The Christian Quaker: or, George Keith's eyes opened Good news from Pensilvania. Containing a testimony against that false and absurd opinion which some hold, viz. that all true believers and saints, immediately after the bodily death attain to all the resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest enjoyment of happiness. And also, that the wicked, immediately after death, are raised up to receive all the punishment they are to expect. Together with a scriptural account of the resurrection of the dead, day of judgment, and Christ's last coming and appearance without us. Also, where, and what those Heavens are into which the man Christ is gone, and entred into. By George Keith.
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             The Christian Quaker: or, George Keith's eyes opened Good news from Pensilvania. Containing a testimony against that false and absurd opinion which some hold, viz. that all true believers and saints, immediately after the bodily death attain to all the resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest enjoyment of happiness. And also, that the wicked, immediately after death, are raised up to receive all the punishment they are to expect. Together with a scriptural account of the resurrection of the dead, day of judgment, and Christ's last coming and appearance without us. Also, where, and what those Heavens are into which the man Christ is gone, and entred into. By George Keith.
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           THE
           
             Christian
             Quaker
             :
          
           OR
           ,
           
             GEORGE
          
           KEITH's
           Eyes
           opened
           .
           Good
           News
           from
           
             Pensilvania
             .
          
        
         
           
             Containing
             a
             Testimony
             against
             that
             False
             and
             Absurd
             Opinion
             which
             some
             hold
             ,
          
           viz.
           That
           all
           true
           Believers
           and
           Saints
           ,
           immediately
           after
           the
           Bodily
           Death
           attain
           to
           all
           the
           Resurrection
           they
           expect
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           the
           fullest
           Enjoyment
           of
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           
             And
             also
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           immediately
           after
           Death
           ,
           are
           raised
           up
           to
           receive
           all
           the
           Punishment
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           a
           Scriptural
           Account
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           Christ's
           last
           Coming
           and
           Appearance
           without
           us
           .
        
         
           Also
           ,
           Where
           ,
           and
           What
           those
           Heavens
           are
           into
           which
           the
           Man
           Christ
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           entred
           into
           .
        
         
           
             By
          
           GEORGE
           KEITH
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           
             Pensilvania
             ,
          
           and
           Reprinted
           in
           
             London
          
           for
           Benjamin
           
             Keach
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           him
           at
           his
           House
           near
           
             Horse-lie-down
             ;
          
           and
           
             John
             Harris
          
           at
           the
           Harrow
           in
           the
           
             Poultrey
             ,
          
           1693.
           
           Price
           2
           
             d.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THIS
           short
           Tract
           thou
           art
           here
           presented
           with
           ,
           was
           first
           printed
           in
           
             Pensilvania
             ,
             verbatim
             ,
          
           except
           the
           Title
           ;
           the
           Publisher
           ,
           who
           lately
           came
           from
           thence
           ,
           having
           one
           Book
           of
           the
           first
           Impression
           by
           him
           under
           Mr.
           
             George
          
           Keith's
           own
           Hand
           ,
           just
           subscribed
           as
           in
           this
           second
           Impression
           ,
           without
           any
           Alteration
           or
           Addition
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           carefully
           examined
           .
        
      
       
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           thou
           mayst
           suddenly
           expect
           another
           Book
           to
           be
           reprinted
           of
           
             George
          
           Keith's
           about
           Separation
           ,
           which
           may
           tend
           farther
           to
           open
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           People
           called
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           and
           others
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Christian
           Quaker
           :
           OR
           ,
           George
           Keith's
           Eyes
           Opened
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           WHereas
           many
           hurtful
           and
           dangerous
           Errors
           have
           taken
           place
           among
           too
           many
           called
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           which
           are
           some
           of
           the
           Tares
           and
           evil
           Seeds
           that
           Satan
           hath
           sown
           while
           Men
           have
           slept
           in
           the
           dark
           Night
           of
           Apostacy
           ;
           and
           that
           now
           some
           do
           think
           they
           are
           awakened
           and
           come
           to
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           God's
           Day
           see
           into
           the
           true
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           pretend
           to
           great
           Openings
           ,
           and
           Discoveries
           ,
           and
           Revelations
           ;
           and
           yet
           some
           even
           of
           such
           hold
           some
           false
           and
           unchristian
           Opinions
           ;
           of
           which
           there
           are
           not
           a
           few
           concerning
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           altho
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           is
           very
           full
           and
           clear
           against
           these
           dangerous
           and
           hurtful
           Opinions
           and
           Principles
           ,
           imbraced
           by
           some
           as
           if
           they
           were
           true
           Christian
           Doctrines
           .
           Some
           alledging
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             at
             all
             ;
          
           or
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             nothing
             of
             the
             Body
             that
             dieth
             ,
             that
             riseth
             again
             .
          
           Others
           alledging
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Resurrection
             is
             past
             already
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             Resurrection
             they
             expect
             ,
             they
             have
             already
             attained
             ,
             being
          
           (
           as
           they
           pretend
           )
           
             risen
             with
             Christ
             in
             all
             respects
             .
          
           Others
           say
           ,
           
             Their
             vile
             or
             low
             Body
             is
             already
             changed
             ,
             and
             made
             conform
             to
             his
             glorious
             Body
             .
          
           Others
           say
           ,
           
             They
             receive
             all
             the
             Resurrection
             they
             do
             expect
             immediately
             after
             Death
             .
          
