-- 468 Sermon 8, ~---4------------------------------------------- and Spiders, callyetnisrhe place ofglory, indrifland <~bwehs! ., Say it be: yetfuch is thenarureofthefe r\Vo (fuch as they be) thereft,andrh l ryhere, as they divide it fiill: have yeone; yetriufi quitthe other. They that ~g '· glor~ have not ~he qnieteft Z!ft ; And they that ate moft <:t reft,farrhcilofffrorn b~~lll glortoiU. JiejlJs here; a_thmg englor:er!,S : an~ glory, arhmg res!le!fe. Thusit llan~ W•th us: IJ!'.cchars tond,tlonltkefome ·; Reft tsgood, though Jt be-betweeneapay ofpanniers : . Ifthat~ike u!, we mufi: live in this efiate, themofi: ~bfcuregf all rh: Trtlm• But;1fwe Will have aname amo»g thegreat ones ofthe earth, tfbeglorio 111 th fai.'e,\rell refl: We mufi: takeour lot among them, that live notmoll: ateafe, cen~nl~n For, heretheymeetnot, bu,tare infunder fiill. ' 7 At tl" right But fay yet, we could make themmeete ; Beat all cafe, and in allglory-rqgerber; h••d•!God. Jeated, andJeatedat the right hand both. (Nowcome we to weigh the word1>;(.J Ioh.;•. " · The right hand (here)[t<fer terram is not theright hc;dofGo o, butofaman,whicn lhaJ.l wither, and withinaccrtaine of yeeres (as the Prophets terme is) faUft,mrht j!Joulder. And fo thisreft, and this right hand, we can have no hold ofeither. lt~ faid in thevfEls, vffter tJ¥oyearts, Felixwent his way, and another came G117Jtrno~r in his place.. And then.the places were changed ; Come weredifeafed: and fois the Aa•.••.•s. pr.,t.i;..•. L~~·'·~,t· cafe ofall felicitie here. Vpon the poinr then, Reft, andglory, we{ieke not barely: but, we feeketnem fo -as they may endure: andourwilhis, ifit might be, evenforever. And this maybe had: bur, it will be had at ~oright h~nd, burad dexterAm Dei; Gods only. Then feeke them there. Not here: where either we lhall{eeke and not findethem; or fin~ one from the other; or, if both together, yet i)avenohold ofthem, butfoonelofe them againe. Seeke,where wemay ;nay where welhall be fure to find them ;where both will be had; and~oth together, a~d good alfurance ofboth,even to etmit,as: at Gods right h,md, a nght hand thatwJtherethnor. Ifyeefeeke reft,letitbeinH~ hbly hill; ifglDrJ, Gloriai»exceljis,where CH 11 Is r is already: Set,foatreft;attbe right hand, [o inglory; at Gods~ight h.cud, andfo, inboth,.fore.,er. Theretheyb: thete(eeke,there{et your mindeJ.. "- ' 'I'o withdraw our felves, tb' fequefter our mindes from things here below, tD ·thinkeofHim, and ofthe placewhere now He is, and the thi»ts; that will bring us 'thither. · .The .JppUwi. Ids aprerogative, that aC.brifliAnhath: to make it EAHer; any day inthe_yeare; onto tbc ""''· by doing thefeduties on it. They come no day amilfe. But,nodayfo fit:,astbtsd;y, -~; i tqe vei·ydaJ offlu rijing. Then, ohcry C<UJgruitY,; wetoriftalfo. For,mHeJfon -~· 'in the'world, i(Heri(e, that we lhbuld lieftJH. , Nor isitgood for·us, that Helhould rife, }"Vithciut us;and leave us behind in thegraveofour jinnts'fiill. But, when, He 1 then we too. c ' ' l " Rijingisnorfopiqpertoih.eday, but the tWojignu, or two iuties (caJI thet! which yee will) are as prop'er. For,''this aay was (indeed) a day of (eekms. 1,1,;.,&.6. I know wh•m fee feeke, yee fee/et, lefm th.itw¥ frfjf:ijied '(faithoneVfngeU:) Wlrf Luk\•'1· 6 • feekeyeetheli'llingalnongthedud (faith another ~ ) Torife, whenHerofl;to(crkl Him, wben He was fought. . This day, He wa~ fought bymen, fot~gh!·by"'" 11"'· Women, thethree.Uf14ri_es; tMen, thetwoVlfiHies. TheWomen,auh.,.gu;tbc ·:~~phrNes at P'-J»CS. Eady by rhe one, tArnef1ly, by the other. So, rherewasfukmg ~fall hands. • i.~k.~4.~ j : An~ they ~hie~ f~ghth?t~ went ~o E111111aiis, yet theyfit their minduonHirn 1 ; had Htm tnllltnd~, were ra!Iimg of Htm by the way. So thar, thefe doe very lit Y come irito the Agmdumofthis d.cy : Thusrofuke, and[et our mindes. At leall, not to4bfe Him quite, that day, w~ lhouldfeeke Him ; nor have ow: mindsfarrhellfrom 'Hifn,thafday; 'th.ey ilioitldP<; ni'efi uponHim~ J Hl'i. I, ~~· . Th~
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