A Body of Practical Divinity

Branch 2. If Christ be King, it informs us, that all Matters of Fact must one day be brought before him. Christ hath Jus vitae & necis, the Power of Life and Death in his hand, Joh. 5.22. The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son. He who once hung upon the Cross, shall sit upon the Bench of Judicature: Kings must come before him to be judged; they who once sat upon the Throne, must appear at the Bar. God hath committed all Judgment to the Son, and Christ's is the highest Court of Judicature: if this King once condemns Men, there is no Appeal to any other Court.

Branch 2. If Christ be King, it informs us, that all Matters of Fact must one day be brought before him. Christ hath Ius vitae & necis, the Power of Life and Death in his hand, Joh. 5.22. The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son. He who once hung upon the Cross, shall sit upon the Bench of Judicature: Kings must come before him to be judged; they who once sat upon the Throne, must appear at the Bar. God hath committed all Judgment to the Son, and Christ's is the highest Court of Judicature: if this King once condemns Men, there is no Appeal to any other Court.

Branch 3. See whither we are to go when we are foiled by Corruption, go to Christ, he is King, desire him by his Kingly Power, to subdue thy Corruptions, to bind these Kings with Chains, Psal. 149.8. We are apt to say of our Sins, These sons of Zerviah will be too strong for us; we shall never overcome this Pride and Infidelity: Aye, but go to Christ, he is King, though our Lusts are too strong for us, yet not for Christ to conquer: he can by his Spirit break the Power of Sin. Joshua when he had conquered five Kings, caused his Servants to set their Feet on the Necks of those Kings; so Christ can and will set his Feet on the Necks of our Lusts.

Branch 3. See whither we are to go when we are foiled by Corruption, go to Christ, he is King, desire him by his Kingly Power, to subdue thy Corruptions, to bind these Kings with Chains,