The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

And lastly, the everlasting Righteousness, which, by the Spirit of Sanctification, he bestoweth upon his Church: In thy House is comely holiness, O JEHOVAH, for evermore.

And lastly, the euerlasting Righteousnesse, which, by the Spirit of Sanctification, hee bestoweth vpon his Church: In thy House is comely holinesse, O IEHOVAH, for euermore.

The first of these is properly called his Judicature, or Office of a Judge: the second is his Prophetical Office; the third is wont by excellency to be called The Kingdom: All most glorious and noble effects of his Ascension into Heaven, and sitting at the right hand of God, as the Apostle telleth us, Ephes. 4. 8. Ascending on high, he led captivity captive: (whereby he meaneth the absolute power given unto him for the government of the World, seen specially in the subduing of the proud enemies of the Church. And gave gifts unto men: which ^gby and by he interpreteth to be as much, as to fill all things, that is, the whole body of his Church, and all the parts of it, with the variety of his Graces. Not that Christ had not this excellency, or did not reign at all before his Ascension into Heaven: for ^hNathaniel telleth ⟨p. 336⟩him, Thou art the King of Israel. And ⁱhe himself, when Pilate asked, Art thou a King? answereth, Thou sayest true: for I am a King. But the full and real manifestation of this Kingdom, in his flesh or humane nature, did then first begin.

The first of these is properly called his Iudicature, or Office of a Iudge: the second is his Propheticall Office; the third is wont by excellencie to be called The Kingdome: All most glorious and noble effects of his Ascension into Heauen, and sitting at the right hand of God, as the Apostle telleth vs,