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             The clouds in which Christ comes opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, upon the solemne day of their monthly fast, Octob. 27, 1647 / by Peter Sterry ...
             Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672.
          
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           THE
           CLOUDS
           IN
           WHICH
           CHRIST
           Comes
           .
           OPENED
           In
           a
           SERMON
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           
             COMMONS
             ,
          
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           upon
           the
           Solemne
           Day
           of
           their
           Monthly
           Fast
           ,
           
             Octob.
          
           27.
           1647.
           
           By
           
             PETER
             STERRY
             ,
          
           Sometimes
           Fellow
           of
           
             Emanuel
             Colledge
          
           in
           
             Cambridge
             :
          
           AND
           Now
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           
             LONDON
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           by
           Order
           of
           that
           House
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Dawlman
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Crowne
           and
           Bible
           at
           
             Dowgate
             ,
          
           neere
           
             Canning
             street
             .
          
           1648.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 Die
                 Mercurii
              
               27
               Octob.
               1647.
               
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           :
           That
           M.
           
             Lisle
             ,
          
           do
           from
           this
           House
           give
           thankes
           to
           M.
           
             Sterry
             ,
          
           for
           the
           great
           paines
           he
           took
           in
           his
           Sermon
           Preached
           this
           day
           at
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
             ,
          
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           desire
           him
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           to
           have
           the
           like
           priviledge
           in
           printing
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           others
           in
           the
           like
           kinde
           usually
           have
           had
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             Elsynge
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           I
           appoint
           
             Robert
             Dawlman
          
           to
           Print
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           else
           .
        
         
           
             PETER
             STERRY
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           HOUSE
           OF
           COMMONS
           ,
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             Noble
             Senatours
             ,
          
        
         
           NOt
           like
           
             Araunah
          
           in
           the
           Holy
           Story
           ,
           as
           a
           King
           in
           Spirituall
           Things
           :
           but
           like
           the
           Widow
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           Poore
           in
           the
           Riches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           a
           Widow
           by
           the
           absence
           of
           her
           Heavenly
           Spouse
           ,
           my
           Soule
           hath
           offered
           from
           her
           Penury
           to
           your
           Treasury
           .
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           as
           a
           Steward
           ,
           have
           I
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           Faithfull
           ,
           bringing
           forth
           the
           Best
           of
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           for
           Service
           ,
           and
           Food
           to
           your
           Spirits
           :
           as
           the
           Priests
           of
           old
           gave
           the
           Fat
           of
           the
           Sacrifices
           to
           the
           Flame
           on
           the
           Altar
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           Royall
           Preacher
           sought
           out
           Choice
           
           Words
           :
           so
           have
           I
           sought
           for
           the
           most
           Pleasant
           ,
           most
           Profitable
           ,
           most
           Powerfull
           Discoveries
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           my
           Scanty
           Store
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           that
           Thick
           Ignorance
           ,
           which
           covers
           my
           Poore
           Heart
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           have
           laid
           them
           at
           your
           Feet
           ,
           where
           they
           lye
           ,
           as
           Scattered
           ,
           and
           Dry
           Bones
           ;
           except
           the
           Spirit
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           breath
           upon
           them
           ,
           bring
           them
           together
           ,
           infuse
           a
           Warmth
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Beauty
           into
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           Living
           Company
           for
           you
           .
        
         
           Not
           able
           to
           bring
           Stately
           ,
           and
           Costly
           Beasts
           to
           the
           Sanctuary
           ;
           I
           have
           made
           it
           my
           Desire
           ,
           and
           Designe
           to
           present
           for
           an
           Offering
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           You
           ,
           a
           Payre
           of
           Turtle
           Doves
           ;
           Simplicity
           ,
           and
           Sweetnesse
           ;
           or
           ,
           an
           Innocent
           Integrity
           with
           an
           Humble
           Meekenesse
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           both
           are
           ,
           if
           not
           without
           blemish
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           alighted
           on
           my
           Heart
           :
           yet
           of
           the
           right-breed
           of
           that
           Dove
           ,
           which
           
           descended
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           alighted
           on
           the
           Head
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           what
           is
           my
           Expectation
           ?
           For
           my
           owne
           Soule
           ,
           for
           my
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           all
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Seth
             ,
          
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           Fellow
           Creatures
           ,
           which
           groane
           continually
           in
           my
           Eares
           ?
           Is
           not
           my
           desire
           and
           Sighing
           before
           thee
           ,
           O
           my
           God
           ?
           Even
           This
           ;
           The
           Descent
           of
           the
           Dove
           upon
           them
           ;
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           True
           Iubile
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Liberty
           of
           the
           whole
           Creation
           .
        
         
           All
           within
           me
           testifies
           of
           this
           Spirit
           to
           me
           ;
           All
           without
           me
           proclaimes
           this
           Spirit
           before
           Me
           ;
           as
           the
           Spring
           of
           my
           Ioyes
           ;
           the
           End
           of
           my
           Faith
           ;
           the
           Glorification
           of
           my
           Person
           ;
           and
           not
           of
           mine
           onely
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           rooted
           in
           this
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ,
           what
           ever
           the
           Soile
           of
           Education
           ,
           Profession
           ,
           or
           Custome
           be
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           are
           Planted
           ;
           whatever
           the
           Barke
           of
           Opinion
           or
           Affection
           
           be
           ,
           in
           which
           for
           the
           present
           they
           are
           Inclosed
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           Known
           Men
           for
           Wisedome
           in
           all
           Languages
           ,
           Learnings
           ,
           Religions
           ,
           Ages
           ,
           Regions
           have
           worship't
           ,
           have
           waited
           for
           This
           Eternall
           Spirit
           ;
           The
           Vnderstanding
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           riding
           forth
           in
           a
           Chariot
           of
           Light
           ,
           upon
           the
           Face
           of
           all
           Formes
           of
           Things
           ;
           The
           Good
           Converting
           All
           Things
           into
           it selfe
           ;
           The
           Vnity
           ,
           or
           some-thing
           above
           an
           Vnity
           ,
           To
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           The
           Supreame
           Band
           of
           Vnity
           ,
           and
           Multiplicity
           .
        
         
           This
           Spirit
           brought
           forth
           from
           it selfe
           the
           Creation
           ,
           and
           still
           sits
           upon
           it
           ,
           hatching
           it
           ,
           till
           it
           breake
           the
           Shell
           of
           This
           Darke
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           spring
           forth
           into
           its
           owne
           Life
           and
           Image
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           Iesus
           is
           this
           Spirit
           ;
           who
           is
           ,
           before
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           Worlds
           were
           Made
           ;
           who
           is
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           Comprehending
           ,
           Cherishing
           ,
           Enclosing
           ,
           Comming
           forth
           
           into
           all
           the
           Fleshly
           Births
           of
           Time
           .
        
         
           This
           Iesus
           came
           Himselfe
           in
           the
           Last
           of
           Times
           ,
           into
           Flesh
           ;
           was
           by
           His
           Crosse
           drawn
           up
           out
           of
           it
           into
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           now
           by
           the
           same
           way
           is
           drawing
           up
           all
           Things
           after
           Him
           into
           the
           same
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           That
           your selves
           ,
           and
           these
           Kingdomes
           may
           Feele
           ,
           Obey
           ,
           Enjoy
           the
           Drawings
           of
           this
           Iesus
           ,
           the
           Descents
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           the
           Affectionate
           Prayer
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           is
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             lowest
             Servant
             in
             Christ
             :
             PETER
             STERRY
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Reader
           ,
           thou
           art
           intreated
           before
           thou
           Reade
           ,
           to
           mend
           with
           thy
           Pen
           these
           Greater
           faults
           escaped
           in
           Printing
           .
        
         
           
             Pag.
          
           3.
           
             lin.
          
           15.
           
             read
             ,
          
           the
           blade
           ,
           eare
           ,
           and
           huske
           to
           the
           Corne
           .
           
             p.
          
           7.
           
             l.
          
           22.
           
             r.
          
           Rayes
           .
           
             p.
          
           18.
           
             l.
          
           7.
           
             r.
          
           slides
           .
           &
           
             l.
          
           21.
           
             r.
          
           Ayre
           .
           
             p.
          
           21.
           
             l.
          
           30.
           
             r.
          
           Sea
           of
           this
           Creation
           to
           seeth
           .
           
             p.
          
           23.
           
             l.
          
           3.
           
             r.
          
           were
           for
           the
           most
           part
           by
           flames
           .
           
             p.
          
           29.
           
             l.
          
           26.
           
             r.
          
           Day
           ?
           
             p.
          
           39.
           
             l.
          
           18.
           
             r.
          
           in
           the
           Course
           .
           
             p.
          
           54.
           
             l.
          
           4.
           
             r.
          
           Things
           .
           When
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           a
           late
           Fast
           ,
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           
             COMMONS
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               REVEL.
               1.7
               .
            
             
               Behold
               ,
               he
               commeth
               with
               clouds
               ,
               and
               every
               eye
               shall
               see
               him
               ,
               and
               they
               also
               which
               pierced
               him
               :
               and
               all
               kindreds
               of
               the
               earth
               shall
               waile
               because
               of
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             THE
             CONTEXT
             .
          
           
             I
             Shall
             make
             my
             way
             through
             the
             Context
             to
             my
             Text
             ;
             so
             shall
             we
             fall
             more
             Clearly
             and
             Kindly
             into
             it
             .
          
           
             Saint
             
               Iohn
            
             in
             this
             Book
             makes
             from
             His
             Time
             ,
             a
             Discovery
             of
             Those
             Things
             ,
             which
             Are
             ,
             and
             Are
             to
             Be
             ,
             till
             the
             World
             should
             Be
             no
             more
             .
             So
             the
             Greek
             addes
             to
             the
             second
             verse
             this
             Clause
             ,
             
               Both
               Those
               things
               ,
               
               that
               Are
               ,
               and
               Those
               things
               ,
               which
               are
               Ordained
               to
               Be
               ,
               after
               Them
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Manner
             and
             Matter
             of
             this
             Discovery
             are
             Both
             exprest
             in
             the
             Title
             and
             First
             words
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             
               The
               Revelation
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               .
            
             Divines
             tell
             us
             ,
             There
             are
             Two
             Glasses
             ,
             in
             which
             All
             Things
             are
             seen
             ,
             that
             are
             seen
             by
             a
             Prophetick
             Light
             ,
             or
             a
             Light
             of
             Glory
             :
             
               The
               Person
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               ;
            
             and
             
               The
               Trinity
               .
            
             The
             Scene
             of
             this
             whole
             Discourse
             or
             Discovery
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Revelation
            
             ;
             from
             one
             end
             of
             the
             Book
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             lyes
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             .
          
           
             This
             Divine
             Discourse
             is
             cast
             into
             the
             forme
             of
             an
             Epistle
             ,
             convey'd
             by
             the
             Tongue
             of
             an
             Angel
             ,
             the
             Hand
             of
             an
             Evangelist
             ,
             to
             the
             Seven
             Churches
             in
             
               Asia
               .
            
          
           
             
             This
             Epistle
             hath
             Foure
             Parts
             :
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 A
                 
                   Salutation
                   .
                
              
               
                 2
                 A
                 two-fold
                 
                   Preface
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 A
                 
                   Narration
                   .
                
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 A
                 
                   Conclusion
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             The
             Salutation
             begins
             with
             the
             fourth
             verse
             ,
             and
             ends
             where
             my
             Text
             begins
             .
             It
             consists
             of
             
               Prayers
            
             and
             
               Praises
               .
            
          
           
             Both
             Parts
             ,
             Prayer
             and
             Praise
             ,
             have
             for
             their
             Design
             ,
             a
             Description
             of
             that
             Person
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Ground
             and
             Argument
             of
             all
             that
             Prophetick
             story
             ,
             which
             the
             Epistle
             represents
             
               From
               ,
            
             and
             
               In
            
             Heaven
             .
             This
             Person
             is
             our
             
               Iesus
               ,
            
             not
             according
             to
             that
             Fleshly
             Shape
             ,
             in
             which
             He
             walkt
             among
             men
             ,
             below
             :
             but
             according
             to
             that
             
             Spirituall
             Forme
             ,
             that
             Divine
             Figure
             ,
             in
             which
             He
             sits
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             shines
             forth
             on
             Angels
             ,
             above
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Prayer
               .
            
             The
             First
             Part
             in
             the
             Salutation
             is
             Prayer
             .
             This
             hath
             a
             Three-fold
             Description
             of
             our
             Saviours
             Divine
             Person
             :
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 A
                 
                   Distinction
                   of
                   Times
                   in
                   the
                   Person
                   of
                   Christ
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 A
                 
                   Distinction
                   of
                   Things
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 An
                 
                   Union
                   of
                   Times
                   and
                   Things
                   in
                   Him
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               A
               distinction
               of
               Times
               in
               Christ
               .
            
             
             This
             you
             may
             reade
             in
             the
             4.
             verse
             ,
             
               From
               Him
               ,
               Which
               Is
               ,
               Which
               Was
               ,
               and
               Which
               is
               to
               Come
               .
            
             The
             whole
             Frame
             of
             Things
             is
             built
             with
             a
             Three-fold
             Partition
             ,
             like
             the
             Temple
             ,
             which
             makes
             a
             Three-fold
             Kingdome
             :
             1.
             
             That
             of
             
               Nature
               .
            
             2.
             
             That
             of
             the
             
               Mediatour
               .
            
             3.
             
             That
             of
             the
             
               Father
               .
            
             These
             Three
             Kingdomes
             have
             their
             Full
             Revolutions
             ,
             and
             Severall
             Periods
             in
             that
             One
             Majestick
             Person
             of
             our
             Saviour
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               The
               Kingdome
               of
               Nature
            
             lyes
             in
             the
             Glory
             of
             Christs
             Person
             ,
             as
             
               Past
               .
            
             The
             first
             Creation
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             Incarnation
             ;
             for
             in
             that
             ,
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             was
             made
             Flesh
             .
             Jesus
             Christ
             was
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             world
             .
             God
             calls
             him
             ,
             
               The
               Seed
               of
               the
               Woman
               ,
               Gen.
            
             3.15
             .
             He
             is
             the
             Seed
             in
             the
             Woman
             ,
             which
             Sends
             Her
             forth
             ,
             and
             Growes
             up
             out
             of
             Her
             .
             The
             Woman
             and
             the
             World
             are
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             the
             Corne
             to
             the
             Blade
             ,
             Eare
             and
             Huske
             .
             You
             reade
             ,
             
               Rev.
            
             1.15
             .
             
               The
               Feet
               of
               Christ
            
             were
             
               like
               unto
               Fine
               Brasse
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               Burning
               in
               a
               Fornace
               .
            
             The
             Formes
             of
             Nature
             are
             the
             Feet
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
             
             These
             are
             in
             the
             Divine
             Brightnesse
             of
             his
             Immortall
             Person
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Flame
             ;
             
               Consumed
            
             in
             the
             
               Heat
            
             of
             a
             Greater
             Glory
             :
             yet
             stil
             
               Conspicuous
            
             and
             Transparent
             through
             the
             
               Light
            
             of
             it
             .
             Therefore
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             our
             Lord
             raignes
             with
             this
             Title
             ,
             
               He
               That
               Was.
               
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               The
               Kingdome
               of
               the
               Mediatour
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Vnion
             or
             Marriage
             of
             the
             Two
             other
             Kingdoms
             ,
             of
             
               Nature
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Father
               ;
               Time
            
             and
             
               Eternity
               .
            
             This
             is
             ,
             as
             a
             Flourishing
             Picture
             ,
             which
             consists
             of
             Light
             and
             Shadow
             ,
             making
             of
             Both
             ,
             One
             Beauty
             .
             God
             is
             the
             
               Light
               ,
            
             the
             Creature
             the
             
               Shadow
               ,
            
             which
             here
             are
             interwoven
             ,
             and
             shine
             mutually
             ;
             The
             Creature
             
               By
            
             God
             ,
             God
             
               In
            
             the
             Creature
             :
             so
             Both
             make
             but
             One
             Appearance
             ,
             One
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Middle-state
             of
             things
             :
             Thorow
             this
             ,
             God
             first
             Descends
             into
             Nature
             :
             Thorow
             this
             ,
             All
             Things
             Ascend
             and
             return
             again
             out
             of
             Nature
             unto
             God
             .
             Therefore
             this
             is
             cal'd
             
               Regnum
               Mediatorium
            
             :
             This
             is
             properly
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             the
             
               Mediator
            
             :
             In
             this
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             is
             according
             to
             his
             Proper
             State
             and
             Person
             ,
             known
             by
             This
             name
             ,
             
               He
               That
               Is.
               
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               The
               Kingdome
               of
               the
               Father
               .
            
             Here
             the
             God-head
             reignes
             in
             the
             
               Fulnesse
            
             of
             an
             
               Unmixt
               ,
            
             the
             
               Freedome
            
             of
             an
             
               Unlimited
            
             Glory
             .
             The
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             is
             ever
             in
             Motion
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             it
             roul
             it selfe
             into
             this
             
               sea
               ,
            
             where
             it
             Perfectly
             
               loseth
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             more
             Perfectly
             then
             ever
             ,
             
               keeps
            
             its
             own
             
               Distinct
               State
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             First
             Description
             .
          
           
             
             
               A
               Distinction
               of
               Things
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               Christ
               :
               And
               from
               the
               seven
               Spirits
               ,
               which
               are
               before
               His
               Throne
               ,
               ver.
            
             4.
             
          
           
           
             If
             these
             
               Spirits
            
             were
             Angels
             ,
             they
             would
             in
             this
             place
             justifie
             and
             reward
             the
             Papists
             in
             their
             prayers
             to
             those
             Flaming
             Ministers
             .
             God
             is
             a
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             but
             He
             is
             
               One
               .
            
             These
             then
             are
             some
             Middle-thing
             ,
             not
             by
             
               Negation
               ,
            
             that
             cannot
             be
             ;
             but
             by
             
               Participation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Seven
            
             is
             the
             Perfect
             number
             of
             the
             Creature
             comprehending
             its
             Labour
             and
             its
             Rest
             ;
             its
             Six
             Dayes
             ,
             and
             its
             Sabbath
             .
             
               Seven
            
             times
             
               Seven
            
             is
             the
             Great
             Jubile
             ,
             the
             Joy
             of
             All
             Things
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             are
             Free
             ,
             and
             Return
             to
             their
             First
             State
             .
          
           
             God
             then
             As
             He
             varies
             himselfe
             into
             all
             the
             Distinct
             Formes
             of
             the
             Creature
             ,
             as
             he
             carries
             them
             on
             thorow
             their
             Severall
             Changes
             ,
             till
             he
             carry
             them
             up
             to
             His
             own
             Vnchangeable
             Rest
             :
             So
             He
             is
             a
             
               Seven-fold
               Spirit
               .
            
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Spirituall
             Person
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             ;
             
               Pan's
            
             Pipe
             composed
             of
             seven
             reeds
             ;
             
               Seven
            
             being
             known
             by
             learned
             men
             for
             the
             Marriage-number
             .
          
           
             Revel.
             5.6
             .
             
               A
            
             Lamb
             
               stands
               with
               seven
               hornes
               ,
               and
               seven
               eyes
               ,
            
             which
             are
             The
             
               Seven
               Spirits
               of
               God
               ,
               sent
               forth
               into
               all
               the
               earth
               .
            
             This
             is
             that
             
               Great
               Spirit
            
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             form
             of
             a
             Seven-fold
             Spirit
             like
             a
             River
             with
             seven
             heads
             ,
             le
             ts
             forth
             the
             God-head
             and
             the
             Creation
             ,
             one
             into
             another
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Union
               of
               all
               Times
               and
               Things
               in
               One
               Person
               .
            
             
             This
             is
             the
             first
             part
             of
             the
             fifth
             verse
             .
             This
             Vnion
             is
             set
             forth
             by
             a
             Three-fold
             Expression
             :
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Appearance
                   of
                   all
                   things
                   in
                   Christ
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Presence
                   of
                   Christ
                   in
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Power
                   of
                   Christ
                   over
                   all
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
           
             1.
             
             
               The
               Appearance
               of
               all
               things
               in
               Christ
               :
               Iesus
               Christ
               the
               faithfull
               witnesse
               .
            
          
           
             Our
             Lord
             Jesus
             in
             glory
             is
             become
             the
             
               Image
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Light
            
             :
             The
             
               Image
               ,
            
             in
             which
             Each
             Thing
             is
             seen
             :
             The
             
               Light
               ,
            
             by
             which
             that
             Image
             appears
             .
             So
             He
             is
             both
             the
             
               Testimony
            
             and
             the
             
               Witnesse
               .
               He
            
             is
             the
             
               Faithfull
               witnesse
               :
            
             For
             He
             is
             the
             Truth
             of
             all
             things
             .
             Every
             thing
             is
             seen
             in
             Him
             ,
             according
             to
             its
             most
             Right
             ,
             most
             Proper
             ,
             and
             Solidest
             Appearance
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               The
               Presence
               of
               Christ
               in
               all
               .
               The
               first-born
               from
               the
               dead
               .
            
             v.
             5.
             c.
             1.
             
             Our
             Lord
             Jesus
             was
             in
             Nature
             ,
             so
             He
             became
             capable
             of
             dying
             ,
             He
             sinks
             himselfe
             out
             of
             Nature
             into
             The
             Darknesse
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Shadow
             flying
             round
             about
             this
             Creation
             ,
             so
             He
             dyes
             .
             Thorow
             this
             Darknesse
             he
             shoots
             forth
             himselfe
             into
             the
             Light
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             encompasseth
             all
             :
             So
             He
             is
             risen
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
           
             By
             His
             Presence
             in
             Nature
             ,
             all
             things
             put
             forth
             themselves
             there
             :
             For
             
               all
               subsist
               in
               him
               .
               Colos.
            
