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A86981	Chiliasto-mastix redivivus, sive Homesus enervatus. A confutation of the millenarian [sic] opinion, plainly demonstrating that Christ will not reign visibly and personally on earth with the saints for a thousand yeers either before the day of judgement, in the day of judgement, or after it: where you also have many texts of scripture vindicated from the vain glosses of one Dr. Homes, a great Millenarian [sic], and all of his cavils (of any consequence) refelled and answered. With a word to our Fifth Monarch-Men, whose dangerous practises of late, clearly shew that this opinion leads to schisme, and sedition in church and state. / By Tho Hall B.D. and pastor of Kingsnorton.	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.	1657 (1657)	Wing H428; Thomason E1654_2; Thomason E2135_2; ESTC R208344	36,388	116

Kingdom to his Father then he is inferior to his Father and his Kingdom is not everlasting and by consequence the Deity of Christ is over thrown Answ. This doth not follow for though Christ do resigne his Mediatory and Dispensatory Kingdom so that he rules not by external Organs and Instruments yet he Raigns still as God in his Essential Kingdom with his Father for his Kingdom is eternal Isay 9. 7. 2. Obj. They cavil thus He that is subject to his Father is inferiour to him but Christ is so ergo Answ. Christ must be considered according to his twofold nature viz. his Humanity and his Deity As he is God so he is Gods equal Phil. 2 6. as man so he tells us the Father is greater then he John 14. 28. As he is God so all Creatures are subject to him but as he is our Mediator so he is subject to his Father together with his Mystical body the Church Not as if he were not subject to his Father before but because then he shall in the sight of men and Angels publickly deliver up the Kingdom and so declare his subjection more openly for then things in Scripture are said to be when they are publickly manifested to be Psal. 2. 7. Now let us see what Dr. Homes his Aquiline eyes can spy in this Text for this 1000. yeers Raigne on earth 1. His first profound Observation from hence is this That after the Ultimate day of Judgement Christ shall have no Kingdom nor Power but how doth he prove this Why from 1 Cor. 15. 28. and how else Why the same again and again usque ad ravim till he dote again like a Cuckow Eandem cantilenum canit he tells you the same story over and over that he might boast and say He is now become a Fool in Folio Onely he desires you to observe according to his wonted Elegancy That 't is a Hath put all things in subjection Mark saith he 't is the time past 2. Shall be subdued mark again 'T is the Future time With such Learned Observations as if he were reading a Lecture to some School-boyes is the Drs. Folio stuft 2. The Drs. Observation hath two parts 1. That there shall be two dayes of Judgement and therefore he tells you here of an ultimate day of judgment But how doth he prove it Why {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Dr. Homes says it ergo 't is true 2. Christ hath no Kingdom and Power How whence that I pray you Why the Dr. tells you 't is after the ultimate day of Judgement New Light indeed if the Dr. vent this ignorantly he 's to be pittied if willfully to be punisht that goes about to deceive people in the Fundamentals of Religion But how doth he proves this Why by a witless worthless reason p. 89. viz. Christ must have his Kingdom before the ultimate day of Judgement or else he 'l have no Kingdom Why so For then 't is the Fathers Kingdom As if the Father and the Son though they be two persons yet were not one God and the Father had a Kingdom without the Son Quest But what saith the Text Answ. Why Then comes the end c. Every word a Dagger Quot verba tot verber a and stabs the Drs. cause at the heart 1. The Apostle tells us Then comes the end viz. of the world i. e immediately after the Resurrection He doth not say then comes the Reign of Christ for a thousand yeers on earth But then comes the end of the World 2. When he shall deliver up the Kingdom viz. his Mediatory not his absolute Kingdom And therefore the Drs. Logick is very faulty in arguing from a particular to a general ergo because Christ hath no Oeconomical Kingdom ergo he hath no Kingdom Non sequitur ergo because one Dr. is Episcopal ergo all are Episcopal Or because one Dr. observes the times ergo all do so Is but sorry Logick 3. The Apostle tells us Christ must Raigne in his Mediatory K●ngdom till the last enemy which is death be destroyed but this will not be till the day of Judgement where then is the Drs. thousand yeers 4. Then Christ hath no power What more folly yet Cannot Christ lay down his Mediary Kingdom but he must loose his power with it Cannot he change the manner of Administration but he must cease to be a King Is he not God and Man still Is he not King and Head of his Church still Is he not as High and Mighty as ever And is it not he that even in the Text puts down all