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

And because all the Victories, and deliverances that Christ worketh for the churches in the mean time, are so many steps unto this kingdom, and coming of his: therefore in Scripture phrase, sometimes, they are called his coming. Matthew 17. His transfiguration was called his coming in his Kingdom; for Chapter 16.28. Christ saith, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death till they see the son ⟨p. 5⟩of man coming in his Kingdom. And then verse 1. Chapter 17. it is said, And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them. In three Gospels, this history of the transfiguration is linked unto that speech, There are some standing here, which shall not taste of death till they see the son of man coming in his Kingdom, with those words, And after six days Jesus took Peter, &c. Our Lord and Saviour Christ was then come when he spake those words; but he was to come in a more glorious way and manner to set up his Kingdom, and his transfiguration being a taste of that glory and coming, it is here called his coming in his Kingdom. So all these great deliverances and victories which Christ worketh for his Church, being so many tastes, and forerunners of his coming in his Kingdom, they may be called his coming too; surely, they are as so many steps that he takes in the way of his coming to his Kingdom.

And because all the Victories, and deliverances that Christ worketh for the churches in the meane time, are so many steps unto this kingdome, and coming of his: therefore in Scripture phrase, sometimes, they are called his coming. Matthew 17. His transfiguration was called his coming in his Kingdome; for Chapter 16.28. Christ saith, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death till they see the son ⟨p. 5⟩of man coming in his Kingdome. And then verse 1. Chapter 17. it is said, And after six dayes, Jesus taketh Peter, James and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountaine apart, and was transfigured before them. In three Gospels, this history of the transfiguration is linked unto that speech, There are some standing here, which shall not taste of death till they see the son of man coming in his Kingdome, with those words, And after six dayes Jesus tooke Peter, &c. Our Lord and Saviour Christ was then come when he spake those words; but he was to come in a more glorious way and manner to set up his Kingdome, and his transfiguration being a taste of that glory and coming, it is here called his coming in his Kingdome. So all these great deliverances and victories which Christ worketh for his Church, being so many tasts, and forerunners of his coming in his Kingdome, they may be called his coming too; surely, they are as so many steps that he takes in the way of his coming to his Kingdome.