forced to flee into Egypt Thirdly As Moses was wonderfully preserved and so by a gracious Providence nobly trained up to be fitted for his Office so was Christ divinely preserved from his danger and fitted for his increasing in wisdom and stature saith the Evangelist and favour with God and man Luc 2.52 Fourthly When Moses was grown up and his Brethren were in great bondage he sought to deliver them but they rejected and betrayed him but owned him not for their Deliverer So Christ coming in the fulness of time was not received by his own people John 1. but they took counsel against him to reject and betray him and actually killed the Lord of Life who came to deliver them from Death Fifthly When Moses was thereupon removed into a far Countrey there he had Jethro Prince or Priest of On a loving and wise Father having taken his Daughter a stranger to Wiâ—â—â— So Christ after the Jews rejection and betraying of him went inâ—â— a far Coâ—â—â—â—ey as he speaketh Luc. 19. to sit at the Right Hand of his leavenly Father and upon his own peoples rejecting of him as their God or Redâ—emet Acts 13. he espâ—useth to himself the strangers of the Gentiles to be his Church or Spouse during his former peoples â—strangement from him Sixthly But when the fulness of time was come that God would mâ—ke Moses his Peoples Deliverer he divinely grâ—â—â—â—sly and wonderfully reveals himself to him sends him on that his Errand furnisheth him with divine power conrage gifts assistance and above all guides him by his own counsel in the management of all how and what course he should stear or means he should use what particular miracles he should work from time to time and shews him what success or want of success he should have and so Moses did all by Gods appointment in that whole work of bringing his People the Children of Israel out of Egypt in which work afterwards in the Wilderness he was Gods faithful servant in all his House Heb. 2. in all the time he led them in the Wilderness So when the time was come that the Father by his Spirit had declared in his Prophets that his Son should be the Deliveter of his People and as he hâ—d likewise typifiâ—d and many ways manâ—fested to them he accordingly undertook that work with that fulness of wisdom grace and of his Spirit and power from the Father and had the falness of his love so always coutinued unto him that he deâ—ied him nothing he asked yea he had ever fully manifested his whole pleasure to him and in him and by him all things were accordingly fulfilled to deliver his People from their sins being the bondage of their spiritual Pharaoh and wâ—rse than Egyptian bondage and wâ—ll come as the great Messiah of his ancient People in special and wonderfully save those that are beloyed for their Fathers sake with a greater deliverance from the Land of the North than the former from Egypt was Jer. 23.7 8. spiritually temporally eternally c. So Jer. 3 14 18 also Isa 53.10 66 14 15. Ezek. 37. the weole chapter c. which deliverance now hasteneth c. Seventhly What under Moses ministration Israel came short of obtaining under Joshua's Conduct the other Type of Christ they soon after enjoyed but yet only as the Lieutenant as I may say of that Grand Captain of the Lords Host that appeared to him Josh 5.13 14 15. from whom then he received his particular order for the besieging of Jericho with incouragement therein c. And who by Gods divine ordering of his Lots afterwards assigned to every Tribe their portion called in Scripture The Lot of their Inheritance So it is from Christ the grand Captain of his Peoples salvation not from any strength works or worth of their own in any respect that they obtain any mercy or favour from God But through the grace power and merit of their true Joshua or JESUS always both able and willing and ever remains present in readiness to conduct them through their Wilderness condition in this World even when they are at the greatest stand and who can in the most unlikely manner and by the most contemptible means as by Rams-Horn Trumpets he destroyed high-walled Jericho confound or destroy the greatest Enemâ—es of his People as he is now consuming the great Beast and false Prophet by the prophesying of his despised fackcloth-Witnesses Rev. 11 1â— hes 28 and will in his appointed time bring his Pilgrims into possession of their happy promised Rest that remains to them and all the faithful fore-fathers into the City prepared for them with other Saints of which God is the Maker and Builder himself Heb. 11.10 as in manifold promises he hath through many Ages in his word declared when likewise will begin his Kingdom of the Mountain which shall fill the whole Earth when all Nations shall serve and obey him Dan. 7.27 c. with many other holy Scripture-Testimonies which might here be added if it were needful Proceed we then to the third pair of partial Types in the Nâ—w World viz. Of David's Kingdom raised by God from a low beginning to become great like the great men of the Earth as God speaketh of it 2 Sam 7. though as a man that shed much blood in a warring condition till God gave him peace in the end c. And of Solomon's Kingdom that peaceful Prince when his Subjects were said to sit under their own Vines and under their own Fig. Trees though by the cloudy darkness of both their falls they were manifest to be onely Types of their most perfect Antitype And first of the first of them namely of David's Kingdom set up by God wherein Christ was typified in these respects 1. As David was low and mean at first I took thee saith God to him from the Sheepsold 2 Sam. 7 8. So Christ at his first appearing in the worlds view taking our nature was little regarded of them called commonly The Son of Joseph and Mary and afterwards disgracefully The Galilean from which Countrey they expected no good to come and another while reputed him the Carpenters Son and even his own Kindred believed not on him though especially amongst them both before his birth at his birth and afterwards glorious and radiant Beams of Divine Majesly wonderfully shone out in him whereby God evidently manifested and wrote as it were with a sun beam of Light as was also plainly told That that Child before promised and prophesied so often to come was his own and onely Son 2. After David's Kingdom began there was at first no outward probability appearing to stand against King Saul saving that Saul was rejected and David was by Gods appointment anointed by Samuel for the Kingdom But otherwise in outward respects Saul was in possession had the present command of all his Subjects and of all they had in the world outwardly but David forced to flee for his life manless monyless helpless in
