that state which largely might be made thence to appear the Verb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 also is of future signification answerable to the time and state of that Prophesie and some Fathers and even some Papists have so understead that time to be Christs second comeing of which much more might be said but this is to me above all I am sure Christ explains all these in this sence in the Revelation as our two last books if rightly understood do manifest I thought to have spoken of many things more in this Epistle so ordered by Christs holy Spirit as I find them to this purpose as in ch 11. many things of the sufferers and Covenants to Abraham Isaac Jacob and others but we have spoken of them partly in our Key p. 7 8 9 c and in our said last Books and of the Communion in the New Testament state then ch 12. which also we spoke of in the said Books and more in our Tract on Jer. 3.17 and because we have but a short Introduction in hand to our intended short Scheme if God will we will be satisfied with thus much at present to our present purpose The like exposition I have from Christs Revelation of what St. Paul saith of Christs first comeing and the first Resurrection of the Saints 1 Cor. 15. after he had risen above 1600 years before as their first fruits to sanctifie and effect their Resurrection afterwards at his second comeing v. 23. and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deinde intends 1000 years after as Christ teacheth shall be the end which will be when he shall have put down all Rule and Authority and Power that is chiefly as Scripture witnesseth Ezekiels Gog and Magog and shut up Satan in the bottomless pit for 1000 years and after that destroy the last Gog and Magog Rev. 20.8 9. and cast the Devil into the lake of Fire and the last Enemy Death will be destroyed with the Author of it the first Soul Murtherer and sin the effect of his wickedness and also the matter for death to work upon will be taken away which are the destroying of death none remaining from thence in the world in the natural life but after the said 1000 years shall be that Mistery of the general Rapture which he speaks of v. 51 52. at the last Trump at his descending with a shout as also the same Apostle speaks at his last comeing which I believe from the same warrant he speaks of 1 Thes 4.15 16 c. as distinguishing his bringing with him all that sleep in Jesus which he had called the appearance of Christ with all his Saints before ch 3. ult from this last when those dead in Christ viz. all that departed in 1000 years before shall rise first then that is before the wicked at the last Trump then both which sorts are these our Saviour calls the rest of the dead that rose not till 1000 years after or till the 1000 years were finished v. 5. the first said Resurrection of the Saints is Rev. 20.4 5. as Christ there exactly distinguisheth both of them and this may be observed by humble and conscientious seekers to be resolved which Resolutions of these Texts I do upon good grounds believe shortly will be approved by Christ himself at his comeing and how matchless a Resolver that Revelation so called with a witness is and in some things with Daniel also such as rightly seek by it as they ought I doubt not but may more and more by their own Experience find and in the interim after all present gainsayings yet with declared willingness to give a Christian-like account to all serious persons c. I bless and magnifie the holy name of God my heavenly Father in Christ my gracious merciful Redeemer of the Lord the Spirit my Sanctifier Teacher to my great comfort and satisfaction of these and many like Divine Truths couched as he hath been pleased to lay them down in his holy Word for others I only here pray saying Blessed and Holy Trinity of Persons in the Unity of the Divine Essence open the eyes of thy faithful servants in these times to understand the holy Scriptures respecting that said world to come at Christs second comeing as our blessed Saviour after his Resurrection opened his Disciples understandings Luke 24.45 then to see the things before and at his first comeing and especially respecting his Death and Refurrection then newly past c. Amen We might here note hat strong confutation might be taken against Pelagian Arminian Popish Socinian Errours many others excite all to get true Grace as the best security of all good to that end lay aside worldly wicked projects in the world and keep close to God in the use of all good means and that Great Persons should kiss the Sun c. Psal 2. but we are forced now only to hint thus much FINIS
21.5 in the beginning of both our last books and shall by Gods gracious assistance do in some other of the Epistles but especially as a pattern of all the rest in the Epistle to the Hebrews to manifest that Revelation Interpretation of all such said Parts of Scripture is the best and most sure Interpretation of them 5. It is manifest from the many Parallels in the Books of Daniel and the Revelation and of the admirable connexion of both First of the matters and things and secondly of their times or the Series and order of them both First from their many Parallels as 1. The manner of writing them both Rev. 1.19 first of the things which both of them had seen 2. of the things then in their own time as we observed in our Summary of Daniel pag. 3 4 5 c. And 3dly of the things that shall be afterwards c. where many things are set down suiting to one another and though Daniel set forth more generally and briefly all the four Monarchies chap. 2. and chap. 7. yet at the end of them in both chapters he shews the state of things to be in the 1000 years at the end of chap. 2. he sets down the beginning of the Kingdome of the Stone at v. 44 c. about Christs Ascention to continue for 1666 years which should break the Iron Roman Monarchy in that time and it self become a