Israel's Redemption.
For that this may be fulfilled, it is requifite, that he be on earth, whither these messengers may descend unto him, and from
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.
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- 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.
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- Maton, Robert, 1607-1653?
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- 1652.
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- Petrie, Alexander, -- 1594?-1662. -- Chiliasto-mastix.
- Second Advent.
- Millennium.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50278.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
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whence againe they may ascend: which argues too, his conti∣nuance here, for a greater space of time, then the judgement of the dead requires.
Mr. Petrie's Answer.
A poore proofe: for as it is requisite, that he be on earth, whither that these messengers may descend unto him, so I may say, it is requisite, that he be in heaven whence they may descend on him, and whither they may ascend to him: and so taking the words in that sense, they may be fulfilled, albeit he never were on earth: even as they may be fulfilled when he is on earth, and not in heaven: but according to the first expo∣sition he was on earth, when they were fulfilled, farre lesse is his conti∣nuance on earth necessary for these words.
Reply.
A poore proofe, you say: And surely were it not much more powerfull then the answer, it were poore indeed. For may you say as well from the order of our Saviours words, [That it is re∣quisite he be in heaven, whence the Angels may descend from him, and ascend to him,] as we may, that it is requisite he be on earth, whence they may ascend from him, and descend to him? Cer∣tainely nothing can be said more direct against the truth. For such a conclusion doth necessarily change and pervert out Savi∣ours words into this contrary forme. Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the Angels ascending to, and descending from the Sonne of man. Whereas our Saviour said, ascending, and descending to the Sonne of man, which necessarily proves, that he is not to be in hea∣ven at the accomplishment thereof; seeing he must be the termi∣nus a quo, the person from whom, (and not to whom,) the An∣gels shall ascend: and the terminus ad quem, the person to whom, (and not from whom) they shall descend. And therefore ta∣king these words no otherwise then our Saviour spake them, they may be sulfilled on earth, as we say: but it is not possible, that they can be fulfilled both in heaven and earth, as you say.