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On

the Excellency

of

Chrift,

glory upon

his

death,

and

in

that

hee

is

wonderful

in

his

Kingly

power.

15

Further,

Chrifl

is

King

from everlafting

to everla-

f}ing,

for

ever

;

7 by

throne

O Lord

endures

for

ever

and

ever

:

other Kings are

but of yeflerday, and

they are

dead and

gone;but

it

is

not

fo

with our King,the Lord

is

king

for ever.

t

6 Further, he

is

wonderful

in

this,

he

fits

upon

his

Fathers

Throne now

at

this

time. You have

fuch

a

place

in

the third

of

the

Revelations,

verf.

21

.where

Chrift

promises

to

thole

that

over-come,that they

(hail

fit

upon

his

throne,even

as

he

over

came, and

is

fet

down

with his

Father in

his

thróne.The

ad-

miniflration

of

all things

in theWorld now,I

fay,

it

is

given

to

Chrift

joyntlywith

his

Father,

JefusChrift

God-

Man,fits

up-

on

theThrone of

his

Father not

only

the fecondPerfon

inTri-

nity,

but Chrift

God-Man

fits upon the Throne of

his

Father,

&

together

with

his

Father doth order and govern all

things;

here

is

a

height

of

glory

that

no

creature elfe can bee ca-

pable of;

the Humane

Nature of

Chrift being joyned in

one

Perfön with

the Divine,

fo

it

comes

to

have

of

the glory of

this Kingly

power upon

it,

that

it

may

bee fáid, That

Per,

fon

that

is

Man,

doth

now at this time

fit

upon

the

Throne

of

his

Father, and together

with

his

Father

doth adminifter

his power;

fo

that

the

Apoftle

fpeaks

of

a

fubjee}ion

of

Chrift

thatihail

be

afterwards

unto

the Father

more

than

Cor. x5.2.5,

is

now, in

I Cor.

IS.

25.

it

is a

text

certainly

that

bath

a

26,

2.7, 2.8.

great

myfferÿ in

it,

and

is

very hard

to

underftand,

For

hee

muß

reign

till

he

bath put

all

enemies

under

his feet

;

the

1aji

enemy

that

(hall

be

deßrayed is

death,

for he

bath

put

all

things

tinder his

feet

;.

but

when

he

faith,

all

hings

are

put

under

him,

it

is

manifeß that

he

is excepted which

did

put

all

things

under

him.;

And

when

all

things /hall

he

fabdued

unto

him,

then

fhall

the Son

alp

hifelf

be

fubje5l

unto

him that

put

all

dill

under

him

.

,

that

God

maybe

all

in

all.

When

al

l

'things

(hall

be fubdued

uthtò

him,

then

the

Son

himfelf (hall

bee

fubje&.

It

feems,there;is

not

that

fubje6tibn- now

as

(hall

be

hereafter; Chrift

now fits upon the Throne

of

his

Fa-

ther,

and rules

together

with

his

Father,

but there

is

a

time