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A75729	A brief description of the fifth monarchy, or kingdome, that shortly is to come into the world. The monarch, subjects, officers and lawes thereof, and the surpassing glory, amplitude, unity, and peace of that kingdome. When the kingdome and dominion, and the greatnesse of the kingdome under the whole heaven shall be given to the people, the saints of the most high, whose kingdome is an everlasting kingdome, and all soveraignes shall serve and obey him. And in the conclusion there is added a prognostick of the time when the fifth kingdome shall begin. by William Aspinwall, N.E.	Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.	1653 (1653)	Wing A4004; Thomason E708_8; ESTC R16233	13,627	16

A Brief Description OF THE Fifth Monarchy OR KINGDOME That shortly is to come into the World The Monarch Subjects Officers and Lawes thereof and the surpassing Glory Amplitude Unity and Peace of that Kingdome When the Kingdome and Dominion and the greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole Heaven shall be given to the people the Saints of the Most high whose Kingdome is an everlasting Kingdome and all Soveraignes shall serve and obey him And in the Conclusion there is added a Prognostick of the time when this fifth Kingdome shall begin By WILLIAM ASPINWALL N. E. 2 Pet. 3.13 Neverthelesse we according to his promise look for New Heavens and a new Earth wherein dwels righteousnesse Psal 2.10 11 12. Be wise therefore O yee Kings be instructed yee Judges of the Earth Serve the Lord with feare and rejoyce with trembling Kisse the Son least he be angry and yee perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little Psal 76.12 For he will cut off the Spirit of Princes he is terrible to the Kings of the Earth Job 12.21 He poureth contempt upon Princes he is terrible to the Kings of the Earth LONDON Printed by M. Simmons and are to be sold by Livewell Chapman at the Crown in Popes head-Alley 1653. A Brief Description of the Fifth Monarchy IN handling this Subject I shall observe this method 1 I shall shew that there is such a thing to be expected in the world as a fifth Monarchy 2 Who shall be the Monarch or absolute Soveraigne thereof 3 Who are the Subjects and Offices of this Kingdome 4 Who is the Law-giver and what are the Lawes of this Kingdome 5 And lastly The necessity and benefit of this Kingdome and all this briefly from Scripture-light 1 Therefore that there is such a thing as a fifth Monarchy to be expected in the world is evident from Daniels vision Dan. 7. where he saw four Beasts interpreted to be four Kings or Kingdomes v. 17.23 or four sorts of Monarchy and all of them arising out of the earth or modelled moulded by humane prudence The last of which Beasts or Monarchies is differenced from the other three former Monarchies by the extent of it and by a distribution of the ten hornes or Kings that shall arise out of this Monarchy v. 23 24. And the last of those horns or Kings is differenced from the rest of the horns by the extent of his soveraignty over 3 Kingdoms v. 8.24 and by his fierce and arrogant persecution of the Saints v. 25. and by a determinate extirpation of his Kingdom and Soveraignty and the reason thereof v. 9 10 11 26. All which was fulfilled in Charls late King or absolute soveraign of 3 Kingdoms a fierce arrogant Tyrant persecuter of the Saints whose dominion continued till the judgement was set to wit the Parliament and High Court of Justice who slew the Beast and utterly overthrew his dominion by an Act made against Kingly power The Beast or chief Soveraign was slain or beheaded v. 11. and his Body that is all reliques of royal power which are as karkasses of royalty all of them first or last must be demolished and destroyed This is the doom of the little horn or soveraign of 3 Kingdoms and hath been fulfilled to a jot And the karkasses of royalty have begun to be demolished and more and more wil be till they be utterly destroyed As touching the other 7 Kings or horns under this fourth Monarchy they have a little prolonging in life granted after the death of Charls Stuart and and the destruction of all Images karkasses of royalty in those Nations But the space will be short it will be but for a season and time v. 12. and then will their lives goe for it as well as Charles and then these four Monarchies being destroyed the fifth Kingdom or Monarchy follows immediately v. 27. The Kingdom and dominion and greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole Heaven shall be given to the people the Saints of the most high whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom And this I call the fifth Monarchy which in extent is more large then the foregoing Monarchies for all Nations shall serve and obey him Dan. 2 35. Dan. 7.27 Psal 72.11 47.2 And for durance it shall continue as long as the world lasteth it shall never be destroyed Dan. 2.44 7.27 Luk. 1.33 Ps 72.8 Mic. 4.7 Zech. 9.10 Act. 1.7 Isa 9.7 So that it is certaine that such a Monarchy or Kingdome shall be in the world If it be Objected That the Kingdome spoken in the foregoing Scriptures is onely a spirituall