fore-tells ships shall come from the coasts of Chittim which Mr. Mede evidently shews to be meant of the Roman Navy coming from Italy and are so applied in the order of accomdlishment by Daniel Chap. 11.30 and then declares what the Romans shall do viz. They shall afflict Ashur and shall afflict Eber which they have long done but since they were to be the last Oppressor of the Jews he further adds And he also shall perish for ever or shall go into perdition as is otherwise expressed by the holy Ghost Rev. 17 8. that is the Roman Monarchies being the last shall utterly be ruined when Christ shall destroy the man of sin when all wicked and tyrannous Dominion shall utterly cease and the Kingdom of the Stone shall becom a great Mountain filling the whole Earth when that Star and that Scepter and that Dominion he spake of before verse 17 19. which are often in Scripture afterwards spoken of shall continue for ever viz. to the end of the world These things are obvious I shall not therefore here insist further on them V. Fifthly Typified first by one pair of partial Types in the Old World secondly by three partial pairs in the New First the said pair of partial Types in the Old World are Enoch's ascending shewing the bginning of the Kingdâ—m of the Stone at Christs ascention into Heaven Dan. 2 34. And Noah's saving his by the Ark shews how Christ at the general Rapture of all Saints as the true Ark will save them when all wicked men shall perish at the finishing of the Kingdom of the Mountain Dan. 2 33. First Enoch was a Type of Christ in his walking with God who as the Apostle saith Heb. 11.5 before his Translation had this Testimony That he pleased God and therefore was translated that he should not see death in a wonderful manner Body and Soul in a way unknown to man into an ever-blessed and happy condition Even as Christ having fulfilled the work God gave him to do on earth and fulfilled all the wills of his heavenly Father in the Body which he gave to him Heb. 10.5 7 8 9. who therefore had this Testimony from the Father That he was his beloved Son in whom he was well pleased Matth. 3.17 and after all things were done in order by him to the last finishing of the work of Redemption and the witnessing of his Resurrection from the dead to his Apostles and other faithful Witnesses thereof he then ascended visibly into Heaven in the sight of his Disciples Acts 19. Luke 24.51 which was his eminent beginning of the Kingdom of the Stone which is the first state thereof when he so triumphed gloriously over all the spiritual Powers of Darkness as the Apostle teacheth Col. 2.15 so leading Captivity captive to give his Kingly Divine Gists unto men Secondly Noah also that Preacher of Righteousness as he is stiled Heb. 11. may be added unto Enoch being another partial Type of Christ Kingdom in the second state of it or the Kingdom of the Mountain who by faith saith the Apostle Heb 11. performed that Princely or Kingly service to make the Ark in the sight of that wicked Generation in the Old World that after perished by the Flood thereby to save himself and all his Relations that entred with him into it So Christ who shall be called saith the Prophet Jeremiah Chap. 23 by his Church The Lord our Righteousness and hath long sent abroad the Preachers of his Righteousness into the wicked World who regardeth it not when the time of their perishing at last shall inevitably come upon them by a deluge of fire as it did on the old world by water He will himself become at that time the true Ark prepared for all his true Members united spiritually unto him at the general Rapture or Change of all the Saints when the wicked remaining on Earth shall all perish at the worlds lost destruction by fire where all the other shall abide with Christ in the greatest safety and security above all worldly dangers sufferings or changes even when the Heavens and Earth shall be dissolved for ever VI. Sixthly Again also typified by three pairs of partial Types in the New world First of the Kingdom of the Stone First In Abraham towards the first times of the new world Secondly In Moses his Conduct from Egypt and in the Wilderness afterwards Thirdly In David's Conquest and Kingdom which God set up and gave him Secondly of the Kingdom of the Mountain First In Melthisedeck King of Salem that is King of Peace Secondly In Joshua's Conduct of Gods People into the promised Land Thirdly In Solomon's peaceful Kingdom the immediate Seed of David's Loyns First In the New world God said a new foundation with Abraham of Christs Kingdom in his free Covenant with him to be his God and the God of his Seed which the Apostle saith was one namely Christ Gal. 3.16 and by no other way was Abraham capable of that mercy that God should become his God Indeed God both promised and bestowed many Benefits and Priviledges upon Abraham's Isaac's and Jacob's natural Seed upon the renewing or repeating of the substance of that Covenant but all upon that Foundation-Truth wherein