Woman of Samaria did the Samaritans Come see the man which told me all things that ever I did is not this the Christ But they may then teach as Aquila and Priscilla did Apollo who instructed him in the way of God more perfectly This second Calling appears Zach. 13.9 Two parts shall be cut off and dye and I will bring the third part through the fire and will refine and try them I will say it is my People they shall say the Lord is my God And we may conceive that this second Calling will be by means of the personal appearing of Christ Zach. 12.10 They shall look upon me whom they have pierced and mourn Rev. 1.7 Every eye shall see him they also which pierced him Not only Judah which pierced Christ but also the ten Tribes Thus as Paul was converted by seeing Christ so shall the Jews And after this Joseph and Judah shall become one and one King shall be to them all And then every Tribe shall be in its portion in the Land and the Patriarchs Prophets Apostles and all Saints coming with Christ shall stand in their Lot in the City 2. The Restitution of all things We read of a twofold Restitution of all things The first by Elias the second by Christ 1. By Elias Mat. 17.12 Elias shall first come and restore all things but I say Elias is come already The occasion of what was spoken of Elias was Christ's transfiguration which did prefigure his coming in glory And the Disciples from hence seem to conclude that Christ should then reign in glory But this lay in the way the Scribes say that Elias must first come To which Christ gives an answer in which two things are to be considered First Elias shall come and restore all things Here 's a plain assertion Elias shall come Which was spoken after John Baptist was come and gone And then this was a truth Elias shall come Secondly Christ answers Elias is come already So both are true Elias is come and Elias shall come As there is then a twofold coming of Christ so a twofold coming of Elias for an Elias is a forerunner of Christ at both his comings The first coming of Elias was foretold Isa 40.3 The voice of one crying in the Wilderness Mat. 3.1.3 this was fulfilled in John Baptist This is he that was spoken of by Isaias the Prophet And Mat. 17.12 Christ said that John was the Elias which was to precede his first coming The second coming of Elias is foretold Mal. 3.1 Behold I send my Messenger and he shall prepare the way before me and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his Temple c. Mal. 4.1 The day cometh that shall burn as an Oven v. 5. Behold I send you Elijah the Prophet Though these Prophecies had some degree of accomplishment in John Baptist yet certainly the full accomplishment is yet to come For an Elias shall be 〈◊〉 before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Now this dreadful day must certainly be chiefly meant of the day of his second coming For first all here foretold cannot be said to be fulfilled at his first coming For did this day burn as an Oven so that all the proud and such as did wickedly were burnt up and had not root or branch left them This threat had not its accomplishment at the destruction of Jerusalem for this happened several years after the first coming of Christ 't is promised that at that time those that fear the name of God should go forth that is out of their bondage and afflicted state and should tread down the wicked so as that they shall be as ashes under the soles of their feet But no such thing was done then the Saints did not tread down the wicked Jerusalem was trodden down by the Romans This Prediction doth well agree with other Prophecies of the great destruction of Christ's and the Churches Enemies and very much with Peter's Prophecy of the world's perishing by fire The time of Christ's first coming is called The acceptable year of the Lord and of proclaiming liberty to sinners to get forth from their spiritual Captivity So 't is expounded by Christ This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears Luk. 4.21 Now how can that so sweet a day spoken of by Esaias be the dreadful day spoken of by Malachi In this dreadful day the Sons of Levi shall be purified and the Offerings of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasant as in the days of old This was not fulfilled at Christ's first coming for then the Sons of Levi were the great Enemies of Christ and had the chief hand in crucifying him And then Judah and Jerusalem killed the Prince of Life so far were their Offerings from being pleasant as in the days of old By this it appears that an Elias is yet to come who shall restore all things and that to the Church in general and to the Jews in particular First To the Church in general The Apostles first preached the Gospel and were Witnesses to Christ they laid the Foundation which is Crist and built upon that Foundation Gold Silver and precious Stones Their Doctrine was pure and the Truths they preached very precious They laid no Commands upon the Disciples but what they received from the Lord They planted and watered and God gave an Increase Doctrine was found and saving Discipline was good Ordinances were rightly administred and they were the true Worshippers who worshipped the Father in Spirit and in Truth They had the guidance of an infallible Spirit in what they did as Apostles and Ministers of Christ But false Teachers quickly arose the Evil One sowed Tares the Mystery of Iniquity began to work and there were those who did build Wood Hay and Stubble