Chap.24. aecordiig.to St MA T T to t vv. 555 Verfe 2. Ye know that Smmtnrr is nigh] Which is fo much the fweetcr, bccaufe brought in, and ledout by winter : fo will eternalllife be to the Saints, here tufted and turmoiled with varie- ty of' Puff:rings. Many {harp (hewers they mui} here paffe thorow, Light is f wp far the righteesu, &c. fown only ; and feed-time we know is ufually wet and fhowry. Howbeit it is fair weather oft-times with Gods children, when it is foulefìt with the wickcd ; as the Sun rofe upon joar, when the fire fell upon Sodom. But, if they {hould have never a good day in this world, yet heavenwill make amends for all. And what is it for one to have a rainy day, who is going to take poffe(Tion of a Kingdom? fpace there Verfe 3z. Know that itrenear , &c. ] Some P {hall be, it feems,between the fore-going figrs, and the coming of Grill. But though fpacc be granted, } et grace is uncertain. Make fire work therefore betimes, leaye come late, and be left without doors for your lingering. Verfe 4. nil generation !hall not pare] viz, That generation 3 that immediately precedes the end of the world. That this is the fenfe, appears by the AntitheGs, verf 36. But of that day and boar knoweth no man, 9, d. The generation and age where- in Chria shall come, ye may know by the figns that fore{hew it, but theday and hour ye muft not look toknow, be you never fo ipteliigen`. Verfe 35. Heavenand earthMall pare, &c. ] What God hath i,fal. t s9. written, he bath written. His word is ftablifhed in heaven, .1)""° faith David; It endures for ever, faithPeter ; It remaineth firm as Mount Sion, and {hall fland inviolable, when heaven (hall paffe away with a great noife, and the earth with its works (hall be burnt up, 2 Tet,3,io. to the terrour and confufion of thofe sg. profane fcoffers, whoderidingly demand, Where re the promife of his coming, &c ? verf4, that fay, Let him make feed and hafts Amos S. i3. big work, that We may fee. it, &c. Woe to you that thus delire the day of the Lord : To what end is it for you? The day of the Lord is darkneff , and not light. The great day of the Lord is near, it is near andhafteth greatly. It is a day of' wrath, a day ,Zeph. r.r1 r of trouble and di11reffe, a day of waancffe and defoliation, a day. ofdarknefleand gloominefl'e, a day ofcloudsand thickdarkness to them that are fetled on their lees, and that fay in their heart, The. Lofel will not do good, neither will bedo evil, crfa
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