their Souls were divinely illuminated that the Son of God should become the Son of Abraham in a wonderful divine manner and so by him in a spiritual way of grace such his Children by faith should become the Sons of God and both he and they by such a way of faith and grace should inherit all the promises as the Spirit of God revealed and parposed so to fulfil them And therefore the Apostle Heb. 11. doth remarkably shew how Abraham Isaaâ— Jacob and Sarah by such illuminat on of their Souls saw afar off by faith the promises to be fulfilled in Christs Kingdom and at the Resurrection of the Just when Abraham shall be heir of the world actuaily which he was but onely by faith whilst he lived in the world as he also teacheth Rem 4.13 and â—nely from that ground all Gods Servants are interessed in any â—â—mpora Promises or Blessings And in such time of his living but 〈◊〉 Abraham was a great conquerour of his Enemies when he dâ—â—vered his Brother Lot and his house and those with him from there Kings that carried them Captives So Christ whilst he is fulfilling the Covenant mâ—de with the Faithful he is a great Conquerour and delivereth all his Prethren whose flesh he took from their nature and gives them his Spirit from his own Divine Nature which makâ—s them neâ—â—ly related to him and dearly beloved of him and in whose behalf and for whose deliverance he did not onely venture himself as Abraham did for Lot and his but actually suffered death to deliver them from their spiritual bondage and erernal misery The other of this first pair of partial Types in the first times of the New World is Melchisedeck who is not improbably conceived to be Shem the
eldest Son of Noah who both of them lived in both the Old and the New Worlds by both holding out unto us the Eternity of God the Father and the Son from whom the Worlds deliverance was fully in time to be accomplished But Melchisedeck as also Abraham was both a Priest and King even as Abraham who seemed not onely to be a King by his said Conquest but a Priestâ—n offering his Son Isaac whom saith the Apostle he received again from death in a figure and was then appointed really to offer the Ram in the Bush in his stead and was also said in some sence to be a Prophet to pray for Abimelech Gen 20.7 Also Melchisedeck was Priest of the most high God without Father and without Mother then known in Abraham's days typifying the eternal Priesthood of Christ after his order Heb. 7. and also King of Salem that is King of Peace typifying also thereby Christ the great King of the New Jerusalem to come from God out of Heaven as he stile himself Matth. 5. which as the Son and Heir of Abraham doth also according to Gods Covenant belong unto him and sion it it is very observable that Christs Office and Title to his Kingdom is contâ—aally confirmed and renewed in all the renewed Promises and Types made by God to and by the faithful foreFathers successively as also Melchisedeck is here expresly said to be King of Salem an evident Type of Christ the great King of Jerusalem as was said who doth and will bless his People with all desirable peace as Melchisedeck blessed Abraham returning with the spoiâ—s from the slaughter of the said Kings as Christ will also more fully confirm to them when all his and their Foes are made his footstool Secondly Christs Kingdom in the said two-sold state of it was evidently deciphered in Moses his Conduct of Israel out of Egypt and in the Wilderness and then by Joshua's Conduct into Canaan But Christ to answer both doth not onely spiritually by his Death Resurrection and Ascertion deliver his Israel and leave them then in their Wilderness condition but as the true Joshua also or JESVS will save them from all evil and from all their enemies Luc. 1. and bring them into possession of the heavenly Canaan as it is stiled Heb. 3. being the City whose Builder and Maker is God prepared for the faithful fore-fathers Heb. 11. And first for Moses who was then stiled King in Jesurun as to Christs Ch rches first staâ—e during the Kingdom of the Stone set up by his first coming Dan. 2.34 In respect of which though Moses as the Apostle Paul speaketh was faithful in all Gods House Heb. 3.2 yet but as a Servant and Mâ—nister of the Lord the Antitype for he made or gave no Laws then of his own to Gods people but what he received from God for them nor executed Judgment in extraordinary cases but by Gods direction as in the gathering sticks on the Sabbath day But Christ was as a Son when he came in his own House Heb. 5.6 whose House his People are What Gospel Moses taught Israel or set before them then was but in the â—ype till the tâ—me of Reformation Heb 9.10 till Christ put an end to aâ—l typical worship Buâ— Moses could not bring them to the promised Rest that he left for Josâ—ua to perform So all the life and substance of all Moses â—ypes and Ceremonâ—s was onely to be sound in Christ He the true and onely Son of God carrâ—ed â—ll those things to their full and perfect end who will be the true peace and rest of his People in the Land of the Living as that World to come Heb. 2 5. is most properly so stiled where Abraham Isaac and Jacob must then live again with all the Faithful in their order and time But that latter stare of Christs said Mediators Kingdom on Earth as we noted was further typified in part by Joshua though in the better part under whose Condâ—ct Israel obtained their promised Inheritance of Canaan wherein Moses carre shâ—rt but be brought them inâ—o the possession of it Which Rest was after poâ—â—uâ—ed by them as saith the Prophet Mich. 2.10 which caused by degrees the utter expulsion of that People from it Yet as the Apostle proveth Heb 49. There remaiâ—s still a Sabbatism or Rest for the People of God with whom one day is as a thousand years and a theusand years as one day as the Apostle