             1.17
             .
             By
             His
             Death
             all
             things
             die
             ,
             His
             Death
             being
             the
             Vniversal
             one
             ,
             including
             and
             bringing
             forth
             all
             Particular
             deaths
             .
             For
             the
             world
             is
             crucified
             by
             the
             Crosse
             of
             Christ
             .
             By
             His
             Resurrection
             all
             things
             are
             raised
             into
             the
             Life
             of
             God
             ;
             as
             the
             Soul
             raiseth
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             making
             to
             it selfe
             so
             many
             severall
             Resurrections
             in
             them
             .
             Thus
             is
             Christ
             the
             
               First-born
               from
               the
               Dead
               .
               This
            
             is
             He
             ,
             Present
             in
             All
             Things
             ,
             Passing
             thorow
             All
             States
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Power
               over
               all
               :
               The
               Prince
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
            
             c.
             1.
             v.
             5.
             
             All
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             visible
             or
             invisible
             ,
             are
             streames
             in
             which
             Jesus
             Christ
             flowes
             forth
             from
             God
             ,
             pouring
             forth
             himselfe
             at
             last
             into
             
             God
             againe
             .
             So
             have
             we
             gone
             thorow
             the
             Prayer
             in
             the
             Salutation
             ,
             as
             it
             containes
             a
             Three-fold
             Description
             of
             our
             Saviours
             High
             and
             Heavenly
             Person
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Praise
               .
            
             This
             second
             part
             of
             the
             Salutation
             which
             raiseth
             it selfe
             ,
             by
             a
             quick
             sweetnesse
             of
             change
             ,
             unto
             Praise
             ,
             is
             comprehended
             in
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             the
             fifth
             verse
             and
             the
             sixth
             .
             The
             Praises
             sing
             forth
             the
             Person
             of
             Christ
             in
             a
             Two-fold
             Description
             :
             First
             
               Love
            
             :
             Secondly
             
               Lustre
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Love
               .
            
             This
             Love
             of
             our
             Sweet
             Saviour
             hath
             a
             double
             Preciousnesse
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               The
               Affection
               .
               To
               him
               that
               hath
               loved
               .
            
             v.
             5.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               The
               Effect
               .
            
             This
             is
             Three-fold
             .
             1.
             
             Our
             Justification
             ,
             
               And
               hath
               wash't
               us
               in
               his
               blood
               .
            
             2.
             
             Sanctification
             ,
             
               Hath
               made
               us
               Priests
               to
               God
               his
               Father
               .
            
             3.
             
             Glorification
             ,
             
               Hath
               made
               us
               Kings
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Lustre
               .
               To
               him
               be
               Glory
               and
               Dominion
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
               Glory
            
             is
             the
             Reflexion
             of
             Beauty
             from
             every
             Appearance
             .
             
               Dominion
            
             is
             the
             Power
             or
             Fulnesse
             that
             comprehends
             and
             sends
             forth
             each
             Appearance
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Lustre
             of
             our
             Saviours
             Divine
             Person
             .
             'T
             is
             set
             with
             the
             
               Roots
            
             and
             Rags
             of
             all
             Being
             .
             It
             hath
             in
             it selfe
             the
             
               Power
            
             that
             puts
             forth
             any
             Appearance
             ;
             the
             
               Appearance
            
             that
             is
             put
             forth
             by
             any
             Power
             ,
             thorow
             the
             whole
             extent
             of
             things
             ,
             from
             one
             end
             of
             them
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
            
          
           
             Saint
             
               Iohn
            
             from
             these
             
               Praises
            
             passeth
             as
             by
             a
             divine
             Rapture
             of
             delight
             and
             wonder
             into
             the
             First
             
               Preface
               ,
            
             
             v.
             7.
             
             
               Behold
               He
               comes
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Let
             All
             eyes
             here
             look
             up
             and
             gaze
             ,
             
               He
               comes
               :
            
             He
             who
             is
             ,
             who
             was
             ,
             who
             is
             to
             come
             ;
             He
             ,
             the
             Living
             Creature
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Wheel
             of
             the
             whole
             Creation
             of
             God
             :
             
               He
               comes
               with
               Clouds
               ,
            
             He
             comes
             cloth'd
             with
             so
             full
             appearance
             of
             Majesty
             and
             Sweetnesse
             ,
             as
             shall
             melt
             all
             hearts
             ,
             make
             all
             eyes
             weep
             teares
             of
             
               Griefe
            
             and
             
               Ioy
               ;
               Grief
               ,
            
             that
             they
             have
             seen
             Him
             no
             sooner
             ;
             
               Ioy
               ,
            
             that
             they
             see
             him
             now
             ;
             and
             seeing
             him
             ,
             see
             all
             their
             Griefs
             and
             Feares
             eternally
             vanish't
             ;
             all
             their
             desires
             and
             joyes
             accomplish't
             ;
             all
             their
             Sinnes
             against
             so
             much
             Sweetnesse
             perfectly
             forgiven
             .
             Thus
             we
             are
             arrived
             at
             my
             Text
             .
          
        
         
           
             TEXT
             .
          
           
             THe
             Text
             is
             a
             Prophesie
             of
             that
             Divine
             Trinity
             ,
             
               Light
               ,
               Love
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ioy
               ,
            
             which
             shall
             Vnitedly
             &
             Vniversally
             reign
             in
             all
             hearts
             and
             eyes
             ,
             at
             the
             Second
             Appearance
             of
             this
             Royall
             Spouse
             of
             Spirits
             .
             You
             will
             see
             this
             Text
             though
             it
             speak
             of
             Wounds
             ,
             Mourning
             ,
             Teares
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             sweet
             ,
             not
             sad
             sence
             in
             all
             these
             ;
             if
             we
             compare
             it
             with
             that
             place
             of
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             from
             whence
             these
             words
             seem
             in
             great
             part
             to
             be
             borrowed
             ,
             
               Zach.
            
             12.10
             .
             
               I
               will
               pour
               forth
               a
               Spirit
               of
               Grace
               and
               supplications
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Text
             hath
             Four
             Parts
             .
             1.
             
             
               A
               Shout
               .
            
             2.
             
             
               A
               Show
               .
            
             3.
             
             
               Spectators
               .
            
             4.
             
             
               Their
               Passions
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               The
               Shout
               ,
               Behold
               .
            
             This
             is
             as
             a
             Blast
             of
             a
             Trumpet
             ,
             giving
             a
             loud
             and
             chearfull
             warning
             of
             some
             Glorious
             Show
             already
             begun
             ;
             't
             is
             an
             
               Excitation
            
             with
             a
             
               signification
            
             of
             some
             
               Eminent
            
             and
             
               Present
               thing
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               The
               Show
               .
               He
               Comes
               with
               Clouds
               .
               He
               comes
               .
            
             This
             word
             in
             Greek
             signifies
             a
             Present
             and
             Continued
             act
             ,
             then
             begun
             ,
             from
             that
             time
             extending
             it selfe
             to
             our
             
             dayes
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Time
             :
             
               He
               is
               Comming
               .
            
             He
             comes
             
               with
               Clouds
            
             :
             I
             shall
             leave
             these
             
               Clouds
            
             upon
             my
             Text
             ,
             untill
             I
             come
             to
             my
             Doctrine
             ,
             then
             I
             shall
             open
             them
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
               The
               Spectators
               .
            
             The
             whole
             world
             is
             the
             Theater
             ,
             or
             Stage
             ,
             on
             which
             this
             
               Show
            
             is
             presented
             .
             All
             orders
             of
             Spirits
             are
             the
             
               Spectators
               :
               Every
               eye
               shall
               see
               him
               :
               They
               also
               that
               have
               Pierced
               him
               .
            
             This
             clause
             hath
             a
             peculiar
             relation
             to
             the
             Jewes
             ;
             'T
             is
             also
             a
             Hint
             of
             that
             Depth
             in
             which
             Divine
             Love
             hath
             laid
             it's
             Designe
             ,
             to
             spring
             the
             Highest
             Sweetnesse
             upon
             the
             most
             Horrid
             Sinners
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             melting
             Touch
             ,
             like
             that
             ,
             
               Go
               ,
               tell
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               and
               Peter
               ;
               that
               he
               is
               risen
               :
               Mark
               ,
            
             16.7
             .
             Or
             like
             that
             ,
             
               Hee
               appeared
               first
               to
               Mary
               Magdelen
               ,
               out
               of
               whom
               he
               had
               cast
               seven
               Devils
               .
               Mark
            
             16.9
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Passion
               .
            
             And
             
               they
               shall
               mourn
               over
               Him
               .
            
             The
             Sight
             pierceth
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Spectators
             .
             As
             Two
             Principles
             :
             Water
             and
             Blood
             ran
             mixt
             from
             the
             side
             of
             Christ
             ,
             so
             Three
             sorts
             of
             Teares
             flow
             mingled
             down
             the
             cheeks
             of
             the
             Beholders
             here
             ;
             Teares
             of
             
               Remorse
               ,
               Love
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ioy
               :
            
             Teares
             of
             
               Remorse
               ,
            
             for
             having
             hated
             Love
             ,
             stain'd
             Glory
             ,
             murthered
             Life
             it selfe
             ,
             upon
             a
             Mistake
             ;
             And
             all
             this
             ,
             Their
             Own
             Love
             ,
             Glory
             ,
             Life
             :
             Teares
             of
             
               Love
            
             towards
             Beauty
             and
             Sweetnesse
             ,
             an
             Universal
             Beauty
             ,
             an
             Vnlimited
             Sweetnesse
             ,
             united
             in
             one
             
               Iesus
               ,
            
             like
             Light
             and
             Heat
             in
             one
             Beame
             ,
             and
             breaking
             forth
             from
             His
             Face
             to
             make
             a
             True
             Day
             :
             Teares
             of
             
               Ioy
               ,
            
             for
             that
             Blessednesse
             which
             appeares
             extending
             it selfe
             securely
             to
             Eternity
             ,
             in
             the
             Incomprehensible
             Majesty
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             Person
             ,
             which
             hath
             Immortality
             ,
             which
             comprehends
             Eternity
             in
             it selfe
             :
             in
             which
             the
             Quickest
             Sight
             is
             lost
             in
             an
             Vnfathom'd
             Light
             .
          
           
           
             
               Doctrine
               .
            
             
               THe
               words
               of
               my
               Text
               being
               thus
               opened
               ,
               doe
               again
               wrap
               up
               their
               full
               sense
               in
               this
               Doctrine
               :
            
             
               
                 The
                 Eminent
                 Thing
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               is
               
                 The
                 Comming
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 into
                 the
                 world
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Doctrine
               empties
               it Selfe
               by
               these
               Four
               Heades
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Comming
                   of
                   Christ
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Clouds
                   in
                   which
                   He
                   Comes
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Clearnesse
                   of
                   His
                   Appearance
                   when
                   He
                   is
                   come
                   .
                
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 
                   The
                   Sweetnesse
                   Flowing
                   from
                   His
                   Presence
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Head
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Comming
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
               This
               is
               Two-fold
               ;
               The
               1st
               .
               The
               2d
               .
               
                 Comming
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               The
               
                 First
                 Comming
              
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               is
               
                 Carnall
                 .
              
               This
               was
               then
               ,
               when
               he
               took
               Flesh
               of
               the
               Virgin
               
                 Mary
                 .
              
               Now
               He
               was
               made
               Inferiour
               to
               Angels
               ,
               
                 Hebr.
              
               2.9
               .
               Now
               he
               was
               made
               Flesh
               ,
               
                 Iohn
              
               1.14
               .
               Now
               he
               was
               laid
               so
               low
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               capable
               of
               all
               the
               Temp●●tions
               ,
               the
               most
               bitter
               ,
               the
               most
               balefull
               ,
               that
               can
               come
               from
               Devils
               ,
               or
               fall
               on
               Man
               ;
               yet
               without
               sinne
               :
               
                 Hebr.
              
               4.14
               .
               This
               First
               Comming
               was
               our
               Saviour's
               
                 Humiliation
                 ,
              
               to
               Frailty
               ,
               Guilt
               ,
               Shame
               ,
               Horrour
               ,
               Death
               .
               The
               Mystery
               now
               was
               ,
               The
               Highest
               God
               making
               Himselfe
               the
               Lowest
               of
               Things
               ;
               Flesh
               ,
               Dust
               ,
               The
               Deepest
               Darknesse
               .
               Thus
               the
               First
               was
               the
               Last
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               The
               
                 Second
                 Comming
              
               of
               our
               Saviour
               is
               
                 Spirituall
                 .
              
               It
               is
               Spirituall
               in
               Two
               Respects
               :
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   
                     His
                     Person
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   
                     His
                     Appearance
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Person
                 .
              
               The
               
                 Person
              
               of
               our
               Blessed
               Saviour
               in
               his
               Second
               Comming
               is
               altogether
               
                 Spirituall
              
               and
               Divine
               .
               Such
               as
               the
               Person
               of
               our
               Jesus
               was
               at
               His
               Ascension
               ,
               such
               is
               it
               in
               His
               Second
               Approach
               to
               Men
               .
               What
               is
               that
               Person
               in
               which
               our
               Saviour
               sits
               at
               the
               Top
               of
               His
               Ascent
               ?
               You
               shall
               read
               ,
               
                 Eph.
              
               4.10
               .
               
                 He
                 that
                 Descended
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 that
                 Ascended
                 farre
                 above
                 All
                 Heavens
                 .
              
               This
               Ascent
               doth
               not
               so
               much
               import
               a
               
                 Change
              
               of
               
                 Place
                 ,
              
               as
               of
               
                 Person
              
               and
               Proportion
               .
               When
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               was
               gone
               up
               above
               these
               Heavens
               ,
               which
               we
               see
               ,
               then
               He
               was
               above
               all
               Change
               of
               Place
               .
               The
               Heavens
               ,
               which
               we
               do
               not
               see
               ;
               the
               Invisible
               Part
               of
               this
               Creation
               is
               fetter'd
               with
               the
               Chaine
               of
               Time
               ,
               but
               not
               imprison'd
               too
               by
               a
               Confinement
               or
               Circumscription
               of
               Place
               .
               Our
               Lord
               ascended
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               by
               a
               
                 Locall
                 Motion
                 ,
              
               as
               a
               
                 Spirituall
                 Mutation
                 ,
              
               and
               Exaltation
               of
               His
               Person
               .
               As
               Earth
               heightned
               unto
               a
               Flame
               ,
               changeth
               not
               its
               Place
               onely
               ,
               but
               Forme
               and
               Figure
               :
               So
               the
               Person
               of
               our
               Saviour
               was
               raised
               to
               a
               Greatnesse
               ,
               a
               Glory
               vastly
               differing
               from
               ,
               and
               surmounting
               Any
               Image
               ,
               All
               Images
               of
               Things
               visible
               or
               invisible
               in
               this
               Creation
               .
               So
               't
               is
               fitly
               exprest
               ,
               
                 Hebr.
              
               7.29
               .
               
                 He
                 was
                 made
                 Higher
                 than
                 the
                 Heavens
                 .
              
               He
               was
               Heigthned
               to
               a
               Splendour
               ,
               Enlarged
               to
               a
               Capacity
               and
               Compasse
               above
               the
               Brightest
               ,
               beyond
               the
               Widest
               Heavens
               .
            
             
               Thus
               we
               see
               
                 Negatively
                 ,
              
               what
               the
               State
               of
               our
               Saviour's
               
               Person
               was
               ,
               when
               He
               was
               once
               Ascended
               .
               It
               was
               no
               more
               Like
               to
               any
               thing
               in
               Earth
               below
               ,
               or
               Heaven
               above
               :
               It
               was
               Remote
               from
               All
               Created
               Formes
               of
               Things
               ,
               Transcending
               All
               :
               
                 Farre
                 above
                 All
                 Heavens
                 .
              
            
             
               Our
               Saviour
               Himself
               wil
               teach
               us
               ,
               what
               the
               
                 Positive
              
               State
               of
               His
               Person
               now
               was
               ,
               by
               his
               Prayer
               for
               it
               :
               
                 Iohn
              
               17.5
               .
               
                 And
                 now
                 ,
                 O
                 Father
                 ,
                 glorifie
                 me
                 with
                 Thy Selfe
                 ,
                 with
                 that
                 Glory
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 with
                 Thee
                 before
                 the
                 World
                 was
                 .
              
               Our
               Lord
               prayes
               ,
               (
               and
               His
               Prayer
               is
               both
               a
               Prophesie
               ,
               and
               the
               Performance
               begun
               )
               that
               His
               Divine
               Nature
               may
               be
               both
               the
               Center
               and
               Circle
               to
               His
               Humanity
               ,
               inwardly
               enlivening
               ,
               outwardly
               clothing
               and
               fashioning
               it
               ;
               that
               his
               Man-hood
               may
               be
               after
               his
               Death
               ,
               at
               His
               Ascension
               ,
               in
               that
               same
               Image
               ,
               and
               Appearance
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               God-head
               was
               to
               it selfe
               ,
               before
               any
               thing
               else
               was
               .
            
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               points
               out
               to
               us
               that
               ,
               as
               Perfect
               ,
               which
               our
               Saviour
               prayes
               for
               :
               
                 Colos.
              
               2.9
               .
               
                 In
                 whom
                 the
                 Fulnesse
                 of
                 the
                 God-head
                 dwels
                 Bodily
                 .
              
               The
               whole
               Man-hood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Body
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Soule
               ,
               was
               so
               farre
               enlarged
               ,
               so
               farre
               Spiritualized
               ,
               as
               to
               take
               in
               ,
               and
               hold
               forth
               the
               God-head
               Fully
               .
               It
               was
               heightned
               to
               
                 Both
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Fulnesse
              
               and
               
                 Forme
              
               of
               God
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               we
               must
               take
               heed
               ,
               that
               we
               doe
               not
               mis-understand
               this
               ,
               and
               while
               we
               strive
               to
               have
               a
               Distinct
               View
               of
               our
               Saviour
               in
               Glory
               ,
               confound
               Him
               ,
               and
               our Selves
               .
               To
               this
               purpose
               we
               must
               use
               the
               help
               of
               a
               Two-fold
               Distinction
               :
            
             
               
               The
               Person
               of
               our
               Saviour
               is
               exalted
               to
               this
               Glory
               ,
               not
               by
               the
               
                 Annihilation
              
               or
               
                 Swallowing
                 up
              
               of
               the
               Humanity
               into
               the
               Divinity
               :
               but
               by
               the
               
                 Union
              
               and
               
                 Communion
              
               of
               Both
               Natures
               in
               One
               Person
               .
            
             
             
               Neither
               doth
               this
               Glory
               come
               upon
               our
               Head
               and
               Husband
               ,
               
               by
               a
               
                 Confusion
              
               of
               God
               and
               Man
               ,
               the
               Creator
               and
               the
               Creature
               ;
               but
               by
               a
               Free
               
                 Complyance
              
               of
               God
               with
               Man
               ,
               a
               Full
               
                 Conformity
              
               of
               Man
               to
               God
               ,
               the
               Creature
               to
               the
               Creator
               .
               The
               Glorification
               of
               the
               Humanity
               by
               the
               Divinity
               is
               no
               
                 Confusion
                 ,
              
               but
               a
               
                 Communion
              
               ;
               no
               
                 Annihilation
                 ,
              
               but
               a
               
                 Transfiguration
                 .
              
            
             
               Such
               was
               the
               Person
               of
               our
               Saviour
               at
               His
               Ascension
               ;
               Such
               is
               He
               ,
               when
               againe
               He
               Descends
               upon
               us
               ,
               at
               His
               Second
               Comming
               .
               So
               Himselfe
               witnesseth
               ,
               
                 Mark
              
               8.38
               .
               
                 When
                 He
                 Commeth
                 in
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 His
                 Father
                 .
              
               The
               Angel
               so
               fore-told
               the
               God-like
               manner
               of
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               Comming
               the
               Second
               Time
               ,
               
                 Act.
              
               1.11
               .
               
                 This
                 same
                 Iesus
                 ,
                 which
                 ye
                 see
                 taken
                 up
                 from
                 you
                 into
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 shall
                 so
                 come
                 ,
                 as
                 ye
                 have
                 seene
                 Him
                 goe
                 into
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               Behold
               ,
               how
               your
               Master
               ascends
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               ascends
               ,
               he
               puts
               off
               his
               Earthly
               Appearance
               ,
               growes
               Invisible
               ,
               and
               vanishes
               into
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               :
               So
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Divine
               manner
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Glory
               ,
               Invisible
               to
               Mortall
               Eyes
               ,
               He
               shall
               come
               againe
               to
               you
               .
               Such
               ,
               as
               He
               is
               now
               ,
               at
               His
               Entrance
               into
               Heaven
               ;
               such
               shall
               He
               be
               at
               his
               Re-entrance
               into
               the
               World
               .
            
             
               Christ
               at
               his
               First
               Comming
               was
               a
               God
               in
               the
               forme
               of
               an
               Earthly
               Man
               ,
               of
               a
               Worme
               ,
               the
               Lowest
               of
               Men
               :
               at
               his
               Second
               Comming
               He
               is
               a
               Man
               ,
               a
               Worme
               ,
               the
               lowest
               of
               Men
               in
               the
               Forme
               of
               God
               .
               And
               now
               the
               Last
               is
               First
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               Spirituality
               of
               our
               Saviour's
               Comming
               in
               the
               First
               Respect
               ,
               in
               
                 His
                 Person
                 .
              
