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Show rm 3.‘ OF A CH RISTIAN Chop.42; hefore the {loeorerJo opened he not hit mouth .- Here he is the flierifieed Goat. He hath horn our Grief}, (ver.4..) and carried our [orrown And again,( ver. 6. )the Lord hath laid upon him the tniquzties of'u: all: And {0 he is the Scope Goat. He was out of from the [and of the Irving (ver. 8.)for the tronfgrefiion ofmy People: There again he is the floorifired Goat. And again, (vet. i 1.) heflmll hear their jinx: Hec is the Scope Goat. Thus is the Lamb of God equivalent to both l: f r s l? t f thofe Goates; facrificed,in that he dyed; and efcaping,in his Refurreétion; being raifed opportunely by his Father, and removed from the habitation of men in his Alceiifion. For as much therefore, as he that redeemeth, hath no title to Chriflt Kirgdome not of the thing redeemed, before the Redemption, and Ranfome paid-,and the world. this Ranfome was the Death of the Redeemer; it is manitcfi,'that our Saviour (as man) was not King of thofe that he Redeemed, before hee fuffered death; that is, during that time hee converied bodily on the Earth. I fay, he was not then King in prefent, by vertue of the P361: , which the faithfull make with him in Rap tifme:Neverthele{fe, bythe renewing of their Paét with God in tiline, they were obliged to obey him for King, (under his Father) whenlbever he lhould be pleafed to take the Kingdoine upon him. According whereunto, our Saviour himfelf expreflelylaith, I'm. 3. COMMON-WE 11L TH. Chet/L41, this is fpohen of the world prefcnt, the other of the world to come; as alfo where it is faid, that at the fecond coming of Cill‘lfi, (Met. 19. 28.)Tee that have followed one in the Regen. ration, when the Son of monjhrz/lfit in the throne ofhi: Glory, yee flan/l olfo fit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve trihet of II‘JCII. If then Chrifi whilci‘t hee was on Earth, had no Kingdome his by the Old Covenant, had been cut 'ol't" by the rebellion venant of the of the Ifraelites in the election of Saul. Which to doe , he was Kingdome of to preach unto them, that he was the Mrfll'rzh, that is , the Kino God,ond to promi'icd to them by the Prophets; and to offer himfelfc i: permeate the lacritice for the finnes of them that {hould by faith fubmit them- Elect to imfelves thereto; and in cafe the nation generally fliould refui‘e him hrezce it, which an; the to callto his obedience luch aslhould beleevc in him amonvfl thd Gentiles. So that there are two parts of our SavioursOOflice {trend part of hot Uflm', during his aboad upon the Earth: One to Proclaimhinifelf the Clll‘lll", and another by Teaching, and by working of Miracles to pei'lwade, and prepare men to live lo, as to be worthy of thd ImmortalityBeleevers were to enjoy, at fuch time as he fliould Nowleeing come in majei‘ty, to take poli‘eflion of his Fathers Kinndome. the Scripture maketh mention but of two worlds,this that is now, and {hall remain to the day of Judgment, (which is therefore And thcrt‘lbre it is, that the time of his preaching, is oiien by alfo called, the luff day,) and that which ihall bee after the day of judgement, when there lhall bee a new Heaven, and a andthtitbya warrant to deny obedience to the Maciflrates that then \i'cregt'or hee commanded to obey thofe that Dlate then in new Earth; the Kingdome of Chrift is not to begin till the generall Refurreétion. And that is it which our Saviour faith, Mott's Chane, and to pay tribute to Cxliir; but onelyan earned or the Kingdome of (iod that was to come,to tholb to whom God (Mat. 16. 27.) The Son ofmezn [hell come in the glory of hot Father, with ht: Angels; and then he [hall reward every man or- had gun the grate robe his dilLi‘ples, and to belct‘ve in him 3 For which mule the Godly are laid to bee already in the Ix'lrrodome eording to ho": works. o, (7.th as n;‘.t1‘.r.‘1h'/,cd in that heavenly Kingdome. ( Iohn 18. 36.) My Kingdome 155 not of thin world. To reward every man according to his The End of in this world, to what end was his firft coming 5' It was to re- Clarifir comitorc unto God, byanew Covenant, the Kingdom, which beino Miifg we: to I: renew the Co- hzmtell eilltdthe li‘(gt/tern!)U):-,\‘.‘l1lCl1 is not properly aKingdome, u works, is to execute the Oflice of :lKlng; and this is not tube _ lilil.c:;tn therefore thereis nothing done, or taught by Chrifi, till he come in the glory of his Father, with his Angells. \thn our Saviour faith, (Mat. 23. 2.) The Set/her and I'hartfeet V/it tn Mofes feat; All therefore whoifoerver they hid you doe, that oh- {lint ‘lCllLlL‘ill to the duninutionor the Civrll Rightot' the Jewes, The french. mg, of (.ljrtfl or or ( a'iar. not contra/y l‘oras touching the (Ioi‘nmon-wealth which then was amongl the luvs, both tl'e‘v thit bare rule ainonvlt them Power, for that time , not to himfclfc, but to them. And to bee doth allb, where he faith, (Luke 12. 14.) Who made meea ledge, or DWI?!" over you? And( Iohn 12.47.) I earn: not [U judge the world, hot to [we the world. And yet our Saviour another liftit.\'.t‘l't' governed , did all expec‘t the Melliiah, and hiizrjtirl;izae oi ()i,‘(i', which they could not have done if their Lil"? 1.l‘_l lUI‘illtit‘iLn him‘ when he came )to manilelt, and declare lziinlelt. String therefore he did nothing, but by Preaching, and Mzratles goaboutroprove hnul‘ell‘e to be that Melliah , lice (lid came into this world that hee might bee a King, and a judge therein nothingagunll their laws. in the world to come : For hee was the Melliah, that is, the was to. bee in another world: He taught all men to obev in the "iii‘zntime thcmrlaatfatem Mo‘i's rm? He allowed themJtO gch fltittlliil; :(lelljtfz‘flnhlh'ihiilc'tl "1?;ch uponlgnnl‘ell‘e to be ajudg. : ' a t 31s notes, ()I‘LIC‘L'lOFlS bee ledrtious, or tend to (Y (‘\U!h:'()tV oltheirthen (Zivill Government? But God having i1:5:1,:2‘33232TL'C' fortipe refduc‘tion of his elect to their for» (ere/e anddoe; hee declareth plainly, that hee al‘cribeth Kingly Chrifi, that is, the Anointed Priefl, and the SovereignProphcr of God; thatis tofay, he was to have. all the power that MS 1n Moles the Prophet, in the High l'riells that liicceeded MUfc§s and in the Kings that fucceeded the Priefis. And St. John fates cxprellely (chap. 5. ver. 22. ) The Father jtld'geth no nun. hut/WI! committed all judgment to the Son. And this is not Tf‘ pugnant to that other place , I tame no! to judge the world : tor the 111m" fl The Kingdome hee claimed .enience, or t ie means,whereby hcwould bring 0t 66%, made in: ortheir malice, and ingratitude. Nor !i.l>' Ll 2 was lathe that law of Ike Iron, nor of Cit'Jfl/H I |