he did deliver them although he had said he would deliver them no more as you may read in the 32. and 33. verse of the 12. Chapter And thus for want of knowledge not ignorance in the Scriptures you may see how the eyes of your understanding are darkened so as you cannot see as it were at noon day Moreover take notice that the same Prophet Hosea whom you would if you could have proved your matter namely that Israel shall not return again fully proveth what I have affirmed as you may read in his Prophecy in these words Hos 13.9 ch 14.1 2 3 4 5 6. O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thine help O Israel return to the Lord thy God for thou hast faln by thine iniquities I will heal their back-slidings and love them freely for mine anger is turned away from him I will be as the Jew to Israel he shall grow as the lillie and cast forth his roots as Lebanon his branches shall spread and his beauty shall be as the Olive tree and his smell as Lebanon From whence we may see that the very same Prophet doth prophecy of Gods love to Israel and their prosperous estate after their return although you say he will love them no more But whether we may believe you or the Prophet I leave the Reader to judge because your speech is opposite one to another and so passe to the second thing which is to prove that the Lord is so far from retaining wrath and hating Israel for ever that he loveth them with an everlasting love viz. that people that came from the loins of Abraham Isaac and Jacob as will appear from the words of the Prophet Jeremiah saying The Lord hath appeared unto me of old Jer 31.3 4. saying Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love therefore with loving kindness will I draw thee again I will build thee and thou shalt be built O Virgin of Israel thou shalt again be adorned with thy Taâ—rets and go forth in the dance of them that make merry c. Thus we see the Lords love to Israel proved to be everlasting so that what you say is found lighter than vanity And I so shall pasle to the third thing which is that Israel shall return out of their captivity into their own Land and also shall answer your grand Objection or beat down your strong hold cited by you Ezek. 16.55 in these words When thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former Page 30. estate and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate which is supposed not to be But first to prove that Israel shall return into their own land as aforesaid and that you may see it clear see what is spoken by the moâ—â—hes of the holy Prophets Jer. 33.7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. saying I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return and I will build them as at the first I wil cleanse them of all their iniquitiâ—â— and thus saith the Lord again there shall be heard in this place which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beâ—st even in the Cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalâ—m which are desolate the voice of joy and the voice of gladnesss the voice of the BRIDEGROOM and the voice of the BRIDE the voice of them that shall say praise ye the Lord of host for the Lord is good for his mercy endureth for ever and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise unto the house of the Lord for I will cause to return the captives of the Land as at the first saith the Lord Behold the day cometh saith the Lord that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of ISRAEL and to house of JVDAH in those daies and at that time will I cause the BRANCHES OF RIGHTEOVSNES to grow up unto DAVID and he shall EXECVTE JVDGEMENT AND RIGHTEOVSNES in the Land in those dayes shall JVDAH be saved and JERVSALEM There is a glorious return of Israel to their own Land proved at large from those Scriptures with several oâ—kers which are also mentioned dwell safely and this is his Name by which he shall be called the LORD OVR RIGHTEOVSNES for this saith the LORD DAVID shall never want A MAN to sit upon the THRONE of the HOVSE OF ISRAEL moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah saying Considerest thou not what this people have spoken saying the two FAMILIES which the LORD hath CHOSEN he hath even cast them off thus they have despised my people that they should be no more a Nation before me thus saith the Lord if my Covenant be not with day and night and if I have not appointed the Ordinances of heaven and earth then will I cast away the seed of Jacob for I will cause them to return and have mercy upon them And that this respects the last return is very plain First because it speaks of both Families returning namely Israel meaning the ten Tribes and Judah meaning the Zionnites or the daughters of Zion And secondly because it speaks of Christ executing judgement in the Land as doth appear from the word the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNES and that the place is mean Jerusalem in the letter Jer. 3 25 is plain from the thirteenth verse of the three and twentieth Chapâ—er of Jeremiah which saith That the places about Jerusalem and in the Cities of Judah shâ—ll the flocks passe again and at that time they shall call Jerusalem the Throne of the LORD and all the Nations shall be gathered unto it to the name of the LORD to JERVSALEM neither shall they walk any more after the imigâ—nation of their evill hearts the which yet now they do