The sheep and the goats
At the same time, the Son of man shall send forth his angels over all the earth, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24:31. And the Lord himself shall come with clouds, in his own glory, and the glory of his Father, with 10,000 of his saints, even myriads of angels, and shall sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, and shall set the sheep, the good, on his right hand, and the goats, the wicked, upon the left. Matthew 25:31.
Concerning this general assembly, the beloved disciple speaks thus. I saw the dead, all who had been dead, small and great, stand before God. And the books were opened. That is a figurative expression, plainly referring to the manner of proceeding among men. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Revelation 20:12.
1771 text
2. At the same time the Son of man shall send forth his angels over all the earth, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. And the Lord himself shall come with clouds, in his own glory, and the glory of his Father, with ten thousand of his saints, even myriads of angels, and shall sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, and shall set the sheep, the good, on his right hand, and the goats, the wicked, upon the left. Concerning this general assembly it is, that the beloved disciple speaks thus: I saw the dead, all that had been dead, small and great, stand before God. And the books were opened (a figurative expression, plainly referring to the manner of proceeding among men) and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works.
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Sermon 15 in the 1771 Works. Romans 14:10. Bedford, 10 March 1758.
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