power by his divine Almighty power How then comes it to pass that Christ hath no power as the Dr. blasphemously at least very ignorantly affirms 5. He tells us of the Saints living on earth for a thousand yeers without Ordinances Answ. This is as true as the rest But the Dr. doth very ill to harden Atheistical Sectaries in such conceits For 't is not to be expected whilst the Saints live on earth that they should live without or above Ordinances In Heaven indeed when the Saints shall enjoy God immediately they shall not need them for God will be all in all as 't is in the Text but that is not in this world but at the end of the world Then comes the end viz. immediately after the Resurrection as the context shews when the Saints shall be received to bliss then God will be all in all immediately and not till then Obj. Revel. 21. 22. 'T is said of the New Jerusalem i. e of the glorious estate of the Church neer the end of the world that there shall be no Temple there Answ. These words yea and the whole chapter may be considered two wayes 1. Literally and properly for the Churches glory in Heaven for there 't is that all tears shall be wiped from our eyes there shall be no Sun or Moon no Temple there we shall not need Preaching Sacraments Ordinances for God will be all in all To expect an immediate enjoyment of God in this world without Ordinances is a Satanical delusion True in the Church Triumphant Prophesies shall cease 1 Cor. 13. 8. But in the Church militant we must not despise Prophesying and Preaching of the word To expound this chapter Literally of any Church either in Heaven or Earth will not hold for there is no Gold Silver Precious Stones Rivers c. in Heaven 2. If we consider the words Allusively and Allegorically for the a glorious estate of the Church upon earth after the calling of the Iews then there shall be no Temple there q. d. the Worship of God shall be more Pure Spiritual and Heavenly then ever before So that the words must not be taken simply for then they would contradict other places of Scripture which tell us that the Church on earth will always have need of the Ministery both to convert such as are not yet converted

{non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and thing in controversie is whether Christ shall personally Reigne on earth with the Saints for a thousand yeers Now insteed of bringing places to prove this he brings Texts to prove the calling of the Jews which no body doubts of or that Christ shall come in the flesh or that he shall come to Judge the world which no sober men once question Quest But hath the Dr. no other places to help him at a dead lift Answ. O yes he hath two strong holds in his own conceit and therefore when he is at a loss hither he runs for shelter to as much purpose as Colliar that black Sectary runs to 1 Cor. 14. and 1 Pet. 4. 10. to prove the lawfulness of Lay mens preaching which yet he recites twenty times over in his Pamphlet as the Dr. doth these two Texts the a 1 Cor. 15. 24. to 29. and Revel. 20. 4. 5. 6. when these two Texts are cleared all the Drs. building lies in the dust for these are the two primary Pillars which seem to uphold this point and two of the hardest Texts in all the Bible I shall therefore take some pains to unfold them and shall sift them to the bran that if it be possible we may not lose one grain of truth To begin with the first 1 Cor. 15. 24. c. Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all Rule and all Authority and Power c. This Text is one of those {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} which are hard to be understood which Arians Arminians Anabaptists and Millenaries have wrested to their own destruction The Millenaries fondly gather from hence That the Church shall enjoy such a flourishing time on earth that they shall have no enemies no sin no sorrow no Rulers or Powers to molest us Whereas the Apostles drift is onely this he had before proved by many irrefragable Arguments the Resurrection of the body but some might desire to know in what condition the world should be after the Resurrection whether they should not need Magistrates and Ministers then No saith the Apostle we shall not need them Why so For then comes the end viz. of the world of which end Christ speaks Matth. 24. 3. 14. and the Apostle 1 Pet. 4. 