mark that in those daies the house of Iudah shall walk with the house of Israel but yet they have not mark that and they shall come together out of the Land of the north to the Land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers Ezek. 37 21. and I will make them a Nation in the Land upon the mountains of Israel and one King shall be unto them all and they shall be no more two Nations neither shall they divide into two Kingdomes any more at all neither shall they defile themselves with their Idols any more at all and David viz. Christ my Servant shall be King over them according to the words of the Angel to Mary which saith For he shall be great and be called the Son of the most highest Luke 1.31 38 and the Lord God shall give unto HIM THE THRONE of his FATHER DAVID and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever and of his Kingdome there shall be no end for behold in those daies and in that time will I bring the captives of Judah and Jerusalem
will bring them out from the people Ezek. 28.24 25 26. and gather them from the Countryes and will bring them to their own Land and feed them upon the mountains of Israel And they shall be no more a prey to their enemies but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afraid And there shall be no more a pricking bryer unto the house of Israel nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them that despised them and they shall dwell in their Land that I gave my servant Jacob Isa 12 1 2 3 4. and shall know that I am the Lord. And in that day thou shalt say O Lord I will praise thee though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation For thy waste and thy desolate places and the Land of thy destuction shall even now be too narrow by reason of the Inhabitants and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away the children that thou shalt have after thou hast lost the other shall say again in thine ears the place is too strait for me Give place to me that I may dwell then shalt thou say in thine heart who hath begotten me these seeing I have lost my children Isa 49 19 20 21 22. and am desolate a captive and a removing to and fro and who hath brought up these behold I was left alone where have these been Thus saith the Lord God behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles and lift up my Standard unto the people and they shall bring thy sons in their arms and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders Ver. 23. And Kings shall be thy nursing fathers and Queens shall be your nursing mothers they shall bow down to thee with their face to the ground and lick up the dust of thy feet and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. Isa 6.10 11. And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls and their Kings shall minister unto thee for in my wrath I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee Ver. 12. therefore thy gates shall be opened continually and they shall not be shut day nor night that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles and that their Kings may be brought for the Nation or Kingdome that will not serve thee shall perish Let Mount Zion rejoyce Psal 48 11. let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgements FOR in that day will I make the Governours or Judah like a hearth of fire round about the wood like a torch of fire in a sheaf and they shall devoure all the people round about on the right hand and on the left and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place even in Jerusalem The Lord also shall save the Tents of Judah first Zach. 12.6 to 15. that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the Inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnifie themselves against Judah And thou O Tower of the flock the strong Hold of the daughter of Zion unto thee shall come the first dominions In that day shall the Lord defend the Inhabitants of Jerusalem Mich. 4.8 and he that is feeble amongst them at that day shall be as David and the house of David shall be as God as the Angels of the Lord before them And it shall come to passe in that day that I will seek to destroy all the Nations that come up against Jerusalem And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the Inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon me whom they have peirced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son and shall be in great bitternesse for him as one that is in bitternesse for his first born In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem as the mourning of HADADRIMMON in the valley of MEGIDDON Isa 5â— 20. And so all Israel shall be saved as it is written There shall come a Deliverer to Zion and shall turn away transgression from Jacob Rom. 11.26 O the depth of the riches both of wisdome and knowledge of God how unsearchable are his judgements Isa 64.4 and his wayes past finding out For since the beginning of the world men have not heard or perceived by the ear 1 Cor. 2.10 neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for thee But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God Therefore unto God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit be ascribed glory and thanksgiving might majesty and dominâ—on by all that fear him small and great for ever and ever world without end Amen Thus having from these Scriptures and many more that might be mentioned together