Dowry 5. As the Kingdoms of the world become then actually his Rev. 11.15 so they shall then Reign with him personally chap. 20.4 6. 6. He as the great God brings his rewards with him at his glorious appearance Rev. 22.12 They as the persons then brought to be rewarded which by their Resurrection become capable to receive all the happiness promised in that glorious state 2. Why he believeth the times thereof will be about 20 years hence from An. 76. or by loss of 4 years 80 in a latitude 1. Because all Prophesie until that time and state appears to be almost fulfilled 1. Daniels great Calender of the Jews Captivity and the Gentile four Monarchies of 2300 years will about that time be expired 2. The three Overturnings of Davids Kingdom until Christs be given to him Ezek. 21.26 27. appears almost fulfilled 3. The 600 years from the fourth of Jehojakim begun first of Nebuchadnezzar to Christs Birth at 4000 and from thence 1700 years of Revelation Prophesie to Christs second comeing as the two integral parts thereof clearly make up the 2300 years both which are many wayes proved 4. Both Daniels other Numbers of the 70 weeks Dan. 9. and the taking away Sacrifice ch 12.12 when from 365 of Christ Daniels â—335 should reach to the said blessed times and state of the Jews both which in connexion with Revelation Numbers end at the same period of Christs appearance with the said 2300 years Dan. 8. 5. The Jews seeking their Land 45 years before from 1290. Dan. 12.11 to the said 1335 of the blessed times of which a book was formerly remarkably written c. 6. From the Beasts treading the true Church under foot 42 months with the Witnesses the said Womans Wilderness state all almost out 7. From the Turks 396 years Rev 9.11 c. from about 1300 to end with the Beasts last Ruine Ezek. 39.8 at Christs appearance Dan. 11.45 12.1 2. 8. From the probable proceedings of the Vials under the sixth Trumpet to the sixth Vial c. in the end of the which will be the Armageddon Battle and Beasts Ruine Rev. 19.11 c. 9. Frâ—m the Table of the bad times Rev. 11.1 to 15. 1. As applicabâ—e to the Saints sufferings under the four first Seals and the Ruine of the Roman Civil State thereupon by the blasts of the six first Trumpets 2. As applicable to the Ecclesiastical state both as to the Regular times measured v. 1. and the Beasts 42 months cast out which the Vials under the sixth Trumpet consume by degrees until his last Ruine at Christs second comeing soon after the burning of the Whore of Babylon as appears from Rev. 18 19 ch besides many other signes of these last times more ordinarily now observable in sundry particulars to be expressed in the said Appendix As Iniquity abounding Charity coâ—d St. Peters Atheistical Scoffers at Religion open Prophaness and the unclean Spirits Prevalency so to carry on his two-fold Antichristianism formerly in Doctrinals 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the lattâ—r times 1 Tim. 4.1 c. more lately in Formalities 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the last dayes 2 Tim. 3.1 to vers 10. CHRIST'S Divine Revelation Key in the four last Chapters may aptly be Decyphered in these four Respects Viz. 1. In the Handle of it setting forth his Mercy then to Jews Gentiles at his 2d Comeing for saith the Spirit Behold he Cometh with Clouds and every Eye shall see him and they also which Pierced him and all Kindreds of the Earth shall Wail because of him Even so Amen Rev. 1.7 The Seven Asian Churches have their several Promises to be Fulfilled to every Overcomer at the first Resurrection 1. For Ephesus to Eat of the Tree of Life in the midd'st of the Paradise of God Chap. 2. vers 5. 2. Smyrna for she shall not be hurt of the Second Death v. 11. 3. â—ergamus shall Eat of the hidden Manna vers 17. 4. Thyatira shall have Power over the Nations v. 26. and give him the Morning-star verse 28. 5. Sardis shall be cloathed in white I will confess his name before my Father c. 3. 5. 6. Philadelphia I will make him a Piller in the House of God and he shall have a new Name v. 12 7. Laodicea shall sit with Christ on his Throne v. 21. 2. The long Stail thereof passeth through 1700. Years of Suffering Times by Promises and Encouragements to ch 20. In the Seal-Prophesie ch 6. 1. The 144000 Sealed in the East ch 7. and innumerable others all to he rewarded in the 1000 years v. 15 16 17. 