432. Paeiiionp of tie íbáne Ztttíbuteo Chap. 2 1, whether this was really reprefented tohis outward Sen- fes, or only by the efficacy ofthe Spirit to his imagina- tion, no doubt fo ftrange a Speóacle vehemently affe- 1ed him as with Joy inhope of the miraculousReflo- Tu perire Deo ration ofIfrael, which that Vifion foretold, fowith ad- creais fiquiao- m iration ofthe Divine Power. But when the Trumpet culisnofuis te- betibusfubtra- ofthe-Arch-Angel (hall found the univerfal jubilee, hitur. Corpus and call forth the Dead from all their Rece tacles when etune five are!- l' cif inp.lverem, the Elements as faithful Depoftories (hall effeétively five in humo- reftore what was committed to them, How admirable rem fobitur, vet in cincrem will the Power of God appear comprimitur, 2. No lets than Infinite Power is able to chame the vet in nidorem b tenuatur, fub_ raifed Bodies into the likenefs of Chrif}'s. TheApoftle aucitur nobis, fpeaks with anexaggerationaft : Forour Converfation. fed Deoele- fed De cl cn- is in Heaven, fromwhence alfo we lookfor the Saviour the ftodia referva- LordYefus Chri ft, who fhall change our Vile Body, that tur.flr,zob.lrb. it may befafhioned like unto his Glorious Body, according to i r, theworking whereby he is able tofubdue all things to him - felf. This refemblance will be only in the Perfonof Be- lievers. All Men (hall rife to be fudged, but not all to be transformed. There is aRefurredion to Death as well as toLife. Unhappy Refurredion ! Whichonly ferves tomake the Body the foodofeternal Death. But theSaints who endeavour to be like to Chrift in purity; !hall then havea perfèEt conformity to him in Glory and Immortality. How glorious the Bodyof Chri(} is, we may conjeEture inpart by what the Apoftle relates to A&.26,13, Agrippa: At mid-day, OKing,Ifaro in theway 'a light from Heaven above thebrightnefs ofthe Sun,fhining round about me; which was no other but the Light of the Face of Chrift that !truck him with Blindnefs. One Rayofthis refleEting upon the firft Martyr Saint Stephen inhis Suf- ferings, gave an Angelical Glory to his countenance. 1 Job. 3.2. And Saint 9°ohn tells us, when he appears, wefhallbe like him. Healludes to the rilingof the Sun, but with this dif-
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