with these above written proved the first part of the assertion viz. That the Jews shall yet return and possesse their own Land and be a very glorious people and their scituation viz. Jerusalem a very glorious scituation Although all that hath been said may comparatively be called as the gleaning of the vintage For I know nothing which the Scriptures proves more plainly and yet this is hid from the most part of the prudent and learned men in our times but this is the fulfilling of the Scriptures which saith God hath hid it from the wise and prudent and revealed his wisdome even his hidden wisdome to babes and sucklings not that I say that God hath hid it from all that are prudent and learned men according to humane sciences for I do know some of them do understand the mystery of the kingdome although to the greatest part it is a parable but however the truth of God stands sure and is unchangeable for the Scriptures shall not fall to the ground but shall be fulfilled although heaven and earth passe a way Hence it came to passe that that all which was spoken of Christ to be fulfilled in the dates of his flesh was accomplished in the very letter of the Scriptures that the Scriptures might be fulfilled and so shall all those Scriptures that speak of his glory and reign and the Jews glory be fulfilled in their time For as the Scriptures spake of Christs being born at Bethlehem Mich. 5.2 Isa 7.14 Hos 11.1 Zach. 9.9 Isa 8.18 Mich. 5.1 Isa 5.6 Psal 69.21 Zach. 11 12 13. Psal 22 18. Num. 9 12. Exod. 12 46. Psal 34.7 Zich 12.10 it was so and as the Scriptures spake that a Virgin should conceive it also was so and as the Scriptures prophesied of calling his son out of Aegypt it was so and as he was prophesied to ride to Jerusalem upon an Asses Colt it was so and as it was prophesied that he
Branch of righteousnesse to grow unto David and he shall execute judgement and righteousnesse in the Land Jer. 33.14 15 16 17. In those daies shall Iudah be saved and Israel dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called the Lord our righteousnesse For thus saith the Lord David shall never want a man to sit upon the Throne of the house of Israel For the Lord shall roar oâ—t of Zion and utter his voice from Ierusalem and the heavens and the earth shall shake but the Lord will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion my holy moutain then shall Ierusalem be holy Joel 3.16 17 18 19 20 21 and there shall no stranger passe through it any more But Iudah shall dwell forever and Ierusalem from generation to generâ—tion For I will cleanse their bloud which I have not cleansed for the Lord dwelleth in Zion For the Lord hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation This is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it I will abundantly blesse her provision I will satisfie her poor with bread I will cloath her Priests with salvation and her Saints shall shout aloud for joy Psal 132.13 14 15 16 17 18. There will I make the horn of David to bud I will ordain a lamb for mine anointed His enemies shall be cloathed with shame but upon himself shall his Crown flourish in that day it shall be said to Ierusalem fear not and unto Zion let not thy hands be slack the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty he will save he will rejoyce over thee with joy Zeph 3.14 15 16 17 18 19. Sing O daughter of Zion shout O Israel be glad and rejoyce with all thy heart O daughter of Ierusalem The Lord hath taken away thy judgements he hath cast out thine enemies the King of Israel even the Lord is in the midst of thee thou shalt not see evill any more But the captives of the host of the children of Israel shall possesse that of the Canaanites even to Zarephath and the captivity of Ierusalem which is in Sepharad shall possesse the Cities of the South And Saviours shall come upon Mount Zion Obed 18.19 20 21 to judge the Mount of Esau and the Kingdomes shall be the Lords Again the word or the Lord of Host came unto me saying Thus saith the Lord of Hosts I am jealous for Zion with a great jealousie and I was jealous for her with great fury Zach. 8.1 2 3 4. thus saith the Lord I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Ierusalem and Ierusalem shall be called a City of truth and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts the holy mountain And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives which is bâ—fore Ierusalem and the Lord thy God shall come and all his Saints with him for Enoch also the seventh from Adam Enoch prophecied of Christ kingdom Judg 14 Zach 14.4 5 9. prophecied of these things saying behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his Saints And the Lord shall be King over all the earth in that day shall there be one Lord and his name one Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the TIMES of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord for he will send Jesus Christ which before was preached unto you whom the heavens must receive untill the TIMES of restitution of all things which God Acts 3.19 Rom. 2.16 Acts 17.31 2 Tim. 4.1 hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began For he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousnesse by that man Christ Iesus at his appearance and Kingdome Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tydings that publisheth peace O Judah keep thy solemn Feasts perform