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A glimpse of Scions gloryA glimpse of Sions glory
A glimpse of Scions glory, or, The churches beauty specified published for the good and benefit of all those whose hearts are raised up in the expectation of the glorious liberties of the saints.A glimpse of Sions glory, or, The churches beautie specified published for the good and benefit of all those whose hearts are raised up in the expectation of the glorious liberties of the saints.
London: printed for William Larnar, 1641
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Secondly, because the Gentiles are to provoke the Church of the Jews to come in, according to the Prophecy of Isaiah, 2. C. 3.5. Come ye, let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his Paths; 5. verse. O House of Jacob, Come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord: The Gentiles calling upon the Jews to come in: so it shall be at the Jews Calling; and therefore ⟨p. 4⟩this Hebrew word is used, Hallelujah, as if the Gentiles should provoke the Jews after Antichrist is fallen now to praise the Lord, because he reigns.
Secondly, because the Gentiles are to provoke the Church of the Iewes to come in, according to the Prophecy of Isaiah, 2. C. 3.5. Come ye, let us go up to the Mountaine of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob, and hee will teach us of his wayes, and wee will walke in his Paths; 5. verse. O House of Jacob, Come yee and let us walke in the light of the Lord: The Gentiles calling upon the Iewes to come in: so it shall be at the Iewes Calling; and therefore ⟨p. 4⟩this Hebrew word is used, Hallelujah, as if the Gentiles should provoke the Iewes after Antichrist is fallen now to praise the Lord, because he reignes.
In this Hallelujah there are these 2. things considerable. First, what it is for which this Hallelujah is sung. Secondly, from whom. First, what it is for? It is for this, because the Lord God omnipotent reigneth, the Lord God, that is, Christ; Christ now appears to be Lord God: his Lordship and Dominion was much darkened before: now it appears to all the world, that he is Lord God, Lord God omnipotent: the Name of Christ is the mighty God, as 9. Isay, 6. but he is but little known by this Name in comparison: after Antichrist is fallen, he shall be known by his own Name, the mighty God, the Lord God omnipotent, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth; his Crown and Dignity were as it were hidden before in comparison: little of the power of the Sovereignty of Christ did outwardly appear before: but now it shall appear, before the eyes of all his enemies, that it is he that reigns, he hath the Kingdom of Kingdoms, and is the Lord of Lords. 2. From whence came this Hallelujah, I heard as it were the Voice of a great Multitude, and as the voice of many Waters: by Waters we are to understand People; the voice of many Waters, of many People.