THE LAND OF PROMISE AND The Covenant thereof Explained by certaine questions and propositions propounded To those that teach a deliverance of the Iewes out of all Countries to the Land of Canaan and from their long continued blindnesse to the faith of Christ and a glorious estate in the land for a thousand yereas And also to those that teach a personall comming of Christ and a resurrection of the just to live and raigne with Christ a thousand yeares before the resurrection of the uniust and end of the world Of which there bee severall sorts who are commonly called Millinaries By which doctrine of each of these the true intent of sundry places of Scripture of great importance to the Church and people of Godm is uch obscured which being rightly understood and taught acording to their true and playne meaning would be greatly to the edification and comfort of Gods chosen especially now in these last dayes wherein the accomplishment of all things which God hath spoken draweth so nigh And to the end it may be so I thought good to publish that which hereafter followeth LONDON Printed by F. L. For I. W. the younger and are to be sold at his shop at the upper end of the old Baylie 1641. The Promise of the land of Canaan To the holy Fathers and their seed First to Abram Gen. 13.14.15 And the Lord said unto Abram lift up thine eyes and looke from the place where thou art Northward and Southward and Eastward and Westward for all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed Againe to Abram Gen. 13.17 Arise walke through the lâ—nd in the length of it â—nd in the breadth of it for I will give it unto thee Againe to Abram Gen. 15.7.8 And he said unto him I am the Lord that brought thee out of the land of Vr of the Caldees to give thee this land to inherit it And he said Lord God whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it And he said unto him take me an heifer of three yeares old c. To Abraham Gen. 17.7.8 And I will establish my covenant betweene mee and thee and thy Seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou art a stranger all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession and I will be their God To Isaak Gen. 26.1.2.3 And the Lord appeared unto him and said goe not downe into Egypt dwell in the land that I will tell thee of so journe in this land and I will be with thee for unto thee and unto thy seed will I give all these Countries To Iacob Gen. 28.10.11.12.13 And Iacob went out froâ—Beersheba and went tâ—ward Haron and he lighted upon a certaine place and tarried there all night because the â—â—nne was set and he tooke off the stones of that place and put them for his pillow and lay downe in that place to sleepe and he dreamed And behold a ladder set â—pon the earth and the top of it reached to heaven And behold the Angells of God ascending and descending on it And behold the Lord stood above it and said I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaak the land whereon thou lyest To thee will I give it and to thy seed The Land of Promise AND The Covenant thereof Explayned by certaine questions and propositions propounded To those that teach a restoring of the Iewes to the Land of Canaan and faith of Christ for a thousand yeares yet to come And also to the severall sorts of Millinaries that are in these times who teach a persâ—nall comming of Christ and resurrection of the just to live and raigâ—e with him a thousand yeares before the resurrection of the unjust and the end of the World The first Question or Proposition FIrst I askâ— if the Promise of the land of Canaan to bee given for an inheritance as in the places of Genesis before mentioâ—ed be not as plainely made unto Abraham Isaack and Iacob their owne persons as it is unto their seede The second Question Secondly I aske if the promise bee not to all the Seed as well as to a part or any one of them The third question Thirdly I aske if the Gentiles which have the faith of Abram be not of the same seed and included also in the promise as well as the Iews having the same faitâ— concerning what God said to Abram when he was making this covenant with him Gen. 17. Saying As for me behold my Covenant witâ— thee And â—hou shalt be a Father of many Nations Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram but thy name shall be Abraham for a Father of many Nations have I made thee verse 5.6 And considering also what Saint Paul saith Rom. 4. Speaking of Abraham and of this same covenant that God made with him at the same time when he also appointed him circumcision for a token thereof as in Gen. 17. The words of Saint Paul are these And hee received the signe of Circumcision a scale of the righteousnesse of the faith which he had being yet uncircumcised that hee might be the father of them that believe though they bee not circumcised that rightâ—ousnesse 〈◊〉 be impuâ—ed â—â—to them also And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision onely but also walke iâ—â—â—e steps of the faith of our Father Abrahamâ—â—hâ—ch â—â—e had being yet â—ncircumcised For the proâ—ise that 〈◊〉 shoâ—ld â—â—e the heire of the world was not to Abraham or â—o 〈…〉 through the Law but through the righteoâ—snesse of Faith for if they which are of the law be heyres faith is made voyd and the promise made â—f none effect because the law worketh wrath â—â—r where nâ— law iâ— there is no traâ—sgression Thereforâ— it