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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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First, to tell you what they shall not do; They shall not eat and drink, nor marry, and give in marriage: So Christ tells us in Mat. 22. 30. The children of the resurrection do none of these things: And therefore to imagine ⟨p. 34⟩a Turkish heaven here below, is the absurdity that hath been put upon it, and which indeed made the Fathers, many of them, after the first 300. years after Christ, to fly out so much against this subject; for there was an opinion then, that Christ should reign at Jerusalem, and that they should abound in all several pleasures and delights, &c. and this the Fathers were against. I have told you what they do not; I will tell you what they do: he tells us, as I said before, that they shall be Kings and Priests, as in Rev. 20. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; why? on such (saith he) the second death hath no power; they are out of all danger of it, being in a celestial state: •ut (saith he) they shall be Priests of God, and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years; here is both their reigning and their Priesthood set out, I would open it a little. First, they shall be Kings; You heard before out of Heb. 2. 5. That he hath not put this world to come in subjection to Angels: The Angels now, they are the Thrones, and Principalities, and great ones that rules this present world, but the Saints shall be Kings then: And for them to take the Angels places, to be as the Angels now are, after their resurrection, there is no absurdity in it: Christ saith, after the resurrection, the Saints they shall be as the Angels of God, & they shall be Priests likewise. I shall take off what absurdity there may seem to be in that by this: Our Saviour when he took up his body out of the grave, he continued forty days upon the earth; What did Christ do all that while? It is plain, he performed the part of a Priest and Prophet; he did instruct them in the worship of God, and speaking to them of things pertaining to the Kingdom of ⟨p. 35⟩God, so you read expressly in Acts •. the Apostles had a brave Teacher, Christ risen from the dead; so he began that new world, and he remained forty days here of purpose to do it: Now consider, is it any absurdity for the Saints to be conformed to Christ their Lord and head, to run through the same states that he did? he lived in this world, was poor and miserable, so are you;