           All
           which
           are
           dangerous
           and
           unchristian
           Principles
           ,
           and
           are
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           :
           for
           there
           were
           in
           
           Paul's
           time
           who
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Resurrection
             was
             past
             already
             ,
             and
             did
             overthrow
             the
             Faith
             of
             some
             ,
             such
             as
          
           Hymeneus
           
             and
          
           Philetus
           ,
           
             whose
             Words
             did
             eat
             as
             a
             Cankir
             ,
          
           as
           he
           declared
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           2.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           And
           such
           who
           say
           ,
           
             Their
             vile
             Body
             is
             changed
             ,
             and
             made
             conform
             to
             the
             glorious
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           contradict
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           speak
           reproachfully
           ,
           but
           ignorantly
           ,
           against
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           for
           
             Paul
          
           useth
           these
           Words
           by
           way
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           not
           then
           fulfilled
           ,
           but
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ;
           
             Phil.
          
           3.
           21.
           
           
             Who
             shall
             change
             our
             vile
          
           (
           or
           
             low
          
           )
           
             Body
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             fashioned
             like
             unto
             his
             glorious
             Body
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           He
           doth
           not
           
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           was
           already
           changed
           ,
           and
           made
           like
           to
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           by
           way
           of
           Prophecy
           related
           it
           as
           a
           thing
           to
           come
           :
           for
           the
           washing
           and
           cleansing
           of
           the
           Body
           from
           Sin
           ,
           is
           not
           that
           Change
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           prepare
           unto
           it
           ;
           for
           even
           after
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           are
           washed
           and
           cleansed
           from
           Sin
           ,
           they
           remain
           low
           ,
           and
           weak
           ,
           and
           mortal
           ,
           and
           corruptible
           ,
           subject
           to
           Hunger
           ,
           Cold
           ,
           Heat
           ,
           Diseases
           and
           Death
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           made
           like
           to
           his
           glorious
           Body
           until
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           .
           And
           such
           who
           say
           ,
           
             Nothing
             of
             the
             Body
             that
             dieth
             riseth
             again
             ,
          
           do
           plainly
           contradict
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           recorded
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           especially
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.
           7
           ,
           38.
           for
           according
           to
           the
           Example
           that
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           giveth
           of
           the
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           ,
           whereby
           to
           open
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           as
           the
           true
           Body
           of
           the
           Seed
           in
           the
           Grain
           riseth
           ;
           so
           that
           out
           of
           the
           old
           Body
           a
           new
           Body
           doth
           arise
           ,
           but
           the
           Husk
           or
           drossy
           Part
           rises
           not
           ;
           even
           so
           is
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           :
           Therefore
           the
           new
           Resurrection-Body
           is
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           old
           Body
           ,
           as
           the
           new
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           rises
           out
           of
           the
           old
           :
           but
           if
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           did
           wholly
           perish
           or
           come
           to
           Dust
           ,
           nothing
           could
           arise
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           Example
           given
           us
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           :
           and
           that
           which
           rises
           is
           the
           Mortal
           that
           puts
           on
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           the
           Corruptible
           that
           puts
           on
           Incorruption
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           raised
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ,
           such
           as
           Men
           now
           have
           ,
           but
           yet
           a
           true
           Body
           ;
           for
           
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             cannot
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             neither
             doth
             Corruption
             inherit
             Incorruption
             :
          
           but
           the
           true
           Body
           of
           Man
           and
           Woman
           that
           shall
           arise
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           lieth
           hid
           within
           this
           visible
           gross
           appearance
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Flood
           ,
           even
           as
           the
           true
           Body
           of
           the
           Seed
           in
           the
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           lieth
           within
           the
           Husk
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           precious
           Gold
           lies
           within
           the
           coarse
           Mineral
           or
           Mine
           until
           the
           pure
           and
           precious
           Metal
           be
           separated
           from
           the
           Dross
           .
           And
           because
           this
           Separation
           is
           not
           immediately
           effected
           ,
           but
           requires
           a
           Time
           after
           Death
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           when
           the
           Separation
           is
           made
           ,
           the
           Body
           remains
           ,
           and
           is
           lodged
           by
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           that
           gives
           to
           every
           thing
           its
           proper
           Place
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           certain
           invisible
           Grave
           or
           Sepulchre
           ,
           that
           was
           mysteriously
           figured
           by
           the
           Burial-place
           called
           
             Machpelah
             ,
          
           (
           that
           signifies
           a
           double
           or
           twofold
           Sepulchre
           )
           
             Gen.
          
           23.
           which
           
             Abraham
          
           purchased
           from
           
             Ephron
          
           the
           
             Hittite
          
           (
           which
           word
           
             Ephron
          
           signifies
           the
           
             Dust-eater
          
           )
           for
           four
           hundred
           pieces
           of
           Silver
           :
           The
           which
           as
           it
           is
           literally
           true
           ,
           so
           is
           an
           Allegory
           ,
           and
           points
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           out
           of
           the
           mystical
           and
           invisible
           
             Machpelah
          
           or
           Sepulchre
           in
           
             Hebron
          
           (
           which
           signifies
           bordering
           )
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           figuratively
           and
           mystically
           understood
           :
           and
           by
           four
           hundred
           pieces
           of
           Silver
           ,
           as
           by
           so
           many
           Vertues
           signified
           by
           Silver
           ,
           this
           most
           excellent
           Burial
           place
           is
           purchased
           from
           
             Ethron
             :
          
           but
           he
           who
           hath
           not
           these
           Vertues
           ,
           cannot
           have
           the
           Privilege
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           this
           most
           excellent
           
           Burial-place
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             an
             untimely
             Birth
             is
             better
             than
             he
             ,
          
           as
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           declares
           ,
           
             Eccles
             .
          
           6.
           3.
           