Mountain filling the whole Earth v. 35. when the time of the ten Kings ch 7. and the little Hornes time time and halfe a time viz. of the Beast or Antichrist haply the Turk also for there are many Resemblances of both c. shall be extinct and therefore in that ioyenth chapter he speaks of the first act of the Judgment of the great day to give the body of the Beast to the burning flame when he had also the Vision of Christs comeing in the Clouds to receive his universal and perpetual Kingdome in the world next after the Beasts Date of a time times and half a time are out explained by 42 moneths and 1260 dayes in Rev. 11. briefly in passing over the Persian v. 1 2. and running through much of the Grecian Monarchy in ch 11. to v. 36 he comes to the Roman at its height in Christs time and after in the primative Persecutions v. 36. and to the Popes v. 37 38 39. and so by the Saracens in that time of the end v. 40. and the Turks v. 40. that King of the North of whom as the second Woe-trumpet he proceeds to speak v. 41 42 43 44. to his end 45. about Christs appearance and so ch 12. setting forth the time of Christs appearance and Kingdome he gives farther explications of the times of the Beast v. 5 6 7. and those before it verse 4. and in reference to Christs said comeing ch 10. he had a Vision aforehand of his glorious person and so had St. John ch 1. and as the man in white Linnen ch 12. as the great High-priest declares the time viz. of that last Gentile Monarchy should be no longer than Christs appearance so Christ the same person swears the like Rev. 10 at the sounding of the seventh Trumpet which is the very same time see more in our Parallels of the Roman and Christs Monarchy from both Books And he that is able to make these and the like Parallels understandingly by Gods Mercy may soon prove very judicious in matters respecting the said happy state of the 1000 years so excellently set down by Christ farther to explain these last things in the 4 last ch of the Revel And 2dly there is a wonderful connexion of the Misterious times of Daniel with those of the Revelation succeeding them first the great Calender of 2300 years in ch 8. of Daniel misteriously given by Palmoni or the secret Numberer as it is opened v. 17. by him at the time of the end the Vision shall be and v. 19. in the last end of the indignation viz. against the Jews and v. 26. as a Key of both to be shut up for many dayes with many other Reasons in our Summary on that text which manifest it to be the measure of the times of the Gentiles Dominion and Israelites and Jews joynt Bondage which contains Daniels three Monarchies past and the Romans to Christ and thence by vulgar account 1700 years to Rev. 19 ch as in Restitut p. 26 27 28. until the ruine of the Beast and until Christs said Kingdome of the Mountain begins likewise in Daniels second Number of the 70 weeks from the execution of the Command in the 20th year of Artaxerxes Longimanns about Anno Mundi 3550. to build the City Jerusalem to Christs putting an end to sin by his death and bringing in everlasting Righteousness by his Resurrection and Ascention in the middle of Daniels last week making up 490 years when the God of Heaven set up the Kingdome of the Stone for its 1666 years and is also the period of Antichrists Date Rev. 13. ult to be found out by the Spirits Divine Wisdome in Daniel and St. Paul who saith the apperance of Christs comeing will destroy him 1 Thes 2.8 and this Number of Daniel proceeds iâ— connexion with the Revelation from Anno Dom. by vulgar account about 34. by adding the said Divine Number as I esteem it both wayes 1666. for the end of the Kingdome of the Stone then beginning that of the Mountain as v. 35. and also the end of the Beasts Date and so stands in connexion with Daniel in respect both of the former and latter times of Daniel and Revelation so suiting admirably each to other c. 3. For Daniels third Mistical Numbers connexion by a mark of taking away of Sacrifice and setting up the abomination of desolation chap. 12. to be found many hundred years after and yet when it comes after Adrians the Emperours driving the Jews from sacrificing about 130 years after Christ and Constantines about 312. that it so wonderfully should be ordered about 365 in Julian the Apostates time that by such an eminent hand of God as we shewed pag. 6. of Abridgm of Dan. of Parral p. 34. it should then be taken away ultimately as publick at least to which 365. by adding the before revealed to Daniel 1335. thence to the blessed times the said Revelation number of 1700 years to ch 20. is so by that wonderful connexion made up by both these beloved Servants of God and Christs so strange agreement in witnessing joyntly to both Divine books from the same Holy Spirit which is one admirable evidence of the said Truth witnessed by both And as to the excellent Divine Contrivance of the Book of Revelation in two Schemes to ch 19. as an explication of Daniels short Hints for the Times during 1666 years under the Kingdome of the Stone Dan. 2.24 from Christs Ascention to his descending again as pag. 26 27. of Restitut with other things observable in the order of it
