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.

We see neither that be shall come to reigne, (after that manner) over all the earth: neither that he shall bring all his Saints with him, and for this last point be alledges no text of scripture, but will have it to be taken on his bare word: which we refuse to doe. We reade that when be shall come to judge, be shall bring all the holy Angels with him, Matth. 25.31. and all Nations shall be gathered before him, and that be shall send his Angels to gather the elect from the foure winds: but that they shall come with him into an earthly Monarchy, we finde no where. And neverthelesse as if it were unquestionable he addeth.

Reply.

Unlesse you had made a covenant with your tongue to deny every thing that we prove, you could not have said [That we al∣ledge no text of scripture, which shewes that Christ shall bring all the Saints with him.] For what is the meaning of these words, Zech. 14.5. And the Lord my God shall come, and all the Saints with th••••. Or what meanes Saint Paul, when he saith, 1 Cor. 15.23. After∣ward they that are Christs at his comming? doth he not meane that all the Saints departed shall then rise? and can they rise in their bodies at Christs comming; and yet not come then from heaven to be reunited to their bodies? These texts we have alledged in expresse termes: and do you take them for canonicall, or apocry∣pha? if for canonicall, then surely your foresaid report of us is apocrypha. And yet this is not all that we have to say touching this point, for as you read Matth. 25.31. That Christ shall bring all the holy Angels with him; so you may read too in 1 Thes. 3.13. these words, At the comming of our Lord Jesus with all the Saints. And chap. 4.14. Them also that sleepe in Jesus will God bring with him. And Jude ver. 14. out of the prophecy of Enoch, Behold, the

Lord commeth with ten thousands of his Saints. And therefore that Christ shall bring all the Saints with him, is not our bare word, but the plaine word of God. And so it is too, that they shall come to reigne with him on earth, as we have already proved, and the texts following doe further declare. And besides, how can you choose but beleeve, that Christ shall bring all the Saints with him, though there were no expresse scripture for it, seeing you beleeve, that all the dead shall rise at the same time? sure∣ly you must either deny this, or grant that.