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A47560	A glimpse of Sions glory, or, The churches beautie specified published for the good and benefit of all those whose hearts are raised up in the expectation of the glorious liberties of the saints.	Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.; Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.; Glover, Jose, fl. 1641.; Kiffin, William, 1616-1701.; Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.	1641 (1641)	Wing K711; ESTC R8454	21,933	42

Prophecies fulfilled and glorious Promises accomplished When you read the Prophets you have Prophecies of many glorious things And the knowledge of this truth will help to understand those Prophecies Revel. 2. It is said there was a Booke sealed shewed unto Iohn and none could open the Booke but the Lambe The Booke of the Prophecies Prophecies is a sealed Book and especially the booke of the Prophecies of the Revelatious But when the Lamb Christ shall come to reigne this shall be opened to us And therefore it is said the holy Apostles and Prophets should reioyce at the destruction of Antichrist because the Prophets should be so cleerely opened and understood by the People of God Revel. 22.6 These sayings are faithfull and true and the Lord God of the holy Prophets sent his Angell to shew unto his Servants the things which must shortly be done Why the Lord God of the holy Prophets That Lord God that did intend to make the holy Prophets cleere and evident Saies the woman of Samaria when the Messiah comes he shall teach us all things We may well say it of the comming of Christ heere the meaning of abundance of Prophecies and Promises that we know not what to make of shall be cleere before us Christ is called the word of God and is said to be faithfull and true because he wil discover the truth and faithfulnesse of the Promises And this will bee a glorious Time when the Prophecies shall be opened and the promises come to be fulfilled Fifthly Abundance of hidden Mysteries of Godlines will be cleered then that now are exceeding darke 4. Revel. Iohn did but see a Doore opened in Heaven But afterwards Revel. 19. he saw Heaven opened Noting the cleere revelation of Truth that shall be then And Revel. 11.19 There was seene the Arke of the Testament Whereas the Arke stood before in the Holy of Holies that was shut up that none was to come into it but the High Priest But now it is opened to all In the Arke where the Secrets a Type of the Secrets that shall be opened at this Time that were shut up before Glorious Truths shall be revealed and above all the Mystery of the Gospell and the righteousnesse of Faith shall bee discovered Before what a little of the Mystery of the Gospel and the righteousnesse of Faith was discouered but this will grow brighter and brighter till that time which is the great Designe of God for his Glory to all Eternitie Sixtly the gift of the Saints shall be abundantly raised He that is weake shall bee as David and he that is strong as the Angel of the Lord Zach. 12.8 and then shall be accomplished that Promise that GOD will powre his Spirit on them and their young men shall see visions and their old men shall dreame dreames It was fulfilled in part upon the Apostles but the full is not till that time knowledge shall be increased Seventhly the Graces of the Saints shall be wonderfully inlarged even in a manner glorified thoughuot so full as afterwards in the highest Heaven but mightily raised The Saints shall be all clothed in white linnen which is the righteousnesse of the Saints that is the Righteousnesse they have by Christ whereby they shall bee righteous before God and holy before Men HOLINES shall be written upon their Pots and upon their bridles upon every thing their Graces shall shine forth exceedingly to the glory of God Iohn saw a Vision of the Bride comming downe from Heaven with a Heavenly Glory fit to meet Christ her Bridegroome to stand in his presence and serve him day and night Yea further Religion shall bee honoured and no more be a disgrace God hath promised to his Church that hee will wipe away their Reproches for ever The People of God have been and are a despised People But their Reproach shall be for ever taken away and they shall not be ashamed of Religion for it shall be glorifyed before the Sonnes of men Therfore it is said Revel. 14. They shall have the Name of God upon their Foreheads openly to professe Religion A time shall come when ten men shall take hold on the skirt of a Iew and say We will go with thee Cant. 8.1 I will kisse thee yet should I not bee despised She would embrace Christ publikely and should not be despised It shall be so honourable as none shall be able to despise it There are notable Texts of Scripture to shew the great Honor that shall be in the wayes of Religion Isaiah 49.23 Kings shall be thy Nursing Fathers and Queenes thy Nursing Mothers they shall bow downe to thee and lick up the Dust of thy Feet What a high expression is this for the Honour of Godlinesse So in Isaiah 60. are a great many of notable expressions verse 13. I will make the place of my Feet glorious that is the Church There was a time when as the Feet of Christ were as burning Brasse to shew the suffering condition of the Church But now the Feet of Christ that is the Church shall be made glorious vers. 14. you have two notable Scriptures for this in the Prophesie of Zachary The first in the 4th of Zachary 16. They shall be as the Stone of a Crowne-lifted up They are now trampled upon as the stones of the street but they shall be as the Stones of a Crowne and not onely so but as the Stones of a Crowne lifted up The second place is in Zach. 12.5 The Governours of Iudah shall say in their hearts the Inhabitants of Ierusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of Hoasts their God Wee know that now in many places the Governours of Iudah the great ones of the Countrey their Spirits have beene set against the Saints of God Wee know what reprochfull names they have put upon them and how they have discountenanced them Though the Governours of Iudah have counted them factious and Schismaticks and Puritanes there is a Time comming when the Governours of Judah shall bee convinced of the Excellency of Gods people so convinced as to say in their hearts that the Inhabitants of Ierusalem that is the Saints of God gathered together in a Church are the best Common-wealths men not seditious men not factious not disturbers of the State but they are our strength in the Lord of Hosts they are the strength of a Kingdome and shall be countenanced by them as the strength of a Kingdome as those that will bee most usefull in a Kingdome This will bee a blessed time when as wicked men and wickednes shall bee despised and Godlinesse as honourable as ever it was contemptible this shall bee when the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth in his Church And through Gods mercy wee see light peeping out this way That the Governours of Iudah are saying The Inhabitants of Ierusalem shall be our strength Religion shall be honoured in the World one day and not only at the day of Iudgement but here In the ninth place the