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tifin:te

Bleffednefe

in

the

kingdome

of

Heaven

Sixthly, Heas

a

King,gives ordinances

and gifts and

admi

-

niftrations,

all

the

ordinances

gifts

and adminiftrations of

the.

Churchtheyire

givenby-Je.us Chrift

as

the

King

of

it,

and

thou

that art poor

in

spirit

thou

-haft

right to

them.It

is not

fuch.

a one

as

hath

fuch a high

degree

of

grace

that

bath

right

to the

ordinances,but where there

is any

that are but

fenfible

of their

poverty,

thou

haft

right

to

all

ordinances

upon

that,but

though

there

be right

'to

them,

yet.you

muff

be exercifed

in

them,

in

a

way

futable

to

the

Ordinances

All

the

gifts

of

the

Saints:

are

thine,

and

all

adminilirations are thine,thou

haft

the bene-

fit

of

them

all

in

this Kingdome.

Seventhly,

Further,

All the world

is

brought into

fubje

&i

on.

to

this

kingdome;

The kingdome

of

the

Father, the

king

dome

of

power ,

whereby

the Lord

Both

rule the

created

world,

and fo

by providence

is

continued,

all this

is

in

order

to.

this

lagdome

of the

Meiiiah

:

Certainly there

is

a

great

deale

in this,

for one

to

know

that all the

adminiftrations of

God

in

.

the

ordering of heavenand

earth:

It

is

for the furtherance

of

the

kis,gdome

of

theMefliah,

acid

of

the fpirituall good of

all.

thole

that

arewithin

this

kmgdonie,

Bleffed

therefore

art

thou,

for

thine

is.

this

%ingdome

of

Heaven.

Eightly,

& Laftly,,

For

this will bring

theeát

length

to

reign.

with Chrift

:

Thou

doff

in fome

degree

reigne with

Chrift

al

ready,

all

the

Subjec

}s of.C.hrift

kingdomeare

made

Kings

and

Priefts

toGod,

and

they mutt

be

in

a

fui'therglorious

manner,

made

to

reigne with

Chrift,

fo

you

have

it

in

the

3. Reve:

21.

Te

him

that

overcometh will

Igrant

to

fit

with mein my

7browe,

even as

I

alfo

overcame,

and am

fat

dome

with

my

Father

in

his

Throne:

it

is

a-

text

that bath

a

great deale

of

difficulty

in

it

:

but here clearely

you

fee

there

are two Thrones

that Chrift

mentions, his Fathers

and

his

one,now faith Chrift,Iovercame,

and

ari.iJet down

with

my

Father

in

his

Throne

So

that

Chrift

doyh

fit with

the

Father,,

and

rules

altogether

with his

Father,

but

faith Chrift,;

I

will

give

you to

fit

downe-

upon my

Throne,

as

I

fit

upon

my

Fathers.

There

is_

a

Throne

that

is more particu-

larly

the.Throne of

Jefus Chtift,and

all

the

Saints shall fit

with

Jefus Chrift thereupon,Now

for this

Throne,

it

is

that

that

we

have