thy vows Nah. 1.15 for the wicked shall no more passe through thee he is utterly cut off For thus saith the Lord of Hosts yet once is it a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry-land And I will shake all Nations Hag. 2.6 7 8 9. Isa 61.1 2 3 Rev. 15.8.29 to 35. Psal 48.8 9. Psal 68. from Isa 66.6 Ezek. 41.14.15.20 21 23 25. and the desire of all Nations shall come and I will fill this house with glory saith the Lord of Hosts And the glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former saith the Lord of Hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the Lord of Hosts Behold I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me And the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his Temple even the messenger of the Covenant whom ye delight in Behold he shall come saith the Lord of Hosts But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appears For he is like a refiners fire and like fullers soap And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he shall purge the sons of Levi Mal 3.1 2 3 4. and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousnesâ—e Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem be pleasant unto the Lord as in the dayes of old and as in former years and I will be as the dew unto Israel he shall grow as the lilly and cast forth his root as Lebanon his branches shall spread and his beauty shall be as the Olive tree and his smell as Lebanon They that dwell under his shadow shall return Hos 14.5 6 7 8. they shall revive as the corn and grow as the vine the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon Ephraim shall say what have I to do any more with Idols Isa 55.11 12. who is wise and he shall understand these things For they shall be led forth with joy and the mountains shall break forth before them into singing And at that day will I raise up the Tabernacle of David Amos 9. from 11. to 16. that is fallen and close up the breaches thereof And I will raise up his ruines and will build it as in the dayes of old Balaams prophecy to Balack as touching the estate of Israel in the latter dayes Numb 24. from 14 to 20. That they may possesse the remnant of Edom. And I will plant them upon their own Land And there shall come a Star out of Jacob and a Srepter shall rise out of Israel and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy the children of Seth and Edom shall be a possession Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies and Israel shall do valiantly Out of Iacob shall come he that shall have dominion
and shall destroy him that remaineth of the City For unto us a child is born unto us a Son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulders and his name shall be called Wonderful Councellour the mighty God the everlasting Father the prince of Peace Of the encrease of his government and peace there shall be no end upon the Throne of David and upon his Kingdome to order it and to establish it with judgement Isa 9. 6 7 8. and with justice from hence forth even for ever the zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this For he shall come down like the rain upon the new mown grasse as showers that water the earth In this day shall the righteous flourish and abundance of peace so long as the Moon endureth He shall have dominion from sea to sea and from the rivers to the ends of the earth Psal 72.5 10 12. they that dwell in the wildernesse shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust The Kings of Tarshish A promise of Moses as touching Christ in â—n Alâ—gory Deut. 33.13 14 15 16 Isa 53 12. Christ was delivered to death and so was for a time separated from his brethren Isa 45. and of the Isles shall bring presents the Kings of Sheba and Sebâ— shall offer gifts Yea all Kings shall fall down before him all Nations shall serve him And for the chief things of the ancient mountains and for the precious things of the â—asting hills And for the precoâ—us things of the earth and fuâ—nâ—sse hereof and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush let the blessing come down upno the head of Ioseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren Therefore will I devide him a spoil amongst the great because he poured out his soul to death Therefore God hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name that every knee should bow before him They shall come before thee in chains they shall come over and they shall fall down unto thee As saith the Angels to Mary Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son Luke 1.31 32 33. and shalt call his name Iesus and 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 reign over the house of Iacob for ever and of his kingdome there shall be no end And I saw in the night visions and behold one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven and came to the Ancient of dayes and they brought him near before him And there was given to him dominion Dan. 7.13 14 and 27. and glory and a kingdome that all people Nations and languages should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not passe away and his kingdome that which shall not be destroyed And the kingdom and dominion and greatness of the kingdome under the whole heaven 3 John 3.2 shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most high whose kingdome is an everlasting kingdome and all dominions shall serve and obey him Now are we the sons of God but it doth not appear what we shall be Luke 22 28. but when he shall appear we shall be made like him for ye are they saith Christ that have continued with me in my temptations I appoint unto you a kingdome and I will give you power over the Nations Rev. 2.26 and you shall rule them with a rod of iron and break them like a Potters vessel Psal 149.9 even as I have received of my Father this honour haâ—h all the Saints praise ye the Lord Thou shalt bring them in and place them in the mountain of thine inheritance Eph. 15.17 18 in the place O Lord which thou hast made for thee to duell in in the Sanctuary O Lord which thy hands have established The Lord shall reign for ever and ever Much might be said by way of allusion concerning Jonahs prayer Jâ—nah 2.4 Jâ—m 5 7. 