The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applied: or, A discourse concerning the general…The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general…

1. The Pope, (Anti-Christ) shall be destroyed before all Israel be saved. Divines are wont to observe, that an heavy stumbling block in the way of the Jews conversion, is their judging of all Christian Religion by Baptism. Now, they hate Iconolatry, i. e. the Idolatry of image worship; God hath so plagued them for that sin, that even ever since the Babylonian captivity, they have dreaded it. And therefore seeing such hideous Idolatry amongst the Papists, until the Lord hath born witness against Popery, and for the Reformed Religion by the destruction of Rome; it is not to be expected, that the Jews will embrace the true Christian Religion. But the truth of this is further evident, if we consider, 1. That the four Monarchies must be destroyed, before the fifth or Jewish Kingdom be established, Dan. 2.44, 45. & 7.21, 22, 26, 27. And therefore it is said, Rev. 10.6. That there should be time no longer: How, time no longer? is the meaning of the words, that there should be an utter ceasing of time? no, but ^(a)that there should be time no longer to the four Monarchies, especially, to the Roman Antichristian Monarchy; and then it follows in verse the 7th. ⟨p. 23⟩That the Mystery of God shall be finished. 2. This is further evident, because, there is no entering into the Temple before all the vials be poured forth, Rev. 15. last. As the Priests could not enter into Solomon's Temple, (1 King. 8.10, 11. 2 Chron. 7.8.) until the seven days dedication was over, so the Priestly Nation of Israel cannot enter into the Temple till the seven vials be poured forth. And if no man shall enter into that pure (Temple) Church-estate, which will one day be in the world, (Rev. 11.19