The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

2. These reasons prove that Christ shall not exercise such and such acts of royalty upon such and such enemies, for they shall be no enemies:¹ Yet we say not, as •amero, that such a Prince leaves off to reign even as Mediator. Christs rendering of the Kingdom dispensatory or Economic to the Father may well be a rendering of an account of his subjects, and a presenting of them to God perfected, Eph. 5.26, 27. without spot and wrinkle: Christ having brought them out of danger, so as they need not Word, Sacraments, or a ⟨p. 365⟩Temple. And so▪ 1 Cor. 15.24. He shall put down all rule, all power, and authority, all Magistracy and Government that now is in either Church or State▪ and so saith Par•us, the Son shall be subject to the Father ▪ having subdued all the rebels▪ as his Fathers Deputy, he shall return to his Father the Kingdom now reduced to subjection and made peaceable, and lay down his Mediatory Commission, and so be subject to the Father, having ended the deputed and delegated charge. And it is sure, the Son as Mediator is sent, and is a Servant, an Angel, or Messenger of the Covenant, Mal. 3. and the laying down of his written Commission is a sort of subjection, and God doth not now actually reign in such a Mediatory way as in the days of Christs flesh: he did reign in Christ, but now after the last Judgement, God is all in all, that is, not because he is not now all in all, and is not the Lord of lords, and King of kings, but because it doth not so appear to be, many now rise against him and contradict him▪ and persecuting his Mystical body, do persecute Christ. 2. He shall be all in all by change of the Economic Government, then the Father, Son, and Spirit, shall immediately glorify the Church,