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.

Reply.

Here is the accusation, but where is the evidence to confirme it? doubtlesse you sought narrowly, but could finde none. And therefore the reader may first take notice, how for want of proofe against us, you confute your selfe. For [they will change the signifi∣cation of the words, you say, when they please, &c.] And a little af∣ter, [till that be shewne, I omit further enquiry of the words.] How? further enquiry? did you then enquire of them? if you did, where are your reasons to shew that we have changed the figni∣fication of the words? if you did not enquire, or enquired in vaine, how can you tell that we have changed their fignification? & would you say that we have, when you could not tell? yea you would doe worse then this, for you say we have done it, although you know we have not done it. For we have quoted on the mar∣gine no lesse then seven texts to shew that the words [for ever, and everlasting, &c.] are in the scripture taken as well in a limited, as in an unlimitedsense, & they are these Psal. 72.17. Psal. 89.28, 29. and againe ver. 36, 37. Psal. 145.13. Isai. 32.14.15. and 60.50. Ezek. 37.25. in all which places the foresaid words are taken onely for a long time. And shall the reader beleeve, that you, (who doe so frequently catch at the marginall quotations in other places,) did not see these here? doubtlesse you saw them, and saw so much in them, that you could say nothing to them. And

besides, doe you not your selfe allow of the same fignification of these words, when as you tell us, [That Christ as Mediatour shall cease to reigne, shall deliver up the administration of the Kingdome to his Father, saying, Thou O Father hast thine owne Subjects, and let them have the Kingdome prepared for them, pag. 46?] For that which is delivered up, is already past. And whereas you say, [Th••t we may agree on the exposition of the words, for ever, &c. when it can be proved by scripture, that the earthly Jerusalem shall be the place of Christs Throne.] Hath not this been done more then once? then shew us what scripture speakes more plainely of any thing, then Jer. 31.38, 39, 40. and Zech. 14.10, 11. doe of the building and inhabiting againe of Jerusalem. Or then the foresaid prophecy of the Angel Gabriel, Luke 1.31, 32. &c. and of Isai. 9.6, 7. and of Jer. 23.5, 6 doe of our Saviours reigning on earth, and upon the Throne of his Father David. Or then many other doe, some particularly of his reigning over the Jewes, and some of his reigning over the Gentiles, and some of his reigning over both. Surely you can shew no text, in which any truth is more clearely delivered, then all this is in the tex••s which we have brought, and can bring for it. And therefore we both have, and can prove by scripture, even expresse scripture; that the restored Ierusa∣lem shall be the place of Christs Throne: although it be beyond our power to make you acknowledge, that we can and have pro∣ved it: it being the peculiar act of the Spirit of God to doe this: of that Spirit, I say, whose apparent testimonies you so presump∣tuously resist, and so lightly esteeme.