because their glorious appearance at the last will make much for the
(Esther 6: 11), "So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed
Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets,
proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man the king
delights to honor!" But Haman rushed home, with his head covered
in grief." This is but an emblem of the punishment of wicked men,
when they shall behold the saints of God, his glorious worthy ones, in
their glory at this great day. Then shall they, with Haman, have their
heads covered in grief, which was a sign of shame and confusion of
face.
And it will be with all such ungodly wretches as it was with
Belshazzar: Dan. 5:5-6, "Suddenly the fingers of a human hand
appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in
the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. His face
turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together
and his legs gave way." Just thus shall it be with ungodly wretches,
who oppose and murder and destroy the righteous ones. Oh! when
they shall see them in glory—as when he saw the handwriting, his
countenance was changed, his thoughts were troubled, his loins were
loosed, and his knees dashed against one another—thus shall it be
when the saints shall appear in glory! They at last shall appear
glorious--to the terror, horror, and inexpressible confusion of all
ungodly, bloody wretches!
4. A fourth reason why they shall appear glorious at last, is,
because their glorious appearance at the last will make much for the