[Sidenote: The wicked brought to the Bar. Rom. 2:3, 6, 11.] 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. [Sidenote: Rev. 6:15, 16. Isa. 30:38.] 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. [Sidenote: Eccl. 11:9, 12, 14.] 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. LVII. [Sidenote: Secret sins and works of darkness brought to light. Ps. 139:2, 4, 12. Rom. 2:16.] 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. [Sidenote: Eccl. 12:14.] All filthy facts and secret acts, however closely done, And long conceal'd, are there reveal'd before the mid-day Sun. Deeds of the night, shunning the light, which darkest corners sought, To fearful blame, and endless shame, are there most justly brought. LIX. [Sidenote: Mat. 12:36. Rom. 7:7.] And as all facts, and grosser acts, so every word and thought, Erroneous notion and lustful motion, are unto Judgment brought. No Sin so small and trivial, but hither it must come; Nor so long past but now at last it must receive a doom. LX. [Sidenote: An account demanded of all their actions. John 5:40, and 3:19. Mat. 25:19, 27.]