Damnable Heresies were brought in and at last the Man of Sin was revealed with whom came in Idolatry Superstition and all kind of Abominations But in the time of this departure from the Faith Christ hath his faithful Witnesses bearing a testimony to the truth as it is in Jesus They prophesie when the Beast reigns but in Sackcloth and at last the Beast slays them But after three days and half the Spirit of Life enters into them and they stand upon their Feet and as they were sown in weakness so shall they be raised in power and be the Angel flying in the midst of Heaven with the everlasting Gospel Now these raised Witnesses and this revived Ministry will come in the spirit and power of Elias And by the spirit of Christ's Mouth will the Man of Sin now be consuming And as Elijah did by Fire from Heaven convince the People that the Lord was God and Baal was no God and by this occasioned the destruction of the Priests of Baal Even so shall the Elias which is to come preach the everlasting Gospel and by him Apostolical Doctrine Ordinances and Discipline shall be restored And this Day shall declare Men's Works
Heads shall never happen to them And therefore 1. They shall not defile themselves after their Consecration They shall do their work and walk worthy of their Calling There shall not be a Mark among them declining the work of God nor a Demas carried away with the Love of the World And none shall defile themselves with any Antichristian Abominations We know there is a Popish Custom of shaving the Head and much of Religion is placed in it but none of that sort of men shall have a Being in this time of the Churches Purity and Glory But as Isa 7.20 The Lord shall shave with a Rasor the Head and Hair of the Feet even all that have the Mark of the Beast Rev. 19.20 The Beast and the false Prophet shall be taken and cast into the Lake of Fire and the Remnant shall be slain In the worst of times a remnant of Saints is left which keep the Commandments of God and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ But in that day no remnant of Babylon will be left but the remnant will be slain by the Sword of him that shall sit upon the white Horse 2. Their separation shall not be for Days but Eternity The Nazarites outward and in the flesh were separated but for a time But the Nazarites inwardly and in Spirit shall be for ever For though their Work as Gospel Ministers shall cease at last yet they shall be Priests to offer the Sacrifice of Praise continually The Royal Priesthood spoken of 1 Pet. 2.9 is a Priesthood for ever So then the Priests shall not shave their Heads that is the days of their separation shall not end 3. They shall not be proud or vain Chap. 44.20 They shall not suffer their Locks to grow long This sometimes discovers the pride and vanity of the Heart whence that may be truly said to some which Eliab spake uncharitably to David I know the pride and naughtiness of thy Heart Priestly Ornaments then will not be carnal but the Ornament of a meek humble and gracious Spirit 4. They shall not be prophane verse 21. Neither shall any Priest drink Wine They shall be far from Rioting Drunkenness and Chambering and Wantonness They shall not be filled with Wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit Now it may be said to many of those which stand in that Rank How long will ye be drunken Put away your Wine from you But at this time such shall not be found among the Priests of the Lord. 5. They shall be Pastors of pure Churches over whom the Line and Reed shall pass Chap. 44.22 The Priests shall not take for their Wives a Widow or her that is put away For the better understanding of this we may observe that Pastors of Churches are called Husbands there being a kind of Spiritual Marriage betwixt them and Churches Lev. 21.4 The Priest shall not defile himself being a chief Man among his People or being a Husband among them So that a Pastor is an Husband to his People Now at this time the Priest shall not take a Widow c. What is signified hereby All Antichristian Popish and pretended Churches will at this time be put away and thrust forth For though there will be a time of Babylon's boasting that she shall sit a Queen and not be a Widow nor see sorrow yet her Plagues shall come in one day and Babylon must know Widowhood and the loss of Children And when Antichristian Churches shall be Widows and thrust forth none of the Priests of the Lord shall marry them Now when any Popish Churches are Widows there are Priests ready to marry them but then they shall be left desolate And in this sense will that be fulfilled Rev. 18.23 The voice of the Bridegroom and the voice of the Bride shall be heard no more at all in thee No Priests of Babylon shall be left to marry them and none of the Priests of Sion shall then marry any Widow or Daughter of Babylon And observe what follows They shall take Maidens of the House of Israel Churches shall consist of chaste Virgins espoused to Christ and of such who are Israel after the Spirit Such shall the Priest take or a Widow that had a Priest before That is If any Churches shall be Widows by the translation of the Pastors into the New Jerusalem such a Widow a Priest may marry 6. They shall not err in Doctrine or Judgment No Tares of false Doctrine will then be sowen Chap. 44.23 They shall teach my People the difference betwixt the holy and prophane and cause men to discern betwixt the unclean and the clean They shall not justifie the Wicked