Christs coming opened in a sermon before the honourable house of commons in Margaret's…

So in many Scriptures ye shall find his coming, and his Kingdom do go together. Now if ye look into the 11. of the Revelations, we shall find it spoken of times yet to come; The Kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever: vers. the 15. And we give thee thanks, O Lord, God Almighty, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned, verse 17. which cannot be understood of the day of judgement; for then the Nations are not angry, then the Temple-door is not opened, as is here said verse 18, and 19.

So in many Scriptures ye shall find his coming, and his Kingdome do go together. Now if ye look into the 11. of the Revelations, we shall find it spoken of times yet to come; The Kingdomes of this world are become the Kingdomes of our Lord, and his Christ, and he shall reigne for ever and ever: vers. the 15. And we give thee thanks, O Lord, God Almighty, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned, verse 17. which cannot be understood of the day of judgement; for then the Nations are not angry, then the Temple-doore is not opened, as is here said verse 18, and 19.

I would not be mistaken here; for I do not think that Christ shall come and reign, continue reigning upon earth a thousand years, I do not see how the Saints can spare him out of heaven so long. Neither do I think that this his coming is only to be understood of a spiritual coming into the souls of his, so filling their souls with his spirit, that they shall have need of Ordinances no more; for in those glorious times, though there shall be no Temple, that is, a Jewish Temple, yet the Temple door, that is, the Gospel Temple, shall be opened. And in Zachariah the last, which is plainly spoken of the glory of the latter times yet to come, it is said expressly three times in that Chapter, that men shall go up to keep the feast of Tabernacles, an allusion to the Jewish Ordinance. But why not the feast of Passover and Pentecost, only the feast of Tabernacles? many reasons may be given, ⟨p. 7⟩