Here is a Demand, Lift up your Heads, ye Gates, and be ye Lift up, ye Everla•g Doors, and the King of Glory shall […] in. The Gates of Zion, were dou•, of the Portcullis fashion, and were to be opened by Lifting up. At the Execution ⟨p. 4⟩of this Demand, for the Entry of the A•k into Zion, there is a Dialogue. It is both Enquired, and Answered Who is this King of Glory? Twas provided, I suppose, to be Alternately Sung, by the Officers placed at the Gates. I allow a Type of our SAVIOUR's being Received up to Glory, in this Transaction. But I behold, a Repetition of the matter. This inclines me to an Apprehension; That here is demanded for our SAVIOUR, a Reception with his People: at His Two several Comings into the World. Whatever may be meant, by the Gates and the Everlasting Doors, which are to be Opened for His Reception, be sure, O People of God, our Hearts are intended; The Gates and the Everlasting Doors of our Souls, are to be Opened unto Him. The Dialogue here managed on this Occasion, Enquiring and Answering, Who is this King of Glory? between whomsoever tis carried on, we may well apprehend, the Angels of God concerned in it; The Angels who are the admiring Spectators of his Glory. Tis Remarkable, That in the first Account of this Glorious King, He ⟨p. 5⟩is mighty in Battle. In the Second, there is nothing of any Battle. Because, at the Second Appearance o• our SAVIOUR, the Conflicts about His Kingdom are over; nor do they Learn War any more. However, in the Second Account of this Glorious King, He is called, The Lord of Hosts: which is in a more Extensive Sense, than that wherein Hosts Armed for War, are spoken of.
Here is a Demand, Lift up your Heads, ye Gates, and be ye Lift up, ye Everla•g Doors, and the King of Glory shall 〈…〉 in. The Gates of Zion, were dou•, of the Portcullis fashion, and were to be opened by Lifting up. At the Execution ⟨p. 4⟩of this Demand, for the Entry of the A•k into Zion, there is a Dialogue. It is both Enquired, and Answered Who is this King of Glory? Twas provided, I suppose, to be Alternately Sung, by the Officers placed at the Gates. I allow a Type of our SAVIOUR's being Received up to Glory, in this Transaction. But I behold, a Repetition of the matter. This inclines me to an Apprehension; That here is demanded for our SAVIOUR, a Reception with his People: at His Two several Comings into the World. Whatever may be meant, by the Gates and the Everlasting Doors, which are to be Opened for His Reception, besure, O People of God, our Hearts are intended; The Gates and the Everlasting Doors of our Souls, are to be Opened unto Him. The Dialogue here managed on this Occasion, Enquiring and Answering, Who is this King of Glory? between whomsoever tis carried on, we may well apprehend, the Angels of God concerned in it; The Angels who are the admiring Spectators of his Glory. Tis Remarkable, That in the first Account of this Glorious King, He ⟨p. 5⟩is mighty in Battel. In the Second, there is nothing of any Battle. Because, at the Second Appearance o• our SAVIOUR, the Conflicts about His Kingdom are over; nor do they Learn War any more. However, in the Second Account of this Glorious King, He is called, The Lord of Hosts: which is in a more Extensive Sense, than that wherein Hosts Armed for War, are spoken of.
