57 6 Book V l, j!..ootung unto'jjcfu.s. Cbap.t.SeCi. 2 • I cv. 1 2. 19. rejoyce, and again rejoyce. The Spirit and the Bride fay, come; and Cllrillhimfelf \cr. ,o. fauh, Surely Jcomeq~ti<kly; Oletu~fay Amen to It; EvcnfocomeLordJeflu. S}:: C T. II. Of Chrijl coming to judgmtnt. z. FOr Chrill's coming to judgment; no fooner Chrill prepared, and all in rcadl– nefs, but down he defcends from his lmperial throne to the Judgment feat In this palfage I lhall obferve thefe particulars. • r. He ddcends with his Train: He comes with his Royal Attendants our of Heaven. This is the glory of a Prince, that hath fo many Nobles waiting on him. and this is the glory of J efus Chrill, that when he comes ro judge the world, !Je a,'all have his SaintS and Angel> ( the glory of the creat.ion) to be his Attendants in that work. 2The!. I. 7· Behold the Lord co,.es with mighty .Angels. Behold the Lord comes with ten thoufands of Jude 1 4· hu Samts, to execttte tudgment up011 all. Certamly a numbedefs number llJal! wait upon him: Daniel tells u; of a thoufand rhoufand that this day minifter unto Chrift, Dan. 7· 10: .A thouf.md thoufands minijlred unto him, and ten thoufond times ten thoufand flood before him: or if Heaven have more, I believe Heaven will empty it fdf of all the Saints, and all the Angels; not one ~pirit, whether Saint or Angrl IJJallllay behind when Chrift Matth. 2 5·3 1•defcends: The Son of ~tllm Jba/1 come in hi& glory, and all the holy A ngels with him. Oh what a glorious day will this be! if one Sun make the morning Sky fo glorious, what a brighr, lliining, and glorious morning will that be, when fo many thoufands of Svns fr1allll1ine over all our beads, the glorious Body·of our Chrift furpalling them all . in fplendor and glory? l1ere's ,a new Heaven of Sun and Stan, fuch as this nether world never faw, Lo yond the Sun of rjghtcoufnefs with all hu Mo~ning-jlars, ftnging and fhouting for joy : Heaven now empties lt f<lf of aiiHs created Cmzens, and cleaves afundcr to make way for Chrift, and all his Train. Ma:th. 24. 29· 2. In his defcent through the Heavens, he !hakes the Heavens. A nd the powers of theheaven jhall be jhak,sn. The whole frame of Heaven, moft ftrong and immutable in irs being and motion; or the mighty bodies thereof, moft mighty in their fubifance, laftingnefs, motion and operation !hall be ll1aken. I know by the powm of heaven f~>.me- mean the Angels, who at this wonderful defcem of Chrii1 ll1all admire and move; but I ratberrhink the Heavens themfelves are meant hereby, whofe very nature !hall be Job :6. 11. roovcd, an~ l11akcn at that day : .At hw nod the pillars of heaven tre~nble, and""aj/oo vijhid. As yet they arc fubject to vanity, and therefore 'tis no wonder if at the coming of Chrift they tremble and are moved. In this moving or lhaking the Evangelifi adds, Matrh. 24.29. tb:n the glorious lights of Heaven !hall be altered, The Sun jha/1 be darfl!ned, andthe Moo11 jba/1 not give her light, and the Stars ]hall fall: Many interpretations are given 11d~JI'''',"' 1. 1 m<l this: I am not for Allegories, but rather conceive thefe thing• are real; the very ~~::,~'al/~;11• conung of Chrift f11all bring with him fuch a light, that the fplcndor of the Sun and wn11Ua foli< Moon !hall be obfcured: this is mofl certain, faith .Aretim, that both Sun and Moon & lm fplen- 01all really be darkened atthat day. it is the glory of his Majcfiy that will dazle thofe dor obfcuretur. dl ' Aretiusinloc. Can es. . certiJJim:.m a!!· .3. , .l).s he palfes through cbe Elementary world, afire dorh unJCr !urn. Our God um diEm j 1di· fha/1 come , and jhall not kffep ftlence ; a fire J!Jall devoure before hsm , and st (!;All be Ollll'gna ma- vr:ry tempejfttom round about hem. Whence thts hre llwuld come, I !hall not d1fpnce, ;.'/Jt~t'j.oj;;;;. ouly .one. tells us . ~ith fome confidence, * that 'r.is begot-ten in t~e middle ;Region tu"·' dica"'" of the A1r by Dtvme command ; and that firfi 1t goes before h1m, un1enng the ob[mra•1di. Judge to the Judgment feat, and that there it ftayes dui·ing the judgment, and th~t Arenusmloc. ended, and the doom paffed on all Belli, then tt fees on fire all the world. Let this ~fa!. so. J pafs as it may, Scripture goes thus far, that a fire goeth before him.--Behold ,.,;;~~;:i~n: t}n L ord will cone with fire, and with hi& chariots lik,s a 1vhirlwind.--.-And the mMdi, iu 3· Lord 'fefm ]hall be' revealed from heaven, wtth hu msghty .Angels •n jlammg fire. In parr. Tboma:. which refpec1 Dm1icl faw hu throne likff the fiery .flame, and his 1vheels M burmng }'g1 6~7·, 3: fire ; a fiery fiream iffitcd, ~nd came forth from before. him : and at !aft this fire lliall 2 Tber. 1 :;,8. have rilat effect, that the very Elements jhall melt wuh fe>:v~nt heat, the earth alfo, Dan. 7·9,tc. and the work! th•t arc therein fha/1 be burnt up. 0 Chnft1ans! what. caufe have 2 Pet. >· 1o. we to make the Apoftles ufe on this point, Suing nil thefe things Jba/1 be dijfolved, 2l)cr.3.1I>I2.. - what
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