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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94239	The high court of justice. A sermon preached before the judge of assise at Leicester, Julie 30. 1652. / By Antonie Scattergood rectour of Winwick in North-hampton-shire.	Scattergood, Antony, 1611-1687.	1652 (1652)	Wing S841; Thomason E1418_2; ESTC R210320	21,372	75

joyes or pains This shal bee as the Quarter-sessions that other like the generall Assises Thou shalt know by this how it will go with thee then Well Beloved this also is unknown to us Though wee cannot all say as Isaac Gen. 27. that wee are old yet wee may all say as hee did Wee know not the day of our death Let this consideration therefore press the same duty of Watchfulness Ideo latet unus dies ut observentur omnes God hath on purpose kept the knowledge of this one day from us that hee might have our service every day that wee should never bee secure but ever ready ever doing our Masters business ever casting up our own accompts ever considering our later end like wise virgins ever trimming our lamps like faithfull servants ever employing and improving our talents that so when our Master cometh and findeth us about his work wee may receive his wages or rather his gift eternall life So much of the first point That there shal bee a Judgement Come we now to the second II. Christ shall bee the Judge To bee a Judge here upon earth though the Manichees and Donatists of old did and the Anabaptists their successours now do cry it down is an high and honourable calling To bee an oracle of justice a refuge for wronged innocencie a mainteiner of Truth and Peace a prop and pillar of the State To give eyes to the blind and feet to the lame To break the jaws of oppressours and pluck the spoil out of their teeth Job 29.15 17. To drive away wickedness and wicked men with a cast of his ey or with the breath of his mouth Pro. 20.8 26. To carry the life livelihood of others on the tip of his tongue Such actions as these so great so good lift a man almost above humanity And indeed as Judges do Gods work The judgement is Gods Deut. 1.17 and Yee judge not for man but for the Lord 2 Chron. 19.6 so God giveth Judges his own title Psal 82.6 I have said Yee are Gods and all of you are children of the most High If these that ride circuits here below and exsecute judgement and justice but in some small province have so great honour and dignity laid upon them how unconceivable will the autority and majesty of that Person bee that shall bee Lord Chief Justice of heaven and earth that shall bring in his hand the keyes of Hell and Death and shall cause a generall Gaol-delivery to bee made that shall exercise Commission of Oyer Terminer over all both men and angels and shall pass an unrepealable sentence upon both And to this height is Christ advanced All power is given him in heaven and in earth Matth. 28.18 Hee is made not onely Head of his Church Ephes 5.23 but Lord and Judge of all Acts 10.36 42. All things are put under his feet and hee is set far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not onely in this world but also in that which is to come Ephes 1.20.22 Obj. But doth not Christ say If any man hear my words and believe not I judge him not for I came not to judge the world but to save the world John 12.47 And the like wee have John 3.17 Resp Such places are to bee understood of that coming which is past not of that which is to come Christ came not indeed to judge the world but hee shall come to judge it Hee came in poverty but hee shall come in power Hee came in the form of a servant and in the similitude of sinfull flesh but hee shall come in the glorie of his Father Hee came to bee judged but hee shall come to judge even those that judged him Hee came like a Lamb to bee sacrificed for sin but hee shall come like a Lion to tear all impenitent and unbelieying sinners in pieces At his first coming such was his meekness and humility that hee hid himself that hee might not bee a King John 6.15 but such shall bee the splendour and terrour of his second coming that even Kings and Potentates shall seek to hide themselves from his presence Rev. 6 15-17 When hee was upon earth hee refused to bee a Judge of civile matters and a divider of earthly inheritances Man who made mee a Judge or a divider over you Luke 12.14 but when hee cometh in the clouds of heaven hee will bee a Judge and a divider indeed hee will bestow the mansions of glorie on the vessels of grace and like his type Joshua divide the heavenly Canaan among all the Israel of God giving to one autority over five cities to another over ten Luke 19.17 19. Qu. But how and why is Judgement attributed to Christ since God is Judge of all the earth Gen. 18.25 Yea since God is Judge himself Psal 50.6 Resp How and why Let the Arian and Socinian hear how and why Christ is therefore Judge of all Heb. 12.23 because hee is God over all Rom. 9.5 His Divinity and his Autority inferre each other That which in the Text the Apostle calleth standing before the judgement-seat of Christ in the twelfth verse hee calleth Giving account to God So then saith hee every one of us shall give account of himself to God So then Christ is God And indeed the Father communicateth both his nature and his power unto him Hee hath given all things into his hand Joh. 3.35 and hee hath given him autority to exsecute judgement because hee is the Son of man Joh. 5.27 But wee must not imagin that by investing the Son with this power the Father hath devested himself of it For hee still reteineth the power hee hath given As in respect of essence the Son is in the Father and the Father in the Son so in respect of action the Son worketh from the Father and the Father by the Son John 17 21-23 Concerning the particular in hand That of our Saviour Joh. 5.22 The Father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgement to the Son is excellently expounded by S. Paul Acts 17.31 God hath appointed a day in the which hee will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom hee hath ordained Yet shall not Christ sit as a delegate or subordinate Judge but as a Judge Paramount principall and absolute from whom there shall bee no appeal whose sentence shall not bee traversed nor his power resisted For hee shall judge not as Man onely nor as God onely but as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as both together As Man hee shall come in the clouds of heaven and sit on the tribunall as God hee shall raise the dead and force all to stand before him As Man every ey shall behold him as God hee shall behold every thought and discover every deed of darkness As Man hee shall pronounce the sentence as God hee shall fulfill and exsecute it The Scripture asscribeth the last Judgement to three sorts of Judges to God

