Chr'i ,r kngdome bittedin theThorld. 110411.... Chrifitani. No marvel' if the world hate the Church of Chrifi, for it hated him firil. In his word he is ref(led, difobeyed, belied, and,if it were polfible, filenced and corrupted ; in his officers mocked and tnifufed, in his fubjeas perfecuted and reviled, in his Spirit thrufi away and grieved ; in his worfhipnegleaed and polluted; in all his wayes flandered and blafphemed. The Reafons ofwhich firange entertainement of the Kingdome of Chrifi are, firfi, becaufe it is a NewKink dome, which enters into the world byway of chalenge and difpoffefilon of former lords , and therefore no wonder if it finde oppofition. Secondly, it is an mvi- fible, unconfpicuous,unattended, defolate, and in appea- MICO ignoble kingdome.:It began in the forme ofa fer- vant, in the ignominie ofa Crate,noneof the Princes of this word, none of the learned of this world to counte- nance or heipe fee it up, but amongfi them all,efleemed asan offenfive and foolirn thing. Thirdly, it is an :mi.- verfall kingdome, NFL' parem patttur new fuperiorem, Chrifl will admitofno Confortsor Corrivals in his Go- vernment. Body, and Soule, and Spirit, bee will have wholly and throughout unto hirnfelfe; And this a-. mongii others is given for the reafon,w hywhen riberito propofed Chria unto the Romane Senate with the pri- viledge of his ovine fuffrage,to be worfhipped,they re- jeaedhim, becaule bee would be a God alone. Ifhce would exempt lome of the earthly members from his fubje6lion, let lufi have the eye,orfolly the care, or via,- knce the hand, orcovetoufneffe the heart, or any other evill affe6tion {hare with him, he would be thecaller to- lerated; but when he will be abfolute,and nothingmuff, remaine inour heartsbut as his vaffall,to be fpoiledfub. dued, condemned, and crucified by him, if the whole (late of hnnc nitifi ben ruined, and the body defiroied, nowonder ifthe worldcannot away with him. Fourth- ly,,which is the Summe of all, It is a 'moment) .1Csng. dome, 285 VERSE 2. z Cora.zi,zz, Cor.6,to. Thef.5.23. Laurent. deLa Bair.inTertall. apolog.cap.5.
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