2. Those killed under the Dragon until 320 years ended with their Brethren fellow Servants after to be killed under the Beast in his 42 Moneths until the said 1000 years but both to be rewarded together at the first Resurrection Resur p. 36. c. 20. v. 4 6. In the Book-Prophesie ch 10. 1. Quickly after the Rising and Ascending of the two last finishing Witnesses the 7th Angel sounds when the Kingdoms of the World become Christs actually Rev 11.15 2. In the time of the Vials ch 15. the Victors over the Beast stand on a Sea of Glass sing the Song of Moses in Triumph over their Enemies v. 2 3. and all such Overcomers shall rejoyce at the Whores Desolation c. 18.20 All sorts of Saints shall then sing aloud their many Halelujah's shall soon after the ruine of the Beast c. 19.1 2 3 4 v. 11 20. Reign with Christ ch 20.4 at the end of 1700 Years See Arg. 7. 3. The Substance of the same Key in 8 Particulars wherein Predictions Revelations fitly suit each to other 1. Judgment against Enemies 2. A Paradise for Saints 3. Fruitfulness proper to that time 4. Lines of Holy Seed or the New Jerusalem State 5. Nations saved walk in her Light 6. New Heavens New Earth for both 7. Christs Kingdom for both of them in their own states 8. The first are raised for it the second obtain by Promise Such Mercies Couched before in Gods Word Christ hath thus Divinely displayed See the Picture of our Key page 63. of Resur Behold I come quickly c. v. 22 Surely I come quickly even so come L. Jesus c. 22. 20. Behold I come quickly c. v. 12 4. The Curious Work in the said Key may be seen in these 3 things viz. 1. The Spirit of God ch 19. 9. speaking of the Beasts Ruine as fore told Daniel 7. saith only these are the true sayings of God but of Promises and Covenants ch 2. 5. and 22. 6. he saith wice these Sayings are Faithful and True 2. He marks out the time when by the great Voice from the Throne sâ—ying It is done ch 20. 5. by a like Voice saying It is done chap. 16. 17. denoting the Coincidence in time of Satans Binding and Gods Renovation of all things which is fully explained p. 61 62. of Restit 3. The Time how long is exactly Resolved
confirmed from the particulars under the next head of Arguments drawn from the many actions or great things the Scripture speaks of to be then done peculiarly by himself and at that time 4. Therefore to proceed to those acts peculiar to Christ then to be done by him The first is he will bring his Saints with him then as Zach. 14.5 he will come and all the Saints with him confirmed by St. Paul he will come at his appearance with all his Saints 1 Thess 3. ult and 4.14 them also that sleep in Jesus will God then bring with him and therefore the Bride the Lambs Wife is ready when the Halelujahs are sung Rev. 19 7. which is expounded Rev. 21.9.10 to be the New Jerusalem then come down from God out of Heaven or the spirits of just men before made perfect Heb. 12. coming with Christ to receive their spiritual bodies in their order whereby they are made capable of the happy Vision of Christs Person and of the many parts of the happiness of that Jerusalem state the Mansion for that time which Christ went to prepare for them in special Joh. 14.1 2. as his own Revelation resolves us but whether it will after be translated with them when the created Heavens and Earth shall be dissolved Rev. 20.11 we find nothing to resolve us but that an infinite and eternal happiness will follow the end of that great day of Judgment upon their final sentence of Absolution and Approbation is there and in many other Scriptures manifest where God hath prepared it for them for ever c. And as he will then bring all his suffering Saints from Abel to that time he cometh to that Judgement with him So 2. He will raise their Bodies to make them capable of the happiness of that state as one great end of his bringing them then with him and being such a Mercy as is founded upon all the Covenants and promised Mercies we spake of before belonging to the Father and their spiritual Seed in the renewed state of the world appointed by the Father for him and them together as was shewed before whence farther evidences of his personal presence with them are very evident and cogent from Scripture if God work that Faith in men to believe them upon such Scripture grounds and it is only Christs peculiar personal work