7. Magistracy then shal cease and the Ministry shall cease the Churches Warfare shall cease for her enemies shall then be totally destroyed and she shall enjoy perfect and immediate communion with God in Heaven who will be all in all to her so that she shal have no need of Sun Moon or Stars for the Lord himself will be her light Quest But what will Christ then do Answ. He will do two things 1. He will deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father Q. D. He will Raign no longer as now he Raigns for now he Raignes in the midst of enemies now he Rules mediately by Magistrates by Ministers by Ordinances and by supplies of the Spirit But then viz. at the end of the world before the day of Judgment and not after as some would have it this present manner of administration shall cease Christ will govern no more by Officers but that Power and Kingdom which he hath received from his Father he having finisht the work which he gave him to do surrenders it up unto him again that so God may be a All in all and we may enjoy him no longer in the use of meanes but immediately in full degrees of glory Ob. But if Christ deliver up the Kingdom to his Father then he will have no Kingdom as Dr. Homes affirms and therefore lest he should lack one the Dr. hath framed one in his Utopian brain that shall last him a thousand yeers on earth Curasti probè Answ. Could the Dr. but have distinguisht he might have saved that labour Christ hath a double Kingdon 1 A Natural and Essential Kingdom due to Christ as he is God coessential and coequal with his father and this Christ possesseth with his Father and the Spirit for ever 2 Christ hath an Oeconomical and Ministerial Dispensatory Kingdom as he is Mediator between God and Man and this Kingdom which he hath received from his Father he shall surrender up again unto his Father after he hath subdued sin and death and put all his enimies under his feet Not that upon this surrender he ceaseth to be a King for when he hath delivered up this his Mediatory Kingdom yet is he a King still his Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom it hath no end Dan. 2. 44. and 7. 14. 27. Micah 4. 7. Luke 1. 33. Heb. 1. 8. John 17. 5. 1 Pet. 1. 11. Revel. 11. 15. Christ hath no Kingdom that is but of a thousand yeers continuance the Scripture plainly tells us that his Kingdom is a everlasting So that this delivering up of Christs dispensatory Kingdom is not a renouncing of his power but a changing of the present manner of administration 't is not simply a ceasing to Reigne but a ceasing to Reigne in that Mediatory manner as formerly He is still the Head and King of his Spouse onely he will not now govern her as formerly with Ordinance and Discipline for the Church then will have no more need of them being glorified and fully freed from sin and Satan Then shall Father Son and Holy Ghost in Unity of Essence and Glory begin to Raigne immediately over his Church in a new manner viz. by himself without the use of Angels men or any helps of natural or spiritual life 2. The Apostle tells us when Christ will deliver up this Kingdom viz. when he shall have put down all Rule and all Power and Authority These must now cease Christ will no longer exercise his Power and Government by others So that the words may be taken two wayes 1. Largely for the putting down of all Authority i. e. all lawfull powers and Governours which were ordeined by God for the good of the world Though Angels shal stil remain yet the Church now will have no need of them 2. Restrictively for the subduing of all these adversary Powers and Potentats which oppose the Kingdom of Christ The context seemes to carry it this way v. 25. 26 though the former sense may not be excluded for the words are general All Rule and all Authority be it good or bad The Church will then have no need of good ones and bad ones shall no longer molest her for the time of her warfare is accomplisht 3. The Apostle having told us what shall be the future condition of Christ Kingdom now he tells us what shall be the condition of Christ himself V. 28. When all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son himself also be subject to him that put all things under him Hence the Arrians subtilly cavil thus Obj. If Christ deliver up the

Socerer and dealt with the divil he was the first that excommunicated the Emperour and assumed to himself the power of placing and displacing the Emperour He condemned Ministers marriages which yet St. Paul allowes off Now follows Transubstantiation Sacrifices Ceremonies Jubilees Indulgences and Idols in abundance Now the Turk that open and profest enemy of Christ comes in and acts his part destroying many flourishing Churches 'T is true the Pope and Turk did molest the Church some ages past but they were restrained and they broke not forth in that outragious manner as now they did Quest The question then will be Whether these thousand years of Christ's reign here mentioned be yet to come or be already past Answ. They are already past for when Christ came into the world he bound the strong man and made his Kingdom fall like lightning from heaven before the preaching of his Apostles which was spread over all the world Rom. 15. 19. Col. 1. 6. Acts 1. 8. Christ is that Angel that descended from heaven who by his death destroyed him who had power over death and by his almighty power bound him so that he could not deceive the Nations as formerly Insomuch that for the space of a thousand years after Christ's time many were called and converted many lived and reigned with Christ and sealed the Truth which was held forth in some good measure until near the end of the thousand years about which time there began to be a declining with their dearest blood Object You should tell us the express day and year when those thousand years began and when they ended Answ. 