The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…

5. Nay, he hath Kingly Power and Headship over the Holy Angels; He is the Head of Principalities and Powers; yea, his Power is over all Creatures,¹ God hath put all things under his Feet.

1. 1Eph. 1.22.

His Kingship and Authority is therefore Universal,¹ All Power is given to me in Heaven and Earth.

His Kingship and Authority is therefore Universall,¹ All Power is given to me in Heaven and Earth.

1. 1Matth. 28.18.

And hence, There is nothing which he (as Mediator God-man) cannot do.

1. Is to subdue all our Enemies for us, which indeed he hath effectually already done, Sin, the World, Devils, and Death, being all brought under his Feet.

2. To give us Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances; for as he is Mediator,¹ he is our Law-giver, but he doth not give us Laws that by our Obedience to them our Peace should be made, and we be Justified: In this Sense Christ is no Law-giver; no, to make our Peace that appertains partly to his Priestly Office, (as I have showed you before) and partly to his Suretyship, for so he paid both our Debt of perfect Obedience, and our Penal Debt also, and merited all Grace and Glory for us; for tho Christ is a Priest, yet he is more than a Priest, viz, a Surety also) but he gives us Laws as we are his Free-born Subjects, whom he Redeemed by his Blood, that we might know how to Honour, and Live under him that died for us and rose again.

2. To give us Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances; for as he is Mediator,¹ he is our Law-giver, but he doth not give us Laws that by our Obedience to them our Peace should be made, and we be Justified: In this Sense Christ is no Law-giver; no, to make our Peace that appertains partly to his Priestly Office, (as I have shewed you before) and partly to his Suretiship, for so he paid both our Debt of perfect Obedience, and our Penal Debt also, and merited all Grace and Glory for us; for tho Christ is a Priest, yet he is more than a Priest, viz, a Surety also) but he gives us Laws as we are his Free-born Subjects, whom he Redeemed by his Blood, that we might know how to Honour, and Live under him that died for us and rose again.

1. 1Isa. •3.22.

3. His Work as King is to govern his Church, and every Member thereof; moreover, his Laws in the New Testament do contain, all those Rules for the Constitution of a Gospel-Church, and also all the Rules of the Government and Discipline thereof.

4. Christ's Work and Office as King is to subdue all the Elect unto himself; I mean, to work Grace in them, and to change their Hearts, and vanquish the Power of Sin, and Satan, for this is, and must be done by that Almighty Power which he exerts by his Spirit in their Souls, and so takes possession of them as King and Supreme ⟨p. 71⟩Ruler, whom as a Priest he purchased by his Blood; and all this as he is Mediator of this Covenant of Peace,¹ That Christ may dwell in our Hearts by Faith, or sway the Sceptre there.

4. Christ's Work and Office as King is to subdue all the Elect unto himself; I mean, to work Grace in them, and to change their Hearts, and vanquish the Power of Sin, and Satan, for this is, and must be done by that Almighty Power which he exerts by his Spirit in their Souls, and so takes possession of them as King and Supream ⟨p. 71⟩Ruler, whom as a Priest he purchased by his Blood; and all this as he is Mediator of this Covenant of Peace,¹ That Christ may dwell in our Hearts by Faith, or sway the Scepter there.

1. 1Eph. 3.17, 18.

5. Moreover, Christ as King, will exercise his Kingly Office, in taking to him his great Authority and Regal Power, and Reign over all the Earth: For his Right is, Ask of me, and I will give thee the Heathen for thy Inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the Earth for thy Possession: ¹Thou shalt break them in pieces like a Potters Vessel— The Kingdoms of this World, ²are become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall Reign for ever and ever: ³And of the increase of his Government, there shall be no end upon the Throne of David, and upon his Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with Justice and with Judgment, from henceforth and for ever.

1. 1Ps. 2.699.
2. 2Rev. 11.15
3. 3Isa. 9.6, 7.

All the Kingdoms under the whole Heavens, shall be given unto him,¹ And he shall possess the Gates of his Enemies—This will be made good more fully and visibly upon the going off of the Fourth-Monarchy, and upon the passing away of the second Woe, or Mahomitan Power, and downfall of the Beast, and Mystery Babylon, which is now at the very Door, when Christ will save his Church from all her Enemies.

