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And as the second Mercy of the second Covenant is, thus to have Christ for your Priest; so the third is, to have him for your King. And he exerciseth this Supream Office by reigning in your heart by his Holy Spirit, (if you do not resist and quench it) which gives you
strength to overcome Tempta∣tions to sin; and enables you to do what God requires of you. And that you might have no pretence to refuse the Kingly Government of Christ, as too heavy and difficult, he has made his Yoke easie, and Burden light; having taken off from the hardness of the Law first given to Adam, and instead of that sinless Obedience, or the never committing the least sin upon pain of death (which was required of him) he now looks for no more than your honest and hearty Endeavour to do what you are able, and accepts of sincere Repentance where you fail or miscarry. And it being the gracious nature of Christs Kingly Office thus to govern and rule you, and to subdue your Enemies, it would be something worse, if possible, than disingenuity and ingratitude,
to disobey, and hold out any disloyal passion or rebel-lust a∣gainst him; not to vow and pay unto him perfect Loyalty and entire Allegiance; not to entrust him with your Prote∣ction; not to have Peace or War with any but his Friends and Enemies; not to pay him your Homage and Reverence; not to give him a tribute of your Substance, by relieving his necessitous Members, &c. Now to keep you from flatter∣ing in these particulars, and to oblige you to a cheerful dis∣charge thereof, Christ, as your King, hath promised, and will not fail, to prefer you in his Celestial Court to an eternal weight of Glory, and to make you co-heir with himself of that Kingdom of Heaven, which he went to take possession of at his Ascention, and which he will give to all who by their
impenitent continuance in ini∣quity make not themselves unfit to receive it. Your duty herein is, to be exceeding careful not to forfeit your share in that Kingdom which Christ has pur∣chased for all that faithfully o∣bey him; which certainly you do, if you continue impenitent in any sin.