342 Ofthevnnitieofivorldlynobititie. ling feruice, not for feruice feare, either ofhis heauie curie pronounced in his Iaw,or ofhis feareful punilhméts denoun- ced again(! fin,ei therrefpeaing this life orthe life to come ; but out ofa free and generousdiflnofition, becaufeweeloue him,who bath loued vs firft, and thinke nothing too much which wecan do forhis glory,who hath not thoughtthe life ofhis deareff fon, too;deare forvs,but hath freely given it for ourredemptionand faluacion; wheras worldly nobility hath no fuchpriuiledge, fecing it neither conferreth vntovs the confidence offons,nor freethvsfrom the flaui(h feareoffer- cants.For notwithflanding all this worldly glory, menmay quake with feare,whenGod fheweth the leattfign ofhispo. werfullprefencc,andeither vtterlyneglel the duties ofhis feruice, or performe themfecurely with careleffe negleet,or §.Se6i.tg. with great terrorand troubleofmind. Tb.rtthe riui- The advancements allo offpirituall nobilityare ten chou. kdes opiri- fand times more excellent thenchafe whichbelong to that aremu nobility which is world( bythis weRand in the prefence of rm t chgree- Y Y P P tzrthen ofthat ces, by that in the prefence ofthe glorious kingofheauen which is and earth ; by this we haue oft the fauour ofearthlykings, *aridly. by that wehaue alwaiesthe fauour ofrhe king of glory: by this we haue earthly reuenewes which arebut momentanie, by that an heauenly inheritance, which is euerlafting :by this wee are honoured and efteemed ofrnen, by that ofthe 1Vlat.rx.go. Saints and Angels,yea ofGodhimfelfe: by this we arechief feruants to the great monarches of the world, bythat wee 'ohola 5. become chicle feruants ofthe great monarch of heaven and earth; yea we becomea kin to Chrift Jefus himfelfe,euen his brothers andfilters,as himfelfe witneffeth ; and through Rom.8.16:17. him the adopted Connes of God, and not onclyConnes, but alto heires,not ofan earthly inheritance,but of anheauenly kiugdome, immortal'and vndefiled ; in regardwhereofthe r.Pet.t.9, fcriptures glue vs the titlesnot ouely ofnobility,but altoof p'.t.e,& royaltie, and affirme direëtly that wee are made of' God throughChrif,not onlygreat officers ofhisheauenly court, but all() kings who fhall reigne with him in all by andglo- ry. Andtherefore as much as a fon excelleth a feruant, hea- sienearth, andGodhimfelfe mortal( princes; fo muchmore we
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