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R.
IO.
Ephefianr,
Chap.
4.
Which
is
to
be marked
againfl
fome Lutherans,
that
turn
the
af-
cending
of
Chrift
into
a fiate
of
M,ijeflie,
whereby
he
is
omni
-pre-
fent.
a. This
muff
be
marked
that
he faith,
What
io
it
hut
that
he defcended
ffrfl into
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth? Where obferve,
How
that
the
Lord
doth
make
great
abatements
goe before
the
exalting
of
thofe
that
are
his:
thus
of
Chrift
it
is
faid
;
it
was mette
that
he fhoulei
be
confecrated
the Prince
of
Salvation through afflitltons.
And
Luke 24.
26.
Our
Sa-
viour
maketh this
the fong
of
all
the Prophets, that
Chrift malt
fuffer
ad
thofe
things, and
fo
enter into
his
glory. Fir(t
defcending, before
of
tending;
and
this we
fee
was
the
courfc
of
God with
his
Church
in
Egypt:
the Jewes from the hiflory ground
this
proverbe,
,um
du.
plicantur
lateres,tum
wait
totofis;
the burden
of
bricke was doubled
before their deliverance appeared
:
abafementgeeth
before
honour.
For
betide
that
a
thing
muff be
emptycd before
it
can be filled, the Lord
doeth thus order the courfe
of
fiis
children,
that
his
power
might
be
made
manifeft. He letteth
the
wicked
nerle
themfelves, and
the
head
of
them touch the heavens,
that
all
the world may
fee it
is
the
high
hand
of
God whereby they
are
abated,
he
letteth
his
owne come
tothe
Lowell
ebbe, bringeth them to thedunghill, that
his
hand may
be manifefted
in
their advancement.
It
is
not with
God,
as
with
men
'who
putdowne
the
prifoners
into the hole,
whom they
purpofe to
bring forth to execution;
for he
fersthem
upon
the throne
fometimes,
whom
heintends
to
rejeû,
as is
manifcft
in
Saul
and
other
Kings
of
ludab and
¡erufalem.
We
mull therefore
fuffer
patiently our
affli
&ions; it was fo
in
Chrift
our head, the fcholler
is
not better then
his
matter, the
fervant
isinferiour
to
his
Lord.
He made,himfelfe
of
noreputátien,
and
tooke
up.
on him theforme
of
a
fervant,
and
teas made
in
the
likeneffe
of
men
:
he
humbledhimfelfe
and
became obedient untothe
death
of
the
Croffe:
Where-
fore
God
bath
highly exalted
him,
be.
Thus
it mull be with us, we
mutt
fuffer
with him, before
we can raigne
with him, we mull
be like
him in his
death, this outward man of ours mull
be crucified,
before
we canbe
like
him
in
glory.
VERSE
r
o.
He
that
defcended
is
even the fame
that attended
np
arre
above
all
heavens,
that
he
might fill all things.
This
verfe
fetterh downe 3. things.
Ir.
The
Perfon Afcending.
a.
The
Place.
3.
The
fruite
which followed Chrills Afcending.
Now
that
he
who
defcended to
the lower
parts
of
the earth, doth
attend to the
higheft heavens;
it
doth
give
us
to confider,
How
the
Lord
doth
tarne
the
greateft
abatements
of
his
children
to
the
greatell
meafire of glory.
Thus
it was
with Chrift,and
thus
it
(hall
be
in
thofe that
are
Chrifts,
as
Paul
faith,
a Cor.
t.
5 ,
The
40a-hens
ofchrifi
have
abounded
in us,
fo
his comforts
have
abounded.
And
OWofes
Pfal.
99.
15.
doth not
with
shat
_479
Yft.
Dort.
Great
abate-
ments
in Gods
people
pre-
cede
their
ex-
altation.
Heh. z. 10.
Luke
a4.
z6.
Prova
ç.
31.
pp.
We mutt then
learn
patience
in
affli @ion.
Phil.
z,7.8.9,
VERSE
r0.
Doti.
The
great af.
flißions of
Godschildren
turn
to their
greater
glory.