nor condemn the Righteous neither call Evil good nor Good evil but shall faithfully shew unto Men what is good and what the Lord requireth of them Now many like Ahab's false Prophets utter smooth and pleasing things but then all shall be Micaiahs in speaking what the Lord shall declare to them verse 24. In Controversie they shall stand in Judgment and shall judge it according to my Judgments All Controversies about matters of Faith Worship and Government shall then be at end for the Priests shall judge them according to Gods Judgments 7. They shall not in a way of Church-Communion converse with such as are but dead of themselves to the committing of Sin or are under a force in the profession of Godliness This may be gathered from Chap. 44.31 The Priest shall not eat of any thing that is dead of it self or torn whether it be Fowl or Beast This was forbidden under the Law Exod. 22 31. That which died of it self and was not orderly slain was unclean and forbidden to Aaron and his Sons The Sacrifices must be orderly slain and so they might be eaten Now this in the spiritual signification of it forbids Communion with carnal persons who may seem mortified ones But their body of Sin not being truly slain by the Word and Spirit they shall not be judged fit for religious Communion For the better clearing of this let Acts 10.12 13. be considered Peter saw in a Vision a Sheet wherein were all manner of four-footed Beasts c. And there came a voice Rise Peter kill and eat And what was meant hereby may be gathered from v. 28. Ye know that it is unlawful for a Jew to keep company with one of another Nation but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean That is I must preach the Gospel to Gentiles as well as Jews and I must endeavour to kill the Old Man in them and this being done I may eat that is keep company with them and no longer judge them unclean This place of Ezek. then hints thus much That in the New Jerusalem-state all admitted to Church Communion shall be sound and sincere in the matter of Godliness and true Nathaniels Israelites indeed in whom will be no guile There are now three Ranks of Men professing Godliness 1.
thing of great Use if it could be found out Thus much of the first Number 2300 dayes The second and third have an Epocha which next is to be enquired into This Epocha is the time of taking away the daily Sacrifice and setting up the Abomination that maketh desolate Dan. 12.11 12. Here our enquiry must be to know what is meant by the daily Sacrifice and when it was taken away 1 What is meant by the Daily Sacrifice Now the generality of those that look for Redemption in Israel do take the Jewish Sacrifices and Worship to be here meant which were abrogated by the coming of Christ To these Julian out of his hatred of Christianity gave countenance and he was willing to have them brought into Use again and so they conceive the Daily Sacrifice was taken away c. when Julian gave liberty to the Jews to rebuild the Temple from the doing of which they were miraculously hindred But this puts a strange sense upon the words for here 's taking away and setting up the taking away is to give oportunity for the setting up of somewhat in the room of what is taken away and therefore the taking away is first mentioned and so if we must understand the Jewish daily Sacrifice 't will be as if it had been said the Daily Sacrifice and the Jewish Worship was taken away which was a great Abomination and an Abomination that would make desolate set up and this Abomination which was to be set up was the Temple and Jewish Worship which was indeed the Daily Sacrifice And thus the sense will come to this the Jews Worship was taken away to make way for the setting up of the Jewish worship an Abomination was taken away to set in an Abomination the Daily Sacrifice was taken away to set up the Daily Sacrifice Secondly The Daily Sacrifice must be taken here in a good sense that is for the pure worship of God spiritual evangelical worship set forth under a Legal Name and thus the sense will run clear pure Religion and Worship in the free and publick exercise of it was that which the Enemies of it would prevail to take away and set up an Abomination a false Religion corrupt and impure Worship in the room of it which would bring great desolation upon the true Church and such as would worship in spirit and truth and would be a very great desolating thing to true Religion and by this means the World would come to be filled with abominable Doctrines with abominable Idolatries with abominable Will-worship and Superstition Now for the farther clearing of this that the Daily Sacrifice is to be taken in a good sense and not in an evil sense let 's consider a little a parallel place before mentioned Dan. 8.11 12 13. He magnified himself to the Prince of the Host and by him the Daily Sacrifice was taken away and the place of his Sanctuary was cast down I have proved before that this was to be done in Gospel-times by what was said concerning the little Horn Now most evident it is that in this place the daily Sacrifice is to be taken in a good sense for it is joyned with the Truth an Host was given him against the daily Sacrifice and it cast down the Truth to the ground The Truth and the daily Sacrifice suffer together and then 't is asked How long shall be the Vision concerning the daily Sacrifice to give the Sanctuary and Host to be trodden under foot and he said unto 2300 days then the Sanctuary shall