and all the holy angels with him, then ſhall he tir Ch.16. 27, I Theltl. 4.
32 And * before him ſhall be gathered all nations: Jute 4
. few things, * I will make thee ruler oVeEr Many | and he ſhall have abundance : bur from him thar Luk.2. 18. Log 0 WEBS things: enter thou into the Joy of thy lord. hath not, {hall be taken away even that which he & 19: 25» | WE7T% 22 He allo that had received two talents, came | hath, CREE 17
FNOR IO ; : ſtand by chis, is, That no Man's Gifts, whether of As 1 ment of thoſe Gifts and good Things which God harh betruſted wrec, of what Advantage foever they have © wadp this FRY. them with, according to the meaſure wich which God hath be: Lite, will be of any Profic to him in the Day of Judgment, unleſs 3 Hg ruſted chem. 2. Thar thoſe who do ſo ſhall in che Dayot } 1... 5.14 in this Life uſed them to the Ends for which Gcd gave PRed "fl Judgmenr have a liberal Reward in che Kingdom of Glory ; called | 1m. In that Day he will loſe all, and che Glory of Heaven ſhall "2 ht here the Joy of their Lord. 3. That God dorh nor expett at | 1. 1 portion of them that have had great Talents of Fil ® * Equaliry of Service from all, bur a Service proporcionable co thoſe Learning , Wit, Riches, Honours, Spiritual Gifts , or any thing of ihr" 2 Gitts which God harh given Men , 'and rhofe ſhall go ro Heaven. | 14... 411. but of thoſe only, who have uſed theſe rhings to the ms i i WIN wo have made a due Improvement of the Gifts with which God | 4 19 nd Glory of God, and to the Advantaye of their own &*
We muſt remember thar weare in a Parable, which (as other and * he {hall ſeparate them one from another, as a Rev. 1. 7. Similitudes) cannot be expedted 1n all chings co agree with what ſhepherd divideth his ſheep from the goats : *ROM. 14, ic is brought ro illuſtrare. This parr of che Parable doth chietly 33 And heſhall fer the ſheep on his right hand, 72: inſtrutt us in theſe ewo Things :That it # the Genius of Wicked Men, | 1nd the goats on the left. _ 5 to. to lay the blame of their Miſcarriages upon others ;, of t-times upon ; : : ZEK.20, God himſelf, The unprofitable Servant here pretends that the Our Saviour having ſpoken much before of his Spiritual King- 37- & 34-
dread of his Lord, as a ſevere Man, was that which kept him trom Labouring , and making an Improvement of the Talent, with which his Maſter hath intruſted him. Thus many think
that if there be an Fle&jon of Grace, or any thing of ſpecial, and diſiinzuiſhing Grace, and Man hath not a perfe Power in his own Wil, he ſhall have ſomething ro excuſe himſelf by before God hereafter for his not Repenting , and Believing : God in ſuch a
cale condemning Men for Unbelief, and Impenirency, ſhould reap where he did nor fow , and gather where he did not liraw, 2. Men in their Excuſes, which they frame, inſtead of Ex- cuſmg, will but Accuſe and Condemn themſelves. The Lord of the
- unprofitable Servanc tells him , that che Faulc lay in his own Sloth, and Wickednefs, and his dread of his Lord's Severity, was | ut a meer trivolous Prerence, and unreaſonable Excule; for it he had dreaded any ſuch thing, he would have done what he could; he would have pur our his Money to the Exchangers, and ten he ſhould have receivedhis own with Increafe. And ſhall nor
od as juſtly another day reply upon choſe who think ro excule
heir leud and wicked Lives, their Impenitency and Unbeliet, from mer not being Elected, not having a power of themſelves ro Repenr and Believe, nor receiving his Etficacious Grace. O you Vicked and florhful Wrerches! Did you ſuſpect, or fear you "Tenor Elefted? Why then did you not give all Diligence ro EF Peyour Calling and Eleftion ſure? Do you plead the want | ® Power in your own Wills to Repent and Believe, and that I
dom which he exerciſeth in his Church , comerh now more 17, 2c»
ſer up, and exerciſe in the End of the World, tar different trom chat which the Fews dreamt of, and his own Diſciples ſeemed co have ſome ExpeRtations of. | When the Son of Man, | he who now appearerh to you in the form of a Servanc, and only as the Son of Man, | ſhall come in his Glory, a glorious Maniteſtarion oft him- ſelf; he now appeareth cloathed wick Fleſh, bur he thall appear in his Glory, {and all the hily Angels with him:] He fhall come with ten thouſand of his Saints, Fude 14. with his mighty Angels, 2 Theſſal. 4.7. | Then ſhall he fit (atter the manner of grear Princes) { upon the Throne of his Glory, | he ſhall appear in greac Splendor; | And before him ſhall be gathered all Nations , | that is, all Perſons thar ever were, Or at thar time ſhall be in the World ; the Quick and the Dead, Ads 10. 42. 2 Tim. 4. t. 1 Pet. 4.5 He ſhall ſend forth his Angels, and fay ro them who are his Reapers, Chap. 13. 39. ' Gather together fi the Tares, and binde them in Bundles to burn them, but gather the Wheat into my Barn, He by his Anzels , ſhall ſeparate them one from another, as a Shepherd, who fecderh bath Sheep and Goars rogerher, ar Night ſeparaterh chem one from another ; So che Saints of God, who are like Sheep for Whireneſs, Gentleneſs, Innocency , and teed in this World together wich ſtinking and /ſcivios Goats , the Wicked of the World , compared to Goats for the filrhy Quali-
ties by which they reſemble chem, yer ar the Day of —_— ; ri
plainly ro rell chem, whar kind of a Kingdom he ſhould furcher C1-12. 49-
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