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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

them c. There are those that go yet further and say That though there is such a Kingdom belonging to the Saints yet they say withal That the Saints that have been before they shall during that Kingdom rise again so interpreting that place in Revel 20. according to the very letter I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Iesus and for the word of God and which had not worshipped the Beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand yeers but the rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand yeers were finished This is the first resurrection Which resurrection that shall thus usher in this reign some interpret of a generation of Saints a multitude of Converts that shall come with the same Sprit and Power that all the Saints formerly beheaded had and so they are said to rise again in them as Elias is said to rise again from the dead in Iohn Baptist who came in the Spirit and Power of Elias But there are these reasons given to the contrary and that it must be meant of a true Resurrection and of a Resurrection taken in a proper sense for First It is said That the souls of them that were beheaded they lived how by a resurrection for he saith It is the first resurrection Now how do souls rise no way but by having their bodies united to them They are the souls of men that have been killed and killed by the sword now their Resurrection must be answerable to their death it is made the reward of it Their natural lives were taken away their Resurrection to life therefore must be taken in the same sense and proportion to the life which they lost And then again observe it is the very same souls in which you shall finde a great deal of emphasis for read the 6 Chap. vers 9. c. I saw saith he the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held lying under the altar crying with a loud voice c. They were the Primitive Martyrs for this was in the beginning of the book Now here in the 20 Chapter he saith I saw those souls or the souls of them that had been slain for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God he useth the same description and he addes to them for the 6 Chap. is meant of the Primitive Christians slain under heathenish Rome those that had been slain under Antichristian Rome for he speaks of such as had purified themselves from Antichrist and which had not worshipped the Beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they saith he lived and reigned with Christ a thousand yeers But the rest of the dead lived not again No wicked men shall rise then they are reserved until the day of judgement But to what end is this First That as these Saints do now govern the World invisibly as I said before so they may then do it visibly And great must needs be the glory and happiness of those times Secondly That which the Angels do now invisibly the Saints shall then do visibly The Angels now have this World subjected to them and all the affairs thereof and the execution of the Decrees of God are still said to be done by them But saith the Apostle Heb. 2. 5. Unto the Angles God hath not put in subjection the world to come whereof we speak And he doth not speak of the World to come after the day of judgement for it is that Kingdom which Christ shall have before he giveth up all things unto the Father This world here therefore is subjected unto the Angels that do ministerially rule and who do work with the Spirits of men this way and that way for the good of the Church in opposition to Satan But then all shall be done by the Saints in a visible maner Thirdly Hereby they are made conformable to the same state and condition Jesus Christ was in whilst he was in the World he was mean he was under all sorts of oppression he dies his Soul goes to heaven he riseth again and after he was risen he stays here below for many days converseth with his Disciples at times instructeth them in the things of the Kingdom of God appeareth disappeareth c. And if you ask me What will the life of men be thus risen I ask What was the life that Jesus Christ led during those forty dayes before he did ascend And if you object that this will be a diminution to their happiness I answer It was no diminishing of the happiness of Jesus Christ Assuredly he injoyed more blessedness being risen and his Soul and Body united then when his Soul singly and alone was blessed and yet for those forty dayes he was here upon the Earth Think my brethren of the day of judgement whenas Jesus Christ himself will come with all his Saints and Angels out of the place of Heaven into this visible World and it will ask a long time to judge the World because he will judge it as a man and lay open the secrets of all hearts and we may be sure that will be done in this visible World The Angels that come down from heaven to earth do yet see the face of God therefore it is no derogation to the happiness and blessedness of the Saints And if you ask me Whether during this time they shall eat and drink I answer The children of the Resurrection neither marry nor give in marriage or do any such thing but they are as the Angels of God Christ after his Resurrection lived not upon any such thing no more shall the Saints although the number of them upon the earth shall be innumerable for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord and the Name of God and of Christ shall be set up in the whole earth and the greater part of the World shall be Saints And though those that shall then be found alive may haply eat and drink and build houses c. yet those that rise again shall not I have as briefly as I could opened this thing to you which here these Primitive Christians in the very beginning of the book have in their eye Whether it be meant onely of that generation of Saints and of the Resurrection in the 20 Chap. or onely a Resurrection by way of succession in comparison of former times or whether yea or no it shall be a true and proper Resurrection I leave undetermined onely this I say That certainly there is some great thing after all the Kingdoms of the world have had their turnes for the Saints to have and that on earth both by the promises in this book and by all the prophecies of all the Prophets which have been since the World began And therefore as Peter saith Seeing we expect such things what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness FINIS

