to theE P H E S I A N S. Thirdly He is worthy to receive Strmgth; he bath not only Authority and W Power to difpof9-oT all, but-he hath Strength too. Kingshavenot firengtb S.rmon anfwcrable to their power that IS; to tlmt authonty ; but what they do, they XXXI, mull do by others. . But j;fus Chrifi, he hath flrength, perfonal flrength, he is V"'r"<J able to do it alone. . . .fourthly Wifdom, that is as large as all thefe. . . Fifthly, Houo11r. Ho;wur is due to him from all the Creatures; they fall all down before him. Sixthly, GforJ, from his Father., t~at bath thus joyned him in Commillion, and fet him up to be fharer w!tb h1mm the Kmgdom. And, . Laflly, Ble)Jing, from all Ius Samts, for they only blefs !urn. And tlm he bath given tohim byJittit;g Oil God's right hmtd. 1 will give you but one Inflance. He was able, when he was Jet down"'' God's right hand, to fend the Holy Ghofl into mens hearts, What a mighty ability was this! Could any Creature do It ! That the Holy Ghofl fhould be Ius Am~ baiTador, to difpatch his bufinefs here; Yet this is made the fruit of being fet at God's right hand. Af1.2, 33· Being 6y the right ha11d of God exalted, aud ha– vi11g received of the Father the Promtfe of 1ht Holy Ghof/; he" harh jhed fort~ this which yt 11ow 6oth fee alldhMr. Could any Creature have done thts? No meer Creature could have done it, nor he as meer Man could have done it; but he being Manjoyned to God, fo he bath right to do it. You feo now what is imported byfitti11g at God's right baud. This is the fub~ fiance of it. It importeth, Fir((, Futnefs of aliPiea[tm. . Second!v, A Commrmicatio11 of God-like Majefly. Thirdly; Power mtd 'Domi11io11 over allthit;gs. Fourthly, Ability to execute that Power. So much for the fubflance of it. There are two Circumflances, thatfitting o;i God's right ha11ddoth yet imply, to make up this fully. · Firft, that he doth quietly poffe(s allthu. The word Sitting flill implieth quit/ poffef!ing. As 1 Ki11g. 2.28. when Sbimei ·Was in ,7ertt{altm quiet and un~ di((utbed, we tranflate it, He dwelt at.'lert~{a!em, the Hebrew word is, He fate at Jerufa!em , he quietly enjoyed his houfe; as 'David is faid to fit i11 hu hortfe. That fame phrafe there in Af1.~.21. which we tranflate, Whom the Heavens mrtft receive, or contain, rmtil the timtJ of rt/litutio1J of all thi11gs. It is flrange to fee how ambiguous the Holy Ghofl fpeaks; the words may be 2s well read thus . and as clearly, and no man can deny it, Who mufl poffe(s the Heavens till the times of t.~e ref/itutio1J of all thi11gr. It is as true and as full a fenfe, and the Lmhera11s anfwer us home in that place, for we would bring it againfl their U– biquity; and they fay, and fay truly, Whom t?tofl poffe[s the HMvms, till,f§c, It is a phrafe ufed in Greek and Latin, to Receive the City, or Rtceivt the King– dom, fpeal<ing of Kings or Conquerors, when they come to poiTefs a Kingdom or a Cay. 'D11vtduferh the phrafe Pfa!. 75'· •· When I jha!irectivtthe Co?Jgre– gatiMt,l wit/judge upright!y,that is,when l fl1all come to poiTefs the Kingdom. So .7efM Chrtfl poiTeiTeth Heaven, he fitteth and quietly enjoyeth .hi1 Ki. "dOrn• This is implied by /itti11g 011 the right hand of God. " Se~ondly,. He doth not onlyfit quiet{!', but hefitteth (r~rely. When his King• dom 11 mentwned, fl•ll you fhall find this added, Tlry Thro11e is for ever!ajli11g; z(ettdureth forever, zt ufromgmeratto1J to gweratiott, f§c. And this the word Sitti11gimplieth. As lfat.~6.s. fpeaking of the Kingdom of Chrifl, !11 mercy (f.11th he)jhall theThroJte be ejla61ijhed, and he }ball fit upon it 111 truth, T!l have h1m fit upon 1t, .and to have t~e Throne eflablif11ed, it is all one. It impli– eth the firmnefs of h1s Kmgdom ; 1t IS fuch a Kingdom as fl1all bre~k all King– doms. So you have what is to have Chrift fit at God's Right hand (as briefly as t could} explained. The Ufes that this afford are infinite , which the Scripture g•veth; but I muft not nm out into this thing, for I muft mecrly expound. Ggg 2 the
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