Peter informs us 2 Pet. 3.9 and through the said true Jeshuâ— or JESVS this Rest remairs to the People of God upon w câ— â—s on all former Sabbaths the Word and Works of God usually were appointed to be considered in them as he was always pâ—eased in â—he six â—oregoing Millenniums to give occasion and command so tâ—at long contiâ—ned Sabbatism or holy Rest of his people from sin and sorrow will be a time to contemplate on the Word and Works of God when their great hinderers viz. evil men and Devils will be removed ouâ— of their way and all requisite helps from God Men and 〈◊〉 will be afforded them for that long continued Sabbatism of that 〈◊〉 thousand years whence Men and Angels too will be more fitted for perpetual Hallelujahs in Heaven afterwards by so much more than they could have been from all that was possible to be learned by them to such purpose by all they had seen or known or heard before as I don't not but might largely be made manifest through all the six thou and years of the worlds being before Which Sabbatism may be thereupon sitly stiled Gods highest School to train up his Children of the highest form for their best employment of their most eminent and inlarged praising of God through their most happy Eternity thence to ensue In which Rest or Sabbatism Christ will infeoff his People and give them possession thereof with himself even as the Father hath appointed such a Kingdom unto him so he will appoint it unto them as Luc. 22.29 not as a Substitute onely or Type like Jeshua to give them their Lots therein but as Lord of the Inheritance and by his own Gift and not as to such as may cast away or spoil or lose their said Inheritance but as to such as shall there find a sure Rest and Dwelling Place from which neither inward nor outward spiritual or temporal Adversaries shall expel them so certainly blessed shall they be then that partake of that first blessed Resurrection Rev. 20.6 when they shall be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like Angels of God in Heaven as our Saviour speaks of those Children of the Resurrection Matth. 22.30 in that and many other respects and such of the Saints as live in the animal Life then under the Protection of Christ the great King will be as safe as his Disciples were of whom he said Of those which thou gavest me have I lost none John 17. Yea more his Word seems in many places to hold out that the
Divine Majesty and Zeal for his Glory and Worship that thereupon he made to David the most blessed return of Love and Riches of Goodness to him and his House with the longest Entail wâ—th it and surest security of it that ever was made to any meer mortal man We may here observe first the said Message of God from vers 8. to 17. concerning Gods sure mercies to David in respect of his Kingdom People and House Secondly We may note David's improvement of each part of the Divine Message by Faith Prayer and thankful Acknowledgment from vers 17. to the end First In Gods Message vers 8. He directs the Prophet Nathan to make to David a rehearsal of mercies past namely How he exalted him from a low estate even from the Sheep-coat from following the Sheep to an excellent Dignity not onely to be a Ruler in ordinary way but that which added much to his exaltation and honour was he let him over his own People even over Israel chosen out of the whole World for his own Inheritance This special trust God committed to David to whom great Priviledges did belong and for whom great things formerly had been done by God upon whom his Name was called Secondly Vers 9. He minds him how he had been with him in a special manner in a way of grace to wit to be for him and against his Enemies and so effectually as to cut them all off in his own sight and that thereupon he had made him a great Name as the great Men that are upon the Earth Thirdly Vers 10. He sets down as in a Parenthesis a most wonderful mercy promised to his said People long after to take place and to be in fulfiâ—ling to the end of the world saying I will appoint a place not what he had done before or unto that time as afterwards is explained for my people Israel and I will plant them but how First that they may dwell in a place of their own for formerly they drove out others though but as Gods Instruments yet with many failings and then by their sins they forfeited their own interest therein Secondly He declares they should move no more which settlement then must needs be yet to come the same with Ezek. 37. and many other promises Thirdly The Children of wickedness should not in that Land which he promiseth afflict them any more which hath not hitherto been fulfilled formerly such Children of wickedness which in their dâ—sobedience to God they spared were in judgment made Thorns in their Sides and pricks in their Eyes to chastise them and other sone of wickedness by reason of their many provocations greatly from time to time before and till David's time afflicted them as before time in Egypt and in the Wilderness as the end of vers 10. seems to intend as before time And vers 11. in the beginning of it he adds another distinct time of the prevailing of such Sons of Wickedness over them And saith he as since the time that I commanded Judges to be over my people And that he might the better take notice of his own so good different state at present and from whence it came he shews to him again that he himself had caused him to rest from all his Enemies And in the end of vers 11. he appoints Nathan to deliver a further Message of wonderful grace concerning David's own House saying Also the Lord tells thee there was his insallible security that he will make thee a sure House which must needs be a sure House when God both tells him so and tells him he will make it so Greater certainty could not be Therefore rightly is this stiled The sure Mercies