448 CHRr :; T TH E CAPTAIN oF ouR SALVATION. Bookii. MET A PH O R. PARALL E L to prevent Effulion of lllood if 'furnat my Reprcof, Pro v. i. 23. How often would pollible. I have gat h;red thy Children togeth'T, &c. Into . . whatfoever Place )OU enter, fay, Peace, &c. I gave ber Space to repent of her Formcatzon, but jbe repented not, R ev. 11. 2 '· I will kill her Children witb Death, &c. X XII. Captains when their Fa– vor is refub l, put Men to the Sword, and make il:l.Ughtering \ Vork in the World. XXII. J efus Chrifl when his Grace and Offers of _Mercy are refufcd, ~lath, and will make flaugll– tenng Work 1n the Eanh. 0 what Work was made upon J emfalem! not long after the refufiog the Terms of Peace, and offers of Grace and Fa· vor by Jefus Chrifl. See the lamentable Story in J ofephus, &c. And what Work will !hortly be made w.ith bloody Rome, in the Day of Death. Mounzi11g and Famine that is coming Oil apace, u·hen /bejball have Blood given her to drink, and jha!l be utterly burnt •vith Fire, Rev. xvi. 5, 6. And what Devaltation will be made by this great Captain, who is red in his Apparel, and bis C!oaths like them tbattread in theW ine-Prefs, at the Battle of Armageddon, when the va!t Armies of the Beafl: fl1all be flaughtered and de– firoyed, by the fl1arp Sword that goes out of his Mouth, ·And Blood jhal! come forth to the Horfes Bridles, for a tboufand and fr.<hundred Furlongs, R ev. xiv. I 9, 20. 'The Fowls of llea·ven jhall befilled with tbeir Flejh, therejhal! be burying W orkfor Multitudes,feven Months, Ezek. xxxix. 12 . By Fire attd Sword jha/1 be plead with all Flejh, and the Slain of the Lord jhall be many, lfa. lxvi. 15, 16. XXIII. A Captain doth not onXXIII. Jefus Chrifl: at his firfl: Coming did Jy come off a Conqueror, but imweaken the Kingdom of Satan, fpoiled Principa– proves his Conquefl:s and Victories lities, fet up Trophies of his ViCtory, made a to many Degrees of Advantage. Shew of them openly, led Captivity in Triumph, 1. To the DiiCouragement of Adand will complete the Work of his fecond Coming, verfaries. 2. In lpoiling their Forts Eph. iv. 9· Col. ii. 15. Will take the old Dragon and Strength. 3. In the ereCting and bind him for a thoufand Years. And at the Trophies. 4· In difpofing the Prey, End of the tho~fand Yearr, caft the Dragon, the to gratify and reward his Soldiers Beafl, and the falfe Prophet, int• the perpetual that engaged with him in the War. Dungeon, Rev. xx. 2, 20. He will then give a Reward to all his Prophets, and Saints, both great and fmall, make them R ulers over Cities, over all Nations, 'fo biud Kings in Chains, and Nobles in Fetters of Iron; and dafh them in Pieces like Potters Vdftls, Pfal. cxlix. 8, 9· give the Upright Dominion over them in the Morning; place them upon Thrones with Palms in their H ands; make them Kings and Princes in all the Earth, to reign with him till he deliver up the Kingdom to the Father, 1 Cor. xv. 24, 28. which puts a final End to all the Wars; but retains the honorable Title of being the Captain of our Salvation, for ever, even for ever, Amen. N F E R E N C E ~ I. FROM hence we may infer what great Danger Chrifl:'s Enemies are in, and the Certainty of their being fpoiled 1f they fiand out againll: him. 'Ihe Enemies of the Lord jhal! be brokw to pieces, 1 Sam. ii. 1 o. the L amb jhall o·uercome them, Rev. xvii. 14· I!. That it is befl: for all Chrifl:'s Followers to keep clofe to their Leader, not to forfake their own Captain; they can never choofe one like him : With him there is Safety, and Certainty of ViCtory. Let us fay to him, as Peter did, _Whither Jhal! we go? (Thou art on theftrongeft Side) f or thou haft theW ords of eternal Life. . Ill. 'That it is the lntereft of all h1s Enemzes, to fubmtt to htm whzl!l Terms of Peace are offered to them, there is no fl:anding out againfl: him. Can thy Hean: endure? Can thy Hands be fl:rong in the Day that he (the Lion of the !nbeof Judah) lball deal with thee ? Many, even of the M1ghty, have fa llen under htm, the Dragon and his Angels could not fl:and ~efore him. How much lejs then Man, that zs a Worm; and tbe Son of Man, whzch zs aWorm? J ob xxv. 6. See Metaphors, Confuming Fire, Emba.ffador, and Man of W ar. CHRIST
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