is â—f fâ—ith that it might be by grace to the end the promise might bee sure to all the seedâ— not â—o that onely which is of the â—aw 〈◊〉 to that also â—hich â—â—â—f the faith of Abâ—aham whâ— is tâ—◠〈…〉 of â—s 〈…〉 writtenâ— I have made thee a Father of many Nations Before him whoâ— bee believed even God who quickneth the dead and calleth those things wâ—ich be not aâ— though they were who against hope believâ—d in hope that hâ— might become the Father of many Nations accordâ—ng to that which was spâ—ken So shall thy seâ—de be Rom. 4.11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. And as he testifâ—eth againe saying there is neither Iâ—w nor Grâ—â—kâ— there is neither bâ—nd nâ—r free â—here is nâ—ithâ—r male 〈◊〉 female for yee are all one in Christ Iesus And if ye bee Christâ—s then are ye Abraham's sâ—ede and heires according to the promise Gal. 3.28 Now if these things bee so that the promise of the land of Canaan which Saint Paul expresseth by the name of the world
be as plainely made to Abraham Isaack and Iacobâ— their owne persons as it is unto their seed and to all the seed as well as to a part or any one of them and that they of the many nations the faithfull Gentâ—les are of the same seed as well as the faithfull Iewes and heires of the promise together with them according as all the forementioned Scriptures do plainely declare so plainâ—ly as I suppose no man will denie Then I aske whâ—refore or for what cause they should not all receive the same and not any one or part be excluded seeing God is faithfull that promiseth God did covenant also with Abraham to be his God and the God of his seed and this hee established in no plaineâ— or suâ—er manâ—er then he did to give them the land for an everlasting possession as in the same place Gen. 17.7 8. appeareth but if God should faile either Abraham oâ— any of his seed in this respect how did he then keepe his covenant even so of the other Therefore as God will not faile either Abraham or any of his seed to be their God neither will he faile to give them the land of Canaan and all the world besides for an everlasting possession The fourth question Fourthly I aske if the true intent of the promise in the forementioned places be not of an eternall estate in the world to come after the resurrection of the body and end of this world That Abraham Isaak and Iacob and all their seed shall then inherit I say not the land of Canaan only although principally as the Throne and City of the great King but all the earth even to the utmost ends and bounds thereof according to Psal. 37. and Mat. 5. Where it is promised that the meeke shall inherit the earth And as the twenty foure Elders sing in their new song unto the Lamb Christ Iesus saying Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the Seales thereof for thou wast slaine hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred tongue people nation hast made us unto our God Kings and Priests and we shall raigne on the earth Revel. 3.10.11 And who may these redeemed ones out of every kindred tongue people nation that shall raigne on the eaâ—th be but those of the many nations the faithfull Iewes and the faithfull Gentiles which God made Abraham a Father of and Saint Paul saith are heires with Abraham of the world And the promise that the meeke shall inherit the earth doth belong to every meek man as well as to any one of them and so to be fulfilled but it was never so yet in this world Abraham Isaack and Iacob the Fathers of those meeke unto whom the Land of Canaan was promised for an inheritance dyed and inherited not a foote Therefore that God may be found â—â—ue of his word they must all of them inherit it in the the resurrection because here it is otherwise neither is it said they doe inherit or raigne but they shall neither when God promised the land of Canaan unto Abraham and to his seed the earth the world to inherit as in the forementioned places did he meane this present as it is now polluted neither were they so to looke for it as the Prophet Micha saith to them of his time Arise yee and depart â—or this is not your rest because it is polluted It shall destroy you even with a sore destruction Mich. 2.10 But God spake and intended it of the world to come when all things should be new holy and heavenly and so did the Fathers understand and expect it And this doth the Apostle Paul proove from their owne words when they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on earth saying And they that say such things declare plainely that they seeke a Countrey And truely saith he if they had beene mindfull of the Countrie from whence they came out they might have had oppertunitie to have returned but now they desire a better Country that is an heavenly Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a City Heb. 1â— 13.14.15.16 In which words the Apostle doubtlesse hath respeâ—t to the promise in Gen. 17.7.8 Where God did establish his covenant with Abrahâ—m to be his God and the God of his seed and to give them the land and so understood both to be of like certainty and continuance and such as are heavenly and eternall And that there was also a Citie having foundations whose builder and maker is God which they looked for upon the promise and that therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God For Abraham well understood it was not for a corruptable countrey