8,52 AT(e velatioil ofthe Apocalypië: r AP .18. is fit to frtadow out the Church that is in her pilgrimage, not that which lath attained an eftablilhed abiding in herowncountry. And he Pall dwell With them, .and they(ball be hispeople. Both God himfelfe (hall take tuitionofthe Saints according to the forme (Allis co- venant made with them,Gen.i 7.1. As alto the Saints (hall fühjeti them- felves willingly toGod to be ruled by him.So dothyeremy interpret thefe words,whence they are taken, IWill put my laW into their minde , and I write it in their heart,and IWill be their God, and they .Pall be my people. Verfe 4. AndGod (hall Wipe away. So much for the prefereeof God, now as tou; ling the removall ofcalamities, the true Church (hail not be vexed and grieved anymore , neither (hail it be oppreffed with the ty- rannieof the Beaft, or of the Dragon, or ofany other fuch reftilent ene- my as this, but fhe (hall flouri(h now, and (hall conquer all her enemies. Thefe words are borrowed from Efay 25.8. That wee may know of what times the Holy Ghoft fpeaketh : E/ay intreate th in that place of the felicity of the Chriftian Church uponEarth; as it is clear(d by that vengeance which God will mak: at that time upon the Moahites,Verf. o. For the handofthe LordPall reFl upon this Meunt:aine, and 11,loaab Pall be threfhedunder, him as thefiraw is threJhed. He joyneth together in (ins Chapter both the fingular goodnefle ofGod towards the Ifreelites, and the laft defolation ofthe Moabites. And the Holy Ghoit proph, eying of the fame things in this place, teacheth us that it was not pall of old, but that it fhould have an event at length, whenthisreí1oringofthe Jewes (hall come to paffe. Thus john and F./ay doe lend light one to another. And there (hall be no more death. The fharpneffe ofpuni(hments (hall ceafe, in which fenfe Efay faith, HeWill deflroy deathfor evermore, Cap. 25.8 And Hof: Iwill redeeme themfrom the power oftheg ave, I will de- liver them fromdeath,IWill be thy plágree,0 Death.. I mall be thy d&gru- ¿lion. Ograve,repentance is hidfrommy eyes, Chap.13.14. Which place Paul applyet h to the Taft re:urreelion, a: Cor. i 5.5 5 .as the Holy Ghoft alto hathdeclared this renewing by the fame refurredion, Chap. ao, I a. And indeedat that time when the bodies (hall rife againe, there (hall be a full oyerthròw of Death ; but in the meane time in the flicityofthis new people, COT (hail be a great proofe of the weakning& dcflroying there- ofNot thàt there (hall ceafe tobe a difl'olution of fouls and bodies,wherc- by the Saints are tranfiàted into the heavenly kingdome; but becaufe when the flin, ofdeath (hail be quite taken away,it (hall ferve no longer tobe afourgeunto the Church. Neither rrioserning, nor crying, nor labour. Thefe words teachus how farce
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