            
             
             
               2.
               
               
                 Appearance
                 .
              
               Our
               Lord
               comes
               the
               Second
               Time
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               by
               
                 Change
                 of
                 Place
                 ,
              
               as
               of
               
                 Appearance
                 .
                 Ephes.
              
               1.10
               .
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               speaks
               of
               he
               Father
               and
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
                 That
                 in
                 the
                 Dispensation
                 of
                 the
                 Fulnesse
                 of
                 Time
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 gather
                 together
                 in
                 One
                 ,
                 All
                 Things
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 both
                 which
                 are
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 are
                 on
                 Earth
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 Him
                 .
              
               The
               Dispensation
               of
               the
               Fulnesse
               of
               Time
               ,
               is
               the
               Discovery
               of
               
                 Eternity
                 ,
              
               which
               gathers
               up
               into
               One
               undivided
               State
               ,
               All
               Times
               ,
               Past
               ,
               Present
               ,
               To
               Come
               ;
               and
               is
               therefore
               called
               the
               
                 Fulnesse
                 of
                 Time
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               the
               Shadow
               to
               this
               Body
               .
               This
               Dispensation
               began
               at
               Christ's
               Ascension
               ,
               and
               was
               then
               perfected
               in
               
                 His
                 Person
                 .
              
               Now
               was
               our
               Lord
               fully
               Glorified
               .
               Now
               He
               saw
               All
               Things
               in
               the
               Beatificall
               Vision
               ,
               in
               the
               God-head
               ,
               after
               a
               manner
               ,
               as
               unchangeable
               ,
               as
               God
               .
               Nothing
               passed
               away
               ,
               nothing
               was
               to
               Come
               .
               From
               the
               Heighth
               of
               Heaven
               above
               ,
               to
               the
               Depth
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               the
               Creature
               below
               ,
               He
               possesseth
               All
               Things
               ,
               in
               One
               Glory
               ,
               even
               in
               Himselfe
               .
               To
               Him
               then
               there
               is
               now
               no
               more
               Roome
               for
               Ascent
               ,
               or
               Descent
               ,
               for
               Change
               of
               Time
               or
               Place
               .
               What
               then
               is
               His
               Second
               Comming
               ?
               'T
               is
               His
               Shining
               forth
               upon
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ;
               that
               ,
               as
               He
               comprehends
               Himselfe
               and
               All
               Things
               in
               God
               :
               So
               They
               may
               comprehend
               All
               Things
               ,
               and
               Themselves
               in
               Him
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               speaks
               this
               plainly
               ,
               
                 Mat.
              
               24.27
               .
               
                 For
                 as
                 the
                 Lightning
                 commeth
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 East
                 ,
                 and
                 shineth
                 unto
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 even
                 so
                 shall
                 also
                 the
                 Comming
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 be
                 .
              
            
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               cals
               it
               an
               
                 Appearance
                 ,
                 Colos.
              
               3.4
               .
               
                 Your
                 Life
                 is
                 hid
                 with
                 Christ
                 in
                 God
                 :
                 When
                 Christ
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 our
                 Life
                 ,
                 shall
                 appeare
                 ,
                 then
                 shall
                 we
                 appeare
                 with
                 Him
                 in
                 
                 Glory
                 .
              
               The
               Person
               of
               Christ
               is
               taken
               into
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               .
               This
               is
               invisible
               ,
               not
               to
               it selfe
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               like
               it selfe
               ,
               but
               to
               Eyes
               of
               Flesh
               .
               Thus
               Our
               Saviour
               is
               Hid
               ,
               as
               God
               is
               ,
               by
               the
               Greatnesse
               of
               the
               Glory
               .
               In
               His
               Second
               Comming
               ,
               He
               is
               as
               the
               Brightnesse
               of
               the
               God-head
               breaking
               forth
               upon
               the
               World
               ;
               discovering
               it self
               ,
               as
               a
               New
               Root
               of
               Immortality
               below
               the
               Natural
               Root
               of
               each
               Creature
               ;
               and
               clothing
               upon
               each
               Appearance
               with
               a
               New
               Appearance
               of
               Glory
               .
               Thus
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               is
               an
               Enlargement
               of
               Himselfe
               from
               the
               same
               Center
               ,
               yet
               not
               to
               Himself
               ,
               but
               others
               .
            
             
               So
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               calls
               this
               Comming
               ,
               
                 A
                 Revelation
                 from
                 Heaven
                 ,
              
               2
               
                 Thes.
              
               1.7
               .
               
                 And
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 troubled
                 ,
                 rest
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 shall
                 be
                 revealed
                 from
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               In
               this
               sense
               Saint
               
                 Peter
              
               speakes
               ,
               
                 Act.
              
               3.20
               ,
               21.
               
               
                 And
                 He
                 shall
                 send
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 &c.
                 whom
                 the
                 Heavens
                 must
                 receive
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 restitution
                 of
                 All
                 Things
                 .
              
               When
               our
               Lord
               Ascended
               ,
               He
               was
               raised
               above
               all
               Heavens
               into
               God
               ;
               from
               thence
               immediately
               He
               goes
               on
               shining
               forth
               ,
               and
               dispensing
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               through
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               the
               Invisible
               part
               of
               this
               Creation
               ,
               Angells
               and
               Spirits
               of
               Men
               .
               Within
               this
               Limit
               He
               containes
               his
               Beames
               till
               the
               Last
               Day
               .
               Then
               He
               shall
               Enlarge
               His
               Circuite
               to
               take
               in
               the
               Visible
               and
               Bodily
               Part
               of
               Things
               ,
               when
               They
               also
               shall
               be
               Restored
               ,
               and
               Returne
               into
               that
               Glory
               ,
               and
               Divinity
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               They
               fell
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               One
               Thing
               more
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               before
               we
               passe
               from
               this
               Head
               .
               
                 The
                 Second
                 Comming
                 of
                 Christ
                 is
                 Graduall
                 .
              
               As
               the
               Sun
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               gone
               from
               us
               to
               
               the
               utmost
               Point
               of
               Heaven
               South-ward
               ,
               immediately
               Returnes
               :
               So
               our
               Saviour
               began
               His
               Comming
               again
               into
               the
               World
               at
               His
               Ascension
               ,
               so
               soone
               ,
               as
               He
               had
               reaeh't
               the
               furthest
               Point
               of
               Distance
               from
               the
               Creature
               ,
               in
               the
               Heigths
               of
               the
               Creatour
               .
               We
               reade
               
                 Heb.
              
               1.6
               .
               
                 And
                 again
                 ,
                 when
                 He
                 bringeth
                 His
                 First-begotten
                 Son
                 into
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 He
                 saith
                 ;
                 Let
                 all
                 the
                 Angells
                 of
                 God
                 Worship
                 Him
                 .
              
               Thus
               it
               is
               read
               in
               the
               English
               Translation
               .
               But
               ,
               as
               a
               late
               Learned
               Critick
               hath
               observed
               ,
               it
               runs
               Thus
               in
               the
               Greek
               :
               
                 When
                 He
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Father
               )
               
                 bringeth
                 His
                 First-begotten
                 Sonne
                 againe
                 into
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               This
               place
               thus
               read
               ,
               manifestly
               joynes
               together
               the
               Ascention
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               and
               His
               Comming
               the
               Second
               time
               into
               the
               World
               .
               For
               when
               was
               it
               that
               Proclamation
               was
               made
               among
               the
               Angels
               to
               Worship
               Jesus
               Christ
               ?
               Was
               it
               not
               then
               ,
               when
               He
               Ascended
               ,
               and
               sate
               downe
               at
               the
               Right
               Hand
               of
               God
               ?
               So
               it
               is
               cleerly
               seene
               
                 Philip
                 .
              
               2.
               9t
               10.
               
               
                 Wherefore
                 God
                 also
                 hath
                 Highly
                 exalted
                 Him
                 ,
                 and
                 given
                 Him
                 a
                 Name
                 above
                 every
                 Name
                 ;
                 That
                 at
                 the
                 Name
                 of
              
               Jesus
               
                 every
                 Knee
                 should
                 bow
                 .
              
               So
               soone
               as
               our
               King
               is
               entred
               into
               the
               Divine
               Glory
               ,
               and
               hath
               there
               received
               the
               Ointment
               of
               the
               God-head
               ,
               immediately
               He
               comes
               forth
               ,
               and
               begins
               to
               shew
               Himselfe
               in
               a
               Progresse
               of
               Glory
               thorow
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               to
               receive
               their
               Fealty
               and
               Homage
               .
            
             
               
                 Revel.
              
               6.2
               .
               The
               Coronation
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               his
               Comming
               forth
               in
               a
               Spirituall
               Beauty
               are
               conjoyn'd
               by
               Saint
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
              
               who
               there
               begins
               his
               Prophetick
               Story
               ,
               and
               makes
               this
               the
               opening
               of
               the
               First
               Seale
               on
               the
               Booke
               ,
               
                 I
                 saw
                 ,
                 and
                 behold
                 a
                 White
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 He
                 that
                 sate
                 on
                 Him
                 had
                 a
                 Bow
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Crowne
                 was
                 given
                 
                 Him
                 ,
                 and
                 He
                 went
                 forth
                 Conquering
                 and
                 to
                 Conquer
                 .
              
               The
               Booke
               is
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Seven
               Seales
               the
               Naturall
               Formes
               of
               Things
               .
               The
               Opening
               of
               the
               Seales
               by
               the
               Lamb
               ,
               His
               Comming
               forth
               in
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               I
               will
               finish
               this
               Head
               with
               that
               place
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               15.45
               .
               
                 The
                 First
                 Man
                 Adam
                 was
                 made
                 a
                 Living
                 Soule
                 :
                 the
                 Last
                 Man
                 was
                 made
                 a
                 Quickning
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               Our
               Blessed
               Lord
               in
               his
               Second
               Appearance
               comes
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               as
               a
               Soule
               comes
               downe
               into
               the
               Body
               .
               The
               Soule
               comes
               downe
               upon
               the
               Body
               ,
               clothing
               it
               with
               a
               new
               Shape
               ,
               Life
               ,
               and
               Lustre
               .
               So
               Jesus
               Christ
               descends
               upon
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               Comprehend
               ,
               to
               Act
               it
               ,
               to
               Appeare
               in
               it
               ,
               to
               Gather
               it
               up
               into
               One
               Spirit
               of
               Beauty
               and
               Immortality
               ,
               in
               Himselfe
               .
            
             
               So
               shall
               the
               Heavenly
               Man
               sprout
               forth
               thorough
               the
               Earth
               ,
               as
               an
               Vniversall
               Paradise
               ;
               sending
               forth
               all
               Earthly
               Formes
               ,
               as
               Revived
               Plants
               ,
               by
               a
               New
               Growth
               ,
               out
               of
               Himselfe
               .
               Then
               shall
               All
               Without
               the
               Circle
               of
               this
               Spirituall
               Person
               ,
               this
               Quickning
               Spirit
               be
               Death
               and
               Hell
               ;
               a
               Hell
               for
               Dogs
               and
               Devils
               ;
               each
               foule
               ,
               false
               ,
               and
               fiery
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               now
               passed
               through
               the
               First
               Head
               :
               
                 The
                 Comming
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Head
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Clouds
                 ,
              
               
               
                 in
                 which
                 Christ
                 comes
                 .
              
               These
               
                 Clouds
              
               are
               of
               Foure
               Sorts
               :
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   
                     Darknesse
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   
                     Tempests
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   
                     Worldly
                     Changes
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   
                     Angels
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
             
               1.
               
               
                 Clouds
                 of
                 Darknesse
                 .
              
               Clouds
               are
               used
               in
               This
               Sense
               ,
               as
               the
               Springs
               and
               Seats
               of
               Darknesse
               .
               So
               they
               furnish
               out
               and
               set
               off
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               as
               God
               ,
               into
               the
               World
               .
               
                 Psal.
              
               97.2
               .
               
                 Clouds
                 and
                 Darknesse
                 are
                 round
                 about
                 Him
                 .
              
            
             
               A
               Two-fold
               Darknesse
               surrounds
               our
               Saviours
               Person
               ,
               as
               He
               flides
               downe
               in
               a
               Glory
               upon
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   From
                   His
                   owne
                   Will
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   From
                   the
                   World
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Darknesse
                 ,
                 From
                 His
                 owne
                 Will
                 .
                 David
              
               in
               the
               18.
               
               Psalme
               is
               confest
               by
               All
               ,
               to
               speak
               of
               His
               owne
               Deliverances
               
                 Literally
                 ,
              
               but
               of
               Christs
               Last
               Comming
               
                 Mystically
              
               and
               
                 Prophetically
                 :
                 ver.
              
               11.
               
               
                 He
                 made
                 Darknesse
                 His
                 Secret
                 Place
                 :
                 His
                 Pavilion
                 round
                 about
                 Him
                 were
                 Dark
                 Waters
                 ,
                 Thick
                 Clouds
                 of
                 the
                 Sky
                 .
              
               The
               Prince
               in
               the
               Poet
               wrapt
               about
               with
               a
               Thick
               and
               Darke
               Ayre
               ,
               entred
               into
               Carthage
               ,
               passed
               thorow
               the
               Court
               into
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Queene
               ,
               there
               stood
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               them
               unperceived
               ,
               while
               they
               speak
               of
               Him
               ,
               as
               absent
               ,
               Lament
               him
               as
               lost
               ;
               till
               the
               Fire
               purified
               it selfe
               into
               a
               Clearnesse
               .
               So
               the
               Great
               Prince
               of
               Peace
               and
               Spirits
               ,
               as
               He
               comes
               forth
               ,
               casts
               a
               Cloud
               about
               Him
               ;
               so
               He
               comes
               on
               upon
               us
               ;
               so
               He
               encompasseth
               us
               ,
               is
               still
               in
               Motion
               .
               Yet
               still
               we
               speak
               of
               Him
               ,
               as
               far
               above
               and
               beyond
               the
               Starry
               Sky
               ,
               and
               of
               His
               Comming
               ,
               as
               at
               a
               Great
               Distance
               .
               But
               ,
               Behold
               !
               He
               is
               already
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               us
               ;
               He
               breaks
               forth
               on
               our
               Right
               hand
               ,
               and
               on
               our
               Left
               ,
               like
               a
               Flame
               ,
               round
               about
               us
               ;
               and
               we
               perceive
               Him
               not
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               
                 Darknesse
                 ,
                 From
                 the
                 World
                 .
              
               1
               
                 Thes.
              
               5.2
               .
               
                 The
                 Day
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 commeth
                 as
                 a
                 Thiefe
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 .
              
               'T
               is
               the
               interposal
               of
               the
               Earth's
               shadow
               between
               the
               Sunne
               and
               our
               Eyes
               ,
               that
               makes
               Night
               .
               The
               Devill
               benights
               Man-kind
               ,
               by
               interposing
               this
               shadowie
               world
               betweene
               their
               Saviour
               and
               their
               Soules
               .
               In
               this
               Night
               he
               rocks
               them
               into
               a
               Sleep
               ,
               by
               a
               perpetuall
               Motion
               of
               vanities
               .
               In
               this
               Sleep
               he
               deludes
               them
               with
               Dreames
               of
               Reason
               ,
               Counterfeit
               Images
               of
               Truth
               .
               Now
               in
               this
               Night
               ,
               Sleep
               ,
               and
               Dreame
               the
               Day
               of
               Christ's
               appearance
               ,
               appeares
               not
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               Fancy
               or
               Dotage
               .
               All
               things
               seem
               to
               continue
               as
               they
               were
               from
               the
               Beginning
               .
               Where
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
               is
               the
               Promise
               of
               His
               Comming
               ?
               They
               discerne
               no
               Dawning
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               All
               the
               Powers
               and
               Spirits
               of
               Darknesse
               hate
               the
               Light
               ;
               and
               Christ
               ,
               because
               He
               comes
               as
               the
               Light
               ,
               to
               
                 increase
              
               and
               
                 inflame
              
               their
               Darknesse
               .
               They
               therefore
               Strive
               to
               raise
               Mists
               upon
               this
               Rising
               Glory
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               stain
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               cannot
               stop
               its
               Course
               .
               So
               the
               Progresse
               of
               Christ
               is
               to
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               Men
               ,
               like
               the
               Motion
               of
               the
               Sunne
               in
               a
               Winter
               day
               ,
               when
               't
               is
               hard
               to
               perceive
               the
               Day-break
               ,
               or
               distinguish
               between
               Day
               and
               Night
               .
               This
               is
               the
               First
               sort
               of
               
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 Dark
                 Ones
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Clouds
                 of
                 Tempests
                 .
              
               Clouds
               are
               the
               Womb
               in
               which
               Tempests
               are
               bred
               ,
               and
               the
               Cradle
               in
               which
               they
               are
               rock't
               .
               No
               Painter
               ,
               no
               Poet
               ,
               no
               Writer
               Holy
               or
               Profane
               hath
               any
               thing
               anywhere
               so
               Direfull
               ,
               so
               Tragicall
               ,
               as
               is
               the
               Description
               of
               our
               Saviours
               second
               Comming
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               .
               Can
               you
               cast
               your
               eye
               on
               the
               eighteenth
               
                 Psalm
              
               and
               not
               tremble
               ?
               when
               you
               see
               there
               ,
               
               the
               Earth
               Shaking
               and
               Trembling
               :
               v.
               
               7.
               a
               Fire
               Devouring
               v.
               8.
               
               The
               Heavens
               bowing
               Down-ward
               :
               v.
               9.
               
               Thick
               Clouds
               darkning
               the
               Sky
               ;
               Thunders
               ,
               Lightnings
               ,
               Hail-stones
               flying
               through
               the
               Ayre
               ;
               The
               Foundations
               of
               the
               world
               below
               discover'd
               .
               v.
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15.
               
               Thus
               the
               Mighry
               God
               ,
               our
               Jesus
               descends
               .
            
             
               Again
               ,
               
                 Psa
                 :
              
               97.
               
               Hils
               Melting
               ,
               The
               Earth
               Trembling
               ,
               Lightnings
               flashing
               thorow
               the
               Ayre
               ,
               and
               being
               its
               onely
               Light
               ,
               Dark
               Clouds
               environing
               all
               :
               This
               is
               the
               Scene
               of
               Things
               ;
               This
               the
               State
               in
               which
               Christ
               comes
               forth
               .
            
             
               Behold
               
                 Habakkuk
              
               with
               quivering
               Lips
               ,
               trembling
               joynts
               ,
               bones
               mouldring
               into
               dust
               ,
               when
               he
               had
               onely
               a
               Prophetick
               Representation
               of
               our
               Saviours
               second
               Appearance
               .
               All
               the
               Dreadfull
               things
               that
               attended
               the
               Presence
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               Aegypt
               ,
               at
               the
               Red
               Sea
               ,
               on
               Mount
               Sinai
               ,
               thorow
               the
               wildernesse
               ,
               are
               made
               but
               Types
               ,
               but
               shadows
               of
               this
               Terrible
               March
               of
               the
               Capteine
               of
               the
               Lords
               Hosts
               ,
               Christ
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               thorow
               all
               Flesh
               .
               
                 Habak.
              
               3.
               
            
             
               A
               wise
               Jew
               was
               wont
               to
               say
               from
               a
               Deep
               fore-sight
               of
               the
               Blacknesse
               of
               this
               Day
               :
               
                 The
                 Messias
                 will
                 come
                 ,
                 but
                 Lord
                 let
                 not
                 me
                 live
                 to
                 see
                 His
                 Comming
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Comming
               of
               our
               Saviour
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               for
               the
               Full
               Dissolution
               of
               all
               Flesh
               .
               'T
               is
               no
               wonder
               then
               if
               every
               step
               he
               takes
               ,
               as
               he
               comes
               along
               ,
               strike
               earthquakes
               ,
               pestilences
               ,
               warres
               ,
               desolations
               thorow
               the
               Earth
               .
               This
               is
               the
               second
               sort
               of
               
                 Cloudes
                 ,
                 Tempestuous
                 Ones
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Clouds
                 of
                 Worldly
                 Changes
                 .
              
               The
               Finest
               Piece
               of
               this
               Creation
               ,
               Naturall
               Flesh
               of
               Christ
               Himself
               ,
               is
               cal'd
               ,
               
               A
               Vail
               ,
               
                 Heb.
              
               10.11
               .
               
                 A
                 Living
                 way
                 through
                 the
                 vail
                 his
                 Flesh
                 .
              
               Well
               may
               we
               then
               call
               all
               other
               Fleshly
               Things
               ,
               Vailes
               and
               Clouds
               ,
               
                 Gen.
              
               1.2
               .
               The
               Creation
               in
               its
               first
               Principles
               is
               Figured
               out
               to
               us
               ,
               as
               a
               Dark
               and
               Deep
               Sea
               .
               Each
               particular
               Creature
               is
               as
               a
               Cloud
               raised
               out
               of
               this
               Sea
               of
               Darknesse
               ,
               over-cast
               with
               Light
               and
               Images
               .
               When
               the
               Temple
               was
               finish't
               ,
               which
               was
               an
               Earthly
               Palace
               shadowing
               out
               Heaven
               ,
               fil'd
               with
               all
               Excellencyes
               ,
               as
               Pictures
               of
               Heavenly
               Glories
               ;
               then
               
                 Solomon
              
               saith
               to
               God
               ,
               1
               
                 Kin.
              
               8.12
               .
               
