spake of the Children of the Resurrection in that World but how few have taken notice of what World that was meant So these remained for the most part still obscure the Apostle Paul reveals a mystery of it yea many Mysteries as we hope to manifest the Jews and Israelites civil Resurrection that is near to it and in Scripture adjoyned to it is likewise called a Mystery and rising from the dead for the strangness of it Ezek. 37. with Rom. 11. Dan. 12.1 2 3. and both are again joyned by our Saviour Luke 21.28 31. But our Saviour according to his Divine wisdom hath given light to those and many other Texts of that nature and should we in this cavil with our Mercy and contend with our most Divine Teacher as if we were wiser then he or that Wisdom it self had erred therein And indeed it is strange to hear mens perverse reasonnings in these things and the like but we shall give other Scriptures that teach the same in substance or the like after all as we said both in Old and New Testament Onely we would speak a word or two to the other branch of the Objection in the first place That the Book of the Revelation is mysterious and men have been much mistaken c. Ans It hath been in some things a secret long but yet not such as were forbidden to inquire into yea we are commanded to read it and search this as other Books of the Gospel viz. to understand it and it is not as in Daniels hints of these things when he was commanded to shut them up but contrary the Apostle John is commanded to leave them open and not Seal them Chap. 22. v. 10. Yea our Saviour pronounceth a blessing to such as read them as they ought and he hath blessed many with very Remarkable Discoveries by degrees though Objectors are injuriously Critical against them instead of being thankful to God and to them for what they have in such kind disco vered and stumble more at a Conjecture or easie mistake then profit by many pretious and useful things so tendered to them all have but what measure they receive to such purpose from God in one respect or other and God hath vouchsafed a special assistance in this kind one way or other even sometimes by unexpected and unlikely means and Instruments somewhat I could say in that kind but it may not be convenient c. did not Christ send his Spirit to lead his into all truth and Revelation Truths are some of them yea and very pretious ones too Though some mistakenly would perswade some good persons to the contrary and Gods Spirit hath not yet laid down that Office Christ promised to send him for though we expect no new Foundation Truths but the spiritual and true Explications of old and of such antient Foundations especially as we have occasion now to speak of for the Revelation is always of some before obscure and hidden Scripture Truths and it is a great advantage as we before noted in our Preface to know the subject nature time and end of such Scripture Truths so in this book revealed as by this most precious Key that respects the happy estate fore Prophesied for Gods people in the said 1000 years it is true it was long in those respects mistaken by many and strangly misplaced but now they are in a great measure made evident it is true also the times of the great Red Dragon and the Beast were for a long time more dark and obscure till their fulfillings in many things have given more light to such things as yet remain unfulfilled but particularly as to these last things the said Key relates unto as Mr. Mede well observes the spirit of God speaks more clearly of these in ch 20. of this Revelation than in the times foregoing and the two last chap. are in some measure an explication of the same matters and times and state of things in the said 1000 years and that 20th ch is an exact Table of such times which if a man once discover what things it relates unto he is in a good way to attain the end thereof and it being once found to be Christs Key of antient revealed Mercies as Scriptures make evident in many particulars as I have and doubt not by the same guidance to give farther and good account of from Gods Word which also I am well assured from Scripture and satisfied whatever some may think otherwise that for the substance it will be approved by Jesus Christ the faithful and true Witness and our Guide into these Truths by the assistance of his Holy Spirit and I shall ever resolve with humble thanksgiving to ascribe the praise thereof to his Divine Grace for such a great mercy to such a poor weak much inwardly and outwardly shattered and broken Earthen Vessel But as it is his work of Grace by a weak hand so tendered let none despise it God stands in need of no mans parts learning esteem or worldly advantage or interest whatsoever farther than he pleaseth The slighting of this most Divine excellent and sacred Book is much in some mens minds and mouths therefore I thought fit here to say thus much to it Now let us proceed to the Symphony and agreement of this with other Texts of Scripture for the Revelation as we noted is of some Divine Truth written before yet if we know Christ spake this of the first Resurrection of the Saints bodily and spake it so plainly in a good degree it is presumption to seek a confirmation of his words but because it is a Revelation it is of some Scripture before though darkly delivered as all the other parts were of Daniels short hints sealed or shut up before and so is this of the subsequent Mysteries in Daniel in respect of their time as in part we shewed though much of this first Resurrection we hope to manifest from other Scriptures