I08o BookY. Looking utm 1e[rd. Cbap.t:Sect.8 More particularly, Cbril.t is (aid to deliver up the Kingdome in three refpeos. 1. Becaufe he ceafeth to execute that authority, which ne.- vcrtheleffe he hath; as a Judge that goeth from the bench i~ a· Judge frill, although he giveth no judgement, but employeth his t1me in other occafions; fo Chrifr is faid to refigne his place not that his authoritie is fubjdl: to diminution, but in that h~ makes no fhew; for when his encmyes are all put under, there is no need that any more blows fhould proceed from his Kingly power. · 2. Becaufe the manner of his Kingdome afti!r the judgement day fhall be wholly changed; he {hall not rcigne in the fame fafhion that he did before ; there's no need in heaven of good Laws to keep men from fiarting into wickedneffe; ' the orders of this life are changed into a new kinde of government, and in that ref peL~ he is faid to give over the Kingdome. 3. Becaufe he ceafeth to increafe his dominion. In this world Chrifr was fii\1 gaining more fouls to his Kingdome by the preaching of his Word, and fo he fpread his dominion further, and furtber; but when the Lord. iball have made up the num- · her of his fervantno his minde, then he will end the world, and give up the Kingdome, (i.) he will ceafe to enlarge his confines any more, he will be conten't with the number of his fubje<.'l:s that he hath already Here is the fecond thing, Chrift prefents all his commi11ions to his Father, he gives up his Priefrly, pro.pbetrcal , and regal offic~s at his firft entrance into heaven. ' 3. He prefents himfelfe unto his Father; not only his offices, but Chrifr himfelfe is prefented, and fubjeCl:ed unto God. This I take it, is the meaning of the Apofile, when he faith; then/hall the Son al(o himfelfe be fubjeEt unto him, thflt put all thjngs under 1 Cor. 15 · ~s ·him. The words are myft1cal, and therefore we hfld need to underftand them foberly, and according to the Aoalogyoffaith. The Arrians hence inferr'd that the Son was not equal with the Fatfler, becaufe he that is fubje<.'l: mufr needs be ioferiour to him whofe fubje& he is. But the aofwer is eafie, Chrift is confider~ ed fit her as God; or as mao; and Media tour betwixt God and man; Cl rift as God hath us fubjc<.'l: to him, and is fubje<.'l: to , none;
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