Kingdom or Government exercised in the Church which in Scripture-language is also called the Kingdome of God or of Christ or of Heaven I answer That Christ doth indeed exercise his Kingly power in his Church and the discipline thereof but not onely there He also puts forth acts of Kingly power as acts of judgment and justice in relation to Civil Government and of that Esay speaks expresly Isa 9.7 Yea this new Monarchy or stone cut out of the Mountaine without hands shall crush and break in pieces all the other four Monarchies Dan. 2.34.45 which is inconsistent with Church-power Moreover David shews that this Dominion is universal Psa 72.8 where the word used for Dominion cannot rightly be applyed to Church-power neither can the obeysance and worship yielded to this Dominion Ps 72.9.11 nor the prorection of the subjects of this Kingdom from force and violence v. 12 13 14. nor the tribute presents rendred therunto by several Nations wel suit with Church-power but manifestly argue a Dominion in reference to Civil power If it be yet said that all these expressions are Metaphorical I deny it nor can it be safe for us to coin metaphors of Scripture where no necessity doth require it Had it been the purpose of the holy Ghost to hold forth Christs spiritual Government in the Churches he could have expressed himself in proper phrases and words Wherefore I conclude that it is safest for us to take the plaine meaning of the words unlesse the holy Ghost had elsewhere declared himselfe to the contrary And let this suffice to shew that such a thing shall be in the world as a fifth Monarchy after the destruction and dissolution of the four Beasts or Monarchies 2 Touching the Monarch or Soveraigne King of this Kingdome I affirm that Jesus Christ shall be the Monarch or absolute King and Soveraigne according as it is writtten Revel 11 15. The Kingdomes of this world are become the Kingdomes of the Lord and of his Christ and he shall raigne for ever and ever Isa 9.6 Vnto us a Child is borne unto us a Son is given and the Government shall be on his shoulder and his name shall be called Wonderfull Counsellour the mighty God the everlasting Father the Prince of Peace Of the increase of his Government and Peace there shall be no end upon the Throne of

as is the Law-giver such are the Laws or Rules given by that power I shall first and principally endeavour to shew who must be the Law-giver and only of right can chalenge this Legislative power And let me crave leave without regreat or offence to any godly mind to avouch for an irrefragable truth that in this fifth Monarchy Christ alone hath this Legislative power and none but he So saith Isaiah ch 33.22 Jehovah is our Legislator or Law-giver to wit that Jehovah which was to be born of the virgin without the help of man of whom Jacob prophesies Gen. 49.10 that before Shiloh to wit the Messias came from between his feet there should no Law-giver come from between the feet of Judah and yet many Kings Princes came from between Judahs feet that is were born and sprung out of his loyns and yet none of them nor all of them had any Legislative power til Shiloh came I shal not need to spend time to prove Shiloh to be the promised Messias being a truth generally received both of Jews Christians And til this time God preserved that tribe or septer distinct And Christ himself saith Mat. 28.18 All power is given unto me in heaven in earth if all power then Legislative power This his right by donation from the father as also is judicial power Job 5.22.27 and none can challenge power to either without delegation from Christ Judicial power I find delegated unto Ministers of Justice Isa 1.17 1 K. 6.12 Ezek. 45.9 but Legislative power Christ hath not any where delegated to any person or persons that I find since the world began but reserveth that as a peculiar Royalty to himself And therefore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or absolute soveraignty is given to him Dan. 7.14 His wil word or command is a law to the subject this is absolute soveraignty such as Christ will not allow to any of his subjects He knows it were not safe nor wholsome because of the imperfection of mens wisdom and inconstancy of their judgements But to be regulated by Christ and to receive Laws from him with whom is no unrighteousnes or shadow of change is the priviledg honour and safety of saints for his wil is certain and it is always good And this wil be the perfect state model of Civil Governments under the fifth Monarchy Christ alone shal be Law-giver and if he be the Law-giver alone you may easily conclude that he will own no other Laws but what himself hath given which though they be few and brief yet are they compleatly sufficient and perfect other wise it would reflect upon the wisdom of faithfulnes of this only Potentate as Paul cals him 1 Tim. 6.15 I shall not need to expresse particularly the Laws but leave it to every subject to make diligent search for them where they lye scattered up and down in the holy Scriptures And if this wil shortly be the glory and liberty and safety of this fifth Monarchy let every godly mind equally poysed that waits and prayes for the