of the church. with their teeth, and gnaw their tongues, and be horri- bly amazed at theemulation and triumph of a Christi- ansfufferings over the malice andwrath ofmen. Thekingdome of Chria is two-fold; His kingdoms ofglory, ofwhich there (hall be noend, when hee {hall retie over hie enemies, and tread them under his feet and his kingdome ofgrace, wherebyhee rulethamong(? his enemies, by the fcepter of his Word. And this is the kingdome here fpokeu of ; noting unto us, that Chat will have a Church and people gathered untohim by thepreaching ofhis Gofpell onthe earth,maugreall the malice, power, or policie of all his enemies. Never was Satan fo loofc, never heretic and darkneffefo thicke,ne- ver perfecution fo prevalent, never the taile of the Dra- gon fo long, as to fweepe away all the Starres ofhea- ven, or to devoure the remnant of the womans feed. The gates ofhell, all thepolicie, power and machinati- ons of the kingdome of darknefle, than never root out the Vine which theFather bath planted, nor prevaile a- gain{) the body of Chrift. His Gofpell muff be prea- ched till the worlds end, and till thenhe will be with it togive it fucceffe. Though the Kings of the earth stand up, and the Rulers gathertogether against the Lord and his Chria, yet they imagine but a vaine thing, and hee that fitteth in heaven (hall laugh them to fcorne. The grounds of the certainetie and perpetuitie of Chrifts Evangelical' Kingdome is not the nature of the Church in it felfeconfider'd,either in the whole or parts; for Adam and Eva were a Church at first, a people that were under the lawof obedience, and worship of. God, and yet they fell away from that excellent conditi- on. And the Prophet Eels us,that except the Lord had left a very final' remnant, the Church had beene all as So- dom,and like toGonsorrah.But the grounds hereofare; Fall, The Decree, ordination,and appointment ofGods frf.i/.2.7. Ails 10.42. Ifehr.3 z. and wee knowwhat T ever 279 VER SE 20 toosaEa..4 Efay r.9
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