_J. D._ He deposeth Christ from his true kingly office, making his _kingdom not to commence or begin before the day of judgment_. And _the regimen, wherewith Christ governeth his faithful in this life, is not properly a kingdom, but a pastoral office, or a right to teach_. And a little after, _Christ had not kingly authority committed to him by his Father in this world, but only consiliary and doctrinal_. _T. H._ How do I take away Christ’s kingly office? He neither draws it by consequence from my words, nor offers any argument at all against my doctrine. The words he cites are in the contents of chap. XVII. De Cive (vol. II). In the body of the chapter it is thus: _The time of Christ’s being upon the earth is called, in Scripture, the regeneration often, but the kingdom never. When the Son of God comes in majesty, and all the angels with him, then he shall sit on the seat of majesty. My kingdom is not of this world. God sent not his Son that he should judge the world. I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. Man, who made me a judge or divider amongst you? Let thy kingdom come._ And other words to the same purpose. Out of which it is clear that Christ took upon him no regal power upon earth before his assumption. But at his assumption his Apostles asked him if he would then restore the kingdom to Israel, and he answered, it was not for them to know. So that hitherto Christ had not taken that office upon him, unless his Lordship think that the kingdom of God, and the kingdom of Christ, be two distinct kingdoms. From the Assumption ever since, all true Christians say daily in their prayers, _Thy kingdom come_. But his Lordship had perhaps forgot that. But when then beginneth Christ to be a king? I say it shall be then, when he comes again in majesty with all the angels. And even then he shall reign (as he is man) under his Father. For St. Paul saith (1 Cor. xv. 25, 26): _He must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet; the last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death_. But when shall God the Father reign again? St. Paul saith in the same chapter, verse 28: _When all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all_. And verse 24: _Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, authority, and power_. This is at the resurrection. And by this it is manifest, that his Lordship was not so well versed in Scripture as he ought to have been.