then to raise the Saints departed c. 3. When he comes in the Clouds then and converts the Jews they shall personally see him through the Clouds without which mortal eyes could not behold the brightness of his Glory at his appearance therefore often so called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his appearance and the appearance of his presence who will then be manifest to be the only Potentate King of Kings and Lord of Lords as the Apostle Paul divinely and fully teacheth 1 Tim. 6.14 15 16. and as Christ also in due order reveals largely Rev. 19. with many wonderful expressions of his Excellency then to be manifest but that the Jews that pierced him and every eye then capable shall see him the Clouds shall then wait upon him Rev. 1.7 it is set forth as a great wonder Behold he cometh with Clouds as the Holy Spirit therefore speaks and with an addition of even so Amen as being the time of fulfilling of promised Mercies to Jews and faithful Gentiles the spiritual Children of Abraham by Faith as the Apostle speaks Gal. 3.29 yea and they are said to be Christs seed too which he shall then see upon such prolonging of his days in the world then Isa 53. now when all those shall with their Eyes see him he must then necessarily be personally present and this is according to the main intent of Zach. 12.10 to the end of the Jews great Conversion for all Revelations from the sounding of the seventh Trumpet at Christs coming in the Clouds refer us to the Prophesies of the Old Testament who have this Key given to open all that follows there to the end that the Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophesie Rev. 19 10. for he there witnesseth nothing but what his own holy Spirit had taught in some measure before by his Prophets So Zach. 3.9 their iniquity shall be taken away in one day and Isa 6 8 9. c. that Nation shall be born in one day c which their Elias to be sent some time before as Mal. 4.1 to guide them in seeking their promised land then seems to prepare for towards the end of Daniels 1335 years c. 11 12. And 4. Likewise the fulfilling of that Prophesie Zach. 14. when his feet shall stand on Mount Olivet from whence he ascended upon which it is very probable he will again then descend with Clouds wonderfully causing it then to cleave asunder and cause the Valley to Azal sutable to what those two Angels said to the Apostles when he ascended Acts 1.11 and there is much in that whole Chapter of Zach. 1. to many of these purposes but we must in this business in hand briefly only point at many things of such nature and such wonderful works of Christ seem to prepare that so long hardned people the Jews for the wonder of Christs mercy to be then magnified towards them according to many great Prophesies as Ezek. 36 and 37. ch and as in our said Paper of their Conversion c. and his standing on Mount Olivet and its cleaving then also clearly prove him present 5. His Command to bring his great Enemies and slay them before him Luke 19. proveth his presence when it shall be done and that will be at the Judgment of the Beast Dan. 7. and upon or at the destruction of Gog the Turk Dan. 11.45 for ch 10.1 at that time stands up Michael the Prince of Daniels people when he tells him his people shall be delivered and when these Enemies perish 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is done at the last Vial Rev. 16.16 17. which fulfils that great Prophecy of Gogs and Magogs destruction Ezek. 39.8 at that great day which the Lord God there spake of as pag. 61 62. of Restit 6. The binding of Satan then and sealing him up in the bottomless pit Rev. 20. when he eminently breaks the Serpents head as Gen. 3.15 at the end of his sitting on his Fathers right hand when he will make his temporal or corporal enemies together with his spiritual eminently his footstool which is also an act suitable only to Christs Soveraignty then which he will exercise as the Father set down in the Book with 7 Seals for 1000 years and in the little space afterwards when also upon Satans last most wicked attempt of Rebellion against his Divine Soveraign Authority he and all his shall perish for ever c. 7. His dispensing of his Rewards to his Saints then will be his peculiar personal act as he speaketh expressly at his said personal comeing Rev. 22.12 Behold I come quickly and my Reward is with
