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2. Having thus shown wherein this overthrow of Satan's kingdom will consist, I come now to the thing to be observed concerning it, viz. its universal extent. The […] kingdom of Satan shall be overthrown, and the kingdom of Christ set up on the ruins of it, every where through out the whole habitable globe. Now shall the promise made to Abraham be fulfilled, That "in him and in his seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed;" and Christ now shall become the desire of all nations, agreeable to Haggai ii.7. Now the kingdom of Christ shall in the most strict and literal sense be extended to all nations, and the whole earth. There are many passages of scripture that can be understood in no other sense. What can be more universal than that in Is. xi.9. "For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." As much as to say, As there is no part of the channel or cavity of the sea any where, but what is covered with water; so there shall be no part of the world of mankind but what shall be covered with the knowledge of God. So it is foretold in Is. xlv.22. that all the ends of the earth shall look to Christ, and be saved. To show that the words are to understood in the most universal sense, it is said in the next verse, "I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."

2. Having thus shown wherein this overthrow of Satan's kingdom will consist, I come now to the thing to be observed concerning it, viz. its universal extent. The 〈…〉 kingdom of S•tan shall be overthrown, and the kingdom of Christ set up on the ruins of it, every where throug• out the whole hab•table globe. Now shall the promise made to Abraham be fulfilled, That "in him and in his seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed;" and Christ now shall become the desire of all nations, agreeable to Haggai ii.7. Now the kingdom of Christ shall in the most strict and literal sense be extended to all nations, and the whole earth. There are many passages of scripture that can be understood in no other sense. What can be more universal than that in Is. xi.9. "For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." As much as to say, As there is no part of the channel or cavity of the sea any where, but what is covered with water; so there shall be no part of the world of mankind but what shall be covered with the knowledge of God. So it is foretold in Is. xlv.22. that all the ends of the earth shall look to Christ, and be saved. To show that the words are to understood in the most universal sense, it is said in the next verse, "I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."