~I is a fpirirurul <~re, wherein ~::7:,~t~O:,~~~:.~~:atc ofgrace.This fiatc ofgloric ~·~:b·6· willingly fubict\: to his w?ittcn wOrd, byhis . i~ the citic,and the fiatc of gracc,as it werc;thc fpirit. I call the kinsdome of gracc,a fPiri!HttH ll.lb~o~rbs of ic.In this life, v\·ee liuc in the kingef!au, both becautc it is principally cxercidome of grace: b~t the kingdornc:.ofg~oric,is fed in the Confcicncc, and alfo btcaufe this re- . n:,Ccrucd tor the life tQ cOme: : ~md this 1pcciall giment in the confc~~, is by-the-fpirit of ·kingdomc of.God in both thefe efiarcs, doe God. Secondly, I lh.cw whcr(in it con(1l.l~; we here pray for• . , nlrnely, in avolunrorie fubiection ofth~ole Th; Kingdm~e J This imports thatthcr< is on ! man in foulc, and bodic, in'd fp~!'it, to the will other kingdome, cuen the kingdon1c ofS-ar<'-n; I of God, reuca!ed in the word: Pfolm.IIO.J• which is a kingdome ofdarkncs,full ol all dif" I TIJ) people jlJ41/ come ff!.illi•gl; ili·the da; of af- ·order & confulion,through finne,which grcatfomhling thine armie, inhof;heaHIJ, And thi< lyhindercthandannoytthGodskingdomcof I fubicClion fiands in thrccthings; in Right<oHfgraceefpecially. ! nejfo, Pcact,And loy intbehol; Ghoft, Rom. 14. c~mel That is, tovsmch in thewotld;. and ! G~sl<ing· ~ 17. 18. In Rigb~eoHfiup~, that is.Firfi,in ChriHs I thcilit comm,th when God doth ereCt and colomccomc& ! rightcou(n~tfc imputed ; and fccondly,. in the Gablifu the fam;in their hcarts:now vnto perby dr~rccs. I righteoufi,c{fe ofa good c6fciencc,the·ground 'B lce\ion it comes by fiuc degrecs:I. When God 1 1 whereof, is fanCtification by the fj>irit, ·which giucs \Into men the outward mcancs offalu~uiChrift t;mcs to them_, \.\'hom he doth iuflifie. on, wherein he doth tC'llcalc his grace and faIn Peace, that is peace of confdencc towardS uour in Chrifi; as the Gofpcl prcachtd,,\·hich God, and p<.:;tcc \\"ith Gods Church; yea, and is therefore called tb~ word of the /Qngdmu, , all crutures , fo farrc forth as is ncc:dcfull for Manh. 13. t 9. And fo Chrifi (hauing relation ! them. N:ow vndcr pc:acc,we muJl comprcll'cnd to hispr.each~ng,which he corifinncd by-mir::... "l lquc, and all duties of louc ; for as righteoufdes among the !ewes) faith, Tht kjngdome of , ncffe C911CC'rncs the pcrfon in foulc and bodic, G.od..il cof1u vnroJOU, Luk, It. 20. and becing I fo peace rcfpes'h all duties and at\ions of the demanded by the Pbarifics, whrn the kjngdom< jlifc :' Ri&htcoufilcffc is the root,~ from whence of QodP;o~Jidccmu l h~rclls them, it WM11mong l :fpringnh thisp-cac~ \o\'ith cucry action thereof; them, Luk. J 7.11 ,meaning,that it was brought f9r.whcn the heart isfanClificd,rh~ life is rcfor.. Vnt9 them, by the minificric of JohnBapti}J, of •121Cq... Lafily, in ioyinthehof; Gho.fr: thot is a. himfclfc,andofhisDifciples;althoughindccd 1 • fruitc of both the former, rcfpcC1ing cfpccially it were without profit to m;my of them. z. the fiate ofaffiitl:ion;for when a man is iufiificd When the"' o1·d prcachtd inlightcns the mind, ansl.fantlified,& bath peace