CI. Signs of the coming of the Son of Man in Glory. TH' Apoftles ask our Lord what Signs portend He thus--- Impoftors first shall rise, and claim With fervent Heat the Elements shall flow, Yon azure Vault with ruddy Vengeance glow: } Amidft the Clouds, the World's Great Judge con fefs'd, Circled with glittring Hofts, and Myriads of the Blefs'd. CI. St. LUKE Chap. XXI. Ver. 25,26,27. 202 25. There fhall be figns in the fun, and in the moon, and in the Stars; and upon the earth diftrefs of nations, with perplexity, the fea and the waves xoaring; 26. Mens hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven fhall be shaken. 27. And then they shall fee the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. CII. Chrift's Agony. He is ftrengthen'd by an Angel. 'Twas Was dead of Night and thro' the folemn The Moon a faint and doubtful glimm'ring made, When in the Garden Jefus kneel'd and pray'd: ---O Father! O, if poffible it be, (Unbounded Might! what is not so to Thee?) Then his opprefs'd Humanity sustains, And strengthens him against approaching greater Pains. CII. St. LUKE Chap. XXII. Ver. 41, to 44. 102 41. He kneeled down and prayed. 42. Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. 43. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, ftrengthening him. 44. And being in an agony, he prayed more earneftly and his fweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. CIII. Our Saviour carried firft to Pilate, then to Herod. Ο UR Lord betray'd, the Crowd to Pilate bring, Who nothing prove, tho' strongly they accuse; At length the facile Governor's o'recome, |