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60

what

meant

Gy

the Kingdom- of

'leaven.

when

it fti;h,

Al

old

things are

done

away ,

and all

things

re

become new

;

which

ne.l,v

wo:

ld

is

begun

in

the

work

of

,trace

.

in the hearts

of

the Saints,

and fo

carryed

on

till

it

comes

to

rernall

Glory.

Jtins

Chri

i

he

is

the.

Kin

of that world,

as

for

the

ocher

it's

fpoild

and

mull come

to

confufion.

Now

be-

fo:

e

Chrilts

coming

actually

in

taking

lied,

upon

him

,

there

were

lame.

Rayes

of

his

Glory

that

did

thine unto the forefa-

thers,but

incorparifòn

of

what was

to

be

don-e

after the Mef

lias

came, this kingdome

was

not fet

up

:

For

the Adminiftra-

Lion

of

things

in the times

of

the

Law,

it's

not call'd the

king-

dome

of

Heaven: The Jewes

they

waited

for

the kingdome

of

the

Me;fas,and the kingdome

of the

Meilïas

that they

'wai-

ted

for,

it

ij this

kingdome of Heaven

that

is

herefpoken ofin

this

Text

:

When

Chrift

was

mere

coning

into

the world,

this great

King,

he fends

his

Harbinger before (John

the

Bap

-

tíít)

toproclaiine that

he

was

coming, and

that there

was

a

new kingdome to

corne

into

;the

world

;

Therefore

faith-johns,

Repent

for

the

li

gdome of

heaven

ss

at

hand; He

did

not meane

there

by

Repent,

Repent

becaufe you

mutt goe to

He veil,

goe and

be.

Glorified

will

God

in

Heaven;

But

as

if

he

i1

louid

fay, Oh

now

is

the

kingdome

of

the

Meflias

at hand,

within

a

few moneths Jefus

hrift

is

coming, and will áppeare

to

be King,and

the

Gofpel

will

be made

more

deere

to

you

within

a

(malt

time

the

kingdome

of

the

Meflïah (hall

be

fet

up, Repent therefore and turne

from your wickedneffe,

that

you may have

the benefit

of

the

kingdome

of

the

Mefiiah

when

it

comes

to be

fet up

:

and

it

is

said

therefore, That

from

the

tirríe

of John

the

Baptft,

the

kingdome

of

heaven

fuf

é-

red

violence.

It

may

appeare

then

that

the kingdome

of

Hea-

ven

was

in

the time of John

the

Baptift

:

The

meaning of

it

was

this

:

That

John Baptift being

the

Harbinger

o:

this

kingdome, when

l

eople

did

but

heare

that the

kingdaiae

of

the

Meffiah was

at hand,

their

hearts were fet

onfire

zfter

it,

'and

there

was

a

kind

of

holy

violence

to

beare

&Awe all

kind

-of

difñcultie

and onpofition.;

They

were-refolved

iith

them-

pelves,

whitfoever

becomes

of

us,

we will

endepvour

to

the

uttermoff, at leafy that

we might

have

our part

in

the good

thin