Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /

1. To convey Moses and Elijah out of their sight, when this conference was ended: therefore some expound that which is said, Luke 9. 34. They feared as they entered into the Cloud after this manner, the Disciples feared when they saw Moses and Elijah entering into the Cloud, that is involved and covered in it. It is said of Jesus Christ himself, when he ascended into Heaven, Acts 1. 9. A cloud received him out of their sight.

1. To convey Moses and Elias out of their sight, when this conference was ended: therefore some expound that which is said, Luke 9. 34. They feared as they entred into the Cloud after this manner, the Disciples feared when they saw Moses and Elias entring into the Cloud, that is involved and covered in it. It is said of Jesus Christ himself, when he ascended into Heaven, Acts 1. 9. A cloud received him out of their sight.

2. To be a token of the extraordinary presence of God, whose voice immediately came out of the cloud, as also to veil the glory thereof, which was best done by a Cloud, a thing of a middle nature between terrestrial and Celestial bodies. When Solomon builded the Temple the Lord showed his special presence, thereby filling the House with a Cloud, 1 Kings 8. 10. This way of Apparition God useth to moderate the splendour of his excellent Glory. We are not able to behold God as he is, and must not pry into his Glory, there is a Cloud and veil upon it.

2. To be a token of the extraordinary presence of God, whose voice immediately came out of the cloud, as also to vail the glory thereof, which was best done by a Cloud, a thing of a middle nature between terrestrial and Celestial bodies. When Solomon builded the Temple the Lord shewed his special presence, thereby filling the House with a Cloud,