of David Vers 12. concerns Gods promise to be fulfilled after David's death concerning his Son Solomon as is applied by Solomon himself 1 Kings 2.24 The Lord saith he hath made me an House as he promised which promise follows in this 12th verse I will set up thy Seed after thee which shall proceed out of thy own bowels and I will establish his Kingdom which must be his immediate Seed Besides he was designed by God to build that House for Goâ— is Name which David purposed till God now declared his pleasure therein to him to the contrary which was accordingly executed as Solomon acknowledged as was noted before And vers 13. latter part God addes a wonderful mercy That Solomon the Type of Christ whose Kingdom in his days should be a Type of Christs Kingdom should build that House that should prefigure the Body of Christ till he came in the flesh and fulfilled all that was signified in and by that House and Priesthood exerciseâ— therein whereby it seems to be signified That that House which he built and the Services to be upheld in it should typifie to his People his glorious Person and work of Redemption to be wrought by him for them where the Ark of Gods gracious Presence with his People was at that time preserved Which Temple though afterwards it should be destroyed for their great sins and provocations and the Ark of Gods gracious presence be taken away from among them yet the Temple should afterward by the wonderful power and grace of God be again re-built as Isaiah fore-told and was as we reaâ— in Ezra and Nehemiah accordingly fulfilled by the former denoting the death of Christ bodily which he suffered for his Peoples sins and by the latter that divinely powerful and glorious Resurrection of Christ from that death of the Body Which said second Temple by the divine work of God upon the spirit of Cyrus being so rebuilt should so continue onely after repaired and adorned by Herod thenceforward many hundred years until all things were sully accomplished by him who was before so long time and many ways before-typâ—fied by it at the death of whose bâ—dy the Vail of that Temple actually was rent from top to bottom wherewith Moses vailed Gospel of Ceremonial Worship ceased and upon whose Resurrection and Aâ—cention the Gospel of the Son of Mans Kingdom was speedily and powerfully and evidently preached by the commissionated Embassadors of Christ through the whole world when also the Kingdom of the Stone fore-told in Daniel dâ—d begin oâ— the spiritual Throne and Kingdom of Christ was seâ— up and hath and is and will be powerfully upheld while Christ in the Gospel rideth o'n conquering and to conquer as he began under the â—â—st Seal till he eminently when he ceaseth to sit at his Fathers Right hand in Heaven Psal 110.1 shall make his foes his footstool and thenceforward gloriously and powerfully on David's and Solomon's Throne as here promised in the Kingdom of the Mountain to the worlds end and la Judgment Dan. 2 35. And so the great King of the New Jerusalem will undoubtedly succeed lineally from them both in whom the House and Throne of the Kingdoms of both shall be established for ever as in Psal 45. is largely illustrated with many excellencies belonging
to the gâ—orious state of the Messiah's Kingdom with his Saints his Spouse stiled the Kings Daughter and gloriously there described and enfeâ—ffed with her Dowry very divinely in a great part of that Psalm But vers 14 15. In regard God fore-knew Solomon would greatly fall by his own hainous sins which would deserve great Judgments even as the great Messiah was first to suffer and satisfie for Solomon before the visible glory of his Kingdom should shine forth and for all penitent and truly believing persons and that therefore God fore-shews how he would fatherly chastise Solomon but not take his mercie from him as he took it from Saul which is a very evident proof that Solomon was saved and secondly typifying therein that Christ should be saved in his suffering for mans sin and overcome death by dying in regard that Christ should personally come in the flesh to that end which was signified by that House which was to remain then in its use and that till then those services to be performed in that house did de note that work of Redemption of his people which he was to accomplish at that his coming whereby full Reconciliation should be made with God for them and then that said House and the services therein performed were thereupon to cease Therefore in vers 16. the last of Gods said Message to David by Nathan he twice confirms the perpetuity of the said Mercy not onely to ratifie the sureness thereof as is usual in holy Scripture as in the four Mettle-Kingdoms Dan 2. and 7. and the four Beasts but it seems in vers 16. he first through the said Reconciliation made when he put an end to the services of the said House whereby the influence of all promised mercies to the Saints reached in all Ages to them sets down there over and over for David's comfort this that concerned Christs Davidical Kingdom of the thousand years Reign with the Saints that it should be BEFORE DAVID that is at the blessed and holy Resurrection of the Just Rev. 20.6 when David and Daniel shall stand up in their Lots though there was a Resemblance of it as some observe in that Solomon was in the Throne before David died Yet this promise is of transcendent excellency above that matter neither did that state last for ever i. e. to the worlds end which is so many times insisted upon both from Gods Riches of Mercy towards David and David's une pressible gratitude as he said vers 20 due unto God Wherefore he speaks in such a full comprehensive manner vers 16. Thy House and thy Kingdom shall be established for ever BEFORE THEE and again Thy Throne shall be established for ever which is onely possible in Christ and in him is