482 Hew mwcfl we in all things give Thanks ? Serra. 20 T Pet.r.6,7. pretiou than gold, will be found to the praife and glory of God; for the crux ej coricu- crofs is the whetftone of Faith, and all other Grace fettir are edge la fidei.fieron and ¡nitre upon it it is theawakenin of the Cant.4.16. g 1ltorth-mind and South- mind, to make rhetè fpices flora. Aug.in Pf4.25. The (tone that is molt hewed, cut, carved, and pol:fhed is ritually fet in the chiefefl part of the building. So are fufferirg Saints prepared for the higheft degrees of Glory. For thefe are prepared the aureola; , thole additional flowers and Rev.20. ornaments that all (hall not partake of fay the Schools. 4' Thofe only that were beheaded or (lain for the witnefs of7efu,r reigned with Chrift a thoufand years. So that it may be faid of the Pfa1.68.r3. Lords fufferers, as David fpeaks though ye have lyen among the pots, _yet fhall ye be as the zings of a Dove covered with filver and her feathers with gold. This may be truly laid, when the Lord (hall change our vile bodies, and fafhion them like to hi glorious body. vei .48.14.. . Notable aid curious is that of ,Terrullian upon 7acobs bleffing the mus benediE1io- two foils of T ofeph with his hands a crofs (which is granted by all ) new non ni/i per de cu ffatii maniba ) thst he might blet Ephraim th young, it with crucem halierí the bieflìr,g of the fir1l -born, that we might know no blaring comes pop. Terr. de to tìs more kindly and properly than by the crofs; therefore give Bap.. cap. R. thanks in and for thy afllidions. oporrer nos V I I. It is a very high priviledge for a Chri;lian to be conformed crueifigi cum to Chrift, to be Conformifts to Chri[l, is to be norcunformifs to the crucifxooft World, Rom. 12.2. but now what cloth more conform us unto Chrift glorificemur than the Crois? therefore give thinks for ir. That 1 may know the cum glorificaro. fellowfl ip of his f xferings, being made conformable to his death. This is Macar.liom.r2 part of that excellent knowledge for which he accounted all other Phi1.3.ro. Hom.8.29. worldly priviledges but dung. To this conformity in afflictions unto Chrift we are predeflinated. This Priviledge appears in verle 17. If we folk r with him, we fhall be glorified together. Luke 24.26. This way Chrift antra into glory. Ought not 7eftts to have f fffered theft' things, and (o to have entred into glory ? now if we will enter with him, we mutt follow after him, how ? by raking up his Crois. ehrijlus prius .Chrift like a good Phyfitian fir(i tafted the medicine that he gave ipfe bibit patio- his Patient. The Crofs of Chrift fweetens our fuffrings in the bitter.. parav't. B ern oafs of them : as that piece of wood fweecned the waters of 114arah, pare. Berm. being cast into them. Luth. in Exod. Therefore John wrote to the Saints as partakers together of a great sap. 15. priviledgè, when be Paid, Compassion i, tribsalation, and in the Kingdom Rev. r. 9. and patience of efu ChriR, Tar-C.3. Then
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