8. _Then the king will say to them upon his right-hand, Come ye blessed of my Father. For I was hungry and ye gave me meat, thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in, naked and ye cloathed me._ In like manner, all the good they did upon earth, will be recited before men and angels: whatsoever they had done either _in word or deed, in the name_, or for the sake, _of the Lord Jesus_. All their good desires, intentions, thoughts, all their holy dispositions, will also be then remembered; and it will appear, that though they were unknown or forgotten among men, yet God _noted_ them _in his book_. All their sufferings likewise for the name of Jesus, and for the testimony of a good conscience will be displayed, _unto_ their _praise_ from the righteous Judge, their _honour_ before saints and angels, and the increase of that _far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory_. 9. But will their evil deeds too (since if we take in his whole life, _there is not a man on earth that liveth and sinneth not_) will these be remembered in that day, and mentioned in the great congregation? Many believe they will not, and ask, “Would not this imply, that their sufferings were not at an end, even when life ended? Seeing they would still have, sorrow, and shame and confusion of face to endure?” They ask farther, how can this be reconciled with God’s declaration by the prophet. _If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right; all his transactions that he hath committed, they shall not be once mentioned unto him._[49] How is it consistent with the promise which God has made, to all who accept of the gospel-covenant, _I will forgive their iniquities, and remember their sin no more_?[50] Or as the apostle expresses it, _I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more_?[51] 10. * It may be answered, it is apparently and absolutely necessary, for the full display of the glory of God, for the clear and perfect manifestation of his wisdom, justice, power and mercy toward the heirs of salvation, that all the circumstances of their life should be placed in open view, together with all their tempers, and all the desires, thoughts and intents of their hearts. Otherwise how would it appear out of what a depth of sin and misery the grace of God had delivered them? And, indeed, if the whole lives of all the children of men were not manifestly discovered, the whole amazing contexture of Divine Providence could not be manifested: nor should we yet be able in a thousand instances, To “justify the ways of God to man.”