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B08175 Christs kingdome discovered: or, That the true church of God is in England, cleerly made manifest against all sectaries whatsoeuer. by Iohn Traske.. Traske, John, d. ca. 1638 1616 (1616) STC 24175.7; ESTC S95559 28,643 78

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Lawes Ordinances So also in this there are Lawes that are perfect sure right pure cleane true righteous desireable and most sweet Psa 19.7 8.9 10. Yea Psal 19.7 8 9 10. heere are Lawes Statutes and Iudgements Euen All Scripture giuen by inspiration of God and profitable for doctrine for reproofe for correction for instruction in righteousnes 2 Tim. 3.16 2 Tim. 3.16 This was Prophecied of where it is written Remember yee the Law of Moses my seruant which I commaunded vnto him in Horeb for all Israel with the Statutes and Iudgements Mal. 4.4 Mal. 4.4 These are the Lawes of this Kingdome to which whosoeuer shall adde he is accussed of GOD Deut. 4.2 the 12.32 Deut. 4.2 12.13 And from which whosoeuer shall take away God shall take away his part out of the Book of Life Reu. 22. Reuel 22.18.19 18 19. For Till heauen and earth passe one Iot or one Title shall in no wise passe from the Lawe Mat. 5.18 4. Ambassadors till all be fulfilled Mat. 5.18 In Earthly Kingdomes there are also Ambassadors whom the Kings send and being so sent they represent their owne Persons either in calling in Rebels or by treating with Enemies to proclaime Warre or to offer conditions of Peace vnto them So in this Kingdom there are Ambassadors which are tearmed Preachers Rom. 10.14 Ministers 1 Cor. 3.5 Stewards 1 Cor. 4.1 And the Prophets making vse of their owne words haue termed them Priests and Leuites Is 66 2● or Sauiours Obad. 21. Gladtidings bringers Is 52.7 and the like As it is written Behold vpon the Mountaines the feete of him that bringeth good Tidings Nah. 1.15 And Paul vseth the words of Isaiah and of Nahum where it is thus written How beautifull are the Feete of them that preach the Gospell of Peace and bring glad tidings of good things Rom. 10.15 Rom. 10.15 And one of the Prophets hath it thus Sauiours shall come vpon Mount Sion to Iudge the Mount of Esau and the Kingdome shall be the Lords Ob. 21. Obad. ver 21. Also it is written We are Ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you by vs we pray you in Christs stead 2 Cor. 5.20 5. Subiects be yee reconciled to God 2 Cor. 5.20 As in other Kingdomes there is a King Lawes a Scepter and Ambassadors so there are also Subiects men of all sorts and ages So in this Kingdome there are also Subiects which are the Saints holy Men and Women pure cleane vndefiled and harmelesse ones As it is written Thy people shall be all righteous Is 60.21 And in another place Is 60.21 Looke vpon Sion the City of our solemnities thine eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation And the Inhabitants shall not say I am sicke the people that dwelt therein shall bee forgiuen their iniquitie Is 33.20.24 Is 33.20.24 Againe Who shall ascend into the Hill of the Lord And Who shall stand in his holy Place The answere is Hee that hath cleane hands and a pure heart who hath not lift vp his soule vnto vanitie nor sworne deceitfully Psal 24.3.4 And in another place Psal 24.3.4 Who shall dwell with the deuouring Fire Who shall dwell with euerlasting burnings Is 33.14 Is 33.14 The answere is Hee that walketh righteously and speaketh vprightly hee that despiseth the gaine of oppressions and shaketh his hands from holding of bribes that stoppeth his eares from hearing of blood and shutteth his eyes from seeing euill Ver. 15.16 he shall dwell on high Ver 15.16 Againe The Saints of the most high shall take the Kingdome and shall possesse the Kingdome for euer and euer Dan. 7.18 Dan. 7.18 Also This yee know that no Whoremonger nor vncleane person nor couetous man who is an Idolater hath any inheritance in the Kingdome of Christ Eph. 5.5 Eph. 5.5 And in another place Be not deceiued neither Fornicators nor Idolaters nor Adulterers nor Effeminate nor abusers of themselues with mankinde nor Theeues nor Couetous nor Drunkards nor Reuilers nor Extortioners shall inherit the Kingdome of God And of this sort were euery one of you but yee are washed but yee are sanctified but ye are iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus and by the spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6.9 10 11. 