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on
the Excellency
of chrijt,
71
fubUe
the
vvil
is
of men, and
bring
their hearts
to
obedience
to
him
;
all the
power
there
is
in
the
World
cannot
doe this
:
vvhy
the
Kings
of the
earth, if
they
were
put
all
together,they
could
not
fubdue the
heart of
any one poor
man in
the world,
the
will of the poorett Creature
in
the world cannot
be fub-
dued
by
all
the
powers of all
the Potentates
and Emperours
upon
the
face of
the earth
;
they
may
beat
his
body,
or
tor-
ter
his
body,
or
kill
his
body, but
to
fubdue
his
heart,
to
make
his foul
to
bee
fubjea
and obedient
to them, that
I
fay,
all the powers of all the
Potentates in the world,
nay all the Angels
in
heaven
cannot
doe
it, the will
of
a
man
or
woman
is
fuch,
that
all
the
Angels
in heaven
cannot
bring
it down,
only
God
himfelf
;
you
many times
fay, you
will break
the
will
of
fuch a
one,
that
is,
you
will make
them not to doe
fuch
a
thing, but
you
are never able
to
break
their
wills
;
Kings may
prevail
over
their
fub;e;ìs, to
make
them to
doe
what they would have
them doe,
and
their
Eflates
and Liberties
may come
to
be
at their
difpofe
but
all this
while
it
may
be he hath never
a
one
of
their
hearts,
and that
is
but
a
very mean kind
of
Kingly power,
only
to rule
over
men
by
fear,
and
they not to
love him.
But
now
Chrifl in
his
Church, he bath never
a
fubje
ft
that
is
truly under
his
Kingly power,
but
he
rules
his
very will, and
hath never
a
fubjea
but
loves
him
;
where
Chrifl
doth
rule
Spiritually
in the hearts
of
his
people,
though
they
were
never
fo
flubbo
n
and rebellious before, yet when Chrift
comes and brings
them under
his
power, bee
brings
their
wills and their hearts
to him, and
that
is
the
glory
of the
Kingly
power
of
Chrifl.
9
And
then
in
the
Ninth
place, Chrifl
is
a
wonderful
King
in this,
that
he
bath
the
perfeel knowledge
of
all
his
Subje
is
, and of their
wants
;
alas
,
Kings
and
Prin-
ces
in
great
States,
they
know
but
very few
Subjeds that
they have
;
but
now
]eCus
Chris
takes notice
of
every fhb-
jea
that
is
in
his
Kingdom, and
knowes
all their thoughts,
and all
their vvayes, and
all
their
wants,
all their
conditi-
ons, he knovves
them all perfeelly.
Oh
this
is
the
glory
of
L
this