A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto

His supervening Right, was that of a Redeemer, as hath been already noted from this context, and, as such, he had it by acquisition, dying to obtain it, & overcoming Death! I am he that liveth and was dead. And then, as he elsewhere declares, by constitution, All Power is given me both in Heaven and on Earth, Mat. 28.19. The word ([Greek or Hebrew]) imports rightful Power. And who are we? or any Relatives of ours? whom all the Power of Heaven and Earth hath no right to touch? What exempt ⟨p. 116⟩jurisdiction, can we pretend our selves to belong unto?

His supervening Right, was that of a Redeemer, as hath been already noted from this context, and, as such, he had it by acquisition, dying to obtain it, & overcoming Death! I am he that liveth and was dead. And then, as he elsewhere declares, by constitution, All Power is given me both in Heaven and on Earth, Mat. 28.19. The word (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) imports rightful Power. And who are we? or any Relatives of ours? whom all the Power of Heaven and Earth hath no right to touch? What exempt ⟨p. 116⟩jurisdiction, can we pretend our selves to belong unto?

Or will we adventure to say, not denying his right, he did not use it well in this case? who is more fitly qualified to Judge, than he that hath these Keys? And let this matter be yet more throughly discussed. What is it that we find fault with in the removal of this or that person, that was near, and delightful to us? Is it that he was to Die at all? or that he Died so soon? If we say the former; Do we blame the constitution, appointing all Men once to Die, by which this World is made a portal to another, for all Men, and whence it was necessary none should stay long in this, but only pass thorough, into that World wherein every one is to have is everlasting abode? Or is it that, when we think it not unfit