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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62905	A discourse of Christ's Second Coming and purging of his kingdom in two sermons on Matth. XIII, 41 / by Samuel Tomlyns.	Tomlyns, Samuel, 1632 or 3-1700.	1695 (1695)	Wing T1858; ESTC R25655	49,894	104

A DISCOURSE OF Christ's Second Coming AND The Purging of his Kingdom In Two SERMONS on Matth. xiii 41. Th● Son of Man shall send forth his Angels and shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that ●ffe●d and them that work Iniqui●y By SAMVEL TOMLYNS A. M. Preacher of the Gospel at Marleborough LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside near Mercer's Chapel 1695. FOR MY Much Honoured Friend Sir William Ashurst Knight Alderman of the City of LONDON YOU were lately so signally Instrumental in Reforming the Manners of the City of London in your late Mayoralty that I have thought it proper to dedicate to you this small Treatise concerning Christ's purging and cleansing his Kingdom from all scandalous Persons and Workers of Iniquity It is a great Reproach to Christianity that so many pretend to it that enervate in Principles contradict and subvert its great Designs How uncomely is it to be Clay Members under a Golden Head for carnal Creatures to claim Relation to a spiritual and heavenly King God promises to lay all Sion's Borders with pleasant Stones Isa 54.12 Sanctius in his Commentary conceives the Holy Ghost alludes to those Stones that did divide and distinguish one Man's Land from another in a common Field And so this great Truth it taught by this Promise That the Church and its true and genuine Children should be distinguished from the rest of the world not by ordinary and common things but by pleasant and precious Stones It is the precious and saving Knowledge of God in Christ precious Faith in him a precious Divine Nature received from him that puts a difference between the Church and the World Notin● and Speculative Knowledge a cold and barren Profes●es a Form of Godliness a Name to live a Lamp of Pr●●esion are low and mean things to distinguish between t● Church and the World The Lord Jesus Christ will ●●●●ly appear and sit on the Throne of his Glory it 〈◊〉 then brand Persons with eternal Infamy and Ignominy 〈◊〉 be disowned as no Members to be disclaimed as no S●●jects of Jesus Christ to be plucked up as Tares to be 〈◊〉 away as dross cast away as bad Fish and winnowed any as Chaff to be found such as have lied to Jesus Chri● and have woefully cheated and deceived their own S●●● It concerns us therefore to look well to it that we experience the Fellowship of Christ's Sufferings and know 〈◊〉 power of his Resurrection Phil. 3.10 These are 〈◊〉 i●portant and most necessary things to have our Lusts killed and our Souls quickned Rom. 6.5 6. Col. 3.1 Rom. 6.13 1 Pet. 2.24 to have our Old Man nailed to the Cross of Christ the the Body of Sin may be destroy'd that a may no more serve Sin and to be pl●●●d in the likeness of Christ's Resurrection● so that we rise with him yield our selve to God as those that are alive from the dead live 〈◊〉 Righteousness and seek the things that are above s● Christ will recognize us as his Members and acknowledge us as his Subjects and we shall not be turned out of the House of God but stay and abide in it for ever and when others burn with the Tares in the Furnace we seal shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of our Father If this small Treatise may contribute any thing to your spiritual Good and eternal Salvation it will be very greatful and acceptable to June 1●th 1695. Your Affectionate And Humble Servant Samuel Tomlyns THE Purging of Christ's Kingdom Mat. xiii 41. The Son of Man shall send forth his Angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and them that work iniquity IN the words we have 1st A Subject spoken of and that is The Son of man 2dly We have what is related and affirmed concerning this Subject viz. That he shall send forth his Angels 3dly For what end Answ To gather out of his Kingdom to Purge and Cleanse it Some have no Right to be in Christ's Kingdom they are a Dishonour and a Reproach to it they lye to Jesus Christ they cheat and deceive their own Souls 4. Who they are that shall be gather'd out of Christ's Kingdom rooted out of his Fields driven out of his House Answ All Things or all those that do offend and them that work iniquity They are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 meer Stumblingblocks They offend grieve and trouble those that are in Christ's Kingdom they prejudice those that are without possess their Minds with hard and bad thoughts of Christ's Kingdom and so hinder them from entering into it from embracing the Christian Religion and from subjecting themselves to Christ's Yoke 〈◊〉 Government And all they that work ●●quity and so serve Christ's Enemies 〈◊〉 undoe and destroy their own Souls The wo●● may be handled as a Doctrin● Proposition I. Doct. The Son of Man shall send fo● his Angels and they shall gather out of his K●●dom all things that offend and them that w● iniquity 1. I shall consider the Subject spoken 〈◊〉 the Son of Man Who is meant by the 〈◊〉 of Man Answ Jesus Christ He that ● called the Son of God Joh. 9.35 Dost th● believe on the Son of God Yea he is style the only begotten Son Joh. 3.16 Joh. 1. ● God hath many Adopted Sons Many S●● are led to Glory by the Captain of Salvati●● Heb. 2.17 But God hath but one begott●● Son He is therefore by way of Emph●● and Excellency call'd his own Son Rom. 5. ● God spared not his own Son but gave him 〈◊〉 to the Death This Son of God in the T●● is named the Son of Man He that was 〈◊〉 Son of God from Eternity became the 〈◊〉 of Man in time He that was the Bright●● of his Father's Glory was veiled and clou●● with a Humane Nature This was as co●● Sackcloth and as a Dark-Lanthorn ab●● the Son of Righteousness He that made 〈◊〉 things was made Flesh 1 Joh. 1.2.4 ●e that was the Creator debased himself and stooped to become a Creature Which was more than if the Ocean had been lessen'd ●o a Drop or the Sun had joined a petty or ●im Lamp to it self or the greatest Emperor ●n the World had been made a Worm to be rush'd and bruised to redeem Worms from Destruction He that was the Head of An●els lay under the Feet of Sinners This Title The Son of Man deserves fur●her to be considered For 1st It seems 〈◊〉 look back on the Old Testament and to be borrow'd from Dan. 7.13 I saw in the night ●●is●ns and behold one like the Son of Man ●ame with the clouds of heaven and was brought 〈◊〉 before the ancient of days This is a Pro●hecy of Christ's glorious Exaltation and ●scension into Heaven The Father then ●noured him and said Sit thou on my right●nd till I make thy foes thy foot-stool Ps 110.1 The New Testament explains the Old Testament and the old Testament confirms