The City of God, Illustration – Table of contents
GREAT BABYLON The Mother of Harlots & abominations of That filthy & Bloody City. Rev. 17.
THE CITY of GOD, OR Kingdom of Chriſt, IN The thouſand years Reign before his Perſonal coming and appearing, further aſſerted and cleared.
From the 21th. Chapter of the Revelations.
Wherein you have the Myſtery of the two Worlds, Chriſts & Anti-chriſts, further explained.
Wherein you have the Myſtery of the two Kingdoms, Chriſts & Anti-chriſts, further explained.
Wherein you have the Myſtery of the two Cities, Jeruſalem and Babylon, further explained.
Wherein you have the Myſtery of the two Women, Bride and Whore, further explained.
Wherein you have the Myſtery of the two Creatures, Lamb and Beaſt. further explained.
Pſ. 87.3. Glorious things are ſpoken of thee thou City of God.
Pſ. 122.6. They ſhall proſper that love thee.
Pſ. 48.12, 13. Walk about Zion, and go round about her, tell the Towers thereof, mark ye well her Bulwarks, conſider her Pallaces, that ye may tell it to the Generations following.
… 137.8. Oh Daughters of Babylon, that art to be deſtroyed, happy ſhall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou haſt ſerved us.
…ch. 8.8. So they read in the Book in the Law of God diſtinctly and gave the ſenſe, and cauſed them to underſtand the reading.
London, Printed in the Year of our Lord. 1672.
THEOPOLIS, OR THE CITY of GOD New JERUSALEM, IN Oppoſition to the City of the Nations Great BABYLON; Comprehending The bleſſing and benefit of Chriſts Kingdom, in the thouſand years Reign before his perſonal coming and appearing, after the total ruine of the Beaſt, and his Kingdom.
In a Coment upon the 20th. and 21ſt. Chapters of the Revelations.
With An Additional Anſwer to theſe two material Queſtions:
1. Whether the thouſand years Reign is not already paſt, as Brightman, and others affirm.
2. Whether the natural Jew is not moſt concerned in the latter day Promiſes and Prophecies, eſpecially in the pulling down Babylon, and Building of Zion, as Maton, and others aſſert.
Ezek. 4.1. Son of Man take thee a Tyle, and Pourtray upon it the City Jeruſalem.
Hoſ. 12.10. I have multiplyed Viſions, and uſed ſimilitudes.
Dan. 12.4. And many ſhall run to and fro, and knowledge ſhall increaſe.
Pſ. 145.11. They ſhall ſpeak of the glory of thy Kingdom, and talk of thy Power.
Iſa. 57.14. Take up the ſtumbling-block out of the way of my people.
London, Printed by T. Ratcliff, and Nat. Thompſon, for Nathanie Ponder, at the Peacock in Chancery-Lane. 1672.
THE INDEX Of the principal Heads treated of in the 20th. Chapter.
THe Introduction. Page. 1
The Analaſys, or part of the Chapter. Page. 4
Rules to be obſerved in the expoſition. Page. 9
Who the Dragon. Page. 13
Of the taking of the Dragon. Page. 24
Of the Angel that laid hold on the Dragon. Page. 28
What by Heaven. Page. 34
Of the Dragons binding. Page. 36
Of the bottomleſs Pit. Page. 40
Of the thouſand years. Page. 43
Of the living of the Martyrs. Page. 47
Of the reſt of the dead that lived not. Page. 60
Of the Reigning with Chriſt. Page. 63
Of being Prieſts of God. Page. 104
Of the the Second Death. Page. 107
Of the Dragons Releaſe. Page. 109
Of Gog and Magog. Page. 110
Of the Camp of the Saints and beloved City. Page. 112
Of Fire from Heaven. Page. 113
Of the general Judgement. Page. 113
The Paraphraſe. Page. 115
THE INDEX OF THE XXI. CHAPTER in the ſecond Part.
THe Text of the 21th. of the Revelations, and part of the 22th. Page. 121
The Introduction. Page. 125
The Analyſis or parts of the Chapter. Page. 130
Of the Angel that diſcovers the Viſion. Page. 139
Of the Bride the Lambs Wife. Page. 139
Of the Mountain on which the City ſtands. Page. 143
Of Jeruſalem that great and Holy City. Page. 145
Of the City's deſcent from Heaven. Page. 149
Of the glory of God upon her. Page. 151
Of the Wall. Page. 154
Of the City's four ſquare Cubical figure. Page. 160
Of the precious Materials. Page. 162
Of the Tree and Water of Life. Page. 170
Of there being no Temple in it. Page. 172
Of the Kings of the Earth that bring their glory to it. Page. 176
Of the Throne of God and of the Lamb. Page. 179
The Paraphraſtical Expoſition. Page. 202
The firſt Queſtion, neceſſary to be ſpoken to, for the better clearing what hath been before aſſerted, relating to the thouſand years Reign, is. Page. 211
The ſecond Queſtion. Page. 235
Goſpel Principles to be obſerved concerning the Jew. Page. 237