rule, order, and govern in his great spiritual house, which he is the head of; and a father that doth take care of his great heavenly and spiritual house and family; and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there is no end. Luke i. 33. And you do read that some would not have Christ to rule over them, and what became of them that said, 'We will not have this man to rule over us? Luke xix. 14. But these were not of the house of Jacob, the second birth; but of Esau, that profane person's birth, or nature.

For all the outward pleasures, delights, lightness, wantonness, vain glory, and profaneness, will perish and come to naught, with all foolish jesting, and idle vain talk, and idle words are judged, and will vanish away like smoke, and all unholiness, unrighteousness, and ungodliness, looseness, debauchery, uncleanness, proud boasting, loftiness, and haughtiness is judged out of the kingdom of God and Christ.

For behold a king shall rule in righteousness.' Isaiah xxxii. 1. And his sceptre is a sceptre of righteousness; and the Lord shall reign for ever unto all generations: praise ye the Lord. And by Christ kings do rule, and princes do decree justice, and all the judges of the earth. And Isaiah xi. 10. and Rom. xv. 12. There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust; therefore praise the Lord all ye Gentiles, and laud him all ye people. Psalm cxvi. 1. For Christ in you is the hope of glory, and Christ is to dwell in your hearts, to wit, the saints, by faith, saith the apostle; for Christ is the same to-day as he was yesterday, and so for ever. And Christ Jesus is made an high priest for ever, and again, Thou art a priest for ever. For the law made high priests which have infirmities; but the word of an oath which was since the law, maketh the son, who is consecrated for evermore.' And Christ saith to John I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore." So Christ hath set up his kingdom, which shall never have an end, and all power in heaven and in the earth is given to him; and the saints that are born again do see his kingdom, and press into it, and are heirs and possessors of it.

And they that do sing the song of Moses, and of the Lamb, said that he is king of saints. And Hezekiah said, Thou art the God, even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth.' So not only of the kingdom of Israel, but of all the earth. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares, that the wicked one, the devil soweth, are the children of the wicked one. And no man having put his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is fit for the kingdom of God.' Luke ix. 62.

And when that Jesus perceived that they would make him a king by force, he departed into a mountain himself alone. John vi. 15. For Christ was anointed king by the Lord, and so he knew that he needed

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not be made king by man; for Zechariah in the 9th chap. saith, Fear *not daughter of Sion. (John xii. 15.) Behold thy king cometh upon an ass colt.' And was not this fulfilled when Christ came? But it was their spiritual king, and they would not have him to reign in spirit.

And Nathaniel called Christ the son God, and king of Israel. And the apostle tells the Colossians, that they were translated into the kingdom of God's dear son. Col. i. 13. To the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise, be honour and glory, for ever, and for ever. Amen.'

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Here is an immortal, eternal, invisible King, and is known by his invisible holy spirit, and rules in the hearts, and in the kingdom of heaven in men and women, who is the only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, and hath immortality, and dwelleth in the light. And John said, that he was in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, when that he was in the isle of Patmos; and that Christ the first begotten from the dead, he is the prince of the kings of the earth, and has made us kings and priests spiritual, unto God his Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.' Rev. xix. 16. And upon Christ is written a name, that he is 'King of kings, and Lord of lords;' and they that see this name, and the writing, it is with a spiritual eye. G. F.

END OF VOL. VI.

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE.

A.

ABRAHAM abused by ignorant Christians, i. 388. Who are his children? ii. 407. Adam and Eve, how deceived, iii. 437. Adultery, carnal and spiritual leads to hell, iii. 150. 156.

Alcoran of the Turks is against their evils, iii. 78. Is for justice, chastity, mercy, &c. iii. 80, 81. Speaks of future rewards, ibid. Of future punishments, iii. 82. Is against persecution, iii. 83. Witnesseth for Christ, iii. 373.

Altars used among Christians, whence ? iii. 482.

Anointing in man the best teacher, i. 128. Keeps from seducers, 155. Tries spirits, iii. 228, 229. Who wander from it? iii. 247.

Antichrist and his reign, i. 226.
Apostates punished, iii. 431.

Apostles unlearned in school-craft, ii. 36. Preached Christ without and within, iii. 228. 248.

Armour of Christians, spiritual, iii. 165. Of Christ's ministers, the light, iii. 426. Assurance true believers have, ii. 312. Authority of the church, iii. 178.

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Babylon, in darkness, ii. 357. Her ments, iii. 280.

Body carnal, not in heaven, ii. 152. Changed in the resurrection, iii. 298. 301. Natural and spiritual, iii. 300. Of sin and death, not the natural, iii. 433.

Book, not to be kissed, i. 308.

Bread and wine, not made flesh and blood, iii. 481. 484.

Builders rejecting the corner stone, who? iii. 473. Of Babel, iii. 474.

Burial of Christ, without pomp, i. 252. iii. 113.

Buyers and sellers, to be at a word, i.

161.

C.

Cain, a hater of the light, iii. 171.

Candle of the Lord. What? ii. 341. Of the wicked goes out, ii. 344. Lighted by the light, ii. 346. Not to be set under a bushel, ii. 348, 349.

Candlesticks are churches, ii. 354. Outward, not to be used, iii. 482.

Care God has over his creatures, iii. 109.
Catholic faith. What? ii. 449.

Children, a blessing, iii. 205. Of God are taught of God, iii. 206. Of God and the devil, how distinguished, iii. 209. To be nurtured in the fear of God, ibid.

Christ, the promise of God to all, i. 116, 117. To be received, i. 217. 220. Witjudg-nessed by the Quakers, as to his concep

Balaams who? ii. 386. iii. 458.
Baldness forbid, ii. 439. 442.
Baptism of John and of Christ, iii. 241.
Distinct, iii. 289.

Beggars, a shame to Christianity, iii. 245.
Birth first persecutes the second, i. 274,

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Bishop must be blameless, ii. 41. 432. Blasphemy against the light, ii. 350. Blood required of persecutors, i. 243. Of the Old Covenant, the life of beasts, ii. 362. Of the New, the life of Christ, ii. 363. Of Christ cleanseth from sin, 364. Undervalued by professors, ii. 365. Redemption by it, ibid.

Boasters, presumptuous, i. 30. In others lives reproved, ii. 248.

tion, birth, sufferings, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, glorification, speaking from heaven, sitting at God's right hand, going about doing good, his light, his judg ment, forgiveness, righteousness, reconciliation, mortification, life, sanctification, wisdom, redemption, election and salvation by him. The heavenly man, his inward appearance, grace, conversation, knowledge, virtues, warfare, victory, peace, substance, anointing.

As mediator, author and finisher of faith, judge of all, always the same, no respecter of persons, chief corner-stone, true shepherd and bishop, conqueror, eternal life, common salvation, prince of the kings of earth, having the keys of hell and death, having the seven spirits of God, the shut

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