I. Immediately before the coming of Christ, athe powers of heaven shall be shaken: the Sun and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall seem to fall from heaven: bat which sight the Elect then living shall rejoice, but the reprobate shall shake every joint of them.
II. Then the heavens, being all set on fire, shall with a noise, like to that of chariot wheels, suddenly pass away, and the elements, with the earth, and all therein, shall be dissolved with fire. 2. Pet. 3. 12. L••king for, and h•• sting unto the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens being […] shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with heat. 13. […] new heavens, and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein d[…] ousness.
At the same time, when as all these things shall come to pass, a[…] sound of the last trumpet shall be heard, sounded by the Archang••• bAnd Christ shall come suddenly in the clouds, with power, and glory, and a great train of Angels.
III. Now at the sound of the trumpet the Elect, which were dead, shall arise with their bodies: and those very bodies which were turned to dust, and one part rent from another, shall by the omnipotent power of God, be restored, and the souls of them shall descend from heaven, and be brought again into those bodies. As for athem which then shall be alive, they shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and this mutation shall be in stead of death. And at that time, the bodies shall receive their full redemption: band all the bodies of the Elect shall be made like the glorious body of Christ Jesus, and therefore shall be spiritual, immortal, glorious, and free from all infirmity.
⟨p. 144⟩IV. Last of all, when they are all convented before the tribunal seat of Christ, he will forthwith place the Elect, severed from the reprobate, and taken up into the air, at his right hand, and to them being written in the book of life, will he pronounce this sentence: Come ye blessed of my father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations of the world. Matth. 25.33. He shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left. 1. Thess. 4. 17. Reu. 20. 12. whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.
I. Immediatly before the comming of Christ, athe powers of heauen shall be shaken: the Sunne and Moone shall be darkned, and the starres shall seeme to fall from heauen: bat which sight the Elect then liuing shall reioyce, but the reprobate shall shake euery ioynt of them.
II. Then the heauens, beeing all set on fire, shall with a noise, like to that of charriot wheeles, suddenly passe away, and the elements, with the earth, and all therein, shall be dissolued with fire. 2. Pet. 3. 12. L••king for, and h•• sting vnto the comming of the day of God, by which the heauens beeing 〈…〉 shall be dissolued, and the elements shall melt with heate. 13. 〈…〉 new heauens, and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein d〈…〉 ousness.
At the same time, when as all these things shall come to passe, a〈…〉 sound of the last trumpet shall be heard, sounded by the Archang••• bAnd Christ shall come suddenly in the cloudes, with power, and glorie, and a great traine of Angels.
III. Now at the sound of the trumpet the Elect, which were dead, shal arise with their bodies: and those very bodies which were turned to dust, and one part rent from another, shall by the omnipotent power of God, be restored, and the soules of them shall descend from heauen, and be brought againe into those bodies. As for athem which then shall be aliue, they shall be changed in the twinckling of an eye, and this mutation shall be in stead of death. And at that time, the bodies shall receiue their full redemption: band all the bodies of the Elect shall be made like the glorious bodie of Christ Iesus, and therefore shall be spirituall, immortall, glorious, and free from all infirmitie.
⟨p. 144⟩IV. Last of all, when they are all conuented before the tribunall seate of Christ, he will forthwith place the Elect, seuered from the reprobate, and taken vp into the aire, at his right hand, and to them being written in the booke of life, will he pronounce this sentence: Come ye blessed of my father, possesse the kingdome prepared for you from the foundations of the world.
- aMatth. 24. 29. Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the Sun be darkened, and the Moon shall not give her light, the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken: 30. And then shall appear the sign of the Sonne of man in heaven: and then shall all the kindreds of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man come in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.Matth. 24. 29. Immediately after the tribulation of those daies, shall the Sunne be darkened, and the Moone shall not giue her light, the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of heauen shall be shaken: 30. And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the kinreds of the earth mourne, and they shal see the Son of man come in the cloudes of heauen, with power and great glorie.
- bLuk. 21. 26. Mens hearts shall fail them for fear, and for looking after those things, which shall come on the world. 28. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth near. 2. Tim. 4.8. Henceforth is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto them also that love his appearing.Luk. 21. 26. Mens hearts shall faile them for feare, and for looking after those things, which shall come on the world. 28. And when these things beginne to come to passe, then looke vp, and lift vp your heads, for your redemption draweth neare. 2. Tim. 4.8. Henceforth is laide vp for me the crowne of righteousnes, which the Lord, the righteous iudge shall give me at that day: and not to me onely, but vnto them also that loue his appearing.
- aMatth. chap. 24. vers. 31. And he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet. 1. Thess. chap. 4. vers. 16. The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, even with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
