{rb ſaith , cl.1p. 9.1. 71H they have ſeen the Kingdom of God come with Ppwor. Lube, chap.9. 27. ſaich, No more than till they h.zte ſeen the Kingdom of God. | There be ſome ſtanding here,that ſhall nt taſte of Deich ,] char is , Tr thall not die, Heb. 2. g. It 1s the ſame, with nor ſezing De ith, Foh. 8.51, 52. Heb. 1. 5. The great 27e Fin is , War 1s here mMcant by the Son of Man coming in his Kind? It cannot be meint of his ſecond Coming to Jud:ment , ſp ken of immediately before z for all who ſto2d there have 1 ng fince taſted of Death, yet is not rhar Day come: S»me underſtand ir of that fight of Chriſt's Glory which Peter, and 7.umes and Fon had ar Chriſt's 75.1nsfiguration, of which we {hill read in the next Chaprer ; and T ſhould be very inclinable ro this Senfe,, ( for chere was a Glumple of the Glory of che Father ne 2 ver. 27.) were it not for thoſe Words added by Mark, Tiil boy b.c2 ſen the Kingdom of God come with Pywwer. Thus 1n- clinecy or:ur: to think, that ir is to be underſtood of Chris s flewing f.rib bis Prxer in the Dezſtrudion of Feruſalem. Bur the moſt generally received Opinion, and which ſeemerh to be beſt, 1s, Thar the Caring of the $1 of Man here meant, 1s, his Reſurrection fem the Dz.cg, his Ajcenſi-n into He.rven, and Sending the Holy Spi- ri: ; alter which , the Kin;dom of Grace came wich a mighty Power, fubduns a!l Nations to the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, Rom, 1. 4. He was declied, or determined, to be the Son of God with Power, according t9 the Spirit of Holineſs, by the Reſurreion from the Dead. And when aſter his Reſaurreftion from the Dead, they asked him, Altsr, 5. Whether he would at that time reftore the Kingdom to Tir), he puts them off, and rells them for an Anſwer, v. 8. But yu ſhatl receive Power after the Holy Gho$t is come upon you, and you ſhail be Wiinejſes unto me , bath in Feruſalem, and in all Jude, and in Samaria,* and unto the uttermo8t parts of the Earth, And then, v. 9. he in their fight aſcended up into Heaven. Then did the Kinadom of the Son of Man come with Power, Affts 2. 33,34,35,35. Thcy knowins atfuredly, that the Son of Han, whom the Fews had Crucificd, was made bath Lord and Chris, as v. 35. and as v.34435. {er at God's right hand (according to the Prophecy of David, P/al. 11G, 1.) until his Enemes ſhould be made his Footſtovl.
GHA FP. XVIL
Fejins on the Mount 3s transfigured : Moſes and Elias appear and talk with him: God the Father's Teſtimany of him, 1—5, The Diſci- ples fail down for fear : Feſus toucheth and encourageth them : Churzeth them to conceal the Viſtn till he #s riſen : They asþ about the Coming of Einas : He proveth, that he was already come, 6—13. Rebubing that unbelieving Generation, healeth a Lunatich : Un- belief. the Cauſe why his Diſciples could not cast out the Devil, 14—21. He frrerelleth his Suffering and Reſurre&ion : The Sor- rip *f his Dijciples thereupon, 22, 23" And worketh a Miracle to p.iy Tribute , 2427.
7 A* D after fix days, Jeſus taketh Peter. James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up intv an high mountain apart,
2 And was transhgured before them , and his face did ſhine as the fun, and his rayment w23 white as the light.
Both Mah and Luke have recorded this Hiſtory. 27rk faith, c.1Þ.9. 2,3. His Rayment bec:me fhining, exceeding white as Snow ; fo as m Fuller on Earth can white ther. Luke ſaith, chap. g. 28, 29. And it came to paſs, about eight dys after theſe Sayings, he took Pe- ter, nd Film, and Fames, and went up into a Mountain to pray. And W he pred, the faſhion of his Countenance was altered, and his Rays ment was white and gliftering. All three agree the place, upon a Afpuntain, Matthew faith it was fix, Luke ſaith eight Days after re preceding Diſcourſes. Lnke mentioneth our [.rd's praying, witch neirner of the orker mentioneth, and faith his Transfigu- »4tion began whillt char he was praying. They all agree the Com- pany thnac was with our Saviour, Peter, Fames and Fohn, (which were the three our Savicur took with hira when he went to pray betore his Patfion, JWutih. 26. 37.) Peter was to be a great In- ſtrument in carrying on the Work of the Goſpel. Zzmes was he wiom #2rod killed, Acts 12. 2. Fohn was he who our-lived all the Apuſtles; he intended to have theſe three Witneiles of his Amy, Meth. 28. 37, Fe preparerth chem for thar, and for the fucure T:!timony they were to give him, by making chem Eye- Wirneiies of this his Glorious Transfiguration. This, as to his Perſon,
lay in the Chanze of his Counrenance, looking glorioutly as the
St, 2nd his Rayment looking extraordinarily white.
2 And behold there appzared unto them Moſes and Elias talking with him.
MATTHEW.
4 Then anſwered Peter,and faid unto Jeſus,Lord,
it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let ys make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one
for Moſes, and one for Elias.
Mark adds, chap. 9.6. For he wiS not what to ſay, for they were afraid : Luke addeth, chap. 9. 31, 32, 33. Who appeared in Gl: : and ſpahe of his deceaſe , which nf gre accompliſh at Feraſaler? But Peter, and they that were with him, were heavy with ſlee by and when they were awake, they ſaw his Glory, and the tw) = that ſtood with him. And it came to paſs, as they departed Sow him, Peter ſaid unto eſis, Maſter, it is good for us to be here 8& —— not knowing what he ſ.:id. $0 as the Hiſtory ſeemeth i» hs thus: After fx or eight Days, Chriſt cook Peter, Zames and Pohn and went up into a Mountain , and prayed ; while he prayech his Diſciples fall afleep ; waking, they faw him with his Face ſhining gloriouſly like the Sun, and his Garments whice as Snow and rio Men talking with lum about his Death and Paſſion whom they (by Revelation) knew to be Mvſes and Elia. They were ſore afraid ; and Peter nor well knowing , or confiderins what he ſaid, faith to Chriſt, Maſter, it is good for 14 to be hers, Let us make here three Tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moſs; wh for Elize, Ir is moſt likely, that Moſes and Elias appearcd in their own Bodies : As to Elias, there was no difficulty, for his Body
was taken up to Heaven in a Fiery Chariot: For 319/es, it is (11d. the Lord buried him in a Valley , in the Land of Mhab, over-againg
Beth-Peor ; but no Man knoweth of his Sepulcher unto this dxy, Dey:
34+ 6. The Devil and che Arch-angel had a Diſpute abour his B11