A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

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; the first born and only begotten son of God then is manifested, Christ will appear in all his royalty and glory, as the great God and Saviour, and Judge of the world, as the great God; therefore 'tis said, he will appear in the glory of the Father, Matth. 24. 13. Matth. 16. 27. the mystery of his person will now be discovered to the uttermost, and therefore he will appear in such a glory as never creature was capable of, nor can he guess at it, we may by the glory discovered at the giving of the Law, when Moses shook for fear, Heb. 12. 19. by the light that shone at his Incarnation, Luk 2. at his Transfiguration, Matth. 17. by those beams of Majesty which broke out from him when the Soldiers came to take him, John 18. 6. by his appearance to Paul; it struck him blind for three days, Acts 9. by Isaiah's terror, when he saw God in a vision, Isa. 6. And as he will manifest himself to be the great God, so the true Saviour of the world: the manner of his appearance shall make a full recompense for his abasement: at his first coming John was his fore▪ runner (as we have said) now an Arch Angel, then he came with a few fisher-men, now with a multitude of Angels; then riding on the Colt of an Ass, now up •n the Clouds; then as the Son of Man, now as the Son of God; then in the form of a Servant, now in the glory of the Father; then Crowned with Thorns, now Glory and Ho•ou•; then to teach righteousness, now to reward righteousness; then in the similitude of sinful flesh,