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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

hath not his Verbum Domini for what he holds Even the Devil himself when he disputed with our Saviour had his Scriptum est he cited Scripture though corruptly The Dr. cites 51. proofs out of the Old Testament almost all borrowed from Doctor a Alsteed or Dr. Gouge his Treatise of the calling of the Jews p. 9. to 83. I shall set them down in order as the Dr. recites them the bare rehearsall will be confutation to the most of them for either they prophesie of Christs first coming in the flesh 2. Or of the Jews deliverance from Babylonish captivity 3. Or of the calling of the Jews when there shall be a spiritual restauration of the Church or the like To prove that Christ shall reign with the Saints on earth a thousand yeers the Dr. Quotes 1. Gen. 1. 26 27 28. collated with Psal. 8. 2. Gen. 12. 1 2 3 6. and 17. 1. to 9. 3. Gen. 18. 78. and 22. 15 16. 4. Gen. 26. 4. 5. Gen. 48. 19. and 49. 26. 6. Balaams Prophesie Numb. 24. 7. Deut. 30. 1. to 10. 8. Deut. 32. 15. to 19. 9. Neh. 1 8. 10. Psal. 8. and 110. yea the whole Book of Psalms in Three Heads 11. Isay 2. 1. c. 12. Isay 9. 6. 13. Isay 11. per totum 14. Isay 14. 1. c. 15. Isay 24. 23. 16. Isay 25 per totum 17. Isay 33. 20. 21 18. Isay 34. 1. c. 19. Isay 45. 14. c. 20. Isay 49. per totum 21. Isay 54. 11. c. 22. Isay 59. 23. Isay 60. per totum 24. Isay 63. 1. c. 25. Isay 65. 17. c. 26. Isay 66. 5. c. 27. Jer. 16. 14 15. collat. with 23. 3. 28. Jer. 30. 31. 29. Jer. 32. 37. 30. Jer. 50. 17. 31. Ezek. 28. 24 25 26. 32. Ezek. 34. 11. c. 33. Ezek. 37. total 34. Ezek. 37. total 35. Dan. 2. 31. c. 36. Dan. 7. total 37. Dan. 11. 12. 38. Hos. 1. 10. 11. 39. Hos. 3. 4. 5. 40. Joel 2. 28. c. 41. Joel 3. 1. c. 42. Amos 9. 11. collated with Obad 17. 43. Micah 4. total 44. Zoph 3. 9. c. 45. Zach. 2. 6. c. 46. Zach. 6. 12. 47. Zach. 8. 20. c. 48. Zach. 10. 3. c. 49. Zach. 12. total 50. Zach. 14. 3. c. 51. Mal. 4. total If you count these proofs they are many but if you seriously weigh them you will not find one to the purpose Obj. Though none of these Scriptures apart prove the point yet sayes the Dr. lay them all together and then they 'l do it Answ. Lay them and 51. more such proofs together for 't is easie gathering proofs to prove Christs Incarnation the a calling of the Jews Israels deliverance from Babylonish captivity and the Spiritual Glory of Gospel-times and they will never satisfie any sober Reader as to the proof of this point I must confess I seldom smile at my Study yet when I observed the Drs Learned-nonsense and his gross non-sequitors I could not forbear and let any Ingenious Reader take any one of these 51. proofs apart or altogether as the Dr. directs him and put but ergo Christ shall Reign with the Saints on earth a 1000. years and he cannot forbear smiling at least to see how the Drs. proofs hang together like ropes of sand and come as neer together as St. Germans lips which were nine miles asunder The Drs. Arguments for the Millenary fancy are like the Papists for the Popes Supremacy E. g. Peter healed the sick with his shadow ergo he was head of the Church Pauls calls him Cephas ergo he was chief of the Apostles Christ bid him put up his sword ergo the Pope hath right to both swords Or like the Quakers consequences flesh and blood shall not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven ergo there shall be no Resurrection The Saints shall judge the world here ergo there shall be no other Judgment this is Naylers Logick Obj. The Scripture holds forth that the last dayes shall be glorious dayes ergo Christ shall then Reigne personally on earth a thousand yeers Sol. It follows not for allthough the last dayes shall be glorious in respect of the great light of the Gospel and the glorious Priviledges and Liberty which the Church shall then enjoy yet in respect of the abuse of that Liberty and those Priviledges so the last dayes will be Perilous times a 2 Tim. 3. 