Reo .x. tieZ. Do11.4. Ephe(1anr, Chap. i. V$R.r.I that webelong to ChrtILWe fee inearthly fèruitors,thj50 f much the greater, by how muchtheir Lords andMatters arein grea- ter præeminencie: Henceit is thatwe fue for the cloath ofNoble per- fons,efpecially,whoaregreat fauourfteswith theKing: We fee it fo, andnot without reafon ; for it is a matter ofcountenance, ofprote&ì- on; yca,ifthey be ingoodplace about them,ofgreat chow much more glorious is this,toretain to the kingof t>ao gloryumre, that But not as a common feruitor,but inföme fpeciall place,very neere him ? Whatgreater honour had Mofer, Ahrebom, Dsvr4, then that Gods name was called on them;dbrabem the friendofGod, Mofs my fer. uant,Dsrid,ohhow tbjfenrartl seththy pout e Pfol. rr 9. Againe,our duety that we owe to thename of our God, dothre. quire,that we fhould truely confide this, and boaft ofit, asour high_ eft preferment, that he hath made vs his feruants. Let vs therefore who are Chriliam, reioyce and triumph in this, that Chrift bath taken vs into his feruice. Men that belong togreat perlons, will beare themfelues Rout on it, andcount it. the heightof their good fortunes; yet who leech not,that vnthankfulneffb creeperh into Noble breafts,or there couldnot be found a young Courtier, & an old beg- gar? What fhallbeour (inne, ifwehold not vpour heads with holy gladneffeofheart, that we areintertained by fucha Lord,who is faith. full, wltofe largefle is, Cum aboueall heart can thinke, tohis true hear- tedferuants. Againe, this muffrebuke fuch white hearted Chriflians, who are afhamed oftheir Mafter,and workehe fetteth them about; ifany pro- phase ones, be ioprefence,who Ibrinke in, & areafraid to beknown w hofc men they are : Uow farre would thefehaue beene in the times or chofe firftChriftians, fo full ofperfecution ? Should our feruants ferue vs thus, wee would pull their cloathouer their cares, and fend them packing. According toGods will.] Obferue hence, that it is thewill ofGod which cloth Algae tovsour feuerall csllings;for theApollo doth ac- knowledge in thisphrafe,twothings;F, cif, The Prouidence.Secondly The free grace ofGod. Ciuill men will let forth the wifdome and bountifulneffe oftheir bencfaftorstl;ofe that rife by the Kings fa- uour from oneplace toanother,oh how they will extoll his Prince- like clemencie: So this heauenly mindeoftheApo file, euery where is affeEtedwith the free graceofGod, who didaligne to him fuck a high callingas this was: the truth is,it is Gods prouidence,and good- neffe, which doe defigne vs toeuery calling, Galo. r. r S. Euen from his mothers wotnbe,did God let him apart, Tars, q, Before he was borne, did God decree him a Prophet; yea, the Smith that bloweth in the cosies, the Lord createth him, Efy N.4. t6.Nowife mandoth make a thzng,bur he knoweth theends to which bee will vfe it; much leffe doth the Lordmake anyofvs, but he knoweth ro what endsbee will imploy vs ; and Tooke asa wife governor in the family, fetteth one to this worke, in this place, a fecond to another, ina (finale place ; fo Both the Lord in this world,which is a peeceofhis houfhold. We mull therefore hencebe furredvp toacknowledge thegrace of God to vs,and providence ouer vs : Ifir reach to the haires ofour
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