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saint_n	judgement_n	lord_n	ungodly_a	1,215	5	10.0738	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51916	Sermons preach'd on several occasions by John March ..., the last of which was preach'd the twenty seventh of November, 1692, being the Sunday before he died ; with a preface by Dr. John Scot ; to which is added, A sermon preach'd at the assizes, in New-Castle upon Tine, in the reign of the late King James.	March, John, 1640-1692.; Scott, John, 1639-1695.	1699 (1699)	Wing M583; ESTC R18158	123,796	330

discolour'd Light The Sun shall shroud himself in perpetual Darkness and the rest of the Stars shall suffer themselves to be hid in dismal Obscurity Thus the whole frame of Nature shall be hung with Mourning a little before the approach of the Day of Iudgment Nor is this only a Tradition of the Iews but it is also the Prediction of our Saviour who tells us in the Verse foregoing the Text that in those days the Sun shall be darkened and the Moon shall not give her light and the Stars shall fall from Heaven c. and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man Such Harbingers such Fore-runners as these do abundantly declare the glorious coming of our Saviour to Judgment But 2dly His glorious coming to Judgment will yet farther appear if we consider the transcendant lustre of his own Person How beautiful how glorious is our blessed Saviour whilst he now sits at the right Hand of God He is now cloathed with Light as with a Garment and his Human Nature does far surpass the globe of the Sun for lustre What an astonishing description of his Glory is given Rev. 1. 13 c. In the midst of the seven Candlesticks was one like the Son of Man His Head was white as Wool and his locks were white as the Snow His Eyes were as a flame of Fire and his Countenance was as the Sun shining in his strength Thus glorious is Christ in his own Person Wherever he goes he carries Day along with him and therefore when at the Last Day he shall descend from the right Hand of his Father to that part of the Air where he will fix his Throne he will appear like a large walking Star sparkling with beams of Majesty and dazling Glory And this is called in Scripture Christ's own glory Luke 9. 26. When the Son of Man shall come in his own Glory But 3dly This glory of Christs own Person will receive additional lustre from the glory of his Attendants This Son of Man when he comes to judge the World he will not come alone but he will come attended with Myriads of Saints and Angels St. Iude has Recorded an antient Prophecy of Enoch's to this purpose ver 14 15. Behold saith he the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints to execute Iudgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly of all their ungodly deeds Now how will the attendance of so many glorious Saints add to the lustre of this great Day We are told in Scripture that the Iust shall shine with the brightness of the Sun What an amazing spectacle then will it be to see this Son of Man descend from his Imperial Seat far above all Heavens and coming in the Clouds with a glorious Train of shining Saints all following him with Crowns of Glory on their Heads and the most ravishing Hallelujahs in their Mouths But he will not be attended only with innumerable of his Saints but Myriads of Angels will also augment his Train Hence in Luke 9. 26 it is said that he shall come in his own glory and in his Fathers and of his holy Angels All the Angels of Heaven will deck themselves with all their Ornaments of Light and wait upon our Saviour when he comes to triumph over his Enemies We know these glorious Beings attended on him at his Birth and when he was but in a state of Humiliation and therefore we need not question but they will add to the pomps and triumphs of his glorious Day Well then may our Saviour be said in the Text to come with glory when he shall come attended with all the Host of Heaven with an inumerable Retinue of glorious Saints and Angels But this is not all For 4thly The great Glory of Christ's coming to Judgment will yet farther apear if we consider the glory of his Throne According to the transcendant Majesty of his Person so shall his Throne be even a Throne of Glory Hence is that of St. Matth. Chap. 25. 31. When the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the Holy Angels with him then shall he sit upon the Throne of his Glory Now what this Throne of Glory will be is fairly hinted in the Text where it is said that the Son of Man will come at the last Day in the Clouds of Heaven Christ will sit on a bright radiant Cloud when he keeps the General Assizes of the last Day This may farther be gathered from the Testimony of the Angels Act. 1. 11. where they tell his Disciples at his Ascention that the same Iesus who was then taken up into Heaven will so come in like manner as they saw him then go up into Heaven Now if you will know how he ascended into Heaven the 9th verse will inform you where it is said that He was taken up and a Cloud received him out of their sight Now as he rode up to Heaven on a radiant Cloud so will he in like manner come riding down from thence No wonder then if we read often in the Revelations of Thunderings and Lightnings coming out of the Throne of Christ For these roaring Meteors are ordinarily discharg'd from some terrible Cloud Christ therefore will sit on a bright shining Cloud when he shall judge the World And indeed this is the general Opinion of the Iews as Learned Men observe For this is a Common saying among them as Raimundus reports If ever the Iews deserve that the Messias should come he shall come gloriously according to the Prophet Daniel i. e. in the Clouds of Heaven Now how will such a bright shining Throne hanging in the Air add to the lustre of of our Saviours appearing For the Heathens when they would describe the glorious Majesty of their Deities were wont to bring them wrapt up in some bright and radiant Cloud Thus Homer represents one of the Gods coming to Diomedes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 With his Shoulders wrapt up in a Cloud And so Virgil represents Iupiter coming to assist Aeneas in a bright shining Cloud Thus both Iews and Gentiles looked upon a bright Cloud as a glorious sign and Character of a Divine Majesty Thus I have shewn you with what Glory and Majesty the Son of Man will appear at the last Day His appearing will be usher'd in with dreadful Harbingers and Fore-runners he will descend with all the glory and lustre of his own person He will come attended with a glorious Retinue of shining Saints and Angels and he will sit upon a Throne of Glory namely a bright and radiant Cloud All this will be sufficient to shew you that the Son of Man at the last Day will come in the Clouds with great Glory before I proceed farther I shall crave leave to draw one or two Inferences from what has been already delivered And First We may learn from hence the place which is appointed for the Judgment of the last Day This place it seems will be the Air for ye hear our