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A90894	Christ exalted above all creatures by God his Father or A sermon preached before the Right Honourable, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. (At their solemne fast, observed the last day of the last month called February 1649.) By Vavasor Povvell.	Powell, Vavasor, 1617-1670.	1651 (1651)	Wing P3081; Thomason E1332_4; ESTC R209110	26,418	99

and those he deceived But so much for the exaltation of Christ as Mediator Fifthly Jesus Christ is exalted in his Generation above all others for who saith the Prophet shall declare his Generation That is though Christ be killed yet who shall or can be able to tell the number of his Progeny and Posterity and the Branches that shall grow out of this Stem and Root Note that there is a double Generation belonging to Christ and a double booke wherein this two-fold Geneneration is recorded 1 His naturall Generation shewing from whom he came according to the flesh This Matthew calls Mat. 1.1 The Booke of the Generation of Jesus Christ c. According to his Fleshly Generation he was of the Bloud Royall and next to the Crowne if he had claimed it as some conceive and why should Herod command him whilst he was but yet a Childe to be killed but that he feared he that was next Heire would have put him besides the Crowne 2 His Spirituall Generation or his Off-springe who are his blessed Seed called 1 Per. 2.61 Rev 13 8. 21.27 A royall Generation a Generation of Kings Princes and Priests whose names are written in the Lambs book of life Sixtly and lastly Jesus Christ is exalted above all in Dominion and Government and of this his Dominion Government and Kingdome the Scriptures doe amply testifie and clearly speake Esa 6.9 22.21 For as Ioseph who was a Type of him was Governour in all the Land of Aegypt so Christ governes all the Nations of the earth Psal 105.22 Psal 67.4 22.28 And as God sent Ioseph into Aegypt to teach the Princes of Aegypt so hath God sent his Sonne Jesus into the world to teach and rule the Princes of the earth Be wise therefore ye Princes and obedient to him ye Iudges of the earth You may more particularly consider this Kingdome of Christ as being divided into three parts A Coelestiall A Spirituall and A Terrestriall 1 For the Coelestiall or heavenly part I desire you to turne to two speciall places which speake thereof 2 Tim. 4.18 Luk. 22.16 many more I might name but I intend not to insist upon that part yet be not unmindfull that there is a Crowne and a Kingdome prepared for those that love Christ Jam. 1.12 2.5 and that waite for his appearance 2 For the Spirituall part of his Kingdome which concerns us to know here observe these soure things 1 The word of the Kingdome which is sometimes called the Gospel Mar. 4.23 Mat. 13.11 and sometimes the Mysteries of the Kingdome of Heaven the Gospel is the Law by which Christ doth rule and governe the Subjects of his Kingdome 2 There be the Keepers of the Kingdome which is Skil Mat. 16.19 and power to open the Gospel and to open and shut the doore of the Church of Christ according to his will the keyes that were committed to Peter was nothing else I suppose but a Cal and power as the first Minister to preach the Gospel unto the Gentiles 3 There be the Subjects of this Kingdome Rom. 1.7 1 Cor. 1.7 Act 11.26 and those are called in the New Testament Beleevers Saints Christians the redeemed and called of God 1 Cor. 1.24 Rom. 16.16 or Churches of Saints all which words imply that they must be in Christ and have grace who are members and subjects of this Kingdome and not all the riffe-raffe as we speake of the world 4 There be Officers belonging to this spirituall part of the Kingdome which the King of Glory hath left and appointed as Apostles Evangelists Prophets Pastors Teachers and the like Ephes 4.11 5 And lastly there is the seate of this spirituall Kingdome the subjects of this Kingdome are seated and placed in the heart of their Soveraigne and Saviour Jesus Christ Cant. 8.6 As Paul said of the Philippians Phil. 1.7 that he had them in his heart so may Christ say much more of his Members that he hath them in his heart and that he hath borne them from Eternity This Kingdome especially the Word of it is also seated in the hearts of Beleevers as Christ said The Kingdome of God is within you Luk. 17.21 So the Apostle saith The Kingdome of God was in the Romans in righteousnesse peace Rom. 14.17 and joy of the Holy Ghost Thus having ended the second part of Christs Kingdome I now come to the last part which is Christ reigning on Earth and over the World there are severall things disputable herein as 1 Whether Christ shall come and reigne in his owne Person and humane Nature upon the earth and 2 If he doth reigne who shall reigne with him whether all the Saints or whether those only that suffered under Antichrist or whether the people of the Iewes only But in regard these questions are controverted we 'l come to those things which are without controversie concerning this point and they are four 1 That Iesus Christ hath a right to all the Kingdoms of the world as it is said in the 1 Cor. 10 chapter The earth is the Lords and the fulnesse thereof and in Psal 72.8 He shall have dominion from sea to sea c. One speciall place besides that I conceive is applicable to Christ it is in the 21. of Ezekiel 27. verse I will overturne overturne overturne it and it shall be no more untill he come whose right it is and I will give it him Here are three overturnings answerable to the three parts of the City in the Revelation and all these overturnings are to bring Christ the right Heire to his possession 2 The Lord hath power to dispose of the Kingdomes of the earth to whomsoever he pleaseth as it is said in the 4th of Daniel the 17. vers That the most high is in the Kingdome of men and he giveth it to whomsoever he will So in the fifth of Daniel 21. and in Psal 75.7 God is the Iudge he putteth down one and setteth up another And who can or dare say to the Lord What dost thou 3 Jesus Christ accounts no men so worthy and so fit to rule his Kingdome under him as his Saints therefore he makes promise thereof to them And the Kingdome and Dominion and the greatnesse of the Kingdome under the whole heaven Dan. 7.27 shall be given unto the Saints of the most high c. and know you not saith the Apostle Paul that the Saints shall judge the world And Christ said unto his Apostles though poore Fishermen Ye shall sit upon twelve Thrones i Cor. 6. i 2 judging the twelve Tribes of Israel You know among men if a man be exalted to Honour Office or place he will preferre his owne friends and Servants especially if they be fit men and can manage those places even so doth Christ who findes places for his people and fits them for those places and indeed none are so fit to manage any worke as the Saints for they