17. Like things to these also says Daniel:  “I beheld a throne placed, and the Ancient of days sat upon it, and His clothing was as it were snow, and the hairs of His head as it were white wool: His throne was a flame of fire, its wheels were burning fire. A river of fire came forth before Him:  thousand thousands ministered to Him, and thousand thousands stood before Him: He sat to judgment, and the books were opened.”69    Dan. vii. 9, 10. And John still more plainly declares, both about the day of judgment and the consummation of the world, saying, “And when,” said he, “He had opened the sixth seal, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as of blood; and the stars fell to the earth, even as a fig-tree, shaken by a mighty wind, casteth her unripe figs. And the heaven departed as a book when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their places. And the kings of the earth, and all the great men, and the tribunes, and the rich men, and the strong men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the caverns of the mountains; saying to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall upon us, and hide us from the sight of the Father that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: because the day of destruction cometh; and who shall be able to stand?”70    Rev. vi. 12–17.  Also in the same Apocalypse John says that this too was revealed to him. “I saw,” says he, “a great throne, and one in white who sat upon it, from whose face the heaven and the earth fled away; and their place was not found. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the sight of the Lord’s throne: and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is (the book) of life: and every one was judged according to those things that were written in the book, according to their own works.”71    Rev. xx. 11–13. Moreover, too, the apostle, giving good advice, thus exhorts us, saying, “Let no one deceive you with vain words: for because of these things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience. Be not partakers with them.”72    Eph. v. 6, 7.

XVII. His similia et Daniel: Vidi, inquit, thronum positum, et Vetustus dierum sedebat super eum, et vestitus ejus erat tamquam nix, et capilli capitis ejus tamquam lana alba, thronus illius flamma ignis, rotae illius ignis ardens. Flumen ignis prodibat ante eum: millia millium serviebant ei, et millia millium assistebant ei. Ad judicium sedit, et libri aperti sunt (Dan. VII, 9, 10). Joannes autem manifestius et de die judicii et consummatione saeculi declarat dicens: Et cum aperuisset, inquit, sigillum sextum, ecce terrae motus factus est magnus: et factus est sol niger ut saccus cilicinus, et luna tota sanguinea facta est: et stellae ceciderunt in terram, quomodo ficus a vento magno agitata 1217B mittit grossos suos: et coelum recessit ut liber cum involvitur: et omnis mons et insulae de locis suis motae sunt: et reges terrae, et maximi quique et tribuni et divites et fortes, et omnis servus et liber absconderunt se in speluncis et in cavernis montium, dicentes montibus et petris: Cadite super nos, et abscondite nos a conspectu Patris sedentis super thronum, et ab ira Agni: quoniam venit dies interitionis: et quis poterit stare (Apoc. VI, 12-17)? Item in eadem Apocalypsi hoc quoque Joannes dicit sibi revelatum: Vidi, inquit, thronum magnum; et candidum sedentem super eum, a cujus facie fugit coelum et terra; et locus eorum inventus non est, et vidi mortuos magnos et pusillos stantes ante conspectum throni Domini: et libri aperti sunt. Et alius liber apertus est qui est vitae: et judicati sunt singuli secundum ea quae scripta erant in libro sesecundum 1217C opera ipsorum (Apoc. XX, 11-13). Sed et 1218A Apostolus bonum consulens, sic hortatur nos, dicens: Nemo vos decipiat inanibus verbis: propterea enim venit ira Dei super filios contumaciae. Nolite esse participes eorum (Ephes. V, 6, 7).