chainof f r ncip ès. 149 Sovereignty ; thy imbecility with his Execc, 6. Omnipotence. Adam indeed, fo long, as he mood was an univerfal Mo- narch having dominion both over himfelf, and over the creatures : But every man fnce the fall is a flaveborn, a fervant to divers luf}s and pleafures: Neither is there any way for getting out of this ef}ate but getting into Chrifl, who refloreth all filch as dole with him to a fpiritual Sovereignty, Making them kings to God and his father; Rv.ß.6. and upholding themwith his royall Spirit,as force reade that in the TJalm. Till then Pca. 51,1z; what are whole Nations of men, but, to fpeak in the Prophets language ac thedrops of a bucket, which in their fall I.9;4o,i r. are fo licked up by the duff of the earth as they are no more difcernable; or as the fmall duff of the ballance, which is of no moment at all towards turning of thebeam one way or other? And if Nations be fo inconfiderable, what fhall we fay of particular per- fons ? I will fuppofe a mighty Prince, K k 2 but
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