Woman and being only of the Woman implyed he should also be the Son of God and then likewise put Enmity between the Serpent and the Woman and his Seed and her Seed Gen. 3 15. which said Promised Seed should in due time be manifest indeed to be the Son of God Mighty to Save who should both break the Serpents Head of Policie and Power in the said 6000 years and then obtain the lost Dominion of the World and Creatures by Mans Fall for himself and his said Saints or Spiritual Seed at the end thereof Heb. 2.6 7. Heb. 2.5 8. Rev. 21.5 4. Christ upon the said Declared Grace of the Father through himself undertakes as the Goel or Redeemer to carry on that work in 6000 years until his Sabbatisme of Rest for himself and his Saints then should come 2 Thes 1.7 Hebrews 4.9 N. B. This most comprehensive Divinity being grounded upon Holy Scripture must needs be the best Divinity 1. As being suitable to Gods said Decrees 2. Revealed and Promised to the Fathers 3. Confirmed and Explained by all the Holy Prophets 4. Witnessed to by Christ in the Gospels and the Apostles in all their Writings 5. Divinely Unlocked by Christs Revelation and all this Taught all along in the said 6000 Years by the same Glorious Spirit of the Infinitely Wise God and so far also now carryed on by Christ almost to the Seventh Millennium Therefore Let all sorts of Persons without a Divine Warrant beware of Cutting Christs said Work of Redemption shorter than Gods Word hath made it and doth declare it to be c. But more of some of these afterwards 1. That these said times of Gods said Eternal Designes to be carryed on by Christ are manifest by his Word to be done in 6000 Years in reference to his own and his Saints Injoyments in the Seventh which may fitly be called Gods and Christs Divine Millenniarisme And this may be Manifest 1. From the Explication of the Lord the Spirit in his own sacred Word who doth himself make such a resemblance of the times of Christs said Redemption to the dayes of the Worlds Creation Heb. 3 4 ch and of the Typical Rest in Canaan under Joshua's conduct to Christs said Divine Rest of which see pag. 3. of Introduct 2. The holy Scripture as the ground of that Resemblance Testified by Moses Psal 90.4 That 10 0 years with God or Christ was but as yesterday in the Old Testament and St. Peter in the New urgeth it as a great point to be known by all Christians 2 Pet. 3.8 And Christ very exactly determines the said Sabbatism suitable to such other dayes to be 1000 years Rev. 20. six times over c. see much more p. 3 4 c. 3. By Gods frequent expression of Mercy to be shewed to 1000 Generations which appears to be meant in the 7000 years of the Worlds continuance as three Lives are reckoned to be 21 years taking in the Promised Mercies of the seventh as in our Key is explained in respect of the middle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or state of things pag. 3. 4. By Moses his Chronology revealed for times past 2400 years or more and until Solomons Temple built 3000 and at the Captivity of Babylon saith Bishop Vsher 3450 years then Daniels great Calender of 2300 years until Christs 1000 years make up in all 6750 years to the little space of Satan loosed Also that apt Computation of Bucolcerus to like purpose page 3. 5. From Christ first Revealed Gen 3.15 to be necessarily in the fulness of time God manifest in the Flesh in 4000 years as saith Bishop Vsher and his Session and Intercession in Heaven until the end of the sixth Millen and his glorious Reign on Earth 1000 years which makes up the same Account 'till Satans loosing c. page 3. 6. From the Resemblances of Davids and Solomons Kingdome and Temple about 3000 years Typifying Christs Kingdome and himself the Antitype in all respects at 6000 years when the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb will be the Temple of the City for twice so long continuance as their Kingdomes or the Temple remained before in the World Also their Tribe and People being carried Captive for sin about the middle of 7000 years of the worlds continuance points out the different state of them when God according to his Covenant shall take away their sin Rom. 11. when the Devil and the worlds last Gog and Magog shall not reach them but themselves shall perish by that attempt ch 20. 8 9. page 4. 