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vER.16.
çphefiar;!r,Chap.;.
401
and
leffe
perfect
in
regard
of
holineffe,
yet
it
maketh
them
all
to have
one
and the
Celle
fame righteoufneffe, a
like
precious
faith
in
regard
of
the thing which faith layeth hold
of;
and
therefore the one
nee
-
deth
no
more purgation then
another,
though
all
have
not
the
fame degree
of
inherent righteoufneffe
of
fanétification in
them
-
felves.
V
E
R S.
16. That
he
would
grant
you
according
to
the riches
ofbis
glory,
to be
flrengthened with might
by
his
fJirit
in the inner man.
Now
follow the Petitions,which
are principally 3.
The r.
in
this
i6.
verfe.
The
z.
in
the
17. verfe.
The
3.
in
the 18,19.
vertes..
For
this verfe we
mutt confider
I
The
requeft
2
The
amplifications
of
it
The
requeft is,that
God would
give
them
to
bel
rengthened with
might;
The
amplifications are
3.
z
The
fountaine
of
this ftrength
is
fet
down,
according
to
the riches
of
his
glory.
2The
perfoo,who
immediately worketh it
in
us,is fet
down,
that
he would give you
to he
firengthened
by
his ¿birit.
3
The
Part
in
which
it
mutt be
wrought,
in the innerman.
Thefe
are
the
parts
of
the
verfe
:
for the opening
of
it,
and the fum
of
it.
You mull
know
that
according
to
the riches
ofglory,
doth note not
conformity,
as
if
he
would
fay, I with
you to
be
ftrengthened
as
God
is
ftrong,
but
it
hath the reafon
of
a
caufe,
as
chap.
I.v.
z9.
I
will
you
firengthened
from that rich glory.
For
riches
of
glory, force
confter it
of
mercy,
in
which God
is
chie-
fly
glorified
:
I anfwer,
it
feemeth not
to
be here
the
meaning,
though
that they
fay
is
true , and
their
colleEtions upon
it
in
themfelves
holy.
When
Saint Paul,
Col.
t.
It.
maketh
the
fame
Petition,
he fet-
teth before him
not the
glorious mercy
of
God, but the
glorious
ftrength
of
God,
that
ye
may
be
firengthened
with all might
according
to
his
glorious
power.
2.
The
Scripture calleth the ftrength
of
God
elfewhere,
by
the name
ofglory. Rons.6.4. Chrift is
Paid
to
be
raifed
up
Sui
a'oEns
7ranós
,
by
the
glory,
that
is,
the
glorious ftrength
of
the Father;
and
the
Pleb
:
as
it
is
learnedly
obferved,
by
the felfe fame
word which
fignifieth
ftrength,
doe
fignifie
glory or praife,
Pfal. 8.
z.
gnoz:
for if the
Creature
is
the
ftrength
of
it,
and
fo
the
glory
of
God
may well be
laid the almighty power
of
God.
It
may be asked
what
this meaneth,
to
be
flrengthenedwith
might?
There
is a
double might, Creating, or Created
:
Created might
is
either
bodily, or
fpirituall
:
The
Apoftle therefore wifheththem from
that Creating power,
as
a fountaine, a fpirituall
ftrength Created
in
themfelvcs. And
if you will,
one may conceive this
ftrength to
be
that
VE
S.16.
Riches
ofglo-
ry what.
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