'T is a vain curiosity to desire such a thing 't is sufficient that we make it out in general that this reign began about the time of Christ's incarnation when the Divel's Oracles were cast down and himself cast out by Christ and the Gospel was publish'd to the world and ended about a thousand years after Christ 'T is true there is variety of opinions amongst the learned touching this but no contrariety for all the Orthodox do unanimously agree and conclude that those thousand years are already past and gone Some begin these thousand years at the destruction of the Temple Anno 73. and then it ends in Pope Hildebrand so Paraeus and Mr Dent who came to the Popedom 1073. Others begin it at the birth of Christ and then it ends in Pope Sylvester a Sorcerer 2. Others begin at Constantine Anno 300. and end in Boniface the eighth who is said to have entred like a Fox reigned like a Lion and died like a Dog So that you see all agree that about 1000. years after Christ this reign began and now is past So says Marlirate Christus natus est uti prohibent Beda cum aliis Anno a Mundo condito 5199. rostabant igitur de sexto illi Millenario anni 801. atque illos per Synecdochen hic dici mille annos in quibus Ecclesia legato Satana sub Apostolicis viris sanctis Patribus ad justum promoverit incrementum So that this opinion is grounded on a false Hypothesis for they suppose those thousand years are yet to come when 't is clear they are already past so that by this we see where we are to fetch the Epocha or beginning of this account of the thousand years Object But Christ never yet personally appeared on earth to reign with the Saints nor was Satan ever yet so bound but that he seduced many from Christ Answ. We have no promise of any personal appearing of Christ till he come to judgment Acts 3. 22. 2. 'T is true Satan is never so bound but that he doth and will deceive many and therefore this binding must not be understood absolutely as if he should not hurt the Church at all but restrictively to the cause expressed in the Text Rev. 20. 3. So that he should not deceive the Nations with his Oracles and Delusions as formerly but the Gospel should spread and as it prevailed so Satan should be bound faster and faster The Millenaries will not have these thousand years to begin till Antichrist be totally destroyed of whom St John had treated in the precedent chapter But 't is more probable that Antichrists utter downfal will not be till the last day for then 't is that the Beast and false Prophet are cast into the Lake Rev. 19. And Christ is said to destroy that son of perdition with his glorious coming viz. to judgement 2 Thes. 2. 8 Quest But when saith Dr. Homes shall this golden age begin Answ. The Doctor here leaves you with a lubricus est hic locus this is a ticklish point and therefore the better to avoid the carps of a Momus and the censures of a Cato and to stave off blows it seems the Doctor was afraid his Plush might be cudgell'd he 's resolved to shelter himself under the shield of some learned Achilles telling you what they say that if they err you may cudgel them insteed of him Quest But what do these learned men say Answ. Why they write doubtfully they cannot agree of the place of this reigne one says it shall be in heaven another on earth another in Jerusalem a corner of the earth 2. They differ about the persons whether the Martyrs only shall rise or all the Saints 3. They differ about the time when this Reigne shall be whether Before the day of Judgement In the day of Judgement or After it they are divided amongst themselves yet the Dr. will tell you what some men say 1. Some say these thousand year shall begin 1617. so Cotterius then it would follow that Satan is now bound which we have little reason to believe if we consider the blasphemies and heresies that abound 2. The Doctor tells you that in the year 1655. we must expect the calling of the Jews yea and before their Call the Fall of Antichrist p. 562 To this opinion you see the Doctor inclines his book was printed 1653. and he conceited that two yeers after both Rome should down and the Jews be called which is as true as all the rest of his book If I were worthy to be of the Drs. Counsel the next time that I Prophesied I would be sure to set the time far enough off that so people might laugh at me as they have done at some others when I were dead and not whilst I lived And therefore others a little wiser then their fellows tells us that it shall begin about 27. yeers hence Others say about 41. yeers hence Others about 83. yeers hence Alsteed puts the beginning of these thousand yeers to 1694. Others put it to the yeer 1859. about 200 yeers hence But the Dr. thinks this time too long to be kept out of his Mahumetan Paradise and therefore he will temper this and some other accounts which remove their Periods so far off and this he doth by tampering with the Chronologers telling you