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The glorious kingdom of Christ, described and clearly vindicated against the bold asserters of…
The glorious kingdom of Christ, described and clearly vindicated against the bold asserters of a future calling and reign of the Jews, and 1000 years before the conflagration and the asserters of the 1000 years kingdom after the conflagration : opening the promise of the new heaven and earth and the everlastingness of Christ's kingdom against their debasing it, who confine it to 1000 years ... : answering Mr. Tho. Beverley ... in his twelve principles and catechisms, &c. / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by T. Snowden for Thomas Parkhurst, 1691
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But 2. Granting the contrary, it plainly speaketh of a time presently following the feasting of the Fowls of Heaven with the flesh of Kings and Captains, and the Fall of the Pagan Babylon. And not only Grotius, but John Fox and many others tell us, that it is the just time between the Fall of Pagan Rome, and the beginning of the Ottoman Empire; which was about 1300 years.
3. And this Thousand years is before the suppression of wickedness in the World, while Gog and Magog are in the four quarters of the Earth, in number as the Sand of the Sea; that shall go upon the breadth of the Earth, and compass the Camp of the Saints, the beloved City: And before the fire that cometh down to devour them. And most certainly all this is not in the New Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteousness: So that this Thousand years seemeth to signify but 1. That Apostles and Martyrs go to Heaven, 2. And leave their Names and Doctrine honourable on Earth; 3. And that the surviving Confessors shall rise from their persecuted state, to triumph with Christ in their deliverance and superiority on Earth; 4. And that this sudden Exaltation is a fit representation of the Glory that they shall have perpetually in Heaven.
3. And this Thousand years is before the suppression of wickedness in the World, while Gog and Magog are in the four quarters of the Earth, in number as the Sand of the Sea; that shall go upon the breadth of the Earth, and compass the Camp of the Saints, the beloved City: And before the fire that cometh down to devour them. And most certainly all this is not in the New Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteousness: So that this Thousand years seemeth to signifie but 1. That Apostles and Martyrs go to Heaven, 2. And leave their Names and Doctrine honourable on Earth; 3. And that the surviving Confessors shall rise from their persecuted state, to triumph with Christ in their deliverance and superiority on Earth; 4. And that this sudden Exaltation is a fit representation of the Glory that they shall have perpetually in Heaven.