Thirdly, It is a wonderful Day, a Day wherein there are nothing but miracles upon miracles, and wonders upon wonders: Insomuch that we need a divine faith in this Article, as well as in any other, Prorsus incredibile quia impossibile, as Tertullian of Christs Incarnation; The Scripture tells us, such a Day will be, and we must not be curious Quomodists, saying, Quomodo, How can it be? There is a ⟨p. 47⟩Quomodo essential, and a Quomodo accidental in every main point of Divinity; The essential Quomodo we are to enquire after, that is, Whether the thing be or no? But for the accidental it is good to satisfy our selves with that of Gregory, He that in Gods doings doth not invenire rationem facti, may easily in seipso invenire rationem cur non inveniat; yet let us instance in some of those miracles at that wonderful Day; What a wonder is it that all the persons, who ever were in the world, though their bodies have consumed so many ways, yea eaten it may be by other creatures, yea it ⟨p. 48⟩may be by some Cannibals or savage men, yet all those very bodies rise again, and the same individual persons appear before God? This corruptible, (saith Paul) cutem tangens, as Tertullian. This is so great a miracle, that the Philosophers derided it. Another wonder is, that all the millions and infinite millions of persons should be gathered into one place; As for those who say, it will be the valley of Jehoshaphat, with their conceits thereupon, we leave it as a curiosity. This is wonderful, that all the persons which ever lived in all Ages (Infants not excepted, for they must rise ⟨p. 49⟩up to be judged) should all be convened together. A third wonder is, Christs audible voice to speak in the ears of all the world, and in such a bodily manner to pronounce his Sentence of condemnation: Some indeed have thought there will be no audible pronunciation by Christ, but that shall only be mental in every mans conscience; but we must not depart from the Letter of the Scripture, unless necessity compel; As for the Dispute about the Trump, whether it be a material one, as also the fire, yea and hell it self be a place and material, these are here impertinent. Lastly, what ⟨p. 50⟩a wonder is this, that upon the pronunciation of departing to hell, every one shall obey, the conscience of every one shall yield to it, that they cannot withstand the sentence of God?
Thirdly, It is a wonderfull Day, a Day wherein there are nothing but miracles upon miracles, and wonders upon wonders: Insomuch that we need a divine faith in this Article, as well as in any other, Prorsus incredibile quia impossibile, as Tertullian of Christs Incarnation; The Scripture tels us, such a Day will be, and we must not be curious Quomodists, saying, Quomodo, How can it be? There is a ⟨p. 47⟩Quomodo essentiale, and a Quomodo accidentale in every main point of Divinity; The essential Quomodo we are to enquire after, that is, Whether the thing be or no? But for the accidental it is good to satisfie our selves with that of Gregory, He that in Gods doings doth not invenire rationem facti, may easily in seipso invenire rationem cur non inveniat; yet let us instance in some of those miracles at that wonderfull Day; What a wonder is it that all the persons, who ever were in the world, though their bodies have consumed so many wayes, yea eaten it may be by other creatures, yea it ⟨p. 48⟩may be by some Cannibals or savage men, yet all those very bodies rise again, and the same individual persons appear before God? This corruptible, (saith Paul) cutem tangens, as Tertullian. This is so great a miracle, that the Philosophers derided it. Another wonder is, that all the millions and infinite millions of persons should be gathered into one place; As for those who say, it will be the valley of Jehosaphat, with their conceits thereupon, we leave it as a curiosity. This is wonderful, that all the persons which ever lived in all Ages (Infants not excepted, for they must rise ⟨p. 49⟩up to be judged) should all be convened together. A third wonder is, Christs audible voice to speak in the ears of all the world, and in such a bodily manner to pronounce his Sentence of condemnation: Some indeed have thought there will be no audible pronunciation by Christ, but that shall only be mental in every mans conscience; but we must not depart from the Letter of the Scripture, unless necessity compel; As for the Dispute about the Trump, whether it be a material one, as also the fire, yea and hell it self be a place and material, these are here impertinent. Lastly, what ⟨p. 50⟩a wonder is this, that upon the pronunciation of departing to hell, every one shall obey, the conscience of every one shall yeeld to it, that they cannot withstand the sentence of God?
