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Show OFACHRISTIAN Chap", em 3. COMMON-WEALTH. c541,," And for a memoriall, and a token of this Covenant , he ordaineth ( verie I I. ) the Sacrament afC'irmmciflan. . This is it w bid) is called CHAP. XXXV. Offlze Significatim in Scripture of KINGDOME 012 Got), The Kingdom of God takm by Divine: Metaphoritall}, but in of HOLY, SACRED, and SACRAMENT. He Kingdome cf God in the Writings of Divines , and fpecially in Sermons,and Treatifes ofDevotion,is taken moi} commonly for Eternall Felicity, after this life, in the Higheli Heaven, which they alib call the Kingdome of Glory 5 and {omeI the Scriptures times for (the earnefi of that felicity) Sanctification, which they term: the Kingdome ofGrace; but never for the Monarchy , that is papal}. to fay, the Soveraign Power of God over any Subjects acquired by their owu confent, which is the pmper fignification of Kingdome. Tothe contrary, I find the K1 N GDOM 1:. 0r Gon , to fignifie in molt places ofScripture, a Kingdome Properly fa named , conflituted by the Votes oi‘the People of Il‘rael in peculiar manner; wherein they chofe God For their King by Covenant made with him , upon Gods promifing them the poflefiion ofthe land ofCanaan; and but feldom metaphorically; and then it is taken for Dmim'm o-ver finne; ( only in the New Tef'tament5) becaufe fuch a Dominion as that,e and vcry Subject fliall have in the Kingdome of God, and without prejud ice to the Soveraign. From the very Creation, God not only reigned overall men mm- rally by his might; but alio had peculiar Subjeéts,wh0m he comma n- ded by a Voice, as one man fpeaketh to another. In which manner he re/gm d over Adam , and gave him commandement to abl‘tainc from the tree ofcognizance of Good and Evill-7 which when he obeyed not,but rafting thereof, took upon him to be as God , judging between Good and Evil], not by his Creators commandement , but by his own fenfe, his puniflimcnt was a privation of-the eliate of E- ternall life , wherein God had at firfi created him: And afterwards God puniihed his poflerity, {or their vices, all but eIOht perfons, \\ 1th an univerfall deluge, And in theie eight did conlifl tie then It'mg dm; if God. The origincll of [he King- dovie oft~'o.l. ' After this, it pleafed God to {peak to Abraham, and('Gen. 1 7.7,8.) to make a Covenant with him In theie words, I xvi/l ejLzl/gfli My C01‘"mm betwee n me, and t/Jee,ana't})yfeed.1figr 1/)" in elmr gramme/u, for an everlizflmg Covenant, to he 4 6(2de thee, Afijta My feed .ifrer thee, And] nit/lgit'e unto thee, and M 1/17 {em/after the: , the lam} wherein thou Art a [hang-er, 4/125: landof héldflldfl for an tiff/fi ll)»: pofqufian. In this Covenant Abra/1.1m Prom/alvfor lnmfelfe mm' lm pojlerxg to obey 4i Gael, the Lord t/Mtfpal'e to 711m : .011 God on [m fir! Pl'flfillfe'f/J to Abraham the 14nd ofC.mmm far .12: ever/,z/Emg pogféyfg/M- ' ‘ ' Anti the 01d Covenant, or Te/lament; and containeth a Contraét betwaen God and Abraham; by which Abraham obligeth himfelf, and his poflerity, in a peculiar manner to be {ubjeet to Gods pofitive Law; for to the Law Moral] he was obliged before , as by an Oath of Allc v giance. And though the name of KMg be not yet given to God, nor of Kingdom to Abraham and his feed 5 yet the thing is the fame ; namely, an I nflitution by paét, of Gods peculiar Soveraignty over the feed ofAbraham; which in the renewing of the flame Covenant by Moles, at Mount Sinai , is expreifely called a peculiar Kinga'ome 4‘ God over the jews : and it is of Abraham ( not ofMofes) St. Paul faith (Rom.4.1 t .) that he is the Fat/2N nftbe Fart/full, that 15,0fthofe that are lovall, and doe not violate their Allegiance {worn to God , then by Circumcilion, and afterwards in the Nem C (rt/mam by Bap~ time. This Covenant1 at the Foo: of Mount Sinai , was renewed by Time the N1ores (Exod.1 9.5 .) where the Lord commandeth Moles to [peak to Kingdome of the people in this manner, Ifye» will obey my valeecindeed , and leee bG'Od (IMP?!) my Covenant, the» yeeflull he a pew/1'0 peep/e to me , for all the Earl/1 21:31:21! 0-1)"; (mm, Andyee fimflbe unto me a Sacerdota/l It'mgdame, end an lya/ dpeciiliei Peg" Nation. For a Peru/[4r peayle, the vulgar Latine hath, Peek/um de PIE [2} P45!- nme'fxs populist the Engliih Tranllation made in the beginning ofthe Reign of King james,hath, a Peculiar trenfilre unto me above all N4!!- am, and the Geneva French,tl)e mofl preciem Icwel ef all Natwm.But the truefl Tranllation is the firfl, becaufe it is c0nfirmed by St. Paul himlelt"( T11. 2. i4.) where he faith, alluding to that place , that our blcfl'cd Saviourgaruc lumfelffar m, elm l7: mtg/n: purifiu m to fixing "If, "petal/Jr (that is, an extraordinary )peop/e: for the word is In the Greek muémG‘, which is oppoied commonly to the word imémg : and as this {ignifieth ordinary, quotzdian, or (as in the Lords Prayer 3 of daily lift; {0 the other {ignifieth that which is overplm, and flared up, and enjoyedin a f eeia/l manner; which the Latines call Peru/item: and this meaning oft ie place is confirmed by the reafon God render- eth ot'it, which followeth immediately, in that he addeth, For silt/1e Edit/I a name, as if he lliould fay, All the Nation: of the world are mme; but it is not f0 that you are mine, but in a [fetid/l manner : For they are all mine, by reafon ofmy Power; but you {hall be mine, by your own Confent, and Covenant; which is an addition to his ordinary title, to all nations. The fame is again confirmed in exptefle words in the fame Tee [ball be to In: a Sacerdotall Kliigdflme, and an holy NMia». text, Vulgar Latine hath it, Regnum Sacerdomle , to which agreeth The the l'ranflation of‘that place( 1 Per. 2. 9. ) Secem'arinm Rey/get Regal hie/Iliad; as alfothe Inflitution it {elf , by which no man might enter into the Sanfium Sanr'ltmlm, that is to fay, no man might en- t111%"! Gods will immediately ofGod himfelfe , but onely the High l'tlfifi. The Engliih Tranllation before mentioned following that 0‘ ("‘"WR: W) 4 Kingdom qf Free/h; which is either meant Offtllt‘ _uc= |