6o6 : Chaps,}..-. An Expofitiös;:*pop the Bookof Jo .s. Verf. i 1. Isi diebus'a í- fball:not be deftroyed, in this.fenfe the Gofpel is called the kng- tern report dome ofheaven, bec ufe of the perpetuity of it : No fin of thofe illortemfuf that profuffeait, n.® violence of thofe who oppofe and perfecute cit a6ù Deus it, fhall prevail apaainft it or totally abolifh it : The Kingdome cceli Reg- ofheaven is (-in this fenfe) above the poffibilityof earthly vi- num : Vbi olence. So then, Mans lying in the Grave till the Heavens be no Women cce:i, more, _notes continuance in the Grave, even as long as this world non confkrui- continues, or,;,that it fliall benight withevery man thatdies till tar cusp no- the day of fudgmentr. mine D us Here 'tis queftioned, Shall,the Heavens be no more after the fed cum no- day of Judgment ? Or fhall the Heavens corrupt when man is mine reonum railed fromCorruption ? q.d. fiafcita- TheVulgar Latins reads. Ti /1 the Heavens be torn and worst bit Depi-5 cce- out. As if the Heavens fhouldbe at Taft likeold Garments fpent lette regnum. and Thte #-hái'es -with longa -fe and wearing. But the Heavens Doy/er atte- are mactof: fact. Stuff' is will: not wadeor decaywith ate_or-ufe: rater cælrsmWhen Or which way foever they'end; they !hall 'endby -the will of God (by which they began) not by doing fervice unto ? i e¡fet a man. ri5a fen: There are?divers Opinions in the point. Firft, Some think c, re veteritf, ,that all (features !!tall be ,reflored to that perfedtion they had cere. Sedfe-:before. the Fall. Secondly, Others, that the Heavens and Ele- reomnes fu- . meats only fhall bereffored A third fort fay that the Heavens Munt ver- and only two-of the Elements, the Air and Earth (hall be re- vsrm &ilthi flored. A. fourth fay thàtihe old world !hall be totallyabolifh- pró didione _ ed, ,and á' newone .Çre ited in the room of it. A fifth Opinion indeclinabili affirms-that the whole world with all the partsand works;there-, negativa . of, :excepting Angls:good -and bad, the Heavenof thebleffed, Non. Hack -- and Hell the place of, die damned, fnall be totally and finally wel. Apol. Annihilated b wtbey -were once made out of nothing, lò they of,th,e pow, fhall turn to nothing andnot return agáin : And thefe Interpret er of God this Scrip-ttife, tit' *.Heavens be nomore, as teaching this utter in u4 ern- .`Abo1itioì}. Pàí h ch t ly' dd.m;ìny Texts of Scripture., which in.,' ill,: they, conceive fpeaking the, fame fesife, and countenancing their YOrid.I6. . ai ertion, Pfai.I.oz.25,c6. He6.I:I0,1I. Ifa.34.4. Ifa.51.6. r,I `1.. Pct.3.Io. Rev.6,.14. In thefe quoted places we read, That the Elements ¡hall melt with fervent heat, that the Heavens 17sail, n ifh ,44dvanifh awayass-he.fno4k that they jhall be difffolve Kovd opple-ci together as a-Scroll, that-they (hall all as a withered :. 1 , s a dry Figo rom,tt he-Tree that then J?,all pap, Yea pals away. with.
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