And in the Afternoon I preach'd upon this Text, John 5. 22. For the Father judges no Man; but has committed all Judgment unto the Son.

From which Words, first open'd and explicated in general, I shew'd these Four Things in particular;

I. That the Original Right and Supream Power of judging the World, belongs to GOD, and to none but GOD.

II. That no Person shall sit to judge Men at the last Day, but the Son of Man, i. e. CHRIST JESUS, who is also the Son of GOD.

III. Why, and for what Cause GOD has committed this Power and Authority of judging the World, unto His Son.

IV. and lastly, How, and in what sense we must understand those other Texts in Scripture, which tell us, That the Saints in general, and the Twelve Apostles in particular, shall judge.

Again, on the last Lord's Day, the 18th instant , I preach'd to the Condemn'd, and other Persons there present (who were many) both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon 1 Pet. 2. 11. (being part of the Epistle appointed for the Day, and also of the Second Lesson for that Evening-Service) Dearly Beloved, I beseech you, as Strangers and Pilgrims, abstain from fleshly Lusts, which war against the Soul.

In speaking to which Words, I shew'd,

I. The Import of the Apostle's Exhortation, or rather Dehortion, which he ushers in with this most pathetic, tender, affectionate, and winning Compellation, Dearly Beloved, I beseech you; and which also he perfectly levels against Fleshly Lusts, as here he calls them; meaning, 1st, Every sensual Desire, (in particular) such as, Adultery, Fornication, Lasciviousness, Uncleanness, Filthiness, Lewdness, Wantonness, and the like, which the Carnal Mind is fill'd with, and actuated by. 2dly, All Sins (in general) which are call'd the Works of the Flesh, by St. Paul; who gives us a black Catalogue of them, and also denounces the terrible Punishment due to them, Gal. 5. 19, &c. at the front whereof he places the Lusts of the Flesh, strictly so call'd.

II. The Twofold Argument, by which St. Peter enforces this his Dehortation in the Text, taken from this weighty Consideration, viz. 1st, That as Christians really are, so they should always look upon themselves to be, Pilgrims and Strangers here on Earth; and this, not only with respect to some particular Place or Country, which they may be driven to, or forc'd to live in, but even with respect to the whole World, wherein indeed they are but Sojourners and Passengers, being continually upon their Journey towards their own proper Country, which is Heaven. 2dly, That those Fleshly Lusts (whether in their more restrain'd, or larger Signification) are directly opposite to Man's greatest and most valuable Interest; in that they deprive him (and for ever shut him out) of the Kingdom of Heaven; for (as our Apostle here says) They war against the Soul. Which we may soon be sensible of, if we do but seriously consider these few Particulars.

1. That Fleshly Lusts stain and defile the Soul in its Celestial Beauty and Perfection