be cleansed and the daily Sacrifice restored Now the daily Sacrifice being taken in a good sense in this place why should it not be so in the other both speak of Gospel-times and both mention it as a great calamity to the Church to have it taken away and doubtless it must be taken in the same sense in both places there is onely this difference that taking away in the Eighth Chapter is meant of the great Calamity which shall come upon the Jews after their First Call and that in the Twelfth Chapter of a desolation to come upon the Churches of the Gentile Saints And thus we are quite beaten off from making that mentioned concerning Julian our Epocha there where we find pure Religion and the true Worship of God to be eminently cast off by the generality of men professing Christianity and in the room of it a false Religion and Worship set up so that true Religion in comparison with its former state becomes a desolate thing maintained and owned but by a few This is to bring us to a right understanding of the daily sacrifice and the Abomination set up that so we may stand upon a sure foundation in our Inquiry And so I come to the next thing which is 2. When the daily Sacrifice was taken away And here I shall consider first what we find foretold in the New Testament concerning this which may be a help to us in this Inquiry and secondly what we find in Ecclesiastical History of the fulfilling of things foretold in the Scripture Now for the former of these let two places of Scripture be considered The first is Rev. 11.2 The court which is without measure it not for it is given to the Gentiles and the holy City shall they Tread under Foot That which I would here take notice of for our present purpose is the Name given to those to whom the outward Court is given which is Gentiles Now these are called Gentiles in opposition to those that are called Jews that is such who were Jews inwardly as Paul saith 'T is observable in the same Book of the Rev. the true Worshippers are called Jews Rev. 29. and 3.9 I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not but the synagogue of Satan and doe lye This Intimates that some were Jews and did not blaspheme in calling themselves so others were Heathens who yet would have been called Jews So the Gentiles there spoken of are Jews turn'd Gentiles and Christians turned Heathens yet such as would keep up a Name for being Jews and Christians which argues a great Apostacy Now observe this when such an Apostacy did eminently appear and Men proffessing Christanity did turn Heathens and took up the way of the Heathens in many things in their worship then the daily Sacrifice began to be taken away and the Abomination that made desolate was set up these Gentiles 't is said Tread down the Holy City and that is the head of the 42 Moneths and 1260 dayes But before these Gentiles get into such power and grow so numerous they must have a time to become Gentiles and we may well conceive there may be a considerable space of time betwixt their first becoming Gentiles and there getting into such power as to be able to carry it in the outward Court against the true Worshippers the Jews inwardly and to tread down the Holy City So then the time of the Jews turning
some were for the outward business over Israel Now to know who are meant by these Priests and Levites and such as serve the City we must consult the New Testament and such places wherein mention is made of the several Officers and Ministers which God hath set in the Church and surely 't is a Gospel Ministery which is here meant for sometimes we find it under a Gospel name Ministers chap. 44.11 They shall be Ministers in my Sanctuary Chap. 46.24 The Ministers of the house boil the sacrifice of the people Now for the places of the New Testament which speak of a Gospel Ministery see 1 Cor. 12.28 God hath set in the Church first Apostles secondly Prophets thirdly Teachers then Helps Governments c. Eph. 4.11 He gave some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors some Teachers 1 Tim. 5.17 The Elders that rule well count worthy of double honour especially those that labour in the Word and Doctrine In these places we find Pastors which are Overseers of a Flock and for the perfecting of the Saints Evangelists to preach among the Nations through whose Ministery Nations will be saved and walk in the Light of the New Jerusalem These are foretold Isa 66.19 I will send those that escape of them to Pul and Lud c. and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles and such as have not heard of my fame neither have seen my glory Lastly those that serve the City will be Ministers building up Saints and making them meet to be received into the holy City Now these several sorts are to shew that the Church of the Jews shall have all sorts of Ministers and Officers which it ought to have by Divine Appointment all for teaching edifying bringing in building up and for rule and government for the inner and outward business of the House of God Thus we see what sorts of Ministers are mentioned in this Prophecy We may further take notice of Gods care to provide for them as also the way in which they shall be provided for God will make sufficient provision for all 't will not be as now some have Riches given them and others Poverty and some Food convenient But then as all shall be of Agars temper in desiring but Food convenient so that shall be given them chap. 45.3 4. 