Sermon). any other Per me, togoe unto, ro deprive or depofe th.em ~ Sure, where the worft is . reckoned that can beof rhem, clatJJabtmt Ad Domtmoms all, I finde. NoPertodoe it • sw.l!. 1g, but He. Ey Him, and by nonebut by Hzm,they be; By Htm,andby none but by Him, tbeyceafe to be. In Naru~e, every thingis diffolved by the fame mean.es_, it came cogether. In Law, Inftitt~tton andDejlztu(ron_, odong both.to one. In D1vmtty; r.he , . Frophet in one andthe f~me Ver(e, fatth Dedt vobr.s ~egem (t,n the fore-pare) and Wlth HoC<at l·' ,; onebrearh, Ahjiulieumm the latter: .So, both perram,eto Htm; Dommus dedtt, Do~ · minmabftulit. Asfor this newper me, we argue frqm the Tex:t: He.makes nqKings (weknow ;)and,as hemakes none, fo ne can unmake none. Nonghr,to onePer, morerhan anorha. . · , . All be Kingsthen,ry Him: yet, not all alike. Go o forbid, but therelhould be . 5 i)egrees, Maguand Mim)s, one m.ore than another: But wdhould put adifference, ~;I.bur;tP"': betweenet..Mel.:hifidelqndNimrod; betweene Solomonand Saul. . ygao 1\!•s· We fay then, AUKings by Him ; bur, :~mong all, and above all;[uch as he that fetdownethis, fuchasSalomon; for he by the great CIJpita/1 Per Me. Per Meiratttm, thofeother; Per Me propitium,He: And that is theper indeed, Thus much he doth infinuate, by adding in thelatter part ofthe verfe (which commonly is the E.wgejis ofrheforr~er)namely, if juftadecertiunt doe come too. If he be arighteous King, H b ,, as t..Melc&ifedek, King ofrighttoufnejfe: If he fow the fruit of righteoufn.ejfem peace, ' · 7 ·•• .. that is, beapeaceable King,as Salomon .-' Ifhe Ruleper Me(thaos) Per Saptentwn,rule lames ~·!0. wifely. Thofe arepermepropitium ;Thofe are Kingsprim« intemionh, Kings offpe– ~~~ . . · .Tiiisforthei'erfon. NowtotheAa :. Per Me regna11t, . Arid I tnak~ thefe two,twodiverfe,be~aufe fome areReges,Kings,:ind yet reigiie IV; not :(as true Hmesde(tated.) Andfomemgne, and are no Kmgs: (as doeall Yfur- The Al'i~ pers oftbe throne, perfas nefafque.) Alwayes, one thing it is, to be aKing; another Rtgrant. to reigne. Ioi# was thetrue King, all thofe{ixyearesheraigned not; t..Athalia reig- ~ed all thofcjix yeares, yet true,~etne was lhee never any. Of fucb, Go o faith, Hor.as. 4 ; .mH•fe•; Regnaverunt,(ednon" me. Why~ for, per me Reges regnant, By MeKings - · _ ..,. teigne; Kings, oflawfull and rruedefccnt, they reigm by Me: Thefewere none fuch. So, they reigned; bur, without anyperfrom Me. But, when thefe meet, and they that beRegts de jure, regnant defaCio, then it is as it lhould be : Andper Me it is, that they fo meet. This Regnant I confider, as an t..Aa, ·three way~s : I. As it bath a·brgin– ning. z. As it hath continuance. 3· As it hath ReClituds or ohliqttity incident to' every act. t.eg~tant, that they reigneat all: Reg,;ant Jiu, thattheyreignelong: Reg– il•nt reEI't, that they reigne aright, And every one.bath hisper. Per, Ianteie, By, the doere, 6y Him they enter theirreigne: per, line£; By, theliwe, which Hee ftretcheth out over every government, lon&cr or lhorrer; by Him they continue their reigne: per, regul.e; By, the rule; fo retgne, as they fwarve not from Him, touch Him 1\ill; continue with Him, and He with them, and fo Hce will make them to conti· -~ . . I am led to this, becaufe youlhallfee thefethree duelyfet uponevery Jtingi bead, through all thellory oftheBible. . 1. Such a King, WM fo many yeares old, whenhebegan his reigne : there is his In~ rhoation, his Regna11t, his doore ofentrance. : z: An~ then: So man1 yelires he r.eignedin iernfalem,or Samaria: there is his con~ l!nuatiOn, htsdm regnant, his per ofLine,or cominuance. , . 3· Then ever followes (if you marke it) either, Andhedidwdl, and walked in thefleps ofhu f ather Vavid; there is themannet, nis bene regnant, his Rule, or Recti– tude: Or, and h~ di~ evill in the.fight ofthe Lord, and wrned not fromthewayes of !tY~boam; there IS h1s obliquitie; out of rule himfelfe, and brought all out of N nnn 7,. rule '
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