This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1839. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... kingdom of Christ in the hearts of his people is gradually carried on : it is like seed sown in the earth, which springs up, and whose appearance is but small, and by degrees grows up to maturity; as grace in the heart does ; until it arrives to the fulness of the stature of Christ. 5. Christ's kingdom is durable ; of his government there will be no end : his throne is for ever and ever ; he will reign over the house of Jacob evermore ; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Christ will never have any successor in his kingdom , for he lives for evermore, and has the keys of hell and death in his hands : as his Priesthood is an unchangeable priesthood, which passes not from one to another, as the Aaronical priesthood did, by reason of the death of priests ; so his kingdom is an unchangeable kingdom, which passes not from one to another; he being an everliving and everlasting King; his kingdom will never give way to another; nor be subverted by another; as earthly kingdoms are, and the greatest monarchies have been: the Babylonian monarchy gave way to the Persian and Median, and was succeeded by that; the Persian to the Grecian ; and the Grecian to the Roman: but Christ's kingdom will stand for ever; his church, which is his kingdom, is built on a rock ; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. The word and ordinances of the gospel, by which the government of Christ is externally administered, will always continue: the gospel is an everlasting gospel, the word of God, which abides for ever : and the ordinances of baptism, and the Lord's supper, are to be administered until the second coming of Christ; and the internal kingdom of grace, set up in the hearts of Christ's subjects is a kingdom that cannot be moved ; grace can never be lost; it is a governin...
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