Chap.24. ascording t4 St MA T T H E YV. 553 from far withmarvellous fwiftnes to thisdead, but all duickning carca(fe. There bill the Eagles begathered] TheVaitw'ine Eagles efpeci ally, whereofread 7o6 39.29,3o. they follow armies, and feed on carcaffes. Eagles the Saintsare called, i. For their delight in high flying. 2. For their (harp fightedne{fe, and ftedfaft look- ing into theSun of righteoufnefíe. 3. For their ungular fagaci- ty, in fmclling out Chrift, and relenting things above, for the which they are faid to have, efA nofe like the tower of Lebano,e. Cant 7, ; 4. For their feedingupon thebloody lacrificeof Chrift, the true carcaff-. Briefly this provetbìall fpcech may bewell uaderftood, either ofthc conflux,of the godly to the light and liberty of the Gofpe!, or elfeof their indiffolubleunion withChrift, to be per fealy enjoyed at the rcfarredion. For the fenfe of it is, that let the devil tale what means fo ever he can by his emifàries the fàlfe- prophets,todivide betwixt Chrift and his people,by telling them, There he is, or here he is, it will not be : for they will flee to him as a cloud, or as theDoves to theirwindows, IA 6o. 8. Nay, as the Eaglesto their carca--, with incredible fwiftneffe ; foforci- ble is the tie that is betwixt them, that they will not be kept a- funder. The Ifraelites removed their tents fromMithcah, which lignifies fweetnefle, to Cafhmonah, which lignifies fwiftneffe, 2Kymb.33.29. To teach us ( faith a Divine) that no fooner have the Saints taxed Chrifts fweetnes, but prefently they arc carried after himwith fwiftnes : they cannot reft till they are joyned un- to him, whom their foul lovcth. Verfe 29. Immediatelyafter the tribulationofthole daies ] After that themyfteryofiniquity bath wroughteffectually, and is come to anup(hot : after that Antichrift bath had his full forth, as they fay, and bath compleated his fin, Chrift fall fuddenly come, as it wereout of anEngine. Shall the Sun bedarkned, &c.] Stupendious eclipfes fhall pre- cede theLords coming, and other ftrange eventsboth in heavens earth and fea, as Luke hath it. The frame ofthis wholeuniverfe 'Ian (bake, as houfes give great cracks, when ready to fall. See Pct. 3. o. and feek nofurther. Verfe 3o. Thefign ofthe finne ofman ] That is, either Chrift himfeif (by an Hebraifine) or the dreadful' diffolution ofthe worlds fabrick, or that cloud ofheaven that was of old the figs ofthe fort of wan in the wilderneî e, exod.t 3.21. of the (cars of his
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