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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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§ 23. XI. Another reason against this Jewish Monarchy at Jerusalem is, that instead of an Exaltation, it would be a Banishment to the Jews. Judea being like our Wales, or not so big as half England, and a Country (though flowing with Milk and Honey in comparison of the Arabian Wilderness, yet) very full of Mountains, Rocks, and Deserts, and oft infested with Famines. So that could they bear their charges thither, I believe that the Jews in Portugal, Constantinople, Rome, and Thessalonica alone, would take it for as sad a Banishment to be sent to Judea, as all England ⟨p. 68⟩[…] ⟨p. 69⟩[…] ⟨p. 68⟩[…] ⟨p. 69⟩[…] ⟨p. 70⟩would do to be sent to Jamaica, yea or Barbados.
§ 23. XI. Another reason against this Jewish Monarchy at Jerusalem is, that instead of an Exaltation, it would be a Banishment to the Jews. Judea being like our Wales, or not so big as half England, and a Countrey (though flowing with Milk and Honey in comparison of the Arabian Wilderness, yet) very full of Mountains, Rocks, and Deserts, and oft infested with Famines. So that could they bear their charges thither, I believe that the Jews in Portugal, Constantinople, Rome, and Thessalonica alone, would take it for as sad a Banishment to be sent to Judea, as all England ⟨p. 68⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 69⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 68⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 69⟩〈…〉