1. True in Gospel times the bounds of the Church shall be enlarged Antichrists Kingdom shall decrease and Christs Kingdom will increase the mountain of the Lord shall be exalted in the top of the mountains and the Churches Priviledges will be advanced but that ever the Church should come to that height of happiness on earth as to be free from troubles internal and external and to Raign with Christ here for a thousand yeers in a sin-less sorrow-less temptation-less condition as D. H. phraseth it is a meer dream and hath no ground in Scripture Obj. Though many of these 51 proofs may be impertinent yet some may be pertinent Answ. I shall therefore call out the most pertinent for the bare reading of most of those Texts is confutation sufficient The first great place is Psal. 8. compared with Genesis 2. 26 27 28. which speaks of Adams dominion over the Creature in the state of innocency but the 8. Psal. speaks directly litterally and properly of Christ the second Adam if we will believe the Apostle a Heb 2. 6 7 8. So that the Drs. collating of these places is invalid 'T is true what is here spoken of Christ is proper to the Saints by vertue of their union with Christ the dignities belonging to Christ the head appertain to his mystical body the Church which ●s called Christ 1 Cor. 12. 12. All is theirs because they are Christs Now what do Millenaries gather hence Why 't is this that since Christ is thus exalted and the Saints in him to have dominion over the creatures c. Ergo they shall reign with Christ a thousand years on earth Who sees not the vanity of such Logick Obj. Heb. 2. 5. The Apostle speaks of a world to come ergo he speaks of this thousand yeers raign to come Answ. What a sad thing is to father our vain fancies on the Prophets and Aposties and to make them speak what never so much as came into their thoughts By the world to come is meant the Church of Christ under the Gospel which is called the world to come 1. In relation to the Church that lived before and under the Law who longed to see this world John 8. 56. 1 Pet. 1. 10 11. 2. Because of the restauration of all things by Christ begun already 2 Cor. 5. 17. and shall be finisht hereafter at the Resurrection which is called the time of the restitution of all things ●phes 1. 10. Q. D. O ye Hebrews

you are the beginning of th s world to come and of this new Christian age God hath made you subject not to Angels but to Christ wherefore you must not obey them or Moses or the Ceremonial Law but you must now obey Christ your Head and King for in submitting to him and taking him upon his own terms you become Lords of all and have interest in all that Christ hath Dr. Homes then is miserably out when he affirms p. 134. that this 8. Psal. was never fulfilled to the Saints since Adams fall They were never thus crowned with glory and honour their enemies were never thus stilled they could never yet sing this 8. Psal. as a praise for things done but onely in hope it shall be done What gross ignorance to say no more is here Are not the Saints already Crowned in Christ Doth not the Spouse partake of the glory of her Husband Do not they Triumph in Christ over Death and Hell and Sin and Satan and all their enemies Rom. 8. 33. ad finem How then are these things not done This Dr. should clear Texts and he doth all he can to darken them and wrest them to maintain his dreams insomuch that he confesseth that some of his proofs seem to some men to say little to his purpose Had he said all his proofs he had spoken but truth 2. Another grand proof is Ezek 37. I pass by many of his proofs as Ridiculous not Ponderous though the Dr. is pleased oft times to tell us how weighty they be In this chapter we find Israel lying in Babylonish captivity like dry bones without any hope or likelyhood of deliverance yet the Lord promiseth by his Almighty Power to bring them out of it What is this to the purpose Obj. But says the Dr. the chapt. speaks of the calling of the Jews Ans. The whole chapt. doth not but admit the latter part do prophesie that in Gospel times Jews and Gentiles shall be united make one visible Church under Christ and that he will be spiritually present with them in his Word and Ordinances yet how will it follow that because the Jews shall be called ergo Christ shall reigne with them personally on earth a thousand yeers I am even weary of this stuffe and therefore shall make haste 3. The next Text is Dan. 2. 