The Prophecies of the New-Testament do no less evidently show, that a Time will come when the Gospel shall universally prevail, and the Kingdom of Christ be extended over the whole habitable Earth, in the most proper Sense. Christ says, (John xii.32.) I, if I be ⟨p. 33⟩lifted up from the Earth, will draw all Men unto me. 'Tis fit, that when the Son of God becomes Man, he should have Dominion over all Mankind: 'Tis fit, that since he became an Inhabitant of the Earth, and shed his Blood on the Earth, he should possess the whole Earth: 'Tis fit, seeing here he became a Servant, and was subject to Men, and was arraigned before them, and judged, condemned and executed by them, and suffered Ignominy and Death in a most public Manner, before Jews and Gentiles, being lifted up to View on the Cross upon an Hill, near that populous City Jerusalem, at a most public Time, when there were many hundred thousand Spectators, from all Parts, that he should be rewarded with an universal Dominion over Mankind; and it is here declared he shall be. The Apostle, in the xith of Romans, teaches us to look to that great Out-pouring of the Spirit and In-gathering of Souls into Christ's Kingdom, that was in those Days, first of the Jews, and then of the Gentiles, to be but as the First-fruits of the intended Harvest, both with Regard to Jews and Gentiles, and to look on the In-gathering of those First-fruits as a Sign that all the Remainder both of Jews and Gentiles should in due Time be gathered in; Ver. 16. For if the First-fruit be holy, the Lump is also holy; and if the Root be holy, so are the Branches. And in that Context, the Apostle speaks of the FULLNESS of both Jews and Gentiles, as what shall hereafter be brought in, as distinct from that In gathering from among both, that was in those primitive Ages of Christianity: In Ver. 12. we read of the Fullness of the Jews, and in the 25th of the Fullness of the Gentiles: And there in Ver. 30, 31, 32. the Apostle teaches us to look upon that Infidelity and Darkness, that first ⟨p. 34⟩prevailed over all Gentile Nations, before Christ came, and then over the Jews after Christ came, as what was wisely permitted of God, as a Preparation for the Manifestation of the Glory of God's Mercy, in due Time, on the whole World, constituted of Jews and Gentiles. God hath concluded them all in Unbelief, that he might have Mercy upon all.
The Prophecies of the New-Testament do no less evidently shew, that a Time will come when the Gospel shall universally prevail, and the Kingdom of Christ be extended over the whole habitable Earth, in the most proper Sense. Christ says, (John xii.32.) I, if I be ⟨p. 33⟩lifted up from the Earth, will draw all Men unto me. 'Tis fit, that when the Son of God becomes Man, he should have Dominion over all Mankind: 'Tis fit, that since he became an Inhabitant of the Earth, and shed his Blood on the Earth, he should possess the whole Earth: 'Tis fit, seeing here he became a Servant, and was subject to Men, and was arraigned before them, and judged, condemned and executed by them, and suffered Ignominy and Death in a most publick Manner, before Iews and Gentiles, being lifted up to View on the Cross upon an Hill, near that populous City Ierusalem, at a most publick Time, when there were many hundred thousand Spectators, from all Parts, that he should be rewarded with an universal D•minion over Mankind; and it is here declared he shall be. The Apostle, in the xith of Romans, teaches us to look to that great Out-pouring of the Spirit and In-gathering of Souls into Christ's Kingdom, that was in those Days, first of the Iews, and then of the Gentiles, to be but as the First-fruits of the intended Harvest, both with Regard to Iews and Gentiles, and to look on the In-gathering of those First-fruits as a Sign that all the Remainder both of Iews and Gentiles should in due Time be gathered in; Ver. 16. For if the First-fruit be holy, the Lump is also holy; and if the Root be holy, so are the Branches. And in that Context, the Apostle speaks of the FULNESS of both Iews and Gentiles, as what shall hereafter be brought in, as distinct from that In gathering from among both, that was in those primitive Ages of Christianity: In Ver. 12. we read of the Fulness of the Iews, and in the 25th of the Fulness of the Gentiles: And there in Ver. 30, 31, 32. the Apostle teaches us to look upon that Infidelity and Darkness, that first ⟨p. 34⟩prevailed over all Gentile Nations, before Christ came, and then over the Iews after Christ came, as what was wisely permitted of God, as a Preparation for the Manifestation of the Glory of God's Mercy, in due Time, on the whole World, constituted of Iews and Gentiles. God hath concluded them all in Unbelief, that he might have Mercy upon all.