or a mooveable Citie in a transitory world as now this is that God called him out of the land of Vr to give him and his seed to inherit but for an uncorruptable unmooveable eternall in a better world and so much doe the very words of the promise expresse in that it saith for an everlasting covenant for an everlasting possession for no corruptable things are everlasting neither are these promises such as shall either vanish or faile And upon the ground of this covenant did Christ himselfe proove the resurrection from the dead against the Saduces knowing it to be most sufficient for the purpose saying Now that the dead are raised even Moyses sheweth at the Bush where he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaack and the God of Iacob they being now dead when Moyses thus spake which the Sadduces knew and therefore Christ saith unto them God is not the God of the dead but of the living Luk. 20.37.38 Prooving hereby that Abraham Isaak and Iacob must rise againe from the dead and live to inherit the countrey and Citie promised that God may be found true of his word and declare himselfe to be their God for everlasting according to his covenant Gen. 17. Ezod. 3.6 And that it shall be a heavenly eternall estate in the world to come the Lord also manifesteth in his answeâ—e to the Carnall objection of those Saduces a litle before where he saith The children of this world marry are given in marriâ—ge but they that shall be counted worthy of that world and the resurrection from the dead neithâ—r marry nor are given in marriage neither can they dye any more for they are equall unto the Angels and are the children of God being the Children of the resurrection Luk 20.35.36 Where the Lord sheweth plainly that the world to come which the holy Fathers and their seed shall inherit at the resurrection will be such a world as none of the ungodly shall be counted worthy to inherit any part thereof as they doe most parts of this world And to this covenant also had David respect in his Psal where he exhorteth the people of Israell saying Seeke the Lord and his strength seeke his
15.16.18 Were not a Typicall signeâ— or token of that to come before spoken of by which Abraham as well as his seed after him was given to know of a certaine that he himselfe should inherit it in the perfectionâ— according to his motion and request that he mâ—de unto God immediâ—tely upon the promise that God made unto him of the land in Gâ—n 15.7 saâ—ing â—ord God whereby shall I know thâ—t I shall inheâ—iâ— iâ— ver. 8. And the Lord said unto him take me an Heifer of three yeares old c. Although it were then 400. yeares to come before his naturall Children who were to goe into a strange country and be afflicted there should be brought to the land to possesse it so Typically and that he must dye before that day as the Lord had shewed him For Abraham now â—nderstood that God had so appointed that neither he nor any of the Patriarches Prophets Apostles or Saints whatsoever should be made perfect in the promises before or without other nor till all the seed were accomplished and brought in according as the Apostle declared in Rom. 4. Before mentioned and as he testifieth againe in Heb. 11. Where he saith of the Fathers then past These all dyed in faith not having received the promises But having seene them a far off and were perswaded of them and confessed that they were Strangers and Pilgrimes on Earth ver. 13. And also he having mentioned the rest of the Holy Fathers and Prophets and other of the faithfull their faith also their distresses and sufferings faith These all having obtained a good report through faith received not the Promises God having provided some better thing for us that they without us shâ—â—ld not be made perfect Ver. 39.40 They might not be made perfect without the children which is farre better for us then if they had neither may the Câ—ildren without them which is no harme to us but a better thing for them also then if we should Gods dealing and ordering all things is right and just without all exception They are all of them to receive the perfection of the promises together And unto this doe the wordes of Christ agree where he saith Many shall come from the East and from the West and from the North and from the Southâ— and shall sit downe with Abraham Isaackâ—and Iacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdome of God and the children of the Kingdome shall be cast out into utter darknesse there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Mat. 8.11.12 Luk. 13.28.29 And againe and other sheepe I have which are not of this fold them also must I bring and they shall heare my voice and there shall be one fold and one Shepheard Ioh. 10. In which places Christ plainly sheweth that all the elect Gentils whom Christ calleth other sheepe that he had besides them of the Iewes fold These he must bring they having heard his voyce from all the foure quarters of the Earth and sit downe together with all the holy Fathers and Prophets and all the rest of the elect Iewes in the Kingdome of God Where there shall be one fold and one Sheapheard one King and one people and the Children of the Kingdome all those unbeleiving Iewes which have still erred in their hearts shall be cast out c. So then If all these things be so how are we to understand the Prophets that have foretold of a deliverance of the children