                 Thou
                 dwellest
                 in
                 Thick
                 Darknesse
              
               :
               Signifying
               ,
               that
               the
               Brightest
               Beauties
               of
               Nature
               are
               True
               Clouds
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               midst
               of
               this
               Darknesse
               our
               Saviour
               passeth
               on
               ;
               upon
               the
               backs
               of
               these
               Clouds
               he
               comes
               riding
               along
               .
               Behind
               the
               visible
               Formes
               of
               things
               He
               hides
               Himselfe
               ,
               and
               steales
               in
               upon
               us
               ere
               we
               be
               aware
               .
               All
               Their
               Motions
               are
               His
               Approaches
               .
               
                 Mat.
              
               24.
               
               The
               Disciples
               ask
               their
               Master
               ,
               What
               should
               be
               the
               signes
               of
               His
               Comming
               ?
               He
               relates
               by
               way
               of
               Prophesie
               the
               whole
               story
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               Publike
               in
               Nations
               ,
               Particular
               in
               Families
               ,
               Private
               in
               single
               Persons
               ,
               From
               His
               death
               ,
               to
               that
               of
               the
               whole
               World
               :
               And
               so
               He
               answers
               their
               Question
               ,
               teaching
               them
               ,
               that
               as
               all
               Creatures
               are
               the
               
                 Print
              
               of
               his
               Feet
               ,
               so
               their
               whole
               Conduct
               is
               the
               
                 Motion
              
               of
               His
               Feet
               ,
               Their
               
                 Commotions
              
               His
               
                 Commings
                 on
              
               upon
               them
               .
            
             
               As
               the
               Whale
               moveth
               himselfe
               under
               the
               Waters
               ,
               the
               Billows
               rise
               and
               rowl
               ,
               the
               Deep
               boyles
               like
               a
               Pot.
               
               Before
               our
               Saviour's
               time
               
                 Lucifer
              
               was
               the
               
                 Leviathan
                 ,
              
               that
               made
               the
               Sea
               to
               seeth
               about
               him
               ,
               like
               a
               Pot
               of
               Ointment
               .
               Now
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               sports
               Himselfe
               in
               these
               Waters
               .
               He
               makes
               his
               way
               under
               them
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               
               moves
               ,
               The
               Deepes
               of
               Mens
               Spirits
               ,
               Counsailes
               ,
               Common-wealths
               ,
               boyle
               ,
               the
               whole
               Frame
               of
               Things
               reel
               and
               rowl
               themselves
               into
               violent
               Concussions
               ,
               like
               Waves
               of
               the
               Sea
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               third
               sort
               of
               Clouds
               ,
               
                 Rowling
                 Ones
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Cloudes
                 of
                 Angels
                 ,
              
               My
               Text
               saith
               ,
               
                 Christ
                 comes
                 with
                 Cloudes
                 .
              
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               saith
               ,
               2
               
                 Thes.
              
               1.7
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 shall
                 be
                 revealed
                 from
                 Heaven
                 with
                 his
                 Mighty
                 Angels
                 .
              
               Our
               Lord
               Jesus
               tels
               us
               ,
               
                 Mat.
              
               26.64
               .
               
                 Hereafter
                 shall
                 ye
                 see
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 sitting
                 at
                 the
                 Right
                 Hand
                 of
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 comming
                 in
                 the
                 Clouds
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               He
               speakes
               of
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               
                 Mark
              
               8.50
               .
               In
               this
               Phrase
               ;
               
                 When
                 He
                 commeth
                 in
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Holy
                 Angels
                 .
              
               These
               Parallel
               places
               make
               those
               expressions
               seem
               Parallel
               :
               Angels
               ,
               Cloudes
               .
            
             
               The
               Prophet
               discourseth
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Meteors
               ,
               
                 Psa.
              
               104.3
               ,
               4.
               
               
                 The
                 upper
                 Waters
                 ,
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 Winds
                 ,
                 Spirits
                 ,
              
               or
               Blasts
               ,
               
                 Flames
                 of
                 Fire
                 .
              
               This
               is
               interpreted
               expresly
               of
               Angels
               ,
               
                 Heb.
              
               1.7
               .
               
                 And
                 of
                 Angels
                 He
                 saith
                 ,
                 He
                 hath
                 made
                 His
                 Angels
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 His
                 Ministers
                 a
                 Flame
                 of
                 Fire
                 .
              
               These
               are
               the
               Waters
               in
               which
               the
               Chambers
               of
               God
               are
               ;
               the
               Clouds
               which
               are
               His
               Chariot
               ;
               the
               Winged
               Windes
               ,
               on
               which
               He
               rides
               ;
               the
               Flames
               ,
               in
               which
               He
               Comes
               .
            
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               joynes
               these
               Two
               ,
               
                 Angels
              
               and
               
                 Flames
                 ,
              
               at
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               2
               
                 Thes.
              
               1.7
               ,
               8.
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 be
                 revealed
                 from
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 with
                 His
                 Mighty
                 Angels
                 ,
                 And
                 with
                 Flaming
                 Fire
                 .
              
               The
               Flame
               of
               Fire
               is
               Heat
               working
               it selfe
               into
               Light
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Immediate
               Image
               and
               Instrument
               of
               Angels
               in
               this
               visible
               World
               ,
               thorow
               
               this
               they
               appeare
               and
               work
               .
               All
               the
               Appearances
               of
               God
               under
               the
               Law
               were
               by
               Angels
               .
               All
               the
               Appearances
               of
               Angels
               were
               by
               Flames
               ,
               or
               Light
               .
               The
               Angel
               went
               up
               from
               
                 Manoah
              
               in
               a
               Flame
               :
               
                 Iud.
              
               30.20
               .
               He
               appeared
               to
               
                 Moses
              
               in
               a
               Flame
               :
               
                 Exod.
              
               3.2
               .
               The
               Angels
               came
               downe
               upon
               the
               sacrifices
               in
               a
               Flame
               .
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               shall
               come
               in
               a
               Flame
               of
               Angels
               .
            
             
               The
               Glory
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               as
               he
               comes
               the
               second
               time
               ,
               breaks
               forth
               upon
               the
               Angels
               .
               In
               these
               He
               Flames
               out
               upon
               the
               Bodily
               Part
               of
               Things
               ,
               as
               Fire
               dissolving
               them
               in
               their
               own
               shapes
               ,
               and
               resolving
               and
               raising
               them
               into
               Angelicall
               Formes
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Heavenly
               Flames
               of
               Glory
               ,
               in
               which
               Saints
               are
               Blessed
               ;
               the
               Fire
               of
               Hell
               ,
               in
               which
               Evill
               men
               are
               tormented
               ;
               Angelicall
               Forms
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               sense
               Jesus
               Christ
               tels
               us
               ,
               
                 Luke
              
               17.22
               .
               that
               
                 Lazarus
              
               being
               dead
               ,
               was
               carryed
               by
               Angels
               into
               
                 Abraham's
              
               Bosome
               .
               That
               Glory
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               cal'd
               
                 Abraham's
              
               Bosome
               ,
               (
               a
               Type
               of
               the
               Fathers
               Bosome
               ,
               )
               was
               revealed
               in
               the
               Angels
               ,
               in
               them
               it
               over-shadowed
               
                 Lazarus
                 ,
              
               withdrawing
               Him
               out
               of
               this
               Present
               State
               ,
               and
               gathering
               Him
               up
               unto
               these
               Spirits
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Earthly
               Man
               .
            
             
               Accordingly
               we
               read
               ,
               
                 Mark
              
               13.27
               .
               
                 He
                 shall
                 send
                 forth
                 His
                 Angels
                 ,
                 and
                 gather
                 His
                 Elect
                 from
                 the
                 Four
                 Windes
                 .
              
               This
               shall
               be
               the
               Resurrectin
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               when
               this
               visible
               Image
               and
               life
               ,
               which
               was
               as
               wind
               ,
               breath'd
               forth
               by
               God
               from
               the
               Bosome
               of
               those
               Angelicall
               Flames
               ,
               shall
               by
               their
               opening
               themselves
               upon
               it
               ,
               be
               again
               taken
               in
               to
               God
               ,
               in
               these
               Spiritual
               Chambers
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               same
               sence
               Angels
               are
               called
               the
               Chariots
               of
               God
               :
               
                 Psa.
              
               68.17
               .
               
                 The
                 Chariots
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 are
                 Twenty
                 
                 Thousand
                 ,
                 even
                 Thousands
                 of
                 Angels
                 .
              
               The
               second
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               is
               not
               on
               Foot
               ,
               as
               a
               Servant
               :
               The
               Image
               of
               the
               First
               
                 Adam
              
               in
               a
               visible
               shape
               .
               'T
               is
               as
               of
               a
               Prince
               in
               his
               chariot
               ;
               The
               Image
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Angelical
               Being
               .
               
                 Cant.
              
               3.8
               .
               
                 Solomons
              
               Chariot
               
                 had
                 Pillars
                 of
                 silver
                 ,
                 Covering
                 of
                 Purple
                 ,
                 Bottome
                 Gold
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 mid'st
                 ,
                 Love
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Daughters
                 of
                 Hierusalem
                 .
              
               Divine
               Glory
               the
               Foundation
               ,
               Divine
               Love
               the
               Center
               in
               that
               Foundation
               ;
               Pillars
               of
               Silver
               ,
               Angelicall
               Beauties
               and
               strengths
               ;
               the
               Covering
               of
               Purple
               ,
               the
               Glorious
               Humanity
               of
               Christ
               in
               Royall
               State
               Comprehending
               all
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Chariot
               which
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               hath
               prepared
               for
               His
               Spouse
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Forme
               in
               which
               He
               rides
               forth
               at
               his
               second
               Comming
               thorow
               the
               Whole
               Creation
               ,
               taking
               up
               to
               Him
               the
               Daughters
               of
               Hierusalem
               ,
               both
               in
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               at
               their
               severall
               Seasons
               .
            
             
               As
               Angels
               are
               the
               
                 Chariots
              
               of
               Fire
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Lord
               rides
               forth
               the
               second
               Time
               :
               So
               are
               they
               the
               
                 Horses
              
               of
               Fire
               on
               which
               He
               rides
               .
               
                 Revel.
              
               6.
               
               As
               the
               Seales
               are
               opened
               ,
               A
               
                 Man
              
               comes
               forth
               on
               
                 Horse-back
                 ,
              
               The
               
                 Man
              
               is
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               comes
               forth
               in
               every
               various
               forme
               ,
               as
               in
               a
               severall
               Dresse
               for
               several
               Designes
               .
               The
               
                 Horse
              
               is
               the
               Particular
               Forme
               of
               Invisible
               Glory
               ,
               the
               Angel
               on
               which
               He
               is
               Mounted
               .
            
             
               I
               will
               make
               an
               end
               of
               this
               Discourse
               with
               that
               Place
               ,
               
                 Mark
              
               8.1
               .
               Where
               Christ
               speaking
               of
               his
               Comming
               ,
               joynes
               these
               Two
               ,
               the
               
                 Glory
                 of
                 the
                 Father
              
               and
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Angels
                 :
              
               As
               the
               
                 Man
              
               on
               the
               
                 Horse
                 ,
              
               He
               shall
               come
               in
               the
               Glory
               of
               His
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Angels
               .
               In
               our
               Saviour's
               Person
               ,
               as
               He
               comes
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               God-head
               shal
               be
               ,
               as
               a
               
                 Sea
              
               ;
               the
               Angelicall
               Glories
               ,
               as
               
                 Ships
              
               on
               this
               
                 Sea
              
               :
               All
               Formes
               of
               Things
               in
               this
               visible
               
               State
               ,
               shall
               be
               taken
               off
               the
               Earth
               of
               their
               own
               Grosse
               and
               Dul
               Principles
               ,
               into
               these
               Mysterious
               
                 Ships
                 ,
              
               in
               which
               they
               shall
               be
               carried
               on
               still
               further
               and
               further
               into
               the
               Ocean
               of
               the
               God-head
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               now
               describ'd
               those
               
                 Clouds
              
               in
               which
               Christ
               comes
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               second
               Head
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Head
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 clearnesse
                 of
                 Christs
                 Appearance
                 .
              
               
               
                 Every
                 Eye
                 shall
                 see
                 Him
                 .
              
               There
               is
               a
               Two-fold
               Eyes
               ,
               
                 
                   1st
                   .
                   The
                   
                     Inward
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   The
                   
                     Outward
                     Eye
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 The
                 Inward
                 Eye
              
               shall
               see
               Christ
               .
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               speaks
               of
               this
               ,
               
                 Ephes.
              
               1.18
               .
               
                 The
                 Eye
                 of
                 your
                 understanding
                 being
                 Enlightened
                 .
              
               The
               Eye
               of
               the
               understanding
               is
               the
               
                 Inward
                 Eye
                 .
              
               This
               also
               is
               Two-fold
               .
            
             
               
                 1st
                 .
                 
                   A
                   Naturall
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   A
                   Divine
                   Eye
                   .
                
              
            
             
               The
               
                 Naturall
                 Eye
              
               is
               that
               of
               Reason
               ,
               which
               is
               alwayes
               open
               in
               all
               Men
               ,
               so
               farre
               as
               they
               are
               Men
               .
               
                 The
                 Divine
                 Eye
              
               is
               for
               many
               yeares
               ,
               many
               ages
               ,
               quite
               shut
               up
               in
               the
               Soul
               ever
               since
               the
               Creation
               ,
               untill
               the
               Regeneration
               .
            
             
               This
               Eye
               is
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Principle
                 or
                 Faculty
              
               of
               seeing
               Things
               ;
               the
               
                 Supreame
                 Power
              
               of
               Knowing
               ,
               as
               God
               Knows
               and
               is
               Known
               .
               Saint
               
                 Iohn
              
               speaks
               of
               this
               Eye
               ,
               1
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
              
               3.2
               .
               
                 When
                 He
                 appeares
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 be
                 like
                 Him
                 ,
                 For
                 we
                 shall
                 see
                 Him
                 as
                 He
                 is
                 .
              
               The
               Proper
               Light
               and
               Object
               of
               This
               Eye
               is
               Jesus
               Christ
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               
               as
               He
               is
               the
               Brightnesse
               and
               Image
               of
               the
               God-head
               .
            
             
               As
               a
               Sun-beame
               beating
               with
               a
               strong
               Light
               upon
               the
               Naturall
               Eye
               ;
               So
               shall
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               awaken
               this
               Eye
               in
               Man
               ,
               by
               setting
               Himselfe
               in
               it
               .
               And
               now
               how
               cleer
               ,
               how
               sweet
               ,
               how
               satisfactory
               must
               this
               sight
               be
               ?
               'T
               is
               a
               
                 Fit
                 Union
              
               of
               an
               
                 Object
                 Suitable
              
               to
               
                 a
                 Proportion'd
                 Power
              
               or
               Faculty
               ,
               that
               gives
               Satisfaction
               and
               Certainty
               .
               Here
               the
               
                 Divine
                 Eye
              
               is
               the
               Faculty
               ,
               the
               
                 Supreame
                 Image
              
               is
               the
               Object
               ,
               the
               Vnion
               is
               the
               
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Unity
                 .
              
               Each
               Image
               ,
               each
               Eye
               ,
               each
               Sight
               is
               not
               so
               much
               as
               a
               Dream
               ,
               Shadow
               ,
               Glance
               to
               This
               ,
               where
               the
               Eye
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               the
               Beauty
               of
               Heaven
               possesse
               each
               other
               in
               One
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Outward
                 Eye
              
               shall
               see
               Christ
               .
               Now
               the
               Inward
               Powers
               of
               the
               Soul
               are
               unrighteously
               detain'd
               ,
               as
               by
               an
               Imprisonment
               ,
               or
               Buriall
               in
               the
               Exterior
               Senses
               .
               But
               when
               Christ
               comes
               ,
               the
               Outward
               Man
               with
               His
               Faculties
               and
               Senses
               shall
               be
               taken
               in
               by
               the
               Intellectuall
               and
               Spirituall
               Man
               ,
               as
               the
               Tabernacle
               was
               into
               the
               Temple
               .
               So
               Both
               shall
               see
               the
               same
               Glory
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               Light
               .
            
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               tels
               us
               ,
               1
               
                 Thes.
              
               4.16
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Himself
                 shall
                 descend
                 with
                 a
                 Shout
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 voyce
                 of
                 an
                 Arch-Angel
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Trump
                 of
                 God
                 .
              
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               shall
               fill
               the
               Angels
               with
               the
               Discoveries
               of
               the
               God-head
               ,
               as
               Trumpets
               with
               a
               Loud
               Blast
               ,
               or
               Triumphant
               Flourish
               .
               Thorow
               them
               this
               Double
               noise
               ,
               the
               Shout
               of
               Divine
               Appearances
               ,
               the
               Voice
               of
               Angelicall
               Gloryes
               ,
               shall
               come
               rushing
               like
               a
               Mighty
               Wind
               upon
               the
               Dead
               Saints
               ,
               and
               awaken
               their
               Bodyes
               into
               the
               same
               Harmony
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               done
               before
               ,
               their
               souls
               .
               So
               Both
               shall
               be
               a
               
                 Treasure
                 of
                 Divinity
              
               in
               an
               
                 Angels
                 vessell
                 .
              
            
             
             
               To
               this
               agrees
               that
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
               
                 Mark
              
               12.25
               .
               
                 They
                 shall
                 be
                 as
                 the
                 Angels
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               :
               Speaking
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               to
               the
               Body
               .
               Then
               shall
               our
               Bodyes
               be
               in
               our
               Soules
               ,
               as
               a
               
                 Lesse
                 Angel
                 in
                 a
                 Greater
                 .
              
               Christ
               as
               He
               comes
               transfigures
               Both
               into
               Angelicall
               shapes
               ,
               so
               pours
               forth
               Himselfe
               into
               Both
               ,
               and
               Both
               enjoy
               the
               Clearnesse
               of
               His
               Appearance
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Head
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Sweetnesse
                 that
                 flowes
                 from
                 Christs
                 Appearance
                 .
              
               
               
                 And
                 all
                 the
                 Tribes
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 shall
                 mourn
                 over
                 Him
                 .
              
               Sweet
               Teares
               upon
               a
               Sweet
               Subject
               !
               Christ
               ,
               when
               he
               shines
               out
               ,
               pierceth
               the
               Hearts
               of
               Men
               with
               the
               Golden-headed
               Arrow
               of
               Love
               ,
               and
               Loving
               Griefe
               ,
               by
               a
               
                 Four-fold
                 Discovery
                 .
              
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Eternall
                 Relation
              
               between
               Christ
               and
               the
               Soul
               .
               
                 Christ
                 comes
                 and
                 All
                 the
                 Saints
                 with
                 Thee
                 .
                 Hos.
              
               4.5
               .
               When
               Thou
               appearest
               ,
               then
               thou
               Discoverest
               All
               
                 His
                 Saints
                 in
                 Thine
                 Hand
                 ,
              
               in
               thine
               Heart
               ,
               
                 Deut.
              
               33.3
               .
               Thou
               shewest
               thy selfe
               ,
               O
               King
               of
               Saints
               ,
               as
               the
               Everlasting
               Father
               ,
               the
               Father
               which
               hath
               sent
               forth
               All
               Generations
               from
               the
               mid'st
               of
               his
               own
               Tender
               Bowels
               .
               This
               is
               the
               First
               Discovery
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Eternall
                 Affection
              
               in
               Christ
               to
               the
               Soul
               .
               Divines
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               wounds
               shall
               appeare
               in
               the
               Glorified
               .
               Body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               when
               He
               Appeares
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               he
               opens
               His
               Bosome
               ,
               and
               shewes
               those
               Wounds
               of
               Love
               which
               he
               had
               there
               from
               Eternity
               ;
               and
               those
               Wounds
               too
               ,
               which
               He
               received
               on
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               Glorifyed
               in
               His
               Eternall
               Love
               .
            
             
             
               3.
               
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Emptynesse
                 and
                 Eternall
                 losse
              
               of
               those
               Things
               ,
               for
               which
               we
               undervalued
               our
               Saviour
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Of
                 the
                 excesse
                 and
                 Eternity
                 of
                 Glory
                 ,
              
               which
               we
               shall
               see
               comming
               forth
               upon
               us
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               As
               at
               the
               Discovery
               of
               Ioseph
               ,
               He
               and
               his
               Brethren
               fell
               upon
               the
               Neck
               of
               each
               other
               and
               wept
               :
               So
               will
               this
               Discovery
               in
               the
               Appearances
               of
               Christ
               ,
               bring
               a
               sweet
               Confusion
               upon
               the
               Spirits
               of
               Men
               :
               Then
               shall
               a
               Man
               fall
               at
               the
               feet
               of
               His
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               weeping
               say
               ,
               
                 O
                 my
                 Iesus
                 !
                 Thou
                 art
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 Brother
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 Selfe
                 .
                 While
                 there
                 were
                 other
                 Things
                 ,
                 I
                 loved
                 other
                 Things
                 more
                 than
                 Thee
                 .
                 Now
                 they
                 are
                 Everlastingly
                 gone
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 left
                 me
                 alone
                 :
                 Yet
                 now
                 thou
                 ownest
                 me
                 .
                 See
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 breakest
                 forth
                 ,
                 thou
                 drownest
                 my
                 sins
                 and
                 me
                 in
                 a
                 Flood
                 of
                 Glory
                 in
                 thy Selfe
                 .
                 O
                 my
                 Iesus
                 !
                 Thou
                 breakest
                 my
                 Heart
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               have
               now
               pass'd
               thorow
               the
               Doctrinall
               Part
               of
               the
               Point
               ,
               distinguish'd
               into
               Foure
               Heads
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Application
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 For
                 Humiliation
                 .
              