likewise We will begin with the Prophet Esay's Testimony in that excellent Song ch 26. who having said of those Lords that had Dominion over the Jews viz. the Heathen Tyrants v. 13 14. They are dead they shall not live they are deceased they shall not rise viz. at this first Resurrection v. 19. but he declares there who shall live and rise then thy dead men saith he namely Gods Saints shall live together with my dead body shall they arise that is at the said first Resurrection which our Saviour hath here so fully explained So David foreseeing by the Spirit of Prophesie that the Just shall have Dominion at that time over such wicked men in the morning of the Resur and day of Judgment it must needs follow as our Saviour explains the same that the just must necessarily first rise to receive that Dominion Psal 49.14 and in this Daniel concurs also for when the Thrones were set or placed as the words signifie not cast down as ours read them at Christs coming then as we shewed
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 OR The Saints Rising Out of the Heap or Mass of dead Bodies contained in the Globe of the Earth and Sea at the first blessed Resurrection Decyphered by Christ Rev. 20.5 Whereunto by way of Preface is here prefixed The Comprisal of the Substance of our former Parcels With further and more evident Discoveries which may fitly be called The Marrow of Divine Revelation Mysteries Opened by that Key given By Christ himself for that use and purpose Rev. 20. 21. 22. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If by any means I might attain unto the Resurrection of the dead Phil. 3.11 The rest of the Dead lived not till the thousand years were ended Rev. 20.5 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a Minister of the Circumcision for the truth of God to confirm the Promises made unto the Fathers Rom. 15.8 By William Sherwin Minister of the Gospel London Printed 1674. The first Bodily Resurrection of the Saints a Thousand Years before the rest of the Dead Rev. 20.5 1. Proved four wayes 1. From the Text with its dependancy as a Revelation and compared with Christs Doctrine thereof Luke 20.35 36. 2. From the Context as an explication of Daniels Vision of the same matter and time Dan. 7.9 10 c. 3. From many other Scriptures Reasons and Arguments together with our whole System premised proving the same 1. Positively that it is Bodyly 2. Negatively that it is not spiritual c. 4. From sundry Texts in the Old and New Testament speaking of the same thing of which this Revelation ch 20 c. is a sure Explication with Answers to sundry Objections 2. Improved to divers uses 1. For Information in nine particulars 2. By Reference to Uses of Terror and Consolation before 3. For Admonition and Warning to all that profess Christian Religion now in the due season to approve themselves as Wise Virgins both in preparing and watching for the Bridegrooms coming shortly approaching Rev. 16.15 4. For Exhortation also to all such to thankfulness c. The Comprisal of our whole work and the Divine Mysteries therein explained and confirmed by many sorts of Arguments deducted and drawn from the same Principles by way of Preface unto a following Tract on Rev. 20.5 DEar Christians whose part shall be in the first blessed Resurrection a thousand years before the rest of the Dead We having been by Gods special Grace formerly lead in the way of Discovery as by many other useful distinctions contained in our Key and applyed in our whole work so particularly by our Distinctions Assert 6. of the same of the several senses of the comings of Christ and more especially having first thereupon been led on in the composing of our Practical Tract upon Rev. 22.20 setting forth Christs second Personal coming to destroy Antichrist 1 Thes 2.8 Dan. 7.9 11 13 14. many ways distinguished from his descending a thousand years after at the last Trump and general Rapture and glorious change of all the Saints 1 Thes 4.15 16. 1 Cor. 15.51 52. For at the former he brings all the Spirits of the deceased Saints that sleep in Jesus with him at the latter they and all the rest of the Saints departed afterwards shall in the twinkling of an eye be rapt up to meet him in the air From the former Christ withdraws at the end of the thousand years after the latter they shall ever be with him the Lord. In the former he comes in the Clouds that through them mortal eyes may then behold him upon the latter all Clouds will be abolished and Heaven and Earth will flee away before his face and no plaee be found for them Rev. 20.11 when the rapt Saints eyes and wicked mens then raised will be fitted to behold his glory on the great white Throne at the former the wicked Quick will be judged with temporal destruction viz. Turk and Pope and such as do offend and work iniquity will be taken out of his Kingdom Mat. 13.41 at the latter the Saints will first be rapt up before the wicked rise to be judged at the former the Saints will be judged with a judgment of reward in this world in the thousand years Rev. 11.19 having before there suffered for Christ they shall then reign with him upon the first said Resurrection at the latter they shall be joyned with Christ in judging the wicked at the former he comes from the right hand of his Father to make his foes his footstoole at the latter he is said to descend with a shout and the voice of an Arch-angel and the Trump of God at the first he puts down all Rule and all Authority and Power that stood against him 1 Cor. 15.24 at the latter he destroys the last enemy Death v. 25. above a thousand years after at the former Ezekiels Gog and Magog ch 38. 