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A86120	Christs kingdome on earth, opened according to the scriptures. Herein is examined, what Mr. Th. Brightman, D. J. Alstede, Mr. I. Mede, Mr. H. Archer, The glympse of Sions glory, and such as concurre in opinion with them, hold concerning the thousand years of the saints reign with Christ, and of Satans binding: herein also their arguments are answered. Imprimatur; Ia. Cranford. Feb. 12. 1644.	Hayne, Thomas, 1582-1645.	1645 (1645)	Wing H1217; Thomason E278_1; ESTC R200009	77,855	95

21.5 And appears further thus Christ is the second or new Adam hee maks new matters floods in deserts them that were not his people to bee his people be makes a new Covenant speaks to people by new tongues gives them new hearts and new spirits puts new wine into new bottles gives beleevers a new name written in a white stone clothes them with new garments puts a new song into their mouths makes a new heaven and a new earth and a new Jerusalem that is a Church of all beleevers both Jews and Gentiles These things began to bee performed in Christs life time and have been are and will bee continually in fulfilling unto the worlds end For all Christians from the first to the last have their portion herein Secondly the marriage of Christ with the Christian Church began with the preaching of the Gospel for then God made a marriage Feast and invited guests unto it Mat. 22.2 Joh. 3.29 Hee hath ever since now doth and will continue still inviting them thereunto so long as the world lasts Paul long since prepared the Corinthians a pure virgin for Christ their husband 2 Cor. 11.2 The other Apostles and Religious Teachers ever since have endeavoured the same for other people and Nations Thirdly the {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Tabernacle of God was among men at the Gospels beginning Then Christ {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} bad his Tabernacle among men Job 1.14 and became Immanuel God with us by assuming humane nature This Tabernacle Christ took up with him to heaven at his ascension Besides as God had his dwelling or Tabernacle among the Israelites in the wildernesse and in Canaan so Christ walks amidst the golden Candlesticks the Churches here on earth Rev. 1. and on his throne hee sits in the midst of the Rulers of his Church Rev 5.6 and all Christians did doe and shall acknowledge his glory honour dominion to the worlds end as they in that Chapter doe Fourthly the Covenant by which men of all Nations are Gods people and hee their God Rev 21. was made at the beginning of the Gospel and continues to bee made with all converts to the end of time For God dwelt among the Corinthians and by Paul said unto them I will bee your God and ye shall bee my people 2 Cor 6.16 and hee is the same to every person of any Nation that fears him Acts 10.35 This Covenant is made with all that bee taught of God and hear him Jer 31.33 34. Iohn 6.45 And fifthly from the Christian Churches beginning to the worlds end All tears are wiped from the eyes of all beleevers no death sorrow crying pain doth rest on them but passes away Apoc 21.4 So that if they weep as men in affliction cannot but sometimes doe they upon better consideration will bee as though they wept not 1 Cor 7,31 They suffer tribulation but they come out of it and by the Lamb of God are filled full of all joy and comfort Rev 17.14 There will bee wicked men who with their tongues will calumniate and with their weapons wound them but their malice shall not prosper in the end They themselves shall fall because Gods Covenant of mercy and peace shall never fail his people Esa 54.10 c Hence the Saints are bidden when perils are at hand not to fear Acts 27.24 not to fear the fear of the wicked 1 Pet 3.14 God being their helper they need not fear what man can doe unto them Heb 13.6 Yea tears shall bee so wiped away and pain so allayed that they shall count it exceeding joy that they fell into temptations and afflictions Jam 1.1 Their sorrow is in the issue turned into joy which no man can take from them Joh 16.20 This is of force sufficient to wipe off all tears For they shall have assurance by their faith in the Lamb and in his blood and by their testimony given unto Gods truth to overcome Mat 28.8 Rev 12.11 I might goe on and further instance in other particulars which subserve and are fitted unto these already spoken of In brief I will collect them and say no more but what may point at them in generall First seeing the old Jerusalem is ruined God builds a new one the mother of all faithfull Christians both Jews