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On
the Excellency
of
Cbrifl.
dome
is
a
right
Scepter.
And
Rea
.t7.4.
Chriji,
there
is
faid
tohee
Lord of Lords,
and
King
of
Kings,
Now
Chrif}
is
a
glorious
King, and
wonderful
in
his
Kingly power.
Firft , Hee
is King
over all
,
over
all Kings
,
over
all
Powers
,
bee
bath
the
higheil Authority
of
all
;
Take
that
for
the
firft
thing.
In
Rev.9.bee
is
laid
to
bee
King of Kings
and Lord
of
Lords.
I
remember
Theodotissa
and another
En
perour,did
ufe
to
call themfelves the Valfais of
Chrift,
and
fo
certainly all the
Kings
and Princes
in
the world
,
they
are but the Vaffals
of
this
great
King.Now hee
is
won-
derful in
his
Kingly power
that hath
all
the
Kings
and
Lords, and
all Authority
in
the world under
his
feet,
in-
deed
they all hold on
him,
and
that
will appear from
the
fecund
place.
2
As
his
power
is
the higheil,
fo
it
is
uniyerfal, univerfal
over all
the
world,
the Government of
all the world
is
committed
to
him
,
i
Cor.i 5,.s7.;
All
things
are
put
under
his
feet,
God
the
Father bath
given unto
him
die
Govern-
ment of
all
the
world
,
hee
is
not onely the King of the
Saints, though hee
bee their
King in
a
fpecial
manner,
but
bee is the King
of Nations too
,
Chrif}
hee
is
the
King
of
Nations
,.God
Man
(I
fay) the
government of
all
the
world
is
given to
him
,
all the
Nations
of the
World
are
underhim
to
govern and
judge,andto
make ufe
of
for the
good of
his
Church; Hee
is
not
onely the governour
of
the
World
univerfally,
but
a
heavenly King, even the Angels
themfelves are
under
him
, Thrones,
and Principalities,and
Dominions, in
Eph.
Lao.
TO
areal!
brought
Into
one
reader
Chriji,
yea
and the Devils themfelves are under
him
;
Ir
is
ke
that
bath
the
Keyes
of
Heaven,
and the
Keyes
of
Hell,
Nev. 1,
t
8.
flee
that
was
dead
is
alive,
and
path
the
Keyes
of Hell and
Death
And this Kingly
Power
of
Chrift
mull needs bee wonderful.
3
But
further,
in the
third
place Chrifi
is
wonderful
in
this his
Kingly Power , for hee
makes
his
Subjeas,
his
Subjects
do not make
him,.
Cola.
i
d.
By
him
mere
a
thing;
created
that
are
in
Heatien,
and
that
or
rn
Earth. There is
no