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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 1: The Kingdom of Christ, as described by the S. Scriptures.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
XI. By this and more it appeareth that a great triumphant Kingdom on Earth,1 and National Churches, which are nothing but Christian Kingdoms, was at first in Christs Intention, though the Embryo and Infancy anteceding, it was to be first in Execution: For he commanded the Discipling of Nations, and would have gathered Jerusalem, and not cut them off, nor taken the Kingdom of God from them, but for their unbelief.2 And the number of Twelve was by Matthias to be made up,3 to show their relation to the Jews National Church State, till Persecution drove them to the Gentiles, and then Paul and Barnabas were added.
XI. By this and more it appeareth that a great triumphant Kingdom on Earth,1 and National Churches, which are nothing but Christian Kingdoms, was at first in Christs Intention, though the Embrio and Infancy anteceding, it was to be first in Execution: For he commanded the Discipling of Nations, and would have gathered Jerusalem, and not cut them off, nor taken the Kingdom of God from them, but for their unbelief.2 And the number of Twelve was by Matthias to be made up,3 to shew their relation to the Jews National Church State, till Persecution drove them to the Gentiles, and then Paul and Barnabas were added.
- 1Rev. 11. 17. & 19. 6.
- 2Acts 1. 25.
- 3Mar. 28. 20.