Tenthly and lastly, They are all Heirs of Christ with an immor∣tal
Crown of glory, that is laid upon Heaven for them. Thus Christs
Kingdom is not of this world, the priviledges of it are beyond
the worlds, which can only be seen by the eye of faith, for they
are spiritual and glorious priviledges.Quest. If you ask me why it is that God the Father would
not have His Son to have his kingdom in this world? Certain∣ly
God might have given to Christ all the Government of this
world, might have made Him the great Emperor, to have rul'd
in an external way, and all His Subjects to have been in pomp
and glory here below; but God would not have the kingdom
of His Son here in this world for these reasons,Ans. First, Because that hereby He would confound the wis∣dom
of the world, and shew the vanity of all the things of this
present world, and the folly of the hearts of men that are set
upon the things of this world; we look upon these things as
great things, but God hath shewed that he doth not look upon
them as great matters, but as things that have little value and
excellency in them, and therfore He would not have His Son to
have His kingdom here of this world; surely if there were such
excellent things here as men dream of, then undoubtedly Christ
should have had His Kingdom of this world; but that God
might confound all the glory and non-plus the wisdom of this
world, therefore he would go another way to work, God would
so order things that He would fetch about the glory of his Name
and those great things that he did intend from all eternity, He
would fetch them about in a way that should be hidden from
the eyes of the world, in a way that should appear contempti∣ble
in the eyes of the world, and he would by this rebuke and
shame all the pride, folly, and vanity of the world, there is no
greater rebuke of the pride, folly, and vanity of the world than
in my Text here, that saith, The Kingdom of Jesus Christ is not of
this world.Secondly, Because the Lord delights so much in the exercise of the
graces of His Spirit, the spiritual workings of the hearts of His Saints;
there's nothing that is ab extra from God, that is more delight∣ful
to Him than the exercises of the graces of His Spirit in the
hearts of His Saints, (excepting what is in the Person of Christ
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