678 Chap. 25. An Ex,,=fatifln upon the Book of J®3. Vert'. 2° . peace inhis high places. Chili} is Prince of the Kings of theearth (Rev: I.5.) He to T îrd of 1,,rds and Ding rf.<éïnJ(Rev.Ig: TÛ -} that is,not only a King or aLord, excelling all other Kings and Lords, but alfa ruling them, or reigning over them : Kings are his Subjet`s. iecondly His is an abfolutedominiorrthat is, he governes by no law,bur by his name will : this kinde ofdominion is proper un- toGod alone. He doch and he only may governe' by his owne will, He Both in heaven and earth what ever -pleafeth him, This was fpoken of( 7ob 23 r3.) He is in one miade, and who can turne him ? and what his /name def3reth that he da<b. He doth not goe our ofhimfelfe for his rule; his owne 4efire is his rule, aïl the delires ofGod are holy, juft, and righteous, and therefore his de- fire and will may well be his rule. It is good that he fhould-have an abfolute dominion and rule according to his owne will, who cannot will any thing, but what is good. And 'ticbut jail that he fhould rule as he.pleafeth , who cannot be pleetfed with any tl::ing - but what is, juft, Thirdly, His is an everld ling dominion ( Plat 145. 13. Pfaff. 7. ) As men are mortal!, fo are States, K,ngdomes, and Em- pires. The ftrongeft and greateft of them have had their fates and funerals. Wee fee what changes there have beenof dominion and :power out of one hand into another ; but the dominionofGod is fuó;eet to no change, nor knoweth it any fate. The Tebyloniaa, the Perftan, the Grecian, and the Roman Monarchyes have fern their day; but the dominion of Jefus Chrift is an everyfling do- minion ( /Dan. 4, 34.) 'cis fo acknowledged even by Nehuched- ne tar..A.,d at the end of the dares I Nebuchadnettmar lift up -mine eyes unto heaven, and mine underflandirg returnedemir wee, and 1blued theweft high, and 1 praifd and honoured him that li- veth far ever, whofe dominion is an everlaffing dominion, and hie Kingdoms is from generation togeneration. !fourthly, His is an Effec$uall Dominion. As he Each a right to doe what he witl, fo he bath ftrength toeffect what he willeih. Such is the dominion of God, and becaufe it is fuch, even an uni- verfall, abfolute, ever"laftingand effeftuall Dominion. Therefore, let man rememberhis duty. Dominion callethfor fubjc ion. That'sthe*potties rule (Rom: 13, r, ) Let every peels k¡ub- jra
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