2. Because of the manner of his coming; In power and great Glory▪ Every coming of Christ should be entertained with great reverence. When our first Parents heard but the Voice of God walking in the Garden, in the cool of the day, they hid themselves from his presence among the Trees of the Garden: When he came to give the Law, Heb. 12. it was terrible, and made them quake and tremble; much more, now ⟨p. 44⟩he cometh to Judge according to the Law; when Articles of Faith are to be made objects of Sense, and God is no longer in a way of trial with the World. Christ in the days of his Flesh, when he came not to Judge but to save, yet sometimes beamed out his Majesty, as in the miracle of the great draught of Fishes, Luk. 5.3. but especially when his Enemies fell backward with a look or word from his Mouth, John 18.6. His whipping the Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple, Math. 21.12. And at his Transfiguration, his Disciples were afraid, Mat. 17.6. If his Voice was so terrible in the days of his flesh, what will it be then? He came at first in the form of a Servant, Phil. 2.6, 7. Now he cometh as Lord and Heir of all things, Heb. 1.2. Then he came in the Similitude of sinful Flesh, Rom. 8.3. Now without sin, Heb. 9.28. Then he had a fore-runner, John the Baptist, The voice of one crying in the Wilderness, Mat. 3.3. Now the Arch-Angel, 1 Thes. 4.16. Then he had twelve Companions poor Fisher-men; now with Saints and Angels his holy ten thousands, Jude 7. Then he raised some few to Life; now All shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live, John 5.28. Then he came riding upon an Ass; now he shall come in the Clouds of Heaven, and the Judge shall sit in the Throne of Majesty, summoning the World to appear before him: As this will be comfortable to the Godly, so terrible to the unprepared.
2. Because of the manner of his coming; In power and great Glory▪ Every coming of Christ should be entertained with great reverence. When our first Parents heard but the Voice of God walking in the Garden, in the cool of the day, they hid themselves from his presence among the Trees of the Garden: When he came to give the Law, Heb. 12. it was terrible, and made them quake and tremble; much more, now ⟨p. 44⟩he cometh to Judge according to the Law; when Articles of Faith are to be made objects of Sense, and God is no longer in a way of tryal with the World. Christ in the dayes of his Flesh, when he came not to Judge but to save, yet sometimes beamed out his Majesty, as in the miracle of the great draught of Fishes, Luk. 5.3. but especially when his Enemies fell backward with a look or word from his Mouth, John 18.6. His whipping the Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple, Math. 21.12. And at his Transfiguration, his Disciples were afraid, Mat. 17.6. If his Voice was so terrible in the dayes of his flesh, what will it be then? He came at first in the form of a Servant, Phil. 2.6, 7. Now he cometh as Lord and Heir of all things, Heb. 1.2. Then he came in the Similitude of sinful Flesh, Rom. 8.3. Now without sin, Heb. 9.28. Then he had a fore-runner, John the Baptist, The voice of one crying in the Wilderness, Mat. 3.3. Now the Arch-Angel, 1 Thes. 4.16. Then he had twelve Companions poor Fisher-men; now with Saints and Angels his holy ten thousands, Jude 7. Then he raised some few to Life; now All shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live,
