William Fenner on the lives of the saints judging the world

[Seeking_Thy_Kingdom]

2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?

“The first Use then is for instruction, whereby we may learn, that the Saints by their now being Saints, doe now judge the world: if by the lives of Saints then God doth judge the world, then there is never a Saint in a Town, or Citie, or Parish in all the Countrey, but he judgeth all the wicked that are about him: How? By living godly, by hating the sinnes of the times, by keeping his or their garments clean from the pollution of the world: For by doing this he judgeth the world. See it in Noah, Heb. 11. 7. By faith Noah being warned of God, as yet moved with fear, prepared an Ark for the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world.”

Excerpt From
XXIX sermons on severall texts of Scripture preached by William Fenner.

 

[Von]

Calvin said exactly the same in one of his first sermons on the book of Job.

 

[Jeri Tanner]

I also just read this in More Than Conquerors by William Hendriksen. Commenting on the two witnesses of Revelation 11:13-14: “Third, just as the fire of judgment and condemnation proceeded out of Jeremiah’s mouth devouring God’s enemies (Jeremiah 5:14), even so when the Church of today, through its offices, condemns the wicked, on the basis of God’s word, this condemnation will actually result in their destruction (Matthew 18:18).

“This power is not imaginary but real. Not only does the Lord constantly rain down woes upon the wicked world in answer to the prayers of the persecuted saints (Revelation 8:3-5), but He also assures His Church that, whenever it is engaged in the official ministry of the Word and is true to the Word, its judgments are His judgments (Matthew 16:19, 18:18-19, John 20:21-23).”

As a by-thought— how the Church needs to sing the Psalms with understanding.