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The day-dawning and the day-star arising to the dispersed of Judah & Israel wherein is briefly handled their call and Christs second coming, whose day is neer at hand / by Tho. Collier.
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Collier, Thomas.
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21. chap. 3. 4. His suffering in the flesh was a preparative to this great glory both for himself and people it being the appointment of the Father and there being no other way left or appointed by the Father for the redemption of the sons of men Luk. 24. 26. Phil. 2. 6 7 8 9 10. Heb. 2. 10. 1 Pet. 1. 20. he being ascended to the father Joh. 20. 17. to receive for himself a kingdom and return Luk. 19. 12. 15. and in the mean time by his Spirit in the Ministry of the Gospel he is gathering together of his people to himself among the Gentiles that when he do appear they may appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. for to them that look for him he will appear a second time without sin to salvation Heb. 9. 28. that God having made the world and again redeemed it to a state of continuation by his Son and for him and purchased a people to himself out of the world We may conclude that the Sons dominion shall be over the world see Psal 72. throughout and that all dominions shall serve and obey him Obj. So they do serve him now and he rules over them Answ True they serve the design of God now but the kingdom of Christ is not of this world but there is a time appointed when the kingdom of Christ shall be visibly manifest and the world shall knowingly he subject to the Son Rev. 5. 13. Second ground is that this truth is clearly held forth in the Scriptures of truth when our understandings are opened we shall see it The first Scripture I shall present you with as a foundation is Act. 3. 27. Whom the heavens must receive until the time of the restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his prophets since the world began where we may note two things 1. That at the coming of Christ from heaven will be the restitution not the dissolution And secondly it is that restitution spoken of by the mouth of all the holy prophets Now it will be good to search into the prophets and see what they have prophesied of and we shall find all agree in one that Christ must reign Psal 2. 6. 7. that his dominion shall be from sea to sea even to the ends of the earth Psal 72. that he shall possess all nations Psal 82. 8. that he shall reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before his ancients gloriously Isa 24. 23. that a king shall reign in righteousness and princes shall rule in judgement Isa 32. 1. that God will raise unto David a righteous branch and a King shall reign and prosper and execute judgement and justice in the earth Jer. 23. 5. and David my servant shall be king over them c. and they shall dwell in the land which I gave to Jacob my servant c. Ezek. 37. 24 25. and all dominions shall serve and obey him Dan. 7. 27. that the Lord shall be King over all the earth Zach. 14. 9. These and many others I might produce to this purpose and likewise then will be the restitution or restoration of the whole creation that Scripture will be fulfilled both in the letter as well as in spirit Isa 11. 6 7 8 9. chap. 65. 25. considered with Rom. 8. 20 21 22. and then shall those blessed promises be made good to the Saints here on earth Psal 37. 11. Mat. 5. 5. Isa 25. 8. and chap. 65. 13. c. and all this must be done when Jesus Christ is sent from heaven to manifest his power to take to himself his great kingdom and to reign and this is likewise confirmed in the New Testament the Nations and kingdoms of this world are become the Nations and kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever Rev. 11. 15. This is the thousand yeers spoken of in chap. 20 c. A third ground I take from his suffering he fulfilled all that was prophesied of him concerning his suffering according to the very letter of the Scriptures he hath so fulfilled it Act. 3. 18. and why should we think it incredible that he shall even so fulfill the Scripturs in his reign on earth And why shall we think it a high and glorious discovery of grace for the Son to abase himself on earth in his humiliation and think it too low a piece of service for him to come and reign to receive the due desert if I may so say of all his labour to manifest his glory before his Saints and to set his feet on the necks of his enemies Why should we not think it to be a great degree of honour for the Lord who have suffered on earth to receive his glory on the earth And why shall we make an Alegory or mystery of those Scriptures that do foretell of his reign on earth any more than of those Scriptures that did foretell of his sufferings I do believe that it hath been the policy of Satan and the weakness and pride of men in turning Scripture into Alegories and myste-so much that we had almost lost the truth therefore let it suffice that as Christ and his people hath had their day of humiliation on the earth so they shall have their exaltation on the earth Psal 2. 8. Rev. 2. 26 27. Psal 149. 5 6 7 8. Obj. We do not question but that the Saints shall rule the earth and that the power of Christ in them shall subdue the Nations Answ And if the Saints why not Christ their head with them Can you afford the kingdoms of this world to the Saints and not to Christ I say that the Saints shall never reign on earth till the Kingdom of Christ is come till he is discended from heaven in power and great glory as he hath suffered before us and for us so we if we suffer with him shall reign with him Rom. 8. 17. When Christ comes to rule the nations then shall the Saints reign with him Obj. Is it not said 1 Thess 4. 16 17. that when the Lord shall descend from heaven c. and that the dead in Christ shall be raised and then we who remain and are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds and so shall ever be with the Lord Answ 1. That is to make good the Scripture which saith Zach. 14. 5. The Lord our God shall come and all the Saints with thee and if they be not caught up to meet the Lord he cannot bring them with him And secondly the Scripture do not say that they shal abide above but with the Lord that is they shall come down with him as Joel 3. 11. Quest Do you suppose that the Jews be called before that day Answ I do believe that there will be something done amongst them upon that account and that there will be a great gathering together of them at Jerusalem before that day but their fulness will not be
