So ephefians,Chap.if. V ER.6.1 Vfe t. Doe. and this end mutt needs be better then the things madefor ir, and no- thingis betterthenall the creatures, but onely God the Creator : Hence it followeth that God muff needs have himfelfe as his end in every thing which he worketh: nowGod being foperfell, that he needeth not our good,that nothingcan hurt him,or make him better in himfelfe: hence it followeth that his end mutt needs befome externaII matter, as themaking himfelfe known,thathe maybeaccordingly honored ofus, and that tothe benefitofus who yeeld him thishonor.The Scripturein. timateth 3.ends in that God workethtowardhis chofen. s.The gloryof us ; The wifdome of the Gofpell is faid tobe predeffinate to our glory ; all things are ours. The2. is the glory ofour mediatour, a are yours, you are Chrifi, a The fr. Chrift (hall be glorious in his Saints, yea,admirable in them that beleeve.The 3.isGod himfelfe ; all are yours , you Chrifts, Chrili Gods ; that is , for Godand his glory : Now thofe twoformer are ends,to which ,not for which God worketh. He that buildetha houle, that he may lay a furefouhdation,that he may raife the frame,gives itthe due filling which belongeth to it, but thefe arenothis proper ends, but that he may have a houfe for his habitation: So God worketh many things to our glory, and that in us his Chrift may be glorious, but the proper end whichhe hath inall,is his owne glory. Wherfore feeingthis is Gods end,let us in all things labour toyeelde himglory; whatfocver weare, let us be itin him, and through him, and for him. We fee every thing that commethofthe earth,goeth to that commonparent again; everybody made ofthefe elements is refolved into thefe elements ; fo muff it bewith us,we muff returne backeto him in glorifyinghim, from whom we come, as the *orkmanfhip ofhis hands:It is certaine, if he be not glorified of us,he will glorifie himfelfe inus.What a fhame is it that we fhouldnot havehis glory,as theend we aime at in every thing, whohath made all things in heaven and earth ferve,as theirend ,to which they may be reduced r Secondly óbferve,that he dothgenerally intendhis praife ofhis grace in all fuch who are predeffinatedby him:that which God doth out of his grace,muft needs be to the gloryof his grace ;But hedothdell and predeftinate us out ofhisgrace.We fee that if one doth this or that in wifdom,he is praifed for his wifdom,which in thisor that he bath (hew- ed:So in any other vertue,thus it is,thofe things which God doth.outof hisgrace , hemuff needs intend tohave hisgrace notified in them , and tohave it, being knowne, admired, honoured, and praifed accordingly. Againe, thofe things which God doth out ofjuftice, though, diverfly juflice from which they come, (hall be glorious in them, yet all that juftice doth is reduced to this, asthe juif fupreame end, even to lend a voice to the riches of Gods glorious mercy , which he-fheweththevef- fels ofmercy: Forlooke as in us the anions of inferiour venues, which commendthe verrues they come from,theyare ferviceable in fome fort, toallions offuperiour verrues , Ergo, what my temperance doth upon the Sabbath , it doth it for religion fake , that mydevotion may more fullyand fruitfully occupie himfelfe ; fo wouldGod have us conceive in
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