7. In the Golden Rings of all Sabbath Circulations The seventh Millenium is the Diamond viz. of Annual Monethly and Daily Sabbaths which last and longest chiefly points it out as Heb. 3 4. but the Jubelie after the seven times seven seems to relate to Eternity after the seventh Millennium shall be compleated And whereas it may be Objected that the sixth Millennium will so want above 200 years Answ 1. Christ speaks of shortning evil times for the Elects sake he may specially mean it of that time 2. The first Ages may be in some part unknown to Men though Moses set down the Ages of the first Fathers he doth not assert that to be a perfect Chronicle and for Cainans age there is difficulty Luke 3. which is not mentioned Mat. 3. nor Gen. 10.24 Also the end of the world is set forth by an indeffinite little space of Satan loosed but since the Spirit of God resembles the first 6000 years to the six dayes of the Creation he knows how to make up the Account though Men cannot and Christ hath strongly asserted the Sabbatisme of 1000 years which is suitable to the six before it page 3. 3. The shortness of the sixth Millen may seem so to be more suitable to the sixth day in the end whereof Satan seduced Eve and she her Husband God in the cool of the day Summons Arraigns and Sentenceth all the three Offenders and casts Adam and Eve out of Paradise as is most probable which would require some considerable time see more to this purpose in p 4 c. and we know not but the little said space being a like evil time may be allotted to make up the 6000 year page 3. 4. Of all considerable Computations of Times in Holy Scripture I find none so exact and certain as that 2300 years Daniel 8 given by Palmoni the secret Numberer See our many Reasons for it in our Summary on Daniel upon that said Number which is the complete measure of the four Gentile Monarchies and Jews Bondage now both almost expired from the Captivity of Babylon to Christs appearance by which both Daniels other Numbers are measured 1. That of his 70 Weeks or 490 Years from the twentieth year of Artaxerxes Longimanus Anno Mundi 3550 reaching to the end of the halfe Week after Christ by his D at h had finished Transgression and by his Resurrection had brought in everlasting Righteousness Dan. 9.24 at
Dan. 11.45 12 and will also bind Satan and shut him up in the bottomless pit for 1000 years taking away out of Christs Kingdom the evils brought into the world by sin viz. the Curse the Enmity Bondage and Corruption with all that offends Mat. 13.41 at the making of the New Heavens and the New Earth for his Saints and Angels then at those times of Restitution of all things Rev. 21.5 as is manifest by Scripture to be done then for Christ personally with his Saints as in our Restit largly is manifest for Christ might as easily have put down Satan from being any longer the God of this present evil world and Prince by Usurpation of the power of the Air when he wrought his spiritual conquest over him and all the powers of Darkness Col. 2.15 at his first comeing as soon as he had reconciled the Saints to God by the blood of his Cross had not the Father most wisely and holily for his own great glory and his Sons and his said Saints great glory and happiness in that world wherein they had suffered before set down the order and time for the carrying on of that his great Design in the world for the said Reign of Christ with his Saints as the greatest thing as was said then to be obtained and enjoyed in that world to come by Christ and all his said suffering Saints together who having before there suffered with him should also then reign with him 2 Tim. 2.12 as he set forth in that book with 7 Seals given so gloriously to the Lamb Rev. 5. to open and execute as the Fathers Commissioner in their due order and time until about the end of 1700 years from Christs Birth But that then he should be his King upon his holy Hill of Sion sitting on the Throne of his Father David as he had promised and not until that time c. But 2. The Spirit of God manifests that in his first said gracious Declaration Gen. 3.15 was also contained the restoring of the Dominion over the Creatures which includes the Kingdom of Christ Rev. 20. and all that belongs to it in the two following chap. as being the positive end and purpose of Christs first undertaking of that his said great work of Redemption to be fulfilled at the time of