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Gofpel

kmi

fs'ion.

flail

be

my

King,

I

will

expo

ft

my law

from

him ; and

all

obedience

I do

to

man,

it

fluall be

in

order

to

di

:s

Chrifl

my

King

;

this

is

a

tranflarion into the

Kiagdom of God,

when

the

foul

feels

the power

of

Clarift

ruling

in

him,

and

over

-

fwaying

him,

and the

foul

looks

up to

Chrifl

for

its proae6ti-

on

and

provision,

and &fires

above

all

things

in

the world,

to let

up

fetus

Chrifl

as

his

King

in

all

the

waysofhis

Go-

vernment, both

in his own

heart, and the

world

too,

and

longs

to

hear

that

voyce,

when

it

fhall

be

laid,

The Kingdoms

of

thta

world

are

become

the Kingdoms of

our

Lord

and

Saviour

Yefus

Chrifl, and

he

(hall reign

for

ever

and

ever

;

Thus

thofe

that

have

redemption through

the blond

of

ChM},

even

the

forgiven.efs

of

fins,

they

are

tranflated

into

the

Kingdom

of

his

dear

Son

;

and

as

the Scripture

fpea

ks, They have

the

Kingdom

if

God

within

them;

that

is

an

expretfion

of

the

Holy

Ghof}in

the Gofpel.

Now

this you

are to examine

your

hearts

upon;

What

of

the

Kingdom

of

Chrifl

you have

within

you

?

Do

you

live

and

walk

as

one

that hart

the

Kingdom

of Chrift within you?

Is

Chrifl asa

King

and

So-

veraign

over

your

thoughts,

words and

a

&ions

?

And

do you

look

to

him

for the,law

of

your thoughts,

words

and-ac`tions,

and

walk

before

him

as

your Sovcraign

Lord,

depending

on

him

to

know

his

will

continually, and

fear

and honour him

as

a

King

:

If

the

Kingdom

of Chrifl

be

in

you, that

is,

if

Akre

Gofpel

have an

effeE}ual

work upon

you

;

for the Gofpel

in

the power of

it

is

ordinarily

expref}

by

the Kingdom of

Heaven;

when the

Word

comes

to

any

place, the

Kingdom

of

Heaven

is

fail

to come

;

is

would

take

up

a

great deal

of

time,

to

1latw

wherein

the

Holy

Ghoft

calls

the

Gofpel

the

Kingdom of

Heaven

; but

it

is

called

the Kingdom of

Hea-

ven,

becaufe

it

is

the Kingdom of

Chrifl

that

is

Lord from

Heaven,

and

Chrifl

rules in

it

by

the preaching

of

the

Go-

lpel: But now, though

it

ke

the

Kingdom

of

Heaven,

and

the

Kingly power

of

Chrifl

be

in

the

preaching

of

the Go.

fpel, yet this

does

not

prevail

upon all

forts

;

it

is

like

a

net

that

is

caft

into the

Sea,

the meaning

of

it Items to

be

no-

thing

elfe,

but

that

the

preaching

of

the

Gofpel,

am

@ng

a

mul-

ttudeof

People,

is

like

a

net cafi

into the

Sea,

wherein.fonae

L

are

h