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    invisible , he may make such an appearance as this at the last day . It is here positively said that he appeared , and if he appeared , this must be an appearance . Permit me to recommend to my younger brethren Mr . Lowman ' s very valuable work on the Shechinah .

    3 . The glory of the Father and the Son have already , several times , appeared together , and therefore they may again . When our Lord was on the mount of transfiguration , and his raiment was white as the light , a bright cloud

    overshadowed them , and a voice came out of the cloud which said , " This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased / ' Matt . xvii . 1 , 2 . The Apostle Peter evidently refers to this event when he says , " For he received from God the Father , honour and glory , when there came to him such a voice

    from the excellent glory , " ( i . e . the Shechinah , )—* This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased / ' 2 Peter I . 17 . Again , when Stephen was stoned , he looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God , and Jesus ( doubtless shining like the sun in the kingdom of his Father ) standing at his right hand . Acts vii . 55 .

    It is also said of the new Jerusalem , * ' And the glory of God did lighten it ; and the Lamb is the light thereof , " ( Rev . xxi . 23 , ) or the lamp of it . Comp . Acts ix . 6 , and ch . xxvi . 13 .

    As , then , both of them have appeared in glorious forms together , they may at the last clay . 4 . Certain passages of Scripture seem to assert that it will be so .

    It is said in Luke ix . 26 , " Of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed , when he shall come in his own glory , and in his Father ' s , and of the holy angels . " Now , as the glory of the holy angels cannot refer to any power

    that he will receive from them , but only to the honour which their personal presence and assistance , which they may afford hir » will impart ; so it is most natural to understand by

    the glory of the Father , his personal presence then . The words in the original are perfectly similar ; the sense , therefore , is most probably the same in both clauses . And if this be granted , then who can doubt whether the

    tfarne truth * a not also taught us , in Matt . xvi . 27 , " where it is suid ^ that

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    " the Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father , with his angels" ? And speaking of the judgment day , he assures us that he will confess or deny us before his Father then , according as we have confessed or denied him

    be / ore men here , which is in favour of the personal presence of God on that day . See Matt . x . 32 . •« Hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting qh the right hand of power , " or of the

    Almighty Being . Matt . xxvi . 64 . See also 1 Tim . v . 21 ; 2 Tim . iv . 1 . These last passages rather suggest that the Father will appear at the last day .

    5 . The Father hath already appeared more than once on very similar , though inexpressibly less important ,

    . It is said in Numb . xii . 1—10 , " And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses , because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married , &c . And they said , Hath Jehovah indeed spoken only by Moses ? Hath he not spoken

    also by us ? And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses and unto Aaron , and unto Miriam , Come out ye three uuto the tabernacle of the congregation . And they both came forth . And the Lord came down in the pillar of

    the cloud , and stood in the door of the tabernacle , and called Aaron and Miriam , and they both came forth , &c . And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them ; and he departed * And , behold , Miriam became leprous , white as snow , " &c .

    So when the Israelites refused to go up against the Canaanites , and they called to one another to stone Moses and Aaron with stones , and the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel . And the

    Lord said unto Moses , How long will this people provoke me ? &c . I will smatte them with the pestilence , and disinherit them , " &c . See Num . xiv . 1—12 , &c . In like manner , when Corah and

    Dathan were collected together in rebellion against Moses and Aaron at the door of the tabernacle , it is said , " and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation , and as soon

    as Moses , by the command of the Almighty , had pronounced their awful sentence , the earth opened under their feet , and they went down alive into the pit . " Num . xvl . 19—30 . JLf , then .

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    138 Thoughts on Titus ii . 13 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 138, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/10/