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.

Israel's Redemption.

And this is as much as I need say, [ 43] though not above halfe that the Prophets say, concerning the Kingdome in the text. I will therefore shut up all with that solemne protestation of God, in the 31. chap. of Jer. at the 35. ver. Thus saith the Lord, which gi∣veth the Sunne for a light by day, and the ordinances of the Moone, and of the Starres, for a light by night; which divideth the Sea, when the waves thereof roare, the Lord of Hosts is his name. If those Ordinances u 1.1 depart from before me, saith the Lord, then shall the seed of Israel al∣so cease from being a Nation before mee for ever. Thus saith the Lord, If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord. And with that humble com∣plaint of Israel, whom God in the 7. of Micah, at the 8. ver. make•• to prophecie thus of her selfe. Rejoyce not against me, O mine ••••••∣my, when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darknesse, the Lord will be a light unto mee. I will beare the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, untill he plead my cause, and execute Judge∣ment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold 〈◊〉〈◊〉 righteousnesse.

M^r Petrie's Answer.

We acknowledge both in their owne sense and truth, but nothing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in them, nor collected out of them for proofe of this purpose.

Reply.

If you will acknowledge them both in their owne sense, you must acknowledge them to be for our purpose: for you must ac∣knowledge, that the Nation of the Jewes, which now fits in

darknesse, which now beares the indignation of the Lord, because she hath sinned against him; shall againe be brought forth to the light by him: as Micah saith here. And the foresaid protestation of God by Jer. chap. 31. touching the preserving of the Jewish Na∣tion will force you to acknowledge your errour page 20. where you say [that now through many ages Ephraimites are not knowne in any part of the earth.]

Notes

• u 1.1

  Jer. 33. ver. 20.25.