_o serve_v for_o ornament_n and_o therefore_o the_o church_n hair_n be_v compare_v to_o a_o flock_n of_o goat_n cant._n 4._o 1._o cant._n 6._o 5._o and_o the_o kid_n of_o the_o flock_n mention_v as_o well_o as_o the_o lamb_n can._n 1._o hence_o st._n jerom_n well_o observe_v that_o the_o barren_a and_o fetid_v hee-goat_n not_o the_o shee-goat_n that_o go_v up_o from_o the_o wash_n and_o bear_v twin_n cant._n 4._o 2._o shall_v be_v separate_v from_o the_o flock_n in_o mat._n 25._o rhem._n test._n note_n in_o mat._n 25._o 32._o they_o be_v separate_v who_o in_o the_o visible_a church_n live_v together_o as_o for_o heretic_n they_o go_v out_o of_o the_o church_n before_o separated_z themselves_o and_o therefore_o not_o separate_v here_o as_o be_v judge_v already_o there_o be_v none_o among_o the_o goat_n of_o that_o flock_n who_o can_v plead_v they_o have_v not_o see_v or_o know_v christ_n but_o only_o that_o they_o have_v not_o see_v he_o so_o and_o so_o they_o believe_v he_o be_v ascend_v into_o heaven_n and_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n but_o little_a think_v he_o be_v hungry_a and_o thirsty_a and_o oppress_v in_o his_o poor_a member_n on_o earth_n and_o the_o only_a thing_n that_o be_v lay_v to_o their_o charge_n be_v their_o transgress_v the_o royal_a law_n their_o not_o live_v up_o to_o evangelical_n precept_n their_o not_o practise_v those_o christian_a duty_n they_o have_v a_o opportunity_n to_o perform_v live_v in_o the_o communion_n of_o christ_n member_n no_o large_a bound_n do_v david_n or_o asaph_n set_v himself_o ps._n 50._o where_o have_v only_o hint_v god_n destroy_v the_o infidel_n at_o his_o glorious_a appearance_n by_o the_o fire_n that_o burn_v before_o he_o and_o that_o horrible_a tempest_n round_o about_o he_o give_v a_o account_n at_o large_a how_o god_n after_o that_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o trial_n of_o such_o as_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o he_o call_v his_o people_n vers_n 4._o his_o saint_n that_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o he_o by_o sacrifice_n ver_fw-la 5._o that_o have_v enter_v covenant_n by_o circumcision_n or_o give_v up_o themselves_o as_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n by_o promise_v to_o be_v his_o servant_n as_o r._n david_n explain_v that_o text_n faedus_fw-la per_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la ut_fw-la exod._n 24._o 8._o moses_n faedus_fw-la ferret_v &_o offerebat_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la dicendo_fw-la ecce_fw-la sanguis_fw-la faederis_fw-la in_o daresh_a faedus_fw-la circumcisionis_fw-la rab._n david_n in_o p._n 50._o the_o die_n judicii_fw-la futuro_fw-la quando_fw-la redemptor_n venit_fw-la ut_fw-la joel_n 3._o 1._o ver_fw-la 4._o advocabit_fw-la caelum_fw-la ad_fw-la angelos_n caeli_fw-la ut_fw-la vindictam_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o exercitum_fw-la assur_n exequentur_fw-la 2_o reg._n 19_o 35._o that_o they_o be_v dispatch_v he_o may_v judge_v his_o people_n postquà m_fw-la deus_fw-la vindictam_fw-la in_o host_n suos_fw-la ex_fw-la gentibus_fw-la ostendit_fw-la tunc_fw-la ex_fw-la israele_n peccatores_fw-la exterminat_fw-la zach._n 13._o 8._o dvae_fw-la part_n exterminentur_fw-la isa._n 4._o 3._o omnis_fw-la scriptus_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la erit_fw-la sanctus_fw-la not_o only_o by_o call_v but_o election_n when_o the_o lord_n shall_v have_v wash_v away_o the_o filth_n and_o shall_v have_v purge_v the_o blood_n from_o the_o midst_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o judgement_n before_o these_o and_o these_o alone_a the_o book_n of_o life_n the_o covenant_n be_v open_v vers_fw-la 7._o hear_v o_o my_o people_n and_o i_o will_v speak_v o_o israel_n i_o will_v testify_v unto_o thou_o i_o will_v call_v heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o testify_v