In the time of David, God made the coming of the
Messiah to be more manifestly declared ; that it
might with certainty be known of what stock he
should come : namely, of the stock of David. God
said unto David, 2 Samuel vii. 12, "When thy
days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fa-
thers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall
proceed out of thy bowels, and I vnll establish his
kingdom. He shall build a house for my name ;
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for-
ever. I will be his*father, and he shall be my son."
He likewise sditK^- Psalm cxxxii. 11, "The Lord
hath sworn in thith unto David, he will not turn
from it ; of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy
throne." Here Christ is described, that he shall be
a king ; and an eternal king, as is mentioned of him
in Psalm xlv. 6. " Thy throne, O God, iff for ever

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