               I
               shall
               first
               present
               you
               with
               a
               
                 Preparative
                 ,
              
               to
               the
               Vse
               ,
               and
               then
               put
               into
               your
               Hands
               the
               
                 Use
              
               it selfe
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 The
                 Preparative
                 .
              
               Worthy
               Patriots
               ,
               I
               shall
               humbly
               undertake
               to
               be
               a
               Remembrancer
               to
               your
               Piety
               and
               Prudence
               in
               a
               Two-fold
               Consideration
               ,
               for
               a
               Preparative
               .
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 First
                 Consideration
                 is
              
               this
               :
               'T
               is
               now
               many
               
               years
               since
               our
               
                 Fasts
              
               and
               our
               
                 Fights
              
               have
               been
               mutually
               interwoven
               .
               Yet
               ,
               what
               Profit
               have
               we
               of
               the
               One
               ?
               what
               Peace
               from
               the
               Other
               ?
               what
               end
               of
               either
               ?
               Still
               we
               
                 fast
                 ,
              
               still
               we
               
                 fight
                 ,
              
               if
               not
               in
               Camps
               ,
               yet
               more
               dangerously
               in
               Counsailes
               .
               Our
               ship
               is
               fil'd
               with
               waves
               ,
               more
               still
               pressing
               in
               ,
               ready
               to
               sink
               it
               :
               So
               that
               we
               may
               cry
               ,
               
                 O
                 God!
                 carest
                 thou
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 perish
                 in
                 the
                 mid'st
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 Prayres
                 ,
                 Praises
                 ,
                 Fasts
                 ,
                 and
                 Holy
                 Feasts
                 ?
              
            
             
               Now
               you
               are
               met
               againe
               to
               fast
               and
               pray
               :
               Now
               put
               on
               your
               Tenderest
               Bowels
               of
               pity
               and
               affection
               .
               So
               look
               upon
               this
               poore
               Kingdome
               ,
               which
               hath
               wrapt
               up
               in
               it
               your
               Countreymen
               ,
               your
               Kinred
               ,
               all
               your
               Dearest
               and
               sweetest
               Relations
               :
               Nay
               ,
               that
               which
               to
               you
               sure
               should
               be
               ,
               more
               than
               all
               These
               ;
               the
               Glory
               of
               your
               God
               .
               See
               it
               trembling
               and
               hovering
               between
               A
               
                 Heaven
                 of
                 Reformation
                 ,
              
               all
               good
               Angels
               and
               Men
               striving
               to
               raise
               it
               up
               thither
               ,
               and
               
                 A
                 Hell
                 of
                 Ruine
                 ,
              
               the
               weight
               of
               all
               Devils
               ,
               and
               bad
               Men
               hanging
               upon
               it
               ,
               to
               sinke
               it
               downe
               thither
               .
            
             
               Let
               this
               sight
               melt
               you
               ,
               Let
               it
               move
               you
               to
               call
               up
               all
               your
               strength
               this
               once
               ;
               to
               cry
               mightily
               to
               God
               .
               Who
               Knows
               ,
               what
               
                 this
                 One
                 Day
              
               may
               do
               to
               Crosse
               the
               feares
               ,
               to
               Crown
               the
               hopes
               and
               toyle
               of
               many
               yeares
               ,
               if
               it
               please
               the
               Eternall
               Spirit
               ,
               to
               blow
               right
               and
               strong
               upon
               your
               Spirits
               ,
               
                 this
                 One
                 Day
                 .
              
            
             
               Six
               dayes
               the
               Army
               of
               Israel
               compassed
               
                 Iericho
              
               ;
               yet
               still
               It
               stood
               .
               On
               the
               seventh
               Day
               they
               compassed
               it
               seven
               Times
               ;
               at
               the
               seventh
               Time
               ,
               the
               Priests
               blew
               with
               the
               Trumpets
               ,
               and
               the
               people
               gave
               a
               Mighty
               shout
               ,
               and
               the
               walls
               of
               
                 Iericho
              
               fell
               downe
               flat
               to
               the
               Ground
               .
               This
               is
               the
               
                 First
                 Consideration
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
               
                 The
                 second
                 Consideration
              
               is
               this
               .
               No
               teares
               prevaile
               with
               God
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               are
               wept
               over
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
               
                 All
                 the
                 Tribes
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 shall
                 mourn
                 over
                 Him
                 .
              
               If
               Jesus
               Christ
               be
               not
               the
               Flame
               in
               our
               Breast
               ,
               that
               melts
               our
               Hearts
               ;
               if
               He
               be
               not
               the
               Object
               ,
               that
               draws
               forth
               our
               Teares
               ,
               though
               we
               weep
               Blood
               ,
               our
               Blood
               will
               be
               ,
               but
               as
               Water
               spilt
               upon
               the
               Ground
               .
            
             
               If
               we
               grieve
               ,
               and
               not
               
                 in
              
               Christ
               ,
               our
               Griefe
               is
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               or
               at
               best
               but
               Formality
               .
               If
               we
               grieve
               ,
               and
               not
               
                 for
              
               Christ
               ,
               our
               Griefe
               is
               Idolatry
               .
               What
               makes
               the
               Discourses
               of
               men
               mutually
               understood
               and
               moving
               ?
               'T
               is
               the
               union
               of
               Men
               in
               One
               Vniversall
               Spirit
               of
               Reason
               .
               What
               makes
               Colours
               ,
               Sounds
               understood
               and
               moving
               ,
               in
               the
               Eye
               or
               Eare
               ?
               'T
               is
               the
               union
               of
               Sense
               and
               Sensible
               Things
               ,
               in
               One
               Common
               Spirit
               or
               Principle
               of
               Sense
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               will
               touch
               the
               Heart
               of
               God
               with
               your
               Prayers
               and
               Sorrowes
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               by
               a
               union
               between
               Him
               and
               you
               ,
               in
               One
               Vniversall
               ,
               Common
               Person
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               God-Man
               .
            
             
               
                 Iacob
              
               obtained
               not
               the
               Blessing
               by
               Prayers
               and
               Tears
               alone
               .
               But
               as
               He
               prayed
               and
               wept
               ,
               He
               held
               fast
               in
               His
               Armes
               the
               Angel
               of
               the
               Covenant
               .
               Then
               shall
               the
               Day
               break
               upon
               us
               ,
               and
               we
               become
               as
               Princes
               with
               God
               ,
               when
               we
               pray
               ,
               and
               with
               our
               Jesus
               in
               our
               Armes
               ;
               when
               we
               weepe
               upon
               the
               Bosome
               of
               our
               Jesus
               .
            
             
               If
               then
               you
               have
               any
               Sense
               of
               the
               utmost
               good
               or
               ill
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               ,
               first
               your
               
                 Parent
                 ,
              
               now
               your
               
                 Foster-child
              
               :
               If
               you
               have
               any
               Sense
               of
               your
               own
               Safeties
               ,
               your
               Soules
               ,
               your
               immortalitie
               ,
               any
               thing
               ;
               Send
               up
               a
               strong
               and
               secret
               groane
               ,
               which
               God
               may
               heare
               ,
               and
               say
               within
               you
               :
               O!
               that
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               that
               All-quickning
               Spirit
               would
               descend
               into
               our
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               become
               a
               
               Spring
               of
               Divine
               sorrowes
               there
               !
               Then
               should
               our
               Teares
               be
               as
               His
               Blood
               .
               O!
               that
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               the
               Highest
               Image
               of
               Love
               and
               Beauty
               ,
               the
               most
               profaned
               and
               persecuted
               ,
               would
               set
               Himselfe
               before
               our
               eyes
               !
               Then
               should
               we
               know
               ,
               Why
               ,
               and
               How
               to
               weep
               :
               then
               should
               we
               weep
               indeed
               .
            
             
               If
               our
               Dear
               Saviour
               would
               make
               his
               Arms
               our
               Crosse
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               from
               thence
               offer
               our
               Broken
               Hearts
               in
               Sacrifice
               to
               the
               Father
               ;
               then
               would
               our
               God
               smell
               a
               sweet
               Savour
               of
               Rest
               in
               us
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               give
               us
               Rest
               in
               Himselfe
               .
               This
               is
               
                 the
                 second
                 Consideration
              
               in
               the
               Preparative
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Vse
               .
               This
               is
               A
               
                 Humiliation
              
               from
               
                 a
                 Three-fold
                 Ground
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Insensiblenesse
                   in
                   our
                   Spirits
                   of
                   our
                   Saviour's
                   Approach
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Unsuitablenesse
                   in
                   our
                   Counsailes
                   to
                   the
                   Course
                   of
                   His
                   Comming
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   Enmity
                   in
                   our
                   Affections
                   to
                   the
                   Intent
                   of
                   His
                   Comming
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 Ground
                 ,
                 Insensiblenesse
                 .
              
               Is
               not
               the
               
                 Comming
                 of
                 Christ
              
               that
               by
               which
               God
               designes
               to
               make
               Himselfe
               Admired
               among
               His
               Saints
               ?
               as
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               testifies
               ,
               2
               
                 Thes.
              
               1.10
               .
               
                 When
                 He
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 Glorified
                 in
                 His
                 Saints
                 ,
                 and
                 Admired
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Is
               not
               this
               that
               at
               which
               All
               the
               Angels
               of
               God
               bow
               themselves
               and
               worship
               ?
               
                 Heb.
              
               1.6
               .
               
                 When
                 He
                 bringeth
                 His
                 First-begotten
                 Againe
                 into
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 He
                 saith
                 ,
                 Let
                 All
                 the
                 Angels
                 of
                 God
                 worship
                 Him
                 .
              
               Is
               not
               this
               the
               Grand
               Wheel
               which
               moves
               
               All
               ,
               the
               Centrall
               Motion
               ,
               which
               carries
               about
               Persons
               ,
               Kingdomes
               ,
               the
               whole
               Creation
               ?
               
                 Heb.
              
               1.7
               .
               When
               Christ
               comes
               the
               second
               Time
               ,
               God
               
                 saith
                 of
                 the
                 Angels
                 ,
                 He
                 hath
                 made
                 His
                 Angels
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 His
                 Ministers
                 a
                 Flame
                 of
                 Fire
                 .
              
               All
               Angelicall
               or
               Elementary
               Instruments
               of
               Motion
               ,
               are
               but
               His
               Ministers
               ,
               propagating
               His
               Motions
               thorow
               the
               world
               .
               Can
               This
               be
               thus
               ,
               and
               we
               Ignorant
               or
               Insensible
               of
               This
               
                 Comming
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               without
               the
               Highest
               sinne
               against
               God
               ,
               the
               Kingdome
               ,
               our
               own
               safeties
               ?
            
             
               Let
               us
               then
               endeavour
               to
               apply
               this
               use
               to
               our selves
               more
               properly
               and
               powerfully
               ,
               by
               a
               
                 Three-fold
                 Enquiry
              
               concerning
               this
               first
               Ground
               of
               Humiliation
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Have
                 we
                 seen
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 as
                 he
                 Comes
                 among
                 the
                 Angels
                 ?
              
               1
               
                 Tim.
              
               3.16
               .
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               tels
               us
               now
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 Greatest
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Godlinesse
                 :
                 God
                 manifested
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 justified
                 in
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 seen
                 of
                 Angels
                 :
              
               Behold
               !
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               as
               God
               puts
               forth
               Himselfe
               in
               the
               Forme
               of
               Flesh
               ,
               of
               the
               Creature
               ,
               and
               over-spreads
               that
               Form
               or
               Flesh
               with
               the
               Glory
               and
               Spirit
               of
               the
               God-head
               .
               Thus
               He
               shines
               forth
               already
               upon
               the
               One
               Half
               of
               Things
               ,
               the
               Invisible
               Part
               :
               He
               already
               is
               risen
               upon
               the
               Angels
               ,
               as
               Starres
               ,
               at
               once
               gathering
               them
               up
               into
               His
               Divine
               Light
               ,
               and
               riding
               forth
               upon
               their
               Beames
               .
               So
               each
               Starre
               now
               carryes
               forth
               a
               Sun
               along
               with
               it
               :
               Each
               Angel
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               and
               God
               .
            
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               tels
               us
               ,
               
                 Colos.
              
               2.10
               .
               
                 that
                 Christ
                 is
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 All
                 Principality
                 and
                 Power
                 .
              
               Our
               Lord
               Jesus
               cloth'd
               with
               the
               Glory
               of
               His
               Father
               ,
               hath
               united
               Himselfe
               to
               the
               Acting
               Principles
               ,
               and
               Ruling
               Powers
               of
               this
               Creation
               .
               Now
               He
               Flames
               forth
               thorow
               these
               invisible
               
               Fires
               into
               all
               Courts
               ,
               Campes
               ,
               or
               Counsailes
               ,
               into
               every
               Frame
               of
               things
               .
               Now
               He
               flyes
               abroad
               upon
               the
               Backs
               of
               these
               Cherubims
               ,
               and
               the
               Wings
               of
               these
               Winds
               into
               the
               Breast
               of
               each
               Man
               ,
               into
               the
               Bosome
               of
               each
               Creature
               .
            
             
               We
               reade
               ,
               
                 Colos.
              
               2.15
               .
               
                 Having
                 spoyled
                 Principalities
                 and
                 Powers
                 ,
                 He
                 made
                 a
                 Shew
                 of
                 them
                 Openly
                 ,
                 Triumphing
                 over
                 Them
                 .
              
               See
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               binding
               Evill
               Spirits
               ,
               the
               Powers
               of
               This
               world
               in
               straiter
               Chaines
               of
               Darknesse
               ,
               leading
               them
               Captives
               at
               the
               Taile
               of
               His
               Chariot
               ,
               making
               them
               His
               Slaves
               ,
               to
               Serve
               Him
               for
               Executioners
               ,
               as
               the
               Mutes
               doe
               the
               Great
               Turke
               ;
               to
               raine
               downe
               Snares
               ,
               Tempests
               ,
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               on
               His
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               seene
               the
               Lord
               thus
               mounted
               on
               His
               Horses
               of
               Fire
               ?
               Like
               the
               Sun
               ,
               like
               a
               Champion
               comming
               forth
               to
               run
               His
               Race
               from
               one
               end
               of
               Things
               to
               the
               Other
               ?
               Are
               you
               come
               to
               this
               Mount
               Sion
               ,
               where
               the
               Mediatour
               appears
               with
               God
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               His
               innumerable
               Angels
               ?
            
             
               If
               you
               be
               Strangers
               to
               such
               Sights
               ,
               then
               Mourn
               .
               For
               you
               are
               yet
               at
               Mount
               Sinai
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Clouds
               and
               Stormes
               .
               You
               are
               still
               in
               a
               Wildernesse
               full
               of
               Fiery
               Serpents
               ,
               where
               every
               Step
               you
               take
               may
               be
               to
               a
               Death
               .
               As
               you
               Mourn
               ,
               Pray
               :
               
                 Sweet
                 Iesus
                 Shine
                 ;
                 Sweet
                 Iesus
                 Come
                 thou
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Day-spring
                 from
                 on
                 High
                 upon
                 us
                 ;
                 Change
                 the
                 Appearance
                 ,
                 Open
                 to
                 us
                 this
                 New
                 Frame
                 of
                 Angels
                 Glories
                 ,
                 covering
                 the
                 World
                 like
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 Glories
                 raised
                 on
                 These
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Have
                 you
                 Seen
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Comming
                 in
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Men
                 on
                 Earth
                 ?
              
               This
               is
               the
               2.
               
               Step
               of
               our
               
               Saviour's
               Descent
               from
               the
               Bosome
               of
               the
               Father
               .
               We
               are
               taught
               ,
               
                 Luke
              
               17.20
               ,
               21.
               that
               ,
               
                 The
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 God
                 commeth
                 not
                 with
                 Observation
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 within
                 You.
                 
              
               The
               Glory
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               in
               which
               Christ
               Comes
               ,
               is
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               God
               .
               This
               is
               not
               obvious
               to
               Sence
               or
               Reason
               grounded
               upon
               Sence
               .
               For
               it
               comes
               not
               their
               way
               ,
               from
               without
               .
               It
               bubbles
               up
               from
               an
               inward
               Spring
               ,
               like
               Life
               .
               From
               within
               it
               Enlarges
               it Selfe
               ,
               as
               Circles
               from
               the
               Center
               ,
               the
               Out-most
               being
               Last
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               Method
               ,
               by
               which
               our
               Saviour
               comes
               Spiritually
               into
               the
               world
               .
               
                 First
              
               the
               Godhead
               opens
               it Selfe
               upon
               the
               Humane
               Nature
               of
               Christ
               ,
               making
               that
               the
               First-fruits
               of
               the
               whole
               Creation
               .
               
                 Colos.
              
               1.18
               .
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
              
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               with
               this
               over-spreading
               Glory
               comes
               downe
               upon
               the
               Angels
               ,
               making
               them
               ,
               the
               First-fruits
               of
               Spirits
               .
               The
               
                 Third
              
               Step
               ,
               which
               He
               takes
               ,
               is
               through
               the
               Angels
               into
               the
               Souls
               of
               Mortall
               Men
               .
               In
               these
               He
               plants
               Himselfe
               ,
               as
               a
               Throne
               Circled
               in
               with
               the
               various
               Beauties
               of
               Angels
               ,
               like
               the
               diverse-Coloured
               Raine-bow
               ,
               
                 Revel.
              
               4.3
               .
               Thus
               these
               become
               the
               First-fruits
               of
               Men
               ,
               
                 Rom.
              
               8.23
               .
               The
               
                 Fourth
              
               Remove
               is
               upon
               the
               Bodies
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               be
               the
               First-fruits
               of
               Bodies
               .
               The
               
                 Last
              
               is
               the
               Passing
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               from
               the
               Bodies
               of
               the
               Saints
               into
               the
               whole
               Frame
               of
               Visible
               Things
               ;
               as
               a
               Flame
               still
               taking
               hold
               of
               Neighbouring
               Fuell
               ,
               Still
               Catching
               and
               Infolding
               it selfe
               thorow
               All
               Things
               .
               By
               these
               Degrees
               the
               Lord
               Descends
               in
               Glorious
               State
               ,
               and
               as
               He
               Descends
               ,
               Transfigures
               all
               Things
               into
               the
               Same
               Glory
               .
            
             
               The
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               is
               Compared
               to
               the
               
                 Day
                 ,
              
               
               1
               
                 Thes.
              
               5.5
               .
               
                 Ye
                 are
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 Day
                 .
              
               And
               so
               2
               
                 Pet.
              
               1.1
               .
               
                 Till
                 the
                 Day
                 dawne
                 .
              
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               as
               He
               riseth
               like
               a
               Sun
               upon
               the
               World
               ,
               first
               diffuseth
               Himselfe
               through
               the
               Skie
               of
               the
               Angelicall
               Nature
               :
               Then
               falls
               ,
               as
               a
               Glory
               ,
               upon
               the
               Tops
               of
               the
               Mountaines
               ,
               the
               Higher
               Parts
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               the
               Soules
               of
               Men
               :
               From
               thence
               He
               slides
               downe
               into
               Plaines
               and
               Lower
               Valleies
               ,
               The
               Bodily
               Part
               of
               Things
               .
            
             
               Unhappy
               He
               !
               That
               Sees
               not
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               into
               His
               own
               Soul
               .
               What
               is
               it
               ,
               which
               He
               Sees
               not
               ?
               He
               Sees
               not
               the
               Sweetnesse
               in
               His
               Saviour's
               Eyes
               ;
               A
               
                 Forgiving
              
               ;
               A
               
                 Melting
              
               ;
               A
               
                 Molding
              
               ;
               A
               
                 Ravishing
              
               Sweetnesse
               :
               A
               Sweetnesse
               ,
               that
               freely
               
                 Forgives
              
               the
               blackest
               ,
               and
               most
               Trecherous
               Hearts
               :
               A
               Sweetnesse
               ,
               that
               kindly
               
                 Melts
                 ,
              
               the
               hardest
               and
               most
               untam'd
               Hearts
               :
               A
               Sweetnesse
               ,
               that
               gently
               
                 Molds
              
               into
               a
               Spouse-like
               frame
               ,
               the
               roughest
               Hearts
               :
               A
               Sweetnesse
               ,
               that
               ravisheth
               the
               most
               despairing
               Hearts
               into
               an
               Extasie
               of
               Supreame
               ,
               immortall
               joyes
               .
            
             
               Vnhappy
               he
               ,
               that
               sees
               not
               the
               comming
               of
               Christ
               into
               the
               soules
               of
               men
               !
               What
               is
               it
               ,
               which
               He
               sees
               not
               ?
               He
               sees
               not
               the
               Tabernacle
               of
               God
               among
               men
               ;
               the
               Distance
               lessening
               betweene
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ;
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               Godhead
               growing
               to
               a
               Fuller
               Tide
               ,
               and
               winning
               upon
               the
               World
               ,
               as
               the
               Sea
               eating
               in
               upon
               the
               Land
               .
               He
               cannot
               discerne
               the
               Times
               and
               their
               Changes
               ,
               How
               ,
               or
               Why
               they
               are
               ;
               the
               Fatality
               of
               Persons
               and
               Kingdomes
               ,
               their
               Periods
               .
               For
               these
               Flourish
               and
               Fall
               ,
               as
               they
               Fall
               in
               with
               ,
               Fall
               off
               from
               ,
               or
               Fall
               foule
               upon
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               .
               He
               is
               the
               
                 Corner-stone
                 ,
              
               1
               
                 Pet.
              
               2.6
               .
               
                 Mat.
              
               21.24
               .
               
                 Whosoever
                 shall
                 fall
                 on
                 
                 this
                 stone
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 broken
                 :
                 on
                 whomsoever
                 it
                 shall
                 fall
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 grind
                 him
                 to
                 powder
                 .
              
