XLVIII. [43] “Come blessed Ones and sit on Thrones,   judging the World with me; Come and possess your happiness,   and bought felicity; Henceforth no fears, no care, no tears,   no sin shall you annoy, Nor any thing that grief doth bring:   Eternal Rest enjoy. _They are placed on Thrones to join with Christ in judging the wicked._ XLIX. [44] “You bore the Cross, you suffer’d loss   of all for my Name’s sake; Receive the Crown that’s now your own;   come, and a Kingdom take.“ Thus spake the Judge: the wicked grudge   and grind their teeth in vain; They see with groans these plac’d on Thrones,   which addeth to their pain: L. [45] That those whom they did wrong and slay,   must now their Judgment see! Such whom they slighted and once despited,   must now their Judges be! Thus ’tis decreed, such is their meed,   and guerdon glorious; With Christ they sit, judging it fit   to plague the Impious. _The wicked brought to the Bar._ LI. [46] The wicked are brought to the Bar.   like guilty Malefactors, That oftentimes of bloody Crimes   and Treasons have been Actors. Of wicked Men, none are so mean   as there to be neglected; Nor none so high in dignity   as there to be respected. LII. [47] The glorious Judge will privilege   nor Emperor nor King; But every one that hath misdone   doth unto judgment bring. And every one that hath misdone,   the Judge impartially Condemneth to eternal woe,   and endless misery. LIII. Thus one and all, thus great and small,   the Rich as well as Poor, And those of place, as the most base,   do stand the Judge before. They are arraign’d, and there detain’d   before Christ’s Judgment seat, With trembling fear their Doom to hear,   and feel his Anger’s heat. LIV. [48] There Christ demands at all their hands   a strict and straight account Of all things done under the Sun,   whose number far surmount Man’s wit and thought: they all are brought   unto this solemn Trial, And each offense with evidence,   so that there’s no denial. LV. There’s no excuse for their abuse,   since their own Consciences More proof give in of each Man’s sin,   than thousand Witnesses. Though formerly this faculty   had grossly been abuséd, (Men could it stifle, or with it trifle,   when as it them accuséd,) LVI. Now it comes in, and every sin   unto Men’s charge doth lay; It judgeth them and doth condemn,   though all the “World say nay. It so stingeth and tortureth,   it worketh such distress, That each Man’s self against himself,   is forcéd to confess. _Secret sins and works of darkness brought to light._ LVII. [49] It’s vain, moreover, for Men to cover   the least Iniquity; The Judge hath seen, and privy been   to all their villainy. He unto light and open sight   the work of darkness brings; He doth unfold both new old,   both known and hidden things. LVIII. [50]