,, - 3 t 6 T/;eE.:'Caltation ofCl)ri.J1', tJJitl) !Ji; . of his Elecr to be faved, or one:enen;y_ to be fubdued. He ihall not faint nor give. over until he hath fent forth Judg:– ment unto viB:ory. · For the difcharge of this work, he hatha Scveraig,_n Power over all things in Heaven and Earth committed unto him.. Herein he /doth and mufi :raign. And fo abfolurely is it vefied in him, that upon the ceafing.of the exercife of it, He himfelf is faid.to be made fu·bje{j unto_God. It is true, that the LordChrif.l in his Humane Nature is alwai~s left then,. · or inferiour 'unto God, even the Father. In that fenfe he is infubjeflion unto him now in Heaven. But yet he hath all aflualexercife of Divine Power, wherein.he is abfolute and, fupreme. \Vhen this ceafeth, he fl1al1 be {u!Jjeft unto the Fa-:· ther in that Nature, and onlj fo. Wherefore when this work. is perfecrly fulfilled and ended, then fl1all all the ll1ediatory ACling,s of Chrifl: ceafe for ev~rmore; For God will then; have compleatly finifhed the whole defign of his \Vifdom· and Grace, in the confi:itution of his Perfonand Offices, and have raifed up and finifhed the whole fabrick of eternal Gl(}· ry. Then will God be allin all. In- his own immenfe Na-– ture and Bleffednefs he fl1all not only be All effintially and faufally, but in All alfo; he fl1all immediately6e Allin and unte> us. This ilate of things, When 'God fhall.immed~ate!J be All in All, we can have no, jufl: co;nprehenlion of in this life.: Some refre!hing notions of it may be framed in our minds, : from thofe apprehenfions of the Diviite Perfe!lions which :reafon can attain unto; and their fuitablenefs to yield eter· mal Reil:,, Satisfaction and Bleifednefs in that enjoyment of them, whereof our Nature is capable. Howbeit of thefe things in particular, the Scripture is filent; however it te– fiifies our eternal Reward and Bleifednefs t<i confifi alone in the en)o:Yment d£ God.. But . '
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