339. good men, fervants of the Lord. And eipecially if we add, ftill farther, the confideration of what the Apoftle faith in his 1ft Epiftle to the Corinthians:

1 Cor. ch. vi. ver. 2, 3.

2. Οὐκ οἴδα]ε ὅτι οἱ ἅγιοι τὸν κόσμον κρινᾶσι; Καὶ εἰ ἐν ὑμῖν κρίνεται ὁ κόσμος, ἀνάξιοί ἐσε κριτηρίων ἐλαχίσων ;

3.

Οὐκ οἴδαζε ὅτι ἀγέλες κρινόμεν;

μήτι γε βιωτικά ;

2. Do

ye not know that [ fuch as * are] holy men fhall judge the world? And if the world fhall be judged by you, are ye unworthy of trifling determinations †?

3. Do

ye not know that we shall judge Angels? What then; [hall we not judge] things [that are merely of concern] in this life?

* This feems to be the proper meaning and force of the article o in this place. And I cannot but add, that the primary notion of the word holy fignifies the feparation of a thing, or perfon, from a common and profane, to a peculiar and religious ufe. King on the Creed, p. 342.

The fecond verfe, which is the moft material one of ail, is in the Alexandrian Manufcript; but the 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th verfes of this chapter are omitted in that copy...

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To the confideration of which we ought alfo to add the recollection of those words, spoken by our Lord Himself, concerning fuch as fhall be partakers of the first resurrection: Luke, ch. xx. ver. 36.

Οὔτε γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν ἔτι δύναν]αι, (ἰσάγε Γελοι γὰρ εἰσι,) καὶ ὑιοί εἰσι τῇ Θεῖ, τῆς ἀναςάσεως ὑιοὶ ὄντες,

Neither can they die any more, for they are EQUAL UNTO the Angels, and are the Sons of God, being the Sons of the Refurrellion,

And finally, we may with great propriety. 340. fubjoin the words which our Lord Himself makes ufe of, in another part of Scripture, concerning this great event; and by means of them may connect the whole with the rest of the fublime defcription now under confideration:

Matthew, ch. xiii. ver. 41, 42, 43.

41. ̓Αποτελεῖ ὁ ὑιὸς τῇ ἀνθρώπε τὲς ἀγέλες αὐτῶ, καὶ συλλέξεσιν ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτῇ πάντα τὰ σκάνδαλα, καὶ τὰς ποιόντας τὴν ἀνομίαν·

42. καὶ

42. καὶ βαλέσιν αὐτὲς εἰς τὴν κάμινον το πυρός· ἐκεῖ ἔσαι ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυτα μὸς τῶν ὀδόν]ων.

43. Τότε οἱ δίκαιοι ἐκλάμψεσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶ παρὸς αὑτῶν. Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκέειν, ἀκοέτω.

41. The Son of Man fhall fend forth his Angels; and they fhall gather together out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them that do what is contrary to the Law of God;

42. And fhall caft them into a furnace of fire; there fhall be lamentation, and gnashing of teeth.

43. Then the righteous shall shine forth, [in the fame manner] as the SUN does, in the kingdom of THEIR Father. He that hath ears to ́ bear, let him bear.

Thefe laft words perhaps fhew, that what is here faid deferves fome fpecial and more particular interpretation than has been usually given and they may, perhaps, very properly lead us to recollect what was more immediately the object of our attention in the first Section of these Remarks. But, paffing by

:

that

that confideration, it only remains for us to obferve, that,

Further, we read in the fame chapter

49. Οὕτως ἔςαι ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τῇ 34!. αἰῶνος· ἐξελεύσονται οἱ ἄγγελοι, καὶ ἀφο ριᾶσι τὸς πονηρὲς ἐκ μέσε τῶν δικαίων.

49. So fhall it be at the perfecting [and compleating] of the AION*. The Angels fhall come forth, and fhall feparate the evil from the midft of the juft.

We find, therefore, that both the Holy Angels, and the Spirits of thofe holy men who come with their Lord, are to be mutually employed in this Great Work of compleating the judgement and arrangement of the whole world.

Now then, with all these helps from fo many corresponding paffages of Scripture, let us proceed to the confideration of the sublime defcription of what shall come to pass, when

* A very different word is here made ufe of, in the original, than that which our translation in the Bible leads us to expect; for from thence we should suppose it was tỸ xóous, the world.

the

342.

the Son of MAN fhall thus fit upon the Throne

of His Glory.

Matthew, ch. xxv.

32. Καὶ συναχθήσεται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῷ πάνα τὰ ἔθνη· καὶ ἀφοριεῖ αὐτὲς ἀπ' ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρό ἔα]α ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων.

32. And before Him fhall be gathered all nations and He fhall feparate them one from another, as a fhepherd Separateth the sheep from the goats.

33. Καὶ ζήσει τά μὲν πρόβαλα ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτῷ, τὰ δὲ ἐρίφια ἐξ ἐυωνύμων.

33. And He fall place the sheep on His right band, but the goats on His left.

34. Τότε ἐρεῖ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς ἐκ δεξιῶν αὑτῷ· Δεῦτε οἱ εὐλογημένοι τε πατρός με, κληρονομήσατε τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην ὑμῖν βασιλείαν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμο.

34. Then fall THE King [THE GREAT ANOINTED LORD, AND DISPOSER OF ALL]

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