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I am Jesus, whom ye sold, for less than ever Judas sold me, even for the price of a base Lust.

I am Jesus, whom ye Crucified over and over again to your selves; and put me to an open shame!

I am Jesus, whose Person you have slighted; whose Government you have spurned at; crying in the Pride and Rebellion of your obstinate spirits, We will not have this man Reign over us.

I am Jesus, whose Person you have slighted; whose Government you have spurn'd at; crying in the Pride and Rebellion of your obstinate spirits, We will not have this man Reign over us.

I am Jesus, whose Blood you have trampled under your feet as an Unholy thing, even doing despite to the Spirit of grace, &c.

I am Jesus, whose Blood you have trampled under your feet as an Ʋnholy thing, even doing despite to the Spirit of grace, &c.

I say, Now will the Reprobate world be confounded at the presence of their Judg!

Behold in the days of his Flesh, when he appeared in the form of a Servant, and was even led away as a Sheep to the Slaughter, and as a Lamb before the Shearer, not opening his mouth (by way of murmur against his Father, or reviling against his Enemies) yet how did that Lamb-like Word [I am He] fill the hearts of those sturdy Soldiers, (who came to apprehend Him) with horror, and strike them to the ground, like a blast of Thunder and Lightning?

Behold in the days of his Flesh, when he appeared in the forme of a Servant, and was even led away as a Sheep to the Slaughter, and as a Lamb before the Shearer, not opening his mouth (by way of murmur against his Father, or reviling against his Enemies) yet how did that Lamb-like Word [I am He] fill the hearts of those sturdy Souldiers, (who came to apprehend Him) with horror, and strike them to the ground, like a blast of Thunder and Lightning?

Oh how will that word, when he shall come clothed with Majesty and terror, with all the glorious Host of Heaven attending his Person; [I am he] fill Reprobate Souls with astonishment and distraction, and even strike them backward into Hell before their time! How will it cause them to woo the Mountains and Rocks (now as hard and inexorable, as their hearts once were, in the day of God's patience, crying out to them, (to the amazement of Heaven and Earth) Mountains, Fall on us; ¹Rocks, cover us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the Throne, and from the presence of the Lamb; for the great day of his Wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?

Oh how will that word, when he shall come cloathed with Majesty and terror, with all the glorious Host of Heaven attending his Person; [I am he] fill Reprobate Souls with astonishment and distraction, and even strike them backward into Hell before their time! How will it cause them to woo the Mountains and Rocks (now as hard and inexorable, as their hearts once were, in the day of God's patience, crying out to them, (to the amazement of Heaven and Earth) Mountains, Fall on us; ¹Rocks, cover us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the Throne, and from the presence of the Lamb; for the great day of his Wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?

1. 1Rev. 6.26, 27.

But all in vain! As the Lord Jesus once in the day of his grace, cried unto them, and they would not answer, &c. So they shall now cry to Heaven and Earth, to Rocks and Mountains, ¹and they shall not answer; yea the Judg shall laugh at their Calamity, and mock when their fear cometh.

But all in vain! As the Lord Jesus once in the day of his grace, cryed unto them, and they would not answer, &c. So they shall now cry to Heaven and Earth, to Rocks and Mountains, ¹and they shall not answer; yea the Judg shall laugh at their Calamity, and mock when their fear cometh.

1. 1Prov. 1.24, 25, 26. Psal. 50.22.

Oh consider this, ye that forget God, lest he tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Second Use.¹

1. 1Second Use of Comfort to the Saints; Christ Himself will be their Judg.

But (on the contrary) unspeakable Consolation may this doctrine of Christ's personal Appearance, speak to the Godly; the Sheep of Christ which have heard his voice speaking to them in the Gospel of peace, and have obeyed it.

But (on the contrary) unspeakable Consolation may this doctrine of Christ's personal Appearance, speak to the Godly; the Sheep of Christ which have heard his voyce speaking to them in the Gospel of peace, and have obeyed it.

