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What wonderful Things hath Tertullian expreffed concerning this bleffed Kingdom? who flourished about the Year 181. Take his own Words. For, we alfo confefs, that a Kingdom again is promifed us on Earth, but before that in Heaven, and in another State; to wit, after the Refurrection, for a thousand Years, in the City of Divine Workmanship; Ferufalem brought down from Heaven: Which the Apoftle alfo Points out to be our Mother above. And pronouncing our Foliteuma, that is our Traffick to be in Heaven, doth indeed affign the fame to fome heavenly City; and this Ezekiel knew, and the Apoftle John faw. This we fay was provided of God, for the receiving of the Saints at the Refurrection, and the refrefhing of them, with all spiritual good Things, in Recompence of thofe Things which in the World we either defpifed, or loft; ' for it is both juft and well befeeming the Lord, that there alfo his Servants fhould triumph, where they have been afflicted for his Name. This is the Manner of the Heavenly Kingdom "After the thousand Years, whereof with

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To mention but one more; it is worth our Confideration, in obferving what is expreffed in that general Catechifm made by the great Martyr Reformers, in King Edward VI. time, to be ufed throughout the Nation, at leaft by all the Latin Scholars, and thould now be fo decried by this prefent Generation, who fo much efteemed that Time of Reformation, is a Thing to be wonder at But to give a few Hints.

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Queft. How is God's Name fanctifed? Arv I will tell thee. Then is this done, when omiting all those who borrow the Name of God, whe 'ther in Heaven, or in Earth, and we pray to the true God, and his Son Jefus Chrift, &c. Thou haft well said: Go on I pray thee. In the fe'cond Place, we pray thy Kingdom come. For as yet we fee not all Things fubject to Chrift. We fee not yet how the Stone is cut out of the Mountain without human Help, which breaks small, and reduceth to nothing that Image, defcrib ¿ ed by Daniel. How the Rock only, which is Chrif poffefs and obtain the Empire of the given him by his Father. Anti

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tion, Mutability, and Sin, to which this World is fubject, fhould at laft ceafe. Therefore I defire to hear of thee, which Way, and by what • Manner of Circumftances, thofe Things may te done? I will tell thee as I am able, from the • Witness of the fame Apoftle; the Heavens fhall país away like a Tempeft, &c. as if he should fay, the World (as we fee in refining fee in refining of Gold) 'fhall be wholly purged with Fire, and brought to its ultimate Perfection; which greater World the little World Man imitating, fhall be deliver'd from Corruption and Mutation.

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For Man's fake therefore, for whofe Caufe this greater World was firft created, being at length made new, fhall put a far more pleafant and fair Face and Countenance.' Thus the Catechifm which directly fpeaks the true Millenary Opinion in the Ears of all that underftand the Language of that Tenet.

Well then, having fuch a Cloud of Teftimonies both from the Word of God, and the Opinions of learned and good Men, from the Time of the Apoftles unto this very Day, (tho' I have mentioned here but a few) who have bore. Witness to this Doctrine of the Kingdom: What reafonable Objection doth their remain, against fuch a glorious State and Time to be in this World? Surely there doth none appear, that hath any Weight in them.

The most common Objection which I hear of is this; What do you think (fay fome) that Chrift will come down from Heaven, and leave that Glowhich he is now in the Poffeffion of, to live ry again upon this Earth? Surely this will be below the State of his Exaltation, or a Derogation, and an Eclipfing of his Glory. Will it not be much ore for the Enhanfing of the Glory of Chrift, and

the Saints too, for to reign with Chrift in Heaven, than to come down from thence to reign with him on the Earth? I know that this feems to have a great found in the Ears of many.

But what is there of Weight in all this? If it be the Will of Jehovah that fo it fhall be; (as it hath been proved, in the following Difcourfe from many Texts of Scriptures;) then this with all the Objections, that by Men, can be made against it, will flee away as the Chaff of the Summer threshing Floor before the Wind. Befides, what Weakness is it to fay, or think, that Chrift's Coming from Heaven to reign upon Earth, will be a Leffening of his Glory? I would fain know of fuch, what is it that makes any Place to be Heaven? Sure this can be no other than the Difplay, Manifeftation, or the Eradiation of the Eternal Deity, or God going forth and manifefting of himself in a Way of Mercy, Love, and Favour? It is nothing lefs than the Fruition and Enjoyment of the Divine Prefence, that can make Heaven. Was God to go forth in a Way of Mercy, and difplay his glorious Grace, in the Manifeftation of his divine Prefence, unto the damned; fure it would make that Place which we call Hell, to be no lefs than Heaven? Well then feeing it is the glorious Prefence of God in his love, fhining through the Mediator, that • makes Heaven; wherein then can the Lord Jefus Chrift's Coming from Heaven, to reign upon the Earth, be a Leffening of his, or the Saints Glory? It is a common Expreffion among us, That where the King is there is the Court; fure I am, that where Chrift is (in his Perfonal Glory) there is Heaven. Heaven is in him, he is a Heaven of Eternal Glory to himself, his Prefence makes Heaven; the Lord

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