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A85438	A sermon of the fifth monarchy. Proving by invincible arguments, that the saints shall have a kingdom here on earth, which is yet to come, after the fourth monarchy is destroy'd by the sword of the saints, the followers of the lamb. / Preached by Mr. Tho. Goodwin, on Rev. 5. 9, 10. By which it will appear, that it is for the same truth (that formerly was so much contended for) that some of the people of God suffer at this day. Published for the truths sake.	Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1654 (1654)	Wing G1256; Thomason E812_9; ESTC R207633	19,861	35

them c. There are those that go yet further and say That though there is such a Kingdom belonging to the Saints yet they say withal That the Saints that have been before they shall during that Kingdom rise again so interpreting that place in Revel 20. according to the very letter I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Iesus and for the word of God and which had not worshipped the Beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand yeers but the rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand yeers were finished This is the first resurrection Which resurrection that shall thus usher in this reign some interpret of a generation of Saints a multitude of Converts that shall come with the same Sprit and Power that all the Saints formerly beheaded had and so they are said to rise again in them as Elias is said to rise again from the dead in Iohn Baptist who came in the Spirit and Power of Elias But there are these reasons given to the contrary and that it must be meant of a true Resurrection and of a Resurrection taken in a proper sense for First It is said That the souls of them that were beheaded they lived how by a resurrection for he saith It is the first resurrection Now how do souls rise no way but by having their bodies united to them They are the souls of men that have been killed and killed by the sword now their Resurrection must be answerable to their death it is made the reward of it Their natural lives were taken away their Resurrection to life therefore must be taken in the same sense and proportion to the life which they lost And then again observe it is the very same souls in which you shall finde a great deal of emphasis for read the 6 Chap. vers 9. c. I saw saith he the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held lying under the altar crying with a loud voice c. They were the Primitive Martyrs for this was in the beginning of the book Now here in the 20 Chapter he saith I saw those souls or the souls of them that had been slain for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God he useth the same description and he addes to them for the 6 Chap. is meant of the Primitive Christians slain under heathenish Rome those that had been slain under Antichristian Rome for he speaks of such as had purified themselves from Antichrist and which had not worshipped the Beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they saith he lived and reigned with Christ a thousand yeers But the rest of the dead lived not again No wicked men shall rise then they are reserved until the day of judgement But to what end is this First That as these Saints do now govern the World invisibly as I said before so they may then do it visibly And great must needs be the glory and happiness of those times Secondly That which the Angels do now invisibly the Saints shall then do visibly The Angels now have this World subjected to them and all the affairs thereof and the execution of the Decrees of God are still said to be done by them But saith the Apostle Heb. 2. 5. Unto the Angles God hath not put in subjection the world to come whereof we speak And he doth not speak of the World to come after the day of judgement for it is that Kingdom which Christ shall have before he giveth up all things unto the Father This world here therefore is subjected unto the Angels that do ministerially rule and who do work with the Spirits of men this way and that way for the good of the Church in opposition to Satan But then all shall be done by the Saints in a visible maner Thirdly Hereby they are made conformable to the same state and condition Jesus Christ was in whilst he was in the World he was mean he was under all sorts of oppression he dies his Soul goes to heaven he riseth again and after he was risen he stays here below for many days converseth with his Disciples at times instructeth them in the things of the Kingdom of God appeareth disappeareth c. And if you ask me What will the life of men be thus risen I ask What was the life that Jesus Christ led during those forty dayes before he did ascend And if you object that this will be a diminution to their happiness I answer It was no diminishing of the happiness of Jesus Christ Assuredly he injoyed more blessedness being risen and his Soul and Body united then when his Soul singly and alone was blessed and yet for those forty dayes he was here upon the Earth Think my brethren of the day of judgement whenas Jesus Christ himself will come with all his Saints and Angels out of the place of Heaven into this visible World and it will ask a long time to judge the World because he will judge it as a man and lay open the secrets of all hearts and we may be sure that will be done in this visible World The Angels that come down from heaven to earth do yet see the face of God therefore it is no derogation to the happiness and blessedness of the Saints And if you ask me Whether during this time they shall eat and drink I answer The children of the Resurrection neither marry nor give in marriage or do any such thing but they are as the Angels of God Christ after his Resurrection lived not upon any such thing no more shall the Saints although the number of them upon the earth shall be innumerable for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord and the Name of God and of Christ shall be set up in the whole earth and the greater part of the World shall be Saints And though those that shall then be found alive may haply eat and drink and build houses c. yet those that rise again shall not I have as briefly as I could opened this thing to you which here these Primitive Christians in the very beginning of the book have in their eye Whether it be meant onely of that generation of Saints and of the Resurrection in the 20 Chap. or onely a Resurrection by way of succession in comparison of former times or whether yea or no it shall be a true and proper Resurrection I leave undetermined onely this I say That certainly there is some great thing after all the Kingdoms of the world have had their turnes for the Saints to have and that on earth both by the promises in this book and by all the prophecies of all the Prophets which have been since the World began And therefore as Peter saith Seeing we expect such things what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness FINIS