Behold, He that in the days of his flesh came to be their Redeemer; now in the day of his power shall come to be their Judge. He that so often pleaded for them to his Father, and for whom they so often pleaded and contended, with a disobedient and gain-saying Generation;

(I say) He shall now be their Judg, and pass sentence upon them: their Friend, their Brother, their Head, their Husband. What need they fear that Tribunal, where not their Enemies, (who were wont falsely to accuse and condemn them;) no, not their prejudiced and imprudent Friends, who sometimes have rashly and causelessly mis-judged them; much less the Accuser of the Brethren; ¹who accused them before their God, day and night; none of these (I say) shall sit in Judgment; But their dear Redeemer, who for their sake came down from Heaven: that loved them so dearly, that he died for love of them, that he might Redeem them, and wash them in his own Blood: He that Regenerated, Sanctified, Justified, Preserved, and Perfected them: He to whom, both in Life and Death, they were so nearly and inseparably United; and by virtue of which Conjunction, they are now awakened, and set upon their feet again, in a most beautiful & perfect state; I say where He, and none but He, who long since became their Advocate, shall now (by the appointment of the Father) be their Judge; Oh what matter of Joy and Triumph will this administer unto the Saints at that day! How may they lift up their heads with joy, because their Redemption and Redeemer shall then draw nigh.²

(I say) He shall now be their Judg, and pass sentence upon them: their Friend, their Brother, their Head, their Husband. What need they fear that Tribunal, where not their Enemies, (who were wont fas•y to accuse and condemn them;) no, not their prejudiced and imprudent Friends, who somtimes have rashly and causelesly mis-judged them; much less the Accuser of the Brethren; ¹who accused them before their God, day and night; none of these (I say) shall sit in Judgment; But their dear Redeemer, who for their sake came down from Heaven: that loved them so dearly, that he died for love of them, that he might Redeem them, and wash them in his own Blood: He that Regenerated, Sanctified, Justified, Preserved, and Perfected them: He to whom, both in Life and Death, they were so nearly and inseparably Ʋnited; and by vertue of which Conjunction, they are now awakened, and set upon their feet again, in a most beautiful & perfect state; I say where He, and none but He, who long since became their Adocate, shall now (by the appointment of the Father) be their Judge; Oh what matter of Joy and Triumph will this administer unto the Saints at that day! How may they lift up their heads with joy, because their Redemption and Redeemer shall then draw nigh.²

1. 1Rev. 12.10.
2. 2Second branch of Comfort in reference to the Saints departed.

Again; The Doctrine of Christ his Personal Appearance at the last day affords no less Consolation in reference to the Saints departed; and to this very end, doth the Holy ⟨p. 76⟩Ghost mention it in this place, The Lord himself shall descend from Heaven. ¹I told you the words have a Relative consideration in them: as they do imply an account why the Saints which are alive at the coming of Christ, shall not prevent them which are asleep: why? (it immediately follows): For the Lord himself shall descend. The Saints of God need not doubt of this, either in reference to themselves; or to their Relations, whom they have sent before them to the Grave; The Lord that bought them, will see to Their Resurrection in the first place: It was the will of him that sent him, that of all which he hath given him, ²he might lose nothing, but that he should raise it up again in the last day. And Jesus Christ is so punctual to his trust, that He will not delegate it to any of the Angels or Seraphims; but will come in Person to accomplish that charge; that so not any one of his little ones may possibly be forgotten, ^*nothing may be lost: neither Person nor Member, nor Dust: but that Christ may present it entirely to his Father at his coming, in the same language he spake when he went out of the world;

Again; The Doctrine of Christ his Personal Appearance at the last day affords no less Consolation in reference to the Saints departed; and to this very end, doth the Holy ⟨p. 76⟩Ghost mention it in this place, The Lord himself shall descend from Heaven. ¹I told you the words have a Relative consideration in them: as they do imply an account why the Saints which are alive at the coming of Christ, shall not prevent them which are asleep: why? (it immediatly follows): For the Lord himself shall descend. The Saints of God need not doubt of this, either in reference to themselves; or to their Relations, whom they have sent before them to the Grave; The Lord that bought them, will see to Their Resurrection in the first place: It was the will of him that sent him, that of all which he hath given him, ²he might lose nothing, but that he should raise it up again in the last day. And Jesus Christ is so punctual to his trust, that He will not delegate it to any of the Angels or Seraphims; but will come in Person to accomplish that charge; that so not any one of his little ones may possibly be forgotten, ^*nothing may be lost: neither Person nor Member, nor Dust: but that Christ may present it entirely to his Father at his coming, in the same language he spake when he went out of the world;

1. 1The Relative consideration.
2. 2Joh. 6.39.
3. *[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.

Those that thou gavest me, ¹I have kept, and none of them is lost.

1. 1John 17.