40 edln Exeoftton of the Cu A P. I, platform of it, being said in him, and built upon him: And 2. Heeras this Church-, State upon himfelf, Matth. 16:18. I will buildmy Church ; the Spirit and Word where- by it is done, being from him alone, and ordered in and by his Wtfdom; Power and Care ; And 3. He gives Laws and Kules ofWor(hip and Obedience unto it, when fo builtby himfelfand upon himfelf; Matth. 28. 18. A£Is a. z. Heb. 3. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. And 4.Is theeverlafling, conftant, abidingHead, Ruler, King, andGovernour of it, Epb. 1.22. Col. 2.19.Heb.3.6. Rev. 2. 3. All which thingsare ordinarily fpoken unto, 'and the ends of this Power of Chrift filly declared. V I. He is Lord alfo ofPolitical things ; All the Governments of the world that are let up andexercifed therein for the goodofmankind, and the prefervation ofSociety according to Rules of Equity and Righteoufnefs; over alltheé, and thole who inand by them exercife Rule and Authority amougftmen, is lac Lard and King. Healone is the abfolutePotentate; the Highcfton the earth .are in a fiibordinatiou untohim. That I. He was defigned unto, PJal. 89. 27. And accordingly he is 2. Made Lord:of Lords and King ofKings, Rev. 17.14. Chap. 19. 16. 1 Tim. 6.15. And 3 He exercifeth dominion anfwerable unto his Title , Rev. 6. 16. Chap. 17. 14. Chap. 18. 16,17, IS, 19, 20. Pf 1. z. 8, 9. Ifa: 6o. Mich. 5.7, 8, 9. And 4. Hath hence right to lend his Gofpel into all Nations in the world, attendedwith the wor- íhipby him prefcribed, Mattb..28. 18. Pfal.2.9, 104-11, 12. which none of the Rulers or Governours of the world have any right to refùfe or oppofe, nor can fo do, but upon their utmofl peril. And 5. All Kingdoms (hall at length be brought into a praf<fd Jùbjeelion tohim and his Gofpel, and have all their Rule difpofed ofunto . the interet)of his Church and Saints, Dan. 7. 27. Ifa. 6o. 12. Rev. 19.a6,17,18,19., V I I. The laft branchof this Dominion of Chrift conffts in the Reftdue of the Creation ofGod ; Heaven andEarth, Sea and Land, Wind, Trees, and fruits of'the earth, and the Creatures of fenfe, as they are all put under his feet, Pfal. 8. 7, 8, Ephef. s. 22. I Cor.15.27. So the exercife of his power feverally over them, is known fromthe floryof the Gofpel. And thus we have-glanced at this Lordthip of Chrift, intomeof thegeneral parts of it : And how fmall a portion of his glorious power, are we able to comprehend ordeclare. Ae ü i aini iioinosv. By whom alfa he made theWorlds. The Apoff /e in there words gives farther Jirength to his prefent Argument, from another Confideration of the Perron of the Mah ; wherein he alto difcovers the foundation of the Prehemineneeafcribed unto him in the words lain infitfed on. By him the worlds Were made; fo that they were his own, óh. 1. 11. and it was meet that in the newcondition which he underwent, that he fhould be the Lord of them all. Moreover, if all things be made by him, all difobedience unto him is certainly molt unreafonable, and will beattended with inevitable ruine; 'of the Truth whereof, theApoftle aims toconvince the Hebrews. Nowwhereas the Affertionwhich prefents its felf at firft view in thefe words is filch, asif we rightly apprehend' the meaning of the.Holy"Ghoft in it, muff needs determine the Controverfie that the Agfile had with the Jews, and is of great ufe and importanceunto the faithof the Saints in all ages, I (hall firft free the words fromfallé glofs Aid interpretations, and then explain the Truth afferted in them, both abfolutely, and with relation to the prefeuepurpofcof the Apottle. That which fome men defign in their wretting of this place, is to deface the il. hefirious Teftimeny given in it unto the EternalDeityof the Son ofGod ; and to this purpofe they, roceed variuufly. 1. By H b by whom, they fay "s' Ir, for whom, is intended. And fo the fenfe of the place is, thatforChriff, for hisfake, Godmade the world : foEniedinus ; and Grotius embracethhis notion; addingin its confirmation that this was the opinion of the Jews, namely, that all things were madefor theMefah; and therefore svítnoe, he ren- ders by, condielerat, as fignifying the time long finte pali, before the bringing forthof Chrift in the world; asalfo that dl ñ ", is- put for d4' iv, in Rom. 6.4. Rev. 4, t1. Chap. 1.14. and therefore maybeherefo ufed. According to this Expolition of the words, wehave in them an exprelfion of the Love of God towards theMefiah, in that for
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