necessary according to that prophecy Isa 9.7 That of the increase of his Government there should be no end upon the Throne of David to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever And the reason hereof is very remarkable The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this his Truth his Faithfulness will nâ—t lie unto David for whom he hath this sure mercy to perform to raise up his Tabernacle which was fallen as Acts 1.5 is explained and as the Angel told the blessed Virgâ—n Luc. 1.23 3.3 The Lord shall give unto him the Throne of his Father David The Scripture is so full in this point that if mens eyes be not shâ—t it is obvious to be seen And thus much of Gods message by Nathan Now from vers 17. to the end of the Chapter we have David's most grateful acceptance of the said Message and very pious improvement of it by â—aith prayer acknowledgment and thankfulness and well might he do so seeing he so well understood and so fully believed every branch by the teaâ—hing of Gods Spirit and every particular therein contained viz. That he should have a Kingdom and such a Kingdom confirmed to him and not to him alone but to him and his People of Israel and for them with his Seed and not to his notural Seed onely â—s such coming out of his own Bowels but as typical of a Seed and Kingdom divine and beâ—venly to be given in a wonderful manner and as he saith vers 19. for a long time to come and upon such security from God himself who undertook to do it himself with the greatest assurance imaginable yea above all imagination or capacity of â—eatures in such a way under such Types in such order time and manifold miraculousness that iâ— all men and all Creatures should joyn all their Skill and Power Wealth Strength and Interests to confer a Kingdom upon a Person by right of Covenants Purchass Châ—rter Prowess Polâ—cy Prudence Conquest Merit or whatever they could contrive or procure to such intent it would be but nullity instead of security compared with this and not worthy even to be named in the same day with it Yea mens Kingdoms on the contrary the greater they are are therefore many times the more uncertain and tottering Whereas this in the greatest extent should be the most stable being founded in Righteousness which is the habitation or stability of Christs Throne Psal 97.2 whilst the greatest combination of men and creatures to uphold by any means Kingdoms and States in unrighteousness against God and his People do thereby the sooner bring them to their periods and by such means oft-times more certain ruine befalls them as in Nebuchadnezzars great Monarchy whether we look upon him personally as that great Tree then flourishing Dan 4. but suddenly cut down under whose Branches all Creatures then sheltred themselves or lineally which ended in his Granchild Belshazzar Dan. 5. as that Kingdom was then the Head of Gold in respect of the other Mettle-Kingdoms succeeding it even so it was but of short continuance for that reason Dan. 5.20 21 22 23. for some of the said short continuance But such a title and of so long continuance yea such a secure perpetaity God passeth over by his Divine Charter to David his Seed and People here of that his most excellent Kingdom in the world that though in some sence it should be interrupted for a time yet should certainly stand good in due time to thâ—m when all meerly worldly Monarchies shall be worn out yet that should remain for ever as often was repeated even to the worlds end the like assurance was never made before David's time never since of any Kingdom in the world nor ever will be when that universal visible Dominion shall hereafter begin to take place in the world as it was said of it Dan. 2.28 it never shall be destroyed in the world but be translated into or perfected in celestial Glory And therefore it is no marvâ—il that holy David from such Divine Illumination and from such suitable strength of faith doth answerably as we hinted receive with humble acceptation and inlarged thanksulness and acknowledgment that blessed
Learned Men have stiled formerly the Revelation of the Oâ—d Testament and indeed it appears to be a Revelation of the Promises of former Prophets and of some of his own Predictions concerning the happy estate of Israel and Judah to come when the Tabernacle of God will be with men Rev. 21. and the City which he had described shall really be Jehavah Shamma because the Lord our Saviour will be personally there And as many differences are observable in that foretold by Ezekiel for the comfort of the Jews and that by the Apostle John respecting especially the Gentiles that were beheaded for the Name of Jesus and resisted Antichrist c. And hence Ezekiel speaks as to a people in that state under such dispensations as the Jews were used to but the other is eminently more gloriously described I conceive for some Reasons as in regard that part of Christs Subjects and Servants that eminently thâ—n will serve him as Rev. 22.3 being in t he natural life first Jews then Gâ—nâ—â—les converted being the Nations of those that are saved will waâ— in the light of the other Jerusalem Rev. 21. that came from God out of Heaven by a Metouymie of the subject being the Spirits of just men made perfect which Christ râ—ngs 〈◊〉 him at his second coming and upon the taking their Bodies they become Inhab tants of the Jerusalem whose Maker and Builder is God Heb 11.10 prepared for the fore-fathers and all that without us shall not be maâ—e perfectâ—â— 40. or perfect in one as our Saviour prayed John 17.23 when they shall bâ—holâ— Christs glory v. 24 See â—ract on Jer. 3.17 other parcels c. And Daniel declares in a set order of Prophecy first more generally in Chap. 2. and Chap. 7. and after more particularly in Chap. 8. v. 13. to 20. with v. 26. and chap. 10. as in Rev. 1. Christs resemblance