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on
the
Excellency
of
Chrift,
79
time
that Chrift
fhall
give up
the Kingdome
chat now hee
hath,
and hee
himfelf
fl)
all
bee fubjeót,
that
is,
hee, when
lee
bath
fubdued
all the enemies
of the Church,
hee
(hall
in
a
vifible
and
a
more glorious way rule over
his
own
Saints,
and that
eternally,
and
then
hee to
together
with
his
Saints,
he
as
the head of
his
Saints,fhall in another
way
bee fubject
unto God than
now hee
is
for
the
prefent,
there
shall bee
another
adminiftration of things
than
now
there
is
;
now
Chrift
fits
upon the
Throne
of
his
Father_,
here Chrift
nukes
his
Throne
&
his
Fathers
Throne
diftinet,fo
that
there
is
yet
to come another kinde
of Throne that Chrift hath,
betides the
Throne
that
now hee
fits
upon;
but this
,
I
fay,
is
a
great
myftery
, onely the Scripture holds forth
fuch a
thing
as
this,that
hereafter
Chrift shall have
another
Throne
than that
hee hath now.
x
7
Yea Wonderful in this,
that
bee
will
not
onely
fub-.
jeU all ene
:nies
in the conclufion,but bee will put down all
Rule,and
all Authority
and
Power.It
is
a
very
notable Text
often read,but
little
obferved,
i
Cor.
r
5.24.Then
cometh
the
end,when
hee
/hall
have delivered
up
the
Kingdom
to
God, even
the
Father,when
he
/hall have
put
down
all Rule,and all
Autho-
rity and Pewer.Though
as
our
condition
is
for
the prefenr,we
have
a
great
deal
of
need of humane Rule and
Authority
,
yet
that
is
certain, that there
hath
not
been
any
fuch
enmity
unto the
Kingdome
of Chrift,as
the
Rulers,
and.
Kings,
and
Princes
of
the earth, for the greater
part,
I
fay, Chrift
bath
had no
men
that
have
more kept
-under
his
Kingdome
than
the
Rulers
&
great
ones,and
Princes of
the
earth,therefore
it
feems
his
Kingdome
cannot
bee full
till
bee
bath
put
down all Rule
and
Power,
and bee
.hin
Pelf
to reign
wholly
without
any fuch
help
of
man
as
now.
But now
in
regard
of
our
necetlity,
it
is
true
,
If
all
Rule
and Autho-
rity should
bee
put
down while wee
are in
fuch a
con
dition
as
wee
are
for
the
prefent, certainly wee fhould bee
all
in
a
confufion,therefore
though Chrift fees
that
fo
many
of
the Rulers and
great
ones
of the
world
have
been, and
are enemies
to
his
Kingdome ,
yet to
keep things
in
a
civil.
ardee_,