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Who that enjoyes the benefit of understanding, will not find how grosly you abuse the Author, and dissemble with the Reader; when purposely overpassing the main ground here al∣ledged for the earthly kingdom of the Jews, you make as though there were no other light for it but in this one word [Redemption] which hath in it self none but a borrowed light, to wit, as it hath reference to the words in the 21. verse, which are these: They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all Nations, and Jerusalem shall be troden down of the Gen∣tiles, untill the time of the Gentiles be fulfill'd. Untill then, but no longer. And because he would not tell them the precise time of the continuance of these times of the Gentiles: and yet would have them know too, when they were neer their expira∣tion: in the verses following, he acquaints them with the signes immediately foregoing his own appearing, their Re∣demption, and the setting up of the kingdom of God. And do the same signes betoken all this? and yet can you say [that our Saviour speaks not here of an earthly kingdom, nor of the Jews conver∣sion?] Doubtlesse in that they foreshew, the Jews Redemption, they betoken not onely their conversion, but their deliverance out of captivity too: and consequently their earthly king∣dom, even that kingdom of which the Apostle enquired. And in that they foreshew, our Saviour's appearing, they shew him to be the Author of this deliverance, according as the Apostles spake of him, Lord wilt thou, &c. And in that they foreshew, the Kingdom of God to be nigh at hand, they shew this kingdom to be no other, but the kingdom of Israel; so call'd, partly be∣cause the power of God shall mightily, and wonderfully ap∣pear to the whole world at the erecting of it: the fearfulnesse whereof the very signes foreshewing onely its neer approach may serve to evidence; for great and unusuall signes, shew great and unusuall alterations. And partly because God shall be more generally, more constantly, and more purely worshipt in the time of this kingdom, then ever he was since the crea∣tion of the world. And therefore there is no cause why any spirituall minded man should be discouraged at the thought of such an earthly kingdom. Neither therefore have we wrest∣led