the Restitution of all things and then to be personally enjoyed by himself and his Saints when God will wonderfully make all things new for them Rev. 21.5 when the suffering Saints fulness shall be then come in and that same Lambs Wife hath made her self ready as Rev. 19.7 And in that sense he evidently explains Psal 4.6 7. by Heb. 2.6 7 8. shewing the Son of Man there unto whom all things shall be surely at last subjected to be Christ the second Adam not the first Adam who was not the Son of any man but only the Son of God by Creation Luke 3. ult and teacheth that under the feet of Christ the second Adam all things were to be put in subjection again at the said time as was by God fore-determined and appointed though we do not yet see all things subject to him viz. in the present state of things as the Apostle speaks v. 8. although for the suffering of Death God had before Crowned him with glory and honour upon his becomeing lower than the Angels for a little time whilst he by his death had wrought reconciliation for his said Saints But as to the restoring of the said lost Dominion by the first Adams Fall which is also still usurped by Satans continuing the Prince of the power of the Air and by his wicked retinue of evil men Devils that will not be fulfilled until the beginning of Christs great day of Judgment when all his said Foes will be made his footstool and when the Kingdoms of the world shall actually become the Kingdoms of God and of his Christ and when he shall personally possess them as being then given to him for his actual possession of them Ps 2 8. 2. The first Mercy to Shems Race the Jews Gen. 9.26 having then present interest in Gods favour tended as Baalam prophetically spake to point out the lineage of Christ who when he had reconciled his Saints by the blood of his Cross at his first comeing should at his second comeing be such Gods King at that same time whose Scepter was to arise out of Israel as Numb 24.17 which v 19. is particularly applyed to Christ then out of Jacob said he shall come he that shall have Dominion mainly that in the said 1000 year carryed on after by all the Prophets Gospels and all the Apostles Writings and most Divinely so explained by Christ in the Revelation Hence also saith the Prophet Isa ch 55.3 That the spiritual Seed of that Divine Seed of the Woman Christ shall with him have those sure mercies of David that is by all the said Scripture explication c. they all most certainly shall then reign with him personally in his said Kingdom which is the very meaning of Gods making David a sure House so that his House Throne and Kingdom shall continue for ever to the worlds end 2 Sam. 7. viz. in Christ his Divine Seed as also in many other Scriptures though in respect of Davids natural Race it was not so as he speaks 2 Sam. 23.5 yet as a type for a long time his natural Race also prospered into a Kingdom as Ezekiel 16.13 4. As all Promises to Abraham and his whole Seed were chiefly to and by that his one Divine Seed Christ as Gal. 3. so also more especially to all his spiritual Seed then See their many distinctions Resurrect p. 10 11. and likewise to Isaac Jacob and David and to all their Spiritual Seed at the same time and though the natural race of them all had for a time in Canaan a Typical Conditional Temporal Changable interest which by sin they all successively lost Mich. 2.10 yet Abraham Isaac and Jacob looked for that City and heavenly Countrey a far off viz. of a heavenly nature whose Maker and Builder is God Heb. 11.16.40 for themselves and all their spiritual Seed at the first Resurrection as by our paper of the Jews Conversion is largely evident pag. 5 6. Jacob also Prophesied of Judah's Dominion Gen. 49. which was the Type of Christs who was to descend from Judah who is therefore in that state stiled the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Rev. 5. which Dominion of his and his Saints shall not be forfeited nor pass to other people as Daniel speaks when he shall cease to sit on his Fathers Throne and come to sit on his own Throne in the said 1000 years with his Saints Rev. 3.21 as the Son of David for ever viz. while the world remains 2 Sam. 7. When will really be the sure Mercies of David as was said for himself and all his spiritual Seed which are so many wayes distinguished from the natural as ought to be well