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son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels , and then he shall reward every man according to his works , "
" Acts , xvii . 30 , 31 God now commandeth all men everv where to repent , because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in
righteousness , by that man whom he hath ordained , whereof he hath given assurance unto all men , in that hdiath raised him from the dead /' P . K . refermg to this passage ,
says , " it doth not positively and clearly contradict his hypothesis , for the phrase will judge' in the 31 st . verse , is expressed in those Greek terms which always serve
to mark a transaction that is likely to take place immediately , or soon after its prediction or an * nunciation . " This however does not militate against the apostle ' s referring to the final judgment ,
for the period of its commencement was not communicated to our Lord himself when he was upon earth , and Paul seemod to think that this solemn transaction would take place within a few years , though not immediately , as I conclude from comparing together some passages of his
epistles . Acts x , 42 . Peter in his address to Cornelias and his friends , says " he commanded us to preach unto the people , and to testify that it was he , which was ordained of God , to be the judge of the living and the dead , " The apostle Paul in the 2 nd . chap , of Ihis epistle to the Romans ,
speaking of the rewards of the just and the punishments of the wicked , refers them to " the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to piy gospel . " 2 Cor . v . 10 . "• We
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must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ , that every one may receive the things done in his body , according to that be hath done , whether it be good or bad . "
These and various other passages of the same import , evidently refer to the final day of accounts , and overturn the hypothesis of P . K . that the judgment of the world by Jesus Christ , means no
more titan the operation of the principles of the gospel , in the present state . The second com . ing of our Eord , to raise the dead , to judge the human race , and to confer on the sincerely virtuous , that " eternal life which is the
gift of God by Jesus Christy" is a scene to which the apostles often direct the views of Christians ^ as a powerful motive for animation in duty and soothing consolation and cheering hope in afflic- ? tion , especially under persecutions in the cause of Christianity . P . K . says , Ce the absolute siu premacy , perfection , and all-sufficiency of Jehovah , forbid the necessity of his having a deputy or associate , to judge the world in the last day , according to the common ideas of that transaction . "
This objection would be answerable on the supposition , that our Lord has any power or authority , underived from and independent of his father , or that God is not able to judge the world , without the concurrence of Christ . P . K .
however candidly admits that this is not the sentiment of those , whope opinion he combats ; for , he says , '' the advocates for the common hypothesis of the last judgment allow , that ; the media , torial agency of Jesus Christ at that season , must be consistent
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564 Mr . Howey on the 3 udgment of the World by Jesus Christ ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 564, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/40/
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