31. to 36. and 7. 14. This Text had been plainer if the Dr. had never medled with it He hath an excellent faculty in mangling Scripture Answ. 1. These places are very Mystical and Prophetical and are oft times by Sectaries strained beyond their scope and meaning 2. That this Kingdom which Daniel speaks of can not be their Utopia and imaginary Kingdom is plain from the Text it self for it tells us that the Lord shal set up a Kingdom which shall destroy the Kingdoms of the earth and this Kingdom shall last for ever and ever So that Daniel speaks of Christs Kingdom as everlasting but these mens Kingdom shall last but a thousand yeers and therefore 't is not this Kingdom mentioned in Daniel Obj. Dan. 12. 2. Speak of the Resurrection of all to judgement See Mr. Bayly's answer to that Text in his Disswasive 1. Part. p. 238. c. Quest But hath the Dr. no New Testament proofs Answ. O yes he cites no less then 24. Texts yet Pace canti viri dixerim not one to the purpose 1. He cites John 19. 37. they shall look on him whom th●y have pierced ergo they shall look on him with bodily eyes and shall reign with him a thousand yeers 2. Rev. 1. 7. Behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him Ergo Christ shall reign visibly on earth a thousand yeers 3. Matth. 24. 30 Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man ergo 4. 2 Thes. 2. 1. I beseech you by the coming of Christ ergo Christ shall come and reign a thousand yeers 5. Matth. 26. 29. I will not drink of the fruit of the Vine till I drink it with you new in my Fathers Kingdom Ergo Christ shall raign with the Saints on earth a thousand yeers and they shall drink wine together This Text hath been often urged to me by the Millenaries and therefore I shall clear it 1. By the Kingdom of the Father is not here meant any Kingdom or Reign here on earth but the Kingdom of Heaven as appears Matth. 13. 43. Then shall the Righteous shine as the Sun in the Kingdom of the Father i. e. in the Kingdom of Heaven which is called the Fathers Kingdom 1. Because there he more especially manifests his glory 2. Because the Presidency and chief Government of this Kingdom rests in him 3. The Kingdom which the Millenaries expect is called Christs Kingdom and not the Fathers but the Kingdom here spoken of is called the Fathers Kingdom not Christs 4. By wine here is not meant any corporal drinking for glorified spiritualized bodies which are made like unto Christs glorious body need no such low things as eating and drinking are But Metaphorically and Mystically it notes that sweet joy and eternal comfort which the Saints shall have with Christ their Lord and Head in his Heavenly Kingdom This Celestial glory and happiness Christs cals New Wine i. e. Wine of another kind Spiritual Intellectual Wine 2. Or New Wine because more Excellent for so the Hebrews are wont to call a thing that is Excellent New as Psal. 96. 1. and 98. 1. Sing a new Song i. e. an Excellent song so Heb. 8. 8. 1 John 2. 7 8. Obj. But did not Christ eat and drink with his Apostles after his Resurrection and if so why may not the Saints also Answ. Suppose Christ did eat and drink with his Apostles yet he did it not now more humano consueto so as formerly he had done He did not now eat or drink for any bodily nourishment or refreshment having no need of meats or drinks nor yet in a social communion onely for the confirming of the Faith of his Apostles in the certainty of his Resurrection he shewed them what he could do This was not in him now any natural action and therefore he over-looks it as a thing by the by telling his Apostles that he would no more thus drink with them His other proofs are to very little purpose as Math. 23. 38. Luke 19. 11. to 28. Act. 3. 19. 20 21. Philip 2. 9 10. Math. 24. 13. Luke 1. 31 32. Luke 21. 24. Luke 22. 28. c. Acts 1. 6. Rom. 11. 25. c. 1 Cor. 15. 21. 2 Cor. 3. 15. Revel. 2. 25. c. Revel. 3. 21. c. Rev. 5. 10. Revel. 18. 19. 21. 2 Pet. 3. 13. To all these proofs put Ergo The Saints shall Reign on earth a thousand yeers and forbear smiling if you can Indeed the Dr. from first to last doth Petere Principium he begs the Question and takes that for granted which he never proves The {non-Roman}