Ifa. 6f . s. The Parable -of the Ten Pirgins, ----- Felix trembles, and Heb. 6. 5· .divers felt the po>Yerr of tfe .,.,rfd to comr, and by judgements on them have been m&de to know that he is th~ Lord. . . S E C T. It. ~ell.J,.BUt 'I'Jhen jh11ll the Lord 'Jefus come ? . .Anf.In general,when all the El ea are garhereq under rhewings of Chnf!; hence r..Jl;l11tt~. 24.12. For the elefts fak! thof e dap;{IMJI he jhortned, i.e. an urrer ruine of all had then come bur for them ; and therefore when they are once colletl:ed, the Lord will come; and hence in particular Judaemenrs rhe Lord dorh thus; only afew Ele& kee~ a ~vhok land fr.om. being u~rerly walled, Ifa.6;"/t, 1Cor,1 ~: 2<,14· .firjl Chrift.rs qutck._ned, z.c. m foul and body raifed, then rhofnhaurre Chrifts at hu coming, and then comes the end; and hence the tares are fpared, le(! in pulling up them , the wheat alfo be plucked up. Now as for fettingdown the particular time,rhe LordJefus dorh it not in rh:s Chapter; onely gives fome ligns ofie, by which we may give certain credit rhat it is not far off (as of the death ofa crazy man) and rhere are two thararenor yer accomplifhed. . . . . . . I. Th~defiroytngof .v.fntzchnst, at lea(hn the pnncrpal power of ir, and throne of Jt. · . z. T~ecallingof the Jews, 7\.Jm.n. who mu~ have _a great day of it agam; wh1ch dry bones fhalllrve; a.nd therr refionnga krnde of refurr·:t.l:i on and life from the dead : Some have thought two thoufancl years before rhe , Law, and under the Law, and under Chrifi; and then when thefe fix days of a thonfand years a piece are ended, comes the great Sabbath; this is already pro.- ved to be falfe in the fecond rwothoufand years. In the Primitive rimes and Churches theApof!lcs, efpecially · tames and Peter, fpake of the end of all things to bear hand,· who writing to rhe fcattered Jews bad good reafon ro tell them of it, vi:<., the end of rhe Temple. Though Baronim to weaken the Authority of Scripture, 'thinks they fpake only their own apprehcolions; divers Chrifiians thought then it was nigh ; and hence Taut inrreats them to·beware of thofe thoughts, feeing much danger in them, 2 Thej{. 2.1,2. And in fucceeding ages, Tertttllian expreffeth the affection of the ChriHians to the Roman State, that they fought not tb~ ruine of ir, but prayed pro mora finis, as rearing it was then coming upon the world for fin ; and fo many Saints feeing wickedrefs abound, have thought that rime is not far off; but yet the rimes and ieafons ·are nor in our hands to ,know, eAEf.r.7. and that muf!quier us, rhac come pe will. SECT. Ill. Qye{l.l.WHere ,.,ifl he come to iud•c? . An[111. Into this vifibl~ world again ; for if ·iU110uld be in heaven, as no unclean thing ihall come rhere , !0 we Jbould then rather come to Chrifi to be judged, than for him to come to Judgement: No, there is a fecond comirjg; rha'r ashisfirfi was inro rh 'svilible world, foJ.ball hisfecond, fA£f. 3.11. WhmHhe heavtHJ mujl cont:~ in until/ thetimeof the rejiituticn•f aiJ things; and then ihall he break out of heaven again for this work; No1v to · what
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