445 / 1054
to
the
?ere
in
#irit,
the
work
ofcreation,
and
fo
have
deferved
evil.
God
as
Crea-
tor
doth
noctakebeleevers
fo
as
to
bringafieions
upon
them,
but
ha gives
them
up
to
Chrift,
It's
Chrift,thy
King that
doth
corre& him,
and
the atllitlionsbeing
within
this
kingdom;
they
are of another nature then
the
evills
that
are
infliéted
upon thofe
that
are
under
the kingdome
ofGods
power Now
the
evills
that
are
infliaed
upon
inch for
their
fin,
they come
from revenging
wrath
;
But
the
evils that
are inflicted upon
thofe that
are
brought into this
kingdome
they
:ate
.inflicted
upon them
-
byChrift
the
Mediator-
and to
come
to
ehem_iu
another way,
fo
that
there is
aboundance of:bleffednef
e
in
be-
ing within this kingdome
:
--
Thtrdly,
And
then
further, From hence
chouhaftprotai
ox, though thr
beeft poore
and
mean
in thy felfe,
dim
haft
Jeîus Chrift the
Son
of God
that undertakes
to proteel thee,
ro
deliver thee
from evill
, and
to
fu aply
thee
in
all
thy
wants
:
that's
the
work
of
a
King,
and
chofe
that
are
fubjets
in
a
kingdome,
they
have
a
great_deale of
benefit
in the pro
-
tectionof
the Covernour of that kingdome, and
for any man
to
be in
a
kingdome
and
to be denyed
the
protection,
is
a
great
mifery
:
Now there
are
none
in
the Kingdome
ofChrift,
that ChriP
will
deny the benefit of protedtion,
but
:protects
them
all, and
provides
for
all
within
his
kingdome.
Indeed
Kings
of
the
earth may leave
the prote
Lion
of their
Subjets,
and
if
they fl;ould
den?
protect ion
to their
Subjects,
there
is
föme
other
help for
them to
prote& themfelves
fame
other
way
:
but there
is no
protection to the
Saints
but
onely by
this
their
King
:
Fourthly, And
all
provifions
necelfary,a King
doth not take
cognifance
of
every
family,
but Chrift doth
take cognifance
to
provide
for
every particular foule.
Fifthly
,
In
this
kingdome
Chrift undertakes to
fubdue
all
the enemies that
are
again{+
thy fpirituall
and
eternal'
good
Chrift
is
thy King,
ane
either
he
mull
lode
his powers
or
faith,.
fulnefíe,
either
of
which
he
not
do,therefore
he
'mull
fub
due
thy
enemies, he
will fubdue'Sin,and
Death,and'the Devil,
yea
and
all
the enemies of
the
Church
{Ball
at length be fub-
dued.
K a
Sixthly,
6±