407 / 808
IV
ß
R,
13,
Ephefians,
Chap.;.
391
as Rom.
2, 7.
Which
by
patience
in
well
-doingfeek
honour,
and
glory ,
and
immortality.
I
Per.
4.
14.
if
yee
bee
railed
on
for
the Name
of
Chrifl,
ble(fed
are you,for the
f
iris
of
glory
and
of
Ged refleth
upon you
:
wee may
feek
to
be
glorious
in
the fpint; becaufe God hath preordained
us
to
Each
a
glorious eftate, and provided fuch
gloryfor
us
only
,
Wee
are
llg
veffells
of
mercy
prepared
unto
glory.
The
God
of
arace
who
bath
called
i
Pet.
ua
to his
eternal!
kingdome
andglory; he
would
have his
children glori-
ous
in
that glory
wherein himfelfe the
Father
of
glory
(bines, and
not
in
that bafe,earthly,carnall glory
wherein the men
of
the
world
Thine
as
glnw-
wormes,but
in
the
fpirituall
glory
of
Gods Spirit,Nature,and
Holineffe, Shining
as
lights in
the world, like
unto
the
Father
of
lights;
Phili
.5.
i
which
is
n account
&eflimation with God
& his
Angels; the glory
of
P'
:.
this world
is
too bafefor
Gods children.
But
this lieth
in
the
argument.
The
dotítrine
which the words containe
is
this
:
viz.
That
it
is
a
°+,i
glorious thing
to
partake
in
the
aff
il`iions
of
the
GoQull
with
the
Mini/iers
ous
eking
oti-
to
of
it
: We
may
teach
it
by the contrary,
for
he
that fainteth in
the
time
partake
in
the
oftrouble,
his
flrengthio[mall.
He
is
a white
-
livered man, reproachful!
thei&io
e4E
jufily by reafon
ofcowardife: for
as in
outward battels,it
is a
fhame
for
w,ththé
Mi-
a
fouldier then to retire
and leave his
colours when the Captaine
doth
Hitters
beftit himfelf fovalouroufly
as if
he alone would difcomfit the enemy;
etov.a+.
io.
fo it
is
in
this
fpirituall warfareThamefull daftardy
,
if
Chriftians then
give
in
when their
fpirituall leaders are
prodigall
of
their
lives and
li-
berties:
fo
on
the contrary
as
it
is
a
glorious thing
to
bee forward
in
great
enterprifes,
to
make
entry
on fome holds
which
teem impreg-
nable:
fo it
is
when
God
Both
mufFer
his armies and
fight
his fervants
upon fpirituall wickedneffes and this
evil!
world
,
then
to ftand
and
quit our
felves like
men,
is
no fmall glory.,
God when he
feeth
it, doth
T
talon
r.
liken his
Church to
the
troupes
of
horfes in
the
Chariots
of
Pharaoh:doth
commend
her
as
exceeding
terrible;
Cant. r.
E.
'24-r°'
Men
that
perfecute
her
are
firicken dead
in
themfelves,
Philip.
r
.
2
8. f
2.
Tn
nothing
feire
your
adverfaries,mhich
is
to
them a
token
of
perdition;
the
fpiritofglory
worketh this,
Tfyee
fuffer
for
Chrifl,
the
[pit*
of
glory
refieth
on
you.
The
end
air
is
exceedingglorious.
s
cur.
4.17.
Our
light
afflieli-
2i
eafau
3,
ens
for
a atoment,caufeth unto
ses
a
faire
more
excellentandeternal!
weight
of
glory.
The floe ofthe Church
in
this
world
is
militant, the
glory
of
it and
Roofs?,
4:
of
all
Chriftians,
is
their courage, ftrength
and
labour
in
military fetvi
ces,
tofu
f'er
adverfities
as goodfetaldiers
of
Terns
Chri
fi; fighting
together,
T
é;
áwres.
both
Minifters and
people,
as Philip.
r.
verfi
1.
and not one
flinch
from
another: For
if
any
man
doe
,iltoSiT SN
withdraw himfelfe
from
his
Cap-
H64°.
S.
taine,company
and
colours,
my
foie
/hall
havene
pleafure
in
him
this
is
not
glorious,but bate
in
Gods
eyes:
there
is a
peculiar beauty
of
an
army
from
thebeauty ofall other
föcieties, and fo
of the
Church
mi-
litant
to
make
it
pure as the
Sienne,
faire
as
the tiwoene, terrible
as
An
ár-
Cant o,r;
my
with banners.
There
is
the
fame
glory
of
Chrift
the Head
and
of
all
themembers, Rego
g.
Chrift
,