544 VI RS-7tbllt foal/ CfJ1m, Wi./1 cof~Je, 11nd \Vi 11 Hot tftrry. 1. ~ fis meant of the general dayofJudgmenr, which is the day of their vcngeAnct, and your rtcompeHj'a: See both.in: Tbe[.x. 6, 7, Seeing it is arighttoHJ thingWith G~d, ttJ recampenfe tribu.. /11tion to them th.it troubleyou; ANd to)OU Which 4re tr.ubled, , refl, 'Whe11 the Lord Jej'm foall.jJe revealedfrom Heave,.with hiJ might! Angels, in flaming fire, ttikjng venge~tnce of themwbie"lf • obey not the GfiJPel of {ej'us Chrift: Which-is not to be undedl:ood as it they lhould not be punifbed,nor we rewarded before that day; but then both are mo.re full and compleat : Tbe'wicked that are/ n_ow i~ chains ofdarknefs looking for~ more. terrible day; . a~d glct nfied .louls for a more full reward, their bodtes as yet remammg unob{ervat. dc:r [he dominion of death. The Note is, That a jpiritual argH• mcnt ofpatimce,is a thought oft he d..., of1t4dgment. Here w~are beaten by tntmies and fellaw-ferv~tnts, but then tht 'Lord Will come,and all will bewell,Mat.z4·5 1. 0.1'cwill be fweet.when we lh1U be hugged in the arms ofChrifi:,and he lhall fay~Welldone,We/J fuffcred myg~od andf~ithfu!{ervant, ,and he lhaU put the Crown p_ :r. Tim.4 8. upon our heads with his own h~nds. Wdl then, P love the coming , q:. Per.3 ,_u ot Chrifi, and q h~tften iJ; cry as the Spoufe, Eveafo, Lord !efus, · comcquickJJ, Rev.21. Bch9id~the Hujbandmlfn Waiteth] Here the Ap~file.antiCipate'th an Objection: I, but we wait long; fo cloth the Hu~bandman ( faith the Apofile ) for that which is nothing fo precious as yolk r cle~ms lib.:. hopes. r Clemens faith, That James .and his brother Jude were Co~tflzt .. Apofl. Husbandmen, and therefore do they fo often bring fimilicudes from caP· 6 l· their own Calling, of trees, plants, and fruits of the earth,&c. F!'r the precious frut,t of the earth,] ~trlg7rov 7f[J.IW • Precio11s, becaufe ic ·cofieth hard l:ibour, and beeau((; ·us a choyce bleffmg of God for the .fufientation of life : This term is ufed to thew, that though the fruit be dear to the Husband'man, as deliverance ·is- to ;'ou, ye~ he waiteth for it, and as the: Apofile faith, httth longJM- ~~~ I Vntil he rcceivl the earl] and the latter rain:] Thu is, the former, which falleth a little before fowing; and the l41ttt.,., alittle b.:fore che ripening of the corn : lihefe are phrafes often ufed in the Prophets. The meaning is then, h€ lool<eth till 'in an ordinary way of Providence it may be ripened; So Hof. 6. ;. As the-former and latter rain to the et~rth: Efpecially we hear of the: IAtttr rAin; for . tbe
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