the SaZ.-vatiori,oJthe C!Jurch from his Perfon. l o 1 }Jel and the Laws thereof, requiring Obedience unto the Of }icersand Rulers that he hath appointed therein. It is true, -that this alfo belongs unto his Kingly Power and Rule. But to fuppofe that it conlifieth folely therein, is an ebullition {rom the poifonousFountain of the denial of his Divine Per· fon. For if he benotGod overall, whatever in words may be pretended orafcribed unto him, he is capable of no other Rule or Power. But indeed no one aCt of his Kingly Office can be aright conceived or ack11:owledged, without a refpecr had unto his 'Divine Perfon. 1 ihall infiance only unto this -Purpofe in two things in General. 1. The Extent of his Power and Rule gives evidence here– unto. It is over the whole Creation of God. , All Power is gJven him in Heaven and Earth, Matth. 28. 18. All things are put under his feet, he only excepted who put all things under · him, I Cor.15.27. Andheismadeiieaclo·veralltbing,s unto the Church, Ephef 1. 22 . Not only thofe who are above the ' Rule of external Law, as the holy Angels; and thofe who have cajloffallfuchRule, as the Devils themfelves; but all things that in their own Nature are not capable of obedien5A! to an external Law or Rule, as the whole inanimate Creatio!', Heaven and Earth and the Sea, with all things in them and un– derjthem, Phil.2.1o~with thecfead bodies ofmenwhichheihall raife at the lafl:day. , · . -For this Power over thewh_ole Creation is not only a mo– ral Right to Rule and govern it ; but it is alfo accompanied withvertue,force, or almighty Power to aCt, order, and dif– pofe ofit at his pleafure. So is it defcribed by the Apofile from tlrePfalmifi, He/;. L 10, 11, 12. · ihou Lord inthe/;,. ginntng haft/aid the foundation of the Earth, a'nd the Heavens are the work of thy hands. ihey /hallperijh, but thou remain– eft, and they jhall all wax oldas doth a Garment. And as a J7eflttre jhall thoufold them up, anclthry_.ffial! le c!Jang,ed; but thozt
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