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These Things make it very evident, that the main Fulfilment of those Prophecies, that speak of the glorious Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth, is still to come.

And as there has been nothing as yet, with Regard to the Flourishing of Religion, and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom, of such Extent as to answer the Prophecies, so neither has there been any Thing of that Duration, that is foretold. The Prophecies speak of Jerusalem's being made the Joy of the whole Earth, and also the Joy of many Generations (Psal. xlviii.2. Isai. lx.15.) That God's People should long enjoy the Work of their Hands, (Isai. lxv.22.) That they should reign with Christ a thousand Years (Rev. xx.) by which we must at least understand a very long time. But it would be endless to mention all the Places, which signify that the Time of the Church's great Peace and Prosperity should be of long Continuance: Almost all the Prophecies that speak of her latter-day-Glory, imply it; and it is implied in very many of them, that when once this Day of the Church's Advancement and Peace is begun, it shall never end, 'till the World ends; or, at least, that there shall be no more a Return of her Troubles and Adversity for any considerable Continuance; that then the Days of her Mourning shall be ended; that her Tribulations should then be as the Waters of Noah unto God, that as he has sworn that the Waters of Noah should no more pass over the Earth, so he will swear that he will no more be wr•th with his People, or rebuke them; that God's People should no more walk after the Imagination of their evil Heart; that God would hide himself no more from the House of Israel, because he has poured out his Spirit upon them; that their Sun should no more go down, nor the Moon ⟨p. 37⟩