39. viz. the Turk and Pope will be destroyed The Turk with a complication of Judgments v. 22. the other by the last Vial Rev. 16. Rev. 19. Rev. 11. 19. before the New Jerusalem called Jehovah Shamma shall be set up Ezek. 40. to the end of that book wherein Daniel agrees ch 11.45 and ch 12.1 2 3. at the latter the last Gog and Magog shall be consumed with fire from God out of Heaven Rev. 20.9 at the former will be the New Heavens and the New Earth being the time of the restitution of all things at the latter will be the end of the world and the dissolution of all things at the former only the Saints will be raised at the first bodily Resurrection which Christ brought with him but at the latter all the rest of the dead viz. Saints departed since that former coming and all the wicked at the last Trump These or the like we considered in the foresaid Tract We also found from Acts 3.19 20 21. that God had spoken of things to be before in and after the said thousand years as we have set down in 36. particulars in our first convincing Argument in the Word Written by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began which we have in order made manifest from page 44. of our Irenic but more especially in ch 5,6,7,8 of the same which may deserve your serious reading and consideration as being another Divine Foundation of the same Truths Likewise upon the drawing up of those 16 Divine Theses or Positions page 3 4 5 6. of the Irenicon in the 11 and 12th of them is contained that needful Distinction of the two fold Consideration of Christs execution of his three great Offices 1. In respect of his Universal Church in the three great Periods of the world as the work the Father gave him to do in all times of his Mediatorship 2. In regard of the benefit always flowing from that undertaking to all Gods faithful people by the operation of the holy Spirit in their Souls c. The former we have handled in our next Practical piece on Gen.
Satans Babilonisn designs in all his three Babets will come to utter confusion viz. the confusion of tongues and divisions in the first will then be dissolved by oneness of language and unity Tyranny and Cruelty by Meekness and Peacefulness and the great Mystery Babylon fully be discovered defeated dissolved when the Mystery of God shall be finished which we largly considered chap. 5. of our Irenicon of the said three Babels The foundation of all which was laid by Nimrod in Assyria which Title of the Assyrian seems upon that account to be given to the Turk at his ruine Mich. 5.5 This man Christ shall be our peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land and v. 6. Thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian c. To which purpose In the fifth Millen or 1000 years GOd the Father in a glorious Vision of the substance of Revelation Prophesie both for the order and end thereof Rev. 5. gives the book to the Lamb that had been slain and was alive again to open the contents thereof under the seven Seals to that coming of Christ and makes him also his Commissioner as we noted impowering him also to execute the same as being that Lamb that hath seven horns and seven eyes that is hath perfect power and perfect wisdom fully by degrees in due order to accomplish the same according to the double Scheme of Prophesie contained in the Book of Revelation First in the Seal-prophesie for the ruine of the Civil State which under the first five Seals after rejected the offers of Christ and bloodily persecuted his Saints in the time of the ten great Persecutions with others by Satans prevailing power amongst them who under the sixth Seal as a great Red Dragon was by Constantine the Great after 320 years cast down from his heaven of Paganism-worship to the earth since which time he hath sought upon a new design to pervert Christian Religion and the Worship of the true God First by Errours and Heresies against the Father Son and Holy Spirit above an hundred years following and after that to Paganize Christian Religion it self by his new design then of two Beasts Rev. 13. giving thereunto his great power and authority to contrive and promote a new Paganism or Idolatry under a specious Visour of seeming and pretended Christianity of which in the little Book ch 10 c. But from under the seventh Seal proceed the seven Trumpets sounding out the wrath of God by degrees of Judgments against the Civil State of Rome by the four first milder Trumpets to destroy it in the West in Empire City and Senate And after in the East by the first Woe Trumpet the Saracens to take away one half thereof Rev. 9.1 from about An 600. and forward being that King of the South Dan. 11.40 that in the time of the Holy Wars so called seemed to push at the Roman Armies c. And in the sixth Millen or 1000. years CHrist hath since according to the Fathers said Commission by that second Woe Trumpet of the Turk who is therefore Christs Servant as Nebuchadnezzar was said to be Gods from about An. 1300. hath taken away by his overflowings with his multitudes the other part of the Eastern Empire being that King of the North Dan. 11.40 described also in his actings Rev. 3.11 c. who is to continue his day and hour and month and year to destroy the third part of men in the same 396 years of his Date till that Empire cease to be v. 45. probably about An. 1700. with which the Beast was in great part to contemporate with the Churches time times and half in her wilderness condition and also the two sackcloth