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The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come
The world that now is; and the world that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden, 1681
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.
And God hath ordained the Ministry of the Gospel for the perfecting of the Saints, Eph. 4.11, 12, 13. Until we all come in the unity of Faith unto a perfect man. And though the Apostle was not perfect (as he confessed) yet he pressed toward the mark, for the prize of the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus, Phil. 3.12, 14. So ought all the Saints to do, until they be translated from Earth to Heaven, and from Grace to Glory, and shall be set down in the Father's house among the Spirits of just men made perfect. Thus Jesus Christ (who came into the WORLD to save sinners) brings them to salvation.
The next particular in our general Position to be explained is, that Jesus Christ came into this WORLD to build up his own House, the Church of God. As Moses was faithful in the House of God, as a servant, who did all things about the Tabernacle according to the Pattern showed unto him by God in the Mount, Exod. 25.40. Acts 7.44. & Heb. 8.5. So Jesus ⟨p. 43⟩Christ was faithful unto God, that appointed him, as a Son over his own House, the true Tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not Man, Heb. 3.2, 3, 5, 6. & Heb. 8.2. called The Church of the Living God, 1 Tim. 3.15.
The next particular in our general Position to be explained is, that Jesus Christ came into this WORLD to build up his own House, the Church of God. As Moses was faithful in the House of God, as a servant, who did all things about the Tabernacle according to the Pattern shewed unto him by God in the Mount,