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The world to come. Or, The kingdom of Christ asserted. In two expository lectures…The vvorld to come. Or, The kingdome of Christ asserted. In two expository lectures…
The world to come. Or, The kingdom of Christ asserted. In two expository lectures of Ephes. 1. 21, 22. verses. Proving that between the state of this world as now it is, and the state of things after the day of judgement, when God shall be all in all: there is a world to come which is of purpose, and is a more especial manner appointed for Jesus Christ to be king, and wherein he shall more eminently reign. / Preached by Mr. Tho: Goodwin many years since, at Antholins, London. Published for the truths sake.The vvorld to come. Or, The kingdome of Christ asserted. In two expository lectures of Ephes. 1. 21, 22. verses. Prooving that between the state of this world as now it is, and the state of things after the day of judgement, when God shall be all in all: there is a world to come which is of purpose, and is a more especiall manner appointed for Jesus Christ to be king, and wherein he shall more eminently reign. / Preached by Mr. Tho: Goodwin many years since, at Antholins, London. Published for the truths sake.
London, : Printed, and are to be sold in Popes-head-Alley, and in Westminster Hall, 1655
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We see plainly that he speaks there of Jesus Christ as he doth here in the Text: And what he here in the Ephesians calls sitting at Gods right hand, there he expresseth it to be his crowning with glory and honour: And then likewise for that passage of all things being under the feet of Christ, which is spoken of here in the Ephesians, the Apostle quotes out of Psalm 8 6. which speaks of Christs dominion, and that sentence is no where found in the Old Testament, but only there, and quoted likewise in 1 Cor. 15. 27. all which places relates to Christ: Then again he calls it a world to come, in Heb. 2. that is ordained for this man, and he doth the like here in the Text; therefore these places compared together, we see how they agree. 1 Cor. 15. 25. He saith, Christ must reign till he hath put all things under his feet, which he quotes out of Psalm 110. 1 So that these places before named, they are all parallel places with the Text, and there is another place parallel with it, 2 Pet. 3. 7. compared with the 13. vers. The heavens and earth which are now by the same word, are kept in store and reserved to fire against the day of judgement. And at the 13. verse, in opposition to the heavens and earth which are now, he saith, We according to his promise look for new heavens, and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness; that is, we look for a world to come, wherein righteousness dwells: and that these places hold forth the same thing, appears by this, that when he had alleged there was to be a new heaven, and a new earth, that is, a world to come: At the 15. verse, he quotes Paul, that he had written to them of these things, and that was in his Epistle to the Hebrews: For it's the best argument to prove that Paul ⟨p. 11⟩wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews; He hath written to you, saith he, of this new world, and that was in Heb. 2. there he wrote of this new World: So likewise unto this give all the Prophets witness, in