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A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemn humiliation.…A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemne humiliation.…
A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemn humiliation. Concerning the kingdom of Christ, and the power of the civil magistrate about the things of the worship of God. / By John Owen.A sermon preached to the Parliament, Octob. 13. 1652. A day of solemne humiliation. Concerning the kingdome of Christ, and the power of the civile magistrate about the things of the worship of God. / By John Owen.
Oxford: printed by Leonard Lichfield printer to the University for Thomas Robinson, 1652
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2: Because these promises are pointed unto, as accomplished to the Christian Church in that place in the Revelation, before mentioned, And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The Kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdoms of our Lord▪ and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Chap: 11: 15: And the nations of them which are saved, shall walk in the light of it: and the Kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it: Chap: 21: 24: So that there are plainly promises of Kings and Princes, Judges, and Rulers to be given to the Church, and to be made useful thereunto, and Kingdoms and Nations, people in their Rules and Governments to be instrumental to the good thereof: so that these promises belong directly to us, and our Rulers, if under any notion, we belong to the Church of Christ.
2: Because these promises are pointed unto, as accomplished to the Christian Church in that place in the Revelation, before mentioned, And the seaventh angell sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The Kingdomes of this world are become the Kingdomes of our Lord▪ and of his Christ, and he shall reigne for ever and ever. Chap: 11: 15: And the nations of them which are saved, shall walk in the light of it: and the Kings of the earth doe bring their glory and honour into it: Chap: 21: 24: So that there are plainly promises of Kings and Princes, Iudges, and Rulers to be given to the Church, and to be made usefull thereunto, and Kingdomes and Nations, people in their Rules and Governments to be instrumentall to the good thereof: so that these promises belong directly to us, and our Rulers, if under any notion, we belong to the Church of Christ.
2. For the Occasion of these promises; it is well known what a trust by Gods own appointment there was invested in the Rulers, Judges, Kings, and Magistrates of the judaical State and Church under the old Testament, in reference unto the ways and worship of God: the prosecution and execution of the Laws of God, concerning ⟨p. 42⟩