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3, Corruptions will certainly be subdued in his voluntary subjects. The Covenant, I will be your God, implies protection, government, and relief, which are all grounded upon Sovereignty: That therefore which is our greatest burden, will be removed by his Sovereign power. Micah 7.19. He will subdue our iniquities. If the outward enemies of the Church shall not bear up against his Dominion, and perpetuate their rebellions unpunished, those within his people shall as little bear up against his Throne, without being destroyed by him. The billows of our own hearts, and the raging waves within us, are as much at his beck as those without us. And his Sovereignty is more eminent in quelling the corruptions of the heart, than the commotions of the World; in reigning over mens Spirits, by changing them, or curbing them, more than over mens bodies, by pinching and punishing them. The remainders of Satan's Empire will moulder away before him, since he that is in us, is a greater Sovereign, than he that is in the World, 1 Joh. 4.4. His enemies will be laid at his feet, and so neve• shall prevail against him, when his Kingdom shall come. He could not be Lord of any man as a happy creature, if he did not by his power make them happy; and he could not make them happy, unless by his Grace he made them holy. He could not be praised as a Lord of Glory, if he did not make some creatures glorious, to praise him; And an Earthly Creature could not praise him perfectly, unless he had every grain of enmity to his Glory taken out of his heart. Since God is the only Sovereign, he only can still the commotions in our spirits, and pull down all the Ensigns of the Devil's royalty; he can wast him by the powerful word of his lips.

3, Corruptions will certainly be subdued in his voluntary subjects. The Covenant, I will be your God, implyes protection, government, and relief, which are all grounded upon Soveraignty: That therefore which is our greatest burden, will be remov'd by his Soveraign power. Micah 7.19. He will subdue our iniquities. If the outward enemies of the Church shall not bear up against his Dominion, and perpetuate their rebellions unpunisht, those within his people shall as little bear up against his Throne, without being destroy'd by him. The billows of our own hearts, and the raging waves within us, are as much at his beck as those without us. And his Soveraignty is more eminent in quelling the corruptions of the heart, than the commotions of the World; in reigning over mens Spirits, by changing them, or curbing them, more than over mens bodies, by pinching and punishing them. The remainders of Satans Empire will moulder away before him, since he that is in us, is a greater Soveraign, than he that is in the World,