against_o thou_o quod_fw-la fâ—dere_fw-la i_o deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la obligatus_fw-la es_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la tuis_fw-la reprehendam_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o decalogo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mentio_fw-la sacrificiorum_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la res_fw-la magna_fw-la in_o oculis_fw-la meis_fw-la utrùm_fw-la sacrifice_n vel_fw-la non_fw-la that_o by_o covenant_n thou_o be_v bind_v to_o acknowledge_v i_o thy_o god_n and_o i_o will_v reprove_v thou_o for_o thy_o sin_n not_o for_o sacrifice_n because_o in_o the_o decalogue_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o sacrifice_n neither_o be_v this_o a_o thing_n of_o any_o value_n in_o my_o eye_n whether_o thou_o sacrifice_n or_o not_o vicar_n decupla_fw-la in_o psal._n 50._o and_o then_o the_o book_n of_o conscience_n be_v open_v their_o sin_n the_o transgression_n of_o the_o royal_a law_n be_v ser_n in_o order_n before_o the_o face_n of_o such_o as_o have_v take_v the_o covenant_n in_o their_o mouth_n but_o hate_v to_o conform_v unto_o it_o when_o thou_o see_v a_o thief_n thou_o consent_v unto_o he_o and_o have_v be_v a_o partaker_n with_o the_o adulterer_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o same_o tenor_n be_v the_o discourse_n of_o st._n paul_n 1_o thes._n 4._o upon_o which_o musculus_fw-la have_v this_o note_n non_fw-la recenset_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la in_o adventu_fw-la domini_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la tantùm_fw-la idque_fw-la in_o summa_fw-la quae_fw-la concernunt_fw-la salutem_fw-la fidelium_fw-la de_fw-fr perditione_n vero_fw-la impiorum_fw-la deque_fw-la ruina_fw-la &_o mutatione_n totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la nihil_fw-la meminit_fw-la the_o apostle_n do_v not_o rehearse_v all_o thing_n future_a at_o the_o advent_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o only_o those_o thing_n and_o that_o brief_o which_o concern_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o faithful_a but_o of_o the_o perdition_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o change_v of_o the_o world_n he_o make_v no_o mention_n §_o 6._o 4._o though_o i_o approve_v not_o the_o sentence_n of_o lactantius_n and_o the_o old_a millenaries_n that_o the_o saint_n shall_v rise_v a_o thousand_o year_n before_o the_o wicked_a yet_o i_o can_v cordial_o subscribe_v to_o that_o of_o gennadius_n massiliensis_n the_o eccles_n dogmat_fw-la cap._n 6._o erit_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la hominum_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la in_o simul_fw-la &_o semel_fw-la non_fw-la prima_fw-la justorum_fw-la &_o secunda_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ut_fw-la fabula_fw-la est_fw-la somniatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la omnium_fw-la there_o will_v be_v a_o resurrection_n of_o all_o man_n but_o one_o at_o the_o same_o ininstant_a of_o time_n not_o the_o first_o of_o the_o just_a and_o the_o second_o of_o the_o unjust_a as_o some_o man_n dream_v but_o one_o of_o all_o man_n this_o opinion_n i_o say_v i_o can_v subscribe_v to_o as_o conceive_v it_o to_o thwart_v the_o assertion_n of_o saint_n paul_n 1_o corin_z 15._o 23._o all_o shall_v be_v make_v alive_a in_o christ_n but_o every_o man_n in_o his_o own_o order_n christ_n the_o first_o fruit_n than_o those_o that_o be_v christ_n at_o his_o come_n than_o the_o end_n etc._n etc._n and_o 1_o thes._n 4._o 16._o the_o dead_a in_o christ_n shall_v rise_v first_o first_fw-mi not_o in_o respect_n of_o those_o in_o christ_n that_o shall_v be_v alive_a for_o as_o we_o that_o be_v alive_a shall_v not_o prevent_v they_o that_o be_v asleep_a so_o neither_o shall_v they_o that_o 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