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A40762 A sober inquiry, or, Christs reign with his saints a thousand years, modestly asserted from Scripture together with the answer of most of those ordinary objections which are usually urged to the contrary. I. F. 1660 (1660) Wing F26; ESTC R5515 86,615 187

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which the Presence of the Lord shall dwell so that the name of their City shall be called from that day Jehora shamma the Lord is there for the Tabernacle of God will be with them and dwell with them That they shall have the purest Orainances Rivers of water of life clear as chrystal not running with blood as in dayes of persecution nor mixed with the fire of contentions as formerly they had too often been wont That they shall live the exactest discipline so that all that love and make a lie shall be without those Eagle-eyed times will soon spie out the member that is rotten and the sword of discipline keen enough to cut it off That then the Mountain of the Lords house shall be exalted above the tops of the Mountain and established in the top of the hill● and all Nations shall flow unto it That then shall follow great peace and plenty and prosperity in the Church and all persecutions either from enemies without or Tyrants within shall come to an end I say these and many other things the Scripture tells us in reference to the Jews but I forbear to speak of them her● because I shall speak of them elsewhere with a ref●rence to the whole Church and not the Jews only Object 16 This Opinion implies a fulnesse of all temporal blessings as Riches Honours long life a freedom from all offliciions c. under this Kingdom Answ 1 Though some have spoken of a fulnesse of all temporal blessings in ths Millenary Kingdom yet they do not hereby mean a Iewish or Mahumetan Paradise as is by some falsely and uncharitably suggested But they mean hereby peace safety riches health long life or what else was enjoyed under any Kingdom or can be had in the world or may any way make their lives more comfortable yet Withent sin Mark the words without sin in the having of them This is all they mean by temporal blessings and the sinful abuse of the creature 2. To think the Saints the subjects of this Kingdom if they have these temporal blessings shall abuse them to those carnal pleasures of bed and board which have been dreamed of by sensual Turks and Talmudists is to unsaint them and to make them vile gluttons and unclean persons contrary to what the Word of God saith of such persons Rom. 8. 5. They that are after the flesh do minde the things of the flesh But they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit So also 1 Tim. 4.5 Al so Tit. 1.15 And Rom. 8.13 14. And in other places 3. They that make this Objection would make men believe that sensuality is pleaded for in this question but that is but an abuse both to the Assertors hereof and to the question it self for sensuality is not pleaded for but it is indeed holiness that they of this opinion plead for which is so much by most exploded yea derided and hated at this day in the world who cannot abide to hear of the Saints reigning on Earth with Christ a thousand years for then would be such a time such a height and measure of holinesse on earth as never was before and never entred into the hearts of men to conceive of and this in reality is that they cannot endure but it is a death to them to hear of 4. Suppose that some men have dreamed or should of carnal pleasure as Turks and sensual Talmudists have done yet if we will know the minde of God in the matter we ought to look what God aimeth at in this Kingdom and not what sensual dreamers have said or aim at Now what God aimeth at in this Kingdom most evidently appears in Scripture to be a time of holinesse and reformation a time of peace and purity a Kingdom of Saints and sincere Worshippers who may worship him in spirit and in truth according to his own appointment and give him the service which he himself requires And this is it we are to look after in the Kingdom of this question we are to think what holiness what righteousnesse what purity what piety what sincerity what heavenly-mindednesse what knowledge of God what Orthodoxity what pure worshipping of God c. shall be in this Kingdom and not to talk of sensuality and carnal pleasures and so corrupt the point by making a vile and wretched use of so holy and so religious a Kingdom as the reign of the Saints with Christ on earth shall be Certainly this Kingdom is most holy and sacred or else no Kingdom of Christ at all for holinesse becomes his Kingdom for ever 5. The reason why Christ forbids carking and caring for the things of this life is because they take off the mind from thinking on God so often and so frequently as we should And the reason why God will have a plenty of temporal and outward blessings in this Kingdom ready at hand for the use of all those that any way stand in need of them is that the thoughts of his people their time or strength may not be taken off from a close attendance upon God by looking after the things of this world Mat. 6 31 32. 6. To say or think that temporal blessings are not promised to the children of the Kingdom but purely spiritual is against the Scriptures 1 Tim. 4.8 Godlinesse is profitable to all things having the Bromise of the life that now is and of that which is to come Psal 34 10. The young Lions do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing Matth. 6.33 All these things shall be added to you Rev. 21.24 And the Kings of the Earth do bring their glory and honour into it Those that need these blessiags as the Nations of them that are saved and walk in the light of the New Jerusalem will have the promise of them 7. To say that temporal blessings are not proper for the fruition of Saints is to wrong the Saints of their right for they only have a proper right from God to them which the wicked of the world have not 1 Cor. 3 22 23. 8. Though the worst of then may have these outward enjoyments for the present and the best men want them whereof we see an Example in Dives and Lazarus yet it shall not alwayes be so for in the time of this Kingdom the best shall have them and the worst shall want them Zach. 14 17 18. 9. Though the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink as Paul saith Rom. 14.17 in respect of its essentials yet it is not without meat and drink in respect of additionals as that known place doth testifie Mat. 6.33 10. Though temporal blessings are now but for a moment many times yet are they blessings while they are enjoyed and though the grief of their cessation may more then counterpoise the contentment of their fruition to them that lose them yet it is very clear the Saints shall enjoy them in this Kingdom during life