Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

..... 1022 BookN• . .d; tht Sun foal! be· dar~nrd, a~d the Moon; foal! not give her"iight, M[t, H• 19. and the ftars {hall jAil; many tnterpretatwns are gtven of this . - · I am not fo~; allegories, but rather conceive thefe things · ar~ · re_al ; . the ver~ coming of C~rifi tlull bring Adventwn cbrifli Mntam lucem Wtth htm fuch,a ltght, that che J plendour of the ,tltaturam ut ea [olis et lu;zcf fplen- Sun and Moone !hall be obfcured : this is motl: dorobfcurewr A t er~u~ Ill ! 0 c: .. . certaine faith Aretim that both Sun and . certiffimum a11tcm dum pdtCZJ ' · b ' d · mJgna m:tjefiate for e, ut reE!c ~ ~oone lhall re~Jiy e. darknc a: that d_ay; it fol.($' . tuna dicantur obfouwzdt. ts the glory .ofhts Majdl:y that wlll dazzle thofe Awius in loc. . candles . 3. As he ·palfes through the Elemencary ;;~~:c~~~renovJtione mundi in world, a fi~e doth ufher him. Our God fo 11ll 3.parr. Thoma:. rome, and /hall not k§ep jilence; a fire foal! de• "Voure btfore him, and, it /h11ll be verJ templ'jlH~III round about him. -Whence this fire fhould come, I fhall not difpute, only -one-tells , ·us with fome confidence, * that ~tis begotten in ·the middle region of the ayre,by divine command ; and that firfi it goes before him, ufhering the J udge.to the judgementpfeate, and that there it iiaves during the judgement, ;and that •ended, and the doome pa{fed on all.flefh, then it fets on fire all the world. Let _. .this paffe as it- rna y, Scripture goes ~bus far, that 11 fire'goetb bef/al~~7/;. fore him.-.Beh~ld the Lgrd will come ·with fire, and ·with his :.·;.hei: 1 •1,8, -churets life! ~ whirlewind.-- And the Lord {efus foal! be re• veaicd frcm he.1ven, with his mighty Angels in flaming fire. In Dan·7· 9,_to. . which refped: Daniel faw ·his throne lik§ the fiery flame, and his wheeles IU burning fire ; · a fierJ ftreame ijfued, and cameforth from before him: and at lafr this fire fball ha.ve that etfe.a-, that the :. ·Pet. 3.. ~ o. .very £/ements fh,J/l melt with fervent heate, the earth 11/fo md the , workJ thJJt 11re therein /ht!-11 be burnt up. {) Chrifiians.! what :. Pet. 3 .11 , 11 . caufe have we to make theApo.files ufe on this poynt, feeing all thefc thing:s /haJ/ be dijfolved, what mmmer o_( perfons ought wets b.e in all holy converfation·anaxodlinejfe.l lookj_ng for., 11nd hajlrning Nnto the comiwjl, of the day of God, whmin the heavens being on fire /h11ll be dij[olved? 11nd the Elements /hall melt with fervent heate? 4· Hc-defcends 'lower and lower till he is inwrapt with douds: Hereafter /hall Je fee the Sun of man fitting_on the right hand of M.it.l 6 • 6 4· _powe-r, and coming i;, ,the clottds ofhe11ven. When he went up into Att. 1 9· . heaven it is faid, that a cloud received him Mt of their fight; and · · the

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