and Gentiles and this must needs bee a great and capacious City having glorious foundations and walls to bee strong for defence and have gates on each side of it for accesse thereunto from the foure coasts of heaven Secondly if the twelve Patriarchs of old had their names graven in pearls and jewels and born by Aaron a type of Christ the upholder of all the faithfull for the comfort of each godly person in the twelve Tribes much more may the names of the twelve Apostles bee set upon the twelve foundations of this glorious City for the comfort of all such as are begotten children to Christ by them and their doctrine Thirdly if Gods Law was esteemed by David walking therein above gold above the finest gold and thousands of it then doubtlesse the streets of the New Jerusalem in which all good Christians walk may very well bee compared to gold as pure and clear as glasse Fourthly the Tabernacle and Temple of old glittered with golden surniture and the choicest gems the Christian Church comes not short of either of them but is as every man must needs grant far more glorious in all respects hath more excellent and spirituall priviledges and clear and comfortable doctrine far beyond all former times As the Tents for Gods people are inlarged and their curtains further spread then of old Esa. 54.2 So are Gods favours more extended to the Christian Church then formerly to the Jewish Fifthly If David was the light of Israel and by his high esteem of Gods word the light to mens paths made his people to walk safely in that light much more now is Christ the David or beloved of God and the light of the world and directs Christians to come out of darknesse unto the saving Truth These and other matters most glorious spoken of the Churches estate in Rev. 21. 22. are belonging to the Church of God in this life Nor need any man to admire that the high and heavenly expressions in these two Chapters used concern the estate of the Christian Church in this life For first the faithfull in their life time have {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} an exhibition or subsistence of things hoped for of the happinesse promised them for life to come They have {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a summary inventory of things not yet seen Heb. 11.1 that is of the inheritance immortall and undefiled and that fades not away but is reserved for them in Heaven 1 Pet. 1.4 The eye of faith is quicksighted and beholds things afar off as present Hereby Abraham in his dayes saw and enjoyed Christ and redemption by him and Moses which is much

and authority thereby to bind or to loose to acquit or condemn in his name Mat. 16.19 By this means they had a greater power then Earthly Judges who passe judgment onely upon mens bodies liberty and goods But Christ gave the Apostles power to remit and retain sins Joh. 20.23 and tels them that what they hind or loose on earth is bound and loosed in Heaven Mat. 18.18 The Apostles and their successors were good and faithfull Judges and indued with wisdom directing them to kisse the Son Psal. 2. and were not like Pilate and Herod and other Judges who opposed him Thirdly the Apostles for I will not deny them any their just titles were {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} rulers under Christ Acts 15.22 For Christ is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Ruler Mat. 2.6 and hath his rule and authority as hee is the great Governour above all feeding his people Israel expressed by this title Hence I suppose the Apostles to bee called Princes in all lands or all the Earth Psal. 45.16 for Christ sent them to all Nations They had their attendants who ministred unto and were directed by them These seeing and imitating the courses taken by the Apostles 1 Cor. 4.17 did work the work of God as the Apostles had done 1 Cor. 16.10 What is said of Paul and Barnabas and others Acts. 15.12 was true also of Peter James Matthias Silas Apollos and the rest they all had rule and authority given them by Christ according to their places And what authority Timothy and Titus had wee read in the Epistles wri● unto them The witnesses of Jesus Christ and of his Word who did not worship the Beast nor his image neither took his mark in their foreheads nor in their hands they lived and reigned with Christ and sat on the Thrones spoken of Rev. 20.4 and ordered matters in the Christian Church acccording to the direction of Christ the great ruler of the Church Object Before the famous thousand years and the great and terrible day of Christs conquering his enemies and setting up his kingdom Elias must