           For
           it
           is
           no
           such
           Misery
           nor
           Unhappiness
           not
           to
           have
           an
           outward
           and
           visible
           Sepulchre
           ,
           which
           many
           of
           the
           dear
           Children
           of
           God
           have
           not
           had
           ;
           but
           surely
           they
           have
           this
           other
           more
           excellent
           Burial
           in
           the
           mystical
           
             Hebron
             ,
          
           in
           the
           mystical
           Land
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           where
           all
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           shall
           be
           raised
           up
           ,
           and
           stand
           with
           the
           Lamb
           upon
           Mount
           
             Zion
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           not
           the
           literal
           
             Zion
             ,
          
           but
           the
           mystical
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           are
           not
           raised
           up
           immediately
           after
           Death
           ,
           or
           after
           the
           Spirit
           goeth
           out
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           (
           altho
           the
           Souls
           and
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           both
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           who
           die
           in
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           do
           immediately
           go
           unto
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           a
           very
           great
           and
           large
           Enjoyment
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Blessedness
           ,
           after
           the
           bodily
           Decease
           )
           is
           clear
           from
           many
           express
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           .
           For
           the
           deceased
           Saints
           ,
           tho
           their
           Souls
           and
           Spirits
           are
           alive
           with
           the
           Lord
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           sleep
           ,
           but
           are
           awake
           ,
           and
           praise
           God
           continually
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           said
           to
           be
           asleep
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           rather
           fallen
           asleep
           than
           dead
           ,
           and
           are
           said
           to
           sleep
           in
           Christ
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           under
           his
           Divine
           Care
           and
           Protection
           ,
           until
           he
           awaken
           them
           .
           For
           which
           I
           shall
           cite
           these
           following
           Scriptures
           .
           1
           Kings
           2.
           10.
           
           
             So
          
           David
           
             slept
             with
             his
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             City
             of
          
           David
           .
           Deut.
           39.
           16.
           
           
             Behold
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             sleep
             with
             thy
             Fathers
             ,
             said
             the
             Lord
             unto
          
           Moses
           .
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           20.
           
           
             Now
             is
             Christ
             risen
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             become
             the
             first
             Fruits
             of
             them
             that
             sleep
             ,
          
           viz.
           because
           he
           rose
           from
           the
           dead
           the
           third
           day
           .
           1
           Thess
           .
           4.
           14.
           
           
             For
             if
             we
             believe
             that
             Jesus
             died
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             even
             so
             them
             also
             which
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             ,
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             :
             for
             this
             we
             say
             unto
             you
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             we
             which
             are
             alive
             ,
             and
             remain
             unto
             the
             Coming
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             shall
             not
             prevent
             them
             which
             are
             asleep
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             himself
             shall
             descend
             from
             Heaven
             with
             a
             Shout
             ,
             with
             the
             Voice
             of
             the
             Arch-Angel
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Trump
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             the
             Dead
             in
             Christ
             shall
             rise
             first
             .
          
           All
           which
           Places
           plainly
           show
           ,
           that
           tho
           the
           Saints
           ,
           as
           with
           respect
           to
           their
           Souls
           ,
           are
           raised
           up
           ,
           and
           ascended
           ,
           and
           are
           with
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           yet
           as
           to
           their
           Bodies
           they
           are
           asleep
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           attained
           to
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           :
           for
           if
           they
           had
           attained
           to
           the
           bodily
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           would
           not
           have
           writ
           of
           them
           by
           way
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           in
           the
           future
           ,
           or
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             Dead
             in
             Christ
             shall
             rise
             first
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           at
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           Arch-Angel
           ,
           and
           Trump
           of
           God.
           Now
           what
           this
           Trump
           or
           Trumpet
           is
           ,
           both
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             John
          
           declareth
           ,
           and
           the
           Time
           about
           which
           it
           is
           to
           sound
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.
           52.
           
           
             In
             a
             moment
             ,
             in
             the
             twinkling
             of
             an
             Eye
             ,
             at
             the
             last
             Trump
             ;
             and
             the
             Dead
             shall
             be
             raised
             Incorruptible
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             changed
             .
          
           Rev.
           11.
           15.
           18.
           
           
           
             And
             the
             seventh
             Angel
             sounded
             ,
          
           (
           which
           seventh
           is
           the
           last
           Trumpet
           )
           
             &c.
          
           And
           
             ver
             .
          
           18.
           
           
             Thy
             Wrath
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Dead
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             judged
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             shouldst
             give
             reward
             unto
             thy
             Servants
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             ,
             thy
             Saints
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             fear
             thy
             Name
             ,
             both
             small
             and
             great
             .
          
           And
           because
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.
           lays
           down
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           as
           the
           Ground
           why
           true
           Believers
           ,
           which
           are
           his
           Members
           ,
           shall
           attain
           to
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           their
           Body
           ,
           it
           manifestly
           appears
           that
           they
           are
           to
           attain
           unto
           it
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           last
           Trumpet
           ,
           as
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           (
           yet
           it
           may
           well
           be
           allowed
           ,
           that
           some
           did
           attain
           to
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           immediately
           after
           Christ's
           Resurrection
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Mat.
          
           27.
           52
           ,
           53.
           
           
             And
             the
             Graves
             were
             opened
             ,
             and
             many
             Bodies
             of
             Saints
             which
             slept
             ,
             arose
             ,
             and
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Graves
             after
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             and
             went
             into
             the
             holy
             City
             ,
             and
             appeared
             unto
             many
             :
          
           )
           And
           therefore
           the
           deceased
           Saints
           have
           not
           generally
           attained
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           as
           touching
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           do
           wait
           for
           it
           until
           the
           Sound
           of
           the
           last
           Trumpet
           .
           Nor
           did
           any
           of
           the
           Saints
           attain
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           before
           Christ's
           Body
           rose
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           expresly
           called
           ,
           
             The
             first-begotten
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           and
           
             The
             first
             Fruits
             that
             go
             before
             the
             Harvest
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           none
           did
           attain
           the
           bodily
           Resurrection
           before
           him
           ,
           neither
           
