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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	believe_v	divine_a	revelation_n	3,126	5	9.6340	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85868	A sermon of the saints judging the world. Preached at the Assizes holden in Huntingdon, March 13. 1648. by John Gaule, Minister of the Word in Great Staughton.	Gaule, John, 1604?-1687.	1649 (1649)	Wing G380; Thomason E549_8; ESTC R205625	21,828	31

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 both in voyce and tense 1. Varied in the voice one active the other passive and active as from the Saints passive as upon the world Whence I observe by the way that the Saints shall be active onely and the world passive onely in judgement 2. Varied againe from the tense or time one a word of the future the other though translations note it not a word of the present whereupon I observe againe that the Saints shall not onely judge the world hereafter but the world is already judged by them even in this present life And verily this ought to be regarded for be that is not such a Saint as to judge the world here shall never be such a Saint as to judge the world hereafter I meane if the world be not judged by him now in his faith and profession in his heart and conscience in his life and example ther 's little hope that he should be one elected to judge the world by his vote and suffrage at that great day Furthermore for this act of judging Some both Papists and Protestants are scrupled at the precisenesse of the act and would have the Saints judging the world the Angels the twelve tribes the ungodly c. to be rather an hyperbolicall expression than to signifie any such precisely reall action or that this their judging should import onely a kind of superlative and indefinite preheminence of their state in generall and not any positive and determinate sentence of such an act in speciall And the reason for such their opinion appeares to be this lest otherwise they might seem to derogate or detract from the judiciary act and office of Christ But with their peace I must prove it from my Text that if the Saints judging of the world be but allegoricall so likewise is their judging in the smallest matters But if the judging in the smallest matters be to be understood as a specifique and precise act of judicature so likewise is the judging of the world or else the Apostles inference a simili or a majori confer●ing here the one with the other and preferring the one before the other is not onely incongruous or unapt but n●l and of no force at all For in arguments of imparity there must be some sunilitude of the kind wherein both are consentaneous or else there can be no inequality of degree wherein the one is to be supposed to exceed the other And as to their reason the sole property of judging the authority power glory these being Christs confest and the Saints onely the assession assent vote suffrage comprobation acclamation c. Surely this can no more derogate from Christs act or office than the session of the Justices doth from the authority of the Judge in chiefe Christ is pleased to make them his assessors and assistants co-operators though not co-adjutors in that peculiar act both for the more setting forth of his own majesty and glory for their more dignity and comfort and for the others more terror and conviction This truth with all these reasons appeares plaine from these places Mat. 19.28 1 Cor. 6.2 2 Thes 1.9 10. Jude 14.15 To which I may adde Psal 149.9 Zach. 14.5 So then that the Saints shall judge together with Christ is necessary and easie to believe but how they shall doe it there 's the difficulty to conceive and peradventure not much necessary for us as now For of this there 's deep silence in the Scriptures or else obscurity deeper than silence it selfe The most curious inquisitors here are driven to confesse that the manner of this their precise acting is not to be learnt but by divine revelation I may say further with some of them also that it shall not be directly known ere it be seen and done or at least wise cannot be perfectly apprehended but in the very acting of it Yet since the boldnesse of mens broaching their conceptions in this case is already begunne And that not without confidence even of erronious assertions and impositions Let me therefore be bold also to set forth some conceptions leaving you to your liberty of judging which of them may be more orthodox and which of them the most genuine 1. One is That the Saints shall then judge by presenting their persons or rather by a presentation of their actions comparing their good examples with the evill of the world thereby to convince and condemne them This I conceive to be a truth For somuch is to be collected out of Mat. 19.28 25.35 42. Rom. 2.5 6. 14.10 1 Cor. 4 5. 2 Cor. 5.10 Iude 14 15. yet surely this is not all For if it be no more but a manifestation or comparison of their workes thus shall the world judge it selfe and the wicked of it work to condemne one another For as the worse examples of the more wicked are said to justifie the ill actions of the lesse wicked Ezek. 16.51 so the lesse ill actions of the lesse wicked shall then judge the worse examples of the more wicked Mat. 12.27 41 42. 11.22 24. And although there be great difference between the workes and examples of the Saints and others and so between their comparisons yet shall they all agree to judge This singular act therefore of the Saints judging must needs be something more than so 2. Another is That the Saints shall judge by way of assession assent vote suffrage comprobation acclamation and the like subordinate and conformable acts Mat. 19.28 Psal 119.137 Revel 16.7 19.1 2. This also is a truth and commonly so received yet neither is this all For not onely the Saints are saved but even the Devils and the Damned shall then be convinced and constrained to acknowledge the justice and equity of Gods judgements At that time saith Christ Rom. 14.11 Every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confesse to God All powers persons nations languages consciences good and bad shall not only be brought into a subjection to the power but to the confession of the justice of it And albeit Angels and Saints shall doe it directly and voluntarily and adore admire and praise 2 Thess 1.10 yet the Devils and the Damned shall not be able to detract any thing from it And therefore shall doe it although it be but involuntarily and indirectly so that both their acts are thus also tending to judgement and therefore that of the Saiuts must yet be somewhat else 3. Another is That the Saints though they shall not pronounce the sentence together with Christ yet they shall repeat it after him or relate and tell it unto others This is the fond opinion exprest and prest so by the Papists and by the wisest of them their Schoolmen Summists Casuists But if it be not frivolous let them answer us To whom for Gods sake should they tell it To their fellow Saints and Angels why they all were acquainted with it as well as themselves understanding it at once by a primary and