and seed of Israel from all countries wheresoever they are scattered to their owne land the land which God gave to their Fathers wherein their Fathers had dwelt c. as in Ier. 16.14.15 Ier. 23.8 Ezek. 37.11.12.13.14 Ezek. 39.26.27.28 And other places What deliverance and possession of the Land of promise may this be but the same that was promised the Fathers and they looked for agreeing with all the promises and Scriptures before mentioned and must needs be the substance and perfection of that which was performed by Moses and Ioshuah being the Tipe of this which is to be performed be Iesus Christ the true deliverer and the Children and seed of Israel there spoken of are all Gods elect both of Iews and Gentils as the Prophet Ezekial doth plainly declare they with all the holy Fathers Ezek. 37.24.25.26 c. And this doth Zacharias the father of Iohn the Baptist declare in his propheticall song saying Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raised up an horne of salvation for us in the house of his Servant David as he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets since the world began that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us to performe the mercy promised our Fathers to remember his holy Covenant The oath which he sware to our father Abraham that he would grant unto us that we being delivered from the hand of our enemies might serve him without feare in holynesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life c. Luk. 1.68.69 Where this holy Servant of God sheweth plainly that all whatsoever the Holy Fathers looked for which God sware he would grant and give unto them and their seed to save and deliver them from their enemies and from the hand of all that hated them to serve him without feare in holinesse c. Was to be brought to passe by Christ whom he knew was now soone after the birth of Iohn to be borne according to all that the Prophets had spoken since the world began which great deliverance from their enemies and from all the haters of them is not yet fulfilled as they have all hitherto knowne and doe yet know still by experience But that it shall bee they duely expect according to all that the Prophets have spoken And according to that of Zecharias and all the rest before doth the Apostle Peter give testimonie speaking to the Iewes of Christ also the true deliverer whom they had crucified and was now ascended into Heaven saying vnto them Repent ye therefore and bee converted that your sinnes may bee blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord And hee shall send Iesus Christ which before was Preached unto you whom the Heavens must receive untill the times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began Acts 3.20 21. So that this great redemption and restitution of all things wherof all the holy Prophets have spoken as with one mouth agreeing with the Fathers and all the rest of the holy Servants of God is not to bee till Christ shall come in his glory Which Christ himselfe doth most fully confirme where hee having foreshewed the signes of his comming and end of the world saith And they shall see the Sonne of man come in the clouds of Heavenâ— with power and great glory and he shall send his Angels with a great
Gabriel unto the blessed Virgin Mary when he was sent unto her saying Fâ—are not Mary for thou hast found favour with God and behold thou shalt conceive in thy wombe and bring forth a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus he shall be great and shall bee called the Sonne of the highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the Throne of his Father David and he shall raigne over the house of Iacob for ever and of his Kingdome there shall be no end Luk. 1.30.31 32 33. Which Kingdome of Christ was also foreshewed unto the Prophet Daniel in a vision as he saith And I saw in the night vision and behold one like the Sonne of man came with the cloudes of heaven and came to the antient of dayes and they brought him before him and there was given unto him dominion and glory and a Kingdome that all people nations and languages should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion and his Kingdome that which shall not be destroyed Dan. 7.13.14 And where hee saith againe foreshewing also that the Saints shall possesse the Kingdome with Christ and raigne with him when those great Monarches and usurpers of it are removed Dan. 7.16.17 But The Saints of the most high shall take the Kingdome and possesse the Kingdome for ever even for ever and ever verse 18. as also in verse 27. And the Kingdome and the greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole Heaven shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most high whose kingdome is an everlasting Kingdome and all powers shall serve and obey him According to that which the Prophet Micha testifieth fâ—om the Lord saying And I will make hir that halteth a remnant and her that was cast farre off a great Nation and the Lord shall raigne over them in mount Sion from hence forth even for ever Mich. 4.7 Much more might be mentioned from the Prophets and Scriptures to this purpose for which of the Prophets have not prophesied thereof and what words can there bee spoken more fully and clearely to shew the perpetuity of this Kingdome of Christ and of his Saints on the earth under the whole heaven then these that hath been spoken in these