             Enoch
          
           nor
           
             Elias
             ;
          
           for
           though
           they
           were
           taken
           up
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           said
           they
           had
           attained
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           it
           only
           implieth
           some
           particular
           Privilege
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           taste
           of
           Death
           as
           other
           Men
           :
           and
           the
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           whose
           Body
           was
           more
           pure
           and
           excellent
           than
           that
           of
           other
           Men
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             Michael
             the
             Arch-Angel
             did
             contend
             with
             the
             Devil
             about
             the
             Body
             of
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           would
           not
           let
           him
           touch
           it
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           excellent
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             God
             buried
             him
             ,
             and
             no
             Man
             knoweth
             of
             his
             Burial-place
             to
             this
             day
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           plain
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           the
           deceased
           Saints
           ,
           who
           lived
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           altho
           their
           Souls
           and
           Spirits
           did
           ascend
           unto
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           yet
           waited
           for
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           that
           more
           abundant
           Glory
           that
           should
           follow
           thereupon
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           13.
           
           
             These
             all
             died
             in
             Faith
             ,
             not
             having
             received
             the
             Promises
             ,
             but
             having
             seen
             them
             afar
             off
             ,
             and
             were
             perswaded
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             embraced
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           And
           
             ver
             .
          
           39
           ,
           40.
           
           
             All
             these
             having
             obtained
             a
             good
             Report
             through
             Faith
             ,
             received
             not
             the
             Promise
             ,
             God
             having
             provided
             some
             better
             things
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             without
             us
             should
             not
             be
             made
             perfect
             .
          
           Now
           what
           this
           Promise
           is
           ,
           is
           clear
           from
           
             Ver.
          
           35.
           
           
             And
             other
             :
             were
             tortured
             ,
             not
             accepting
             Deliverance
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             obtain
             a
             better
             Resurrection
             ;
          
           which
           is
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Just
           ,
           that
           is
           better
           than
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Unjust
           .
        
         
         
           
             Now
             if
             some
             say
             ,
          
           The
           Promise
           that
           they
           waited
           for
           ,
           was
           Christ's
           Coming
           in
           the
           Flesh
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           As
           it
           was
           that
           in
           part
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           not
           only
           that
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           Felicity
           and
           Happiness
           that
           should
           come
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           Coming
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           his
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           perfect
           Victory
           over
           Death
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           fully
           obtained
           until
           the
           Mortal
           put
           on
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           the
           Corruptible
           put
           on
           Incorruption
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           
             So
             when
             this
             Corruptible
             shall
             put
             on
             Incorruption
             ,
             and
             this
             Mortal
             shall
             have
             put
             on
             Immortality
             ,
             then
             shall
             be
             brought
             to
             pass
             the
             Saying
             that
             is
             written
             ,
             Death
             is
             swallowed
             up
             in
             Victory
             :
             O
             Death
             !
             where
             is
             thy
             Sting
             ?
             O
             Grave
             !
             where
             is
             thy
             Victory
             ?
          
           &c.
           And
           that
           very
           first
           Promise
           that
           God
           gave
           to
           Mankind
           after
           the
           Fall
           ,
           did
           relate
           to
           this
           Victory
           over
           Death
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
          
           (
           which
           is
           Christ
           Jesus
           )
           
             should
             bruise
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Serpent
             :
          
           for
           tho
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Serpent
           was
           inwardly
           bruised
           ,
           as
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           inward
           Redemption
           ,
           Salvation
           and
           Deliverance
           of
           the
           Souls
           of
           all
           the
           Faithful
           in
           all
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           after
           Christ
           came
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ;
           yet
           until
           they
           attain
           unto
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Serpent
           is
           not
           in
           all
           respects
           bruised
           ,
           because
           the
           last
           Enemy
           that
           is
           to
           be
           destroyed
           is
           Death
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           fully
           destroyed
           until
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           be
           raised
           from
           Death
           :
           for
           by
           
             Adam's
          
           Fall
           ,
           Death
           both
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           came
           upon
           him
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           (
           
             as
             is
             at
             large
             demonstrated
             in
             another
             Treatise
             of
             G.
             K's
          
           )
           and
           by
           Christ's
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           ,
           to
           all
           who
           sincerely
           believe
           in
           him
           and
           obey
           him
           ,
           that
           twofold
           Death
           is
           removed
           ,
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           thrô
           Faith
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           inward
           quickning
           ,
           and
           being
           raised
           with
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Resurrection
           and
           the
           Life
           ,
           now
           in
           the
           mortal
           State
           ,
           but
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Body
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           [
           see
           this
           
             twofold
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           the
           one
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           expresly
           mentioned
           ,
           
             John
          
           5.
           25
           ,
           28.
           ]
        
         
           And
           who
           say
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Faithful
             immediately
             after
             Death
             ,
             receive
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             fulness
             of
             Glory
             and
             Happiness
             that
             they
             are
             to
             expect
             for
             ever
             :
          
           As
           it
           doth
           tend
           to
           overthrow
           a
           principal
           Article
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           touching
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           so
           it
           tendeth
           to
           overthrow
           that
           other
           great
           and
           principal
           Article
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
          
           touching
           the
           
             Great
             Day
             of
             Judgment
          
           that
           is
           to
           be
           in
           the
           End
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           called
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           [
           
             The
             last
             Day
          
           ]
           ,
           and
           [
           
             The
             great
             Day
          
           ]
           and
           [
           
             That
             Day
          
           ]
           by
           way
           of
           Distinction
           from
           other
           Days
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           frequently
           mentioned
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           for
           even
           the
           fallen
           Angels
           have
           not
           as
           yet
           received
           their
           final
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           full
           and
           absolute
           Punishment
           ,
           but
           are
           reserved
           in
           
             Chains
             of
             Darkness
             unto
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             great
             Day
             ,
             Jude
          
           6.
           compared
           with
           2.
           
