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Jerusalems glory breaking forth into the world being a Scripture-discovery of the New-Testament Church…
Jerusalems glory breaking forth into the world being a Scripture-discovery of the New-Testament Church in the latter days, immediately before the Second Coming of Christ.Jerusalems glory breaking forth into the world being a Scripture-discovery of the New-Testament Church in the latter dayes, immediately before the Second Coming of Christ.
London: printed by J.A., 1684
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Now let's put all these together, and see what a glorious condition the Saints shall be in: surely, when all these things shall be fulfilled, then you must needs say, that Jerusalem will be made a praise in the whole Earth. That is,
First, When there shall be a Resurrection, a new creation, a new world, when all Tears shall be wiped away, when all wicked men shall be kept under. When the Church shall appear to be the pleasant Portion of God, his Inheritance, his dearly Beloved, his Glory, and when all Promises that have been made to them, and all Prophecies of their glory shall be fulfilled; when there shall be a wonderful confluence of the Nations, Jews and Gentiles to them, and yet there shall be a great deal of purity in ordinances, there shall not be filth among them as now there is. And the gifts and graces of the Saints shall be mightily enlarged and raised, when there shall be a glorious presence of the Father and of Jesus Christ with them, when Godliness, and the Saints shall be honoured in the World as much as it is contemned, when there shall be a blessed Union among all the Churches, when there shall be a mighty change of the creatures, and when there shall be no fear of any danger, of any hurt by any Prosperity that they shall enjoy: surely then will Jerusalem be made a praise of the whole Earth. Therefore let the Saints give ⟨p. 80⟩the Lord no rest until Jerusalem be thus made as the praise of the whole Earth.
First, When there shall be a Resurrection, a new creation, a new world, when all Tears shall be wip'd away, when all wicked men shall be kept under. When the Church shall appear to be the pleasant Portion of God, his Inheritance, his dearly Beloved, his Glory, and when all Promises that have been made to them, and all Prophecies of their glory shall be fulfilled; when there shall be a wonderful confluence of the Nations, Jews and Gentiles to them, and yet there shall be a great deal of purity in ordinances, there shall not be filth among them as now there is. And the gifts and graces of the Saints shall be mightily inlarged and raised, when there shall be a glorious presence of the Father and of Jesus Christ with them, when Godliness, and the Saints shall be honoured in the World as much as it is contemn'd, when there shall be a blessed Union among all the Churches, when there shall be a mighty change of the creatures, and when there shall be no fear of any danger, of any hurt by any Prosperity that they shall enjoy: surely then will Jerusalem be made a praise of the whole Earth. Therefore let the Saints give