48.9 The Oblation that ye shall offer to the Lord shall be of five and twenty thousand in length and ten thousand in breadth in the midst whereof shall be the Sanctuary it shall be for the Priests the Sons of Zadock And over against the Border of the Priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length and ten thousand in breadth The residue being ten thousand Eastward and ten thousand Westward shall be for Food for those that serve the City And here we see the way in which they shall be provided for The twelve Tribes have their several Inheritances allotted them by themselves and then the Ministers have a Portion set apart for them so as that they are not to have a Maintenance out of the Inheritances of the People either by their free gift or otherwise and thus there will not be any dependence upon the people to be a snare to them or any matter of offence to the people or occasion of difference betwixt them Hence it 's said chap. 44.28 Ye shall give them no possession in Israel I am their possession that is it shall not lie upon you to make provision for them out of your Inheritances but they shall have Possessions by themselves When Canaan was divided each Tribe allotted to the Levites out of their Inheritances Cities to dwell in Josh 21. Eight and forty Cities were given them by lot some out of each Tribe so that then the Levites had Inheritances from the Tribes But when the Jews shall be called 't will not be thus Paul said he would keep himself from being burthensom to the Corinthians the like saith the Lord here concerning the Ministers of the new Heavens and new Earth they shall not be burthensom to the Church in which I shall set them Next concerning their Qualifications consider 1. They shall be clothed with righteousness this is meant by the Linen Garments chap. 44.17 with which the Priests shall be clothed they shall have the fine Linen white and clean which is the righteousness of Saints 2. Their frame and fitness for Ministerial work shall be such that it shall not be any way burthensom to them but they shall be like Christ who said My meat is to do the will of him that sent me and like Paul abundant in Labours without pain and weariness Chap. 44.18 No wooll shall come upon them they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat They shall do their Ministerial work without sweat it was a part of Adams Curse In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread Gen. 3.19 If he had not sinned he should have done his work without sweat Sin caused sweat Labour is now toilsom and painful causing sweat and weariness but here will be work and no sweat and weariness because the Ministers at that time shall have sufficient strength for and delight in their work 3. They shall be consecrated to God and not defile themselves after their Consecration Chap. 44.20 The Priests shall not shave their heads That we may the better understand what is signified hereby we must look back to the Law of the Nazarites which forbids them to shave their heads and concerning their not shaving their heads two things are to be taken notice of 1. It was forbidden them to shave their heads in the days of their Separation Num. 6.5 All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head But yet 2. In two cases it was commanded them to shave their heads as 1. In case of being defiled by the dead Num. 6.9 If a man die suddenly by him and he hath defiled the head of his consecration then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing 2. When the days of this separation were fulfilled Num. 6.13 18. the Nazarite was to shave the Head of his Consecration Now for the Application of these things consider 1. The Priests here spoken of shall be spiritual Nazarites that is Persons consecrated to God The word Nazarite signifies One separated to some special Dignity and Sanctity Gen. 49.26 Joseph was called a Nazarite being separated from his Brethren Christ was not a Nazarite after the Law of this carnal Commandment but a Nazarene being bred up in Nazareth and his Name was Netser the Branch Yet the truth of this Type was fulfilled in him he being separated to a holy Work And thus the Priests shall be Nazarites that is separated to a Work and Ministry which they shall fulfil 2. The Priests being under a Prohibition of shaving their Heads at all hence it may be concluded that what was the ground of the Nazarites shaving their
believe lest it should be said as to Peter get thee behind me Satan In a word 't is to be observed that the arguing from conceived absurdities against any truth was the great way of the Sadduces in opposing the Doctrine of the Resurrection They tell a story of a Woman that had seven Husbands successively and ask whose wife she should be of the seven in the Resurrection Questions like to this have been askt and more may by such as are in this matter not knowing not searching the Scriptures for if the Scriptures were well searcht enough would be found to put to silence the ignorance in this thing of many in other respects wise Men. Thus much of the Government which will be Theocratical even a glorious reign of Christ 3. There will be a Change in the Ecclesiastical State Now seeing much hath been written before to set forth the great and happy Change which will be made in the Church which the business of unfolding the Mystery of Ezekiels Temple did lead to therefore I shall adde but a little upon these three following Heads The glorious Light the great Purity and the glorious Liberty which the