Christs coming opened in a sermon before the honourable house of commons in Margaret's…

Thirdly, he comes suddenly, unexpectedly, in the most dark time, he comes at midnight.

Thirdly, he comes suddenly, unexpectedly, in the most darke time, he comes at midnight.

Now Christs coming is either spiritual and invisible, John 14.18. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you, Or visible: and that either at the day of judgement: or else at the calling and conversion of the Jews, when he will appear in the clouds, and come to set up his Kingdom in this world, in a more glorious manner then ever. So Rev. 1.7. Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him, that is the Jews, and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him, even so, Amen. Which relates unto the 12. Chapter of Zachariah, verse the 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and supplication; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, &c. In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, and the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart, &c. Which cannot be understood of the day of judgement, because then the families of David, Nathan, Shimei, Levi, shall not mourn apart, and their wives apart. Of this coming of Christ to set up his Kingdom, I rather take this parable to be understood, and not of his coming at the day of judgement; for in the 24. of Matthew, the Disciples did propound three questions to our Saviour Christ, verse the 3. Tell us, when shall these things be? that is the destruction of the Temple; and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? To the last he doth answer first (as is usual in Scripture,) negatively, verse the 6. Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, but the end is not yet. Affirmatively verse the 14. And this Gospel of the Kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all Nations, and then shall the end come.