V er.6, the 17th Chapter of St. J O H N. 73 be that cçe«th tome, 1 toill in no wit call out. And ver. 39. This is the Will of him that feat me, th,i of all n3hich he bath given me, I fhould lofe none, but fiould raffe it up again at ;Ile lift ç q. Acid,, John 10. 28, 29..1give unto them eternal Life, and they fhallnever pe- pfd, neither All any;N.yn pluckthenr out of my Hand. My Father which gave them me, is greater, tbángll: end no .YAlan is able to pluck them cut of my Father's Hand. There is Çhrift's Eaith£ylpt f, and the Father's Powe; engaged, therefore this muff needs be proper to the Ele&. Now hecaloft both there ways are proper to the Elea; that that I obferve: is, Thai the Father's Elea are given and committed to the Son, as.his Purchafe, and Charge. Firf, They are given to him by way of Reward. Chrift by virtue of his Purchafe hath many Relations to Believers; they are given to him as Subjeas of his Kingdom; as Scholars of his School, as. Children of his Family, as the Spoufe of his Bofom, as the Members of his Body. All there Relations I (hall infift upon ; for this was the Honour that was granted to Chrio upon his Obedience. It was much that Chrift would be our King, more that he would be our Matter, more that he would be our Father,more that hg would be our Hufbaud, and yet further, that he would be our Head : He coun- ted it an Hollow, and bought it at a dear rate. L. We are given to him, to be Subjeas of his Kingdom. Chrift is Lord of all the Woi Id, but he prized,' no Title like that of Ring of Saints, Rev. 15. 3. to rule as Lord 11 the Church. No Throne like the Conference of an humbled Sinner. The Heart is Ç.hrifïs belt Prrfence-Chamber, he loveth to have his Chair of State fet there. He had an eternal bight together with the Father, and the Holy Ghoft, but hé would come Old tidier, and be crowned with a Crown of Thorns, that he might have a new Right Mediator, and have theCrown of Glory put upon his Head in the Church. ACs 5. 31, nirá bath God exalted with his right hand tube a Prince and a Saviour. The Father ptumifed it long before upon Bargain and Contra &. There is never a Sublet} that Chrift bath, but is bought, and with the deareft Price, his Sovtraign's own Blood, Mat. '20.28. He gave htmfelf; TGrpyv cirri lromi.&, a ranfome fir many. Many Subje &s die id other Kingdgms, that the Prince may be feated in the Throne; but here the Prince di- gtla for theSubjeCs, . that he may govern his Spiritual Realm with more Peace and Quj- otnefs. As the Price was great, fo the Father hath made him a large Grant. t, Çhrift's bmpire is Univerfal, and fpread throughout the World. He properly j¢ theCatholick King, there are no Bounds and Limits of his Empire. Ifa. 53. 12. Therefore Weht 1 dguide him. a Portion with the great, and. he !hall divide the fpoil with the f rong. Some of all Nations are given to him. Ifa.q . 12. Behold, theftpall come from far : and lo, theft from the North, and from the Weft, and theft from the Land of Sinim. North, Weft, South,, yews andpentiles. The yews that are now his Enemies, (hall appoint to themfelves a Head; as the Tribes flocked to Hebron to crown David. Hof. I. it: Then (hall the Children of Judah, and the Children f Ilrae be gathered to$ ether, and appoint themfedues one Head, and they [hall come up out of the Land. There is no King like Chrift for largenefs of Command and Territory. All Monarchs have certain Bounds and Li- mits, try which their Empire is terminated ; Chrift's Empire runneth throughout the whole Circuit of Nature, he bath a Multitude of Subje &s. 2. Chrift`s Empire is Eternal. Of the increafe of his Government there (hall be no end; Ira. 9. 7. Kings naut die, and then their Favourites niay be counted Offenders : So `úathfiehafaidto David, (who yet was a Typeof the Reign of Chrift) t Kings I. 2 t. When my Lordtbe King fhali/leep with his Father!, I and my. Son Solomon fiall be counted ()finders. But Chrift liveth and reigneth for evermore. But you will fay,Chrift doth not reign for ever, but till he path put all Enemies under his Feet, when he (ball reign up thé .Kingdom to the Father, a Cor. 15.24. I Anfwer, In Kingly Dignity there are twtà things Regia Cura,and Regius Honor } Kingly Care, and Kingly Honour. Kingly Care; by which he ordereth and defendeth his Subje &s; and Kingly Honour, which he recei- ved; from his Subjeets. Certainly, Chrift (hall be King for ever and ever, Luke 1.33. And he Add reign aver the Houle of Jacob 'for ever, and of his Kingdom there frail be no end '5 becaufe he (hall always be honoured and adored as King and Mediator : He (hall relign the Kingdom, that is, that way ofAdminiftration; for when the Ele& are fully conver- ted and I ntgified,and their Enemies deftroyed,there will be no need of this Care. Now thus we are given to Christ, that he might be a King Univerfaliy and Eternally: He ruleth us by a tweet Covenant, he might rule us by Power: Other Kings find Subje &s, Kkk he
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