and Kingdome of Christ than the first Adam had when he was the only Monarch of the world Yea this most Divine Book will carry us higher than the Creation or beginning of time to Gods eternal Purpose in the four said particulars all explained and confirmed in Christs Revelation Key By the help of this we may judge of the several Prophesies from the Fountains of them revealed in the Word of God as they relate to the Revealed and Promised Mercies in their particular drift as what relates to Adams what to Noahs to Abrahams Isaacs and Jacobs for their Land and what to Davids as to his sure Kingdome c. and upon these Discoveries of Gods so giving them title to that state from the said sure Promises Covenants they will then sing their Halelujahs upon such accounts which the Revelation teacheth both us and them as in our Saints Resurrection largly Thus we may evidently see that what God designed to be performed in the four particulars to be found in the 7th Millennium as Christs Revelation manifests he carryed on in the first times by revealed Predictions and Covenants to the Fathers and their Spiritual Seed through Christ which are also explained and confirmed by the following Prophets all which are witâ—ssed to by the Gospels and Acts and Epistles of the holy Apostles but lastly wonderfully exactly and most excellently explained and illustrated by Christs Revelation and what greater or stronger evidence of these Divine Truths can be conceived or desired Now for the second head what that state is declared to be from the word of God for farther we may determine nothing which we have so largely considered in the times of Restitution of all things both as to removing of Evils and conferring of good upon the Saints first bodily Resurrection which is their inlet into that happy state that we need here add no more but that Christians should attentively peruse for that reason both our said Books which plainly resolve the same And for the third to shew in a fit latitude the time when or the neer approach of that state it was the main drift of the said times of Restitution with their neer approach from p. 53. to p. 71. upon Rev. 21.5 and again to the same purpose from pag. 73. to pag. 77. Likewise for the fourth how or by what means Christs said Kingdome shall be set up not by any worldly means or any help of man saving by Humiliation Faith and Prayer or the like but only Divinely by the hand of God only such as are only called by him Rev 19. and Psalm 149.9 who as he was said to set up the Kingdome of the Stone 1666 years before Da. 2.44 which in that time hath and doth and will in a Divine Spiritual way break v. 34.35 44 45. all the adverse power of the Mettle Kingdomes which at Christs appearance shall all become as the Chaffe of the summer Threshing-flore so God will then give all the Kingdoms of the World unto Christ when he comes in the Clouds of Heaven Dan. 7.13 14. in the glory of the Father and his own glory and of all his holy Angels and his Saints shall then behold Christs glory in that said Kingdome which his Father hath given him as he willed at his death John 17.24 and tells his little little Flock that it is his Fathers pleasure to give them the Kingdom Luke 12.32 And lastly for the manifold usefulness exactness and excellency of Daniel and the Rvelation in cennexion together both for their Subject Matter and Order of Times being Divinely Delivered and ordered for such uses as we have shewed and especially in respect of Christs said Key in the four last chapters of the Revelation of which we have said so much in our last named Book and in what we have here added to that purpose to prove such a state shall be in the world in the seventh Millen that it is not needful here to speak any thing more thereof And for a farther example of all we have said as to the usefulness thereof for explication of Prophetical Scriptures we shall as we said now proceed to show how usefully and surely Revelation Interpretation resolves all passages of that nature We shall consider for a pattern what we find thereof in that excellent and Divinely perfound Epistle of the Apostle to the Hebrews who were a people specially concerned in that state We come now to give an Instance of the great usefulness certain exactness of Revelation Interpretation of all the said Prophetick Scriptures of all such passages in the New Testament as have reference to any of them and Christs Revelation sometimes in connexion with Daniels Prophetick Visions which appears to me to be an Ordinance of his own holy Spirit for that purpose of which we doubt not but to give a good account as God may give opportunity But for this most excellent Epistle to the Hebrews a people most concerned in that Renewed State of the 1000 years the Apostle Paul most probably though to avoid their emulation then conceals his name yet being chiefly to write of Christs Prophetical Office then comeing into its eminency under the New Testament writing to them takes occasion to insert much as it were by the way of Christs eminent Kingly Office in the ensuing state and Christ in his Revelation very Divinely opens all those otherwise dark and by many much mistaken passages as also he doth many of his own speeches in the Gospels that respect that time and state as was easie for us to shew if occasion shall require and St. Paul in this Epistle evidently shews himself to be that person rapt up to Heaven to learn such Divine Mysteries in this Epistle He begins to Mind them of their Priviledge with others succeding that God hath spoken to all such now by his Son whom he first sets before them by his glorious Titles of being the brightness of the Fathers glory and the express character of his person and then what he should be in the ishue of his proceedings as God had decreed both for the things times and way and means to fulfil them he had appointed him eternally to be heir of all things in the world it may be observed that he might well be so for he had made Heaven and Earth at first v. 10 11 12. yea but that was but his transient act before the fall but he hath three great immanent and long continued actings to pass through in his Mediatorship for still the Dominion of the world is usurped by the Prince of the Darkness of it and so first faith the second Verse farther he hath made the worlds viz. the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the states or several providential disposals as we opened before 1. Of the old World 2. Of the new World 3. Of the World to come which he speaks of ch 2.5 as we shall also farther shew by Divine Assistance and also 2dly he by the word of