the Earth Shaking and
Trembling: v. 7. a Fire Devou∣ring v. 8. The Heavens bowing Down-ward: v. 9.
Thick Clouds darkning the Sky; Thunders, Lightnings, Hail-stones flying through
the Ayre; The Foundations of the world below discover'd. v. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Thus the Mighry God, our Jesus descends.
Again, Psa: 97. Hils Melting, The Earth Trembling,
Lightnings flashing thorow the Ayre, and being its onely Light, Dark Clouds
environing all: This is the Scene of Things; This the State in which Christ
comes forth.
Behold Habakkuk with quivering Lips, trembling
joynts, bones mouldring into dust, when he had onely a Prophetick
Representation of our Saviours se∣cond Appearance. All the Dreadfull things
that at∣tended the Presence of God, in Aegypt, at the Red Sea, on Mount Sinai,
thorow the wildernesse, are made but Types, but shadows of this Terrible March
of the Cap∣teine of the Lords Hosts, Christ in the Spirit, thorow all Flesh.
Habak. 3.
A wise Jew was wont to say from a Deep fore-sight of the
Blacknesse of this Day: The Messias will come, but Lord let not me live to
see His Comming.
The Comming of our Saviour in the Spirit, is for the Full
Dissolution of all Flesh. 'Tis no wonder then if e∣very step he takes, as he
comes along, strike earth∣quakes, pestilences, warres, desolations thorow the
Earth. This is the second sort of Cloudes, Tempestuous Ones.
3. Clouds of Worldly Changes. The Finest Piece
of this Creation, Naturall Flesh of Christ Himself, is cal'd,