A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…

4 I would observe, that as there are several steps of the accomplishment of the kingdom of Christ, so in each one of them the event is accomplished in a further degree than in the foregoing. That in the time of Constantine was a greater and further accomplishment of the kingdom of Christ, than that which ended in the destruction of Jerusalem; that which shall be at the fall of Antichrist, will be a further accomplishment of the same thing, than that which took place in the time of Constantine; and so on with regard to each: so that the kingdom of Christ is gradually prevailing and growing by these several great steps of its fulfilment, from the time of Christ's resurrection, to the end of the world.

5. And lastly, It may be observed, that the great providences of God between these four great events, are to make way for the kingdom and glory of Christ in the great event following. Those dispensations of providence which were towards the church of God ⟨p. 180⟩and the world, before the destruction of the Heathen empire in the time of Constantine, seem all to have been to make way for the glory of Christ, and the happiness of the church in that event. And so the great providen••s of God which are after that, till the destruction of Antichrist, and the beginning of the glorious times of the church, which follow, seem all to be to prepare the way for the greater glory […] Christ and his church in that event; and the p•ov•dences of […] which shall be after that to the end of the w••ld, seem to be for the greater manifestation of Christ's glory at the end of the world; and in the consummation of all things.

5. And lastly, It may be observed, that the great providences of God between these four great events, are to make way for the kingdom and glory of Christ in the great event following. Those dispensations of providence which were towards the church of God