64. Hereafter fhall ye fee the Son of Man fitting on the right Hand of Power, &c. Acts vii. 56. Behold I fee the Heavens opened, and the Son of Man fitting at the right Hand of God. In his Destruction of the Jews. Mark ix. 1. There be Some that ftand here, which shall not taste of Death, till they have feen the Kingdom of God come with Power. To inherit the Kingdom, that Part which is inheritable by a Subject hereafter, Poffeffion.this is a Gift, Luk. xii. 32. It is your Father's good Pleafure to give you the Kingdom. 1 Thef. ii.12. Who has called you unto his Kingdom and Glory. Col. i. 13. Who bath delivered us from the Power of Darkness, and bath translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son. The Inheritance may moft ftrictly be called a Gift, fince there is nothing in ourfelves, but it is the Confideration of the Benignity of the Aleim, applied to our Minds by the Influence of the Holy Ghoft which only can qualify, and without that Qualification, we cannot even in Mercy be admitted. Who could not inherit 1 Cor. xv. 50. Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. vi. 9. The Unrighteous fhall not inherit the Kingdom of God. Be not deceived: neither Fornicators &c. Who fhould inherit. Mat. v. 3. Luk. vi. 20. Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God. Mat. v. 10. Blessed are they which are perfecuted for Righteoufnefs Sake: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 2 Pet. i. 6. Add to your Faith Virtue, &c. 11. For fo an En

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trance fall be minifter'd to you abundantly, into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Luk. xviii. 29. There is no Man hath left Houfe, or Parents, or Brethren, or Wife, or Children for the Kingdom of God Sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this prefent Time, and in the World to come Life everlafting. Acts xiv. 22. And that we must through much Tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God. 2 Thef. i. 5. That you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which ye alfo fuffer. 2 Tim. iv. 1. 1 charge thee before God and the Lord Jefus Chrift, who shall judge the Quick and the Dead at his Appearing, and his Kingdom. Jam. ii. 5. Hath not God chofen the Poor of this World, rich in Faith, and Heirs of the Kingdom which he has promised to them that love bim. The final Divifion. Mat. xxv. 34. Then fall the King Say unto them on his right Hand, come ye Bleed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World, for &c. So 41. Depart from me ye Curfed. xiii. 41. And they fhall gather out of his Kingdom all Things that offend, and them which do Iniquity; and shall caft them into a Furnace of Fire. Then Shall the Righteous fine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father. v. 48. And gathered the good into Veffels, but caft the bad away. So fhall it be at the End of the World: The Angels fhall come forth, and fever the Wicked from among the Juft; and shall caft them into the Furnace of Fire. Matt. viii.

11. And I fay unto you that many fhall come from the East and Weft, and fhall fit down with Abraham, and Ifaac and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven. But the Children of the Kingdom fhall be caft out into the outer Darkness. Luk. xiii. 28. When ye shall fee Abraham, and Ifaac and Jacob, and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, and you your felves thrust out: And they hall come from the East, and from the Weft, and from the North, and from the South, and shall fit down in the Kingdom of God. xiv. 15. Blessed is he that shall eat Bread (royal Support and Protection) in the Kingdom of God; the Parable and Qualification follow. So Rev. xix. 9. Bleffed are they which are called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. This Kingdom, the Power of the Man by which he was to rule on Earth, to judge finally and give Poffeffion in Heaven, is when executed, to be furrendered: But his Poffeffion and their Enjoyment of the Inheritance is to endure for ever. 1 Cor. xv. 24. Then cometh the End, when he (the Humanity) shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father- Then fhall the Son alfo himself be fubject unto him that put all Things under him, that God may be all in all. Luk. i. 33. And he fall reign over the Houfe of Jacob for ever, and of his Kingdom there shall be no End. Heb. xii. 28. Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have Grace, whereby we may Jerve God acceptably, with Reverence and godly Fear.

John xviii. 36.

My Kingdom is not of this World.

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HESE Words imply that there are two Sorts of Kingdoms which differ effentially. In order to know wherein they differ it is neceffary to ascertain the effential Parts of a Kingdom.

Every Kingdom confifts or is compofed of thefe four neceffary or effential Parts.

1. A King with Right of Dominion or Authority, without which it is an Ufurpation.

2. Perfons who owe Subjection or obey willingly in regard to their Duty in Hopes of Protection or Reward; or by Fear or Force, or fuffer or rebel; without which there can be no King.

3. Place or Refidence of those Perfons who owe Subjection; without which there can be neither Subjects nor Rebels.

4. Power or Means whereby the King may protect and reward his obedient Subjects, and reftrain or punish the disobedient; without which he cannot exercise his Authority, nor prevent Anarchy or Destruction.

All Dominion or Authority and Power, as well Kingly as other, was originally in God, and the Subjection of all Perfons was originally due to him, and all Places were his by Right of Creation.

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The next Thing to be afcertained is to whom, and what Shares of his Dominion and Power he hath granted; and what Subjection has been performed, alienated or ufurped.

In what Manner the Angels in Heaven were or are governed, whether immediately by God the Father, or Chrift, or by Superiors of their own Order, concerns not this Enquiry, though there are Hints to lead us to believe the latter.

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God gave Adam, upon Conditions of Obedience, the Earth, and Dominion over every Thing in it, and confequently his Defcendants muft hold of him and be fubject to him upon Condition of Inheritance; and befides he had Dominion over his Pofterity by a paternal Right, or a Sort of a fecondary Creation: There appear no Rules for his Government; therefore, for ought I fee, it was abfolute. If they had continued in their firft Station, perhaps they would have had little Occafion for either Kings or Priests. What Adam forfeited by his Difobedience, or what was regranted to Noah the Heir of the eldest Line, next to Cain's which was rejected by God, I undertake not to determine: But though God was at Liberty to take any Part of the Forfeiture when he pleased, Men ftood in the fame Relation to one another, and there was a greater Neceffity for the Authority of the Eldeft over the Younger; but Noah by an Act of his Sovereignty difinherited his fecond Son, and made him a Servant of Servants to his elder and younger Brothers: Whether

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