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By each of these comings of Christ God works a glorious deliverance for his church. Each of them is accompanied with a glorious advancement of the state of the church. The first, which ended in the destruction of […], was attended with bringing the church into […] gospel, a glorious state of the church very much prophesied of old, whereby the church was advanced into far more glorious circumstances than it was in before under the Jewish dispensation. The second, which was in Constantine's time, was accompanied with an advancement of the church into a state of liberty from persecution, and the countenance of civil authority, and triumph over their Heathen persecutors. The third, which shall be at the downfall of Antichrist, will be accompanied with an advancement of the church into that state of the glorious prevalence of truth, liberty, peace, and joy, that we so often read of in the prophetical parts of scripture. The last will be attended with the advancement of the church to consummate glory in both soul and body in heaven.

By each of these comings of Christ God works a glorious deliverance for his church. Each of them is accompanied with a glorious advancement of the state of the church. The first, which ended in the destruction of 〈…〉, was attended with bringing the church into 〈…〉 gospel, a glorious state of the church very much prophesied of old, whereby the church was advanced into far more glorious circumstances than it was in before under the Jewish dispensation. The second, which was in Constantine's time, was accompanied with an advancement of the church into a state of liberty from persecution, and the countenance of civil authority, and triumph over their Heathen persecutors. The third, which shall be at the downfall of Antichrist, will be accompanied with an advancement of the church into that state of the glorious prevalence of truth, liberty, peace, and joy, that we so often read of in the prophetical parts of scripture. The last will be attended with the advancement of the church to consum••ate glory in both soul and body in heaven.

Each of those comings of Christ is accompanied with a terrible destruction of the wicked, and the enemies of the church: the first with the destruction of the persecuting Jews, which was amazingly terrible; the second, with dreadful judgements on the Heathen persecutors of the church, of which more hereafter; the third, with the awful destruction of Antichrist the most cruel and bitter enemy that ever the church had; the fourth, with divine wrath and vengeance on all the ungodly.