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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75729	A brief description of the fifth monarchy, or kingdome, that shortly is to come into the world. The monarch, subjects, officers and lawes thereof, and the surpassing glory, amplitude, unity, and peace of that kingdome. When the kingdome and dominion, and the greatnesse of the kingdome under the whole heaven shall be given to the people, the saints of the most high, whose kingdome is an everlasting kingdome, and all soveraignes shall serve and obey him. And in the conclusion there is added a prognostick of the time when the fifth kingdome shall begin. by William Aspinwall, N.E.	Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.	1653 (1653)	Wing A4004; Thomason E708_8; ESTC R16233	13,627	16

David and upon his Kingdome to order it and to stablish it with judgement and justice from henceforth and for ever The zeale of the Lord of hosts will performe this And Daniel speaking of the same time and the same Kingdom or absolute soveraignty saith I saw in the night visions and behold with the clouds of Heaven as it were the Son of man was coming he came to the ancient of dayes and he brought him near before him and to him was given absolute soveraignty and glory and a Kingdom all people Nations and languages shall serve him his absolute soveraignty is an everlasting soveraignty that passeth not away and his Kingdome that which shall not be destroyed Dan. 7.13 14. And the Angel which was sent to Mary the Virgin said to her Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son and shalt call his name Jesus he shall be great and shall be called the Son of the highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the Throne of his father David and he shall raigne over the house of Jacob for ever and of his Kingdome there shall be no end Luk. 1.31 32 29. Zachary also prophecying of the same time and same Monarchy saith Jehovah shall be King over all the earth in that day shal there be one Jehovah and his name one Zec. 14.9 And he means that Christ alone shall then be universal soveraign and no name or authority acknowledged or exercised but his alone And Paul prophecying of this very Monarchy chargeth Timothy with a most solemn charge That he observe his command in that Book spotlesse and unrebukable untill the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ which in his time he shall shew who is the blessed and onely Potentate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords 1 Tim. 6.13 14 15. And thus is Christ described when he makes war and doth righteously judge that mother of harlots which is the very stump of the fourth Monarchy He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings and on his vesture and on his thigh hath this name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords Rev. 17.14 19.11.16 He must reigne till he hath put all his enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 15.25.27 No things or persons shall be exempted from his soveraignty his Father only excepted By all which it is evident that Christ Jesus shall be the absolute soveraigne in this Kingdome and that not only in relation to Church-power but also in reference to Civil and Military power Not that I am of their judgement who say That Christ shall reign personally upon earth 1000 years but his Saints shall be his Vicegerents during the time of this Monarchy according as it is written Dan. 7.27 And the Kingdome and absolute soveraignty and greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole Heaven shall be given to the people to the Saints of the most High whose Kingdome is an everlasting Kingdome and all soveraignties or soveraignes shall serve and obey him Now the Saints who shall exercise and mannage this supremacy of power in the first rise of this fifth Monarchy as appears to me most probable are such as have been actors with Christ in warring against the whore who are called chosen and faithful Rev. 17.14 I mean the Lambs Military Officers with whom he betrusteth the Militia or supream power of his Kingdome Rev. 19.14 who for many reasons may seem most meet to mannage the supream power as the Judges of old and after them David a man of war did untill the Churches be settled in Peace The supream authority I conceive will rather be placed in others who as the supream Councel of the State or Nation are to mannage the affairs of State and to study how they may enlarge the Kingdom of Christ and demolish the Kingdom of Antichrist or the relicks and remainders thereof And to them it will appertain to constitute faithfull and choice men fearing God and hating covetousnes in every City to execute justice and judgement according to the Statutes and Lawes of this onely potentate and absolute soveraign To them also it apertains to displace and censure such as prove unfaithful To them also it belongs to call meet men unto all publick places of trust and to call them to a due account thereof This I conceive to be the office and duty of the supream Authority or Councel of the State and the supream power is to incourage them and strengthen their hands in this work until Melchizedeck become King of Salem I mean till Christ have setled his people in peace Then shall they beat their swords into ploughshears and their spears into pruning hooks Nation shall not lift up sword against Nation neither shall they learn war any more Isa 2.4 Mic. 4.3 And in that peaceable state will the Churches continue for a thousand years and the Saints shall reign with Christ or for him Rev. 20.4 After which Gog and Magog the last publick enemies of the Saints in this world shall ingage against them Rev. 20.7 8. Ezek. 38. 39. which adversaries being destroyed the Churches shall continue in peace and purity untill Christs coming to judgment as appears by the parable of the ten virgins Mat. 25. for that is a special Prophecy of those last times 3. The next thing to be cleared is who are the subjects and Officers of this Kingdome or Monarchy And that will appeare from the words of David Psa 72.9 10 11. They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust The Kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts yea all Kings shall bow down before him all Nations shall serve him And Psa 110.2 3. Jehovah shall send the scepter of thy strength out of Zion rule thou in the middest of thine enemies Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power in the beauties of holinesse from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth So you see all Nations shall be his subjects and all people in all Nations of what degree soever shall yield obeysance to him even the Governours themselves Yea his very enemies shall lick the dust they shall be subject too As for the Officers of this Kingdome they are of two sorts either they are supream or subordinate The supream Officers are either Kings Rulers or Governours as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth also signifie or the supream Councel of State Psa 72.10 11. Isa 1.26 The subordinate Officers are either Judges Overseers or Exactors Isa 1.26 60.17 These all of them that exercise any place of Authority power or trust whether Civil or Military within this dominion must be Saints Dan. 7.27 Rev. 19.14 The supream Councellours and Judges under them shall be holy men throughly purged Isa 1.25 26. The words are very emphaticall I will refine according to purity thy tyn alluding to the manner of Refiners of mettal