2 A The Crucifyingof theworld,, fin in Ananias and Sapphire to lye to the Holy . Ghoft and .1 as it is the unpardonable fin to blafpheme the Holy Ghoft t ; So. it muff "be a "great duty to honourand magnifie theHoley Ghoft. And thereforeit fhould makeu§ tremble tohear:force prophane men abufe the Holy Ghoft inderidinghis works,, h laying, Thefe are the Holy-Sretheen t thefe are the Saints a thefe have theSpirit. 5. Nor yet are we forbidden to Glory in the effects of,the Crofs of Chrift upon us ; for thefe you find are included in the Text even our Crucifixion to the world thereby. And the other effects of ir, even our Jaflification, Adoption, and the refit, may be-Gloried in,aswell as this that is here named, as the Apof'tledoth, Rom. 8. 3O,3,32,33. to the end ; yet, ilillj referring all to God in Chrift. 6. ;Nor are we forbidden to Glory in the helps of our fal- vation the Ordinancesof God and means of Grace fo we give- no more to them then their due, and look at them but as the appointed means of God , that can do , nothing but by him. 7. No nor is it unlawfull fo far to Glory inour Teachers as Godbath fent them and qualified them for our good , and as they are the Me%ngers of God: , and inftruments of the Spirit. So didCoreedin.r glory in Peter, A51.r t o. and whenthe Apolles brought the Gofpel to Samaria there was great joy in that City, Adsr8.8. And the Apafile commandeth the Churches to know them that areover them in the'Lord, andfub mit themfe,ves, and eteern. them highly in lóvefor. their;works' fake,; x Thef. 5. 12. 8. Nay we may Glory even in honour , and riches , and other outward things, as they are the effects of the Love of God, and the bloodof Chrift , and as they reveal God,to us, orfurnifh us for his fer vice, and the relief of his people, and any,way.further the Endsof our holy Faith. In a word, we may glory inany thing that is good, as it itands in its due fhb- ordination toChrift afcribing to it nomore, then belongs ; to it in the relation, and not :feparating it in our thoughtsor affections from Chrift but carrying all the Glory ultimately to God and making the creature but the means thereto.
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