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.

If they be chiefly, and rightly interpreted so, why should we not ac∣quiesce? shall we goe about to inerpret them unrightly? that were to put out our eyes, and deceive our selves and others.

Reply.

As I say, that Interpreters doe rightly affirme, that these Pro∣phecies doe concerne the joyning together of the Jewes and Gen∣tiles into one Church: so I say also that they doe wrongfully ap∣ply the accomplishment of these Prophecies to the time of the sub∣stituted Gentiles calling. And therefore by your fallacious dividing of these words from that which followes, you doe wilfully put out your owne eyes, that so you may the better beguile others of the truth. For first the union foreshewed in these Prophecies is

not to begin, untill the Nations which shall oppose the Jewes af∣ter their returne be miraculously overthrowne at the comming of our Lord Jesus Christ, as the foresaid Prophecie of Isaiah, chap. 66. at the 15, 16, 19. ver. &c. compar'd with the 38. and 39. chapters of Ezek. with the 3. chap. of Joel, and with the 19. chap. of the Rev. at the 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, &c. doth plainly declare. And se∣condly, at the accomplishment of the union foreshewed by these Prophecies. All Nations must goe up to worship before the Lord at Jerusalem; as the latter part of the 66. chapter of Isaiah doth shew, to which we may adde the Prophecies in the 8. chap. of Zecha. at the 20. ver. &c. and in the 14. chap. at the 16. ver. &c. The words are, Thus saith the Lord of Hostes, it shall come to passe, that there shall come people, and the Inhabitants of many Cities: and the Inhabitants of one Citie shall goe to another, saying, Let us goe speedily to pray be∣fore the Lord of Hostes, I will goe also; yea many people, and strong Na∣tions shall come to seeke the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray be∣fore the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of Hostes, In those dayes it shall come to passe, that ten men shall take hold, out of all Languages of the Nati∣ons, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will goe with you, for we have heard, that God is with you. And it shall come to passe, that every one that is left of all Nations which came against Jerusalem shall even goe up from yeare to yeare, to worship the King the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of Tabernacles: and it shall be that who so will not come up of all the. Families of the earth unto Jerusalem, to worship the King the Lord of Hosts, even upon them shall be no raine. And thirdly, at the accomplishment of this union, the Jewes shall not seeke unto the Gentiles, but the Gentiles in generall unto the Jewes onely, for instruction in the wayes of God, as Isaiah saith, chap. 2 ver. 2. and 3. and Micah. chap. 4. ver. 1. and 2. It shall come to passe in the last dayes, that the mountaine of the Lords house shall be established in the top of the mountaines, and shall be exalted above the bill••, and all Nations shall flow unto it; and many people shall goe and say, Come yee, and let us goe up to the Mountaine of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his waies, and wee will walke in his pathes, for out of Sion shall goe forth the Law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And fourthly, at the accomplishment of this union (and throughout the whole time of its continuance, which it exprest Rev. the 20. ver. 2, 3.) there is to be an uninterrupted

peace over all the world, as the following words of the foregoing prophecy of Isa. & Micah, doe manifest. And he shall judge amongst the Nations, & shall rebuke many people, & they shal breake their swords into plowshares, & their speares into pruning books, nation shal not lift up sword against Nation, neither shall they learne warre any more. With which agreeth that of Hosea chap. 2. ver. 18. In that day I will make a Cove∣nant for them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowles of Hea∣ven, and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will breake the bow, and the sword, and the battell out of the earth; and will make them to lie downe safely. And to this wee adjoyne the prophecy Psal. 46.8, 9. Come behold the workes of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh warres to cease unto the ends of the earth, be breaketh the bow, and cutteth the speare in sunder: he burneth the chariot in the fire. And fiftly, at the accomplishment of this union, the converted Jew shall not be governed by the ecclesiastical and civill lawes of the Gentiles, as it is now; but the Gentiles by the ecclesi∣astical and civill lawes of the Iewes; as is before shewed by their going up to Ierusalem to worship, and to be instructed in the wayes of the Lord. And as touching their civill grovernment, it is further evidenced by the prophecies in which the Gentiles great subjection to the Iewes is revealed. Of which sort are the prophecies, Isaiah chap. 14.1, 2. chap. 49.22, 23. chap. 60.9, 10, 11, 12. &c. and chap. 61.4, 5, 6, 7. And thus, good reader, thou hast the true sense and scope of the prophecies, with which (as M^r Petrie saith) I have need∣lesly filled many pages; and doubtlesse it was very needfull for him to say so, seeing their perspicuity is so irresistible, that he could finde no mysticall paraphrase against it, to puzzle thee with∣all.