578 Book VI. lLrolttng unto 'jtfus. Vft. PfJ!m so. r, 2, 3, 4· Cant. 8. 14rified in his eternal love : and then as at the difcovery of 7ofeph, he at>d- his brethren fell upon the necks of each other and wept ; fo will thi~ difcovery in the appearances of Chrifl bring a fweet confufion upon the fpmts of Satnts; then lhall a Saint fali at the feet of 'his Saviour, and weeping fay, 0 my J efus! thou aft my Father, Brother Husband, Self; while .there were other things;. I loved other things ~elides thy felf, bu~ alas! they are everlaflmgly gone, and have left me alone, yet now tliou owneft me. 0 -my Jefus. thou bre_akefl my heart: oh I cannot but weep oUt. tears of love, and tea;s of joy acthts appeanng; 0 welcome, welcome, fweet Jefus mto thefe clouds! ob we!. come, welcome, fweet Jefus into this neather wodd. In thefe Clouds I mull: leave our Saviour for a while, and the rather, becaufe I believe be will defcend no lower: onely before I pafs, one W~>rd of Ufe to all his Saints. You fee him flill upon his old defign; though the world now end, yet hitherto there is no end of his great tranfaction; his firft coming and his fecond coming is to fave your fouls; his firft coming was to purchafe, his fecond to give you the poiTelli– on of falvation. What, are you not glad of this Gofpel news, that Chrift will come at lafl: from this Empyreal Throne to his judgment.feat, to give you the poiTellion of falvation? is not the promife of _his coming comfortable? is it not comfortable to be1ieve in him, and to hope for him? why, mofe then, what comfort will it.be to fee his perfon with all his glorious tra'in coming for you? The Mighty God, the Lord h4th jpo!:en, and called the Earth, from the riftng of the Sun, to the going down there– of; om of Zion the pcrfeEhon of bea~tty bath God jhined; our Godfoa/lcome,andfoalt not ktep Jilmce ; a fire foall devour before him, and it foall be very tempejfuem round about him; he.Jha!i call to the heavens fr-~m above, and ~o the earth that hf might judge hi< people. It IS mdeed a moft ternble day unto the wtcked, but ob kow fweet, and pleafant , and comfortable to his Saints ? Chrifl:ians ! do we not long to have Chrift's Spirit come into our fouls with life ? do we not droop while Chrift is abfent from our fouls? are not the feet of them beautiful that bring glad rydings of peace, an(! of falvatio~ h~ Jefus Chrifl? oh then what will it be to. fee the King, not in - his 'EmbaiTadors, but 10 Ius own perfon commg for us to fetch us toto Heaven? if we nave but a dear friend returned from fome far Country, how do all r1,1n out to meet him with joy? Oh faith the child, my father is come, faith the wife, my h,..band u come. andlhall not we, when we fee our Father, our Husband, our Head, our Sa- , viou; returning with great glory, and gforions Majefty, cry out, he u come, he u come ? lhall not we at the firft view of him in bis clouds, cry our, 0 yonder is he whofe blood redeemed us, whofe Spirit cleanfed us, whofe prayers prevailed for us, whofe Law did govern us? yonder comes he in whom we trufted, and now we fee he bath nor deceived our truft, yonder is he for whom we waited long, and now we fee we have not waited in vain. I verily believe thus it will be with us one day; we lhall have comfort then, oh Ier us comfort our felves with thefe word~; and ever and anon cry, Come Lord Jefie, come quickly! makt haff my beloved, and be thou likt to a Roe, or to a.yMng Hart upon the Mo1mtain of jpices. S E C T. II I. Of Chrijl's Jummonir.g of the ele& to come under judgment. 3. F 0 R Chrifl's fummons of the elect to come under judgment: no fooner is he in the clouds, his Throne of judicatur., hut there he ftands, and thence he fends hi< holy Angels with "great found of a Trumpet, and they jhall gtlther together hi< clefl fro~J the four winds, from one end of the heaven to another. Chrifl's fummons are effedual, if he will have the elect to meet him, they muft come; to this purpofe he fends his Angels, and they return with his Saints back again to the judgment-feat. In the carrying on of this affair, we lhall 'difcufs thefe particulars. 1. His million of the Angels. 2 . The manner of the million. 3. The refurredion of the world. 4-· The colled,ion of the Saints. wherein, 1. whence, 2 . whither they are gathered. 1. For Chrifl's million of his 'Angels; be jiMllfendhu Angt!s. This was theit: office from rheu· firfl: creauon; they were flill fem of God thts way, and that way; and tndeed herein isoncdiff~rence betwixt Chrift and the Angels, he.was to fit on God's right hand, ·- · - · · - ·- - - - · · but -·
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