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

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⟩but I think one is; Because the feast of Tabernacles had been more neglected then other feasts; for upon the coming out of Babylon, in the 8. of Nehemiah 'tis said, they had not kept that feast from the time of Joshua, the son of Nun to that day, which was almost a thousand years. Now the Holy Ghost seeing what degenerations there would be in our latter times, and losings, and neglectings of Ordinances, he saith here, that then they shall keep the feast of Tabernacles: that is, in the expression of the Jews, observe those Ordinances especially, which had been most defaced and forgotten: But I keep to the words of Scripture.

I would not be mistaken here; for I do not thinke that Christ shall come and raigne, continue raigning upon earth a thousand years, I do not see how the Saints can spare him out of heaven so long. Neither do I thinke that this his coming is onely to be understood of a spirituall coming into the souls of his, so filling their soules 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 doore, 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 expresly 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 Passcover and Pentecost, onely the feast of Tabernacles? many reasons may be given, ⟨p. 7⟩