1 Cor 6.9 10 11. And once againe the same Apostle giues thanks vnto the Father which hath made vs meete to bee partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in Light And being so made meete by repentance hath deliuered vs from the power of darknesse and hath translated vs into the Kingdom of his deare Sonne Col. 1.12 13. And it is plaine Col. 1.12.13 that there shall in no wise enter in to the new Ierusalem any thing that defileth neither whatsoeuer worketh abhomination Reuel 21.27 Reuel 22.14 Reuel 21.27 But they that doe Gods commandements Reuel 22.14 That is Doe truely beleeue in Christ such only haue right to the Tree of Life And they alone may enter throgh the gates into the City Mat. 7.21.22 Mat. 7.21.22 Thus then the Subiects of this Kingdome are none but Saints holy cleane pure and vndefiled ones such as are first washed sanctified and iustified that is Made meete by the washing of Regeneration the renewing of the holy Ghost to be made heyres and so to receiue their Inheritance amongst the Saints in Light Tit. 3.5.7 Tit. 3.5.7 6. Officers Besides the King Scepter Lawes Ambassadors Subiects in other Kingdoms there are Officers So in this also as it is written Thy Officers shall be peace Is 60.17 that is in stead of Officers thou shalt haue Peace Yea all the Subiects of this Kingdome are Peace-makers as it is writen Blessed are the Peace-makers for they shall bee called the Children of God Mat. 5.9 They and none but they Mat. 5.9 And it is written That a little Childe shall leade Christs Subiects Is 11.6 Is 11.6 The humblest shall beare greatest sway there as it is written Whosoeuer shall humble himselfe as a little childe the same is the greatest in the Kingdome of heauen Mat. 18.4 Mat. 18.4 Is 66.12 7. Weapons Yea God hath promised To extend Peace like a Riuer to those that dwell in Sion Is 66.12 Lastly in a Kingdome of this world there are Weapons with which the Subiects doe fight So heere are Weapons also yea compleat Armour with which these Subiects doe also fight as it is written The Weapons of our warfare are not carnall but mightie through God to the pulling downe of strong Holds 2 Cor. 10.4 2 Cor. 10.4 Eph. 6.11 Ver 12. Ver. 13. And againe Put on the whole Armour of God and stand hauing your loynes girt about with Truth and hauing on the Brestplate of Righteousnes and your feete shod with the Preparation of the Gospell of Peace aboue all things taking the Shield of Faith Ver. 14. Ver. 15. Ver. 16. Ver. 17. Ver. 18. the Helmet
of Saluation and the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God praying alwaies with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit Eph. 6.11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. This is the Armour of righteousnes which the Saints haue on the right hand and on the left 2 Cor. 6.7 2 Cor. 6.7 Onely the sober children of the day doe put on the Brestplate of Faith and Loue and for an helmet the hope of saluation 1 Thes 5.8 1 The. 5.8 Thus you haue as the titles so also the principall things of which this Kingdome consisteth As of a King a Scepter Lawes Ambassadors Subiects Officers Weapons And hauing this briefely seene what it is it followeth to bee shewed where it is According to that question of the Disciples Where Lord Luk. 17.37 Luk. 17.37 Here shall be obserued first Whether on earth or in heauen that is in this life or that to come Secondly seeing it is on Earth where it is to bee found For the first it is affirmed before and shall be confirmed by testimonies now that this Kingdome is on Earth for so it is written In the daies of these Kings shall the God of heauen set vp a Kingdom which shall neuer be destroyed Dan. 2.44 Dan. 2.44 And in another place Aske of me and I will giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession Ps 2.8 Ps 2.8 Also it is written We are come to mount Sion and we receiuing a Kingdome Heb. 12.22.28 Also it is termed Dan. 7.27 The Kingdome vnder heauen Dan. 7.27 And in the Psalmes Great is the Lord and greatly to be praysed in the City of our God in the mountaine of his Holinesse beautifull for scituation the ioy of the whole earth is Mount Sion Ps 48.1.2 Ps 48.1.2 Yea it is said in the same Psalme That Kings shall see the glory of this Church or Kingdome and that with feare amazement Ver 4.5 ver 4.5 Out of all this we may gather many forcible Arguments