~46 · Chrijl the King they may learn how to freer their courfe in every point;' and ' the meek will he guide in jqdgment, the meeK: will he teach his way,' Pfalm xxv. 9· . The darknefs brou·ght on mankind by fin) nothing bu.t 1the grace of the new covenant can effectually dif– pel. The true light is a benefit of that covenant, pur.. chafed by the blood ofChrifi, and lodge~ with him among the refi of the benefits of his great Trufi ~ and he harh the difpenfing of it, as the great Prophet of the covenant. To him then mufi we have our recourfe for l,!ght, in all cafes, whether we be under the micl-night darkn~fS of a natural fl:ate, or under the twilight ~arknefs of the prefent imperfeCl:ion of a, fiate ofgrace: yea,_ in the mid-~aylight 'ofglory, the ~amb is' the light of the heavenly city, :Rev. xxi. 23~ _t\nq thus Chrifi is the Prophet of the covenant. ,IV. Chrifl the King of the Covenant~ The covenant ofgrace is a matter of fo vaf'!: impor– tance, both to the honour of God, and the good of fouls ; and of f1:1ch a diffufive and general {:Oncern to 1nankind ; that the a-cl,rninifiration thereof required one invefl:ed with the I{i.ngly power and authority for i that effecr. And-the difpofitioh of the parties, objeCts of the adminiflration, together with the nature of the ~thing itfelf, which concerns theinner~man chiefly, and the difpofal of the choice.fl: of heaven's favours, at once laid afide the greatefr of men, an~ the highefl: of angels, as no more fit to bear that office, than to pro– duce another world out of nothing. Wherefore the Father's choice in that matter, natively fell on his own Son, the fecon4 Adam: and h~ was made King of the covenant. . · God as c;reator of the world; is King of the fame by an original, underived light: and fo he bath the fupreme power over it, ofwhich he can no more diveft himfelf, than of his being. This )s the eifential king– dom, common to the three Perfons of the glorious Qo~head, the Father, the Son, an:d th~ holy Gholl. · . 1 .J3ut
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