We have here the practical application of the foregoing prediction; in general, we must expect and prepare for the events here foretold. I. We must expect them; “ Now learn a parable of the fig-tree , Matt. 24:32 , 33 . Now learn what use to make of the things you have heard; so observe and understand the signs of the times, and compare them with the predictions of the word, as from thence to fore...