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Jerusalems glory breaking forth into the world being a Scripture-discovery of the New-Testament Church in the latter dayes, immediately before the Second Coming of Christ.
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Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.; Adderley, William.
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of the disposition of Christians a little before this Kingdom shall be made the praise of the Earth Now mark what those do desire that shall live a little before these times In the 24. vers I said O my God take me not away in the midst of my days As if he should have said O Lord I hope that e're long thou wilt build up Zion and appear in thy glory and fulfill thy promises concerning Jerusalem O Lord take me not away in the midst of my days It is I say a Prophetical Prayer of the Christians that shall live a little before Gods building up of Zion But you will say Why shall any desire to live for if one should die if he be Godly he shall go to Heaven and will it not be as good to be in Heaven as to live to see Jerusalem the praise of the Earth To that I answer that though it 's true It will be as good for the Soul but for Soul and Body to live here to see that glorious administration of God in the World to see God honoured upon the Earth where he hath been so much dishonoured certainly it cannot but be an abundant satisfaction and contentment to those that are gracious and that it is desirable notwithstanding the objection I make it clearly thus from the promise that God gave to Children that did obey their Parents in the fifth Commandment Honour thy Father and thy Mother why That thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee God makes a promise that they should enjoy the Land of Canaan And why Godly Children should go to Heaven if they had died But it was accounted a mercy to live long in the Land of Canaan Now the Land of Canaan was but a Type of the glorious Church so that this is a more glorious promise Therefore I say it is desirable to live to see what God intends to do in these Concussions It is observ'd by some that John did never fall down to worship the Angel but twice and twice he fell down and worshipped the Angel But you shall observe it if you examine the places It was when the Angel brought him the tidings of this glorious Jerusalem and Johns heart was so taken with these tidings as indeed he forgets himself so far as to fall down and worship the Angel which was sinful but I note it for this end to shew how mightily the heart of John was taken with the tidings of this new Jerusalem And God expects that though we have but a glimpse of it now yet that our hearts should be much taken with the tidings of this glorious Jerusalem when it shall be made the praise of the Earth Christ hath humbled himself in this world and hath been dishonoured here and therefore the Father will advance him and honour him in this World as well as in Heaven And the Heathen and uttermost parts of the Earth are given to Christ for a possession but Christ hath not had it yet and therefore let us strengthen our Faith and joyfully expect such a time as this is Those whose hearts are carnal and sensual they mind only carnal and sensual things and cannot believe these things but such as have Faith to believe they are able to rejoyce in the Expectation of this glory that is to be revealed Fourthly These truths that have been delivered about this glory of the new Jerusalem they call for heavenly hearts they call off all our hearts from the Earth why should we have our hearts groveling upon the Earth when as God hath revealed such glorious things as these are In the 60. of Isa v. 1. Arise shine for thy Light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee I may make use of it at least by way of Allusion thus O arise and shine in heavenliness and shake off the dust of this Earth for here you hear of the glory of this Lord and who knows but it may very suddenly within a little time arise upon us yet the very hearing of it were enough to cause us to shake off all Earthliness from our Spirits when John was shown the new Jerusalem he was carryed up upon the mountain so if we would understand the glory of this Jerusalem we must get up our hearts on high It is an Observation of Mr. Brightman upon the 4 th of Revel Where we have described the four living Creatures the Lyon the Oxe the Man and the Eagle Now saith he these four living Creatures do set forth the four Estates of the Church The Lyon sets forth the state of the Church in the Primitive times they had Lyon-like Spirits that were able to encounter the rage of persecuting Emperors to endure all kind of Torment without having their hearts daunted at all The second State of the Church was the Oxe that is Antichrist prevailing they were as an Oxe that is a heavy and dull Creature fit to bear burthens But then the third is the Man that is a man comes to inquire after the reason of things and to understand things and doth desire liberty Why now saith he in the beginning of the Reformation the state of the Church was like a Man They would not be under such base Thraldom to take the yoke of Antichrist as they did before before they were lead like beasts but now they were as Men they would understand what they did And then the fourth was like an Eagle that is soaring aloft on high When the Church shall be in this glorious condition Men shall be of Heavenly minds they shall soar up like the Eagle to be above the Earth And certainly such dispositions are fit for this new Jerusalem and though it be not yet come yet we should labour to be of such dispositions as are fit for it And that 's the fifth Use To prepare for these times fit our selves First By the Wedding Garment for now comes the Bridegroom and we should prepare for him by the Wedding Garment You will say What is the Wedding Garment by which the Saints are prepared to meet with Christ The applying of the Righteousness of Jesus Christ by Faith that 's the Wedding-Garment when Christians come to understand clearly the point of Justification without mistake There are some kind of hastenings about it in these times more than before and inquiring after the very grace of God in the point of Justification but certainly that point is darkened much by many errors But now the clear understanding the point of Justification of Gods Righteousness applyed by Faith this is the Garment by which we are to meet with Jesus Christ when he shall appear in his glory and I verily believe that in the time of the new Jerusalem the point of the Righteousness of Jesus Christ will be the main point of Religion that then will be known and that the hearts of the Saints will be taken up withall the main point of Religion and as we
