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A33930	A confession of faith, published on special occasion wherein is contained the substance of the most material principels of the Gospel and Christian faith, in contradistinction to the errors and heresies by some held and maintained, in opposition thereunto : whereunto is annexed a postscript, with brief animadversions on some things contained in a confession of faith, lately published in the name of the elders and brethren of many congregations in London and the countrey / written by Thomas Collier.	Collier, Thomas, fl. 1691.	1678 (1678)	Wing C5275; ESTC R32494	30,415	69

over Psal 110. 5 6 7. and of Death the last Enemy which will not be till the thousand Years Reign and Judgment be over Rev. 20. 14. for until the whole work is finished and the last Enemy destroyed which is Death he is still in his right-hand Kingdom in the proper sense of Psal 110. 1. 1 Cor. 15. 24 28. and hath not given it up to God the Father for that is not to be done till all is made subject to him and then shall he reign over all as the visible King and Lord of the whole Earth Heb 2. 8. Isa 54. 5. Zech. 14. 9. 2. It 's apparent that it intends not the giving up of his own visible Kingdom after all is visibly made subject to him because it is the highest Glory mentioned in Scripture that is designed him of which he is in expectation Heb. 2. 8. and 10. 13. for all except the Father himself must be visibly put under him but he is excepted that did put all things under him 1 Cor. 15. 27. So that the sum of all is to let us to know that in this top-glory of the Son of God and the Son of David when all things are put under him and made subject to him and that he is the visible King and Lord of the whole Earth of which he is in expectation that the Father is excepted herein only himself will be above him and the Son subject to him in this his glorious Kingdom that the Father will rule eternally in and by his Son in this his visible Glory and in this sense will the Father be all in his own Kingdom being delivered up by the Son and in all in his Son's Kingdom though the Son be the only visible Lord thereof And thus God the Father will not lose his Glory in his Son's Kingdom but then shall be perfectly performed that saying of Christ Joh 5. 22 23. that all Men shall honour the Son even as they honour the Father and this Glory of the Father in the Son's Kingdom shall be no diminution at all to the Son's Glory but rather the augmentation thereof As the Son's Kingdom at his Fathers right-hand is no diminution to his Fathers Glory so shall not the Father's Kingdom and Glory as exercised in by and with the Son any whit diminish either the Sons or the Saints Glory but increase it rather And hence it is that it 's sometimes called the Fathers Kingdom Mat. 6. 10. and 13. 43. and 26. 29. and sometimes the Son's Kingdom Mat. 16. 28. Luk. 22. 29. Joh. 18. 36. 2 Pet. 1. 11. All which tends to clear this matrer viz. That the Kingdom of Christ when all is brought under him in the World to come shall be eternal the Father reigning in and by him As he now reigns with the Father on his Throne and so shall continue till all his Enemies be made subject to him so shall his Father reign with him on his Throne And as the Father shall be All on his own Throne in Heaven so shall he be in all in his Son's Kingdom here below Phil. 2. 10 11. and indeed the top-glory both of the Father Son and Saints designed in the Restitution by Jesus Christ will issue here 1 Tim. 6. 14 15 16. Mat. 19. 28. And in this Estate shall Christ be both King and Priest upon his Throne for ever he being a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck Heb. 5. 6. and 7. 17. consecrated so for evermore vers 28. The middle Person between God and Men between the Father and his Church as the head thereof in whom their standing and service shall be perpetually presented and accepted and the service of the Nations shall have acceptance Isa 60. 7. And thus shall the blood of Christ be known to be the Blood of the new and everlasting Covenant Heb 13. 20. and on this Mediator and Covenant the everlasting State World and Kingdom of Christ shall be founded and continued Rev. 5. 12 13. and 22. 1 3. That as all is founded in the one Sacrifice so it is and shall be all effected by a new and everlasting Covenant in and with the Lord Christ who was this one Sacrifice and not by the old 1. That with Adam is broken and could do nothing of this kind That brought in Death and the Curse upon Man and upon the whole Creation for man's sin Gen. 3. 16. to 19. but could not recover from that Estate 2. The Law could not do it being but a figurative Ministration it could do nothing in this matter but leave all under Curse and Death still making nothing perfect Heb. 7. 19. and 11. 40. but it must all be effected by a new Covenant of Grace and Life in the second Man who is the Lord from Heaven Gen. 3. 15. and 22. 18. Cal. 3. 17. Life and immortality is brought to light through the Gospel 2 Tim. 1. 10. The mystery of Iniquity having gotten very much footing in the World by confounding the Covenants making them all but one and not distinguishing according to the truth thereof Much of Gospel-truth relating to the Church here in this World hath been clouded thereby as well as the Glory that is to come as likewise many dangerous Errors proceed therefrom so that it 's no marvel that the great Judgments threatned to come upon the professing part of the World in the latter days is for breaking the everlasting Covenant Isa 24. 5. That the Kingdoms of this World are given to the Princes and Powers thereof as subordinate unto Christ until he come to take to himself his great Power and to reign at which the Nations will be angry because they must then be judged Rev. 11. 17 18. and that it is the ordinance of God and duty of his People to be subject to them in all lawful things of worldly concern Rom. 13. 1 2 3. 1 Pet. 2. 13 14 15. and patiently to bear and suffer whatever they meet with from Men for the name and sake of Christ till that day come Act. 14. 22. 2 Thess 1. 7. Jam. 5. 7 8. Thus have I endeavoured to give a brief account of my Faith in the great matters of the glorious Gospel of the blessed God And if I must be accounted by some an Heretick herein I hope I shall gladly bear it for the sake of Christ my dear Lord till the great day of decision come when all Mens Faith and Works shall be made manifest of what sort it is and then every one that hath been right for God shall have praise of him and so I shall conclude this with these following Scriptures 2 Pet. 3. 11. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of Persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness Vers 14. Wherefore beloved seeing ye look for such things be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot and blameless Isa 32. 4. The tongue of the stammerers shall be