8 Chap. 2.5 I said that I was cast out of thy sight yet will I look towards thy holy temple Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord behold the husband man waitâ—th for the precious fruit of the earth and hath long patience for it untill he receive the early and latter rain Be ye also patient establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth near Heaâ—ken my beloved brethren God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdome For we have not followed cunning devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Petâ— 1 from 16 to 22. For he shall come in the clouds and every eye shall see him and they that peirced him shall mourn And then they shall say lo this is our God we have waited for him blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord For thou Bethlehem in the Land of Judeah Isa 25.9 Mat. 23.27 28 Chap. 25.31 Mat. 2 6. Mark 13.34 Rev 22 12 art not the least of the Princes of Judah for out of thee shall come a Governour that shall rule my people Israel For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey who lest his house and gave authority to his servants and to every man his work and commanded the Porter to watch Watch ye therefore for ye know not when the master of the house cometh Watch ye therefore for he will come and give to every one according to his works blessed is that servant when his Lord cometh finds so doing he wâ—l give them a crown of life and a place in the Paradice of God in that new heaven and new earth Luke 12.37 1 Pet 5.4 Rev 2.7 Mat 5. 5 Jer 23 5 for the meek shall inherit the earth For behold the day cometh saith the Lord that I will raise up unto David a righteous branch and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth in his day Judah shall be saved and Israel dwell safely and this is his name where by he shall be called Mich 4.7 THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNES And I will make her that halteth Psal 146.10 a remnant and her that was cast out a strong Nation and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zâ—on from henceforth and for ever Psal 67. from 1 to 8 Thy Lord shall reign for ever even thy God O Zion to all generations O let the Nations be glad and sing for joy for thou shalt judge the people tighteously and govern the Nations upon the earth Selah God shall blesse us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him Psal 49.14 1 Thes 4 Psal 149.2 Clap your hands all ye people shout unto God with the voice of tryumph For the
Lord most high is terrible he is a King over all the earth he shall subdue the people under us and the Nations under our feet He shall choose our inheritance for us Psal 47. from 1 to 10 Psa 93.2 3 Ps 99.1 2 3 the excellency of Iacob Selah God is gone up with a shout the Lord with a sound of a trumpet sing praise to God sing praise sing praise unto oâ—r King sing praise For God is the King of all the earth God reigns over the heathen God sitteth upon the Throne of his holinesse The Princes of the people are gathered together even the people of the God of Abraham for the shields of the earth belongeth unto God Rev 19. from 5 to 12 he is greatly exalted And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude and as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thundrings Rev 20.6 7 saying Allelujah For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth let us be glad and rejoyce and give honour to him for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made her self ready And to her was granted that she should be arayed in fine linnen 1 Cor 6.2 1 Tim 2.11 12 and he said unto me write Blessed are they that are called to the marriage Supper of the Lamb And he said unto me these are the true sayings of God And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Jâ—sus and for the Word of God and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years John 1.51 Know ye not that the Saints shall judge the world for is is a faithfull saying if we suffer with him Heb 1.14 we shall also reign with him Verily verliy I say unto you hereafter you shall see heaven open and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man Heb 2.5 6 7 For they are all ministring spirits sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation For not unto the Angels hath he put into subjection the world to come whereof we speak Rev 21.7 but in a certain place saith What is man that thou shouldst be mindfull of him for thou hast crowned him with glory and put all things under him although we yet see not all things put under him But he that overcometh shall inherit all