coming of this Kingdom as our Saviour teacheth us Mat. 6.10 let them judge whether it would not be for our honour and safety to model and conform our civil state according to this form and platform we being cast upon the end of the fourth Monarchy that is already begun to break and wil suddenly come to ruine But it wil be said That this and sundry other Nations have been accustomed to have Parliaments Dyets c. consisting of a number of select men as a Representative of the State with Legislative power 'T is true de facto such hath bin the usage of this and sundry other Nations during the fourth Monarchy but de jure let the Scripture judge Clear it is Christ had this Legislative power confer'd on him by the Father Mat. 28.13 And who can assume this power out of Christs hand without delegation from him but it wil be an incroachment upon his Royalty If it be said they assume it not but the people give it them I demand what power have the people so to do or When did Christ betrust the people with power to make Lawes otherwise they can have no such power to confer and it is not impossible for them to give more then is originally and intrinsecally in themselves And this is all the trust which I find committed to Princes or people to execute judgment and justice Jer. 22 3. Ezech. 45.9 1 Kings 6.12 What use then will there be in this fifth Monarchy of Parliaments dyets c. if Legislative power be denyed them There wil be great and necessary use of supream Councels as hath been shewed for 1 They ought carefully to provide that wise godly and faithful Judges and Justices be placed in all meet places of the Nation to execute judgment and justice according to the judicials given by Christ 2 They are to constitute Exactors and Visitors I mean all subordinate Officers in all places of power and trust and to see they be men throughly purged and refined And for that end it wil be meet to send unto the several Churches which are Gods refining houses to commend unto them by the hands of their known Officers men of integrity throughly tested and fit for such and such employments Not to gratifie friends and acquaintance much lesse men that carry an outward splendor in the world and out of a corrupt and covetous principle seek to croud themselves into places of gain and profit 3 They are to displace unfit or unfaithful persons for Cujus est instituere ejus est destituere and if cause be to censure and punish them 4 They are to act in all matters of Councel touching war and peace and transactions with forreign States All which duly attended unto wil be work enough for the chief Councels of State As for the names of Parliaments and Dyets c. though there be no evil in the names yet I suppose they wil be laid aside in the time of this fifth Monarchy when men begin more to affect the language of Canaan then the imitation of idolatrous Nations If we should only take the Judicials to be our rules for justice and judgement it would make the Government arbitrary for the judicials are few and short and will not reach all cases or at least much will lye in the breast of the Judges who are to interpret and apply those general Rules to particular cases and that wil be dangerous The Laws indeed are few and brief and therefore require a spirit of wisdom and of the fear of the Lord in such as are to execute justice and judgment according to those Laws and Rules Men that are to be designed to such work should be such as walk close with God and are wel versed in Gods law rather then in humane Laws 2. I answer that though the Laws be few and brief yet they are perfect and sufficient and so large as the wisdome of God

David and upon his Kingdome to order it and to stablish it with judgement and justice from henceforth and for ever The zeale of the Lord of hosts will performe this And Daniel speaking of the same time and the same Kingdom or absolute soveraignty saith I saw in the night visions and behold with the clouds of Heaven as it were the Son of man was coming he came to the ancient of dayes and he brought him near before him and to him was given absolute soveraignty and glory and a Kingdom all people Nations and languages shall serve him his absolute soveraignty is an everlasting soveraignty that passeth not away and his Kingdome that which shall not be destroyed Dan. 7.13 14. And the Angel which was sent to Mary the Virgin said to her Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son and shalt call his name Jesus he shall be great and shall be called the Son of the highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the Throne of his father David and he shall raigne over the house of Jacob for ever and of his Kingdome there shall be no end Luk. 1.31 32 29. Zachary also prophecying of the same time and same Monarchy saith Jehovah shall be King over all the earth in that day shal there be one Jehovah and his name one Zec. 14.9 And he means that Christ alone shall then be universal soveraign and no name or authority acknowledged or exercised but his alone And Paul prophecying of this very Monarchy chargeth Timothy with a most solemn charge That he observe his command in that Book spotlesse and unrebukable