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On
the
Bxcéklency
of Chriji.
order
,
Chrif+would
-have:
Rule
and Authority
for
the
pre-
fem.
;
But
there
is
a
time coming,when
his
people fhall
bee
.
made
fo
fub
;ect,
as
they
roan
have no
need
of
thefe
things,
but
Chrifi will
put
them-
all down here
in
the world
,
and
himfelf chely Ihall
Reign;
fo you have
it
in
'the book
of
the
Revelations,
chap
>a
a.verf,a.5;
'T
hat
there
were
g;
eat
voyces in
heaven,
Paying,
The
Kingdomes
of this
world
are
become
the
Kingdomes of
our
Lord,.
and
of
his
Chrij
,
and
bee
/hall
Reign
for
ever
and ever.
For
that
it
feems
Chrift bath not
yet
taken
his
Power,
had
not
then,neither bath
hee fince
:
But
there
is a
time
coming
for
the
Kingdomes
of
the earth
to
bee the
-Lords
and
his
Chrifls
in another
way
than now
they
are.
z
8
And
then
thehaf' of all,
Chrif}
is
fuch
a
King,
as
hee
doth
in
a
fpiritual
fenfe make all
his
Subjetis
Kings
hee
hath
a
Crown
of glory
for every
Súbjea
,
for every one
of
thofe
that
are his Subje&s,
in
that
near
relation,
as
hee
is King
of
Saints,
I
fay, bee
will
put
Crowns of
glory
upon
them all
;
you
have it
in
Rev.
5.to.
And
haft made
m
unto
our
God
Kings
and
.Priefls
, and
wee
fhall
Reign
on
the
earth,
not
onely in
heaven,
but
on
the earth. Why
now
how
wonderful
is
Chrift in
this his
Kingly
power,
that
bee
is
able to
make
every
Subje&
that
hee
bath
a
King
?
and
hee
will
do
it.
Now
then,
If
wee
ihhould
put
all thefe
toge-
ther
that
have been
named ,
you
fee
how
wonderful
Chrifi
is
in
his
Kingly Power..,
z
Hee
is high
above all
,
King of
Kings,
Lord
of
Lords.
2
Hee
is
an
univerfal
King over all
the
World,
a
hea-
venly King, over
Angels,
yea
over
Powers,
over the De-
vils themfelves.
3
It
is
hee
that
makes his Subjevts,
not they
him.
4
His
Subje
&s.
are for him,
and
not-hee for them.
5
Hee alone
is
able
to
make Laws
for
his
Church.
.6 Hee
hath
abfolute
Sovereignty.
His Laws do
binde
confcience.
.8
Hee
rules in
the
hearts oilmen.
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