Church shall have in the times of Restitution 1. The time of the New Heavens will be a time of breaking forth of great and glorious Light For the Light of the Moon shall be as the Light of the Sun and the Light of the Sun sevenfold as the Light of seven days Isa 30.26 And this Light will be a discovering Light and a healing Light First a discovering Light Light makes manifest Good and evil truth and error will be made manifest by the Light of the New Heavens The Gold and Silver wherewith some have been Building the Wood Hay and Stubble wherewith others have been building will be seen in that Light Pilate askt What is Truth Then a full answer shall be given to this question and it shall be known What is Truth and we may in particular observe that those two great Gospel-truths will have then a clear manifestation and discovery Christ as Righteousnes and Christ as Lord Christ as made Righteousness for the justification of Men to cover their sin and to keep the shame of their Nakedness from appearing and Christ as made Lord Lord of Faith and Lord of Life Lord of Soul and Spirit of Conscience and the whole Inner-man and Lord of Body also and of the whole Outward-man Now I ground this upon that Promise Jer. 23.5 6. Jer. 33.14 15. Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch and a King shall reign and prosper and execute Judgment and justice in the Earth and in his days Judah shall be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and this is the Name whereby he shall be called The Lord our righteousness Christ shall then appear as the Churches Lord and righteousness yea shall account it his glory to appear for so he shall own this for a Name and Title In the other place there is the same promise only with this variation This is the Name whereby he shall be called the Lord our righteousness As Christ shall owne this for a Name so shall the Church too In the former Name we see how Christ is offered even to be Lord and Righteousness In the latter how the Church receives him that is to be her Righteousness and to be her Lord. In the former we see God in Christ not imputing sin but imputing righteousness without workes In the latter we see faith in Christ justifying through laying hold on and applying Christs righteousness as that alone by which the Church shall account her self righteous but together herewith submitting to be guided and Governed by Christ as Lord so we find These two great truths in these Names The righteousness which justifies is not our own at all but only Christ's and this and this alone is sufficient to justify no other is nedeed no other is required For observe 'T is not the Law our righteousness 't is not love to Christ and evangelical Obedience flowing from it which is our righteousness but the Lord himself our righteousness not any thing we do as Servants but what the Lord of the Law becoming a Servant to it hath done By this it 's evident the gross Popish Doctrine of the Merit of mens works and justification thereby will not be the Doctrine taught or received in the New Heavens New Jerusalem-Light will shew the Vanity of this Doctrine And as for that more refined and Spiritualized piece of Popery and therefore the more dangerous which is but of Yester-day up amongst us and is owned by such who have the persons and parts of the propagators of it in admiration and therefore are so ready to own their pernicious Paradoxes viz. that Evangelical obedience is to be taken in as that Righteousness by which we are to be justified for so they understand James when he saith a Man is justified by works although James himself gives ground enough for another sence when he sayth shew me thy faith by thy works I say this Popery nay this Socinianisme will be quite shut out of the New Heavens also and shall pass away as a Morning Cloud before the New Jerusalem-Light For this shall be the Churches Name then as well as Christs The Lord our Righteousness And this New Doctrine then will be found amongst the Old things which must pass away And amongst the works of the Earth which are to be burnt up And then also Christ shall appear as Lord and Saints shall say other Lords have had Dominion over us but now will we make mention of thy Name Isa 26.13 and will henceforth call thee by this Name The Lord our righteousness and will account this our glory to be called by this Name The Lord our Righteousness This Name implies thus much as given to Christ He that hath made Christ Righteousness hath made him also Lord and in that the Churches of the New Heavens shall be called by this Name it shews that all of that Church shall take Christ as for Righteousness so also for a Lord. Christ shall be called by this Name and therein God joyns these two together Christ as Righteousness and Christ as Lord. And what God joyns together his People will not put asunder for they shall be owned and called by this Name The Lord our Righteousness taking Christ for Lord as well as for Righteousness Thus the Light of that glorious day which is to come will be a day discovering Light 2. 'T will be a healing Light and that in Saints and among Saints First in the Saints that is in their hearts and Consciences All Wounds made there will be healed all horrors all disquieting thoughts and fears there will Vanish before that Light which shall shine into the heart For as 't is foretold Mal. 4.2 The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his Wings The full and compleat accomplishment of this