of the book in this vision of Chap. 5. which as I have shewn is the prologue to the whole that follows They utter it when they did but first see Jesus Christ undertake to be King of the world and had taken the government thereof upon him and the execution of the decrees contained in that book he took out of the hand of him that sate on the throne Before the end of the world should come there was a long time and a great many things that were contained in this book in this roll which Christ took which was written within and without that were orderly one after another to be performed therefore in the next Chapter to this after this Vision is past which as I said is the prologue there is first a going forth to conquer Behold saith he vers 2. a white horse and he that sate on him had a bowe and a crown was given unto him and he went forth conquering and to conquer He had begun to set upon the world then he went forth conquering but he must go on to conquer for he had the Heathenish world to conquer and he hath the Antichristian world and he hath the Mahumetane world to conquer And all his conquest is carried on till towards the later end by his bowe he takes nothing out with him else he overcomes by his Word which are the arrows he shoots into the hearts of the Kings enemies as you have it in Psal 45. 5. So that now all the story thorowout this book afterwards it is but the story of Christs conquering of his Kingdom with his bowe and with his arrows and executing the decrees that were contained in the roll he took out of his Fathers hand When you come towards the end of the book in the 19 Chapter he that in the sixth Chapter you saw when he went first out riding upon a white horse you shall see him with Armies attending of him whereof he is the General riding likewise upon a white horse I saw saith he vers 11. heaven opened and behold a white horse and he that sate upon him was called Faithful and True and in righteousness he doth judge and make war For towards the later end when he comes to grapple with the Antichristian world he doth do it by the Sword and not by his Bowe onely And therefore when he speaks of the Beast chap. 13. who had made war with the Saints he tells us vers 10. that he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword It shall be the sword that shall end it Therefore he that at first went forth upon a white horse with nothing but his bowe you see him in the nineteenth Chapter coming to make war the Armies which were in heaven following him And what is the issue of it Vers 20. The Beast was taken and with him the false prophet whether the Mahumetane party and the Pope I will not now determine but they were altogether ruined and destroyed cast into a lake of fire burning with brimstone All this Jesus Christ doth before he comes fully to possess his kingdom And this you have related to you between the 6 Chapter and the 20 Chapter Well now at the 20 Chapter you shall see that what they said at the beginning would be the issue of Christ's taking upon him the government of the world and undertaking to fulfil the Decrees contained in the book the same is declared to be made good then as being the eminent season for it For after that he had taken the Beast and the false Prophet an Angel came down from heaven so vers 1. having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand and he lays hold on the dragon that old serpent which is the devil and Satan and bindes him a thousand yeers and casteth him into the bottomless pit and there shuts him up sets a seal upon him that he should deceive the nations no more c. And then vers 4. I saw thrones and they sate upon them and judgement was given unto them And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the Word of God and which had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and raigned with Christ a thousand yeers But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand yeers were finished This is the first resurrection Blessed and holy is he vers 6. that hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death shall have no power but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall raign with him a thousand yeers Mark what they say at the beginning when they saw Jesus Christ undertake the Kingdom the very same after he had conquer'd all his enemies the Beast and the false Prophet and then taken the devil and all and flung him for a time into the bottomless pit is here fulfilled That which before they said would be the issue of Christs government is here in the very same terms said to be accomplished Here in the 5 Chapter they say Thou hast made us kings and priests in Chap. 20. 6. they are said to be priests of God and of Christ. Here they say And we shall raign on earth in the 20 Chapter it is twice repeated first vers 4. They raigned with Christ a thousand yeers and again vers 6. And they shall raign with him a thousand yeers This I say shews it evidently that at the beginning they had this in their eye as that which should be the issue and close of Christs governing the world But you will say Is what is said in Chap. 20. meant of the Saints raigning on earth Certainly yes and the reason is this Because during this raign Satan is said to be bound Now to have Satan bound while the Saints raign in heaven is unnecessary and needless for how can he disturb them or be an annoyance to their kingdom there Whereas you see that by way of preparation to this kingdom they shall have on earth both the Beast and the false Prophet are taken and Satan himself bound Neither secondly can it be meant of the raign of the Saints in heaven for that is for a longer time then a thousand yeers and those Saints that were slain in the Primitive times they have already raigned longer then a thousand yeers But that which doth most clearly evince it is this That in the 7 verse the devil is said to be let loose And when the thousand yeers are expired saith he Satan shall be loosed out of his prison Therefore it must necessarily be meant neither of the kingdom of heaven after the day of Judgement nor of the kingdom of heaven before the day of Judgement but of a kingdom which they shall have on the earth as the words are in this 5 Chapter Me-thinks my brethren that thus much should be evident to