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Christs personal reign on earth one thousand yeers wih his saints the manner, beginning and continuation of his reign clearlie proved by many plain texts of Scripture and the chief objections against it fully answered : explaining the 20 of the Revelations and all other Scripture prophecies that treat of it, and of Satan being shut up for one thousand years that he shal not have power to deceive the nations during the thousand years.
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Burden, William.
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CHRISTS Personal Reign On Earth One Thousand Yeers with his SAINTS The Manner Beginning and Continuation of his Reign clearlie proved by many plain Texts of Scripture and the chief Objections against it fully answered Explaining the 20. of the Reuelations and all other Scripture-Prophesies that treat of it and of Satan being shut up for One Thousand Yeers that he shal not have power to deceive the Nations during that Thousand Yeers ISAIAH 8.20 To the Law and to the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them LONDON Printed by T. Lock for Wil. Burden and are to bee sold at his shop in Cannons-Street neer London-stone 1654. To all the sincere-hearted Christians who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ and in visible communion with his Saints by Baptism and which have a desire to be informed in that glorious truth of Christs visible reign on earth with his Saints a thousand yeers Greeting DEarly beloved in our Lord Jesus Christ and right precious Christian friends to that end I may be instrumental to vindicate the truth of Iesus as also to build up the Saints in their most holy faith and considering with my self that the publishing of that precious truth viz. The visible Reign of Christ on earth with his Saints might be one means by which I might be instrumental in so good a work I was therefore so much the bolder for to present this ensuing discourse unto your most serious considerations I being assured that through Gods blessing it wil be profitable unto you when wel considered by you Truly my friends was it not so that I was fully perswaded that this is a truth which I here maintain I should not be so bold as to give it forth unto publike view and should hardly now have published this Treatise but that I finde such little entertainment of this truth among the sons of men and therefore the rather it is exposed unto opposition but I question not but that it wil ere long appear to be a truth of such great Antiquity as from the Apostolical times and how that it is an unrepealed truth which hath been obscure these many yeers yet it s now coming forth so gloriously like the Sun at noon day so as that it wil bee individual Brethren I know not how you wil resent that which I have wrote I hope you wil not have any occasion to take it ill of mee for as much as I desire nothing more than the promoting of the truth in this ensuing Discourse I desire that this my writing may no further finde acceptance by you than you finde it mannaged according unto Scripture-record for be you assured that whosoever speaks not according unto that truth it is because they have no light in them Esai 8.20 for you are to search the Scriptures for they testifie of Jesus Christ As also of his truth Ioh. 5.39 for my part I should bee loath that any of you should have any cause to say of me that I should misguide you I had rather shut my self up in silence than that I should be found by you such an evil instrument but I hope you are perswaded better things of me than so for this I can assure you I have a clear conscience both towards God Men wishing and earnestly longing to see your further growth in Christianity and your perfection in the Doctrine of Jesus that so you may be compleat in all the wil of God then shal you shine gloriously and appear beautiful in the eys of our heavenly father even then when you are compleatly built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ being the chief Cornerstone of that Building as is apparent Eph. 2.20 21. then you will grow to a holy temple in the Lord to a compleat City and then when Zion is built up the Lord wil appear in glory Psal 102.16 which Scripture I desire to leave upon your spirits desiring the Lord Jesus to apply it home to you by his Spirit I shal now commit this ensuing Discourse unto you desiring that the Spirit of Moderation and of Christ may guide you as in Phi. 4.5 Because the Lord is at hand wishing you to trie al things to try this thing and to hold fast that which is good and if you recive any benefit by what is here declared give God the glorie of it And so I commit you to God and to the word of his grace which can perfect you in every good word and work which shall be the continual prayer and earnest endeavour of me Your dearlie Beloved Brother in Christ Iesus William Burden TO THE READER READER THou hast here a smal piece presented unto thy view and if the Lord is pleased to bring it home to thy spirit I hope it may be profitable unto thee to that end my desire is that the Reader would seriously imploy his thoughts to consider well of the subject matter contained in this little Book desiring him rather to affect soundness of matter than curiosity of speech and let not any prejudice which thou hast against the person of the Author prevent thee of receiving the truth for god many times makes forth truth by such instruments which are weak ones in the worlds eyes for to manifest his own power and to stop the fury of the enemies of his people and to confound their wisdom 1 Cor. 2.4.5 Psa 8.2 3. Having thus far proceeded I shall not willingly trespass upon thy patience any further only desire that thou wouldst deal with the Author according unto the Law of equity even as thou wouldest be dealt by thy self hoping thou wilt not misconsture any of my words but that thou wilt deal fairly and ingenuously with me which that thou mayest the better do I shall commit thee unto the guidance of that good god and unto the teaching of that sweet Spirit in the Scriptures of truth 2 Tim. 3.16.17 2 Pet. 1.20 21. which is able to make thee wise unto salvation in case thou obey it and to give thee an inheritance with the Saints in light which shall be the humble prayer and earnest endeavor of me at all times who am thy Servant in and for the truth W. B. Acts 1.11 Yee men of Galilee why stand yee gazing up into heaven This same Iesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as yee have seen him go into heaven CHrist is coming down from heaven and to dwel with men upon earth for a thousand yeers to deliver the whole mortal works and creatures of God on earth under heaven from the whole Principalities and powers of the Devil for and during that thousand yeers according to promise â— Peter 3.3.4 doth Peter say to these unbelieving scoffers But Beloved be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord as a thousand yeers Therefore as the Lord was six days making the