things Dan 1.31 Verse 44 and I will be their God and they shall be my people For the stone that is cut out of the mounatin without hands shall smite the Image and make it like the chaff of the summer threshing floor and the stone shall become a great mountain and fill the whole earth And at that time the Saints shall possesse the Kingdom for ever Hosâ— 3.4 5 The children of Israel shall abide many dayes without a King and without a prince and without a sacrifice and afterwards shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God and David their King and shall fear the Lord and his goodnesse in the latter dayes Isa 11. from 1 to 13 And in that day there shall be a root of Iâ—sse which shall stand up an ensign to the people And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tong of the Aegyptian sea and with his mighty winds shall he shake his hand over the river and shall smite it in the seven streams and make men go over dry-shod Isa 66 And there shall be an high way for the remnant of his peoâ—le which shall be left from Assyria like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt Ezek 39 28 29 And he shall bring them into their own land and feed them with judgement upon the mountains of Israel For he will rejoyce in Jerusalem and joy in his people Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God Isa 32.1 2 that caused them to be led into captivity amongst the heathen But I have gathered them into their own land Joel 2 32 and have left none of them any more there neither will I hide my face any more from them And a King shall reign in righteousnesse Rev. 11 15 and Prâ—nces decree judgement For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance And there was a great voice in heaven saying the KING-DOMES of this WORLD are become the KINGDOMS of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and ever From these Scriptures it doth plainly appear that the Jews shall yet return to their town of unwalled villages and repair their former desolations And also that Christ shall have his Tabernacle with them and be their KING in the midst of them according to the Scriptures and reign over the house of David where his Saints shall be as Saviours upon Mount Zion and enjoy the Kingdom according to Gods good pleasure Wherefore seeing we receive a Kingdom that cannot be moved let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear for he that shall come will come and will not tarry even so Amen come Lord Jesus come quickly the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be multiplied unto all such as wait for his appearance and Kingdome in sinâ—erity and truth FINIS ERRATA PAge 3 l 3 read benevolous p 5 l 30 r City for eighty l 37 reither p 11 l 2 r prayers p 16 r Heb. 9.10 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 v. 13. r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p 21 l 27 r ask for affirm p 28 l 20 r Acts for Exod. p 29 l ul r new for communion p 35 l 8 r you draw p 36 l 10 r Poet p 38 mend the margin r there was not a state of Immortality in Paradice equivalent with that which was brought to light no more to be subject to corruption p 46 l 17 r to fear death for did fear death p 47 l 14 r Christ owned Church p 52 l ult r many made sinners p 58 mend the margin noter Mal. 1.11.12 p 55 l 1 r despised p 65 l 32 r no man to do p 76 l 13 r moulded for marred p 77 l 6 r tender p 78 l 2 r can for cannot p 80 l 15 r tender also in line ult r tender p 82 l 17 r condition for transgression p 83 men the margin note r preterperfectâ—n e for preterimperfâ—ctience p 86 l ult r be kin p 87 l 13 r visited for rejected p 88 l 3 r reach for wrath p 89 l 22 r there justice left him and there mercy found him to bring him again from the dead p 90 l 6 r threatened for here ended p 92 in the margin r Indifferently p 93 l 4 r threatened for there opened p 95 l 18 r tender l 2â— r premised p 96 l 10 r I suppâ—se for I passe p 99 l 11 r dolefull for doubtful p 100 l 12 r Abraham for Adam l 19 r gave for you In the same p r Eâ—omitâ—s for Adamics p 112 l 3 r to whom p 119 l 32 r translated for calculated p 123 l 20 r mared for made p 127 apply 26 v. of the 9th ch to the Romans to the remnant of Israel p 132 l 24 r bride for bridegrom p 133 l 2 r in a dispute l 11 r depend p 131 l 13 r not troubâ—ed p 137 l 15 r Diotrephes for Elias l 26 r Rulers for unless p 141 l 20 r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p 168 l 5 r stain for strain p 174 l 8 r Joshua for Hosea
and I will gather all Nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat and will please there for my people and for my heritage Israel whom they have scattered amongst the Nations behold I will raise them out of the place whether ye have sold them so shall ye know that I am the Lord dwelling in Zion my holy mountain then shall Jerusalem be holy The return of Judah and Israels captivity proved and there shall no stranger passe through her anymore mark that but Judah shall dwell for ever and Jerusalem from generation to generation for I will cleanse their bloud that I have not cleansed for the Lord dwelleth in Zion therefore shall the redeemed of the Lord return and come with singing to Zion and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and mourning shal flee away Thus we may see that Jerusalem is yet to be the praise of the whole earth and that Judah and Israel shall return and be glorious as in former time nay more glorious for the Kingdome shall be restored unto Israel and Christ shall be King over them not allegorically as some ignorantly conceit for there be multitudes of objections as to that opinion that cannot be answered but it shall be fulfilled in the letter of it But because I cannot inlarge my self upon this subject my desire is that the curteous Reader would peruse these ensuing Scriptures and do heartily desire the Lord to apply the right understanding of them to thy soul Read Ezekiel chap 37 38. 