3- 13 Rev. 21. 1. and e Thar ſtate of things ſhall be ſuch and fo glorious, as the former ſtate of my Veople 1hall not be remem: red
nor come into mind : whether this zew Heavens and new Earth here promited, ſignifies ſuch a ſtate of the Church, wherein Chriſt ſhall perſonally reign upon Earth, over his Saints, the wicked being Fang
ſtroyed ( as ſome have thought he ſhall for a thouſand years) I ver
much doubt, and do not ſee how trom this, and the parallel Ro
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16 But be you glad, and rejoyce for ever f, in that which I create, for behold I create Hieruſalem g, a re- joycing, and her people a joy. 4
f You that are my peop'e,though you cannot rejJoyce with that de. gree of joy, that artendeth a prelent fruition of good yet be glad and rejoyce with the rejoycing of hope, for the thing 1s ceirain what I am alieady doing, nor let your preſent ſtate, or the diſcourage- ments you have fiom ſeeming improbabilities, ſpoil your joj for ic is nut a Work to be produced 1n an ordinary courſe, or by an ordina- ry power, butby the power of me who brings ſomething out of no« thing, or out of what hath no fittedneſs to ſuch a produttion, and I will create g Hieru/alem a rejoycing, and her people a joy ; by Hieruſalem here muit be meant the Church, as well under tte Goſpel, as under the law, ( becauſe the Goſpel Church is grafred into that Olive) or elſe this prophecy, muſt be underſtood as fulfilled in the coming of Criſt, Luke 2. 10. Orelſe 1t referieth to a more full Calling of the Jews, than we have yet {een or heard of.
19 And *1 will rejoyce in Hierufalem,and joyin my *Ch.6:.;. pee plei, and the * voice of weeping ſhall be no more *Ch.35.0 heard in her, nor the voice of crying &. * ev.7.17.
# Thenarure cf joy lying in theſatisfaQtion, and wel] pleaſedneſs & Us. of t..e Sou. in the obtaining of the thing it hath willed . agreeth unto God, and joy and rejoy cing areapplied to him, ch. 62 5. and in this text, ſo alſo, Jer. 32. 41. Zeph. 3. 179. k Such kind of pro= mules are to be found, <. 35. to. & 5-. 11, Jer. 31. 12, Rev. 21 which muſt be underſtood either comparatively, they ſhall indure = ſuch m.ſery as formerly; or-( if interpreted to a ſtate in this life ) as ſignifying on:y ſome long or eminent [tate of happineſs : If as to another lite they may be raken ſtritly, as ſignitying perperuiry, aud perfetion of joy ana happineſs.
20 There (ball be no more thence,an infant ofdays nor an old man thac hath nor filled his days /: for the C.ild ſhall die an hundred years old, bur the ſinner be- ing an hundred years ojd FART be accurſed x.
I Whereas God hath made many prom ſe: of ions 1; they ſhould all be fultilled ro Gods ae among wy To pore ſh:u]d be rare abortions among them, Exod. 23. 26. few infants ſhould be carried out to buria', nor but few that ſhould not have filled up their years ; thoſe thar were now Child:en, ſhould die at a great age , 72 yet none of th-ſe things ſthou!d be of any advantage to wicked men, but ifany of them ſhould live ro be an handed _ _ yet _y ſhould d - accurſed- This ſeemeth to be the plain tenſe. It any dehires to read more opinion 7 find enough A the Engl:ſb ———_ FONG Winds, te _
21 And * they ſhall build houſes and inhabit them And they (ball plant Vineyards, and eart of the fruit of them .
» Thequite contrary towhat isſaid of the ſlothful man, and 506 27. 13, 14, I5. 16, 17. Prov. 12. 27.
22 They ſhall not build, and another inhabit, they | (ball not plant, and another eat, for * as the days of a
tree are the days of my people, and mine elec + ſhall *Pſ92.i2. long enjoy the work of their hands 0. f Shall
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23 They ſhall notlabour in vain, nor bring forth for _— trouble, for they are the ſeed of the bleiſed of the Lora, '**” and their off-ſpring with them p. ,
Þ And not only a bleſſing to them, bur alſo to their Offorinoc But, what is here promiſed which wicked men do - Favs gs Joy, and Gods People oft-times want ? Arſ. 1, Wicked men may have them for their good Parents ſake,and good men may ſometimes want them for evil Parents ſake. 2. Bad men may have ſome of theſe things, but they cannot expe@ them : good men may at pre- icent want them, but they may expe& them from the hard of God if rhey be good forthem. 3. Bad men may have them in wrath, the bleſling of God gives them to good men and adds no ſorrow therewith.
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