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ER.2Ö.
Ephefans,Chàp.r.
18;
Both
conftrue
it,
the fetting Chrift
in
the throne
of
majeftiè,
Heb.
t.3.
8,1.
Heb.ra.i.vlt
the
right
hand
of
the throne
ofGed. Saint Peter
ma-
keth it
all
one,
with
making him
Chrift
and
Lord
;
See,
vitFs,2.35,36.
chip. 5.3
t.
But
for the further
opening, we
mutt
know:
I. Whatitis
thatds given.
a
.
To
whom,
and
in
what refpeel.
3.
How long
it
is
to
continue.
To
the
firft
,
I anfwer,
that
it
is
not the might
of
divine
foveraigntie
over the
creature ; for this
doth
fo
follow the nature
of
God, that
it
is
neceffary
with every perfon
that hath
this nature
:
This
the Sonne could
not
relinquifh, this he cannot
be
taken
unto,
,
as
which
loth
neceffariÍy
agree
to him,
as
God
blefï'ed
for
ever.
What
is
it
then
C
Aright
ofexeciiting immediately and
in a
manner appropriate to
this
perfon,
the
foveraigne dominion
of God,
over every creature
:
So
that though the Father and
Spirit have
a
right
and
foveraigntie over
.
the creature, yet they doe not immediatly
execute this in fuch fort
as
the
Sonne
Both; which
maketh
Chrift
fay,
Iehn
5.22.
The
Father
judgeth
none,
but
bath given aljudgement
onto the Sonne.
The
Sonne
by
voluntary difpenfation rent
by the Father,
did
empty him
felfe
and lay
afide
not onely the right
of
having dominion over every creature,
but
of
exercifing and (hewing
it forth
in
that
nature he had
affümed
:
The
Father
by voluntary
difpenfation
doth
refigne
to
the
Sonne
the immedi-
ate execution
of
all
power
over every creature, till the time that all
things
be fubdued under
him;
This right, the
one relinquifhed
in
the
time
of
his
humiliation, the other
doth
anfwerably leave
a
time for the
exaltation
of
his
Sonne,
To
the fecund
I
anfwer, this foveraignty
is
given
to
the
perfon
of
the
Sonne,
both
as
God
and man now afcended;
as
God,
for
it
is
a
powerwhich
none
that
is
a pure
creature
can
take
or execute
; and
the
Scripture
faith,
The
Lord
Paid to
my
Lord
,
that
is
,
to
Davids feede,
as
he
was
Davids
Lord,
according
as
Chrift
expoundeth it by
his
queftion;
now Davids
feede
was
not
Davids
Lord, as man,but
as
God.
That
it
is
given him
as
man,
is
plaine, becaufe
itis
given him
now alcen-
ded
into heaven with his humane nature. Againe, that
power
is
given
to Chrift
as
man,
which
is
to be executed by
him
as
man;
but this
kingdome
is
executed
by
Chrift,
fo
that
his manhood cloth concúrr'eas
an
inftrument working with
his
God
-head
in
the adminiftration
of
it,
lohn
5.27.
Hee
bath
given
him
power
to
execute
judgement,
in
es much
we
he is Sonne
of
man.
.
The
third
is
plaine,
out
of
that
Pfel, t
to.
and Paul conftruing
it,
t
Cor.
55.24,
a.
namely, that Chrift
(hall give up
this kingdome, and
ceafe
to
fit at
the right
hand
of
God
in
this manner
in
which now
bee
doth
;
forthen hee
(hall
no longer
by
his
manhood
execute govern-
ment, neither
(hall
he
in
manner appropriate his
perfon, but together
with the Father and Spirit,
like as
they,
fo
fhall he
joyntlywith them
rule, and be all in all
for
ever.
The
fecond
point for
clearing
the
Text
is,
.what heavens
are here
underftood
;
thofe
which
Paul
calleth the
third:
¡leaven,
a.-
bogie
the
apre, clouds,and
ftarriefirmament.
Faith dóth
beleeve
a
place'
R
z
above
z
3.