Book IV.. . THE C H U R CH THE T EM P LE Ol! G 0 D. 663 TEMPLE. D IS PAR IT Y. XI. So the Church of God in the latter D ay, wili be far more glorious than it was ever yet fince the Beginning of the Wor!J, which will be ac– complifhed, as will be 01ewed in refpeCl: of rhefe Things followi~g. r. God will defhoy all rhe Enemies of his Church. '!'he /ldverfaries of the Lord /hall be broken in pieces, out of Heaven God will thunder .upon them; fw evil Doers /hall be cut off 1'et a litth 'vhi!e, a11d the Wicked /ball not be, b;tt tbc Meek jhalt pojfefs the Earth, &c. /lnd all that lift up a !Iand agaiP.jl Zion, ./hall be torn in pieces. God will plead tbe Contro,erfy of his Church, and undo all that dfiiet .her. '!'he Stone cut out of the Jvfountain u·itbcut Hands, jhtdl finite the [m,ge upon bis reet, t·hat were of fro11 and Clay, and break them to pieces: 'iben the Iron, and the Clay, the Brafs, the Silver, and the Gold, ./hall be broken togethtr, and become as the Chaff of the Summer 'l'hrejhing-ftoor, 1 SanJ. ii. 10. Pfal. xxxvii. 10, r1. Zecb..xii. 2. Dan. ii. 34z. God will utterly deflroy all Idolatry, and all fllfe vVorlhip, and by this means will refl:ore his own Appointments, in the purity of them. Rev..xiv. 8. and xviii. l, 2, 3-21. lfa. lx. r, 'l, xxv. 6, 7· and lviii. 12. .. XI. God promifed, that the -Glory of the fecond Houfe fhould exceed the Glory of the Firfl:, Hag. 1. 9· which fOme conceive -was made good by Chrifl's coming, whofe perianal Prefence inthe Tem– ple greatly added to its Glory. 3· God, to make her glorious, will unite all her Children together in Love: ·'!'bey jhall ftrve the Lord with one Confent; and tto more Divijions foal! be amongji them, lfa. xi. 13. Ezek. xxxvii. 10-19. Zeph. iii. 8, 9· Zerb. ·xiv. 9· 'There jhall be one Lord, and his Name ·one. 4· God wi 11 enlarge ·her Borders. '!'he Children of the Barren foal/ fay again in my Ears, '!'be Place is too j/rait for me, gi·ve me room that I may dwell, Ifa. lix. 20. The Fulnefs of the Gentiles !hall be brought in, they !hall come like Doves .to the Win– ·dows, lfa. lx. 3, 4, 5· 5· 1 he Jews (hall be called, and both Jews and Gentiles 01all make but one Sheep– fold: And there jha/1 be one Sheep-fold, and one Shepherd, Ezek. xxxvii. 22. John. x. 16. lfa. xix. 19, 20, to the End. 6. The Glory of the Church will be weat in ·refi>ecr of Knowledge. /11{ the Earth jhall be filled with the Knowledge of the Glory of the Lord, as the !1/aters cover the Sea, Numb. xiv. 2r. lfa. xi. 9· Hab. ii. 14. 7· Her Glory fhall be great in refpeCJ: of the abundance of Peace which ·fhall b.e in the World in that Day: God will make Wars tO ceafe to rhe Ends of the Earth; fuch a Day never wao in ·the World yet. Pfal. xlvi. 8, 9· and lxxii. -7· lfa. ii. 4· Mi£. iv, 3, 4-· 8. '!'he Mountain of the Lord's Iloufe jha/1 be exalted above the M01:ntains, and lifted •up above tbe Hills, and all Nations ./hall flow ·unto it, Mic. iv. 2. lfa. ii. 12. The Saints in that Day fha!l poffefs 1he Gates of their Enemies, Jcr. 'XXX. 20. 9· The Glory of the Church will be great in refpecr of Holinefs.· God will b6n" .his People into the Frre., and moke his Church very pure, lfa. i. 25, 26, 27. jl!Jal. iii. 2~ Pfal. ex. 2, 3· Zech. xiii. 8, 9· 'J'hcrejhal! be no·Canaanite ittthe Hotfe of the Lord, 110 unclean Perfon /hall dwell therein. .JQ. Her Glory fhall be great by Chrift's coming to her. 'Thine Eyes foal/ fee the Xing in his Beaut)', lfa. xxxiii . .17. He foal! be 'King over all the Earth. I ha·ve Jet .my King upon my holy Hill of Sion. God will .dwell with Men in a more glorious Man– ·ner than he ever yet dwelt With them. 1 1. ln that her Glory .!hall abide, and the Kingdom 01all not be left to another People, Dan. ii. 44· and vii. 2,~· , 1 N F E R E N C E S. l. LE T us proy for 1he Day of Sion's Glory, and never give God reft, until he-hath made Jerufalan a Praife in rhe whole Earth: 'Iby Kingdom come, &c. . H. Let not the Godly be difcomaged, whatever Troubles they are now attended ;with; Clouds of Dadmefs .!hall foon •fly away: /it Even-tide there ./halt b~ Ltgbt, Zecb. J(JV, }•
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