wrf. 7.-· ~ the~· Chap.rfthe'R_evel. ! m~. !------ Icwcs by rioht difcem from his fachcr DaUid, · A power he puts ill execution, whcni~ books of' ! I as his Genc~logie_pl:tindy fh~wcch, LUke 3. i j the oldc ~nd newc TcHamcnt, he prdcribcth 1 And alfo the quefhon of the \\'tfc men at Icru- , j the doChme ofthe Lawe and the Gofpd,tobe I (, 1 tcm, faying: where~~ rh:: K•ngofthe lcwu j obcycrd and.belccuc~. And none Uur.hce can1 rb.lt i 1 burnc? Manh.2.2. And therefore "\'11cn make anArudc offatth, or ahwc eobJndc tha the Publicans asked tribute ofhim, he pleaded I confciencc: and therefore Pat~!iairh,whofoeucr I the priuiledge ofa kings fonne: albcic,~o ~void j/:Ja/1teadJ.ttny uthcrdoflrt~e, thtn tbat whiahyec · olfcnce, he was comem to yccld of ius rrghr, lum~ rcceruedof-:;s, let htm bee acc-u;ftd, Gal..- ,and to p:tytributc; Tliercby !hewing 1 that he 1. 8. Secondly, f~r regiment~ he I::tth abfolu~c I bad right to the kingdomc of Ifracl, though he power to prercnbc !Jaw he ~;nil haue h1~ would }:lot uke it vpon him, and tberefor~ , church gouerncd:,and IJY \\'horn; and therefore Came in fuch :1 time when the kingdomc was ,, Mofos when h~ was to make the Tabernacle; takenof the Romane Empcrour. ~econdly,he d did ~t!l things accoyJing tq the pattcrnethar the (\ Exod.1i. ~ 1113 ybee [aid to haue the key of DauidJ kin&... Lordgaue vnto him. So Dau;dgau~ toSttlom011 t1~b~:s~ dome typically : for DauidJ kingdome\vas a ti- ~ patternu Df allthi;tgs that Wt!i'e in himhy the fPi"' gure of Chriilskiogdome, and DaPtdhim... rit,tostchtng ihe/Juilding ofththoufeofGod, 1. tdfca type of Chrilt: as it is moll excellently : Chrm1. 28.12. Thirdly, he hath abfolutc pow• dciciphcrcd in the Propbcts, Ieremie'13. 5· 6. · B er ro appoint the time of kctping his Sabbath: Hofea 3· 5· where Chrilt is planely called Dafor as the ordaining of a Sabbath belongs to ttid, by the: name of him that was his type, ChriH, fodod1 thcchangingrhercof; he that fignc, and figur~. 0.!Jft. Whywere not as well prcfcribeth worfhippc, mufi prefcribc the orthe kingdomcs of Ndmchtldnez..z...ar, and Phadinarie fer time thereunto, \\'hieh is ro comi--· rAoh, types of Chri1ls kingdome, as Dauids? nu-c to the ende. And therefore it is but an o..'· An[. Be<::aufc DauidJ kingdomc, was a king.. pmion of men-, to holde rhatthe Church may dome oflighr and pictic;but theirs were king.. make rwo or mo'c Sabbath dayes in a weckc, if domes of iinne and iniquitic. And he b faid to theywilt Fourthly, Inpr~fcri/Jing the Sacrae J.t:or.trj: hauct,hc key of Dauids kingdomc, bccaufe his ments: and therefore c Paulfairh,T1/h~tt liMuC ~1, kingdome~nd. the rightcoufneffc thereof, was recciuedofthe Lord, thatdc!:ller I vntoyott: fpca... figured liy the pietio In Dauid! kingdom<. And king of the Lords fupper. For hee that giucs this kinde of [peaking is iullifiablc by Gods grace, mull alfo appoint the fignes and fcalcs ofj' • word. So Mar.z.z;. Ch,.riH is ca11ed aNazarite: grace. ' "· which place hatb relation to thatwhich is fa id The femnd pm of Chrills foueraigncpow• c: ludg.rJ. properly ofc Samfon, who was a moll excellent er J ispowerofiHdgement: which is a foueraignc. figurcofChrift,aod did moH notablyreprcfcnt power to determine of his owne will, without: him in his death , \\'herein he killed more then 1 C the confcm of others, or fubmiffion to men or in his life. Now Chrifi.is called aNazaritc,not Angels. And in dctermini~g,Chrifl h3th nv.o bec:mfe he obferucd their rites and ·orders ,for priuilcdgc:s.Firfi,to expound Scripture;the- ab... that be did not: he dranke wine, fo did not the folme power ofexpoiiding the law, belongetl1 Nazaritcs: obut bccaufc hec was the truth and to the Law-giucr;and hiscxpofition is aurhenfubfiancc of that order: for in him was fully ticall. Secondly, to dettrminc of all quctlions, accomplithcd that ~olindfe, whichwas figuand controucrfics in Scripturc.Andthercforc it red by that order; tor he was peifeC\Iy feuered is a wicked opinion of the Church of Rome, fromall6nneand pollution. And fo here hee is which hold, that the principall Judge ofintcrfaid tf> haue tha key of Dauid, bccaufe he had prc:ting Scripture, and deciding·controucdics 1 the foueraigntie which was figured by Dauid! isthe Church, kingdome. The: third part ofChrifis foueraigne power, WhiclifhuttcthandnDm:tnopeneth,AtJd opmet!1 is tofaue,anddeflroy. This is exprtiTcd m thefe AnJnqmanjlJHtteth. Here Chri!ls kingdome is words : Hee openetb and no man jhutteth, and compared ro ahoufc, which can be opened p,uttethandnomtt1Jopeneth: and for this cauiC and lhut, by none but Chrill; whereby is fig- D he is fa id f to haue the k,.eynofhellami of death, f Rov.r.18. nified, that none hath power aboue Chrill in Whereby is fignified; firll, that he hachpo\.\•er h1s.kingdom~, and that·his power therein, is to forgiuc finncs: for that hcc procureth at his foueraigne ahd ~bfolutc. .so ~hat hereby iSI Fathers hands. Secondly, that hcc hath power meant, that Chnfi le:{us fitung m heauen,hath to condemn:for whC men bcleeue not his \oYord foucraignc power & authoriue ouer the whole he bath powc1· to hold them in their finncs, for Ghurch of God, to gouerne the fam~. That which he Gan cafi them into h("ll. The ground we may the bcttt:r vndcr!1and this foueraignc of this threefold power of Chrifl:. is this, bepower of Chrifl, we mull kuovv, it bath three caufehe is foueraign Lord ouer his ci:urch,and ~ans. I. Tt~prcfcribe. II. Toiudge. JIJ.To rhemcrnbersthercof. lauc, or deflroy. In Prefcribing, Chrill bath The Church of Rome lay, Tliatthis key of abfolu~e power., ~nd that in fundry things: :~s Dartid, bath more in it then foueraigndc ouer fir~t! 111 prcfcr.1b1ng doChincs of faith , and his church:to wit,a power to make and dC'pofc I rcl1g!on vmo h1s Chur:h, to bee belcC'ued and kings rhatbec in his Church. :This they reach, obeyed, ::md th:lt on pa1nc ofdamnation. This: that the Xmight proouc :he Pope to ha1:e title . Hhh I in ;,
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