more clear In that day shall the Lord defend the Inhabitants of Jerusalem and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David and the House of David shall be as God as the Angel of the Lord before them Mark he that is feeble shall be as David at that day and the House of David shall be even as an Angel of God Those that are weak Christians yet at that day when the Lord shall set up Jerusalem as the praise of the whole Earth weak Christians shall be as David and he that is strong shall be as an Angel of God Now I would but know when was this what time was this was this ever in the time of the Gospel I verily believe the times of the Gospel are as glorious at this day as ever they were since the Apostles days in regard of the graces of Gods Spirit There is as clear Revelations of Christ and as strange workings of the Graces of Gods Spirit in the generality I must except those that are eminent as the Apostles and those that had miraculous and extraordinary gifts but to speak of the generality of Christians they have as much knowledg of Jesus Christ and the wayes of Christ as ever any yet can we say now that even strong Christians are like David If we should examine and see what David was how short should we come where have we almost any that may parallel with David but there is a Prophecy that the feeble shall be like David and the strong ones shall be like the Angel of God In the forty fifth Psalm there the Church is described The Cloathing of the Kings Daughter is of wrought Gold and she shall be brought unto the King in Rayment of Needle-work Which is but to signifie the excellent Gifts and Graces of the Saints that they shall be cloathed as it were with their Gifts as Princes Daughters that have such Cloathing And Revel 22.3 4. there 's a Prophecy that they shall continually stand before the Lord and serve him night and day they shall be unwearied in the service of the Lord they shall serve him night and day Now you are quickly tired a little time in the worship of God doth tire you but there is a time coming when the Saints shall be so strengthened with the Gifts and Graces of the Spirit of God as they shall be able to serve him night and day The seventh thing that shall be done when Jerusalem shall be raised as the praise of the whole Earth it shall be the glorious presence of Christ that shall be amongst them I say the Glorious presence of Christ I do not say the Personal presence of Christ in his Body for that would require arguing and much dispute therefore we meddle not with it But that there shall be a more glorious presence of Jesus Christ in his Churches than yet hath been That the Scripture seems to be clear enough in As in the 21. Revel verse 22. And I saw no Temple therein that was in the New Jerusalem For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple of it And the City had no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it for the Glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof That is there should not be such need of help as now there is either from Creatures or Ordinances in comparison for the Lord God shall be the light of that place and the Lamb shall be instead of the Temple In the 2 Pet. 1.19 compared with the Rev. 2.28 There is very much to give light to this and yet that we are not able to understand throughly the meaning of it We have also saith he a more sure word of Prophecy whereunto you do well that you take heed as unto a ligâ—â— that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the Day-star arise in your Hearts This more sure word of Prophecy he means certainly the Scriptures that we have and the way of Gods revealing himself there You do well to take heed saith he unto them Vntill the Day dawn and the Day-star arise in your Hearts He seems to speak here of another manner of manifestation of light from God that shall be besides that sure Word of Prophecy that is the Day-star rising in their Hearts Now compare this with the 2. Revel and the 28. There is promised to such as do overcome in Antichristian times that at length the Lord will give unto them the morning Star Now these two being compared together may cause us thus much to see that there certainly shall be some further Presence of Christ among the Saints than in former times hath been For Christ he is the morning Star and God will give them the morning star that is he will give them Christ the Presence of Christ shall arise in the Hearts of the Saints in another way than formerly for they were Godly to whom this morning Star is promised but if you continue to be Godly and to overcome in the Antichristian time you shall have this blessing you shall have the morning Star They had Christ to justifie them and to sanctifie them But they were promised to have Christ yet further in another more high and glorious presence of his to be as a morning Star arising in their Hearts And in the 33 of Isa v. 17. there it 's promised to them that are upright that they should see the King in his Glory Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty The Promise is made to those that are described in the 15. vers Jesus Christ the King that was so much desired in former times shall appear in his beauty and glory unto them And in the 102. Psam there 's a clear Prophecy of this Estate of Jerusalem when the Lord shall make it the praise of the whole Earth Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come vers 16. But in the 15. vers So the Heathen shall fear the Name of the Lord and all the Kings of the Earth thy Glory When the Lord shall build up Zion he shall appear in his Glory There will be a glorious appearing when God shall come to build up Zion and make Jerusalem as the Praise of the whole Earth God hath appeared gloriously in all his works in former times but this great work is the greatest next the sending of his Son into the World to be made flesh It is the greatest that ever was done the building up of Zion Then God shall appear in his Glory When the Marriage of the Saints shall be the new Jerusalem that is the Spouse of Christ As Parents do use to put on their best Garments in the time when they marry their Children so in the time when the Lord shall raise Jerusalem thus it shall be as a great Marriage-day of the Church to Christ Now there is a Marriage of particular Souls to