Witnesses to feed the Church and consume the Beast by their Prophesie 1260 years as by the breath of Christs mouth till he at the end of the Beasts 42 months all being of the same time shall destroy the Beast and the false Prophet at the appearance of his said coming and Kingdom 2 Thes 2.8 2 Tim. 4.1 To which purpose upon the Jews Captivity and sad fall of Davids said Tabernacle God did in that time by his contemporary mystical Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel reveale the time of Israels Restauration more darkly by Ezekiel ch 37. also shewing Gog and Magog must be removed ch 38 39. before the New Jerusalem should be set up called Jehova Shamma ch 40. to the end of the Book But then to Daniel God was pleased more fully and clearly to set forth the interim or time of the four Monarchies 1. Of Babylon 2. Medo-Persian 3. Greece 4. Rome which were to pass in the said 2300. years before Davids Tabernacle should be raised up again in Christ But that the Kingdom of the Stone should first be set up as God foreshewed Dan. 2.28 which was done above 1600 years past in the time and height of the last or Roman Empire utterly as was said to beat to dust the said four Mettle Kingdoms And God shewed the same to Daniel in Vision of the four Beasts destroying each other until the last should be destroyed by Christ at his first act of Judgment against the Beast Dan. 7.11 Whereupon he had the Vision of Christs coming in the Clouds of Heaven when the Kingdom and Dominion of all Nations should be given to him and that under the whole Heaven v. 13 14 27. which will be Davids sure mercies for his Kingdom and Throne to continue for ever upon that raising again of his Tabernacle fallen above 2000 years before and will be also Christs Davidical Kingdom of his 1000 years Reign with his Saints revealed by himself Rev. 20.4 whereby as was said Gods wisdom power mercy truth and faithfulness will gloriously shine out to all those Saints in that respect as in all the former before both for his destroying the wicked then as foretold and so exalting his Saints to their great rejoycing and triumphant happiness in that excellent state of the New Jerusalem and restitution of all things by Christ their great King Saviour and Messiah In the seventh Millen or 1000 Years 1. SAtan is bound for 1000 years but to be loosed again for a little season when the 1000 years are ended Rev. 20.3 2. Christ Reigns with his then raised Saints at the first blessed bodily Resurrection the same 1000. years v. 4 5. 3. The said raised Saints remain in the happy enjoyment of the Vision of Christs glory Joh. 17.24 in his Kingdom given to him by God the Father in the New Holy Great and Beloved Jerusalem enjoying then happy communion with Christ their head and with one another in that state being so made perfect in one as Christ prayed Joh. 17. and as his Spouse or Bride one with himself Rev. 19. and Rev. 21.9 and with the holy Angels all joyning with the inferiour Creatures in their orders to praise God the Father Son and Holy Spirit for his great and glorious work of Creation and Redemption as by that glimps of
seven eyes denoting his perfect Power and Wisdom to fulfil the same ch 5. in their due order of accomplishment for the time to come to the end of this book namely the things that shall be hereafter for we speak only here of the third head of Johns Writings ch 1.19 to wit such as began above 1600 years past and now appear to be almost fulfilled to a very little space to the end of ch 19. But the 20th ch with the two following ch are as we have many ways sufficiently proved and doubt not by the same Divine Assistance farther to manifest that they are the same Holy mans Writings of that most excellent part of the same Divine Revelation for the time to come respecting the happy estate of that world that the Children of the Resurrection namely of this first Resurrection shall be counted worthy to obtain as our Saviour himself Divinely taught Luke 20.35 36. and in this Revelation he teacheth by his Servant John what that World and Resur are and in what order they should have their being and it is observable that as there is in the Text a remarkable emphasis in the Greek by the emphatical Article there doubled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Resurrection even that first Resurrection So our Saviours expressions in Luke 20. of the same matter are suitable to this Text with its dependency both of that World then to begin called the World to come Heb. 2.5 and also of the same Resurrection and of the Saints themselves and of their being counted worthy of that World setting them all four down 1. By way of Doctrine and then again makes the same thing known by Revelation to his Servant John in respect of the time and order of fulfilling in this ch which he had before taught and made known by way of Doctrine while he lived on earth 1. Saith he the Children of that World 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in opposition to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to this present world where the Children of it are Married c. but not so in the other where the Children of the Resurrection shall be which here also he teacheth shall be when he destroys Antichrist the Beast and false Prophet and binds the Devil for 1000 years ch 19 20. that is that World which will then begin 2. It is the same Resurrection spoken of here emphatically even that which our Saviour expresseth there by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Rising from amongst such dead bodies