reign with him that you might know who it is you look for one that hath suffered and been tempted that so he might be your king in his humiliation a little before he come in his glory Oh it will be your joy and crown of rejoycing one day if you have hearts to own him truly in his humiliation Well your duty is and its that which the Lord calls you to to repent and believe the Gospel to be baptized after believing in the name of the Lord Jesus wherein is represented the washing away of sin both in conscience and conversation through faith in his blood it s onely the duty of believers to be baptized we own no national Church under the Gospel before the day of Christs glorious appearing but whosoever liveth and believeth in him shall be saved the nations delude themselves with the form of godliness without the power Oh it s the life and power of godliness that will stand us instead at the last it s your duty to own him in every part of his word and will for God hath raised him up a Prophet to you and it s your duty to hear him in all Dcut. 18. 15. with Act. 3. 22 23. Moses gives up all to him if Moses were upon the earth he would willingly submit himself to this prophet therefore stand it not out with him remember that word of Christ Luk. 19. 27. but those mine enemies that would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me The Lord Jesus in his glorious appearing will render vengeance to them that know him not to them that obey him not but will be admired in all those that have believed in him in that day 2 Thess 1. 8. 9 10. Oh therefore fear and tremble to stand it out with him any longer he is that stone that whosoever falls on him will be broken but on whomsoever he shall fall he will break them to pieces you have been stumbling at him a long time Oh take heed lest he fall on you he is not onely a Lamb full of meekness patience and forbearance slain for the sin of sinners but he is the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah and when the Lyon roareth all the beasts of the Forest will then tremble Oh then blessed are all those that put their trust in him To conclude this word remember I bessech you these three things 1. That without him there is no life there is no other name given among men whereby you may be saved but by the name of Jesus viz. through faith in his blood 2. Consider the grievousness of your sin in rejecting him so long as you have consider of that word of the Prophet if it had been an enemy I could have born it but it is thou O man my acquaintance Psal 45. 13. it is his own and they have not received him Oh thats it will cause you to weep bitterly every family apart Zach. 12. when you shall come to look upon him whom you have peirced and shall mourn for him Oh it s that will break your hearts when you shall see and say he that is our king hath been our reproach we it is that have wounded and peirced him we it is that have rejected him and trampled him under our feet and accounted the blood of the covenant an holy thing yet know that if the Lord make you sensible of your sin he is gracious he is yet a Lamb full of meekness his blood shall cleanse you from all your sins for the promise is to you as many as the Lord our God shall call For this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions under the first Testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance Heb. 9. 15. 3. Consider that notwithstanding your rejecting of him yet he shall be your King at last and he it is that shall be manifest to be the Lord of lords and King of kings that one Lord Jesus Christ who hath been so much set light by you see Hos 13. 10. I will be thy King Where is any that may save thee in all thy Cities and this leads me to the fourth particular SECT IV. THe fourth particular that I shall present you with is that this Jesus shall reign on earth and the twelve Tribes of Israel shall be gathered by him to their own land in peace 1. That this Jesus shall have his kingdom and dominion here on earth manifest among the sons of men Having had his day of humiliation among the sons of men He shall have his day of glory on earth among the sons of men that as he hath been abased in person on earth so shall he in person reign on earth In the confirmation of this glorious truth I shall present you with many Scriptures both in the old and new Testament Psal 2. throughout Where the Lord hath said it that notwithstanding the heathen rage and the people imagin a vain thing for they imagine that Christ shall not reign which is a vain thing vain imaginations c. yet verse 6. Have I set my King upon the holy hill of Sion And verse 8. He shall have the heathen given him for his inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession what shall he do with them he shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potters vessel This is a clear prophesie of the reign of Christ the anointed I have set mine anointed upon Zion the hill of my holiness and all the rage of men on earth shall not hinder it or prevent God in his great designe of the exaltation of the man Jesus to this fully agreeth that glorious prophesie Psalm 72. throughout though it may be supposed that the Prophet in this Psalm intendeth Solomon which I do not altogether deny yet he intendeth Solomon no otherwise than as he was a type of Christ but in the Messiah the man Jesus shall this prophesie be truly and fully made good in the day of his glory vers 2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgement vers 4. He shall judge the poor of the people and shall save the children of the needy and shall break in pieces the oppressor vers 5. they shall fear thee so long as the Sun and Moon endureth throughout all generations This was never made good in Solomon nor in any man else but it shall be in Christ Dan. 7. 27. all dominions shall serve and obey him but to return vers 7. in his dayes the righteous shall flourish and abundance of peace till there be no Moon vers 8. he shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth and so to the 17. verse are many glorious prophesies of his kingdom and his name shall be for ever he shall be a son to continue his