           
             Pet.
          
           2.
           4.
           
           And
           
             Mat.
          
           7.
           22.
           
           
             Many
             will
             say
             re
             me
             
             in
             That
             Day
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             have
             not
             we
             prophesied
             in
             thy
             Name
             ?
          
           &c.
           And
           2
           
             Thess
             .
          
           1.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             When
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             shall
             be
             revealed
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             with
             his
             mighty
             Angels
             ,
             in
             flaming
             Fire
             ,
             taking
             vengeance
             on
             them
             that
             know
             not
             God
             ,
             and
             obey
             not
             the
             Gospel
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             who
             shall
             be
             punished
             with
             everlasting
             Destruction
             from
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Power
             :
             when
             he
             shall
             come
             to
             be
             glorified
             in
             his
             Saints
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             admired
             in
             all
             them
             that
             believe
             (
             because
             our
             Testimony
             among
             you
             was
             believed
             )
             in
             That
             Day
             :
          
           Note
           well
           these
           words
           ,
           [
           
             In
             That
             Day
          
           ]
           .
           Again
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           17.
           31.
           
           
             Because
             he
             hath
             appointed
             a
             Day
             in
             the
             which
             he
             will
             judg
             the
             World
             in
             Righteousness
             by
             that
             MAN
             whom
             he
             hath
             ordained
             ,
             having
             offered
             Faith
          
           (
           as
           the
           Greek
           and
           Margent
           of
           the
           English
           Bibles
           hath
           it
           )
           
             unto
             all
             Men
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             hath
             raised
             him
             from
             the
             Dead
             .
          
           And
           
             ver
             .
          
           32.
           
           
             And
             when
             they
             heard
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Dead
             ,
             some
             mocked
             ,
             and
             others
             said
             ,
             We
             will
             hear
             thee
             again
             of
             this
             Matter
             .
          
           And
           these
           were
           some
           Philosophers
           of
           the
           
             Epicureans
          
           and
           the
           
             Stoicks
             ,
          
           to
           which
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           seemed
           strange
           .
           —
           And
           so
           great
           an
           Article
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           was
           this
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           that
           
             Paul
          
           calleth
           it
           ,
           
             The
             Hope
             of
             the
             Promise
             made
             of
             God
             unto
             the
             Fathers
             ;
          
           as
           plainly
           appeareth
           ,
           comparing
           
             Acts
          
           26.
           
             v.
          
           6.
           with
           
             v.
          
           8.
           
           
             Why
             should
             it
             be
             thought
             a
             thing
             incredible
             with
             you
             that
             God
             should
             raise
             the
             Dead
             ?
          
           And
           
             ver
             .
          
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           
             Witnessing
             both
             to
             small
             and
             great
             ,
             saying
             none
             other
             things
             than
             those
             which
             the
             Prophets
             and
          
           Moses
           
             did
             say
             should
             come
             ,
             that
             Christ
             should
             suffer
             ,
             and
             be
             the
             first
             that
             should
             rise
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Note
           these
           words
           ,
           where
           it
           plainly
           appeareth
           ,
           That
           none
           of
           the
           Saints
           deceased
           before
           Christ's
           Resurrection
           ,
           were
           raised
           from
           the
           Dead
           ,
           although
           their
           Souls
           and
           Spirits
           did
           go
           unto
           God.
           For
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           as
           a
           general
           thing
           ,
           is
           joined
           with
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           
             when
             the
             Son
             of
             MAN
             shall
             come
             in
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             his
             holy
             Angels
             ,
             and
             shall
             fit
             upon
             the
             Throne
             of
             his
             Glory
             ;
             and
             before
             him
             shall
             be
             gathered
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             separate
             them
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             as
             a
             Shepherd
             divideth
             his
             Sheep
             from
             the
             Goats
             ;
             and
             first
             appointeth
             the
             Reward
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             (
             viz.
          
           in
           the
           full
           possession
           of
           it
           )
           
             unto
             the
             Sheep
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             first
             Resurrection
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             passeth
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Condemnation
             to
             the
             everlasting
             Fire
             ,
          
           or
           Fire
           of
           Ages
           ,
           
             unto
             the
             Goats
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Vnjust
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           all
           Men
           ,
           both
           Good
           and
           Bad
           ,
           receive
           their
           final
           Sentence
           immediately
           after
           Death
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           occasion
           for
           a
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           prevented
           by
           what
           cometh
           to
           pass
           both
           to
           Good
           and
           Bad
           immediately
           after
           Death
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           absurd
           Opinion
           .
        
         
         
           But
           again
           ,
           as
           concerning
           that
           
             Great
             Day
             of
             Judgment
          
           to
           come
           ,
           wherein
           both
           the
           Righteous
           and
           the
           Wicked
           shall
           receive
           according
           to
           the
           Works
           done
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           Christ
           doth
           plainly
           elsewhere
           declare
           ,
           as
           
             Mat.
          
           24.
           36.
           
           
             But
             of
             that
             Day
             and
             Hour
             knoweth
             no
             Man
             ,
             no
             not
             the
             Angels
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             my
             Father
             only
             .
          
           And
           
             Mark
          
           3.
           32.
           
           
             But
             of
             that
             Day
             and
             Hour
             knoweth
             no
             Man
             ,
             no
             not
             the
             Angels
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             neither
             the
             Son
             ,
             but
             the
             Father
             :
          
           Which
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Son
           ,
           as
           Man
           ,
           to
           whom
           then
           it
           was
           not
           known
           .
           The
           which
           Day
           and
           Hour
           cannot
           be
           the
           time
           immediately
           after
           Mens
           decease
           ;
           for
           though
           after
           Death
           there
           is
           a
           Judgment
           that
           followeth
           every
           one
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Heb.
          
