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Hosanna to the son of David, or, A testimony to the Lord Christ shewing his rule and reign over the people of the Jews upon earth a thousand years together with his second personal appearance proved from the Scripture of truth : with a general word of life from the point to saints and sinners / by Samuel Grosvenour.
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Grosvenour, Samuel.
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that infallible signe of day unto them In the third verse And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men Heaven it self will witness unto this truth Behold where-ever we have this word it speaks out something of admiration that his people might know the certainty of that which is promised you have it in Isa. 52.15 Behold my servant shall deal prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high Christ Jesus the Son of the Eternal God though equal with God yet he took upon him the form of a servant My Servant shall be extolled yea and as it follows the kings shall shut their mouthes at him c. It is said of this new Jerusalem in the fourth verse And the kings of the Earth do bring their glory and honour into it In the fourth verse And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away Here are the Saints in their perfect state a sinless state for surely if there shall be no more crying there shall be no more sinning when a Saint sins God will take care to bring him unto Godly sorrow O but this is a state without sorrow Sin is a way of pain but the former things shall be passed away A Saints grief is either first for himself or else secondly for the sins of others why in both these respects sorrow and sighing shall flee away if it be in himself it is from a body of sin a Law in his members warring against the Law of his minde O but this vile body shall be changed and as it is written made like unto his glorious body Secondly sin in others is that which doth often grieve the gracious heart as it tends unto the dishonour of Christ but in this state the Saints shall have no such cause of grief for Christ alone shall be exalted and admired in them that believe I might cite much more in the behalf of this truth from divers other verses in this chapter but I pass by them all unto the last verse And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lye but they which are written in the Lambs book of life though it hath twelve gates of enterance yet at these gates there are twelve Angels There is such a glory of God in the new Jerusalem as would even torment a poor sinner to be in the presence of it as you may see in the eleventh verse As they see not here into that kingdom of grace set up in the heart of a believer which consists in peace and joy in the holy Ghost so they shall not see into that Kingdom of glory that the believer shall be possess'd of and shall be revealed in him No no it is the Saints onely that can give the description of both Psal. 145.10 And thy Saints shall blesse thee they shall speak of the glory of thy Kingdom and talk of thy power to make known unto the Sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious Majesty of his Kingdom I come now to Rev. 22.3 And there shall be no more curse but the Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it and his servants shall serve Him Vers 4. And they shall see His face and His Name shall be in their foreheads And there shall be no night there and they need no Candle neither light of the Sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever Such as shall be brought unto this state of glory shall never more know what belongs unto the curse for they being redeemed from the curse of the Law Christ being made a curse for them they shall also be delivered from death into a state of immortality and therefore they are said to reign for ever and ever here the Saints shall see that beatifical vision and be perfected in that glory which in some measure was here revealed in them according as the Apostle saith he revealeth them unto us by his Spirit they shall see his face and his name shall be in their forehead this name is that name which Jesus Christ shall write upon him that overcometh even the name of my God and the name of the Citie of my God which is new Jerusalem which cometh down out of Heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name witnessed in Rev. 3.12 agreeable unto this is that Prophesie in Isa. 65.5 For the Lord God shall slay thee and call his servants by another name but this in the time of this new Jerusalem state as you may see in vers 17. whereas formerly men blessed themselves in the abundance of their enjoyments there shall be no such Generation here but he that blesseth himself in the earth shall blesse himself in the God of truth and whereas formerly the Land hath mourned because of Oaths now he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth And there shall be no night there and they need no Gandle neither light of the Sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever It hath been night long enough but now the day shall dawn and the shadow shall flee away and it shall be such a day as night shall never follow it yea such a day as shall not need the light of the Sun if by the Sun we may understand as also by the Moon to be held foâ—â—h unto us the Ordinances of the Gospel in this respect in this respect there will be no need of these because we shall no more see darkly as through a glasse though much glory is so manifested but we shall see him as he is Isa. 60.19 20. Now here I would speak a word unto such who professing themselves to have gone through all and do look upon others as Carnalists Legalists that walk in the practise of Ordinances Certainly if in this state there is no need of these we may safely conclude that untill this state there is need of them and that it is the will of God that his people should walk in them according as it is written in Isaiah Thou meetest him that rejoyceth and worketh righteousnesse and remembreth thee in thy wayes We are so frail and to apt to be taken in the snare of iniquity that we have need to be instructed in many things as the Apostle saith though we know them already and if Satan can but once finde us in that sin of spiritual pride then it is to be feared that he will beguile us as once he beguiled Eve For it is the Lords revealed method to discover himself in love and mercy in and through his own appointments but I would not limit the holy One of Israel neither yet would I set up the Ordinances as to the