come Mal. 4.5 and restore all things Mat. 17.11 Now Elias is not yet come nor are all things restored nor could the time of Christs incarnation and preaching bee termed a terrible day for it was a most joyfull day Alsted 54. Therefore Christs kingdom is not yet begun Answ. First Christ who had no guile found in his mouth tels the Disciples plainly That Elias was come before him Mat. 17.12 that is John Baptist in the spirit of Elias The Disciples conceived aright that Christ affirmed the Baptist to bee Elias Why then should any doubt of this truth Dr. Alsted might well have seen a figurative speech here as elswhere hee doth when a new State of the old Babels and Edoms spirit is termed Babel and Edom page 44. 53. Secondly the word Nora in Mal. 4. signifies not a day terrible to affright but a day with all diligent and reverend care to bee looked unto Such a day was it when Christ appeared in the flesh and published the Gospel Acts 2.20 a day of much comfort and joy and therefore Joel 2.31 it is called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a glorious day and Nora elswhere is rendred by {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} glorious Deut. 20,21 The Lord did for Israel great and glorious things for such they were to Israel at their comming out of Egypt And hence it is that Joreh Elohim is rendred one that fears God Job 1.1 and that Joseph using the same word saith I fear God Gen. 42.18 not that God was terrible to him but that hee had a filiall and religious fear of the divine Majesty And thirdly if you would know how Iohn Baptist restored all things First tell us how all men beleeved that John Baptist was a Prophet in very deed Mark 11. and how all men hon●●red Christ Luke 4.15 And if you answer not your selves wee will assay to find you an answer It must needs bee that all in these and the like places admits some restriction and concerning Iohns performance wee find that all things which he spake of Christ were true Joh. 10.41 That hee told the Publicans and Souldiers and other people their duties Luke 3.12 That the Pharisees and Sadduces and all Ierusalem and the Region round about Iordan were baptized by him Mat. 3.5 His doctrine was repentance for remission of sins and hee prepared the way for Christ by whom all flesh should see the salvation of God Luke 3.3 4 5. and many other matters he preached Now I am assured that no man will conceive that all things absolutely were to bee restored by him● for then what need would there bee of one greater then hee to come after him It is enough that hee taught such doctrine as set all matters in order according to Gods will for the approach of Christ the Saviour of mankind But 't is replied Saint Augustine and others say That Elias indeed shall come and restore all things that is confirm the Saints vexed with antichrists persecutions So that Malachies prophecy being once fulfilled in Iohn Baptist yet may a second time hereafter bee fulfilled in some worthy instrument of God Alsted p. 54. Answ I acknowledge Saint Augustine to bee in his time an excellent and bright shining light in Gods Church so other Fathers But I beleeve Christs exposition of Malachi to bee undoubtedly true namely that Iohn Baptist was that Elias spoken of by the last Prophet in the Old Testament and to have appeared in the very porch of the New Testament and that Malachies prophecy was by him perfectly fulfilled Yet because Gods dealings are often alike I say that God who sent Enoch to the Church of old declining Noah to the old World Elias to Israel Iohn Baptist to the Iews become wicked may also send some eminent person or persons to the world neare the end there of who shall give warning of Gods comming to his own people and servants in mercy to his enemies in judgment before the last day Object It is promised That all the ends of the Earth shall bee saved and every knee bow to Christ Esa. 45.22 23. and every tongue confesse unto him Rom 14.11 Phil 2.10 That all Israel shall bee saved Rom 11.26 Mic 2.12 But this hath not yet been performed there was never yet an universall conversion of all Nations nor of all Israel therefore Christs kingdom in which this is to bee fulfilled is not yet come or begun Alsted 89. Arch 11. 28. Glimps 28. Answ The word all in many places of Scripture cannot as was above said bee extended to every particular but must be warily limited It is said that Christ healed every disease Mat 4.23 that hee is a light to every man that is born Job 1.9 That Saint Lukes Gospel was written of all things which Christ had done Acts 1.1 whereas so short a book could not