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BleAèdneJJè

in

the

kingdome

.of

Heiaven

-fltirt

e,

the

kingdome'of

the Meff

ah,

there

he comes to

have

other ptiviledges,

fo

that

when

a

beleever

offends

he doth not

goe

to

ani

-wer

in

that

Court of

his,

(to wit) the

kingdome

of

his

toWer,but

he

is

to

anfwer

before the Court

of

JeiucChrifi

and

Chrift

is

to

be the

Judge,

and

Chritt

he is

to deale

with

them

in

that adminillration

ofhis

that

he bath

received

from

the

Father,

and

fo

comes

a

beleever to

Hand

with comfort

be-

fóre(od

notWithftanding

all

his

offences and

weakneßés,

for

the tranfaaion

is

between

God

and him

within

this

"kingdome

and not

wirrhotit

it

:

Oh

this

is a

great comfört

for one

that

is

ioore

in

fpirit

:

Bleted

are

the

poor

in

1piritfor theirs

is

the

k

nge

doms

of

Heaven

:

The kingdom.

of Heaven,of

the Gofpel

it

is

theirs,

and

this

is

the bleíle

dneße

that

they

have by

this king-

dome

of

the Gofpel, that

(I

fay) all

the

tram-at-lions

between:

God

and

them

are

in

this kingdom.:

So

likewife

all

Gods

dea-

lings

with them every

way

it

is

through

a

Mefliah, and

allthat

they

tender

up

to God

iris

through

the

Meüïah,

fo

as

indeed

they

have nothing (as

I

may

fo

fpeak)

to

do

in

their reference

to

God,

but

only-

through

this their King,their

King doth un-

dertake

all bufine

fes'between

God

and

them

:

thou

that

art

brought

to

this

kingdome, he

that

is

thy King, the

Lord

Jefus

Chrift, God

and man, bath

undertaken

all

things

that

concern

thee

in

thy reference

to

:

od

:

Therefore

61eJJid

art

those

for

thine

is

the

k rgdome

of

heaven.

So

that

all

the mercies

that

come from

God;they

came from

Cod

through Chrifi

to thee, by

the

meanes

of

this King he

brings

them,

and

it

is

through

his

right

that

thou hail them;As

flow,when there

is

any

thing

to

do

between two

kingdomes,.

Why

the

tranfaEtions

are

between the

two Kings,

every

pri-

vate

man

doth

ii6E

neddleintranfioting

of

bufineffe

between

kingdomes

:

So

Inaay

fiy,there

are

it

were two kingdomes,

the

kingdorne

of

God

as

he

is

a

Creator,and

then the

kingdom"

of the

Meiliáh,noïv all

thdfe things that we

are

to

receive from

the

kingdome

of Cods

power

as

Creator,

Jell

-as

Chrift

he

dear,

With

God

for

them,

and we

come

to

receive'

them

all-

through

the

right ofthis

our

Kings

all mercy,

and

if

there

be

any

af-

ftic`tions

comes,

if

we have.4ffended the

father,

and fin

aga

nft`

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