            
             
               Is
               it
               Day-break
               yet
               in
               our
               soules
               ?
               Doe
               we
               see
               how
               it
               growes
               Lighter
               and
               Lighter
               in
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               ?
               If
               we
               doe
               not
               perceive
               those
               Streakes
               and
               Flakes
               of
               Light
               ,
               which
               multiply
               upon
               the
               spirits
               of
               men
               ,
               pointing
               out
               the
               neere
               Approach
               of
               our
               long-lookt-for
               Sunne
               ;
               Let
               us
               clothe
               our selves
               with
               shame
               ,
               and
               confesse
               ,
               We
               are
               Physitians
               of
               no
               value
               .
               We
               have
               not
               seen
               that
               Beame
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               our
               owne
               Eye
               ,
               not
               suffering
               us
               to
               discerne
               Day-light
               .
               But
               as
               we
               are
               Blind
               ,
               so
               let
               us
               be
               Beggers
               too
               .
               And
               ,
               as
               that
               Blind
               Begger
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               let
               us
               sit
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               in
               which
               Christ
               comes
               ;
               and
               as
               we
               heare
               the
               noyse
               of
               his
               passing
               by
               ,
               let
               us
               cry
               aloud
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 Son
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 have
                 mercy
                 on
                 us
                 :
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 !
                 that
                 we
                 also
                 may
                 receive
                 our
                 sight
                 :
                 that
                 our
                 Fleece
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 dry
                 ,
                 while
                 it
                 raines
                 on
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ;
                 that
                 our
                 Soules
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 Dark
                 ,
                 while
                 Glory
                 flowes
                 in
                 upon
                 other
                 Spirits
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Doe
                 you
                 see
                 your
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 as
                 He
                 comes
                 in
                 the
                 Visible
                 Part
                 of
                 Things
                 ?
              
               Mat.
               24.8
               .
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               discoursing
               of
               His
               Comming
               ,
               having
               before
               spoken
               of
               Warres
               ,
               Famines
               ,
               Pestilences
               ,
               Earth-quakes
               ;
               tels
               us
               in
               this
               Verse
               :
               
                 All
                 these
                 are
                 the
                 Beginning
                 of
                 Sorrowes
                 .
              
               'T
               is
               in
               Greek
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               
                 The
                 Beginning
                 of
                 Pangs
                 .
              
               The
               Commotions
               and
               Strife
               in
               This
               visible
               Frame
               are
               the
               
                 Pangs
              
               and
               
                 Throes
                 ,
              
               by
               which
               It
               labours
               to
               bring
               forth
               Christ
               in
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               
                 Psal.
              
               97.4
               ,
               5.
               
               You
               may
               reade
               the
               Manner
               and
               Discovery
               of
               this
               Approaching
               Glory
               .
               
                 His
                 Lightnings
                 
                 enlightned
                 the
                 World
                 :
                 The
                 Earth
                 Saw
                 and
                 Trembled
                 .
                 The
                 Hils
                 melted
                 like
                 Wax
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Presence
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 Presence
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 the
                 Whole
                 Earth
                 .
              
               Nations
               ,
               Kingdomes
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               the
               Elements
               feele
               the
               Approach
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               receive
               the
               Impression
               of
               His
               Presence
               increasing
               upon
               them
               .
               How
               unnaturall
               then
               are
               we
               ,
               if
               we
               be
               insensible
               of
               it
               !
               how
               Worthy
               to
               be
               cast
               forth
               from
               the
               Nature
               of
               Things
               into
               the
               Outermost
               Darknesse
               !
            
             
               Seas
               of
               Common-wealths
               and
               Counsailes
               rowle
               and
               roare
               .
               Mountaines
               of
               Worldly
               Greatnesse
               melt
               away
               .
               Rocks
               of
               Humane
               Strength
               after
               the
               firmest
               Combinations
               and
               Consolidations
               cleave
               asunder
               .
               Doe
               we
               not
               yet
               perceive
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ?
               The
               Earth
               &
               Hearts
               quake
               .
               Pestilences
               are
               kindled
               .
               A
               Smoke
               of
               Obscurity
               ,
               Vncertainty
               and
               Confusion
               flyes
               over
               the
               Face
               of
               Things
               A
               Fire
               Burnes
               .
               Doe
               we
               not
               yet
               feele
               our
               Saviour
               ?
               His
               Enlightnings
               Enlighten
               the
               whole
               Earth
               .
               Extraordinary
               Passages
               of
               Providence
               ,
               little
               lesse
               than
               Miracles
               to
               confirme
               the
               Presence
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               us
               :
               High
               and
               Heavenly
               Truths
               publishing
               themselves
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Brightnesse
               of
               His
               Comming
               :
               These
               frequent
               Flashings
               forth
               of
               His
               Glory
               ,
               are
               the
               Enlightnings
               ,
               with
               which
               He
               Enlightens
               the
               Earth
               .
               Doe
               we
               not
               yet
               See
               Jesus
               Christ
               ?
            
             
               
                 Heb.
              
               1.2
               .
               The
               Holy
               Ghost
               begins
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               2d
               .
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
                 v.
              
               6.
               
               He
               goes
               on
               discoursing
               of
               the
               Same
               Thing
               to
               the
               12.
               
               Verse
               .
               There
               He
               saith
               to
               Him
               :
               
                 As
                 a
                 Vesture
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 folde
                 them
                 up
                 ,
              
               (
               meaning
               ,
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               )
               and
               
                 They
                 shall
                 be
                 Changed
                 .
              
               Suppose
               a
               Man
               by
               Miracle
               ,
               Borne
               and
               Grown
               up
               in
               One
               Midnight
               .
               Day
               now
               begins
               to
               come
               on
               :
               This
               Man
               to
               
               whom
               All
               Things
               were
               almost
               alike
               before
               ;
               now
               perceives
               Barren
               Shores
               ,
               Hanging
               Cliffes
               ,
               Devouring
               Seas
               on
               one
               Hand
               ;
               on
               another
               ,
               Pleasant
               Fields
               ,
               Faire
               Buildings
               ,
               a
               Peacefull
               Country
               .
               As
               the
               Light
               increaseth
               ,
               the
               Face
               of
               these
               Things
               still
               Changeth
               ,
               Presenting
               Fresh
               Horrours
               ,
               and
               fuller
               Beauties
               .
               Would
               not
               this
               Man
               Amazedly
               Wonder
               ,
               whence
               these
               Formes
               of
               Things
               should
               grow
               round
               about
               Him
               ,
               with
               such
               Sodainnesse
               and
               Change
               ?
               till
               He
               look't
               upward
               ,
               and
               Saw
               the
               Light
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               as
               It
               goes
               on
               in
               it's
               Course
               ,
               visiting
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               thus
               Changing
               it
               as
               a
               Garment
               .
            
             
               Who
               is
               not
               Amazed
               to
               See
               the
               Changes
               that
               are
               made
               in
               the
               Garment
               of
               This
               Earth
               ?
               One
               Day
               we
               see
               it
               ,
               as
               a
               Field
               Flourishing
               with
               faire
               Hopes
               ;
               another
               Day
               ,
               that
               Field
               vanish't
               ,
               and
               in
               its
               Place
               ,
               as
               a
               City
               on
               Fire
               ,
               or
               a
               Sea
               of
               Blood
               .
               He
               that
               now
               discerns
               not
               the
               Light
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               Brightnesse
               of
               the
               Godhead
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               Comming
               upon
               us
               ,
               and
               thus
               Changing
               us
               ;
               what
               manner
               of
               Night
               is
               He
               in
               ?
               Sure
               a
               Night
               ,
               as
               Black
               ,
               as
               the
               Shadow
               of
               Death
               .
            
             
               The
               Night
               is
               a
               Season
               for
               Heavinesse
               .
               You
               that
               See
               not
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               how
               He
               comes
               up
               ,
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               Invades
               it
               with
               His
               Troops
               ,
               as
               the
               Prophet
               speaks
               :
               
                 Habak.
              
               3.
               
               Sit
               downe
               in
               Heavinesse
               ,
               Sensible
               of
               that
               Night
               which
               Surrounds
               You.
               
               But
               as
               you
               Sit
               ,
               Watch
               ,
               as
               the
               Watch-men
               ,
               for
               the
               Morning
               .
            
             
               This
               second
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               is
               ,
               as
               the
               dayes
               of
               
                 Noah
                 .
              
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               in
               the
               Spirit
               shall
               be
               both
               Ark
               and
               Flood
               :
               An
               Ark
               to
               those
               which
               are
               taken
               into
               Christ
               ,
               〈◊〉
               them
               high
               above
               all
               miseries
               towards
               Heaven
               :
               〈…〉
               carrying
               away
               insensible
               Persons
               ,
               and
               Scorners
               〈…〉
               Woe
               .
            
             
             
               This
               is
               the
               First
               Ground
               of
               Humiliation
               ,
               
                 Insensiblenesse
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Unsuitablenesse
                 in
                 our
                 Counsailes
                 to
                 the
                 Course
                 of
                 Christ's
                 Comming
                 .
              
               
               The
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               calls
               for
               Two
               Things
               .
            
             
               
                 1st
                 .
                 
                   A
                   Respect
                   to
                   Christ
                   in
                   all
                   our
                   Counsailes
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   A
                   Resignation
                   to
                   Christ
                   for
                   the
                   Conduct
                   of
                
                 Those
                 
                   Counsailes
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 A
                 Respect
                 to
                 Christ
                 in
                 Counsaile
                 .
                 Ezekiel
              
               saw
               The
               Glory
               of
               God
               :
               
                 Ezek.
              
               1.
               
               This
               Glory
               was
               the
               Spirituall
               Frame
               of
               our
               Saviours
               Divine
               Comming
               upon
               His
               Chariot
               composed
               of
               Living
               Creatures
               and
               Wheels
               :
               Angels
               Spiritualized
               ,
               Bodies
               Angelized
               .
               In
               this
               vision
               He
               saw
               the
               State
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               forewarn'd
               the
               Jewes
               .
            
             
               As
               the
               shadow
               went
               back
               upon
               the
               Dyal
               of
               
                 Ahaz
                 ,
              
               so
               
                 Hezekiah's
              
               life
               was
               set
               back
               from
               Death
               .
               The
               Person
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               is
               the
               Diall
               of
               Time
               ,
               as
               the
               Godhead
               is
               in
               the
               Course
               of
               it's
               Glory
               advances
               or
               withdraws
               upon
               this
               Diall
               :
               So
               it
               points
               out
               the
               Rise
               or
               Ruine
               of
               Persons
               and
               Things
               .
            
             
               We
               read
               ,
               
                 Revel.
              
               1.
               
               That
               God
               gave
               to
               Christ
               the
               Revelation
               of
               Things
               by
               a
               Light
               of
               Glory
               ,
               in
               His
               own
               Person
               ;
               to
               this
               end
               ,
               that
               He
               might
               shew
               to
               His
               Servants
               ,
               what
               will
               quickly
               Be
               .
               Our
               Lord
               Jesus
               is
               that
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               be
               ,
               the
               Man
               of
               our
               Counsailes
               .
               On
               Him
               we
               are
               to
               look
               ,
               in
               Him
               to
               see
               ,
               what
               
                 should
                 be
              
               ;
               by
               seeing
               God
               in
               His
               own
               Formes
               :
               what
               
                 shall
                 be
                 ,
              
               by
               seeing
               God
               in
               All
               Formes
               of
               the
               Creature
               .
            
             
             
               This
               is
               Reason
               ,
               say
               the
               Heathen
               .
               A
               Connexion
               of
               Things
               Past
               ,
               with
               those
               which
               are
               Present
               ,
               a
               Derivation
               of
               Things
               to
               come
               out
               of
               Both
               ,
               for
               Discovery
               and
               Direction
               .
               This
               is
               a
               Dark
               Shadow
               of
               Christ
               .
               He
               is
               the
               Reason
               of
               a
               Christian
               ,
               who
               unites
               and
               represents
               by
               a
               Perfect
               Light
               ,
               all
               Three
               States
               of
               Things
               ,
               calling
               Himselfe
               by
               this
               Three-fold
               Name
               ;
               He
               that
               is
               ,
               He
               that
               was
               ,
               He
               that
               is
               to
               Come
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 A
                 Resignation
                 to
                 Christ
                 for
                 Conduct
                 .
              
               This
               is
               the
               second
               Thing
               ,
               which
               Christ
               calls
               for
               in
               His
               second
               Comming
               .
               
                 I
                 am
                 Alpha
                 and
                 Omega
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 He
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 He
                 that
                 was
                 ,
                 He
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 Come
                 ,
                 the
                 Almighty
                 ,
              
               the
               All-comprehending
               :
               
                 Revel
              
               :
               1.8
               .
               The
               Spirituall
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               is
               the
               great
               Tide
               of
               Things
               ;
               this
               way
               the
               fulnesse
               of
               the
               God-head
               pours
               forth
               it selfe
               from
               Sea
               to
               Sea
               ,
               from
               the
               Beginning
               to
               the
               End
               of
               Things
               ,
               Both
               in
               Himselfe
               .
               Happy
               is
               He
               ,
               who
               puts
               Himselfe
               into
               the
               Current
               of
               this
               stream
               ;
               swiftly
               ,
               smoothly
               ,
               safely
               shall
               He
               be
               carryed
               along
               upon
               it
               to
               His
               End
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               Mention
               of
               a
               Wheel
               ,
               
                 Prov.
              
               20.26
               .
               
                 The
                 King
                 shall
                 bring
                 the
                 Wheel
                 upon
                 the
                 Wicked
                 .
              
               Saint
               
                 Iames
              
               speakes
               of
               the
               
                 Wheel
                 of
                 the
                 Creation
                 :
                 Iames
              
               3.6
               .
               For
               so
               't
               is
               in
               Greek
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               Our
               Lord
               Jesus
               comes
               on
               as
               the
               Great
               Wheel
               of
               Things
               ,
               reposing
               in
               it selfe
               ,
               and
               rowling
               on
               with
               it selfe
               ,
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               taken
               up
               unto
               it
               :
               But
               bringing
               it selfe
               over
               those
               which
               fall
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               breaking
               them
               in
               pieces
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               Things
               which
               expresse
               an
               unsuitablenesse
               in
               our
               Counsailes
               to
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 The
                 Directing
                 our
                 Paths
                 by
                 a
                 Humane
                 Prudence
                 .
              
            
             
             
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Designing
                 an
                 Earthly
                 Power
                 for
                 the
                 Pursuit
                 .
              
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 Unsuitablenesse
                 :
                 The
                 Directing
                 our
                 Paths
                 by
                 a
                 Humane
                 Prudence
                 .
              
               The
               Israelites
               in
               the
               wildernesse
               made
               a
               Golden
               Calfe
               for
               their
               Guide
               ,
               after
               the
               Example
               of
               the
               Aegyptians
               ,
               who
               worship'd
               an
               Ox
               for
               their
               Chiefe
               God
               .
               For
               this
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               say
               they
               ,
               we
               know
               not
               what
               is
               become
               of
               Him
               .
               What
               was
               the
               successe
               ?
               They
               were
               forc'd
               to
               embitter
               their
               Drink
               with
               the
               Powder
               of
               this
               Calfe
               .
            
             
               Have
               any
               of
               you
               been
               thus
               tempted
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               Calf
               of
               Humane-Policy
               your
               Counsellour
               ,
               because
               this
               is
               the
               God
               of
               Nations
               ?
               or
               to
               think
               ;
               
                 We
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 This
                 Iesus
                 ,
                 or
                 His
                 Comming
                 in
                 The
                 Spirit
                 meane
                 ?
                 Shall
                 we
                 trust
                 our selves
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 to
                 a
                 name
                 ,
                 an
                 ayrie
                 Fancy
                 ?
              
               If
               you
               have
               been
               thus
               tempted
               ,
               I
               hope
               your
               own
               Piety
               and
               Prudence
               will
               prompt
               you
               to
               grind
               this
               Calf
               to
               Powder
               by
               a
               Penitent
               Contrition
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               bitter
               to
               your
               Spirits
               ,
               by
               a
               Kindly
               Remorse
               .
            
             
               I
               humbly
               commend
               to
               you
               one
               story
               at
               large
               recorded
               :
               1
               
                 Sam.
              
               13.
               
               
                 Samuel
              
               promised
               
                 Saul
              
               to
               come
               at
               a
               Day
               ,
               He
               delay'd
               .
               
                 Saul
              
               feared
               the
               
                 Philistines
              
               comming
               upon
               Him
               with
               a
               Mighty
               Body
               ;
               the
               Dividing
               of
               the
               People
               from
               Him
               :
               He
               growes
               weary
               of
               
                 Samuel's
              
               stay
               ,
               and
               forceth
               Himselfe
               to
               sacrifice
               .
               If
               you
               have
               so
               fal'n
               ,
               so
               forc'd
               your selves
               ,
               for
               such
               reasons
               ,
               to
               sacrifice
               ,
               to
               establish
               a
               worship
               without
               the
               Divine
               Appearances
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               been
               delay'd
               :
               O
               repent
               and
               feare
               ,
               lest
               
                 Samuel's
              
               message
               to
               
                 Saul
                 ,
              
               be
               to
               you
               also
               :
               
                 Now
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 divided
                 from
                 you
                 ,
              
               this
               way
               ,
               by
               which
               you
               thought
               to
               confirme
               it
               to
               you
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               at
               last
               be
               Converted
               ,
               and
               become
               as
               Little
               children
               ,
               
               learning
               what
               that
               Meanes
               ,
               
                 To
                 Obey
                 is
                 better
                 than
                 Sacrifice
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 Hearken
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 fat
                 of
                 Rams
                 .
              
               To
               Hearken
               for
               the
               Breathings
               and
               whispers
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ;
               to
               Obey
               the
               Breakings
               in
               of
               the
               God-head
               upon
               us
               ,
               is
               more
               than
               All
               Burnt-offerings
               ,
               or
               our
               Best
               Performances
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Unsuitablenesse
                 .
                 The
                 Designing
                 an
                 Earthly
                 Power
                 for
                 Pursuite
                 of
                 our
                 Counsailes
                 .
              
               When
               Israel
               look'd
               round
               about
               upon
               the
               Interests
               ,
               Inclinations
               ,
               Imployments
               ,
               Sufficiencies
               of
               Neighbour-nations
               :
               When
               Israel
               reflected
               upon
               her
               own
               Constitution
               ,
               Strength
               ,
               Numbers
               :
               Had
               Israel
               Peace
               ?
               When
               
                 Iehoshaphat
              
               joyn'd
               his
               ships
               with
               those
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Israel
               ,
               were
               not
               His
               ships
               broken
               in
               pieces
               ?
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 destroy
                 all
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 go
                 a whoring
                 from
                 Thee
                 :
                 'T
                 is
                 good
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 draw
                 neer
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               saith
               the
               Holy
               Man
               :
               
                 Psal.
              
               73.50
               .
               The
               Earthly
               Image
               is
               the
               Strumpet
               ,
               Humane
               Prudence
               the
               Eyes
               of
               this
               Harlot
               ,
               which
               are
               as
               snares
               ;
               Humane
               Power
               the
               Hands
               ,
               which
               are
               Nets
               and
               Bands
               .
               He
               that
               is
               allured
               and
               caught
               by
               these
               ,
               is
               upon
               the
               Brink
               of
               a
               Deep
               Pit
               ,
               if
               not
               already
               sinking
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Gen.
              
               9.17
               .
               Mention
               is
               made
               of
               a
               
                 Serpent
              
               that
               
                 biteth
                 the
                 Heels
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 His
                 Rider
                 falls
                 backward
                 .
              
               The
               
                 Policy
              
               of
               Man
               is
               a
               
                 Serpent
                 ,
                 Power
              
               is
               the
               
                 Horse
              
               on
               which
               He
               rides
               .
               Take
               heed
               of
               making
               these
               your
               Trust
               or
               Triumph
               .
               If
               you
               do
               ,
               your
               own
               Policy
               will
               bite
               the
               Heels
               of
               your
               Power
               ,
               and
               disorder
               that
               :
               Your
               owne
               Power
               disordered
               will
               cast
               you
               to
               the
               Ground
               ,
               and
               then
               oppresse
               you
               with
               its
               own
               weight
               .
            
             
               I
               passe
               now
               from
               the
               second
               Ground
               of
               Enmity
               to
               the
               Third
               .
            
             
             
               3.
               
               
                 Ground
                 .
              
               
            
             
               
                 Enmity
                 in
                 our
                 Affections
                 to
                 the
                 Intents
                 of
                 our
                 Saviour's
                 Comming
                 .
              
               The
               Intents
               of
               our
               Saviour's
               Comming
               are
               Two
               :
               
                 
                   1st
                   .
                   
                     To
                     Consume
                     the
                     Flesh
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   
                     To
                     Call
                     us
                     into
                     the
                     Spirit
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 Intent
                 of
                 Christs
                 Comming
                 ;
                 To
                 Consume
                 the
                 Flesh
                 .
                 Revel.
              
               6.
               
               When
               our
               Jesus
               rides
               foremost
               upon
               a
               
                 White-Horse
                 ,
              
               he
               is
               followed
               by
               a
               
                 Red
                 ,
                 Black
                 ,
                 Pale
                 Horse
                 ,
              
               bringing
               on
               
                 Warre
                 ,
                 Famine
                 ,
                 Death
                 .
              
