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REPRESENTATION

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Final Judgment.

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Mighty (a) John v. 28, 29. The Hour is God, even the coming, in the which all that are Lord hath spo- in the Graves shall hear his VOICE, ken, and (a) cal- and shall come forth; they that have done Good, unto the Refurrection of LIFE; and they that have done Evil, unto the Refurrection of DAMNATION.

led the Earth,

from the rifing of the Sun, unto the going down there

of.

Out of (b) Sion, the Perfection of BEAUTY, God hath shined.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep filence; a

(b) Rev. XIX. II. I saw Heaven opened, and behold, a white Horse, and he that fat upon him was called FAITHFUL and TRUE, and in Righteousness he doth judge and make War. Dan. V11.9, 10. I-beheld till the Thrones were caft down, and the Ancient of Days did fit, whose Garment was white as

Snow, and the Hair of his Head like the pure Wool; his Throne was like the fiery Flame, and his Wheels as burning Fire; a fiery Stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands miniftred unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the JUDGMENT was set, and the Books were opened.

• Pfalm L. 1, to 6.

(c) FIRE shall devour before him, and it shall be very TEMPESTUOus round about him.

He shall call to the (4)

HEAVENS from above, and to the (e) EARTH, that he may JUDGE his People.

(f) Gather my Saints together unto me, those that have made a (g) COVENANT with me by Sacrifice.

And the Heavens shall declare his RIGHTEOUSNESS, for God is JUDGE himself.

Then the Earth (b) SHOOK

Elements shall melt with fervent

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(c) Rev. XIX. 12. His Eyes were as a Flame of FIRE. Theff. 1.7.8. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven,-in flaming FIRE; taking Vengeance of them that know not God, and that obey not

the

Gospel of our Lord Jesus Chrift

2 Pet. 111. 10, 11, 12. The Day of the Lord will come as a Thief in the Night; in the which the Heavens shall pass away with a great Noise, and the Elements shall melt with fervent Heat; the Earth also, and the Works that are therein, shall be burnt up. Seeing then that all these things shall be diffolved, what manner of Persons ought ye to be, in all holy Conversation and Godliness; looking for, and hasten ing unto the coming of the Day of God, wherein the Heavens being on Fire, shall be dissolved, and the Heat?

(d) Matt. xxv. 31. The Son of Man shall come in his Glory, and all the holy Angels with him.

(e) Matt.xxv. 32. Before him shall be gathered all Nations. Rev: xx. 12. I saw the DEAD, small and great, stand before God.

(f) Matt. XXIV. 31. He shall send his Angels, with a great Sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the four Winds, &c. (g) Heb. 1x. 15. He is the Mediator of the New Testament (or Govenant) that by means of Death, for the Redemption of the Tranfgreffions that were under the first Testament, (or Covenant) they which are called might receive the PROMISE of eternal Inheritance.

(b) Habbak 111. 4,5,6. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran; his GLORY covered the Heavens, and the Earth was full of his Praise, and his Brightness was as the Light; he had Horns coming out of his Hand, and there was the hiding of his Power: Before him went the Pestilence, and burning Coals went forth at his Feer. He stood and measured the Earth; he beheld, and drove asunder the Nations, and the everlasting Mountains were scattered, the perpetual Hills did bow; his Ways are everlasting. ver. 10, Or. The Mountains saw thee, and they trembled; the Overflowing of the Water passed by, the Deep uttered his Voice, and lift up his Hands on high: The Sun and Moon stood still in their Habitation. At the Light of thine Arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering Spear. Thou didst march through the Land in Indignation, thou didit thresh the Heathen in Anger. Thou wentest forth for the SALVATION of thy People, even for Salvation with thine Anointed; thou woundedst the Head out of the House of the Wicked, by discovering the Foundation unto the Neck. When I heard, my Belly trembled, my Lips quivered at the VOICE; Rottenness entred into my Bones, and I trembled in my self, that I might rest in the Day of Trouble. Rev. VI. 12,14,15,16. There was a great EARTHQUAKE, and every Mountain and Island were moved out of their Places: And the Kings of the Earth, &c. faid to the Mountains and Rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the Face of him that fitteth on the Throne, and from the Wrath of the Lamb.

b Pfalm XV111. 8, to 15.

and

2 Theff. 11.8. Whom the

There went up a Smoke Lord shall CONSUME with the Spi out of his Noftrils, and Fire rit of his Mouth, and shall DEout of his (i) Mouth DE- STROY with the Brightness of his VOURED, Coals were kind- coming.

led by it.

(k) 1 Theff. 1v. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven, He bowed the Heavens with a Shout, with the Voice of the and (k) CAME DOWN, and Archangel, and with the Trump of Darkness was under his Feet. rise first, then we which are alive God, and the dead in Christ shall And he rode upon a Che-and remain, shall be caught up to

rub and did fly, yea, he did fly upon the Wings of the Wind.