untill the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ which in his time he shall shew who is the blessed and onely Potentate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords 1 Tim. 6.13 14 15. And thus is Christ described when he makes war and doth righteously judge that mother of harlots which is the very stump of the fourth Monarchy He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings and on his vesture and on his thigh hath this name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords Rev. 17.14 19.11.16 He must reigne till he hath put all his enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 15.25.27 No things or persons shall be exempted from his soveraignty his Father only excepted By all which it is evident that Christ Jesus shall be the absolute soveraigne in this Kingdome and that not only in relation to Church-power but also in reference to Civil and Military power Not that I am of their judgement who say That Christ shall reign personally upon earth 1000 years but his Saints shall be his Vicegerents during the time of this Monarchy according as it is written Dan. 7.27 And the Kingdome and absolute soveraignty and greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole Heaven shall be given to the people to the Saints of the most High whose Kingdome is an everlasting Kingdome and all soveraignties or soveraignes shall serve and obey him Now the Saints who shall exercise and mannage this supremacy of power in the first rise of this fifth Monarchy as appears to me most probable are such as have been actors with Christ in warring against the whore who are called chosen and faithful Rev. 17.14 I mean the Lambs Military Officers with whom he betrusteth the Militia or supream power of his Kingdome Rev. 19.14 who for many reasons may seem most meet to mannage the supream power as the Judges of old and after them David a man of war did untill the Churches be settled in Peace The supream authority I conceive will rather be placed in others who as the supream Councel of the State or Nation are to mannage the affairs of State and to study how they may enlarge the Kingdom of Christ and demolish the Kingdom of Antichrist or the relicks and remainders thereof And to them it will appertain to constitute faithfull and choice men fearing God and hating covetousnes in every City to execute justice and judgement according to the Statutes and Lawes of this onely potentate and absolute soveraign To them also it apertains to displace and censure such as prove unfaithful To them also it belongs to call meet men unto all publick places of trust and to call them to a due account thereof This I conceive to be the office and duty of the supream Authority or Councel of the State and the supream power is to incourage them and strengthen their hands in this work until Melchizedeck become King of Salem I mean till Christ have setled his people in peace Then shall they beat their swords into ploughshears and their spears into pruning hooks Nation shall not lift up sword against Nation neither shall they learn war any more Isa 2.4 Mic. 4.3 And in that peaceable state will the Churches continue for a thousand years and the Saints shall reign with Christ or for him Rev. 20.4 After which Gog and Magog the last publick enemies of the Saints in this world shall ingage against them Rev. 20.7 8. Ezek. 38. 39. which adversaries being destroyed the Churches shall continue in peace and purity untill Christs coming to judgment as appears by the parable of the ten virgins Mat. 25. for that is a special Prophecy of those last times 3. The next thing to be cleared is who are the subjects and Officers of this Kingdome or Monarchy And that will appeare from the words of David Psa 72.9 10 11. They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust The Kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts yea all Kings shall bow down before him all Nations shall serve him And Psa 110.2 3. Jehovah shall send the scepter of thy strength out of Zion rule thou in the middest of thine enemies Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power in the beauties of holinesse from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth So you see all Nations shall be his subjects and all people in all Nations of what degree soever shall yield obeysance to him even the Governours themselves Yea his very enemies shall lick the dust they shall be subject too As for the Officers of this Kingdome they are of two sorts either they are supream or subordinate The supream Officers are either Kings Rulers or Governours as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth also signifie or the supream Councel of State Psa 72.10 11. Isa 1.26 The subordinate Officers are either Judges Overseers or Exactors Isa 1.26 60.17 These all of them that exercise any place of Authority power or trust whether Civil or Military within this dominion must be Saints Dan. 7.27 Rev. 19.14 The supream Councellours and Judges under them shall be holy men throughly purged Isa 1.25 26. The words are very emphaticall I will refine according to purity thy tyn alluding to the manner of Refiners of mettal