An Essay on the Kingdom of Christ

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Excerpt from An Essay on the Kingdom of Christ: To Which Is Added, the Doctrine of the Covenants, Wherein Is Shewn That There Never Was a Covenant of Works Made With Adam, Nor Any Other Covenant Ever Made With Man, Respecting Things Purely of a Spiritual NatureSuch is the nature of our Lord's empire, that few ey' his loyal fubjefis can jerioujly re¿ec't upon it, without feeling them/elves both delighted and repro ved. Delighted becau/e it ts for the honor of their Mediator, to be the Sovereign of a jpzritual monarchy. A charaéter of this leznd apparently fieits the dignity of hisf'er/on, the defign of hts medi ation, and the riches of his grace - Removed be tau/é they daily find a want of that fpirituality in thetr afic'iions, and of that heavenly mindedncfs, which become the profejed/ubjefts of [uch a king dom. When meditating on the charac'terijiics of this holy empire, they fiand convtc'ied before its di vine Sovereign of much carnalityand worldly mind edne/is, over which they fincerely mourn while mere lynominaljubjec'is of the King Mejiah, or [uperfi cial profcfi'ors of the gracious go/pel, are but little concerned about the fiate of their hearts, in reference to heaven, or with regard to the jpiritualtty of their wo rjhip.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.