8z4 Book.IV.Part.4. Lop/dng unto 1efus. Cbap. I. ~e&. '1 M u. 14, 3o. Mar.16 . 14, ACl:.t. H , pf.l.68, 18. Eph. 4.8. now the clouds received him, and the heavens are opened ,-te make way for this King ofglory to enter-in. When Chriil: fhal come againe, it is faid that he £half come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.-- Hereafter /hall YC> fee the jon of manfitting at the right handofpower, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Which verifies that faying of the Angel, this fome · 'lefus, which is tak,rn up fromyou into heaven , /hall fo CQme in /if.! manner as yehave fcen himgo into heaven. He went up in cloud>, and he fhall come againe in clouds. - · 5. He afcended in the found of a trumpet ;- not on earth fou nding. Hofanna, but in heaven, crying j-lallelujah. So th~ Pfalmift, God is gone up with afhout, theLord with the found-of a trumpet. Certainly great joy was ia heaven at Chrifts afcending thithu : the very Angels ftruck up their barpes, and wellcomed him thither with hymnesand praifes·. 6. He a fcend~d in tryumpb, as a Roma,n victor afcended to the capitol, or as Davidafcended after his conquell up to Zion, Now we reade of two tryumphal acts in Chrifts afcen(iQn, whereof the firft was his leading of his captives, and the· fecond was the difperfing of his gifts: the Apoftle and the Pfalmift joyne both together, when he afcended up on high he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. , I. He led them captive who had captivat· ed us, death was led captive without a ft-ing, hell was led captive as one that had loft her victory, the law was led captive, beiag rent and faftened to his croife (as it were) enfigne-wife; the fer· pents head beingbruifed was led before him in tryumph, as was Gotiahs head by Dt~vid returning from the victory ; and this was the firfl: act of his tryumph. 2. He gave gifts unto men ~ this was as the running of conduits with wiae, or as the cafl:ing abroad of new coyne, or as the £hutting up ofChrifis tryumph in his afcenfion up to heaven: what thefe giftswere we £hall fpeak in his million or the ~oly Ghoft 7 only thus much for the prefcnt. Sxcr . \ . .
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