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CHRIST
ADMIRED
AND
GLORIFIED
[DISC.
iv.
shall call
up
his
saints from their
bed
of
dust
and
dark-
-ness,
and
make the graves
resign those
prisoners
of
hope
when they shall
all
gather
together around their Lord,
a
bright and numerous
army, shining
and reflecting
the
splendors
of
his
presence
;
how
will
the
judgment
of
flesh
and
sense
be
confounded
at
once,
and
reversed
with
shame!
Is
this
the
man
that
was
loaded
,with
scandal,
that
was
buffeted with scorn, and scourged,
and crucified
in the
land
of
Judea
?
Is
this the
person
that
hung
on
the
cursed tree, and expired under agonies
of
pain and
sorrow
?
Amazing sight
!
How majestic, how divine
his
appearance
!
The
Son
of
God, and the
king
of
glory
!
And are
these the
men
that
were made
the mockery
of
the
world
?
That
wandered
about
in
sheep -skins
and
goat-
skins, in
dens and
caves
of
the
earth
?"
Heb.
xi.
37.
Surprizing
appearance
!
How illustrious
!
How
full
of
glory
!
O
that
such a meditation might awaken
us
to
judge
more
by
faith."
Lesson
2.
The
next
lessen
that
we
may derive from
the
text
is
this, viz.
"
One great
design
of
the
day
of
judgment,
is,
to
advance
and publish the glory
of
Christ." He
shall
come on
purpose
to be glorified
in
his
saints
;
the whole
creation
was
made
by hire,
and
for him
;
the
transactions
of
providence,
grace,
and
justice
are managed
for
his
honour;
and
the
joyful and terrible
affairs
of
the day
of
judgment are
designed
to
display the majesty and the
power
of
Jesus
the
King,
the
wisdom
and equity
of
Jesus
the
Judge,
and
the grace
and
truth
of
Jesus
the Saviour.
I
will
grant
indeed,
that
the
appointment of
this day
is
partly intended
for
the glory
of
Christ,
in
the
just
de-
struction
of
the impenitent,
for he
will
be glorified in
pouring out
the vengeance
of
his
Father upon
rebellious
sinners: The
Lord
Jesus
shall
be
revealed
from
heaven
with
his
mighty
angels,
inflaming
fire,
taking
vengeance
on :them
that
know
not
God,
and
obey
not
the gospel
of
our Lord Jesus
Christ,
who
shall
be
punished
with ever-
lasting
destruction
from
the presence
of
the Lord,
and
from
the
glory
of
his
power;
Verses.7
-9.
before
my
text.
But
his
sweetest
and
most valuable
revenue
of
glory arises from among
his
saints.
If
the messengers
of
the
churches are called
the glory
of
Christ,
with
all
the
weaknesses,
and
sins,
and follies
that attend the
best
of
them here,
asin2
Cor.
viii.
23.
much
more
shall they
be
his
glory
hereafter,
when
they shall