towards God,then fo as a man knowes and vndcrfiands the myarifeth in his h~art a fpirituall delight in God, C fieri< of the Gofpel, which is the law of thi~ in rul efiarcs:yeo,though grcaraffii6Hons light kingdom<. l· When a man isthcrebyregcncvpon hi!lllor Gods caufe, ycr he bcarerh them rar<,and fo brpught into this kingdome:for by with\ inward ioy and delight, .knowing that rrg~ncration we hauc cffcC\.uall entrance into the fpirit of glotie, and of Go~, rdlcth vpon the fiatc ofgrace,whercin Chnfi rules in vs by 1h.im, and t~at he !holl be glorified ~vith Chri(\, his word and !pirir, and we yeeld fubietlion I ifhc.fu!fcr wi1h Chrifi: which things, while he vnto him. 4• At the end of this life, when the comparcrh together, hcc little dlccmeth the bodic gocth to the earth, but the foule to God . :1ffi.iCHous of this life, in refpcCt of the~Jorie that gauc it, bceing rranfiarcd to the ioycs of 1 :a.Cor.4-17 1 that lha11 be rcutalcd; I For the !Jght afflitl#m hcaucn, in the gloric of r~,is kingdome. 5. At that is hut fo,·a mommt, caufoth vnto VJ a farre [ the lafl judg~mcnr;whcn bodie :1nd (oulc bee... rntn·e ~xcellent 11nd et~·rnalt 'fl'aight if tl<IY'it. ingvnitcd agaiue, arc both made partakers of Thcfe are the branches of this fpirituall j the gloric ofthis kingdom<: and this is the full fubictlion, which "hofocuer hath, is a good and pcrfcC\ comming ofir. fubic8: in the kin~domc of grace : as the A-· D So then our reuudl to Co<i in this petition, m JlOm.1+ polllc faith in the next vcrfc, m ht th4t in thefo is to i:his effeCt; b Father, let thJ kfttgdomt ' 8 • rhingsferuethChrifl, UacHptttf.,ltvntoGqJ, 11nd Gqme to 1/Jthar br Pilgrimu andj!rangeo hrre approdued ofmm. · on earth, prepare 111 ftYT it, muJ enter vs into it, 'Gods ki~tg· The k.!,ngdonuofglori~, is the hldfcd cfl:ate thAt beJef wirh.ut; ren11e VJ 6; thy{pirit, rJuu we Jo~n~:"of ofGo.is cle8 in hcaucn, whereby God in m111 befo/Jiefltoth]will, co~firnu 1.1Ja!fointhi& gloric. ChriA: bccorric~ all things vmo them imrncdirft~te-, that cHrfoHits afurthis lif~, Andbothfoult> arely, r. Cor. 1 ~.28. This cfiate of glorie is a And hodie 4t th, d•y of iHdgm""' ma; h<fH19 fubictl.ion al{o, but yet fuch a fubicaion, as is giorijirdyr~t,Lord hfljlen thUglorir to11J,ar.dto111/ I indeed a gloriousngimcnt:forthcrc \Vt raignc thine EltEf. with ChrHl, in whomc, and through whomc, - T ber[ts. I. J..Yar.ts toluluwailrd. God him(clfe becomes hono~r,peace, health, .The wants we are to bcw:1ilc in this pctiti- M:tninuu· foolic, raiment, and all things needful! to the 1 1 on, dthcr conccrnc our fducs,or othcrs.Fi1fi, ~~~~ro~~~ pcrfcClion of fclicitic. Now thcfc two bcci1~g I we rtndl lament :md tnournc for our O\vnc Gods kingdor:nc, differ thus; The fiate of mifcrablc eHarcby nz.turc, whereby \\'CC are grace is the beginning ond c'riirancc to the .the fcruants of finnc, •nd fo in throldomcand I (l~~~!orlc::'lnd theflatCofgloric is the pet.. bondage: vndcr S~tan: ftnnC leads VS intobon~ . ~ ___ dag"-e~,c:__ __...o'
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