iS6 ephefiana,Chap.i, VER.ao. F2. Doil.q. yfe. .5110 4braham faid. Thus thoughhe let his owne Sonne dye, yethe favemh him indue feafon, and delivereth him : There is a double falvation,one proteeting and keeping evill that it (hall not come neare us, nor once feize on us ; the other is a keeping ofus fo as it (hall not holdus, much leffe prevaileover us : Thus God Paved his Chrift, accordingly ashe asked, when he prayed with f rongcries to him thatmet able tofave himfremdeath,Heb.5.9. Wherefore let this our Saviours cafecomfort us in greateft evils. If the exampleoffeb is to be lookedat,how much morethis ftandard of ex- amples?Whatthough thou feeme(t never fo forfakencwhat though ma-, ny evils have feizedon thee a feare not, (land (till, falvation will thine forth in due feafon. God is not like thedevil! and wicked ones, when they havebrought one into the bryers, therethey leave him, on plaine field : Ihave finned in betraying innocent blood : What is that re ra, fay they a but God will be with us in the evils, yea infeaven, tofave and deliver ur. Obferve againe,that God doth not onely raffe him up, but fet him at his right hand ; Glory correfpondent to his humiliation. Obferve that Godcloth make the abatements of his children be the forerunners oftheirgreateft glory;as theprideof wickedones doth lackyas it were, and runne by their enfuing ruine : fo on the contrary , the fufferings and humiliations of Gods children have enfuing anfwerabie glory : Hee was made idle then aworme, and here is taken to the right hand above Angels. It pleafethGod not onely to exalt hishumbled chil- dren, bat ruche degree alto, in which he had abated them, according to that prayer ofcítitefs Pfal. go. Comfort us, according to the rarer whereinwehavefufered affittion: ason the contrary, we tee him bring- ing judgement on the wicked, inthe fame meafure inwhich they have taken in the delightsof finne, Revel. r8.7. True it is, thatthis doth not holduniverfally in thisprefent life, but when thedefinitive fentence is nowtobe given themaccording, to workes, (hall every foule receive proportioned recompence. Let us then by this takecomfort in ofiétions: Was this Chrifts cafe, onely a Nay, fee, lames a. Io. Rejoyce in affiûions, for when yen are tryed, you Jhall receive the crowne of vittorie; The wickeds woe is fowne in their rejoycing, but in our darkeneife light is fowne for the righteous.' Let us thinke God doth but proveus, that he may in his due timedoe us good : Blood and fweate goe before vi&tory, and before the earthly harveftis gotten in : Wee muftnot then thinke it ftrange, if God caufe us toknow fulferings, before hePhew us thofe glorious mer- cies which he hath prepared for tts. But to confider this matter of Chrifts exaltation more particularly: Firfi, whenit is Paid, he is fetat Gods right hand, aboveprincipalities; Obferve, that our Saviour Chrift as man, is taken to have prerogative before every other creature : For firft, this phrafe noteth the preemi- nence of him, as next to God himfelfe ; that looke as one made a King, batha dignitie above all perlons named in his kingdome, Dukes, Earles,
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