6o4 BookVI. TLoolttng unto 'jjdus. Chap.J. Seer. 8. brough_t·.!hee home, why all thefe are mine, and all mine are thine, and all thine are Joh.I7.IO,Il. mine, a~d! am glorified in them; all tbofo tbat thou gaveft. me, I have k._ept, andnoHe of them H loft; fee here ·~ Adarn, and Abel, and N•ab, and ~em, and every Saint from the beginning to the end of the World, the Nuptial between them and me is folem– nized? and whither !hould I lead them but to my Father's houfe,and into my fathet's prefence l I have already pronounced them blelfed, and the glory which thou gaveft me Joh.J7,22,23·J havegiven them, that they may be one, ev"' as we are om, I in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfea m one, Here take them from mine hands, nowgive them a welcome mto glory, and let them k._now that thou haft loved them, as thou haft loved me.' 2 •. He prefcnts all his Commiffions to his Father, as he is aMediatour (at leaft by Eph. 1, 4 . Dc~matton) from all Etermty ; were not the S~mts chofon in Chriff before the foun. datton ofthe World! then was he a Med~atour m the bufinefs of Eleel:ion, and then Prov. 8. 23, wa~ he Predefimated tC!l be a Mediatour of Reconciliation. 1 war fot up from Ever– lajftng, (1) I was appomted and defigned tobe a Med1atour from all Eternity. How– focvcr he was a Med1atour virtually and iadlOativcly from the Fall of Adam. thca did he undertake that great Negotiation of reconCiling God to man, and ~an to God ; a>td ael:ually he was a Mediatour after his Incarnation; for then was he ma– nifefred in the llc!b, then was he manifefted to be what before he was then did he ael: that part vifibly upon earth, which before he had aded fecrctly and invilibly in heaven; then he entred upon the work of his ael:ive and paffive obedience 1 then he difcharged his Prophetical and Priefily. offic.e here on Earth, which having done, then he entred upon h1s Kmgly Admuullrat10n mHeaven, Now as to tfi1s work Joh. 6. 27, he was called by God (him bath God the Fathtr{ealed; it pleafodthe Father by him Colof. r. , 9• to reconcile aU things to himfelf.) And as to thefe offices feverally he had Comm 1ffion from God, ( the Lord bath anoynted me to Preach good tydiugs unto the meek; and the Lord hatb [worn, and rPiiJ not repent, thou art a Prieft for ever; and the Lord f~id untomy Lord, fit thou ~~my right ban~ until I mak,.e thine enemies thy foot-ftool.) So now he c:omes w1th all h1~ Comm•.ffion.s m h!S hand, ~nd he delivers them all up Ifa. 6r. r. }'fa!. IIe. 4• Pfal. IIo. r. unto his Father agam. In thts cafe 1t IS With Clinll as With fame General, whom the King fends f~rth wi~h Regal Authority .to the War, who having fubdued the Enemy, he returnes m Tnumph, and all bemg fi?ll'bed he makes a furrender of his place; thus Chrill having difcharged all his offices impofcd on him, now the work is 6ni!hed Rev. 21. 23. he leaves his function by delivering up his Commillions to his Father. In Heaven tber; ;, no need of Sttn or Moon, that is, .}s fomc-interpret, there is no need of Preaching, or Prophefying; of the Word o~_Sacraments, for the Lamb i1 the lightthereof, Chrift is the only means of all the communication that the Eleel: there !hall have ; and as 1 Cor. 15 • 24, for his Regal Office, the Apoftle is exprefs,· then jhaU be deliver up the Ki11gdom ta God, even the Father. Only ~ere is thequefrion, ~ow is Chritl faid to relign his King– dome to God the Father? for faith not the Scripture that Cbrift's Kingdomjhallhave ~~~: :: J. 3 · no end! and that Chrifi's Throne is for ever and ever? loranfwer, I fee no con– tradiel:ion but I hat Chrift may both refign his Kingdom, and yet referve it. See a Mar.28. 18. like cafe, All Power, faith Chrift, in heaven a1<d tartb hgivento rne of my Father, !hall we fay now that the Father himfelfwas quite llript of it? no; but as the Kingdom which the F:Hher gave the So!l is neverthelefs called the Father's Kingdom, or the Ki11gdom of G•d; fo Chrift !hall return _it, yet retain it alfo. Two things (we fay} are contained '" tile tcrme of Re1gn,[ct. Doa11mon, aacl Execution ; to wear the Crown, and ro bear the Sceptu: now Chrift in the former fenfe !hall reign for ever the honour of dominion and of wearing the Crown he lhall never refign up to h 1 is Father, for his Fathers Thronedifturbsnot h1s, there are both their Thro(\eS at once, Rev. 7· 11. but the funel:ions of a King, to fit in Judgment, to reward dc– fervers, to puni!h evil-doers, to refcue the opprelfed, to fight with the enemy, Chri£1 in this fenfe lftall ceafe to reign, and !hall deliver up the Kingdom to his t"ather. More particularly, Chrift is faid to deliver up the Kingdom in three refpeel:s. 1. Becaufe he ceafeth to exe,ute that Authority, which neverthelefs he haih ; as a Judge that goeth from the Bench is a Judge fiill, alth~u&h he giveth no judgment, but imployeth his tinae ab<mt other occ:afions; fo Chr1fr ts fa1d to rcfig11 lJJS place, not that bis Authority is fubjeet to Diminution, but in that he makes no !hew; for when his enemies are all put ,under', there is no need that any more blows lhould proceed from his Kingly power~ 2. Becaufc
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