15 Touching his Kingdom, Christ *being risen from the dead, ascended into heaven, set at the right hand of GO• the Father▪ having all power in heaven and earth given unto him▪ he doth spiritually govern his Church: exercising his power ‡over all Angels and men, good and bad, to the preservation and salvation of the elect, to the overruling and destruction of the reprobate: *communicating and applying the benefits, virtue and fruit of his prophecy and Priesthood unto his elect, namely to the remission, subduing, and taking away of their sins, to their justification, adoption of sons, regeneration, sanctification, preservation and strengthening in all their conflicts against Satan, the world, the flesh, and the temptation of them: continually dwelling in, governing and keeping their harts in his true faith and fear by his holy spirit, which having once given it, he never taketh away from them, but by it still begetteth and nourisheth in them repentance, faith, love, obedience, comfort, peace, joy, hope, and all christian virtues, unto immortality, notwithstanding that it be sometimes through sin and tentation, interrupted, smothered, and as it were overwhelmed for the time. Again on the contrary, †ruling in the world over his enemies. Satan, and all the vessels of wrath, limiting, using, restraining them by his mighty power, as seemeth good in his divine wisdom and justice, to the execution of his determinate counsel, to wit, to their seduction, hardening and condemnation, delivering them up to a reprobate mind, to be kept through their own desert in darkness, sin, and sensuality, unto judgement.
15 Towching his Kingdome, Christ *being risen frō the dead, ascended into heaven, set at the right hand of GO• the Father▪ having all power in heaven and earth given vnto him▪ he doth spiritually governe his Church: exercising his power ‡over all Angels and men, good and bad, to the preservation and salvation of the elect, to the overruling and destruction of the reprobate: *communicating and applying the benefits, vertue and fruite of his prophecy and Priesthood vnto his elect, namely to the remission, subduing, and taking away of their sinnes, to their iustification, adoption of sonnes, regeneration, sanctification, preservation and strengthning in all their conflicts against Sathan, the world, the flesh, and the temptation of them: continually dwelling in, governing and keeping their harts in his true faith and fear by his holy spirit, which having once given it, hee never taketh away from them, but by it still begetteth and nourisheth in them repentance, faith, love, obedience, comfort, peace, ioy, hope, and all christian vertues, vnto immortalitie, notwithstanding that it be somtymes through sinne and tentation, interrupted, smothered, and as it were overwhelmed for the tyme. Agayne on the contrary, †ruling in the world over his enemies. Sathan, and all the vessels of wrath, limiting, vsing, restrayning them by his mighty power, as seemeth good in his divine wisdome and iustice, to the execution of his determinate counsel, to wit, to their seduction, hardning and condemnation, delivering them vp to a reprobate mynde, to be kept through their owne desert in darcknes, sinne, and sensualitie, vnto iudgement.
