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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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And secondly, I shall in a few words show what I think is meant by that world to come, and see the several steps and degrees of its growing up to ⟨p. 23⟩perfection, I shall speak a little to these two things to clear up what I delivered the last day, because I fear I was not well understood in what I said, and I shall do it with as much brevity as I can.
And secondly, I shall in a few words shew what I thinke is meant by that world to come, and see the severall steps and degrees of its growing up to ⟨p. 23⟩perfection, I shall speake a little to these two things to cleare up what I delivered the last day, because I fear I was not well understood in what I said, and I shall do it with as much brevity as I can.
First of all, That the world to come mentioned in Heb. 2. 5. and prophesied of in the 8. Psalm, that it is not the world that now is, that is plain; for the Apostle distinguisheth the world that now is, from that world to come: By this (saith he) we do not now see all things subject to him, and it is the argument by which he proves there must needs be a world to come that must be subject to Christ, Heb. 2. 8. We see not all things now put under his feet, which implies that there is a world to come wherein this is to be fulfilled; take this world now as it is in its ruff, and it falls far short of that world to come, wherein all things are to be subject to Christ, for that is not grown to perfection; we see Jesus now only Crowned, but we see not all things subject to him; it's true, this world to come is begun, but is not come to its perfection.