to To mention but one more; it is worth our enfideration, in obferving what is expreffed in at general Catechifm made by the great Martyr formers, in King Edward VI. time, to be used oughout the Nation, at leaft by all the Latin olars, and should now be fo decried by this preGeneration, who fo much efteemed that Time Reformation, is a Thing to be wonder'd at. to give a few Hints. eft. How is God's Name fanctified? Answ. will tell thee. Then is this done, when omitall those who borrow the Name of God, wherin Heaven, or in Earth, and we pray to the e God, and his Son Jefus Chrift, &c. Thou twell faid: Go on I pray thee. In the fe1 Place, we pray thy Kingdom come. For as we fee not all Things fubject to Chrift. We Anot yet how th 15( ut of the Moun 1 wit re hun to: breaks fmall, defcribwhich is the com The may divine in th Gofpel, Men, an But the i met Weld Meek and Humble fhall tread upon it, Ifa.xxvi. 6. This being the Opinion of the whole Orthodox Chriftian Church, in the Age immediately following the Death of St. John when yet Polycarp, and many of the Apoftles Difciples were living) as fuftin Martyr exprefly affirms. A Teftimony without all Comparifon, to perfwade fuch as rely upon Authority and Antiquity. And therefore it is to be admired (Jaith Mr. Mede) that an Opinion, once fo generally received in the Church, fhould ever be fo cried down and buried. Secondly, Juftin Martyr who flourished about the Year after Chrift's Birth, 140. (many of those who was converfant with the Apofles were then living) was of this Opinion of the Millenarians, with many others, as he affirms, befide himself. I fhall give you fome of his own Words as quoted by Dr. Homes. Jefus (faith he) commanded us to love our Enemies, which is by Ifaiah published in many Words, in which is the Mystery of our Renovation, and of all abfolutely, that expect Chrift to appear in Ferufalem, and do endeavour to please him by their Works. And in another Place, this Jefus is he of whom we know Heaven and Earth was made, and by whom the Father will make new the Heaven and Earth. This is he that fhall 'fhine in Jerufalem as an eternal Light. ' Again, freaking in Oppofition to the Saducees who denied the Refurrection, Mark xii. 18. If there be any that are in all things Orthodox 'Chriftians in Opinion; we all know well the Refurrection of the Flesh, and the thousand Tears in ferufalem built again, and beautified, and enlarged, as the Prophets Ezekiel, Ifaias, and others • declare. And And furthermore, a certain Man among us (Speaking of him as living in bis Time) whole Name is John, one of the 12 Difciples of Chrift, hath foretold in that Revelation that was given to him, that thofe that believe in our Chrift, fhall finish a thousand Tears in Jerufalem. Juftin Martyr writing unto one Trypho faith, That many, who are not of the Pure and Pious Judgment of real Chriftians, deny this Opinion of the 'thousand Years; but all Chriftians who were Sound and Orthodox did believe it. And fo, according to fuftin Martyr's Opinion, All thofe who denied fuch a Kingdom to be in this World, were looked upon by him as Heterodox, and of an unfound Judgment. ' . Again, one Ireneus famous for Piety and Learning, who flourished about the Year of Chrift, 178. hath thefe Expreffions, in how many Days this • World was made, in fo many thousand Years it is perfected: For if the Day of the Lord be as it were a 1000 Years, and in fix Days thofe Things 'that were made, were finifhed, it is manifeft that the perfecting of thofe Things is the fix thousand Year. When Anti-chrift reigning 3 Years, and 6 Months, fhall have wafted all 'Things in the World, this muft mean the Latter End, or juft upon the Expiration of his Reign, in which time he will be more defperate, and in which 2 Days and an Half the Witneffes are to be flain) then fhall the Lord come from Heaven in the Clewis in the Glory of is Father, cafting Adiift, and them that obey him into thelake Wee but begin to the Tuft the • Times of the Kingdom, that is the Ref, or Sabbath, . * Meek and Humble fhall tread upon it, Ifa.xxvi. 6. This being the Opinion of the whole Orthodox Chriftian Church, in the Age immediately following the Death of St. John when yet Polycarp, ard many of the Apoftles Difciples were living) as fuftin Martyr exprefly affirms. A Teftimony without all Comparifon, to perfwade fuch as rely upon Authority and Antiquity. And there'fore it is to be admired (Jaith Mr. Mede) that an Opinion, once fo generally received in the Church, fould ever be fo cried down and buried. Secondly, Juftin Martyr who flourished about the Year after Chrift's Birth, 140. (many of those who was converfant with the Apofiles were then living) was of this Opinion of the Millenarians, with many others, as he affirms, befide himself. I fhall give you fome of his own Words as quoted by Dr. Homes. Jefus (faith he) commanded us to love our Enemies,which is by Ifaiah published in many Words, in which is the Mystery of our Renovation, and of all abfolutely, that expect Chrift to appear in Ferufalem, and do endeavour to pleafe him by their Works. And in another Place, this Jefus is he of whom we know Heaven and Earth was made, and by whom the Father will make new the Heaven and Earth. This is he that shall 'fhine in Jerufalem as an eternal Light. Again, freating in Oppofition to the Saducees Refurrection, Mark xii. 18. If hat are in all things Orthodox who deni • there t pinion the F ilt Pron ow well the ufand Tears ed, and en , and others And |