1 1They will be exceeding great and terrible, such as will make the stoutest hearts to quake and tremble: If the writing of Mene, Mene, Tekel, &c. made a change in Belshazzars countenance, ⟨p. 85⟩and trouble in his thoughts, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another, Dan. 5.6. what a commotion and heart-quake will the day of Gods wrath and vengeance produce? See an instance in type, at least, of this kind of speech and thing, Rev. 6.15.-17. where not only bondmen (persons of little and puny souls) but great and mighty men, chief Captains and Kings of the earth (persons of great souls that have made the earth to tremble) shall hide themselves in Dens and Rocks, and say to the Mountains fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand! For bond-men to be faint-hearted and fly, is no great wonder; but for men of might and valour to run away and hide, that's strange! I, but 'tis from wrath, though but of a Lamb; What will they do then when he shall rise up, and roar like the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah? 'Tis the day of wrath, which is the terrible day of the Lord; 'tis the day of vengeance, which is implacable; for God who is (now) hearing prayer, will not (then) spare for their crying, no though they cry Lord, Lord. God always acts like himself, like a God; when he shows mercy, 'tis like the God of all grace, who is rich in mercy, and loves with a great love; so when he executes wrath and vengeance, he makes bare his arm, and strikes like a God: Who knows the power of his anger? none but damned ones. The sense of it here, the receiving or fearful reception of judgment ⟨p. 86⟩(as 'tis in the Greek, Hebr. 10.27.) and fiery indignation makes a kind of hell, so fearful a thing is it to fall into the hands of the living God, when he acts like a God of vengeance, as the Apostle there speaks, v. 30, 31. How dreadful then will it be to be in hell it self, under the tortures of his executed wrath for ever? as the man is, so is his strength; 'tis but sport to be whipped by a child, but to be whipped and lashed by a man, a Giant, whose little finger is heavier then another's loins, how painful must it be!
1 1They will be exceeding great and terrible, such as will make the stoutest hearts to quake and tremble: If the writing of Mene, Mene, Tekel, &c. made a change in Belshazzars countenance, ⟨p. 85⟩and trouble in his thoughts, so that the joynts of his loyns were loosed, and his knees smote one against another, Dan. 5.6. what a commotion and heart-quake will the day of Gods wrath and vengeance produce? See an instance in type, at least, of this kind of speech and thing, Rev. 6.15.-17. where not only bondmen (persons of little and puny souls) but great and mighty men, chief Captains and Kings of the earth (persons of great souls that have made the earth to tremble) shall hide themselves in Dens and Rocks, and say to the Mountains fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand! For bond-men to be faint-hearted and fly, is no great wonder; but for men of might and valour to run away and hide, that's strange! I, but 'tis from wrath, though but of a Lamb; What will they do then when he shall rise up, and roar like the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah? 'Tis the day of wrath, which is the terrible day of the Lord; 'tis the day of vengeance, which is implacable; for God who is (now) hearing prayer, will not (then) spare for their crying, no though they cry Lord, Lord. God always acts like himself, like a God; when he shews mercy, 'tis like the God of all grace, who is rich in mercy, and loves with a great love; so when he executes wrath and vengeance, he makes bare his arm, and strikes like a God: Who knows the power of his anger? none but damned ones. The sense of it here, the receiving or searful reception of judgment ⟨p. 86⟩(as 'tis in the Greek, Hebr. 10.27.) and fiery indignation makes a kind of hell, so fearful a thing is it to fall into the hands of the living God, when he acts like a God of vengeance, as the Apostle there speaks, v. 30, 31. How dreadful then will it be to be in hell it self, under the tortures of his executed wrath for ever? as the man is, so is his strength; 'tis but sport to be whipt by a child, but to be whipt and lashed by a man, a Gyant, whose little finger is heavier then anothers loins, how painful must it be!
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