Chap.t6. according to5tMATTH E4V. mail} recover thy felfagain. But the foul once loft is irrecoverable. Which when theguilty foul at death thinks of oh' what a dread- full threekgives it,to fee itfclflanching into an infinite Ocean of fcalding lead, and muff fwim naked in it for ever I How doth it trembling warbleout that doleful' ditty of dying esldrien the Emperour. Aniiralet,va rela,blandxla, Ho#es conrefi, corporie, u,e nuncabibisin loci+ Horridula, ßrdida, triffia, Na, tat files, dabis locos ? Verle 27. In theglory ofhisfather with hie Angels] Great will be the glory of the man Ghrtfl Jefus at his fecond coming. He (hall . come riding on the clouds (not that he needs them, but to Chew his f'ovcraignty) environed with flaming fires, mountedon a (lately T e 'i$ throne, attended by an innumerable company ofAngels (for they (hail all come with him, not one ofthem left in heaven) who (hall minifer unto him in this great work irrefftibly , juilly, fpeedily, Rev. i 5.6. Chrifl himfelf (hining in the midfl of them, with loch an exuberancy andexceffe ofglory, as that theSun (hall Lem but a fnuffto him. This glory, howfoeverit is here called, theglory of thefather, becaufe he is the fountain, as ofthe Deity, fo oathedi- vine glory wherewithOral is crowned, Phil.2.9. t Tina. 3.16. yet is it his own glory (ashe is one with the Father and the holy (hoil) and foitis called, ,4fat.25.3t. 7oh.17.5. Now of Ifrvé fo (limited for joy ofSolononscoronation, and in the day ofh:s e- fcn fpoufals, that the earth rang again. If the Grecians fo cried out Canto3 ,t Sorer, Soter,toFlaaniniun the Roman General], when he dad let them at liberty, that the very birds, ailon.ed at the noife, fell down to the earth : Ola how great fhail be the Saints j y to fee Chrifl the King in his beauty and bravery at the lafl judgment? Verfe 28. whichfhallnot tafleefdeath] TheSaints dobuttalle of ckath only : they dono more bat tip of that bitter cup, which for tailing of that forbidden fruit in the Garden, they thould have been fwilliágand fwallowing down for ever. Tile they fee the Son ofman,&c. ] This verfe is to be referred to the transfiguration recorded in the nest Chapter, where form; of them had the happinesto fee Chrift in his kingdom, that is in bis heavenly glory, whereof theyhad a glimpfe. G g 2 C A P 447
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