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A85438	A sermon of the fifth monarchy. Proving by invincible arguments, that the saints shall have a kingdom here on earth, which is yet to come, after the fourth monarchy is destroy'd by the sword of the saints, the followers of the lamb. / Preached by Mr. Tho. Goodwin, on Rev. 5. 9, 10. By which it will appear, that it is for the same truth (that formerly was so much contended for) that some of the people of God suffer at this day. Published for the truths sake.	Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1654 (1654)	Wing G1256; Thomason E812_9; ESTC R207633	19,861	35

all mens apprehensions by paralleling the words used here at the beginning of Christs reception of the government of the world and the words expressed at the later end viz. in Chap. 20. when Christ had thus accomplished the decrees contained in the book I say Me-thinks thus much should be conspicuous to all mens understandings That there is some eminent kingdom for the Saints after all when the enemies of Christ the Beast and the false Prophet and Satan himself is overthrown when the decrees of this book are accomplished when the time of this Prophecie is run out that then I say there is an eminent kingdom for the Saints to have on the earth Thus much I say me-thinks should be evident to any mans understanding It is that which in the beginning these say will be the end of Christs kingdom here it is that which they comfort themselves withal and it is that which in order followeth Christs accomplishing the decrees of his Father and the ruine and destruction of his enemies There have been those that have made this to be already fulfilled namely That there hath been a time wherein the Saints in heaven that were killed in the Primitive times had a great deal of honour put upon them for a thousand yeers and the Saints on earth had a great deal of peace which they compute to be from the time of Theodosius the Emperour till the persecution arose afresh by the Pope and the Antichristian party and they reckon it to be about a thousand yeers But it is evident that that is not the meaning For the time of this Raign here spoken of must be after the Beast is destroyed for in the 19 Chapter vers 20. it is said The Beast was taken and cast into the lake and then follows in the 20 Chapter their raigning with Christ a thousand yeers And likewise all the Vials mentioned in the Chapters before were first to be poured out upon him and therefore it cannot be during the Popes raign And then again it cannot be during that time neither because it is said that the devil is bound up that he should deceive the nations no more Now during the raign of the Beast Satan never deceived the nations more then then so Chap. 13. 13. He deceiveth them that dwell on the earth Never did he deceive men more both with Idolatry and Superstition never was there raised more Wars and Persecutions against the Saints then during the raign and time of Popery The Saints indeed have had a great deal of honour put upon them by the Papists in Canonizing of them and the like but alas it was all but a false honour it is not the honour and priviledge that the raigning with Christ a thousand yeers gives them neither would they have so rejoyced in it when Christ first took upon him to be king not rejoyce I say in that glory and honour which the Popish world gave them during those times of Popery no We shall raign on earth say they this was it which was the ground of their rejoycing and which they had then in their eye Therefore as this was not begun when these Saints here in the 5 Chap. first spake it so neither shall it begin until the Beast and the false Prophet be destroyed You must first see the accomplishment of those great things that are written in this Book concerning Antichrist and his Kingdom which will be the close of the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and then follows that which you have in the 20 Chap. the 4 5. and 6. vers The next Question will be What persons he speaks this of when he saith We shall reign on the Earth Clearly of those that are redeemed unto God by the blood of the Lamb Christ Jesus out of every Kindred and Tongue and People and Nation But the great Querie will be whether they speak this of themselves personally or whether they speak it of all the Saints successively that is not onely we now but all the Saints in many ages to come shall be persecuted and opprest as we were by Heathenish Rome so they shall be under Antichristian Rome for in Rome is found the blood of all the Saints therefore I do not so much fear any Protestant-persecution yet in the end though we now by our blood lay the foundation and do but sow to it yet there is a crop to come up one day of a Kingdom which Jesus Christ hath undertaken to bring into this world which his Saints shall have You may very well interpret it so and certainly for my part I take it to be that which was their aim And the language of the Scripture doth import as much We shall not all die saith Paul but we shall be changed Did Paul think to live until the day of Judgement No yet he speaks in the person of We and the Christians then might have said the like and yet those persons all died He meaneth therefore the whole Community and Fellowship of the Saints whom the Apostle Peter in 1 Pet. 2. 9. calleth a Generation and a Nation and therefore now as a Nation that knows that one day they shall prevail and have a Kingdom as the Jews think though they suppose it many yeers to come and do not think that they themselves shall enjoy it yet speaking in the language of their Nation and Generation may say We shall one day be the top of Nations and have these and these Priviledges that is Not we that now live but all of this Nation this Generation this Kindred as they are called also And thus it hath a passable and a fair interpretation We shall reign on earth So that the plain Doctrine or Observation is but this That there is in the end a Kingdom to come here for the Saints that after all the Kingdoms of the World have had their time and their date by which the Saints have all along been opprest and injured there is even on earth a Kingdom to be given unto them when all Nations shall be converted unto God and the Saints in them be the prevailing party in the World The Scripture seems to run much this way The first man that I finde of an Englishman that distinctly fell into this Notion was a man of much holiness and piety Mr. Wood. now with God I 'll tell you the occasion that led him into these thoughts as he himself in a manuscript I have lying by me expresseth it I went saith he to recollect all the promises that are in the whole Book of God made unto the Saints beginning at Genesis and so going along throughout all the old Testament not dreaming of any such notion as this is I found no check at all in my thoughts until I came to read some of the Prophecies in Isaiah which professedly speak of the times of the Gospel which speak such great high and glorious things of spiritual enjoyments of God with outward peace