and chap. 11. much of the Roman Kingdom from v. 36 as Mr. Med accurately and evidently explains and chap. 12 v. 5 6 7. the same in substance with Rev. 10. and Daniel's Lot notes the first Resurrection Rev. 20.6 and to the same purpose Ezektel chap. 36. foretels largely the happy estate of the Jews then to whom the Gentiles will flow in being both in the natural life and shews the sure foundation of that mercy vers 25 26 27. viz. Gods sprinkling clean water upon them and giving them a new heart and putting his Spirit into them in the next Vision chap. 37 the said Promises are confirmed by two visions and explications plainly and distinctly set down by God himself as in our Word written pag. 10.11 In the next Vision he shews how Gog their great Oppressor shall be destroyed who is aptly there described to the life and said to come in the latter days twice Ezek. 38.8 16. chap. 39. and from theace to the end of that Book deciphers in reference to the Jews their happy estate in the Davidical Kingdom of Christ who being that Jehovah will personally be there as we shewed before upon many considerations c. So that Ezekiel's evidence being rightly understood as in many of those may appear compared with like portions of Scripture his Testimony may well be applied as a very strong Foundation of Faith bearing its weight with all the rest IX Ninthly Twice strongly ratified to Daniel two ways First By Viou onely Dan. 2. upon Gods revealing to him the Exposition of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream viz. That after the four Mettle Kingdoms were past there should succeed the two-fold state of Christ the Sonof mans Kingdom namely 1. The Kingdom of the Stone vers 4. 2. The Kingdom of the Mouatâ—in vers 35. Secondly Both by Vision and Revelation Chap. 7. 1. By Vision of four Beasts or four Kings as v. 17. ruining each other before the Kingdom of the Son of man should take place at his coming in the Clouds of Heaven when Dominion over all Nations shall be given to him to the worlds end vers 13 14. 2. By Revelation from vers 16 to the end of the Chapter especially vers 17. the four Beasts are said to be four Kings and vers 27. and as Luc. 22.29 they shall be made his Delegates yet so as all shall obey him Both Daniel's said Revelations and the several Visions either seen or recorded by him concerning Christs Davidical Kingdom are not onely consonant to former Prophecies and Types thereof and especially with Gods gracious Message by Nathan lately insisted upon from 2 Sam. 7. but also with all the particular Branches following to be considered in their order and nature which manifest more and more this said so divine and glorious Scripture-Truth respecting the said Kingdom which is the main subject of our third part viz. the Parallel with its appendants as thereby may be seen and considered being of very great use rightly to understand much of holy Scripture c. Therefore we shall here say no more thereof but refer the Reader thereunto onely admonishing him against two learned Errours for learned mens authority hath been much pleaded for them and hath long upheld them First of such as will have the Book of Revelation to begin where Daniel ends as if both those Books were a continuation of the same History c. Secondly Of such as make the Selucidae and Lagidae which were but the broken parts of the Greek-Kingdom to be the fourth Monarchy in Daniel which the Spirit of God recko â—eth no further than Antiochus Epiphanes who was repulsed by the Roman Navies appearance before Alexandria which Mr. Mede manlfests to be those Ships of Chittim fore-told by Balaam Numb 24.24 and fulfilled then as Dan. 11.30 Unto which two a third late mistake may be added of them that would make the Book of Revelations to be an History of things much past when given and not a Prophecy of things to come to the end of the world Whereas contrary to all three the Book of Revelation is meerly a divine mystical Comment or Exposition of that hidden part of Daniel then shut up and â—ealed up tâ—ll the time of the end as we shewed in our preface to the Parallel and elsewhere So that the right understanding of Revelation-Prophecy must necessarily be shut out thereby to all such as retain any of thoâ—e miâ—s-opinions See for this also the contrary Judgment and Reasons of many learned men in our fifth convincing Argument in the Word Written X. Tenthly Applied often by our Saviour in the Gospel to the Kingdom of the Son of man Matth. 13 41. and the Son of mans coming in his Kingdom Matth. 16.28 And It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you a Kingdom Luc. 12.32 Again Now is my Kingdom not from hence John 18.37 And I have appointed unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me which is the same which Daniel in vision saw him coming to receive Dan 7.13 14. and was promiâ—ed before to him as the Son of David 2 Sam. 7. which
of that state by the Restitution of all things and the times of refreshment from the presence of the Lord Acts 3.19 20 21. and as witnessed by all the holy Prophets of God since the World began And the Apostle James stiles it from the Prophet Amos 9.11 The raising of the Tabernacle of David that was fallen down with some explication of the said Prophecy Acts 15.16 17. Also the Evangelist John makes a telation of Christs Kingdom nâ—t being of this world proving it not so to be in regard his Servants did not fight that he should not then be delivered to the Jews Now therefore saith he my Kingdom is not from hence John 8.36 37. I might adde Jude's old Tradition turned by him into sacred Scripture v. 13 14. but that was spoken of before particularly XII Twelfthly Come we now to the twelfth and last Foundation of our Faith named in our general Title-page and that is from the most full and strongly evidenced Revelation in that many ways most