There is yet in the Gospel according to so he learned men another acception of A••n, namely for the […] course of the […] of the Gospel-dispensation, after the abrogation of the Mo••cal dispensation at the ascension of Christ.1 This is called the last […] of the […], after which there is no other to be looked for by […] ⟨p. 38⟩as after old age man is to expect no other age in this life but death, which putteth an end unto his time. And the Scripture (as they conceive) in this notion of age, relates to a very notable distribution (of famous account amongst the jews)of the time before and after the Messiah, into two ages. The first is called the Age before the Messiah, the then present age, the age of the jewish state. The second, the Age after the Mess•ak, the future age, the age of Christianity Not inconformably whereunto, Tobit speaking of the second Temple rebuilded under EZRA, saith that it shall be until the end of that Age.2 Chapt. 14. 5. And the Septuagint ca•leth Christ the Father of the age to come. Isaiah. 9 6. And conformably hereunto, what we read the ends of the world, they read the Consummation of ages. Heb: 9.26. 1 Cor: 10.11. (The Greek bearing either version) conceiving that the Consummation of ages, are therefore said to be come upon them that live under the Gospel, because they who live under the Gospel have out-lived the legal dispensation, the Cessation whereof was the consummation of the age before the Messiah, and live under that dispensation, the ••flation whereof shall be the Consummation of the age after the Messiah, i.e. the Gospel dispensation which shall be the shutting up of all ages, & consequently end with the end of the world. The sum of this interpretations cometh to this, I will be with you to the end of the age, meaning thereby the age of the Messiah, beginning at the Ascension of Christ and continuing unto the end of the world. It is the same in effect with the translation, though differing in expression.
There is yet in the Gospel according to so he learned men another acception of A••n, namely for the 〈…〉 course of the 〈…〉 of the Gospel-dispensation, after the a••rogation of the Mo••cal dispensation at the a••cention of Christ.1 This is called the last 〈…〉 of the 〈…〉, after which there is no other to be looked for by 〈…〉 ⟨p. 38⟩as after old age man is to expect no other age in this life but death, which putteth an end unto his time. And the Scripture (as they conceive) in this notion of age, relates to a very notable distribution (of famous account amongst the jewes)of the time before and after the Messiah, into two ages. The first is called the Age before the Messiah, the then present age, the age of the jewish state. The secōd, the Age after the Mess•ak, the future age, the age of Christianitie Not inconformably whereunto, Tobit speaking of the second Temple rebuilded under EZRA, saith that it shall be untill the end of that Age.2 Chapt. 14. 5. And the Septuagant ca•leth Christ the Father of the age to come. Esay. 9 6. And conformably hereunto, what wee read the ends of the world, they read the Consummation of ages. Heb: 9.26. 1 Cor: 10.11. (The Greek bearing either version) conceiving that the Consummation of ages, are therefore said to be come upon them that live under the Gospel, because they who live under the Gospel have out-lived the legal dispensation, the Cessation whereof was the consummation of the age before the Messiah, and live under that dispensation, the ••flation whereof shall be the Consummation of the age after the Messiah, i.e. the Gospel dispensation which shall be the shutting up of all ages, & consequently end with the end of the world. The sum of this interpretations commeth to this, I will be with you to the end of the age, meaning thereby the age of the Messiah, beginning at the Ascension of Christ and continuing unto the end of the world. It is the same in effect with the translation, though differing in expression.
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- 2In parts ex ••nse bio Evang Demon strat. 1. 7.In parts ex ••nse bio Evang Demō strat. 1. 7.
