Sixth and last end of the Saints meeting with Christ in the Air, sc. Their solemn and triumphant Attendance on the Judg, 1to take possession of the Kingdom. This last judicial process being thus solemnly finished, Sentence on both sides pronounced by the Judg, the Reprobate already dragged away by the Executioners of divine Vengeance, to the place of Execution, (where they shall be tormented with the Devil and his Angels for ever and ever; immediately the Bench will rise, the Court shall be broken up, that great Ecumenical assembly shall be dissolved, and forthwith the Judg shall ascend his Majestic Chariot, waiting ready for him; and all the Saints shall follow him in their Wedding-garments, glittering as the Sun in his Meridian glory, upon their several Chairs of State) all the holy Angels of God attending round about them; with their Ensigns of glory flying, Trumpets sounding, Angels singing, the Saints themselves shouting all the Regions of the Air resounding with their Celestial harmony, the like whereunto never entered the Ear of man, from the day wherein God laid the foundations of the Heaven and Earth, to this happy moment. In this triumphant posture shall they march, till they come to the walls of New Jerusalem, where the Gates of pearl (to whom it shall be proclaimed, Lift up your heads oh ye Gates, and be ye lifted up ye everlasting Doors, and the King of glory shall enter in) shall stand wide open to receive them, An entrance shall ⟨p. 176⟩be administered unto them abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ; through the Streets whereof, which are of pure gold, as it were transparent glass, they shall ride in Triumph till they come to the Throne of his Majesty, where the Ancient of days sitteth, 2whose garment is as white a• Snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his Throne is like the fiery flames, and his wheels as burning fire, &c. Then shall the Son of God come to Him, and taking his new Bride in his hand, shall present her to his Father, and bespeak him in some such language as this; 3These are they which come out of great Tribulation, who have washed their Robes white in my blood; These are they which have kept the word of my patience; these are they that overcame by my blood, and by the word of their Testimony. 4Thou gavest them me out of the world, thine they were, and thou gavest them me;
Sixth and last end of the Saints meeting with Christ in the Air, sc. Their solemn and triumphant Attendance on the Judg, 1to take possession of the Kingdom. This last judicial process being thus solemnly finished, Sentence on both sides pronounced by the Judg, the Reprobate already dragged away by the Executioners of divine Vengeance, to the place of Execution, (where they shall be tormented with the Devil and his Angels for ever and ever; immediatly the Bench will rise, the Court shall be broken up, that great Occumenical assembly shall be dissolved, and forthwith the Judg shall ascend his Majestick Chariot, waiting ready for him; and all the Saints shall follow him in their Wedding-garments, glittering as the Sun in his Meridian glory, upon their several Chairs of State) all the holy Angels of God attending round about them; with their Ensigns of glory flying, Trumpets sounding, Angels singing, the Saints themselve shouting all the Regions of the Air resounding with their Celestial harmony, the like whereunto never entred the Ear of man, from the day wherein God laid the foundations of the Heaven and Earth, to this happy moment. In this triumphant posture shall they march, till they come to the walls of New Jerusalem, where the Gates of pearl (to whom it shall be proclaimed, Lift up your heads oh ye Gates, and be ye lifted up ye everlasting Doors, and the King of glory shall enter in) shall stand wide open to receive them, An entrance shall ⟨p. 176⟩be administred unto them abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ; through the Streets whereof, which are of pure gold, as it were transparent glass, they shall ride in Triumph till they come to the Throne of his Majesty, where the Ancient of days sitteth, 2whose garment is as white a• Snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his Throne is like the fiery flames, and his wheels as burning fire, &c. Then shall the Son of God come to Him, and taking his new Bride in his hand, shall present her to his Father, and bespeak him in some such language as this; 3These are they which come out of great Tribulation, who have washed their Robes white in my blood; These are they which have kept the word of my patience; these are they that overcame by my blood, and by the word of their Testimony. 4Thou gavest them me out of the world, thine they were, and thou gavest them me;
- 1The Sixth and last end of the Saints meeting with Christ, is Their taking possession.
- 2Dan. 7.9.13.
- 3Rev. 7.16. Chap. 5.9. Chap. 12.11.
- 4John 17.6. Verse 12.
