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A36205 The doctrine of Christ's glorious kingdom, or, The New Jerusalem state now shortly approaching, is exceeding comfortable and very advantageous to all faithfull Christians, is manifest by the key and this whole work ...; Kleis evangeliou tou mystutikou, or, A key. Selections. Sherwin, William, 1607-1687? 1672 (1672) Wing D1770; ESTC R32798 6,495 4

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sake in faith in obedience out of love out of thankfulness to the first giver who made them large receivers first whereupon they are much in his debt should endeavour much to come out of some part of it for which God may discharge in full before death come which cuts off further opportunitie and imprisons all unbelievers for such debts Dan. 4.7 oh that men would consider it before the time of execution come for then all such interest is gone and they leave most likely a curse to their successors entailed on their estates to consume in sin or give them up to serve Satans interest or to make them become a prey to the devourer or a bootie to the supplanter one way or other c. And such persons should in these times lay to heart this consideration for two reasons 1. By how much the times are more provoking of Gods wraths so all estates are more tottering therefore it would be more wisdom to secure much whilst ye may by committing it to Gods safe insuring hands it may more likely rescue the rest or keep of vengeance the longer and so more time of well doing will be allowed Again Satan hath great wrath because his time is now very short and therefore he marcheth furiously with his hosts of evil men and devils to ruin all he can Christians should then likewise vi armis with all their might give him the repulse by laying out themselves in their persons possession parts posterity their all for Christ whence two encouragements 1. Christ will surely give them both victory and recompence and the devil being resisted as the greatest coward he will also flee Jam. 4.7 2. As the times are very bad so Christians help is more needful and the rather because we are fallen into the dregs of bad times when upon many weighty considerations we may expect Christs coming very shortly and the best that live now and lawfully enjoy plentiful estates know not whether they or theirs shall retain then any of the things which they now possess yet let such take this consolation that they and their posterity being faithful will gain by that change in this world when one in a bed in the field in the mill by the Angels will be carried in the 4 quarters of the earth to Christ as their arke or as the Eagles to the carkass Mat. 23.28 and planted in a better soile and much better estate to inherit the mercies promised to the fore-fathers See Obs 20. after Tract on Rev. 20 22. c. I pray God sanctifie such as here them by these Divine truths thus briefly hinted and let me to that end offer this caution to all serious Christians to take heed lest as Israel of old entered not into Canaan because of unbelief that their unbelief if not their slighting of these Divine truths cause not Christ in displeasure to bring them late into the New Jerusalem state at the first blested Resurrect when as some antients conceived there will be mora to some though I doubt not but all the faithful till then and not only actual Martyrs will have some part in that state longer or shorter it is dangerous to contemn or oppose any Divine truths such as these are and as I from good ground know these to be As for meaner Christians I only say this See Satans seven Vials Forerunner p. 41 42. which is much in few words let them walk in their general and particular callings wherein they are called with God faithfully they then will have this strong support that he wil not fail them nor forsake any of them and to that and consider what is said before concerning these last times c. Other improvements of these truths we briefly hinted in our Pract. picces on Gen 3.15 Rev 22.20 Jer. 3.17 c which with this Exhortation I leave to Christians use and Gods blessing praying at present after that ancients mode with some addition Domine Jesu si qua pro tennitate mea in hic scripsi qua mea sunt non tua tuipse in its ignosce mihi omnia autem qua tua sunt a me tam indigne hic prolata agnoscant etiamque 〈◊〉 Amen i.e. L. Jesus if I have in these things written any out of mine own meaness wch are my own but not thine pardon thou 〈◊〉 therein but let thy serv also acknowledg al those things wch are thine own though here tendred to them by so unworthy a person as my self Amen FINIS ERRATA Tit. p r. K for X. p. 7 r. Tohu vaboh● Word Writ r. 3. Vaus for 3. Zains in fold leave r. reunited not recruted builder not redeemer vailed not railed in S. of Dan. 366. not 666