               These
               are
               His
               Troops
               ,
               with
               which
               He
               comes
               up
               upon
               the
               Nations
               ,
               and
               invades
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Progresse
               of
               this
               Mighty
               King
               ,
               as
               He
               goes
               on
               Conquering
               ;
               An
               Earth-quake
               shakes
               All
               Things
               ,
               the
               Sun
               becomes
               Black
               ,
               the
               Moon
               as
               Blood
               ;
               Stars
               fall
               like
               untimely
               figs
               ;
               Heaven
               passeth
               away
               as
               a
               Scroll
               rolled
               together
               ,
               v.
               12.13.14
               .
               Thus
               all
               Fleshly
               strengths
               faint
               ,
               Gloryes
               fade
               at
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lord
               .
               The
               most
               Spirituall
               Appearances
               of
               God
               thorow
               Flesh
               are
               darkned
               and
               dis-appeare
               :
               The
               brightest
               of
               Fleshly
               Formes
               ,
               The
               fairest
               letter
               of
               the
               Highest
               Mysteries
               ,
               become
               seeds
               of
               Warre
               ,
               and
               sink
               in
               blood
               :
               Men
               like
               Stars
               ,
               most
               Eminent
               for
               Height
               ,
               Lustre
               ,
               Influence
               ,
               fall
               thick
               to
               the
               Ground
               ,
               like
               untimely
               figs
               ,
               preventing
               their
               Maturity
               by
               their
               Ruine
               :
               The
               most
               Flourishing
               Common-wealths
               ,
               the
               Fairest
               Churches
               ,
               like
               Heavens
               ,
               roll
               themselves
               into
               Confusion
               .
               Thus
               Christ
               comes
               in
               Flaming
               Fire
               to
               all
               Flesh
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Intent
                 of
                 Christs
                 Comming
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 Call
                 us
                 into
                 the
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               2
               
                 Thes.
              
               2.1
               .
               
                 Paul
              
               speakes
               of
               
                 The
                 Comming
                 
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Gathering
                 together
                 unto
                 Him
                 .
              
               As
               the
               Horses
               of
               Fire
               ,
               and
               Chariots
               of
               Fire
               came
               down
               from
               Heaven
               to
               take
               
                 Elijah
              
               up
               into
               them
               :
               So
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               descends
               in
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               He
               may
               raise
               us
               above
               the
               world
               ,
               riding
               with
               Him
               on
               the
               Circuits
               of
               the
               same
               Glory
               .
               If
               I
               go
               away
               ,
               saith
               Christ
               ,
               I
               will
               come
               againe
               ,
               and
               take
               you
               to
               be
               there
               where
               I
               am
               .
            
             
               Every
               Fleshly
               thing
               ,
               is
               a
               vaile
               between
               us
               and
               Divinity
               .
               All
               our
               Conversation
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               is
               an
               Alienation
               from
               God
               ,
               a
               Descent
               towards
               the
               Depths
               of
               Darknesse
               below
               .
            
             
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               comes
               forth
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               consuming
               the
               vaile
               of
               Flesh
               ,
               like
               Fire
               .
               Then
               we
               enjoy
               the
               same
               Appearances
               ,
               performe
               the
               same
               actions
               in
               a
               Divine
               Life
               .
               While
               the
               Spirit
               is
               our
               Element
               ,
               God
               comes
               forth
               in
               us
               in
               all
               our
               Acts
               :
               God
               comes
               forth
               before
               us
               in
               all
               our
               Objects
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               Two-fold
               Enmity
               in
               our
               affections
               towards
               this
               Two-fold
               Intent
               of
               Christ
               in
               His
               Comming
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   An
                   Adhesion
                   to
                   the
                   Flesh
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   An
                   Aversenesse
                   from
                   the
                   Spirit
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1st
               .
               
                 The
                 First
                 Enmity
                 is
                 an
                 Adhesion
                 to
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Flesh
                 .
              
               Our
               soules
               cleave
               to
               the
               Flesh-pots
               :
               Our
               Spirits
               are
               drawn
               down
               into
               a
               land
               of
               Bondage
               ,
               and
               detain'd
               there
               ,
               by
               the
               Rank
               scent
               of
               Garlike
               and
               Onions
               .
               We
               are
               very
               unwilling
               to
               travell
               thorow
               a
               wildernesse
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               unto
               a
               Land
               flowing
               with
               Milk
               and
               Honey
               .
            
             
               We
               are
               like
               
                 Lot
                 ,
              
               we
               know
               not
               how
               to
               leave
               this
               
                 Sodome
              
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               till
               we
               be
               drawn
               forth
               by
               the
               Hand
               
               of
               Angels
               .
               Then
               we
               are
               still
               like
               
                 Lot's
              
               wife
               when
               we
               are
               come
               forth
               from
               the
               City
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               casting
               a
               longing
               look
               back
               upon
               it
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               its
               Flames
               .
               But
               if
               we
               be
               like
               her
               in
               her
               fault
               ,
               let
               us
               be
               so
               too
               in
               the
               Consequence
               of
               it
               .
               She
               was
               chang'd
               into
               a
               Pillar
               of
               salt
               .
               So
               may
               we
               as
               in
               answer
               to
               the
               Type
               ,
               if
               we
               bring
               forth
               a
               Spirit
               of
               Remorse
               and
               Fire
               ,
               like
               salt
               ,
               to
               consume
               the
               Fleshly
               ,
               Corrupting
               Part
               ;
               that
               the
               Divine
               Part
               may
               be
               preserv'd
               untainted
               to
               Eternity
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 second
                 Enmity
                 is
                 an
                 Aversenesse
                 from
                 the
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               Jesus
               Christ
               promised
               His
               Disciples
               the
               Effusion
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               at
               the
               Disappearance
               of
               His
               Flesh
               .
               He
               spake
               to
               them
               of
               Divine
               Powers
               ,
               Lights
               ,
               Gloryes
               ,
               Joyes
               ,
               of
               the
               Highest
               Company
               and
               Contents
               which
               should
               come
               ,
               when
               His
               Spirit
               came
               .
               Yet
               the
               Disciples
               were
               sad
               ,
               and
               as
               dead
               men
               still
               ,
               when
               their
               Saviour
               spake
               of
               His
               Death
               .
               The
               Spirit
               appear'd
               to
               them
               a
               Miserable
               Comforter
               and
               Comfort
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               no
               more
               to
               have
               a
               grosse
               sight
               of
               their
               Jesus
               in
               Flesh
               .
               He
               was
               as
               None
               to
               them
               ,
               when
               He
               was
               to
               be
               Onely
               in
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               When
               
                 Peter
              
               felt
               Himselfe
               born
               up
               alone
               by
               the
               working
               waves
               ,
               he
               feares
               ,
               faints
               ,
               and
               begins
               to
               sink
               ,
               though
               he
               have
               the
               Call
               of
               Christ
               to
               carry
               him
               on
               ,
               and
               Christ
               Himselfe
               in
               his
               Eye
               to
               infuse
               Spirits
               into
               him
               .
               This
               is
               an
               Example
               for
               us
               :
               When
               we
               cal'd
               by
               God
               ,
               begin
               to
               feel
               the
               Foundations
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               the
               Seeming-firme
               Land
               of
               Sense
               withdrawing
               from
               us
               ,
               when
               we
               are
               now
               Lanching
               forth
               into
               the
               Sea
               of
               the
               God-head
               ;
               we
               no
               sooner
               feel
               our selves
               left
               upon
               the
               waters
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               to
               be
               sustain'd
               by
               them
               ,
               but
               Immediately
               we
               sink
               our selves
               by
               our
               feares
               and
               unbeliefe
               .
            
             
             
               Let
               us
               then
               now
               weep
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               refused
               the
               All-quickning
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               is
               our
               Jesus
               ,
               as
               if
               there
               were
               no
               Life
               in
               this
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               no
               Light
               in
               this
               Life
               ,
               as
               if
               God
               were
               a
               wildernesse
               ,
               and
               the
               Building
               of
               God
               had
               no
               Foundation
               or
               Fairenesse
               in
               it
               .
               Let
               us
               now
               returne
               weeping
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 We
                 have
                 feared
                 to
                 commit
                 our
                 loves
                 ,
                 hopes
                 ,
                 and
                 joyes
                 to
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 meek
                 ,
                 O
                 Mighty
                 Iesus
                 !
                 But
                 all
                 our
                 Springs
                 are
                 in
                 Thee
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 feed
                 our
                 outward
                 senses
                 ,
                 our
                 inward
                 Faculties
                 ,
                 with
                 Streames
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
                 Truth
                 ,
                 Strength
                 and
                 Pleasures
                 .
                 Thou
                 art
                 our
                 onely
                 Husband
                 ,
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 all
                 Loves
                 ,
                 and
                 Lovelinesse
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 the
                 Best
                 Image
                 of
                 our selves
                 .
                 Come
                 thou
                 downe
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 appeare
                 in
                 thine
                 Invisible
                 gloryes
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 our
                 soules
                 ,
                 ere
                 they
                 are
                 aware
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 Chariots
                 of
                 Aminadab
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               I
               have
               concluded
               the
               First
               Use
               for
               Humiliation
               .
            
             
               
               
                 For
                 Caution
                 .
                 Take
                 heed
                 of
                 making
                 any
                 Opposition
                 against
                 the
                 Comming
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               shall
               begin
               this
               use
               with
               an
               humble
               profession
               ,
               that
               my
               desire
               is
               to
               have
               every
               thing
               which
               I
               speake
               understood
               ,
               as
               proceeding
               from
               him
               ,
               who
               would
               faine
               speak
               ,
               and
               live
               in
               a
               Continuall
               sense
               of
               the
               Doubtfull
               Dimnesse
               of
               that
               Light
               of
               Reason
               ,
               which
               twinkles
               in
               his
               breast
               ;
               as
               also
               of
               the
               want
               of
               oyl
               to
               feed
               the
               Flame
               of
               the
               Spirit
               to
               any
               Height
               or
               Constancy
               .
               I
               do
               therefore
               onely
               present
               ,
               what
               passeth
               from
               me
               ,
               submitting
               all
               ever
               to
               any
               Brighter
               Light
               in
               whatsoever
               Candle-stick
               it
               shine
               .
               My
               care
               shall
               be
               ,
               especially
               in
               the
               subject
               of
               this
               use
               ,
               while
               I
               am
               in
               this
               Twi-light
               ,
               to
               avoid
               Particular
               Conclusions
               ,
               and
               Peremptory
               Determinations
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               in
               these
               Termes
               set
               before
               you
               these
               Two
               Cautions
               .
            
             
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Take
                   heed
                   how
                   you
                   Iudge
                   ,
                   or
                   Confine
                   the
                   Comming
                   of
                   Christ
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Take
                   heed
                   how
                   you
                   furiously
                   oppose
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   that
                   pretends
                   to
                   the
                   Advancement
                   of
                   Christ
                   in
                   His
                   Comming
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Caution
                 .
                 Take
                 heed
                 how
                 you
                 Iudge
                 or
                 Confine
                 the
                 Comming
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               for
               Two
               Reasons
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   He
                   comes
                   as
                   a
                   Spirit
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   He
                   comes
                   in
                   the
                   Darke
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Reason
               .
               
                 Christ
                 comes
                 as
                 a
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               Who
               can
               foreknow
               ,
               or
               set
               the
               wayes
               of
               a
               Spirit
               ?
               who
               can
               comprehend
               a
               Spirit
               in
               any
               outward
               Forme
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               free
               to
               All
               ,
               and
               from
               All
               ?
               When
               Christ
               was
               risen
               ,
               he
               sometimes
               put
               on
               those
               shapes
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               had
               formerly
               liv'd
               ,
               or
               died
               ;
               as
               to
               
                 Thomas
              
               :
               Sometimes
               he
               cloth'd
               Himselfe
               with
               strange
               shapes
               ;
               sometimes
               uncloth'd
               Himselfe
               of
               All
               .
               For
               now
               He
               was
               raised
               into
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               in
               which
               as
               in
               a
               Divine
               Ward-robe
               he
               comprehended
               All
               shapes
               ,
               to
               put
               Himselfe
               forth
               in
               them
               ,
               or
               to
               put
               them
               under
               His
               Feet
               at
               pleasure
               .
            
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               thus
               reasons
               :
               
                 Colos.
              
               2.20
               .
               
                 If
                 ye
                 be
                 dead
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 why
                 as
                 living
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 are
                 ye
                 subject
                 to
                 Ordinances
                 which
                 perish
                 in
                 the
                 using
                 ?
              
               But
               this
               Reasoning
               is
               much
               more
               strong
               :
               If
               Christ
               be
               Risen
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               why
               do
               we
               subject
               Him
               to
               Ordinances
               ,
               as
               if
               He
               were
               still
               living
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               or
               rather
               ,
               as
               if
               He
               were
               not
               come
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Lord
               of
               All
               Fleshly
               Rites
               ?
            
             
               Formes
               are
               sweet
               Helpes
               ,
               but
               too
               severe
               Lords
               over
               our
               Faith
               .
               They
               may
               be
               Ornaments
               to
               our
               Face
               and
               
               Neck
               ,
               serving
               the
               Beauty
               of
               Christ's
               Appearances
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               His
               union
               with
               us
               .
               But
               then
               they
               must
               be
               of
               Gold
               or
               Precious
               stone
               ,
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Mine
               or
               Treasury
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
               So
               worne
               ,
               they
               may
               become
               the
               Heires
               at
               age
               ,
               the
               Spirit-born
               Princes
               .
               But
               if
               they
               be
               of
               Iron
               or
               Brasse
               ,
               laid
               upon
               our
               Feet
               and
               Hands
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               Grosse
               in
               Fleshly
               Darknesse
               ,
               binding
               up
               the
               Activity
               and
               Motion
               of
               our
               Spirits
               towards
               God
               ;
               then
               are
               they
               sad
               Marks
               of
               the
               Bond-womans
               Children
               .
            
             
               The
               Body
               is
               esteem'd
               a
               Prison
               or
               Grave
               to
               the
               Soul
               ;
               because
               it
               tyes
               the
               Soul
               up
               into
               One
               Particular
               Appearance
               ,
               suffering
               it
               not
               to
               enlarge
               it selfe
               to
               any
               other
               ,
               but
               as
               they
               are
               reflected
               in
               This
               Glasse
               .
               When
               the
               Eternall
               Spirit
               is
               fast'ned
               ,
               and
               proportion'd
               to
               any
               One
               Form
               of
               Things
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               now
               imprison'd
               or
               buried
               ?
               It
               was
               a
               seasonable
               and
               High
               Contemplation
               ,
               that
               of
               
                 Solomon
              
               at
               the
               Consecration
               of
               the
               Temple
               :
               
               
                 The
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 &
                 Heavens
                 of
                 Heavens
                 cannot
                 hold
                 thee
                 ,
                 How
                 much
                 lesse
                 this
                 House
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 ?
              
               When
               we
               Consecrate
               ,
               or
               converse
               with
               any
               Ordinance
               or
               Peculiar
               way
               of
               worship
               ;
               let
               us
               then
               remember
               ,
               that
               our
               Object
               is
               the
               Person
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               Wisdome
               of
               God
               ,
               whose
               way
               is
               more
               untrac'd
               than
               the
               Eagle
               ,
               whose
               extent
               is
               wider
               than
               the
               Earth
               .
               The
               Heavens
               of
               Heavens
               cannot
               take
               in
               All
               of
               Him
               ,
               to
               Containe
               or
               Confine
               Him
               ;
               much
               lesse
               any
               One
               Ordinance
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               or
               Fleshly
               Fashion
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               in
               vain
               to
               attempt
               to
               shut
               up
               Christ
               in
               any
               Thing
               .
               Though
               you
               kill
               Him
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               keep
               Him
               safe
               ;
               though
               you
               lay
               Him
               in
               a
               Grave
               hewne
               out
               of
               a
               Rock
               in
               a
               Garden
               ,
               a
               Frame
               contriv'd
               with
               greatest
               strength
               and
               Beauty
               ;
               though
               you
               set
               the
               Seal
               of
               Authority
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               a
               guard
               about
               it
               ;
               yet
               Christ
               will
               
               rise
               with
               an
               Earth-quake
               and
               appeare
               to
               His
               Disciples
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Reason
               .
               
                 Christ
                 Comes
                 in
                 the
                 Darke
                 .
              
               The
               Lord
               darkens
               His
               own
               Appearances
               ,
               who
               then
               shall
               Determine
               the
               way
               of
               Christ's
               Comming
               to
               us
               ,
               when
               He
               makes
               it
               His
               Designe
               to
               obscure
               it
               ?
               Why
               do
               we
               Condemne
               the
               Discoveries
               of
               Christ
               for
               being
               above
               our
               Reach
               ,
               beyond
               our
               Measure
               and
               Light
               ,
               when
               't
               is
               His
               Plot
               and
               will
               ,
               to
               Come
               in
               Clouds
               ?
            
             
               If
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               world
               please
               ,
               as
               He
               breaks
               forth
               ,
               to
               hold
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               wisest
               Men
               ,
               and
               Holyest
               Disciples
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               discern
               Him
               ,
               though
               He
               walk
               in
               the
               mid'st
               of
               them
               ;
               Let
               
                 Us
              
               bear
               our
               Blindnesse
               ,
               and
               not
               lay
               the
               fault
               on
               Heaven
               ,
               calling
               
                 Day
                 ,
                 Night
              
               ;
               or
               censuring
               the
               
                 Light
                 ,
              
               for
               being
               
                 Dark
                 .
              
            
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               tels
               
                 Peter
                 ,
                 What
                 I
                 do
                 ,
                 thou
                 knowest
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 thou
                 shalt
                 know
                 hereafter
                 .
                 Ioh.
              
               13.6
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               puts
               forth
               Himself
               to
               Men
               in
               Many
               Appearances
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               are
               uncapable
               ,
               to
               lie
               as
               seeds
               in
               their
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               after
               many
               years
               grow
               into
               distinct
               Fruits
               in
               their
               understanding
               ,
               and
               ripe
               Fruits
               in
               their
               Affections
               .
               Then
               they
               know
               that
               a
               Prophet
               hath
               been
               among
               them
               :
               That
               the
               Highest
               Appearances
               of
               God
               have
               been
               plain
               before
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               least
               imagin'd
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               Wise-man
               that
               spake
               in
               Parables
               and
               Proverbs
               tels
               
                 Prov.
              
               25.2
               .
               
                 'T
                 is
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 conceale
                 a
                 Thing
              
               (
               
                 the
                 Word
              
               in
               Hebrew
               )
               
                 and
                 of
                 Kings
                 to
                 search
                 out
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 Word
                 .
                 )
              
               God
               makes
               it
               His
               Designe
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               to
               bring
               forth
               the
               Eternall
               word
               ,
               the
               Brightest
               Image
               of
               Himself
               ,
               so
               as
               that
               we
               
                 Seeing
              
               Him
               shall
               not
               
                 See
              
               Him
               .
               But
               then
               it
               pertaines
               to
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               the
               proper
               Glory
               of
               that
               ,
               to
               comprehend
               this
               Dark
               World
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               understood
               by
               
                 it's
              
               Light
               .
               Take
               heed
               then
               how
               you
               judge
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               by
               the
               Day-light
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               seeing
               't
               is
               His
               Glory
               to
               come
               in
               the
               Night
               .
            
             
               The
               Devil
               too
               labours
               to
               Darken
               the
               Comming
               of
               Christ
               .
               
               Sweetest
               and
               Clearest
               Spirits
               in
               which
               the
               Bride-groome
               comes
               forth
               most
               Beautifully
               ,
               are
               by
               Him
               clog'd
               and
               clouded
               with
               the
               Disguise
               of
               Faction
               ,
               Sedition
               ,
               Licentiousnesse
               ,
               and
               Atheisme
               :
               as
               in
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               and
               Christ
               Himself
               .
               The
               most
               Heavenly
               Truths
               ,
               which
               are
               ,
               as
               the
               lookings
               forth
               of
               this
               King
               of
               Glory
               ,
               are
               by
               him
               presented
               to
               the
               World
               in
               the
               most
               deformed
               Appearances
               of
               Hellish
               Blasphemies
               .
            
             
               As
               the
               Devill
               hath
               his
               Arrowes
               which
               flie
               in
               the
               Dark
               ;
               so
               hath
               Christ
               :
               His
               Comming
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               an
               Arrow
               ,
               that
               flies
               in
               the
               Dark
               at
               Noon-day
               ;
               Woe
               be
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               stands
               in
               its
               way
               ,
               it
               will
               pierce
               his
               Liver
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               speaks
               it
               of
               Himself
               :
               If
               the
               Good
               man
               knew
               ,
               at
               what
               hour
               the
               Thief
               would
               come
               ,
               he
               would
               watch
               ,
               and
               not
               suffer
               his
               house
               to
               be
               broke
               open
               .
               If
               you
               know
               the
               Time
               and
               way
               in
               which
               Christ
               will
               certainly
               come
               ,
               you
               might
               
                 define
              
               that
               ,
               and
               
                 confine
              
               Him
               .
               But
               now
               fear
               to
               be
               mistaken
               ,
               because
               of
               that
               place
               of
               Scripture
               :
               
                 The
                 stone
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Builders
                 refused
                 ,
                 is
                 become
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Corner
                 :
                 Psal.
              
               118.22
               .
               The
               stone
               which
               the
               Builders
               refused
               ,
               is
               become
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Corner
               .
               
                 O
                 ye
                 Builders
                 !
                 Take
                 heed
                 ,
                 what
                 stone
                 ye
                 refuse
                 .
                 O
                 ye
                 Men
                 !
                 Take
                 heed
                 of
                 stumbling
                 at
                 that
                 Stone
                 which
                 the
                 Builders
                 refuse
                 ,
                 lest
                 your
                 Buildings
                 and
                 Selves
                 be
                 broken
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 That
                 grow
                 up
                 into
                 a
                 Building
                 of
                 Glory
                 ,
                 which
                 can
                 never
                 be
                 broken
                 or
                 shaken
                 .
              