           9.
           27.
           yet
           that
           is
           not
           the
           great
           and
           last
           Judgment
           ,
           nor
           Universal
           ,
           but
           Particular
           .
           And
           of
           this
           last
           Day
           ,
           Christ
           said
           .
           
             John
          
           6.
           40.
           
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Will
             of
             him
             that
             sent
             me
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             which
             seeth
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             believeth
             on
             him
             ,
             may
             have
             everlasting
             Life
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             raise
             him
             up
             at
             the
             last
             Day
             .
             Note
             ,
          
           He
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           raise
           him
           up
           in
           the
           Body
           immediately
           after
           Death
           ;
           but
           in
           this
           
             last
             Day
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             in
             the
             End
             of
             the
             World.
          
           And
           with
           a
           respect
           to
           this
           
             Martha
          
           made
           a
           good
           Confession
           of
           her
           Faith
           ,
           touching
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             know
             that
             he
             shall
             rise
             again
             in
             the
             Resurrection
             at
             the
             last
             Day
             .
          
           The
           which
           Christ
           doth
           not
           in
           the
           least
           contradict
           ,
           but
           opened
           a
           further
           Mystery
           unto
           her
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             the
             Resurrection
             and
             the
             Life
             :
             he
             that
             believeth
             in
             me
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             dead
             ,
             yet
             shall
             he
             live
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             liveth
             and
             believeth
             in
             me
             ,
             shall
             never
             die
             .
          
           And
           because
           he
           was
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           therefore
           he
           could
           and
           would
           raise
           
             Lazarus
          
           her
           Brother
           from
           the
           Dead
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           which
           yet
           was
           not
           the
           Resurrection
           in
           the
           last
           Day
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           but
           raised
           at
           that
           time
           a
           mortal
           Man
           ,
           to
           die
           again
           .
           And
           whereas
           he
           said
           ,
           
             He
             who
             believeth
             in
             me
             shall
             never
             die
             ,
          
           containeth
           a
           great
           and
           most
           comfortable
           Mystery
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           That
           neither
           the
           Souls
           nor
           the
           Bodies
           of
           true
           Believers
           strictly
           die
           ;
           their
           Souls
           sleep
           not
           ,
           but
           are
           awake
           ;
           and
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           tho
           they
           sleep
           ,
           die
           not
           ;
           their
           sleep
           is
           not
           the
           sleep
           of
           Death
           ,
           strictly
           taken
           .
           And
           therefore
           Christ
           proved
           against
           the
           
             Sadduces
          
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           from
           the
           Words
           of
           God
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             God
             of
          
           Abraham
           ,
           Isaac
           
             and
          
           Jacob
           ;
           
             and
             God
             is
             not
             the
             God
             of
             the
             Dead
             ,
             but
             the
             God
             of
             the
             Living
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           nothing
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           strictly
           dead
           or
           perished
           ,
           neither
           his
           Soul
           ,
           nor
           yet
           his
           true
           Body
           ;
           for
           even
           his
           Body
           did
           but
           sleep
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           Body
           of
           a
           Man
           sleepeth
           that
           is
           not
           dead
           ;
           for
           the
           Bodies
           only
           of
           such
           die
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           worst
           sense
           of
           the
           word
           
             Death
          
           )
           who
           die
           in
           final
           Unbelief
           and
           Impenitency
           ;
           
             on
             whom
             Death
             feeds
             ,
             and
             whose
             Iniquities
             are
             upon
             their
             Bones
             ,
          
           and
           whose
           Bodies
           are
           called
           ,
           
             the
             Carkasses
             of
             them
             that
             have
             transgressed
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             whose
             Worm
             dieth
             not
             ,
             and
             their
             Fire
             goeth
             not
             out
             ,
          
           &c.
           see
           for
           this
           
             Psal
             .
          
           49.
           14.
           
           
             Ezek.
          
           32.
           27
           ,
           
             Isa
             .
          
           66.
           24.
           
           But
           as
           concerning
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           
           of
           the
           Saints
           and
           true
           Believers
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           it
           is
           prophesied
           .
           
             Thy
             Dead
             ,
             my
             dead
             Body
             shall
             arise
             ,
          
           (
           so
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           hath
           it
           )
           for
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           deceased
           Saints
           are
           the
           Body
           and
           Temple
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           perish
           :
           
             Awake
             and
             sing
             ,
             ye
             that
             dwell
             in
             the
             Dust
             ,
             for
             thy
             Dew
             is
             as
             the
             Dew
             of
             Herbs
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             shall
             cast
             out
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Earth
           not
           vulgarly
           understood
           ,
           
             Isa
             .
          
           26.
           19.
           )
           And
           that
           
             Job
          
           had
           a
           firm
           and
           stedfast
           Belief
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           his
           Body
           after
           Death
           ,
           is
           clear
           from
           his
           words
           ,
           
             viz.
             And
             though
             after
             my
             Skin
             ,
             Worms
             destroy
             this
             Body
             ,
             yet
             in
             my
             Flesh
             shall
             I
             see
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             Job
          
           19.
           26.
           
           Which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           gross
           corruptible
           Body
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           Body
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           called
           Flesh
           in
           a
           more
           excellent
           sense
           than
           that
           vulgarly
           understood
           ;
           as
           
             Paul
          
           said
           ,
           
             All
             Flesh
             is
             not
             the
             same
             Flesh
             .
          
           So
           the
           Flesh
           that
           is
           mortal
           ,
           gross
           and
           corruptible
           ,
           is
           not
           that
           Flesh
           that
           shall
           be
           raised
           up
           immortal
           and
           incorruptible
           ;
           for
           the
           word
           [
           
             Flesh
          
           ]
           is
           taken
           sometimes
           in
           a
           very
           high
           sense
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Vnless
             ye
             eat
             my
             Flesh
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           
             All
             Flesh
             shall
             see
             the
             Salvation
             of
             God
             ;
          
           and
           
             I
             will
             give
             them
             Hearts
             of
             Flesh
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           yet
           a
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           to
           come
           ,
           of
           all
           such
           generally
           who
           have
           died
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           is
           clear
           from
           
             Rev.
          
