"pon the Epiftle of J A M • . s. VB R s.8. thi~e heart. So aPet. 5· 10. N,ow the Lord Jcjus ma~e you per– fell,ftablifo, ftrengthen and fettle JdU ajttr ye hAve juffered 4 while. Ddirehim ro giveyeu courage, and to firengthen and.Jettlc– it againfi all temptations and dangers., Fo~· the coming o/'theLorddraweth nigh.]E!ther firft~to them by· aparticular judgemenr;for·there were oLtt a few. years, and then aJJ;. was loft ; and probably that may be it which the Apoftle~ mean~ when they fpeak fo often of the ne.trnefoofChrifts coming,Pb.4. ~ .. Heb'I o.25. i.9(J.Tn lJe5-, r John 2.1 8.B.ut ~ou will fay,how cocld,thts be propounded as an argliment of padence to the GoQly Hebrews~ That Chrifi would come and defiroy the Temple ?Jld City ? I An.. fwer, I. The time of Chrifis folemn judiciary procefs agaiofi tp~ Jews, was the rime when he didacquit himfdf witlF1lo~orir upon" his adv-erfarit>s,.and the fcandal and rtproachof his death was rolled· away. 2. The approach of his gt·neral judgement ende~ the .perfe.. cudon .;.and when the Godly were provided for at Pella,the unbelievers perilbed by the.. Roman fword. Se.cf>nely,Ic may be meant of the day ot Generat-jp_dgement,.which brcacfe of the certainty of ir, and the uncertainty of itspa~cic4lar _arpFo~-~h? q~th been alwaies !r~- 547 • preftoted•t~ the·gw~reh as ~t: hand r; o~ ,~f~.~.~..!.egard Of. etert?ltf., all thao effiuxof tttne be·cween··{httfts -afttncaon-, and :ht~ fe~ond . coming, feemeth nothing;.. whe"nce the note is, Thljt the WBrids t:IH- OvflJ>~v&t~. ration4n regard -of et-er1eity, is but foort. z Pet. 3· 2. One day Wit.h the Lord is but M " ' thoufan._d:Jfiltrs, and a thou[~tr}d yc_ars tuone dtt.y~ .Men count.time long, bec~ufe rher Jlleafu.re it~y .toe t~~ms. o_f the.tr o~n du~~tton;· bat ~od co~.i'rehebd~~Z all a~~si.m ~~e tQdtyJ-. fible p.omt ofhts own etemtty, all1s as.nod1mg t0 ht~,~s amoment, · as a u 'Watch in the night, So Pfat. 54· 7· For a [mal/ moment 14 Pfal.,:>, 3 ; have I for{.4k.fn thee, &c. Though ~here was more t~n a fpact: of two t.ho.ufand, betwee.n the ·firfr fepat.atiofl,., "..nd t.he ~ailing of the GelltJles; .Yet Goct fatth,Jor ~e [mall mome'!ti ~ape I forfflf?.!n thc_e; . ~he ~ord ,Judgeth not according to.fenfe and af>pear.;~nce; we (be-,x 2. Per: 3 9. mg unpattent ofdelaies) rec.kon mmgtes)and count momeQtS loQg;, yRatiu bum~ · hut God doth not jud_ge of thefe things "M mm count jlac,k.,neJ/, ·,za tant~rn ir~ that•is ias ,Hdh conceiveth: to lhort Jived creatures, a few Jean ~r~tjmtlflhe~lfi~1 " .. r b S · · ·' · ·· r. . . ,t. h.eret m z a z .. m~y1erman11ge,; .ut cnpture mlts com?ut-~_ttOQ&. mea,unng ~)~·ud a:dit, i~ttei':' thmgs b~ the extilenc:,e of ~od, rec~opet'h othe~wlft::; '. Y htJJIAan ligit,fentit,'lli-, reafon !hckethaltogether mthe outward fenfe .and feebng, and det, eogi!at• ~er~~~e ~ ~n !D~~fure-th his ,happinefs·by temportJI accidents,_ fo L~ther mE~ . .Aaaa 2 \ hisfa•am, 5-1-<7.~ . - -
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