XXXVIII.
Then shall the holy angels run on their commission to
gather together all the nations, whom that terrible voice of the trumpet shall
awake out of sleep. And before the judgment-seat of Christ shall
stand those who once were kings and rulers, chief priests and priests;
and they shall give an account of their administration, and of the
fold, whoever of them through their negligence have lost one sheep out
of the flock. And then shall be brought forward soldiers who were
not content with their provision,1989
but
oppressed widows and orphans and
beggars. Then shall be arraigned the collectors of tribute, who
despoil the
poor man of more than is ordered, and who make real
gold
like adulterate, in order to mulct the needy, in
fields and in
houses
and in the
churches. Then shall rise up the
lewd with
shame, who
have not kept their
bed undefiled, but have been
ensnared by all manner
of fleshly
beauty, and have gone in the way of their own
lusts.
Then shall rise up those who have not kept the
love of the
Lord, mute
and gloomy, because they contemned the
light commandment of the
Saviour, which says, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.
Then they, too, shall
weep who have
possessed the unjust balance, and
unjust weights and measures, and dry measures, as they wait for the
righteous Judge.
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