336 1 Mat.i6, 41. mT Cara i.IO. nMat.i;.4 i, 42. o n Thefj:i.io. C x An.4.. An Expofition -vpot thefrrfi V R R. 6, them in the things of this earth ; and Gods children haue all their af1itlions rewarded, with a full. meafùre of glory. Let vs now come to the manner of his comtning, and then wefibioyne the vfes. The manner is defcribed to be with great terror, Maief }y and glory : With the voiceof the Archangel!, and with the Trampe of God. My purpofe is not vpon this occafion, to enter the controuerte about the orders and degrees of dignity among(} Angels. That there is an order betwixt them, fome being fuperiour, force inferiour, we make no queftion. An archangel we find here; and will make no great Titre of it, whether as they haue one fùpreame, fo there may bee others in their f euerall rankes, one fùperiour to another : Amongfl the euill Angels, we made of one called The Prince of Deuils; the other inferiours, and Minifters vnto him. Wherefore it is laid,' The Deuil! and h Angels. Neither purpofe Ito fpeake much of the Minif$ery of Angels in the refurreetion, and day of Iudgemenr. Yee haue them briefly let downe, Mat. 24. Firfl,To gather Gods childrenfromthefoure mimics, and to prefènt them to their Lord atilt. Secondly, to be witnelTes perhaps,and giue evidence again(# the vngodly,of the fumes they haue fecretly committed ; we doubt not but they m attend our congregations. Thirdly, to be inflrtaments of Gods nvenge- ance vpon the wicked. Lally, to ferue to the greater glo- ry of Chrifi the Iudge, for which caufè, hee is laid at his comrning, To be made o maraseiletu in his Saints. Touching the TrumpegeGod, whether we mufc take it in property offpcech,or analogically, is a dueflion : Inter- preters vary in their conieures: force take it analogical- ly onely, to lignifie the vertue, and power or Chrtlls voice, fummoning vs all together to his Iudgement fear; as among Iewes, their allcmblies were fummoned by the found of Trumpets : others otherwife. For my part,' fee not but we may take it properly. As at the giuing of the Law,
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