Christs personall reigne on earth, one thousand yeares with his saints the manner, beginning, and continuation of his reigne clearly proved by many plain texts of Scripture, and the chiefe objections against it fully answered, explaining the 20 Revelations and all other Scripture-prophecies that treat of it : containing a full reply to Mr. Alexander Petrie ... who wrote against ... Israels redemption / by Robert Maton.

Mr. Petrie's Answer.

1. He, is the ruler of Israel, mentioned ver. 2. and not the Judge mentioned, v. 1.2. They, are not the Jews, but rather the brethren of whose return he spake in the words immediately preceding. 3. Now, signifieth not the time of Christ's second coming, ••ut the time of the abiding, or of the Christians constant persevering in the faith. And in this sense is our Saviour great over all the world, seeing all the Centiles praise him, and all people do laud him, as it is written, Rom. 13.10, 11. But at his second coming men shall not build a throne to him, but he shall judge the quick and the dead. 2 Tim. 4.1.

Reply.

1. He, is both the Ruler mention'd in the 2. vers. and the Judge, mention'd in the 1. ver. and therefore call'd the Judge of Israel, and not of Judah, or Jerusalem; because Israel com∣prehends all the Tribes: which in the time of our Saviour's

reign, are again to be reunited. As Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Eze∣kiel do shew.

2. They, are the Jews, and so are, the remnant of his brethren, whose return is mention'd in the words immediately forego∣ing. For the beleeving Gentiles can neither be said, to return to the faith, which the Nations of whom they came never had. Nor in respect of their faith, to the Israelites, to whom they had before no relation. And their abiding, is meant of the place where they should dwell, from whence they should be no more remov'd, as in former times: and not of the perseverance of faith in any; from which no true beleever hath ever been re∣mov'd.

3. Now, is apply'd here to the time in which Christ shall be great unto the ends of the earth, that is, both known, fear'd, and obey'd over all the earth: and so signifieth the time after his second coming, and not the time that now is; in which he is acknowledged but of a few Nations, and amongst them too, fear'd and obey'd by a very small company. And yet you can rell us without blushing, that he is already [great over all the world, seeing all the Gentiles praise him, and all people do laud him.] What? Turks, Arabians, Chinois, and heathens of America! I pray apply the Scriptures more pertinently. For St. Paul did not alledge those prophecies touching the Gentiles, Ch. 15. v. 10, 11. to shew that all Gentiles did praise God when he wrote that Epistle, or that they should do so at any time before Christ should come to reign over both Jews and Gentiles too: but to shew, that God had as well appointed Christ to be a Saviour to the Gentiles, as to the Jews, that so he might move them both to agree the better together, and to bear with the infirmities of each other; and to receive one another, as Christ had recei∣ved them to the glory of God: in suffering for both, and in sending the Gospel to be preacht indifferently to both. And whereas you say, [that at Christs second coming men shall not build a Throne to him, but he shall judge the quick and the dead.] I say that as well the first as the last must be done. And for the build∣ing of Jerusalem, see Jer. 31. v. 38. &c. and Ezek. 48. v. 15. 30. &c. and Zech. 14. v. 10, 11. and then hear also what Jer. hath said, Ch. 3. v. 17. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the

Lord, and all the Nations shall be gathered unto it, to the Name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walke any more after the imagi∣nation of their evil heart, &c. and therefore surely more must be done by Christ at his second comming; then you meane by the judging of the quicke and the dead.