           20.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           
             And
             they
             lived
             and
             reigned
             with
             Christ
             a
             thousand
             Years
             ;
             but
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Dead
             lived
             not
             again
             until
             the
             thousand
             Years
             were
             finished
             :
             That
             is
             the
             first
             Resurrection
             .
             Blessed
             and
             holy
             is
             he
             that
             hath
             part
             in
             the
             first
             Resurrection
             .
          
           Where
           note
           well
           ,
           that
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           the
           thousand
           Years
           ,
           is
           called
           
             the
             first
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           every
           true
           Believer
           ,
           who
           is
           inwardly
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           Soul
           and
           inward
           Man
           ,
           is
           interested
           in
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           right
           unto
           ,
           but
           is
           not
           possessed
           of
           until
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           :
           And
           therefore
           if
           any
           will
           call
           the
           inward
           rising
           of
           the
           Soul
           from
           the
           Death
           of
           Sin
           ,
           the
           first
           Resurrection
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           
             That
          
           first
           Resurrection
           ,
           mentioned
           
             Rev.
          
           20.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Nature
           and
           Manner
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           how
           that
           this
           Body
           is
           not
           raised
           a
           mortal
           corruptible
           Body
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ,
           but
           immortal
           and
           incorruptible
           .
           
             Paul
          
           doth
           plainly
           declare
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           altogether
           safe
           in
           this
           and
           all
           other
           Matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           to
           hold
           to
           Scripture
           words
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.
           from
           
             v.
          
           44
           ,
           to
           50.
           
        
         
           And
           here
           note
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           
             Paul
          
           doth
           not
           call
           him
           a
           Fool
           that
           did
           believe
           either
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           or
           the
           true
           manner
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           called
           him
           a
           Fool
           ,
           that
           not
           believing
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           the
           true
           Manner
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           arguing
           against
           it
           ,
           did
           enquire
           ,
           
             How
             are
             the
             Dead
             raised
             up
             ?
          
           And
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           this
           Fool
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           sendeth
           him
           to
           learn
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           from
           the
           sowing
           and
           rising
           of
           the
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           ;
           and
           he
           reproveth
           such
           at
           
             Corinth
          
           sharply
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           belive
           the
           Resurrection
           
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           
             as
             not
             having
             the
             Knowledg
             of
             God
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           34.
           
           
             Awake
             ,
          
           said
           he
           ,
           
             to
             Righteousness
             .
             I
             speak
             this
             to
             your
             shame
             .
          
           So
           that
           according
           to
           
             Paul's
          
           Doctrine
           ,
           such
           who
           have
           not
           the
           true
           Faith
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           greatly
           fall
           short
           of
           the
           Knowledg
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Note
           ,
           2.
           
           That
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           and
           
             Eternal
             Judgment
             ,
          
           belonging
           to
           the
           first
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           according
           to
           
             Heb.
          
           6.
           1.
           as
           well
           as
           
             Repentance
          
           and
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           are
           necessary
           to
           be
           known
           and
           believed
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           perfecting
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           beginning
           ,
           the
           Work
           of
           our
           Sanctification
           and
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           3.
           
           That
           as
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           raised
           up
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           raised
           Mortal
           and
           Corruptible
           ,
           but
           Immortal
           and
           Incorruptible
           ,
           so
           they
           shall
           not
           need
           any
           Meats
           or
           Drinks
           ,
           or
           other
           things
           that
           this
           Mortal
           and
           Corruptible
           World
           doth
           afford
           ,
           nor
           the
           Light
           and
           Influence
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           and
           Stars
           :
           And
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           they
           shall
           neither
           Marry
           ,
           nor
           give
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           but
           be
           as
           the
           Angels
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           22.
           30.
           
           And
           the
           Place
           of
           their
           Abode
           or
           Habitation
           shall
           be
           that
           
             New
             Heaven
          
           and
           
             Earth
          
           mentioned
           by
           
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           Chap.
           65.
           17.
           and
           Chap.
           66.
           22.
           and
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           13.
           which
           is
           not
           ,
           as
           some
           weakly
           imagine
           ,
           this
           visible
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           that
           waxeth
           Old
           ,
           but
           those
           which
           are
           far
           more
           excellent
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           wax
           old
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           21.
           1.
           
           But
           yet
           it
           is
           clear
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           That
           at
           the
           
             Coming
          
           and
           
             Appearance
             of
             Christ
          
           without
           us
           ,
           in
           his
           glorified
           Body
           ,
           which
           all
           good
           and
           sound
           
             Christians
          
           joyfully
           wait
           for
           ,
           even
           that
           
             He
             shall
             come
             in
             the
             Clouds
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             his
             Holy
             and
             Glorious
             Angels
             ,
          
           that
           all
           the
           raised
           Saints
           shall
           appear
           with
           him
           in
           their
           glorified
           Bodies
           ,
           (
           signified
           by
           the
           
             coming
             down
             of
             the
             New
             Jerusalem
             from
             Heaven
             ,
          
           Rev.
           21.
           2
           ,
           3.
           )
           being
           made
           like
           unto
           his
           Glorious
           Body
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Jude
          
           14.
           