as then shall be left behind being the same the Apostle strived to attain which he calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 3.11 a Rising out of the heap of the Dead of which more afterwards and speaks of it as a peculiar thing belonging to such as rise out of such heaps 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith the Apostle of such Saints before dead by the genitive possessive as if the Holy Ghost would inform us further it is the Resurrection only of such dead Persons to whom an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 properly belongs viz. a Rising out of the heaps of the dead left behind 3. Of the Saints themselves that are to Rise then they are divers ways illustrated there by Christ 1. by what they are reckoned or counted worthy of aforehand 2. By what they are stiled by our Saviour in two expressions For the former the word is very remarkable 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they are such as are counted worthy of that World the word is a decompound denoting them to be counted worthy as being Enrolled in antient Record for it viz. in the Lambs Book of Life and that they are consequently to obtain that World as upon Record for it the words seem very forcible in their decyphering of the Saints blessed estate then by them to be obtained so here blessed and holy are they that have part c. v. 6. Again our Saviour there gave them a twofold excellent stile 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Children of Gods and the Children of the Resurrection so here they are the Spouse the Lambs wife being the Children of God ch 19. 21. and this blessed Resurrection we speak of is proper only to the Saints those blessed Persons then 4. Christ sets forth a twofold excellency of that estate of the Saints they are immortal they can die no more so here on such the second death shall have no power yea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they are like the Angels of God in Heaven not only privatively that they need not outward worldly helps to sustain them c. or not liable to suffering but as here blessed and holy as the Angels of God in Heaven and thus Christ by his spirit guided the Apostle John to set forth a practical Comment in this Divine Revelation of his former Heavenly Doctrine Luke 20. so agreeable is all Divine Truth in what the Holy Spirit speaks any way of the same thing To like purpose when our Saviour speaks of this first Resurrection in the Text he expresseth it by these words Joh. 5.29 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they shall come forth to the Resurrection of life they shall come out from the rest of the dead they shall come into the Resurrection of life which is also called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Resurrection of the Just Luke 14.14 that is theirs properly and peculiarly belonging to them as before they are the Synonomous Expressions of the Holy Ghost so exact is all Divine Truth delivered by him if we consider it aright as we see all these expressions suit admirably with the text in its expressions dependency Now come we to the thing decyphered out by Christ 1. It is called a Resurrection 2. The First Resurrection 3. Demonstratively and Emphatically set down by this Resurrection we have shewed it to be properly the bodily Resurrection which is only properly so called in Scripture Regeneration as some would have it is improperly so taken only by a Metaphor neither is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in that Text of Mat. 19.28 to be understood of Regeneration but as learned Beza notes in five Copies it is distinguished in the Original from the preceding words you that have followed me denoting that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 there was the New Genesis or Christs making all things New then as Rev. 21.5 when he the Son of Man sits upon his Throne that the Disciples that followed him shall then sit upon twelve Thrones judging the twelve Tribes of Israel or as it is remarkably explained Luke 22.29 30. ye are they that have continued with me in my tentations I appoint unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me c. and yet if it could have been proved to be meant of Regeneration yet so it is a Resurrection only Metaphorical not Proper which is only bodily at that first and also is peculiar to the Saints at that time only 2. It is called the first Resurrection in opposition to the other to distinguish it from that following for
years and for the ruine of the last Gog and Magog after the said thousand years Our blessed Saviour hath most orderly exactly and strongly confirmed the same in those many circumstances thereof in the following part of this Chapter when the last Enemy death will be destroyed and the Devil cast into the Firy Lake and I hope no Conscientious knowing Christian of any rank will dare to deny or gainsay any particular in this great Foundation so explained carried on and applied all along in the word of God c. of which much more is said in our Everlasting Gospel on Gen. 3.15 And Enochs Vision of the first Act of Christs Judgement Jude 14. also confirms the same as it is explained by Daniel 7.7 8 9. when the Judgement is said to be set and the Books opened to give the body of the Beast to the burning flame which will be at the beginning of the said thousand years as also Gogs the Turks destruction Ezekiel 38. and 39. before the setting up of the New Jerusalem chap. 40. to the end of that Book with the taking away others that do offend then Mat. 73.41 when also he will judge the Saints with reward Rev. 11.19 so judging both the quick and dead then 2 Tim. 4.1 and likewise Revelations 20.7 8 c. is contained Christs last proceeding in his Judgement after the 1000 years against the last Gog and Magog as by Christs Revelation is here explained to judge those quick and then the dead when their Judgement is said again to be set and the books opened first by declaring the absolution of the Saints written in the book of Life and pronouncing against all the wicked a Sentence of condemnation to eternal death c. Of the first Act of Judgement also Balaam speaks Numbers 24. when the Romane Kingdom should perish for ever explained again by our Saviour Revel 17.8 when in the last Head it should go into predition whereby an utter end will be put to the four mettle Kingdoms or the Gentiles Dominion and so this Prophesie passeth in the same course with the former as another Confirmation of the same Truth How Christ will eminently at the beginning and fully at the end of the said thousand years break the Serpents Satans Head c. And these are strong and clear evidences from Gods Word of Christs taking away the Enemies of himself and his Church in those times and that state of things shortly coming on to these we might add the Type of Abrahams subduing the five Kings and rescuing Lot And of Davids overcoming all his Enemies at last and leaving his Kingdom to Solomon his Son in a peaceable condition c. and as the Enemies destruction will be a great matter of the Saints Praise and Rejoycing at their first said blessed Resurrection so will also their enjoyment of the happy Vision of Christs Glory in his Davidical Kingdom then be given to them as John 17.24 with the happy communion with him and one with another and their inheriting all the promised Mercies of that time and state of the New Jerusalem Revel 21. and 22. by the Divine promised Seed of the Woman who shall then prolong his days in the world and abundantly see his own Spiritual Seed so that he will therein be satisfied when the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand as foretold Esa 53. namely when all Saints are come in at the general Rapture and change of them all 1 Cor. 15.51 52. And that the earth might continue to be the stage for all such actings of God in the world God upon his smelling a sweet savour from Noahs offering through Christ to come makes a Covenant with him after the Flood for all Creatures to that happy time and that then there should be the greatest fruitfulness in it his word is clear and as in Noah as a Type was signified how Christ would be the safe Ark of his Church in the beginning and after the end of the said 1000 years and also by his Prophesie of the Gentiles Japhets Posterities mercies at their foresaid first and second Call and Fulness which last will be performed in the said 1000 years when Jews and Gentiles shall both rejoyce together when all those many Promises concerning that state of the Gentiles happiness in the whole book of God will take their full effect And as surely by vertue of Gods Covenant with Abraham shall all his spiritual seed through that his own divine seed Christ then enjoy the many Promises still remaining in Old and New Testament to be made good to them in the natural life then whether circumcised or uncircumcised and such raised Saints then that are interessed therein will also enjoy by the same Covenant that happy New Jerusalem state in that City prepared for them then Heb. 11.10 16. and also all the spiritual seed of Isaac and Jacob with them in all the priviledges and benefits belonging to the same which the said Saints shall then be raysed to inherit c. as the spiritual seed of Abraham and I doubt not but the greatest part of the Promises in Old and New Testament made to God's people as the spiritual seed of Abraham Isaac and Jacob both circumcised and uncircumcised will chiefly have their fulfilling in that state and time wherein all such their natural race will have the greatest share and such promises as are made to all Israel or to Ephraim or Joseph joyntly with Judah do especially refer unto though not only unto them of which if duly considered a large volume might profitably be written And if lastly we look to that last sure foundation of Davids sure mercies concerning his Throne and Kingdom which Christ the Son of David should enjoy as the dayes of heaven upon earth or as long as the Sun and Moon shall endure though Davids natural race had forfeited their interest before Mic. 2.10 yet God laid sure foundations for the other 2 Sam. 7.8 9. to the end and Psal 89. with multitudes of Scripture evidences to the same purpose and all Believers as Esay shews shall also have their part in the same sure mercies of David Chap. 55.3 appertaining then to that time and state and very many other Promises were made to that end likewise And the interest of Christs said Davidical Kingdom seen by Daniel a long time past in Vision to be at the end of the fourth Kingdom chap. 7.13 14. which at this time Christ continues in heaven to receive and then to return Luke 19.17 it is that that contains in it eminently all the other said mercies to all suffering Saints that must then reign with Christ the said thousand years and joyntly enjoy all the happiness thereof and thence forth and for ever whatsoever things God hath provided for them which eye hath not seen nor ear heard c. though the things of this state may mostly be both heard and sten as decyphered by Gods Word Concerning which I conceive sufficient hath