An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

Secondly, This Official, or Mediatory Kingdom hath its degrees; it is militant ⟨p. 124⟩and triumphant. Militant, and so the Lord Christ hath not as yet subdued all his enemies under his feet; it doth not follow, that Christ is not Lord, because every thing is not wholly conquered, because there is sin and the Devil working still. For as David was King, although still there was a great part to be conquered by him; he was King at Hebron, when he was not made King over Israel, yet he had a right to all, before he was in actual possession: So it is with our Lord Christ, he is made Lord over all, only there is time required, to bring all things in subjection to him. And as for his Triumphant and consummate Kingdom or Lordship, that will be at the Day of Judgement; when having saved all his people, and overcome all their enemies, then he shall take the triumph of all his victories. And here we may take notice how to understand that difficult place, 1 Cor. 15. 24, 25. where Christ is said, After all enemies are subdued, to deliver up his Kingdom to the Father. The Socinians urge that, to show that his Dominion and Kingdom will be but for a season, whereas the Scripture in many other places, maketh his Kingdom to be without end, Luk. 1. 32, 33. To reconcile this therefore you must know, That the Apostle doth there speak of Christs Kingdom as it is militant, and in respect of that Dominion and Government, which now Christ useth in his Church, not in respect of the Lordship and Dominion it self, Christ shall never cease to be the King and Lord of his people; only that manner of Government, which now Christ exerciseth shall cease, all Ordinances and administrations, the Ministry and Sacraments, yea all Magistracy and Civil Power, that God might be all in all; for then we shall not mediately by Christ approach unto God, as we do here, but immediately, yet so as all glory and honour will redound to Christ.

Secondly, This Official, or Mediatory Kingdom hath its degrees; it is militant ⟨p. 124⟩and triumphant. Militant, and so the Lord Christ hath not as yet subdued all his enemies under his feet; it doth not follow, that Christ is not Lord, because every thing is not wholly conquered, because there is sinne and the Devil working still. For as David was King, although still there was a great part to be conquered by him; he was King at Hebron, when he was not made King over Israel, yet he had a right to all, before he was in actual possession: So it is with our Lord Christ, he is made Lord over all, only there is time required, to bring all things in subjection to him. And as for his Triumphant and consummate Kingdom or Lordship, that will be at the Day of Judgement; when having saved all his people, and overcome all their enemies, then he shall take the triumph of all his victories. And here we may take notice how to understand that difficult place,