52. Since, then, we prove that all those things which Future
PropJiecies offirst Adveiit confirm those of a Second.
it was spoken thus; Lift up the gates of Heaven, and be ye Apol. openedy that the King of glory may enter in.
Who is this ^i^'-King of glory?
The Lord strong, and the Lord mighty, i^^, * And how He was to come again from Heaven in glory, hear what was said to this purport by the Prophet Jeremiah
: his words are as follows; Behold one like the Son of iV/a/i Dan.
7, I •} Cometh upon the clouds of Heaven, and His Angels with Him''.
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Since, then, we prove that all those things which Future have already come to pass were foretold by the prophets, j]^°' before they took place, we must also necessarily have faith conin those which were in like manner foretold, but are yet to by past. be fulfilled, as assuredly about to haj^pen ; for as those which are already accomplished have happened, when foretold and unknown, in the same manner also the others, even if they are unknown and disbelieved, shall take place
; for the prophets foretold two advents of Christ, one which has already been, as of a Man dishonoured and suffering ; and the second, when, it has been declared, He shall come with glory from Heaven,^attended by His host of Angels; when
He shall also raise up the bodies of all men that have been, and shall clothe those of the worthy with incorruptibility but shall send those of the wicked, with the evil spirits, into the endless suffering ^ of eternal lire.
That these things have been foretold as about to come to pass, I will prove:
Ezekiel the prophet spoke thus; Joint shall be gathered Ezek^.
'' to joint, and bone to bone, and fiesh shall spring up again; '' and. Every knee shall bow to the Lord, and every tongue shall i^- 45, confess Him.
And for the kind of suffering, and torment, in which the wicked shall be, hear what is in like manner foretold on that subject ; it is as follows :
Their worm shall U 66, ' not be made to rest, nor their fiame be quenched, and then" shall they repent, when it avails them nothing.
But what the people of the Jews will say, and do, when they see Him coming in glory, has been thus foretold by the prophet Zachariah: 1 will command the four witids to collect together Z^'ch.
2, '' the children that are scattered; I will command the north to ° Ed. Ben. and others have observed, p atV0^(re«. Ed. Ben. refers to §. 20. that this passage is not to be found in as well as a tew ines below in this Jeremiah! passage, and to Judith xvi.
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