Ch. 2tè The .Lord's St. Luke. Supper inflituted. Ch; 23; er ; and he that is chief, as he that Church on Earth, andequal withAngels after Death, but fpecially afterthe Day ofJudgmenr. oth larva- That eat and drink 2 s, 26. (I am not for parity among all my i o, y emay Difciples: You know I have chofen you only at my table in my kingdom, and fit to be Apoftles ; but though you be over the on thrones,judging the twelvetribes churches you muff not be Rulers of one ano- I d h C fF matte which you Of Ifrael. tier ; ant at ott o re-em' O. That a may be lñafted by me in Ilea- have, muff not be like that of the Princescf venwith f ;ritual everlafting ó andmay theWorld, who Rule by the Sword, or out- ward be Superiors to the lorified IfaÌáes and irr Force, and in worldly Pomp or State, P g s confiraining Subleets to flatterthemwith high the meantime on Earth may be the chief& in Titles, but it mugbe grounded in an excellen- y cy of Grace and Gifts. Love, Meeknefs, Hu- 31. And the Lord Paid, Simon; mility, beingthe moR olefin, and devoted to Simon, behold, Satan hath delredto the goodof all; as Ruling only the. voluntary; j7lCZC you, that he may lift you as, and therefore by the cleareR Reafon, and y greateft Love, and molt exemplary profitable wheat :, 32. But I have prayed for Lives : Strive and (pare nor, for this Pre-emi- thee, that thy faith fail not ; and nerve and Difparity) when thou art converted, í}rengthed 2'y.Por whether it greiter,he that thy brethren. fittethat meat, or he that ferveth ? is not he that fitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he that ferveth. 27. Would you rule, as greater than I? what bath my Government of you been, but to do you,good, by Do&rine, Love, and good Example, without force? 28. Ye are they which havecon- tinued with me in my temptations. 29. And Iappoint untoyou a king- 31,32. dom, as my 'ather hate appointed unto me : 28. As a reward for your faithful ticking to me in all my Tryals and Sufferings, I ap- poinr, she. Note; This Promife isthree ways expound- ed ; u. The afpiring Clergy fay it is, I make you ApoRles the Chief Rulers of-my Church, though inperfecuting times, and your Succet- fors fhall be Patriarchs, Metropolitans, Arch- Bilhops, be. andovertop Emperors andKings. 2. Others fay, that this lower World is but they fail, Nothing. 36. Then (-aid a a allow of the upper ; and that the Office of he Unto them, But now he that bath y that there be Kingdoms in the SpiritualWorld fits fertp and he that bath no favor , above ìis, anfwerable to all the Kingdoms on let him fellhis garment,and buy one. Earth; and incomparably more; and that there- For I fa unto Ott that FhtS fore Chref faith, Ds my Father's Haufe are ma- 37 y y ! sty iJan/iions: And that there the twelve Ape- that is written mtift yet be accom- files have their Kingdoms, (at lean over the plifhed in me. And he was reckoned twelve Tribes,) as beingequal with the Angels. among the tranfgreffors for the 3. But molt think thatit is only an expref- fion ofthe eminent Gloryof the Apoftlesafter things concerning me have an end. theRefurre&ion. 3 s, 36, 37. When thePeople followed and I fee notbut part ofall threeFxpofitionsmay applauded me for my Cures and Miracles, t be includeda that is, youShall be Chief in nay knew that they wouldmoire- you, and prba r, 3a Satan bath got 'leave to try and fift you all, and thee in fpecial: But I haveby Prays, er prevailed, that rho thou fin indenying me, thou mayeR not fall from fincere Faith ; and when by Repentance thou art recovered from thy fall, ftrengthen thy Brethren, who will forfake me alto. 33 And he laid unto him,Lord,I am ready to go with thee both into prifon, and to death. 34.. Andhe Paid, I tell thee, Peter, the cock lhall not crow this day, before that thou (halt thricedeny that thou knoweft me. 33, Note; ChriR that knewSatan's Requeff, and knew the Event, knew Pates weaknefs better than he himlelf did. 3 5. And he faid unto them ,When I fent you without purfe, and fcrips and fhoes,lacked ye anything : And Angell and the Titles in Daniel of EMubaél urfe let him take it and likewife our Prince} and fo ofother Angels, iheweth a p y
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