Joh. 6. 51. 1 Joh. 4. 14. Phil. 2. 6. to 11. and in which consisteth a very great part of the glory of his Kingdom in the World to come for allow him no Subjects in his Kingdom besides his married Wife and Queen you take away a very great part of his Kingdom and Glory 11. And finally this blessing of the Nations in general in their worshipping and serving the Lord Christ must and shall be in the World to come at and after the Resurrection and Judgment not only from the former grounds stated but because this Glory shall be effected at and after the sounding of the seventh Trumpet Rev. 10. 6 7. when the time of this World shall be no more but the mystery of God spoken of by the Prophets shall be finished And what is this mystery spoken of by the Prophets but the Restitution of all things spoken of by all the holy Prophets that have been since the World began Act. 3. 21. the glory of the World to come and the Kingdom of Christ therein Which mystery is more fully explained at the sounding of the seventh Trumpet Rev. 11. 15. to which Chap. 10 6 7. refers And the seventh Angel sounded and there were great Voices in Heaven saying The Kingdoms of this World are become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever Here is the finishing of the mystery of God spoken of by all the holy Prophets since the World began The breaking of the Serpents head by the Womans Seed the Blessing promised to all Nations in Abraham's Seed the glorious Kingdom of the Seed and Son of David promised over the whole World shall then be finished Psal 72. 11 17. when the Glory of the Lord shall fill the whole Earth vers 19. and all Nations shall worship before him Rev. 15. 4. That whatever Blessing the Nations in general may obtain at that day as it shall be after they have past the Judgment so their state in general will be a state of Service Bondage and Slavery compared with the state of the married Wife Isa 60. 14. Zech. 14. 9 16 to 19. Mic. 7. 16 17. yet far excelling those that shall be under the lowest and deepest Judgment Isa 66. 24. That as the World to come and whole Restitution shall be all effected by the Death Resurrection Life and Power of Christ so his Kingdom and Glory therein over the World with his married Wife the Church shall be Eternal and never have an end it shall be a Kingdom and World without end Dan. 7. 14 27. Isa 45. 17. Rev. 11. 15. and 22. 5. Luk. 11. 33. I shall nor need in this say no more but only offer three things to serious consideration 1. Where is any Scripture that doth declare an end of the World to come and of the Kingdom of Christ therein If not but fully the contrary then it must needs be mans invention so to imagine 2. Whether the Eternal Life and Glory promised be not in the World to come Mar. 10. 30. with Mat. 19. 29. and if so then where is any promise in the Scripture of Eternal Life in another World and if not then whether those that suppose an end of the World to come do not withal suppose an end of the Kingdom of Christ and of the Life and Glory of the Saints promised in the Gospel therein 3. Where is any Scripture that doth expresly or impliedly assert the going away of Christ with all his Saints to Heaven after the Resurrection and Judgment is over and if there be none then whether we may not safely conclude it to be but the device of Men and to have no truth in it it being so contrary to the Glory of his Kingdom and Government here below in the new and restored World I know but two things that is or can be said in this matter I. That the Scripture exhorteth to lay up for our selves treasure in Heaven Mat. 6. 20. to be seeking after and setting our Affections on things above Col. 3. 1 2. that the incorruptible Inheritance that fadeth not away is reserved in Heaven 1 Pet. 1. 4. that Christ will come again and receive his People to himself that where he is there they may be also Joh. 14. 2 3. 1. To this I say It 's true that our All is in Heaven our God our Christ and the Glory to come is all in Heaven is fully granted But 2. It shall come down from thence into the new and restored World Christ shall come down and the glorious Holy City shall come down from God out of Heaven and the Tabernacle of God shall be with Men Rev. 3. 12. and 21. 1 2. and so the Saints Heaven and Glory shall be here below in the Holy City into which Christ will receive them with himself And this is explain'd 1 Pet. 1. 5. It 's ready to be revealed in the last time that is revealed from Heaven coming down from God out of Heaven as Vers 13. The coming of Christ from Heaven is called the revelation of Jesus Christ so 2 Thess 1. 7. II. It may be and is objected that it 's said 1 Cor. 15. 24 28. That he must deliver up the Kingdom to the Father and God shall be all in all and the Son himself shall be subject which seems to import an end of the Son's Kingdom and so probably a going away to Heaven with all his Saints Answ 1. We may not understand one Scripture so as to contradict all others that speak of the same thing that can be neither true nor safe and all other Scriptures that speak of the Kingdom of Christ in the World to come say it shall be eternal without end and therefore we may not understand 1 Cor. 15. 24 28. so as is contrary thereunto that can be neither true nor safe Answ 2. That Scripture rightly understood explains it self so as will comport with all the Scriptures that speak of the same thing viz. That the World to come and the Kingdom of Christ therein shall be Eternal 1. Because it 's the present Kingdom of the Son as exercised at the right-hand of the Father that shall be delivered up and not his own Personal Visible Kingdom as upon the Throne of David that must be for ever Isa 9. 7. and that it is his present Kingdom at the right-hand of God is clear v. 24 25. for he must reign till he hath put all Enemies under his feet herein alluding to Psa 110. 1. and this Reign is after his coming from Heaven and the first Resurrection Vers 23 24. and is apparent that it 's this Reign and Kingdom that shall be given up when all his Enemies are his Footstool of which he is in expectation Heb. 10. 13. for in this right-hand Kingdom shall he be after he is come from Heaven Mat. 26. 64. and after the first Resurrection 1 Cor. 15. 23 24. and till the whole Conquest over all Enemies is