several places of the Scritures before mentioned for ever even for ever for ever ever for evermore for ever even for ever and ever for an everlasting possession an everlasting Kingdome that which shall not bee destroyed there shall bee no end as the Sunnâ— and as the Moone c. And how can it be thought that all these things and words should bee spoken in such a manner and but a thousand yeares meant and to be here in this poluted world fulfilled on a latter offâ—sping of Iewes remainingâ— or as the Millinaries would have it of a comming of Christ and resurrection of the beheaded Saints or of all the Saints since the beginning of the World to that time and then at the end of those yeares to cease or to bee delivered up as they immagine and teach I say except men were besotted with willfulnesse and blindnesse that having once conceived an opinion and taken it up will wrest all Scriptures even from their plaine intention to make them serve for their purposes rather then let their opinion fall or harken to any thing that may bee said against it It is true the Throne and Kingdome wherin Christ is now at this present unto which after his sufferings God the Father exalted him at his right hand in the heavens to sit raigne with him there till he had put all his enemies under his feet the last enemie being death This he is to resigne and deliver up to God the Father at the end of the world when God shall have put all enemies under his feet as Saint Paul saith Then commeth the end when hee shall have delivered up the Kingdome to God even the father when hee shall put downe all ruâ—e all authority and power for he must raigne till he hath put all enemies under his feet the last enemie that shall be destroyed is death for he hath put all things under him but when hee saith all things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted that did put all things under him and when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the sonne also himselfe bee sâ—biect unto him that did put all things under him that God may be all in all 1 Cor. 15. Where the Apostle sheweth plainely that in some consideration Iesus Christ the Sonne of man the Son of David is not subiect unto God the father now being at his right hand reigning with him in the heavens as he shall bee then at the end of the world when God shall have put all things under him himselfe onely excepted Nor God all in all now as he shal be then because now Christ in his humaine person sitteth in his Throne with him God having once setled him in the Throne of his Father David according to his oath which he sware unto David hee is to leave the other to him that gave him this and to bee suiect unto him and to honour him as his head even as his Spouse the Church is to be subiect unto him and to honour him as her head And herein shall the sonne loose no honour for as hee is God he is the same for ever Nay rather he shall receive much more glory and honour for although the glory and honour whereto he is now exalted at the right hand of God in the heavens be gâ—eat in respect of his humaine nature farre above all that ever any man else was exalted unto or ever shall yet it is seene of no man and beleeved but of a few neither are all his enemies now subdued But when all enemies all authority and rulâ— of Monarks and powers of this world of wickednes shall be subdued and death the last enemie and he himselfe sitting in the Throne of his glory with all his redeemed openly in the sight of all his and their enemies ruling them with a rod of yron as in the world to come it shall be Heb. 2.5 6 7 8. This his glory will be greater And these words of the Apostle in 1 Cor. 15. For he must reigne till hee hath put all enemies under his feete alluding in way of proofe unto the words of David Psalme 110.1 doe shew plainely that it is the Kingdom wherein he reigneth now at the right hand of God in the heavens that hee is to deliver up and resigne unto God his Father at his comming But this Throne Kingdome which God will now settle him in after all enemies are subdued he is never to resigne or deliver up neither shal it bâ—e taken from him nor he from it nor be destroyed or have an end as hath beene declared In this Throne he may admit his brethren that followed him in the regeneration that overcome to sit with him and wil as he hath promised saying
to whom it belonged and my servant David shall be their King for ever Moreover saith the Lord I will make a Covenant of peace with them it shall be an everlasting covenant with them and I will place them and multiply them and I will set my Sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore my Tabernacle also shall be with them yea I will be their God and they shall be my people And the hâ—aâ—hen shall know that I the Lord doe sanctifie Israel when my Sanctuary shall bee in the midst of them for evermore Ezek. 37. This is that Country and Citie which the holy Fathers sought mentioned in Heb. 11. This is the place whereof God spake to David where he said Also I will ordaine a place for my people Israel and will plant them and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more neither shall the children of wickednesse wast them any more as at the beginning c. 1 Chron. 