Book II. CHRIST A KIN G. 345 K I N G. P A R A L L E L. Jnto whatfoever Houfe )'C enter, ./irft Jay, Peace,-if the Son of Peace be there, &c. Lt<ke x. 5, 6. I came not to fend Peace, but a Sword. XV. Kings have a Crown to XV. Jefus Chrijl, that was made a little lower wear, a Sceptre to wield, and a than the Angels, for the Juffering of Death, is Throne to fit L1pon. crow11ed •with Glory and Honor, &c. Heb. i1. 9· '{he Sceptre of thy Kingdom is a right ~ceptre, Heb• . i. 8. As I have overcome, and fat down with my Father upon his 'fhrone, Rev. iii. 2 r. XVI. Kings haYe the Privilege XVI. Jefus Chritt hath the Father anti H r,Iy of a arand Council, to advife with Spirit, without whofe Counfcl he acreth nothing, in M':.tters of Importance either in th Affairs of H eaven, Earth, or H ell. '{here are three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit; mzd thefe three are one, 1 Job;, v. 7· Or thi' Coun– cil Offenders are in danger, and to this Council grand Criminals are delivered up for Punilhment. XVII. Kings have the Privilege and high Prerogative of fending Embalfadors, to treat with States and Kingdoms about Affairs of public Good. XVIII. A King ordains and con– ftitutes Officers, or makes Subfti– tutes, to whom he doth delegate Power to execute his Will and Laws to all his political Body. XVII. J efus Chrift hath the peculiar Preroga– tive to fend Emba!fadors. He lent the twelve Apoftles to the World, "ho faid, We are Embaf– Jadors for Chrijl, 2 Cor. v. 20. And he fent his Angel to the Churches, to treat with them about their prefent and eternal Welfare: I Jefus have fent mine Angel, &c. Rev. xxii. '6. XVIII. Jefus Chrilt makes Subftitutes to this end. By him Kings reign, and Princes decree ]uftice: By him Princes rule, and Nobles, even all the Judt.es of the Earth; the le for the World, Prov. v1ii. 15, 16. And when he afce,ded up on high, he gave fome Apaftles, and fome Pt ophets, and Jome Eva;tgelijls, and fome Paj/ors and Teachers, for his Church; Eph iv. 9• 10. by this, !hewing that he is fupreme Head in all Caufes, ecckft,t!l:ical as wo-ll as civil. XIX. Kings do vouchfafe SeCll· XIX. Jefus Chri!t faved the Gofpel-Church rity and Protection to theirSubjeCls before the Deftruction of ]erufalem, by giving (fometimes,) by good Counfel, and them counfcl to fly upon the Sight of Signs; and eminentAcrs of Providence. the Legal Church in the Wildernefs, by the convenient Providences of a Pilla1· of Fire by Night, and a Pillar of a Cloud by Day. He was the Angel of God's Prefence that faved them, and marvelloufiy hath he, and doth he now !:1ve and preferve his Church from Popilh Rage and Cruelty, in this and other Nations. XX. Kings have Courts of JuXX. Jefus Chri!l hath a high Court of Judidicature, both high and inferior, cature in Heaven, where he .iudgeth Emperors and for the Punilhment of Offenders, Kings, that are out of the power and reach of a according to their Rank and Dehtiman Hand; from whence he fends Angels, gree. who are higher than they, to punilh them for Pride and Opprenion; as in the cafe of Nebuchad1!ezzar, who was by the holy Ones caft from his Throne, Dan. iv. 13· and Herod, who was [mitten by an Angel for his Pride, Afls xii. 23. And a lower Court, where his Church, for him, and in his Name, judgeth Delinquents of a lower Rank. XX!. Kings have many and XXI. Jefus Chrift bath many great Prerogagreat Prerogatives, Rights, Privitives, Rights, Privileges, and Excellencies per– leges, and Excellencies pertaining raining to him. r . He receives Petitions: Lord to them; as to receive Petitions, Jefus, receive my Spirit, Ails vii. 59· 2. He par– and pardon Offenders; to confer cions Offenders: 'Ihe Son of Man bath Power to Honor, and give Commilfwns; to forgive Sins, Matt. ix. 6. 3· He confers Honor: have Tribute paid, and keep an 1 thank Chrijl ]eftts, who bath j!Ut me into the Mi– Exchequer; to filllt out and fcatter nijlry, 1 'fim. i. 12. + He grves Commiffions: wicked Perfons, and thereby beGo ye into all the World. 5· He receives Tri– come a Terror to them that do bute: The honorable Women minilhed unto him evil, and a Praife to them that do not without reafon, for he was Lord of all. 6. well, Rom. xiii, H e keeps an Exchequer, called the tmfearchablc Riches of Chrijl. 7· He lhuts evil Perfons out 4- T of
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