to Christ to the Saints God even the whole Trinity shall bee the Judge in respect of judiciarie power Christ shall bee the Judge in respect of his visible appearance and audible promulgation of the sentence The Saints shall judge the world 1 Cor. 6.2 in respect of consent and approbation God shal judge as the King who is supreme Christ shall judge as a Judge sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers for the praise of them that do well 1 Pet. 2.13 14. The Saints shall judge as the honest Justices and Gentlemen and body of the County who when their ears hear an upright Judge then they bless him and when their eyes see him they give witness to him Job 29.11 I. If Christ bee Judge then the judgement shall bee according to truth Rom. 2.2 The Judge of all the earth will do right Gen. 18.25 Judges of but part of the earth oft erre in judgement Great men are not alwayes wise neither do the aged alwayes understand judgement saith Elihu Job 32.9 Sometimes Judges would find out the truth but cannot sometimes they can find it out but will not sometimes they do find it out but are driven from it Truth lieth as the Philosopher said in a pit and some Judges have not wherewith to draw it out It is sometimes so covered with darkness and the way to it so intricate perplexed Falshood now and then meeteth the Judge in so handsome a disguise that it is no wonder to see even a good man mistaken to see an Isaac think well of an Esau Gen. 25.28 a Samuel of an Eliab 1 Sam. 16.6 a whole college of Apostles of a Judas Mat 26.22 Joh. 13 21-26 But errour in judgement ariseth oftner from want of will to do right then from want of skill the Judge either not having the patience to afford the cause a full hearing and to examin and sift matters to the bottome or else having his eyes bleared with passion or blinded with gifts And it not seldome happeneth that though the Judge find out the truth and could find in his heart to maintein it yet hee is driven from it either some great mans frown or letter being a Prohibition to him and then Contra libertum Caesaris ire timet hee is afraid not to seem Caesars friend John 19.12 13. or hee is afraid to anger the beast with many heads the multitude then Barabbas is released and Christ is condemned by Pilate Mark 15.15 Luke 23.23 and Paul by Felix is left bound Acts 24.27 Lastly it is a thing too often seen that after the Judge hath worthily done his part and justly doomed a malefactour to death some greater power interveneth and rescueth him from the gallows granting him either a Pardon or a Reprive Hence it frequently happeneth what the Prophet complaineth of Isa 59.14 that judgement is turned away backward justice standeth afarre off that truth falleth in the street and equity cannot enter that those old scenes are in every age oft acted over that Joseph is condemned as a vitious person that Mephibosheth's estate is bestowed upon a sycophant that Naboth fareth the worse for having a good vineyard and Micaiah loseth his liberty for not emprisoning the truth that as Cyprian saith inter leges ipsas delinquitur that JUS is turned into VIS Right overturned by Might Certain it is that while darkness is in the minds of men and the Prince of darkness is suffered to tempt amongst other Vanities that are under the Sun that will still bee one that yee heard Solomon complaining of Eccl. 3.16 that in the place of judgement wickedness is there in the place of righteousness iniquity is there Under the Sun it will bee so But when the Sun in the firmament shal bee put out then the Sun of righteousness will shine forth then a Judge will sit in the throne that will judge right Psal 9.4 and there shall bee no unrighteousness in him Psal 92.15 For hee hath all the properties of a complete Judge Wisdome Power Justice all infinite First his Wisdome is such that his eyes cannot bee blinded The darkness is no darkness to him Psal 139. Hee prieth into the closest corners even into those of the heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is his peculiar title Acts 1.24 All things are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stipped naked ripped open before him Heb. 4.13 Those that have gone in the dark and sought deep to hide their counsel from the Lord shall at the day of judgement find their cunning contrivances to have been to no purpose All close plots all secret chamberings all curtain-sins shall then bee brought to light all hypocrisy shall bee unveiled and every mask pulled off Even in the dayes of his flesh Christ knew what was in man John 2.25 hee knew Nathanael to bee a true Israelite John 1.47 and Judas to bee a devil John 6.70 how much more then in the day of his glorie shall hee bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make manifest the counsels of the hearts 1 Cor. 4.5 The wicked shall at that day call to the mountains and rocks to cover them Rev. 6.16 but in vain For impossible it will bee for thee to bee hid For besides the omniscience of the Judge a whole cloud of witnesses wil appear against thee I. Every sin thou hast committed if thou suffer it to lie down in the dust with thee will bee sure to rise up in judgement against thee Many sins are said to cry now as Murder Gen. 4.10 Uncleanness Gen. 18.20 Oppression Isa 5.7 Keeping-back the labourers hire Jam. 5.4 but every sin will have a voice at that day to cry for vengeance if its mouth bee not stopped in the mean time with that bloud which speaketh better things Hebr. 12.24 II. Every creature which thou hast abuled will put up a bill of endictment The lands or livings that by fraud or violence thou hast usurped and deteinest from the right owners even these will cry against thee and the furrows thereof will complain Job 31.38 If thou buildest thy house by unrighteousness and thy chambers by wrong wo unto thee Jer. 22.13 for the stone shall cry out of the wall and the beam out of the timber shall answer it Hab. 2.11 The gold and silver that thou hast either ill got or ill kept or ill spent will prove an ill treasure even a treasure of wrath at the last day Jam. 5.3 4. III. Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that adversarie in judgement as S. Peter calleth him 1 Pet. 5.8 who hath all thy life-time been 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Tempter will at the day of judgement especially make good his name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and play the Devil indeed accusing thee of those sins to which he tempted thee IV. But if all else should bee silent thou hast that in thy bosome that will speak loud enough a book wherein all thy works words thoughts are written This though now perhaps