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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62905	A discourse of Christ's Second Coming and purging of his kingdom in two sermons on Matth. XIII, 41 / by Samuel Tomlyns.	Tomlyns, Samuel, 1632 or 3-1700.	1695 (1695)	Wing T1858; ESTC R25655	49,894	104

the ●ew Daniel prophesied of the Coming of 〈◊〉 Son of Man and the New Testament ●●lares Christ to be that Son of Man that ●s foretold to come into the Worldly Christ is styled the Son of Man with ●pect to what he was to doe in Purging Church and Judging the World The rase here points at the great Exaltation of ●ist and the Glory put on Him The of Man should send forth his Angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all 〈◊〉 offend and work iniquity This is a g● and glorious Work to purge and 〈◊〉 his Kingdom to put away Dross to 〈◊〉 up Weeds to banish the Workers of In●●● out of his Kingdom to confine them to 〈◊〉 proper place and cast them into the ● nace and shut them up in the Prison 〈◊〉 evidences that Christ hath a higher 〈◊〉 than a Humane Nature and that 〈◊〉 doing of this great Work he will p●nour and Glory on the Humane Na● which he was humbled and abased 〈◊〉 hath appointed a Day to Judge the 〈◊〉 by the Man that he hath 〈◊〉 Act. 17.31 and hath given Christ ●●rity to execute Judgment because 〈◊〉 Son of Man Joh. 5.27 that is 〈◊〉 the Son of God did stoop did 〈◊〉 empty and abase himself to be the 〈◊〉 Man and to suffer and die in this 〈◊〉 therefore God will put Honour on 〈◊〉 mane Nature and exalt it to try the censure the Actions of Men and 〈◊〉 them to their Eternal Place He 〈◊〉 sentenc'd at the Tribunal of M●● arraign the whole World before 〈◊〉 ment-Seat The Son of Man is 〈◊〉 nently dignify'd when he shall 〈◊〉 his Angels and by them shall purge●● and cleanse his Vineyard 2. I shall now apply my self to open what is affirm'd of the Son of Man It is said He shall send forth his Angels 1st Observe The Angels are called Christ's Angels 2dly The Work they are employed in viz. To gather out of his Kingdom those that have neither Right or Fitness to con●inue there 3dly The Fitness of the Angels to that Work 1. This is Honourable to Christ that the Angels are call'd the Angels of the Son of Man Here we may observe That our Humane Nature is so exalted in Christ that it is Lord over the Angels doth commissionate send forth and employ them on his Errands and in his Service 1 Tim. 3.16 It is said to be part of the Mystery of Godliness that God manifested in the Flesh was seen of Angels They saw him first debased and made lower than themselves Heb. 2.7 Thou ●ast made him a little lower than the Angels That He might be capable of Sufferings and feel the Edge of God's Sword and drink the Wine of his Wrath. This was matter of Wonder That the Lord of Angels should in the form of a Servant be subjected to the ●age and fury of Men. And then the Angels saw him exalted and lifted up by God very much above them and this did greatly astonish them That he entred into Heaven Angels Principalities and Powers being made subject to him 1 Pet. 3. ult When he was but a Babe in the Manger then the Angels of God were called to pay their Homage and perform their Adoration to him Heb. 〈◊〉 When he brought the First Begotten into 〈◊〉 World he saith Let all the Angels of Gaworship him And if they adored him lying in the Cradle much more may we thir●● they will worship him sitting on the Thro●● Mat. 25.3 When the Son of Man shall co● in his glory and all the holy Angels w●● him then shall he sit on the Throne of● Glory When the Son of Man shall thu● on the Throne of his Glory the Angels 〈◊〉 be ready to give their Attendance to ren●● their Obedience in gathering elect Me●bers to their Head in presenting Crimin●● to his Bar and in executing his Sentence 〈◊〉 them in these following Scriptures Mat. 24. ● Luk. 19.27 Mat. 13.42 The Angels the gather the Elect to their Kingdom b●● Offenders before their Judge and cast 〈◊〉 Tares into a Furnace of unquencheable Fi●● 2 I shall a little dwell on the Work asen●● to the Angels in the Text They shall g●● Men out of Christ's Kingdom 1. This is ve●● observable That those whom Men-Ang● do gather into the Church into the Vi●● Kingdom of Christ those Spirit-Ange● shall gather out of it The Officers 〈◊〉 Pastors are called the Angels of the Church The Seven Stars are said to be the Angels the Seven Churches Rev. 1.20 So we read 〈◊〉 the Angel of the Church of Ephesus Smyrna and Pergamos in the 2d of the Revelations And what is the work of these Men-Angels They gather Souls into the Church and they bring in many Hypocrites among the Sincere Mat. 22.10 Christ's Servants go forth into the High-ways and gather together unto the Feast as many as they find both Bad and Good so the Net gathers and encloses Fish of all kinds both good bad Mat. 13.47 The Good Fish are the Upright and the Bad Fish are those that are Unsound and meerly Nominal and Titular Christians But there shall be a Separation when the Net is drawn to the shore then Spirit-Angels shall gather these bad Men out of the Church which Men-Angels did gather into it Men may be imposed on and be deceived but Angels will not be cheated and deluded What doth it advantage Hypocrites to blind the Eyes of Pastors They cannot cast a Mist before or put a Veil on the Eyes of Angels Those that are passable Pieces and current Coin among the Saints will yee be discovered to be reprobate Silver and counterfeit Coin by the Angels They will know those that Ministers cannot discern 2. Good Angels will gather out of Christ's Kingdom those that Bad Angels do gather into it Mat. 13.25 While men slept an enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way Who is this Enemy Christ in Mat. 13.39 tells us it is the Devil What are the Tares Christ erpounds this of the Children of the wicked one Mat. 13.38 The Field of Christ is the Universal Visible Church spread through the World Mat. 13.38 The same that is call'd the Kingdom of Christ in the Text i● the World in Mat. 13.38 It is not to be understood of the World at large but the Cultivated the Manured the Tilled part of the World and that is the Universal Visible Church spread through many Nations of the World So that it is plain from this Scripture that Satan brings and sows many of his Children in the Church But is it 〈◊〉 strange improbable and almost incredible that Satan should bring Men into the Church Is not this a dangerous Place for his Subjects to be in May he not lose them Answ Satan doth bring many into the Church with a deep Design and for politi●● Ends. 1. Satan counts this for his Ho●●● and Glory to have Subjects Servants and Children of his even in the Church a well as without That he has