               Thus
               much
               for
               the
               First
               Caution
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Take
                 heed
                 how
                 you
                 furiously
                 oppose
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 pretends
                 to
                 an
                 Appearance
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
                 Habakkuk
              
               speaks
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               Spirit
               :
               
                 C.
              
               3.
               
                 v.
              
               4.
               
               
                 His
                 Brightnesse
                 was
                 as
                 the
                 Light
                 :
                 Hornes
                 were
                 in
                 His
                 Hand
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 the
                 Hiding
                 of
                 Power
                 .
              
               All
               the
               Spirituall
               Discoverys
               of
               Christ
               are
               as
               
                 Hands
                 of
                 Light
                 ,
              
               by
               which
               He
               puts
               forth
               Himself
               ,
               and
               takes
               hold
               of
               the
               world
               .
               The
               Invisible
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Presence
               of
               the
               Godhead
               in
               it
               's
               Two-fold
               Piercing
               Principle
               of
               
                 Love
              
               and
               Wrath
               ;
               These
               are
               the
               Hornes
               in
               the
               Hands
               .
               Take
               heed
               how
               you
               resist
               
               these
               Hands
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               stretch'd
               forth
               ,
               lest
               you
               rush
               upon
               the
               Hornes
               .
               If
               you
               launch
               forth
               with
               fury
               upon
               any
               stream
               of
               Spirits
               or
               Opinions
               ,
               and
               strike
               upon
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               God-head
               ,
               lying
               hid
               like
               a
               Rock
               in
               those
               waters
               ;
               how
               great
               will
               the
               wrack
               and
               Ruine
               of
               your
               Souls
               be
               ?
            
             
               I
               will
               close
               this
               use
               with
               the
               
                 Story
              
               of
               
                 Balaam
                 .
              
               He
               went
               forth
               upon
               his
               Asse
               to
               curse
               the
               Children
               of
               
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               having
               first
               obtain'd
               full
               leave
               from
               God
               for
               it
               ,
               as
               he
               thought
               ;
               His
               Asse
               gives
               back
               ,
               crusheth
               his
               foot
               against
               the
               wall
               .
               He
               is
               enrag'd
               :
               Yet
               if
               his
               Asse
               had
               gone
               on
               ,
               he
               had
               bin
               slain
               .
               For
               an
               Angel
               stood
               with
               a
               Drawn
               Sword
               in
               his
               way
               .
               I
               intend
               no
               particular
               Application
               ,
               but
               onely
               a
               generall
               Allusion
               .
               
                 Balaam
              
               is
               fleshly
               Man
               ,
               that
               hath
               the
               visions
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Fleshly
               Image
               .
               The
               Asse
               ,
               the
               Externall
               Power
               of
               Nature
               and
               the
               Creature
               ,
               on
               which
               he
               rides
               .
               When
               you
               go
               forth
               against
               any
               ,
               that
               call
               themselves
               Israel
               ,
               and
               think
               your selves
               most
               clearly
               sent
               from
               the
               mouth
               or
               face
               of
               God
               :
               yet
               if
               then
               your
               Asse
               retreat
               ,
               fall
               back
               ,
               Rush
               upon
               the
               walls
               of
               Difficulties
               ;
               take
               heed
               of
               putting
               him
               on
               too
               fiercely
               :
               Let
               it
               fairly
               warn
               you
               to
               fear
               :
               Perhaps
               the
               Power
               of
               Nature
               and
               the
               Creature
               ,
               sees
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Comming
               forth
               ,
               with
               the
               Sword
               of
               His
               Spirit
               Brandish'd
               in
               his
               Hand
               .
               If
               it
               should
               go
               on
               ,
               it
               might
               carry
               you
               into
               an
               Absolute
               Ruine
               .
               Take
               heed
               then
               of
               being
               furious
               against
               any
               thing
               that
               pretends
               to
               be
               an
               Appearance
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               
                 For
                 Consolation
                 .
              
               
               When
               first
               you
               pleas'd
               to
               call
               me
               to
               this
               ,
               I
               thought
               thus
               with
               my self
               :
               
                 What
                 can
                 I
                 say
                 more
                 then
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 ?
                 To
                 what
                 end
                 shall
                 I
                 speak
                 ?
                 or
                 ,
                 Have
                 we
                 any
                 more
                 Hopes
                 yet
                 in
                 our
                 Breasts
                 ?
                 We
                 have
                 bled
                 and
                 wept
                 ,
                 wept
                 and
                 bled
                 again
                 for
                 many
                 years
                 .
                 Still
                 we
                 weep
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 feare
                 lest
                 we
                 bleed
                 again
                 with
                 greater
                 danger
                 .
                 As
                 Iacob
                 complain'd
                 of
                 Laban
                 ;
                 so
                 is
                 it
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 Our
                 wages
                 ,
                 our
                 Hopes
                 have
                 been
                 chang'd
                 now
                 these
                 ten
                 times
                 .
                 Our
                 Hopes
                 and
                 our
                 Saviours
                 have
                 devoured
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 as
                 Pharaoh's
                 
                 Lean
                 Kine
                 did
                 the
                 Fat
                 ;
                 yet
                 as
                 They
                 ,
                 are
                 still
                 Lean.
                 
                 What
                 do
                 we
                 cry
                 to
                 a
                 sleeping
                 God
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 God
                 at
                 a
                 great
                 Distance
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 journey
                 ?
                 or
                 Are
                 our
                 Services
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 our
                 Sacrifices
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 the
                 living
                 God
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 Gashes
                 which
                 Baal's
                 Priests
                 make
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 Flesh
                 ?
              
            
             
               While
               I
               was
               thus
               discouraged
               in
               mine
               own
               Spirit
               ,
               I
               was
               refresh't
               with
               a
               
                 Two-fold
                 Comfort
                 ,
              
               with
               which
               I
               shall
               now
               indeavour
               to
               comfort
               you
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 
                   Way
                   of
                   Christ
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Dark
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   The
                   way
                   of
                   Christ
                   is
                   among
                   the
                   Angels
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 The
                 Way
                 of
                 Christ
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Dark
                 .
              
               Then
               may
               our
               King
               be
               come
               a
               good
               way
               on
               in
               His
               Travels
               of
               Love
               and
               Glory
               towards
               us
               ,
               though
               we
               yet
               discern
               him
               not
               .
               We
               know
               not
               how
               Near
               he
               may
               be
               to
               us
               ,
               how
               full
               of
               Life
               and
               Sweetnesse
               before
               us
               ,
               ready
               now
               to
               discover
               Himself
               ,
               when
               we
               are
               weeping
               for
               His
               Absence
               ,
               and
               complaining
               that
               some-body
               hath
               carryed
               Him
               away
               :
               as
               
                 Mary
              
               complain'd
               to
               Himself
               in
               the
               likenesse
               of
               a
               Gardener
               .
            
             
               The
               Sun
               in
               a
               Mist
               or
               Fog
               steals
               on
               upon
               the
               World
               unperceiv'd
               ;
               at
               last
               he
               breaks
               forth
               ,
               and
               we
               wonder
               to
               see
               him
               so
               farre
               advanc'd
               towards
               High-noon
               .
               So
               doth
               our
               Spirituall
               Sun
               still
               keep
               his
               pace
               behind
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               still
               mounting
               higher
               and
               higher
               .
               When
               He
               shall
               discover
               ,
               we
               shal
               be
               amaz'd
               to
               see
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               made
               so
               great
               a
               March
               in
               so
               short
               a
               Time
               :
               We
               shall
               wonder
               how
               he
               hath
               stoln
               Himself
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               of
               Heaven
               unawares
               into
               the
               mid'st
               of
               us
               .
               Then
               shal
               a
               man
               say
               :
               How
               is
               a
               Goodly
               plant
               of
               Glory
               grown
               up
               to
               Heaven
               out
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               in
               one
               short
               Night
               of
               Trouble
               ?
            
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               is
               not
               
                 Slack
                 in
                 His
                 Comming
              
               :
               2
               
                 Pet.
              
               3.9
               .
               Christ
               saith
               :
               
                 I
                 go
                 to
                 prepare
                 a
                 place
                 for
                 you
                 .
              
               As
               a
               Rich
               Pillar
               or
               Stately
               work
               is
               often
               vail'd
               ,
               till
               it
               be
               quite
               finish't
               ;
               and
               then
               presented
               at
               once
               in
               its
               full
               beauty
               :
               So
               the
               Lord
               stayes
               from
               Appearing
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               make
               ready
               a
               Glory
               Prepar'd
               for
               
               us
               :
               when
               his
               worke
               is
               Perfect
               ,
               then
               will
               he
               disclose
               it
               ,
               and
               we
               with
               Admiration
               shal
               acknowledge
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               hath
               not
               bin
               slack
               in
               His
               Comming
               ;
               but
               hath
               made
               a
               great
               Approach
               to
               Men
               in
               a
               Little
               space
               of
               Time
               .
            
             
               
                 When
                 God
                 brought
                 back
                 our
                 Captivity
                 ,
                 as
                 Rivers
                 in
                 the
                 South
                 ,
                 then
                 were
                 we
                 as
                 Men
                 that
                 Dream'd
                 :
                 saith
                 the
                 Psalmist
                 .
              
               When
               our
               God
               shal
               take
               off
               the
               vail
               from
               that
               Glory
               ,
               which
               He
               is
               fashioning
               in
               the
               mid'st
               of
               us
               ;
               then
               shall
               we
               be
               as
               in
               a
               Dream
               .
               It
               wil
               be
               hard
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               Changed
               ,
               so
               new
               an
               Appearance
               of
               Things
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               can
               be
               Real
               ,
               and
               not
               Imaginary
               or
               Phantastick
               .
            
             
               
                 Ezek.
              
               1.4
               :
               Out
               of
               the
               
                 North
              
               came
               a
               
                 Whirl-wind
                 ,
              
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Whirl-wind
              
               a
               
                 Cloud
                 and
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Cloud
                 and
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Colour
                 of
                 Amber
                 ,
              
               out
               of
               that
               
                 Four
                 living
              
               Creatures
               and
               Four
               Wheels
               ,
               the
               
                 Chariot
              
               in
               which
               the
               
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
              
               was
               seated
               on
               a
               
                 Throne
              
               :
               v.
               
               26.
               
            
             
               Who
               can
               tell
               ,
               what
               Glory
               shall
               from
               Heaven
               visite
               the
               Earth
               ,
               when
               those
               Clouds
               ,
               which
               now
               are
               upon
               us
               ,
               shall
               open
               themselves
               ?
               In
               this
               Whirl-wind
               ,
               Clouds
               ,
               Fire
               ,
               Jesus
               Christ
               with
               a
               Traine
               of
               Gloryes
               hath
               bin
               all
               along
               descending
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               He
               shal
               alight
               amidst
               us
               .
               Then
               shall
               the
               Whirl-wind
               ,
               Clouds
               ,
               and
               Fire
               be
               in
               a
               Moment
               dismist
               for
               ever
               at
               His
               Appearance
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Comfort
               .
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 Christ
                 is
                 among
                 the
                 Angels
                 .
                 He
                 comes
                 with
                 His
                 H●ly
                 Angels
                 .
              
               Open
               then
               your
               eyes
               ,
               and
               see
               each
               good
               Man
               ,
               Counsail
               ,
               Interest
               with
               its
               Angel
               ,
               each
               Angel
               with
               His
               Jesus
               ;
               a
               Million
               of
               Angels
               in
               every
               One
               ,
               surrounding
               his
               Person
               .
            
             
               
                 Iob
              
               38.22
               .
               We
               read
               of
               
                 Treasures
              
               of
               Snow
               and
               Hail
               .
               As
               Angels
               are
               the
               Chariots
               of
               Christ
               ;
               so
               they
               are
               His
               Chambers
               and
               Treasuries
               .
               In
               the
               Sweetest
               season
               ,
               God
               can
               on
               a
               sodain
               bring
               forth
               from
               the
               Bosome
               of
               an
               Angel
               roaring
               
               Tempests
               ,
               which
               lay
               there
               ready
               prepar'd
               .
               When
               Storms
               are
               most
               violent
               ,
               God
               sends
               forth
               an
               Angel
               ,
               at
               whose
               Appearance
               a
               Pleasant
               serenity
               shall
               immediately
               smile
               upon
               the
               face
               of
               Things
               ,
               when
               we
               are
               sad
               ,
               and
               see
               nothing
               abroad
               but
               Dark
               Clouds
               comming
               after
               the
               Raine
               ,
               and
               Showers
               of
               Blood
               :
               Yet
               then
               our
               Angels
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               us
               ,
               those
               Invisible
               Chambers
               ,
               may
               be
               heap't
               full
               of
               rich
               Blessings
               ,
               which
               they
               can
               pour
               forth
               upon
               us
               ,
               more
               suddenly
               then
               we
               can
               think
               it
               .
            
             
               Angels
               are
               the
               wombs
               of
               the
               God-Head
               in
               this
               Creation
               ,
               
                 Iob
              
               38.21
               .
               When
               all
               outward
               things
               seem
               barren
               of
               Hope
               ,
               those
               wombs
               may
               be
               Teeming
               ,
               and
               Big
               with
               joyes
               for
               us
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               Chariots
               of
               Israel
               ,
               and
               Horses
               thereof
               .
               In
               the
               Head
               of
               these
               is
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Captaine
               of
               the
               Lords
               Host.
               
               Each
               of
               These
               is
               an
               Host
               ,
               nay
               a
               Legion
               of
               Armies
               ,
               nay
               a
               Fountain
               .
               For
               in
               Scripture
               they
               are
               called
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               The
               
                 Principles
              
               or
               
                 Springs
              
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               Let
               no
               face
               of
               Things
               dismay
               us
               .
               Is
               one
               Army
               broken
               ?
               the
               Angel
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               is
               a
               Fountain
               of
               forces
               ,
               which
               can
               pour
               forth
               a
               continued
               store
               of
               fresh
               Armies
               ,
               if
               you
               need
               them
               ?
               Do
               we
               lose
               our
               friends
               ,
               Men
               of
               best
               Wisdome
               ,
               Courage
               ,
               and
               Integrity
               taken
               off
               the
               Stage
               ,
               or
               off
               their
               Excellencies
               ?
               The
               Angel
               that
               hath
               the
               Charge
               of
               this
               ,
               can
               unexpectedly
               disclose
               a
               new
               stock
               of
               worth
               ,
               and
               Race
               of
               Men
               .
               Are
               our
               Enemies
               Politick
               or
               Potent
               ?
               yet
               we
               may
               sleep
               secure
               .
               For
               the
               Holy
               Angels
               full
               of
               Eyes
               and
               Wings
               are
               planted
               round
               about
               them
               ,
               as
               a
               Guard
               upon
               them
               .
               One
               Angel
               lies
               at
               the
               bottome
               of
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               as
               a
               Mine
               ,
               ready
               to
               spring
               it self
               upon
               their
               Counsailes
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               now
               ripe
               .
               Another
               Angel
               wraps
               himselfe
               about
               the
               Foundation
               of
               their
               force
               ,
               as
               a
               Fire
               ,
               ready
               at
               His
               appointed
               Time
               to
               devoure
               it
               and
               them
               .
            
             
             
               Angels
               are
               the
               unities
               of
               Things
               in
               the
               Creature
               .
               Though
               the
               water
               of
               a
               River
               be
               continually
               passing
               away
               ,
               yet
               the
               River
               is
               still
               the
               same
               ,
               because
               't
               is
               fed
               from
               One
               Spring
               .
               There
               is
               One
               Angel
               of
               our
               Armies
               ,
               One
               of
               our
               Counsailes
               ,
               One
               for
               Strength
               ,
               One
               for
               Wisdowe
               ,
               One
               for
               Prosperity
               ,
               in
               which
               Jesus
               Christ
               comes
               forth
               among
               us
               .
               Our
               Counsailes
               may
               be
               scatter'd
               ,
               our
               Armies
               broken
               ;
               yet
               we
               shall
               have
               the
               same
               Strength
               ,
               the
               same
               Army
               :
               For
               both
               are
               fed
               from
               the
               same
               Unity
               ,
               their
               proper
               Angel
               .
            
             
               
                 Revel.
              
               1.1
               .
               Christ
               tels
               Saint
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 The
                 Golden
                 Candlesticks
                 are
                 the
                 Churches
                 .
              
               c.
               2.
               v.
               5.
               
               He
               threatens
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               
                 to
                 remove
                 the
                 Candlestick
                 .
              
               The
               Candlestick
               of
               Gold
               is
               the
               Church
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               is
               ever
               Entire
               ,
               ever
               Pure
               .
               As
               this
               Candlestick
               is
               drawn
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               so
               a
               Company
               of
               Men
               on
               Earth
               lose
               the
               Beauty
               ,
               Unity
               ,
               and
               name
               of
               a
               Church
               .
               When
               this
               Candlestick
               is
               againe
               let
               down
               into
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               set
               upon
               the
               Earth
               :
               The
               Church
               is
               the
               same
               againe
               in
               Integrity
               and
               Glory
               .
               Thus
               the
               Vnity
               ,
               Strength
               ,
               Interests
               of
               Good
               Men
               are
               comprized
               in
               their
               Angel
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Candlestick
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               alwaies
               shine
               .
               When
               their
               Light
               seems
               lost
               in
               the
               greatest
               stormes
               ;
               't
               is
               but
               the
               Candlestick
               ,
               Removed
               :
               Jesus
               Christ
               can
               return
               that
               into
               its
               place
               in
               a
               Moment
               ,
               and
               so
               restore
               your
               Day
               .
            
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               sends
               forth
               His
               Angels
               to
               gather
               His
               Saints
               from
               the
               four
               Winds
               ,
               at
               the
               resurrection
               .
               When
               the
               Body
               of
               a
               Saint
               crumbles
               and
               scatters
               into
               Dust
               ;
               Every
               Dust
               lies
               gather'd
               up
               into
               the
               Bosome
               of
               some
               Holy
               Angel
               .
               There
               all
               the
               Single
               Dusts
               are
               comprehended
               in
               one
               Form
               of
               a
               Glorious
               Body
               .
               In
               This
               Form
               the
               Angel
               brings
               them
               forth
               at
               the
               Call
               of
               Christ
               :
               This
               is
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Body
               .
               This
               is
               as
               true
               of
               each
               Piece
               of
               Life
               and
               Death
               in
               our
               Persons
               or
               Affaires
               while
               yet
               we
               are
               on
               Earth
               .
               When
               our
               Happinesse
               ,
               Hopes
               ,
               and
               Hearts
               are
               ground
               into
               the
               smallest
               Dust
               ;
               
               They
               then
               lie
               Compact
               ,
               and
               compleat
               in
               their
               Angelicall
               Chamber
               ;
               on
               a
               sudden
               ,
               as
               at
               the
               Blast
               of
               an
               Angels
               Trumpet
               ,
               or
               Glance
               of
               an
               Angels
               Eye
               ,
               can
               Jesus
               Christ
               give
               our
               Dead
               Hopes
               a
               Glorious
               Resurrection
               out
               of
               their
               Dust
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               then
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               our
               Sorrows
               sing
               ,
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Raignes
                 :
                 Let
                 the
                 Earth
                 be
                 glad
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 Comes
                 .
                 Clouds
                 are
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 Angels
                 ride
                 upon
                 those
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 upon
                 those
                 Angels
                 .
              
               Open
               your
               Eyes
               ,
               see
               the
               King
               ,
               as
               He
               comes
               in
               Glorious
               State
               .
               If
               
                 Elisha
              
               saw
               
                 Eliah
                 ,
              
               as
               he
               ascended
               ,
               he
               was
               to
               have
               the
               spirit
               of
               his
               Master
               doubled
               upon
               him
               .
               If
               we
               see
               our
               Saviour
               as
               He
               descends
               in
               a
               Divine
               Glory
               ;
               we
               shall
               be
               cloth'd
               with
               His
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               His
               Mantle
               :
               Inward
               Beauties
               ,
               Outward
               Prosperities
               ,
               falling
               fresh
               from
               the
               Person
               of
               Christ
               on
               us
               ,
               as
               He
               comes
               down
               upon
               us
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               then
               spread
               our
               own
               Garments
               ,
               our
               Earthly
               Powers
               ,
               Policies
               ,
               or
               Prosperities
               ,
               in
               His
               way
               ,
               under
               His
               feet
               .
               And
               as
               He
               passeth
               along
               ,
               let
               us
               cry
               aloud
               in
               our
               songs
               :
               
                 Hosanna
                 ,
                 Hosanna
                 ,
                 Save
                 now
                 :
                 Blessed
                 is
                 He
                 that
                 comes
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 :
                 Hosanna
                 ;
                 Now
                 Save
                 us
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61470e-860
           
             
               Epist.
               
            
          
           
             1.
             Part.
             
               Salut
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
               Descrip.
               
            
          
           
             2.
             
               Descrip.
               
            
          
           
             3.
             
               Descrip.
               
            
          
           
             2.
             
               Part.
               Pref.
               
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Head
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Distinct
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Distinct
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Head
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
               Head
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
               Head
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
               Consid.
               
            
          
           
             2.
             
               Consid.
               
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Enquiry
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Enquiry
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Ground
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Ground
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             2
             
               Chron.
            
             6.18
             .
          
           
             2.
             
               Caut.
               
            
          
           
             
               Use
            
             3.