not worshipped the beast nor his Images and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years but afterwards Christ who is the Elder Brother is sole Judge of all and having finished the Judgement he delivers up all into the hands of God the Father then shall the Saints above what they know now know with admiration that the Son and Father are one and they one in them according to Christs prayer Joh. 17.21 24. Now in order unto their reigning with Christ they must be brought forth by the enjoyment of a Resurrection and this I judge to be the first Resurrection which shall be only of the Saints that sleep in Jesus for the dead in Christ shall rise first according to St. Pauls Doctrine 1 Thes. 4.10 and 1 Corin. 15. Christ the first fruits afterwards they that are Christs at his coming I know there are some that will apply this Resurrection to the Resurrection of the Soul out of the grave of sin and corruption Well I shall not much controvert it but whoever I see so risen I do not question his part in the first Resurrection for it is said Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection It doth not speak of sinners but of saints which had not worshipped the Beast neither his Image they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand yeers but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand yeers were finished Quest But what are the rest of the dead that have not their part in this first Resurrection Answ. We have them set down in Rev. 21.8 and I am sure there is not a Saint amongst them they are the fearful and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and whoremongers and Sorcerers and Idolaters and all lyars and where shall all these be why these shall be without for without are dogs and sorcerers Rev. 22.15 without that is without this holy City new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven so that they shall not see that transcendent glory which will be manifested in this City a glimpse of which the Lord even now sometimes lets down into the spirits of his people that so they might with the Apostle groan for the Adoption to wit the Redemption of our bodies yea he witnesseth that the whole Creation groans for this even for the manifestation of the sons of God and they that had received the first fruits of the spirit groaned also O then how shall the saints of the latter dayes that are under the great Promise of the Father groan and travel for the accomplishment of these things And surely such that are in some measure delivered into the beauty and spiritualness and glory of this glory cannot but long and desire to be unclothed that they might be cloathed upon John in this chapter saw a new heaven and a new earth which was prophesied of long before in Isa. 65.17 and there you have a description what this new Heaven and new Earth is in the 18 verse For behold I create Jerusalem a rejoycing and her people a Joy A new heaven indeed when Jerusalem which now is which is in bondage with her children shall rejoyce with that Jerusalem which is above which is free and is the mother of us all which shall come downe from God out of Heaven there shall also be a new Earth for the Divell being bound up there will not be that Enmity in the hearts of Earthly men neither to the Saints nor amongst themselves but according to the Prophesie in Isa. 65. last The Lyon and the Lamb shall lie down together vers. 2. And I saw the holy City new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband John in the time of all this Revelation was in the spirit Rev. 1.10 I was in the spirit on the Lords day and all that was revealed unto him was spiritual from first to last he that readeth let him understand I saw saith he the holy City for nothing that is unholy can enter in flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God It is a City and it is a holy City and certainly this is the City which Abraham by faith looked for while he was a stranger in the Land of Promise Heb. 11.10 For he looked for a city that hath foundations whose builder and maker is God This City hath Foundations as you may see in the fourteenth verse and God is the Builder and Maker of it for it is of his Creation This holy City this new Jerusalem it is said to come down from God out of heaven doth not this plainly demonstrate unto us that the saints shall come down from heaven according as it is written The Lord thy God shall come and all the Saints with him and in Phil. 3.20 For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for a Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ this is an expectation of Christ from heaven and I see no difference between this expression and that of Christ's I am the true bread which came down from heaven now see in what manner this holy City doth come down and then consider whether it will be any way a disadvantage unto the Saints to come down from heaven for they come as a bride adorned for her husband O blessed Union all the Saints are Christs Bride the whole general Assembly and Church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven they do but make up the Lambs Wife and thus she shall come adorned for her husband that is without sâ—o or wrinkle as will appear if we compare spiritual things with spiritual For here Christ doth by his spirit and word espouse us unto himself 2 Cor. 11.2 O but there is a marriage day Rev. 19.7 and then it shall be granted unto the Bride to be arrayed in fine linen clean and white which is the Righteousness of the Saints Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb Christ he is the Kings son according to Psal. 72 1. and God the Father he will institute a supper for his Sonne which is called The Mariage Supper of the Lamb a Supper that shall begin when all other suppers shall have ended this doth not any way diminish from the souls feeding upon Christ here according unto Christs words My flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed but this is a supper the which all the Saints shall be called unto that they might be married unto Christ who were in this life espoused unto Christ and therefore when ye have the cry at midnight it is said Behold the Bridegroom cometh Christ comes unto his Saints as a Bridegroom in the glory of his Father and of his holy Angels the Saints they meet Christ as the Lambs wife yea as a Bride adorned for the Bridegroom that although he comes at midnight to the ungodly and to the seeming godly foolish Virgins without Christ in the world yet it is the Saints morning-Star