to proue this truth that this Kingdome City House or Tabernacle is in this life as you haue before in the Scriptures scited to that purpose in these words It shal be in the daies of Kings of this world also It shall stretch to the vttermost parts of the earth also We are come to it not we shall but we are and we receiuing a Kingdome not Seeing we shall receiue a Kingdome but Seeing wee doe receiue also in the same Scripture wee are willed to hold it fast now there is no need of such an exhortation if it were of the life to come as al wil easily grant Further It is the ioy of the whole earth And Kings shall behold it passe by with feare amazement What shall I say Arguments of this sort are very many in holy Scriptures yea Is 6.5.17 the 66. Reu. 21. the 22. Ps 16.11 Mat. 22.30 Mat. 13.43 euen those places which they most abuse to the contrary do yeeld many plaine arguments to euery impartiall Reader as Isai 65.17 the 66. Reu. 21. and 22. and such like And let this be obserued that where the holy Ghost speaketh any where of the life to come it is alwaies in very short speeches or briefe sentences as for example Fulnes of ioy pleasures at Gods right hand for euermore Ps 16.11 We shal be as the Angels in heauē Mat. 22 30. We shall shine as the sun for euer in the Kingdome of our Father Mat. 13.43 We shal haue euerlasting life (a) Mat. 19.29 Mar. 10.30 Where Christ is we shal also be (b) Io. 14.3 We shal behold his glorie (c) Io. 17.24 2 Cor. 4.17 We shal haue a farre more exceeding and eternall waight of glory 2. Cor. 4.17 We shall appeare with Christ in glory Col. 3.4 1 Thes 4.17 Col. 3.4 Wee shall bee euer with the Lord 1 Thes 4.17 It is an inheritance incorruptible and vndefiled that fadeth not away 1 Pet. 1.4 reserued in heauen for vs 1 Pet. 1.4 When he shall appeare we shall be like him for wee shall see him as hee is 1 Io. 3.2 2 Tim. 4.8 Reuel 2.10 Mat. 5.12 1. Io. 3.2 We shall haue a Crowne of righteousnes 2 Tim. 4.8 A Crowne of life Reuel 2.10 A great reward in heauen Mat. 5.12 These or such like are all those phrases which are vsed in the Scriptures to set foorth the life to come vnto vs and that blessed condition there reserued for vs. The Reason hereof might be eyther the impossibilitie in regard of the straightnes of our bowels 2 Cor. 6.12 13. to conceiue of that blessednesse 2. Cor. 6.12 13. Or as we speak our shallow capacitie in the comprehension of such an excellent mysterie but it is indeed the eternall purpose of God in hiding these things as secrets from vs till the Last day as these Scriptures following may witnes That of Paul where it is written That being caught vp into the third heauen hee heard vnspeakable words which is not lawfull for a man to vtter 2 Cor. 12.2.4 2 Cor. 12.2.4 Also Now wee are the sonnes of God and it doeth not yet appeare what wee shall be 1 Io. 3.2 And it is also written 1 Io. 3.2 That this incorruptible and vndefiled inheritance is reserued for vs in heauen and ready to be reuealed in the last time 1 Pet. 1.4.5 1 Pet. 1.4 5. So that this may bee a manifest note eyther short or more large speeches to helpe vs to conceiue of the difference betweene things of this life and that which is to come Things of this life are alwaies spoken in expresse phrases that we may conceiue because we are to speake of them againe to others As it is written Eye hath not seene nor eare heard neyther haue entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that loue him but God hath reuealed them to vs by his Spirit Which things we also speake 1 Cor. 2.9 10 13. 1 Cor. 2.9 10 13. And yet further wee may obserue by certaine phrases vsuall speeches that the holy Ghost hath put a difference betweene our estate heere and hereafter for speaking of our estate here hee speakes of comming to vs and sending to vs and such like But speaking any where of the life to come hee speaketh of fetching vs to him and the like This is not to bee slightly regarded in reading the holy Scriptures as to instance in the places before mentioned which are by some abused to the life to come It is written The glorie of the Lord is risen vpon thee and The Lord shall arise vpon thee Is 60.1.2 Is 60.1.2 Yea that whole Chapter is full of strong reasons to enforce it to be vnderstood of the estate here Also where it is written For behold I create new heauens and a new earth and the former shall not bee remembred nor come into