For as much therefore, as he that _redeemeth_ hath no title to the _thing redeemed_, before _the redemption_, and ransom paid; and this ransom was the death of the Redeemer; it is manifest, that our Saviour, as man, was not king of those that he redeemed, before he suffered death; that is, during that time he conversed bodily on the earth. I say, he was not then king in present, by virtue of the pact, which the faithful make with him in baptism. Nevertheless, by the renewing of their pact with God in baptism, they were obliged to obey him for king, under his Father, whensoever he should be pleased to take the kingdom upon him. According whereunto, our Saviour himself expressly saith, (_John_ xviii. 36) _My kingdom is not of this world_. Now seeing the Scripture maketh mention but of two worlds; this that is now, and shall remain unto the day of judgment, which is therefore also called the _last day_; and that which shall be after the day of judgment, when there shall be a new heaven, and a new earth: the kingdom of Christ is not to begin till the general resurrection. And that is it which our Saviour saith, (_Matth._ xvi. 27) _The Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works_. To reward every man according to his works, is to execute the office of a king; and this is not to be till he come in the glory of his Father, with his angels. When our Saviour saith, (_Matth._ xxiii. 2, 3) _The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat; all therefore whatsoever they bid you do, that observe and do_; he declared plainly, that he ascribed kingly power, for that time, not to himself, but to them. And so he doth also, where he saith (_Luke_ xii. 14) _Who made me a judge or divider over you?_ And (_John_ xii. 47) _I came not to judge the world, but to save the world_. And yet our Saviour came into this world that he might be a king and a judge in the world to come: for he was the Messiah, that is, the Christ, that is, the anointed priest, and the sovereign prophet of God; that is to say, he was to have all the power that was in Moses the prophet, in the high-priests that succeeded Moses, and in the kings that succeeded the priests. And St. John says expressly (chap. v. verse 22) _the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son_. And this is not repugnant to that other place, _I came not to judge the world_: for this is spoken of the world present, the other of the world to come; as also where it is said, that at the second coming of Christ, (_Matth._ xix. 28) _Ye that have followed me in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel_. [Sidenote: The end of Christ’s coming was to renew the covenant of the kingdom of God, and to persuade the elect to embrace it, which was the second part of his office.]