           And
           
             Enoch
          
           also
           ,
           the
           seventh
           from
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           prophesied
           of
           these
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             the
             Lord
             cometh
             with
             ten
             thousand
             of
             his
             Saints
             ,
             to
             execute
             Judgment
             upon
             all
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           whereas
           some
           say
           ,
           the
           Greek
           beareth
           it
           
             in
             ten
             thousands
             ,
          
           I
           say
           ,
           he
           both
           cometh
           
             In
          
           them
           ,
           and
           also
           
             With
          
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           Greek
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           doth
           frequently
           signify
           (
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           )
           
             With
          
           or
           
             Among
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             In
             ;
          
           as
           is
           clear
           from
           
             Matth.
          
           20.
           26.
           
           
             Luke
          
           1.
           28.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           16.
           7.
           1
           
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           6.
           where
           the
           Greek
           Particle
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signifieth
           
             Among
             ,
          
           and
           cannot
           be
           good
           sense
           otherwise
           translated
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Belief
           of
           Christ's
           Being
           in
           Heaven
           now
           in
           his
           glorified
           Nature
           of
           Man
           ,
           both
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           hath
           such
           a
           necessary
           connexion
           with
           the
           Belief
           of
           his
           Coming
           and
           Appearance
           without
           us
           ,
           to
           judg
           the
           Quick
           and
           the
           Dead
           ,
           that
           these
           two
           stand
           or
           fall
           together
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           that
           believeth
           the
           first
           ,
           cannot
           but
           believe
           the
           latter
           ;
           for
           it
           were
           strange
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           Christ
           hath
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           shall
           have
           the
           glorified
           
           Nature
           of
           Man
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Saints
           should
           not
           see
           him
           at
           the
           
             Day
             of
             Judgment
             .
          
           But
           as
           for
           such
           as
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           Christ
           hath
           any
           Being
           in
           the
           glorified
           Nature
           of
           Man
           now
           in
           Heaven
           without
           them
           ,
           they
           cannot
           believe
           that
           ever
           he
           will
           appear
           unto
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           nothing
           but
           giving
           way
           to
           carnal
           dark
           Reasonings
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           called
           by
           
             Paul
             ,
             Vain
             Philosophy
             ,
          
           and
           
             Worldly
             Rudiments
             ,
          
           that
           hinder
           Men
           to
           believe
           the
           Truth
           so
           plainly
           declared
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           5.
           
           From
           the
           like
           dark
           Imaginations
           doth
           proceed
           ,
           that
           they
           believe
           no
           Heaven
           nor
           Hell
           but
           within
           them
           ,
           while
           they
           enquire
           
             Where
             is
             that
             Heaven
             into
             which
             the
             Man
             Christ
             is
             gone
             ?
             And
             hath
             any
             of
             us
             seen
             him
             ,
             or
             spoke
             with
             him
             ?
          
           To
           which
           I
           can
           easily
           Answer
           ;
           That
           Heaven
           is
           both
           near
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           far
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           a
           far
           more
           large
           Extent
           than
           that
           it
           can
           be
           contained
           within
           us
           ,
           though
           we
           have
           a
           Heavenly
           Seed
           ,
           Plant
           and
           Birth
           in
           us
           ,
           that
           is
           daily
           nourished
           with
           Heavenly
           Food
           ,
           and
           is
           watered
           daily
           with
           the
           Heavenly
           Dews
           and
           Rains
           ;
           and
           this
           Heaven
           ,
           tho
           not
           visible
           to
           our
           weak
           mortal
           Eyes
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           yet
           is
           visible
           to
           the
           Eyes
           and
           Sight
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           is
           that
           
             New
             Heaven
             that
             never
             waxeth
             Old
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Paradise
             of
             God
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           12.
           4.
           compared
           with
           
             Rev.
          
           2.
           7.
           and
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           9
           ,
           10.
           which
           is
           the
           
             Throne
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             House
             of
             God
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           many
           Mansions
           ;
           concerning
           which
           Christ
           said
           ,
           
             John
          
           14.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             In
             my
             Father's
             House
             are
             many
             Mansions
             .
             If
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             told
             you
             ;
             I
             go
             to
             prepare
             a
             Place
             for
             you
             .
             And
             if
             I
             go
             and
             prepare
             a
             Place
             for
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             again
             ,
             and
             receive
             you
             unto
             my self
             ,
             that
             where
             I
             am
             ,
             there
             ye
             may
             be
             also
             .
          
           And
           tho
           we
           have
           not
           seen
           the
           Man
           Christ
           with
           our
           carnal
           or
           bodily
           Eyes
           ,
           yet
           with
           these
           ,
           concerning
           whom
           
             Peter
          
           writeth
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           8.
           
           
             Whom
             having
             not
             seen
             ,
             ye
             love
             ;
             in
             whom
             ,
             though
             now
             ye
             see
             him
             not
             ,
             yet
             believing
             ,
             ye
             rejoice
             with
             Joy
             unspeakable
             and
             full
             of
             Glory
             .
          
           And
           that
           the
           Saints
           shall
           see
           the
           Man
           Christ
           ,
           and
           be
           with
           him
           for
           ever
           where
           he
           is
           ,
           to
           behold
           his
           Glory
           ,
           shall
           be
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           eternal
           Felicity
           ,
           
             Joh.
          
           17.
           24.
           and
           because
           of
           which
           they
           shall
           the
           more
           abundantly
           see
           and
           enjoy
           him
           inwardly
           ,
           and
           God
           in
           him
           and
           through
           him
           .
           And
           Jesus
           said
           unto
           
             Thomas
             ,
          
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             John
          
           20.
           29.
           
           Thomas
           ,
           
             because
             thou
             hast
             seen
             me
             ,
             thou
             believest
             ;
             blessed
             are
             they
             that
             have
             not
             seen
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             believed
             .
          
           And
           how
           can
           all
           Nations
           stand
           before
           the
           
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           Mat.
           25.
           if
           he
           shall
           not
           appear
           without
           us
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ?
        
         
           
             G.
             K.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .