Ver. 3 I, 32, &C. xxvth. Chapter of St. MATTHEW. i 4f SERMON XVIII. MA T T H. XXV. V. 31, 32, 33. When the Son of Man (hall come in his Glory, and all the Holy Angels with him, then (hall he fit upon the Throne of his Glory. And before him _hall be gathered all Nations ; and he fhall fe- parate them one from another, as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from the Goats. And he _hall fit the Sheep on his Right Hand, but the Goats on the Left. HIS latter Paragraph I cannot call a Parable, but a Scheme,and Draught, or a Delineation of the lafl judgment, intermingled with many Paffages that are plainly Parabolical: as,That Chr fetteth forth himfelfas a I¿ing, fitting upon the Throne of his Glory ; and as a Shepherd, dividing his Flock : That he compareth the Godly to Sheep, and the Wicked to Goats. Thole Allegations and Dialogues between Chrift, and the Righteous ; Chrift, and the Wicked ; When fan, we thee an hungry, &c. have much of the Nature of a Parable in them. In thefe Three i/erfes we have defcribed, 1. The Appearance, or fitting down of the Judge. 2. The Prefenting the Parties to be judged. The former is in Vert: 31. the latter in Verf. 3 2, 33. In Verf. 31. we have, (r.) The Perin who (hall be the Judge ; The Son of Man. (2.) The Manner of his Coming : It fhall be Auguft and Glorious. Where note, i. His Perfnal Glory : He ¡ball come in his Glory. 2. His Royal Attendance : And all the Holy Angels with him. 3. His Seat and Throne : Then /ball he fit upon the Throne of his Glory. Firfl, The Perron is defigned by this Charafter and Appellation, The San of Man. He is called fo, to Phew that he is True Man,' and defcended of the prefent Race of Men : He might have been True Man, if God had framed his Subftance out of no- thing ; as he did Adam out of the Duft of the Ground. And this Title is given him here, (as in many other Places) when the lafi judgment is fpoken of, (as I fhall thew you by and by ;) (1.) Partly to Recompenfe his foregoing Humiliation, or defpicable Appearance at his Fir II Coming. (2.) Partly becaufe of his SecondComing : He (hall appear' vilibly in that Nature, as he went from us ; All. 1. s s. In like manner, &c. Chrift fhall come in the Form of a Man, but not in the fame humble and mean Appearance, as now when he fpake tilefi: things to them : For 'cis added for the manner : 1. For his Perfonal Glory : He /hall come in his Glory : Not in the Form of a Ser- vant, but becoming his prefent State. All 'Amities (hall be removed from his Soul and Body. 'Tis net a borrowed Glory ; but he fhall come in his own Glory. 'Tis faid, Ikfatth. 16. 27. The Son of Man (ball come in the Glory of his Father : Here, in his owe
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