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11.4.
Ephe
(1anr,
Chap.
i.
V$R.r.I
that
we
belong
to
ChrtILWe
fee
in
earthly
fèruitors,thj50
f
much the greater,
by
how muchtheir Lords and
Matters arein grea-
ter præeminencie: Hence
it
is
that
we fue
for
the
cloath
of
Noble per
-
fons,efpecially,who
are
great fauourftes
with
the
King:
We
fee
it
fo,
and
not without
reafon
;
for
it
is a
matter
of
countenance,
of
prote&ì-
on; yca,if
they be
in
good
place
about
them,of
great
chow
much
more glorious
is
this,to
retain
to
the king
of
t>ao
gloryumre,
that
But
not
as
a common
feruitor,but inföme
fpeciall place,very neere him
?
What
greater honour had Mofer,
Ahrebom,
Dsvr4,
then
that Gods
name was called on
them;dbrabem the friend
of
God,
Mof
s
my
fer.
uant,Dsrid,oh
how
tbjfenrartl
seth
thy
pout
e
Pfol.
rr
9.
Againe,our
duety
that
we owe
to the
name of our God, doth
re.
quire,that
we
fhould truely
confide
this,
and boaft
of
it,
as
our
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,
and
count it. the
height
of their
good
fortunes;
yet
who
leech
not,that
vnthankfulneffb creeperh
into Noble
breafts,or
there could
not be
found
a
young Courtier,
&
an
old beg-
gar?
What
fhallbeour
(inne,
if
wehold not
vp
our heads
with holy
gladneffe
of
heart, that we
areintertained by fuch
a
Lord,who
is
faith.
full,
wltofe largefle
is,
Cum
aboue
all
heart
can
thinke, to
his true hear
-
tedferuants.
Againe, this
muff
rebuke
fuch
white hearted Chriflians, who are
afhamed
oftheir
Mafter,and worke
he
fetteth them about; ifany pro-
phase
ones,
be
io
prefence,who
Ibrinke
in, & are
afraid
to be
known
w
hofc men they are
:
Uow
farre
would thefehaue beene in
the times
or
chofe
firft
Chriftians,
fo
full
of
perfecution
?
Should our
feruants
ferue
vs
thus, wee would pull
their cloath
ouer their cares, and
fend
them
packing.
According to
Gods
will.] Obferue hence, that it
is
the
will
of
God
which
cloth
Algae
to
vs
our
feuerall
csllings;for the
Apollo
doth
ac-
knowledge
in this
phrafe,twothings;F,
cif,
The Prouidence.Secondly
The
free grace
of
God. Ciuill
men will let forth the wifdome
and
bountifulneffe
of
their
bencfaftorstl;ofe
that
rife
by the
Kings fa-
uour from one
place
toanother,
oh how
they
will
extoll
his
Prince-
like clemencie:
So this
heauenly minde
ofthe
Apo
file,
euery where
is affeEted
with the free grace
of
God,
who did
aligne
to
him fuck
a
high calling
as
this
was: the truth is,it
is
Gods prouidence,and good
-
neffe,
which doe defigne
vs
to
euery
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.No
wife man
doth
make a
thzng,bur he knoweth
the
ends
to which bee
will
vfe
it;
much leffe
doth the Lord
make any
of
vs,
but he
knoweth
ro
what
ends
bee
will
imploy
vs
; and
Tooke
as
a wife governor in
the family, fetteth
one to
this
worke,
in this place,
a
fecond
to another,
in
a
(finale
place
;
fo
Both the
Lord
in
this world,which
is a
peeceofhis
houfhold.
We mull
therefore hence
be
furred
vp
to
acknowledge the
grace
of
God to
vs,and
providence ouer
vs
:
Ifir
reach
to
the
haires
of
our