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4 and the body, and the blood be ſenſible of good and evil, then all the fearful voice proceed from his throne: Where is the blood thou haſt ſpilled! Here is the woful and terrible Judgement, when thou that art the murderer, ſhall ſee the lain Man be thy Judge! What favours canſt thou think to expect at his hand, whom thou haſt ſo vilely and treacherouſly uſed by thy daily ſins: Be ſure the Son of Man will come as it is written, 'But woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed; it had been better for that man he had never been born,' Mat. xxvi. 24.

As Chriſt ſhall appear in the form of a man, ſo this Man ſhall appear in a glorious form. Oh! ſinner, look about you, the Judge is coming: 'A fire devours before him, and behind him a flame burns;' on every ſide, the people tremble, and all faces ſhall gather blackneſs. Here is a change indeed! he that was at the bar, now ſits on the throne, and that for ever and ever. Then Chriſt ſtood as a lamb before Pilate, now Pilate ſtands as a malefactor before Chriſt, "He that was made the footſtool of his enemies, muſt now judge till he has made his enemies his footſtool." Where ſhall they run, and how ſhall they ſeek the clefts of the rocks and hollow places? The glory of his Majeſty will kindle a flame, while the heaven and the earth ſhall flee away from the preſence of the powerful judge.

But if here be the Judge, where is the guard? Behold him coming from above with great power and glory! Would you know his