excellent part of the hâ—ly Scripture given by Christ to his beloved Disciple John concerning the ending of the fourth Monarchy at the Beasts destruction Chap 18.11 to the end and the beginning and continuance of Christs Kingdom or Reign with his Saints succeeding it Chap. 20.4 thereby very evidently explaining by his best authority what Daniel saw and said more darkly and briefly before both of them being Gods beloved Witnesses of the same Divine Truth but Christs by his beloved Disciple John is the true and infallible Comment of the other Which said last Visions Chap. 19.11 and Chap. 20 21 22 now are hastening in order of accomplishment as we said to take place as upon many considerations may appear probable when that heavenly General of all Gods Hosts whose Name is THE WORD OF GOD as he is there stiled JESUS CHRIST the Great Messiah and Deliverer of his People THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS vers 16. will then come the second time withouâ— sin unto salvation Heb. 9 ult for them not onely as in the Kingdom of the Stone spiritually and divinely to save their Souls from the hands of their spiritual Enemies which he fulfilled at his first coming and hath improved and carried on ever since in their suffering â—â—ndition and will do whilst that Kingdom of Patience shall enâ—ure but when he will work an outwrad visible temporal salvation with the spirit al for all his people from all their Enemies to serve him without fear of them in righteousness and holiness before him all the days of their lives Luc. 1.75 which with the context hath been but in a small measure yet fulfilled in the aptest sence in comparison of what it will in several respects then be for then will be the great Vintage or Heâ—vest of Believers which is to come in unto Christ in the said thousand years reign when Isa 53. chiefly shall it seems take place that he shall see his seed and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand in the prolonging of his days even in all that time as also he speaks Chap. 9.10 wherein he shall sit upon the Throne of David and up-his Kingdom mark that expression to order it that is David's Kingdom for what end namely in such a way as to establish it namely by Justice and Judgment and the Psalmist excellently speaketh thereof particularly Justice and Judgment shall be the habitation or establishment or stability of thy Throne Psal 89.14 and especially Psal 97.2 which particularly sets down the beginning of Christs Kingdom so explained Heb. 1.8 for Kingdoms are so to be established saith the wiâ—â—st Solemon Prov. 16.12 The Throne is established by Righteousness 25 5. the contrary whereunto being acted by the ten Kings that give their power to the Beast with others at the last will bring destruction both upon him and them together Rev. 19.18 19 20. like as some of them before that time had bewailed the burning of the Whore of Babylon with their Alas alas Chap. 18.9 10 But Christ being that Great King that with an â—â—â—e is foretold shall eminently rule in Righteouâ—ness Jer. 23.5 6. Therefore he will so establish his Davidical Throne as was said in Righteousness and Judgment the sure establishment thereof For all their great temporal Promises then as we shewed before shall appear to be founded upon their spiritual endowments of Grace when God will circumcise their hearts and the hearts of their Seed Deut. 30. v. 1. to 11. because Israel then shall be a most holy people therefore they shall be a most happy People their Dominion then will be founded in grace and thereby preserved also for ever as God promised in that eminent Text 2 Sam. 7. and all their outward mercies will appear then to be derived to and preserved for them and their Seed from that spiritual Covenant with Abraham and thorow that one Seed Christ and from their interest therein from whence the temporal will flow in unto them according to their large measure of grace and sanctification But at the fulfilling of that said Vision Rev. 19.11 when that Great General with his holy and celestial Army shall overcome and utterly destroy the Beast and false Prophet thereupon will ensue Satans binding and that securely for 1000 years that he may not deceive the Nations any more till the said thousand years be fulfilled c. Chap. 20. which also will be contemporaneous with Christs Reign with his Saints on earth the same thousand years which is Christs Davidical Kingdom of which God gave such assurance to David that it should continue for ever to the end of the world in the said 2 Sam. 7. From which ground with others all such as have but a small measure of David's faith thereof may by the due reading improving and the right and serious considering of his security therein through Gods mercy be sufficiently satisfied in it And in very deed so much hath by many learned persons been written to this purpose and preached upon this Text Rev. 20.4 5 c. that I judge it needless to adde any more here upon that account Onely observe how Daniel and the Revelation agree in our Parallel of the Ruine of the Roman Empire which is now hastening under the last head thereof when Christs said Reign will begin Whose abominable wickedness vailed under such hypocritical pretences of piety and charity varnished over with a seeming colourable antiquity propt up by the Popes so long falsified infallibility under which and other false Vizards whilst the said Pope with his Complices pretend most zeal for Christs Religion and Souls Salvation even then they really sight most against the one and really seek to â—estâ—oy the other as woful experience â—th long manifested one the one part undermining the Truth making void the Ordinances and Institutions of Christ by adding to then or taking from them pollute his Worship dishonour his Gospeâ— and cause his Religion to be reproached and his