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Show 245 pong. OF A CHRISTIAN Chop.38, like, I need fay nothing-7 there being neither dilhculty, nor intereft, ‘ oftens ofthat kind. to corrupt the interpretation But concerning the Generall Salvation, hecaufe it muf'r be in the 77): Place of ofHeaven, there is great difficulty concerning the Place. Kingdome SolEternall mien. 11‘ ; is Chap.383 from WthC the Salvation OFUSthat were Gentiles , {hall proceed) _ by. our Saviour,in . : And the fame‘ is alfo confirmed 4 a Jerufalem {hall be his dticourfe With the woman of Samaria , concerning the plaCe of Gods _ Samaritans wor_ worfltip3to whom he laith, Iohn 4. 2 2 . that the fliipped they knew not what, but the Jews worfhip what they knew, their perpetuall fecurity againfi enemies, and want ) it feemeth that this Salvation fhould be on Earth. For by Salvation is fer forth unto us,a glorious Reign ofour King, by Conquefhnot a fafety by Efcape: and therefore there where we look for Salvation , we mufl look alfo for Triumph7 and before Triumph,for Vic‘torygnd before Victory, for SKI/"JAN"? te‘ ofthe Iem( ex, Iuole if, that is, begins at the Jews )z as if he ihould fay,you worfhip_ God, but know not by whom he wil fave you, as we doe,that know it {hall be by one ofthe tribe ofJudah, a Jew, not a Samaritan. . And therefore alfo the woman not imperti. neatly anfwered hm} W31": we know "15 J‘I‘LI/f/M/lmll tome. So that for Batten-,which cannot well be fuppofed, {hall be in Heaven. But "him out Savmur 131‘ a 5"1'1""0" '3fr"7" "1‘ 15"" 3 i5 the fame that how good foever this reafon may be, I will not truit to it , without at large, Ifktiah 33. ver.2o,2 1 ,2 2,2 3,24. Look upon Zion, the City of our_{olernnitz‘ess (thine eye; flmllfee 15m- Paul {ayes Wm- ! - I 6) 17~ ) The Gode if thtpomer ofGool to Sol- WW" ‘0 Weft one'thot 5‘1537'5‘5‘7" '17" 15'" fi'fl#724 41ft) to the Greele. I or therein. to the rzghteoufnefflt of Gool revealedfrom faith to faith; from the faith oftheJew, to the faith ofthe Gentile. In the like {enfe elem u quiet hahitotion, a tahernarle that/hull 7", he taken dam", My the Prophet Ioel defcribing the day of Judgment, (chap. 2. 30, 31.) one oftheflakes thereofflmll ever he removed, neither flmll any of the that 90d would[55W WW'dm 1" 196W", and m earth, hloud, and fire, l cord: thereofhe hrokm. ondpt/lors olfmoah. The Sunflt'ouldhe turnedto u'.1rknef]e,and the Moon i But there thegloriout Lord will he unto no aploee ofhroon' river:,ono' firearm, whereinflmllgoeno Golly with onm, neitherflml/ gallant [hop il paffe therehy. 4"" terrzhle "'47 ‘f'b‘ Lordwmehe addeth hf?" ""3"" ""9510",: verfe 32. audit/hall come to page, that whofitever flan/l ml! repay; the name of the Lora' Mll he wed. Forin Mount Zion nndin Ie to al F F or the Lord it our Iudge,the Lord is our Louvgi'uer, the Lord it our i King, he will fave m. Thy toe/cling: are loofeol, they could not well flrengthen their mofl; it i ti .. ‘1 they could not firead thefoil : then i: the prey ofo greotfpoil dl'llldt'd', the letrne take the prey. And the Inhahimntjhall notfay, I amfiche, the people thot flm/l dwell therein [hell he forgiven their Iniquity. In which words wee have the place from whence Salvation is to roceed, Ierufolem, a quiet hahitotion; the Eternity of it, a tahermelt thotjhnll not he token down,d"o. The Saviour of it, the Lord , their Iutlge, their Larvgiwr,thezr King, he wil/fave no; the Salvation,the l. l i 'i l, i fl ( ( co MMoN-WEALTH. On one fide,by Kingdeme (which is an eftate ordained by men for very evident plaCes of Scripture. The {late of Salvation is defcribed it P4rt.3. Lord [hall he to them a: a hroodmote offwi/t moterrfivo. the condition of their Enemies,their tackling: are loofi,their moflr tvmhghc lmeflml take thefpoil ofthem. The condition ofthe Saved, The Inhahttunt flml notfay, I am firk : And laltly, all this is comprehended in Forgivenefle of fin/The people that dwell thereinflmll he forgiven their imqm. 1y. By which lt is evident, that Salvation thall be on Earth, _rhen, when God {hall reign, (at the coming again ofChrift ) in Jeruialemz and from Jerufalein {hall proceed the Salvation of the Gentiles that [ball be received into Gods Kingdome: as is alfo more exprcflcly declared by the fame Prophet, Chap.65. 20,2 1 . And they ( that who Gentiles who had any Jew in bondage )flml/ hring all your hrethren" for an oflering to the Lord, out of all nations, upon horjet, and in therm, and in litters, and upon miller, andupon fwift huff; , to my l1? mountain, Ierufhlem,ftith the Lord, 115 the Children ofljmel hring .111} ofltring in a clean well?" into the Hoof: ofthe Lord. And I will Jill take of themfor Prie/i‘: andfor Le'b'iter,ftt!h the Lord: \Vhercb)‘ H 15 manifeft, that the chief feat of Gods Kingdome L which is the Plixc. If c-in flmll he Solo/m on ffl Andéhndioh verfe I 7. faith the fame r fryer; Mount Zion V/lull he Deliveroneev, andthere flmll he holinefle 3one! the houfe ofLuohflmll pip/[21ft theirpoflefiiom, that is, the poifeffihns ofthe Heiithen, which pagemom he expreffeth more particularly in the following verfes, by t e mount ofEfltu, the Land tfthe Phil! ine: the. field: of Ephraim, ofSnmori/t, Gilearl, and the Cities ofthe Sonth and concludes with thefe words, the Kingdomflmll he the Lords. All theft: laces are for Salvation, and the Kingdome of God ( after the da of Judgement) upon Earth. On the other fide , I have not foundyan text that can probably be drawn,to prove any Afcenfion ofthe Saint); into Heaven, that is to fay,into any Coelum Empyreum, or other ethe- riall Region -, faving that it is called the Kingdome of Heaven: which name it may have, becaufe God, that was King ofthe Jews overn- ed them by his commands, fentto Mofes by Angels from fieaven .~ and alter their revolt,fent his Son from Heaven , to reduce them rt; their OdelchC; and [hall fend him thence again , to rule both them and all other faithfull men, from the dw of Judgment Everlaflin I ly :or from that, that the Throne ofthis our Great Kfno is in Heg- ven; whereas the Earth is but his Fooriloole. But that th§Subje6t5 of God thould have any place as high as his Throne, or hiOher than his Footfloole,it leemeth not futablc to the dignity ofa Ki:0 nor can I find any evident text for it in holy Scripture. a: ' From this that hath been faid ofthe Kingdom of God,and of Salvo; tion, it is not hard to interpret what is meant by the WORL D TO C OM 2 -There are three worlds mentioned in Scripture the old Worlol the Prefenr VVorltl, and the VI/orld to tome. Ofthe iirfl St Pete; 2 Pet. 2. 5° fpeaks, If G or![pared not the old VVor/d, hut fire/ed N04h) the.ei hth perfon, a Preacher ofrighteoufne/fe,hrtnging thefl 00dupon the Ii 3 tooril of the |