He made Darkness his se cret Place; his Pavilion round about him were dark WATERS, and thick (1) CLOUDS of the Skies.

At the Brightness that was before him, his thick Clouds paffed, Hailstones, and Coals

of Fire.

The Lord also (m) THUNDERED in the Heavens, and the Highest gave his Voice, Hailstones and Coals of Fire. Yea, he fent out his Arrows and scattered them, he shot out Lightnings and discomfited them.

Then the Chanels of Waters were feen, and the (n) FOUNDATIONS of the round World were discovered, at thy Rebuke, O Lord, at the Blaft of the Breath of thy Noftrils.

Fear before him, all the Earth; say among the Hea

Pfalm XCVI. 9, tô 13.

gether with them in the Clouds to meet the Lord in the Air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

(1) Matt. XXVI. 64. Hereafter shall ye fee the Son of Man fitting on the right Hand of Power, and coming in the CLOUDS of Heaven. Matt. XXIV. 29, 30. Immediately after the Tribulation of those Days, shall the Sun be darkned, and the Moon shall not give her Light, and the Stars shall fall from Heaven, and the Powers of the Heavens shall the Sign be shaken, and then shall appear of the Son of Man in Heaven; and then shall all the Tribes

of the Earth mourn, and they shall fee the Son of Man coming in the CLOUDS of Heaven, with Power and great Glory.

(m) Rev. IV. 5. Out of the Throne proceeded LIGHTNINGS, and Chap. XVI. 18, 21. There were VOICES, and THUNDERS, and LIGHTNINGS. And there fell upon Men a great Hail out of Heaven. (n) Rev. XVI. 18,20. There was a great EARTHQUAKE, such as was not fince Men were upon the Earth, so mighty an Earthquake and fo great; and every Island fled away, and the Mourtains were not found.

THUNDERINGS, and VOICES;

then, that the Lord (0)

REIGNETH.

He shall (1) JUDGE the People righteoufly.

Let the Heavens (1) REJOICE, and let the Earth be glad; let the Sea (r) ROAR, and the fulness thereof.

Let the Field be joyful and all that is therein; then shail all the Trees of the Wood rejoice before the

Lord.

For he COMETH to JUDGE the Earth, he shall JUDGE the World with (S) RIGHTEOUSNESS, and the People with his TRUTH.

Unto the Wicked, God faith, What haft thou to do (t) to DECLARE my Sta

tutes,

(0) Rev. x1.15. The KINGDOMS of this World, are become the KINGDOMS of our Lord, and of his

Chrift; and he shall reign for ever

and ever.

(P) Rev. xx. 11,12, &c. And I faw a great white Throne, and him that fat on it, from whose Face the Earth and the Heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the DEAD finall

and great ftand before God, and the Books were opened, and another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the Dead were JUDGED out of those things which were written in the Books, according to their Works: And the Sea gave up the Dead which were in it,

and Death and Hell delivered up the Dead which were in them, and they were JUDGED every Man according to their Works; and Death and Hell were caft into the Lake of

Fire; this is the fecond Death: And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life, was caft into the Lake of Fire. 2 Cor. V.10. We muft all appear before the JUDGMENT Seat of Chrift, that every one may receive the things done in his Body, according to that which he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Alts XV11. 31. He hath appointed a Day, in the which he will JUDGE the World in Righteousness, by that Man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given Affurance unto all Men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Ecclef. x11. 14. For God fhall bring every Work into JUDGMENT, with every secret thing, whether it be Good, or whether it be Evil.

(9) Rev. XVIII.20. REJOICE over her, thou Heaven, and ye holy Apostles and Prophets, for God hath avenged you on her. Chap. XIX. 1. I heard a great Voice of much People in Heaven, saying, Allelujah; SALVATION, and GLORY, and HONOUR, and POWER unto the Lord our God.

(r) Rev XIX. 6,7. I heard as it were the Voice of many Waters, faying, Allelujah; for the Lord Ged omnipotent reigneth: Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give Honour to him.

(5) Rev. ΧΙΧ. 2. For TRUE and RIGHTEOUS are his JUDGMENTS. (t) Matt. xxv. 31, 32, 6. When the Son of Man shall come in his Glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he fit upon the Throne of his Glory. And before him shall be gathered all Nations: And he shall feparate them one from another, as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from his Goats. And he shall fet the Sheep on his right Hand, but the Goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right Hand; Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World; for I was an hungred, and ye gave me Meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; naked,

Pfalm. 16, to 23.

tutes, or that thou shouldst naked, and ye cloathed me; I was take my Covenant in thy

When thou sawest a Thief, thou consentedst with him, the Devil and his Angels, for I was