A93085:117
Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances, and appointments, the best means to preserve…
Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances, and appointments, the best means to preserve our liberty. Together with a treatise of ineffectual hearing the word; how we may know whether we have heard the same effectually: and by what means it may be come effectual unto us. With some remarkable passages of his life. By Tho. Shepherd, late pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge in New-England. Now published by Mr. Jonathan Michel pastor of the said church in New England.Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances, and appointments, the best means to preserve our liberty. Together with a treatise of ineffectual hearing the word; how we may know whether we have heard the same effectually: and by what means it may be come effectual unto us. With some remarkable passages of his life. By Tho. Shephard, late pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge in New-England. Now published by Mr. Jonathan Michell pastor of the said church in New England.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1652
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Know it, the Kingdom of God is come to thy soul; and know it, thou hast Jesus Christ at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for thee; therefore, go home and bless the Lord, and wonder at his grace, that hath translated thee from the Kingdom of darkness, to the Kingdom of his dear Son: If the Lord hath let thee find the beginning of these things in truth, go home, and bless the Lord for it.
Know it, the Kingdome of God is come to thy soul; and know it, thou hast Jesus Christ at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for thee; therefore, go home and blesse the Lord, and wonder at his grace, that hath translated thee from the Kingdome of darknesse, to the Kingdome of his dear Son: If the Lord hath let thee finde the beginning of these things in truth, go home, and blesse the Lord for it.
2. Try when the external Kingdom of Christ in his Church is cast off; for we told you, this was Christs Kingdom. 'Tis called ⟨p. 53⟩the Kingdom of Heaven, Matth. 25.1. And 'tis it which the Lord gives up at the last day to God the Father; and hence, Mat. 8.12. the members thereof are The children of the Kingdom; and hence we read of the rulers and governors of it: and the keys, not only of doctrine; but of power and jurisdiction committed by Christ Jesus to it, punctually expressed in Scripture.
2. Try when the external Kingdome of Christ in his Church is cast off; for we told you, this was Christs Kingdome. 'Tis called ⟨p. 53⟩the Kingdome of Heaven, Matth. 25.1. And 'tis it which the Lord gives up at the last day to God the Father; and hence,