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310 The Summons. State IV.
markets are marred; the buyer throws away what he has
bought; the seller casts down his money; they qre raised
Trom the table, and their mirth is extinguished in a mo¬
ment : though the tret be set in the earth, the gardener
may not stay to cast ihe earth about it; the workmen
throw away their tools, vhen the house is half built, and
the owner regards it no more ; the bridegroom, bride, and
guests must leave the wedding-feast, and appear before the
tribunal: for, “ Behold he cometh with clouds, and every
eye shall see him,” Rev. i. 7. He shall come most glori¬
ously ; for he will “ come in the glory of his Father, with
the holy angels,” Mark viii. 38. When he came in the
flesh to die for sinners, he laid aside the robes of his glory,
and was despised and rejected of men : but when he comes
again, to judge the world, such shall be his visible glory
and majesty, that it shall cast an eternal veil overall earth¬
ly glory, and fill his greatest enemies with fear and dread.
Never had prince or potentate in the world such a glorious
train, as will accompany this Judge: all the holy angels
shall come with him, for his honour and service. Then he,
who was led to the cross with a band of soldiers, will be
gloriously attended to the place of judgment, by (not a
multitude of the heavenly host, but) the whole host of an¬
gels ; “ all his holy angels,” says the text.
Thirdly, At the coming of the Judge, the summons is
given to the parties, by the sound of the last trumpet; at
which the dead are raised, and these found alive changed:
of which before, 1 Thess. iv. 16, 17. O loud trumpet,
that shall be heard at once in all the corners of the earth
and of the sea! O wonderful voice, that will not only dis¬
turb those who sleep in the dust, but effectually awaken,
rouze them out of their sleep, and raise them from death !
Were trumpets sounding now, drums beating, furious sol-
diars crying and killing men ; women and children running
and shrieking, the wounded groaning and dying ; those who
are in the graves would have no more disturbance, than if
the world were in most profound peace. Yea, were stormy
winds casting down the lofty oaks, the seas roaring and
swallowing up the ships, the most dreadful thunders going
along the heavens, lightnings every where flashing, the
earth quaking, trembling, opening, and swallowing up
whole cities, and burying multitudes at once; the dead