CHAP. V
A view of other places of Scripture concerning
the Millennium or future kingdom of Christ.
In what sence all the Prophets have born Testimony concerning it
THE Wife of Zebedee came to our Saviour, and
begg'd of him, like a fond Mother,
that her two
Sons might sit, one at his right hand, th'other at his
left, when he came into his kingdom. Our Saviour
does not deny the supposition, or general ground of
her request, that
he was to have a kingdom; but tells
her, The honours of that kingdom were not then in
his disposal. He had not drunk his Cup, nor been
baptiz'd with his last baptism: which were conditions,
both to him and others, of entring into that kingdom.
Yet, in another place,
our Saviour is so well assur'd
of his interest and authority there, by the good will
of his Father, that he promises to his Disciples and followers, that for the losses they should sustain here,
upon his account, and for the sake of his Gospel, they
should receive there an hundred fold; and sit upon