Commentary
The Personall Reigne of Christ upon Earth
Attributed to John Archer (title page prints Henry Archer)
A 1641 treatise arguing that Christ will reign visibly with the saints for a thousand years, including a reckoning of when that kingdom begins.
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Edition and location
The Personall Reigne of Christ upon Earth (London, 1641), pp. 52–54 (Internet Archive bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-personall-raigne-of-_archer-john-preacher_1641, leaves n53–n55; EEBO microfilm image). Selected unit from “So then unto 360. or 366.” to “the full setting up of the Kingdome.” The title page of this copy prints “By Henry Archer, sometimes Preacher of All-Hallows Lumbart-street” with “Henry” struck through and “John” written in by hand; library catalogues attribute the work to John Archer. Printed misreadings “656.” (for 1656) and “Ganaan” retained. Long s (ſ) rendered s; ligatures expanded; roman and italic type not distinguished; line-end hyphenation joined; spacing normalized (one space after punctuation, paragraph breaks as blank lines); running heads, catchwords, signatures, marginal notes and reference asterisks omitted; spelling, capitalization, u/v and i/j usage and punctuation otherwise as printed; omissions inside the selection marked […]. Transcribed from the Internet Archive page images and checked against the item's OCR text layer.
pp. 52–54