whole mortality very good and man by his sin did provoke God to curse the same with giving the Devil power over the whole-Man so that man must also labor under the power of the Devil with the whole mortality for 6000. yeers Therefore doth Peter say that in the latter days or towards the end of the 6000. yeers Near to that coming of Christ there shal be impatient unbelieving scoffers that shal say where is the promise or the fulfilling of the promise of his coming unto whom Peter saith Be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord as a thousand yeers with man or man cannot accomplish that under six thousand yeers that God did in six days even his working will And as God did add a seaventh day of holy rest unto his six days of labour So man was from the begining to celebrate every seaventh day a holy day of rest from labour in remembrance of the sure promise of Christ his coming to deliver man and the whole mortality as Paul saith Rom. 8.21.22.23 Rev. 21.1.2.3 the creature shall be delivered from the tyrannical power of the Devil for a thousand yeers into the glorious liberty of the Sonns of God even for that thousand yeers in which Iohn saw a new heaven and a new earth and the holy City new Jerusalem comming down from God out of Heaven with a great voice out of heaven saying Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them Rev 20.6 and they shell be his people because the Devil in or during that time shall have nothing to do with them and God himself shall be with them and be their God Therefore saith Iohn Blessed and holy is hee that hath part in the first resurrection because on such the second death hath no power But they shall be Priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand yeers according to the promise of God to Jesus Christ Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy foote-stoole Even the Devill and all his power and wicked instruments who are the enemies of Iesus Christ and his members and so taking the six days of Gods accompt inwhich he made the whole mortality and according to Peters accompt six thousand yeers of Mans misery under the power of the Devil by reason of sin and taking the seaventh day of Gods accompt in which he with all the works of his hands rested and kept a holy day unto himself and accompt a thousand yeers deliverance from the power of the devil sin and death in which God again will with man keep on earth a holy Sabboth or rest then and thereby are the promises of Christ his coming by Peter confirmed by the works of God under Gods accompt of seven days in the beginning but Peter for more certainty of this truth notwithstanding those impatient unbelieving scoffers questioning the same in the behalf of himself 2 Pet. 3.13 and all the believing members of Iesus Christ of the promises of God in Christ 2 Pet. 3.14 saith Nevertheless we according to his that is Gods promise look for a new heaven and a new earth wherein awelleth righteousness Unto such saith Peter Beloved seeing that yee look for such things be diligent that yee may be found in peace without spot and blameless because they that shall enioy such things saith Peter 1 Pet. 2 9. Are a chosen genertion a royal priesthood a holy nation a peculiar people Being made so by the righteousness of Iesus Christ Secondly the coming of Christ is manifested by the glory of God as the Text saith If Christ had not risen from the dead then had Christ dyed in vain So likewise may it be said if Christ be perfect God as wel as perfect man who for man took upon him the nature of man by which on earth he was by his perfect obedience to redeem man from that Power of the Devil which the Devil gained over man by mans disobedience it stands with the glory of God for Christ God on earth to triumph over the Devil and all his power on earth as well as to suffer under the devil and all his power on earth Iesus Christ as he was a mortal man it was a glory to him to suffer for sinners who himself sinned not as the Text saith The iust suffers for the uniust But if Jesus Christ as he is God should not triumph over his enemies as a Conqueror his sufferings would be counted in vain on earth therefore Iesus Christ as he is God for the glory of his God-head by his servant Iohn revealeth to His who shall partake of that glory that shall be on earth when the power of the Devil shall be done away And when new beavens and a new earth and the holy City new Ierusalem from heaven shall appear then shall Iesus Christ glorifie himself as God over the Devil and all his works and powers as that God by whom all things were created both in heaven and earth And thus is Christ coming to reign on the earth proved by the promises of God the works of God and the glory of God Quest What manner of glory will that be that Christ will have on earth amongst his Saints and what habitation will he reside in Answ It will be a heavenly glory according to that which Christ desired as a son from god as a father saying Father glorifie thy Son with that glory which he had with thee Iesus Christ amongst men on earth prayed to be glorified amongst men on earth with a heavenly glory that man on earth may see him a glorified god and a conqueror of his enemies as well as they did see him a despised and a suffering man under his enemies Therefore and according to this doth Iohn after the prophesie of Esay say I saw a new heaven and a new earth and the holy City new Jerusalem coming down from god out of heaven with a loud voyce saying behold the Tabernacle of god is with men and he will dwell with them This glory for the fulness of it is not revealed nor shall it be manifested unto men until mens corruptions shall be done away and that shall not be until the power of the Devil by the power of Christ shall be taken off of mortality according to that of John I saw an Angel come down from heaven and he laid hold on the Devil and bound him a thousand years that he should deceive the Nations or corrupt mortality no more until those thousand yeare should be fulfilled or accomplished The heavenly glory is within the apprehension of no corrupted flesh further then the things of the flesh doth behold And the brightest glory of mortality is the Sun And Iohn saith that that glory shall pass the glory of the Sun insomuch that that holy City new Jerusalem shall not need the light of the Sun neither shall there be any night in it But as