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§. 110. Of the necessity of Christs continuall sitting upon his Throne.
THere is an absolute necessity that Christs Throne should be for ever and ever, because there never was nor can be any worthy, meet, or able to succeed Christ in the Throne, and to go forward with that work which he had begun; Where∣fore that his good beginning might not prove vain, it was necessary that he should have an everlasting Kingdom: Among men a good supply may be made, and one man may go on with that good work which another hath begun, and perfect the same: David made great preparation for the Temple, 1 Chron. 22: 2. &c. & 28. 11. &c. but his Sonne Solomon perfited the Temple after the death of his Fa∣ther, 2 Chr. 5. 1. But there is one only true nasurall Sonne of God, one Mediator between God and Man; So as there can be none like to him to succeed him on the Throne: Besides Christ ever liveth, and therefore needeth no Successor; But all men are mortall and are not suffered to continue by reason of death. This* 1.1 reason the Apostle rendreth of the difference betwixt the Priesthood of men which was changeable, and the unchangeable Priesthood of Christ, Heb. 7. 23, 24.
This everlastingnesse of Christs Kingdom doth much commend the same, and sheweth it to be farre more excellent then all the Kingdomes of men, and that it shall stand when all others are brought to nought: Christ shall be the Conquerour over all.
In this respect he is to be feared above all, and to be trusted unto more then all: Dan. 6. 26. & 7. 14. 1 Tim. 4. 10.