Two treatises the first of death, on I Cor. 15:26, the second of judgment…

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Lastly, If Death be the last Enemy to be destroyed at the Resurrection, we may learn hence, how earnestly believers should long and pray for the second coming of Christ; when this full and final Conquest shall be made. Death shall do much for us; but the Resurrection shall do more. Death sends the separated soul to Christ: but at his coming, both soul and body shall be glorified. There is somewhat in Death that is penal, even to believers: but in the coming of Christ, and their Resurrection, there is nothing but glorifying grace. Death is the effect of sin, and of the first sentence passed upon sinners: but the Resurrection of the Just is the final destruction of the effects of sin. And therefore, though the fears of Death may perplex us, me-thinks we should long for the coming of Christ, there being nothing in that, but what tends to the deliverance and glory of the Saints. Whether he will come before the general Resurrection, and reign on earth a thousand years, which some expect, I shall not presume to pass my determination. But sure I am, it is the work of faith, and Character of his people, to love his appearance, 2 Tim. 4. 8. and to wait for the Son of God from Heaven, whom he raised ⟨p. 135⟩from the dead, even Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come, 1 Thes. 1. 10. and to wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Cor. 1. 7. and to wait for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies, with inward groanings, Rom. 8. 23. O therefore let us pray more earnestly for the coming of our Lord! and that [the Lord would direct our hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ] 2 Thes. 3. 5. O blessed day, when the glorious appearing of our Lord shall put away all his servants shame, and shall communicate Glory to his members, even to the bodies that had laid so long in dust, that to the eye of flesh there seemed to be no hope! Though the Majesty and glory will cause our Reverence, yet it will not be our terror, to the diminution of our joy. It is his enemies that would not have him rule over them, whom he cometh to destroy, Lu. 19. 27. [Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his Saints, to execute judgement upon all, & to convince all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodlily committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him;