A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

1. A day of manifestation, Rom▪ 8 19. all is now hidden, Christ is hidden, the Saints are hidden, their life is hidden, Col. 3. 3. their glory is hidden, 1 John 3. 2. but then Christ shall appear, and we shall appear with him in glory, as Moses told the Rebels, Numb. 16. To morrow the Lord will show who are his; Christ as the natural son shall then appear in all his Royalty and Glory, as the great God and Saviour of the world; so shall the Saints put on their best robes; in winter the tree appeareth not what it is, the sap ⟨p. 526⟩and life is hidden in the root, but when summer cometh, all is discovered.

1. A day of manifestation, Rom▪ 8 19. all is now hidden, Christ is hidden, the Saints are hidden, their life is hidden, Col. 3. 3. their glory is hidden, 1 John 3. 2. but then Christ shall appear, and we shall appear with him in glory, as Moses told the Rebels, Numb. 16. To morrow the Lord will shew who are his; Christ as the natural son shall then appear in all his Royalty and Glory, as the great God and Saviour of the world; so shall the Saints put on their best robes; in winter the tree appeareth not what it is, the sap ⟨p. 526⟩and life is hidden in the root, but when summer cometh, all is discovered.

2. 'Tis a day of perfection, every thing tendeth to its perfect estate; the little seed that is sown in the ground, breaketh through the clods that it may be in flower and perfection, so a Christian is working through, that he may come to an estate of perfect holiness, and perfect freedom; here we are very weak, yea even to glorified spirits he is but a Saviour in part, there is some fruit of sin continued upon the body, but then body and soul are united and perfectly glorified to praise God in Heaven, Christ cometh to make an end of what he hath begun he came first to redeem our souls from sin, but then our bodies from corruption; then all privileges are perfect regeneration,