14.8 SERMONS upon the S E R M. XIX. S KR MON XIXo NI A T T H. XXV. v. 31. When the Son of Man fhall come in his Glory, and all the Holy Angels with him, then (hall he fit upon the Throne of his Glory. Come now to the Second Point : Dolt. 2. That Chrif'iAppearance for the fudgmentof the World, (hall Jam, CJ i be Glorious, and full of Majefly. x%9 1 4A I (hall prove it by opening the CorcunrJlancer of the Text. Three things are offered here : 1. His Perfonal Glory. 2. His Royal Attendance. , 3. His Glorious Seat and Throne. 1irff, His Perfonal Glory : Let us fee what it is, and why he will come in Itch an Appearance. Firft, What it will be, we cannot fully know till we fee it ; but certain we are, this Glory muff be exceeding great : If we confider, (1.) The Dignity of his Perfon; lie is God -Man : And now that Myftery is to be difcovered to the utmoft ; therefore he muff needs have fuels a Glory, as never Creature was capable of, nor can be ; but at that Day the Creatures are capable of great Glory : For 'ris laid, Matth. 13. 43. The Righteous 'hall Thine as the Sun in the Kingdom of the Father. And if it be thus with the Saints, how than it be with Chrift? The Saints are but Creatures ; they are not Deified, when they. are Glorified : But He is God -Man in one Perlon. The Saints are but Members of the Myffical Body ; but Chrift is the Head : and therefore, he mull needs far excell the Glory of all the Creatures. Ours is but a derived Ray ; the Body of Light is in hirnfelf. We read, 2 Theft 1. io. that he will be admired in the Saints : That is, in the Glor y hé puts up- on them. All the Spebdators (hall hand admiring at the Honour he puts upon them, that are but newly crept out of Duff and Rottennefs : But how much more may He be admired for his own Perfonal Glory (a.) The ,Quality of his Office : He is the Judge of the World, who now cometh to appear upon the.Throne, to be Teen of all : Therefore, muff be a Glory (bit- able. We read, Alin 25. 23. that Agrippa and Bernice came to the Judgment -Seat, w mute çav1ao =a, with a great deal of Pomp and Stare. And we fee in Earthly Ju- dicatures, when great Malefaaors are to be tryed, the whole Majefry, and Glory of a Nation is brought forth.: The Judge in gorgeous Apparel, accompanied with Nobles, and Gentry, and Officers, and a great Conflux of People, to make it more Magnifi- cent and Terrible. So here is a Conflux of the whole World, Angels, Devils, Men, from all Corners of the Earth ; all the Men that ever were, and ever hall Le : And Chrift cometh forth in his greateft Glory. (3.) Con-
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