71z 4 evelattonoftheApocalypfe CAP. 19. theLewes, as With whom theydefire to be made one Sheepfold; and to fpeake thelas Hege off'anaas, Salvation anarhonoor asdglory that is, Praife, honour and glory to be givenuntoour Lord for (hewing forth his mercy and power in la- ving us and in deftroyingour enemies. Glory is a certain high opi- nion which one hath ofa mans excellency for which caufe it bath the name in Greeke, Loea doxa,wherefore in this deftru6ìion ofRome there (hall thine forth fo bright a Beane ofGods goodnes- andpow- er, that all faithfull men(hall marvile and be amazed at it. Honour is that worfhipas well inward asoutward, whereby we do reverence and extoll fogreat an excellency as we conceiveof. ft isand mutt be joined ever with glory, otherwife all that high eftimation which we beare inour minds ofany man, is vaine and nothing worth, if the performing of duties ofhonour unto him do not go with it. The vulgar readeth, Fraifeand glory and virtue be toour God, Complut. and the kings Bread; O the Salvation and power and thegloryof ear God. Verf. a. For true andrighteous. This truth in iudgements refpeE- eth the promife ofGod ; Iuftice refpe5 eth the punifhingof the ene- mies according to his promife ; and their deferts. The faith in both there Attributes ofGod was utterly perifhed among the wicked of the world, becaufe ofthe flow coming ofthis punifhment andGods deferring thereof; Hence it is that God is now worthilymagnified by his People for both thele refpe fts, feeing he Ihould nowmake the world to know and feele fufficiently (as they would now think) that God is anavenger ofwickednes, and that he doth not alwayes wink at thewrongs that areoffered untohis People. Verf. 3. And again theyPaid. J ereis another Thanksgivingex- preffed, which (halbe made after that the matter is more certainly known to be true andcertain, The fir/! MefFenger that brings the firfl newes that theCitty istaken, fhall poure forth the firft Praifes ofGod ; But'when as once the faithful! (hall have heard that Rome is utterly razed down to the ground, without any hope of reftaring and renewing againe, they (hall renew their boy. and withal! they (hall fing new fangs of Praife to God which they (hall power out of their frefh fprings of hearty ioy. The fecond Gra- tulation ,isexpreffed in fewer words then the former, perhaps it is re- corded fo fhortly, to make us fee the dul difpoftion ofour nature, who at the fira onfet of a matter are fervent but waxe cooletoo oft- Pone. And
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