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 Nature Such is the nature of our Lord's empire, that few 9' his loyal fuhjefis can feriou/ly re¿ec'? Upon it, without feeling them/elves hoth delighted and repro ved. Delighted 3 hecau/e it is for the honor of their Mediator, to he the Sovereign of a fpzritual monarchy. A chara¿er of this kind apparently [hits the dignity of hisj'er/on, the dehga of hts medi ation, and the riches of his grace.-reproved he cau¿ they daily find a want of that fpirituality in their afic'i'ions, and of that heavenly mindedncfs, which hocomo the profe¿edfuhjefis of fuch a lung dom. When meditating on the chara¿erijiics of this holy empire, they ¿and convufied hefore its di vine Sovereign of much carnalityand worldly mind edne/it, over which they¿ncerely mourn while mere tynominaljuhje¿s of the King Me¿iah, or fuperfi cial profc¿'ors of the gracious go/pel, are hut little concerned ahent the ¿ute of their hearts, in reference to heaven, or with regard to the fpiritualtty of their wo rjhip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.