prosperity As now to give you an instance or two Isa 2. from vers 3 and so on In the last dayes the mountain of the Lords house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares c. neither shall they learn war any more The like you have in Micah 4. the whole Chapter So in Isa 25. 6 7 8. when the vail shall be taken from off the hearts of the Jews as Paul interprets it in 2 Cor. 13. he tells you of the peace and glory that shall be in that nation and how the Lord will wipe away tears from off all faces and the rebuke of his people shall be taken away from off all the earth whereas before they should lie under all sorts of reproaches over all the World Likewise in Isa 60. 9 10 and so to the end you have promises of all sorts to this purpose how that the gates of the Church should be continually open they should not be shut day nor night that men saith he may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles and that their kings may be brought for the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish yea those nations shall be utterly wasted The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet and they shall call thee The city of the Lord The Sion of the holy One of Israel Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated so that no man went thorow thee I will make thee an eternal excellency a joy of many generations Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles and shalt suck the brest of kings For brass I will bring gold and fortron I will bring silver and for wood brass and for stones iron Violence shall no more be heard in thy land wasting nor destruction within thy borders but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation and thy gates Praise The Sun shall be no more thy light by day c. Also in Isa 65. 16 17. He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of the earth c. for behold I create new heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembred nor come into minde Behold I create Jerusalem a rejoycing and her people a joy and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her nor the voice of crying There shall be no more an infant of daies nor an old man that hath not filled his daies And they shall build houses and inhabit them and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them c. So in Zech. 14. 9. The Lord shall be King over all the earth in that day there shall be one Lord and his Name one I cannot stand to single out those things in these Chapters and many others of the like kinde which are most emphetical you may do it when you read them Now saith he when I read these promises as likewise that in Dan. 7. that after all the four Monarchies whereof the remainder of the fourth standeth shall be destroyed the kingdom dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most High When I found such promises saith he as these are I knew not what to think I wondred at it and was amazed Hereupon he saith he read some Commentators whom he found to expound them all of Heaven and the glory thereof set out in an allegorical way but yet this satisfied him not for it seemed evident to him that it was to be understood of a Kingdom here on the Earth for he perceived there was mention made of sinners and of men that die and the like and therefore reading other interpretations he found them apply it to Ordinances and and other Spiritual enjoyments of God with abundance of outward peace and prosperity Hence therefore he concluded that there must necessarily be a time in which these promises must be fulfilled and accomplished for the Saints have alwaies in all ages been more opprest under the Gospel then ever they were under the Law they have prophesied in sackcloath and have been the outcast and the reproach of all the Kingdoms and are so accounted even to this very day Daniel you know was a Court-like Prophet for he lived in the alteration of those great Monarchies the Assyrian to the Babylonian and the Babylonian to the Persian and God did reveal himself accordingly to him for you shall finde his prophecie spent most in describing the four Monarchies that should be in the world the description you shall finde specially set down in the 7 Chapter where having described the three first Monarchies he cometh at the 23 vers to the fourth the fourth Beast which he saith shall be the fourth Kingdom upon Earth which shall be divers from all Kingdoms and shall devour the whole Earth and shall tread it down and break it in pieces as the Roman Empire did the Reliques whereof remain in the Turk Pope to this day But after all these Beasts were ended I beheld saith he vers 11. even till the Beast was slain and his body destroyed and given unto the burning flame For in Rev 19. the Beast is taken and so there is an end of him And as for the other Beasts he saith They had their dominion taken away yet their lives were prolonged for a season But in the end and conclusion of all what saith he I saw one like the Son of man vers 13. and there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all people nations and languages should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed And vers 27. The kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most High The text you see is express that the Kingdom here spoken of is a Kingdom which the Saints shall have after the four Monarchies are destroyed which he saith shall be a kingdom not in heaven but under the whole heaven where there are People Nations and Languages men who shall continue in their several varieties which in Heaven they do not for there is neither Tongue nor Kindred nor Nation there Let me speak another thing to you Discoursing once with a Papist who defended as you know they do the truth of their Religion and the supremacy of the Roman Church he brought this Argument to me Read saith he the Prophets you shall finde some of them make mention of a Mountain that shall be set upon the top of all the Mountains to which all the people of God shall resort in a conspicuous manner that peace and outward prosperity shall attend and