39. and Isa 11.12 and 65. and 66. read the 68. Psalm and Psal 102. and 122. read Jer. 30. and 31. read Joel chap. 2. and 3. read Zeph. 3. read Zach. 12. and 14. Mal. 3. these and many more Scriptures doth shew plainly that the people of Israel and Judah shall turn from their captivity into their own Land and also take notice that these Scriptures speak not of Judahs captivity viz. that of the seventy years and the like from which they have returned and yet for their sins are gone to captivity again but this is the return not onely of Judah but also of Israel viz. the ten Tribes the which never more shall go into captivity 2 Sâ—m 7.10 Isa 61. But In their own Land DOVBLE EVERLASTING FOR shall be upon them so shall they dwell in a place of their own and move no more neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them as beforetime for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Thus you see that Judah and Israel shall yet return to their own Land But say you It cannot be for Ezekiel plainly saith when I shall bring their captivity the captivity of Sodom and her daughters and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them when thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate then thou and thy daughters viz Judah shall return to your former estate From which Text you conclude that Sodom and her daughters shall never return and so consequently Judah and her daughters shall never return To which I answer and say that this Text seems to be your strong hold yet you shall see this Text will fight against you and therefore in the first place I shall shew who they are that are called the daughters of Sodom And secondly I shall prove that Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate and if so then you may blush for shame to say that Judah shall never return And so to the first which is to shew what people are called the daughters of Sodom the which we finde to be the Moabites and the Ammonites Gen. 19. for when the Lord overthrew the Cities of the plain there was none did escape save Lot and his wife and two daughters and as for his wife she was turned into a pillar of Salt so that of all the Cities of the plain which is Sodom primely and the adjacent Cities there was none left to bear the name of the daughters of Sodom but Lot and his two daughters And therefore Lots daughters consulted to make their father drunk that they might bear seed by him Gen. 19.31 for say they Our Father is old and there is no man in the earth to come into us after the manner of all the earth implying that the Lord had appointed in order to distinguish the Nations one from another that they should propagate onely with their own Nation therefore saith Lots daughters There is no man in the earth to come into us c. upon which we finde they made their father drunk with wine It is proved that Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate and they lay with him and the first born conceived and brought forth a son and called his name Moab the same is the father of the Moabites to this day and the younger bare a son also and called his name Ben-ammi the same is the father of the children of Amon to this day So that the Moabites and the Ammonites spring from the people of Sodom viz Lot and his daughters and are called the daughters of Sodom now the circumstance of the reasons of their captivity would be too large to discourse of onely we may take notice that the Prophet Amoâ— in short sheweth us the reason for you may mind the Lord did forbid Israel from doing Moab and Ammon any wrong when they passed by to destroy the Nations for as Ezekiel saith Ezek. 16. Deut. 29 19. they were brethren to Israel and therefore the Lord suffered Israel as aforesaid to do them no hurt yet notwithstanding the Lord gave them captive into the hands of their enemies from whence also they shall return Amos 1 13. as I shall shew you and the reason that Amos rendreth why God did give them into the hands of their enemies is because saith he For three transgressions of the children of Ammon Chp. 1.2 and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they have ript up the women with child of Gilead that they might enlarge their borders thus saith the Lord 2 King 3.26 27. for three transgressions and for four of Moab I will not turn away the punishment thereof because he burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime The which cruel act is recorded in the second Book of Kings and also the reason of their captivity the Prophet Ieremiah speaks largely of But I shal come now in the second place to prove that they viz. the daughters of Sodom shall return out of captivity and that also the earth viz. the place of Sodom shall be restored and then I have fully proved the matter and that the place of Sodom shall be restored is clear because the whole Creation that was made subject to