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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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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.
XXVI. It is a far more glorious Christian Monarchy which Christ by Constantine set up, than most of the Millenaries give any probability of. 1. It was a Deliverance from the cruellest Persecution. 2. And from the Dragons most potent Empire. 3. A Deliverance of all Christians as well as of Jews. 4. Without confinement to the narrow Land of Israel. 5. A setting up of a National-Provincial Church in Judea. 6. With the great Charges of promoting it, by New Churches, Monasteries, Bibles, Bishops! What could he do more? The knowledge of what hath been done long ago, would have prevented many mens expectation of the same.
XXVII. If it prove that their Millennial Doctrine, and the Calling of the Jews, prove a mere mistake, it will not be so small as should suspend our detection of it. Because it is an adding to Gods Word, and fathering on him many untruths, and so a taking of his name in vain; and a corrupting ⟨p. 11⟩of his Worship while we preach, write and pray for that which we ought not (further than we must pray for the Conversion of all sorts of men) and a turning of mens Zeal to promote untruths, and corrupt mens minds.
XXVII. If it prove that their Millennial Doctrine, and the Calling of the Jews, prove a meer mistake, it will not be so small as should suspend our detection of it. Because it is an adding to Gods Word, and fathering on him many untruths, and so a taking of his name in vain; and a corrupting ⟨p. 11⟩of his Worship while we preach, write and pray for that which we ought not (further than we must pray for the Conversion of all sorts of men) and a turning of mens Zeal to promote untruths, and corrupt mens minds.