All the Kingdoms under the whole Heavens, shall be given unto him,¹ And he shall possess the Gates of his Enemies—This will be made good more fully and visibly upon the going off of the Fourth-Monarchy, and upon the passing away of the second Woe, or Mahomitan Power, and downfal of the Beast, and Mystery Babylon, which is now at the very Door, when Christ will save his Church from all her Enemies.

1. 1Don. 7.27.

III. Christ as Mediator is a Prophet;¹ A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your Brethren like unto me: He as Prophet, is the Minister of the New Covenant, or the chief and great Ambassador of Peace, the chief Shepherd of the Sheep, and Bishop of our Souls.

1. 1Christ a Prophet. Act 3.22, 23. Act. 7.37.

His Work as a Prophet.

1. Is to reveal the Will, Purpose, Counsel, and Design of God unto his Chosen; and this he did in the Days of his Flesh in his own, and in his Apostles Ministration revealing, That My-Mystery that was hid from Ages and Generations —He was indeed a Teacher that came from God,¹ as Nicodemus saith, My Doctrine (saith he) is not mine, but the Father's that sent me; For I have not spoken of my self, ²but the Father which sent me gave me Commandment what I should say, and what I should speak; denoting that he received his Mission, his Doctrine, and his Authority to Preach from the Father as he is Mediator.

1. Is to reveal the Will, Purpose, Counsel, and Design of God unto his Chosen; and this he did in the Days of his Flesh in his own, and in his Apostles Ministration revealing, That My-Mystery that was hid from Ages and Generations —He was indeed a Teacher that came from God,¹ as Nichodemus saith, My Doctrine (saith he) is not mine, but the Father's that sent me; For I have not spoken of my self, ²but the Father which sent me gave me Commandment what I should say, and what I should speak; denoting that he received his Mission, his Doctrine, and his Authority to Preach from the Father as he is Mediator.

1. 1Joh. 3.2.
2. 2Joh. 12.49

As a Prophet he gives the knowledge of Salvation to his People, for without his Divine Revelation, Mankind could not arrive to the knowledge of it; for the Light that is in Man naturally reveals nothing of the Mystery of Redemption, of the Covenant of Peace, and Mediation of Jesus Christ.

2. Nor can any savingly know this, but as Christ reveals it by his Spirit, as the great Prophet and Teacher of the Church;¹ No Man knoweth the Son but the Father, neither knoweth any Man the Father but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. No Man knoweth the Essence of the Father, or hath a perfect knowledge of the Godhead; nor do they know the Councils, Purposes, and Dispensations of the Father of his saving of Men by Jesus Christ, except Jesus Christ reveals these Mysteries to them; all true and saving knowledge of God, ⟨p. 73⟩is in and through Christ as a Prophet.

2. Nor can any savingly know this, but as Christ reveals it by his Spirit, as the great Prophet and Teacher of the Church;¹ No Man knoweth the Son but the Father, neither knoweth any Man the Father but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will rev•al him. No Man knoweth the Essence of the Father, or hath a perfect knowledge of the Godhead; nor do they know the Councils, Purposes, and Dispensations of the Father of his saving of Men by Jesus Christ, except Jesus Christ reveals these Mysteries to them; all true and saving knowledge of God, ⟨p. 73⟩is in and through Christ as a Prophet.

1. 1Matt. 11.25.

But as Christ doth not Atone for our Sins as a King, but as a Priest, so he doth not give forth Laws, &c. as a Priest, but as a King; nor doth he teach, instruct, or reveal God, and Salvation to us simply as a Priest or King, but as a Prophet; besides there are some things about the Covenant of Peace, which he doth not simply as a King, Priest, nor Prophet, but as simply considered a Mediator, Surety, and Testator, &c.

But as Christ doth not Atone for our Sins as a King, but as a Priest, so he doth not give forth Laws, &c. as a Priest, but as a King; nor doth he teach, instruct, or reveal God, and Salvation to us simply as a Priest or King, but as a Prophet; besides there are some things about the Covenant of Peace, which he doth not simply as a King, Priest, nor Prophet, but as simply consider'd a Mediator, Surety, and Testator, &c.