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Denus petition to the Lord General Cromwell with his Protestation and engagement : also, his description of the house of God and original priesthood : whereunto is annexed The ministerial duty and The personal reign of the saints.
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1651
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Wing D1068A; ESTC R26116
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mens teachings DENUS to the restored Church in the Isle of Pathmos The personal Reign of the Saints REvel 5.9 And they sang a new Song saying Thou art worthy to open the seals for thou wast shame and hast redeemed us to God by thy bloud out of every kinred people tongue and nation and hast made us Kings and Priests to God and we shall reign on the earth This promise of God beareth us up by a living hope and as Saint Peter saith we look for new heavens and a new earth where Righteousness shall dwell These words have an inference to a new state of Justice when none shall reign but his kingdom of Saints which must execute justice under him by a personal power in so high an enjoyment of God that they well be called a new heaven on earth or an heavenly people that shall reign on earth so that the world seeing their high and sweet enjoyment may imitate them and become a new earth and so comply and rejoyce together As Saint Paul saith Rejoyce ye Gentile with his people so that the natural branch may rejoyce with the spiritual kingdom and government and grift in with them to sing to God saying Thou art worthy O Lord. This personal reign of the Saints shall be a visible State that the ends of the earth shall have when the oppressours shall no more pass through their kingdom or City Zach. 9.8 when they shall have all given into their hands As you may finde by Daniel the 7. vers 27. That the dominion and greatness of the kingdom shall be given to the people of the Saints Revel 20. Saying Ye shall be Kings and Priests to God and shall reign with him Which is interpreted by some that Christ shall reign with his people again in a personal or visible estate which he hath done already upon his participation but now we look only to his substantiality and to bring all into the God-head which is one substance almighty and king of Saints without person or persons which is an undivided substance most high whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and all dominions shall serve and obey him which is God without end or dividing into parts any more For the Lord shall raign in Sion before his ancient glory and the earth shall be silenced when the Saints shall grown in that new heaven and shall raign as Kings over the world in that high calling and Royal Priesthood the Lord will do great things at that time the Saints shall bear the Image of the heavenly by a sure walking with God for he hath made us Kings and Priests to him and we shall raign on the earth when he hath put all rule and Authority under his feet he shall give up the kingdom to his father and shall raign and shall put all powers under him I do not mean that Christ shall raign personally any more but as in power in all places both in Heaven and Earth as Father Son and Holy Ghost joyned all in one power and the Saints shall govern as Deputies under him for David shall never want a man nor the people of God a Priest to offer sacrifices continually which is him above for no flesh shall behold any more but by his power and not by his bodily shape the soul may behold him when it is out of the body and for any further beholding of him I know none for his personall raign hath been already and he hath appeared to his Disciples saying go forth and declare as by a personall command So it appeared FINIS LONDON Printed for Henry Hasilwood dwelling in the Parish of Windsor in the County of Berks. 1651.