17.9 This is that purchased possession untill the redemption wherof the faithfull are Sealed with the holy Spirit of promise the earnest of that their inheritance spoken of by Saint Paul Ephe. 1.13 14. This is that Eternall Tabernacle which God is the builder of and not man spoken of in Heb. 8.2 and 9.11 which Christ hath purchased with his owne blood for our Eternall inheritance as in verse 12. This is the place which Christ spake of to his Disciples when he said I goe to prepare a place for you Iohn 14. And this is that Building of God not made with hands eternall in the heavens spoken of 2 Cor. 5.1 This is that inheritance incorruptable undefiled that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for us who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to bee revealed in the last time spoken of in 1 Pet. 3 4 5 6. the times of restitution of all things whereof he spake in Acts 3. for then it is to bee revealed from heaven as Iohn foresaw Revel. 21. when all things shall be new This is the Kingdome which cannot be shaken spoken of in Heb. 12.27 28. This is that Citie of which he saith for here we have no continuing city but we seeke one to come Heb. 13.14 And this is the glory which Saint Paul saith the children and heires of God that suffer with Christ shall receive as joynt heires together with him for the manifestation whereof the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth and untill which the whole creation travelleth together in paine as in Rom. 8.17 18 19 20 21 22 23. And this is the rest which is said to remaine unto the people of God spoken of in Hebâ— 4. where hee exhorteth saying Let us therefore labour to enter into that rest leâ—t c. verse 9.10.11 Now all these promises and testimonies being of one and the same eternall inheritance as doth plainely appeare and that it belongeth to all the faithfull as is also manifest and being so acomplished as before is declared Then Abraham Isaac and Iacob and all the holy Fathers before them and their children and their childrens children after them to the thousand generations even all their seede to this worlds end for there shall be no increasing of children any way afterwards shall inherit according to the promise the Land of Canaan which God gave unto the Fathers that good Land which he espied for them the glory of all lands as the Scriptures title it And not that Land onely but every habitable part of the world besides yet that land principally as the glory of all the rest There the Fathers sojourned in expectation thereof upon the promise There by faith they tooke order and gave charge to have their bones laid expecting their resurrection to that end Thither their children were brought from their servitude in Egypt to possesse it typically There God revealed his counsells and testimonies by his servants the Prophets There was the Temporall typicall Hierusalem There was Davidâ— Throne There was Iesus Christ the true king and heire of all things borne There he suffered and underwent the shame from thence he ascended into Heaven and to the same place he shall come againe as it is written And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives which is before Hierusalem c. Zech. 14.4 And there shall his Throne be upon the holy hill of Sion according to Psal. 2. For although his Kingdome and dominion shall reach throughout all the World from Sea to Sea and from the river to the ends of the earth as it is said where also his Saints shall inherit and raigne yet there shall be his Throne and his glory most eminent even there where he suffered the reproach and that shall all his enemies in that day see and know For God will get his servants praise and fame in every land where they had been put to shame according as he said Zeph. 3.19 And all the Seed and children of the promise since the beginning of the world the true Israel of God shall now be a nation before the Lord for ever and be Kings and Preists unto God and shall raigne on the Earth as the twenty foure Elders declared and being all of them the Children of God and of the new Hierusalem redeemed by the blood of the Lambe The Lambe wil now among all the rest of his promises and gifts performe this also in Rev. 3. Where he saith Him that overcomeâ—h will I make a pillar in the house of my God and he shall goe no more out I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the City of my God The new Hierusalem which cometh downe out of Heaven from my God and my new name ver. 12. Where we see also as in Rev. 21. that it is to come downe out of Heaven I aske now If these things be so as hath beene declared or no if they be truly so then I aske where ye will have ground for your doctrine of a thousand yeares glorious Church of the Iewes in the Land of Canaan or of any other that ye will have rise from the dead before the end of this world or what have ye to object against that which hath beenâ— said If ye object and say heere is not in all this a word spoken of heaven that the Saints after the resurrection of the body and end of this world shall ascend with Christ and Christ with them to live and raigne there in the presence of God and with all his holy Angels for ever I confesse I have not spoken a word to that purpose and the reason is because I find not a word in all the holy Scriptures that saith it and what they speake not I am not bound in this case to beleive though I deny them not heaven God may take up of them into heaven as he did Paul if he so please though he hath not said it That the Saints shall