to the E P H E S I A N S. The glory of a King,. you know, lieth not only in having Sub)eCl:s, but in ha-~ ving SubjeCl:s of fubordmate ranks.. There are the Common People, and there Samoil are the NoblefJa, (as they call them,) the Genrry,and then there are the Nobles XXXIL over them . and fo by this fubordmanon of powers doth the glory of a Kmg ap· ~ pear. As }·ou fee ii is in thi~ Kingdom, and fo· efpecially in thofe Ea~erri Monarchies (the language of wluch the Scnpture fpeaks m,) wluch remarn to tillS day niord abfolute than Oll< Et~ropemt Princes arc; as in 'l'er;i.t, you read in Ef/h. I. , 4 . of feven that were Courifellors of Medw and I'erfot, and then you read of Nobles and Rulers over all the 12 7· Provinces, that were l1nder theni, And rei this day, theGrMtTIIrk hath his l1ajbaws, wher~of every one is as .g.reat as EuropeanKings are, and under the~ they have the1r Governours hkcw 1 Je, and it is a tyranny, a fupenonty downward ; and by all thefe, (_wh~n they appear before the Gretll T11rk, they faJI down upon tlie1r faces and ly at h1s feet,) doth ap• pear the greatnefs of that Monarch. So it it,is here, here is God's eldefl Son having all Principalities and Powers in any World you <an imagine ly at his feet. Now then to open unto you Fir!\, what is meant by thefe cxprcllions, Pri1Jci– P••lities, Powers, Might and '1Jomi11ion. lt is as if you ihould fpeak accord– ing to the Language of Eng!tmd, there >re 'Deptlltes, (as you know there 1s the Deputy of Ireland,) and 'Dukes, and MarqueUes, and Earls, f!lc. Or in7itrky there are Vtjiers, B ajhawes and Beglerbegs, thcfe arc the Titles of their Nobles; So is it here, here is Pr111cipa!ity and Power, and Mtght rmd 'IJcmiltiOit. A parallel place with this is that in Coloj.1. t6. (the order indeed is inverted, for that tbe Apoflle !lands not upon,) By him (faith he, ) all thmgs were Created that are ill Heavm a11d that are i1t Earth, viji6te and i11viji6te, whether they be Thrcnes, or '1Jomi11i01zs, or Principalittes, or Powers, Here in the Text, he leaveth out 'Fbra~us, but inflead of it putteth in Mtght, there's all the diffc• rence, and he meaneth authoritie5 of governments both vilib!e and invilible, in this World and the World to come, It is hard to diflinguifh the fubordination of thefe, only we are certain of this, that by .:,:x.;;,, which we ttanflate here Pri11cipality, fupream Magiflrares are meant; that by '~'""''Powers, ordinary Powers,inferior Magiflrates are meant. By Might, may be meant any Power that hath force in it, as your tyranical Pow– er bath. And by 'DotnittiotJ, thofe lower kinds of Lordfhip that Maflers have o– ver Families, Parents have over Children. So as he doth in!lance both in the highefi and in the !owe(\, His fcope is to take all governments in,that is certain, Therefore in I Cor. 15. 24. he fpeaks there how that Jefus Chrifl will put all go– vernments down, and he mentioneth Three of thofe that are here in the Text; Hejhall deliver ~p the Ki11gdom to his Father whm he jha/1 have put down aft -Rule, the word 1s dp""'' that whtch we tranflate Principality, aJJd a!t Alltho– rity, the word is the fame which we tranflate Power, here in the Text, and Power, the word is the fame that is tranflatedMight, in the Text. Now, it is enough to lls that the Apoflle cloth here intend thefe two things. Firfi, Afubordination o~ Powers, of hi~her Powers and lower Powers, Secondly, That he doth mtend all forts of Power, all Rule, Power and Autha. rity whatfoever, and that in either Worlds. Now, To open what ihould be meant by thefe Powers here that are thus (ubot• dinate one to another which the Apoflle here intendcth. We find thefe,names, Pritzcipalities and Powers,Might rmd'lJomi1liotJ, given to Three forts ot Rulers. To good Angels, 'I'o bad Angels. To Men that are Magi!lratcs in this World. Hh h 1. Then
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