96a Ofthe ¡oyes o fheaaen. might bee thefirit borne of many brethren. So elfewhere bee r.Cor.ts faith,that fisch o as is the earthly eldam, fach are they which 4349. are earthly; andfach as is the heauenly yldam, fischare they alfo that are heauenly.And aswe haue borne theimage ofthe earthly, fofhallwe heare the imageoftheheauenly. And in ano- a a.Cor. ;.r8. ther place he affirmeth,that d weall behold,as in amirror, the glory of theLord with openface,andarechanged into the firme tmage,fromglory toglory, asbythefpiritofthe Lord. Anda- Col. ;.4. gainehe faith,that when eChrifl,uhicbisour life/hallappeare, we Ihallappearelbithhim inglory. But moll plainely in theE- E Phil.3 .xt. piffle to the Philippians bee teacheth vs, that f Chri11 lefts fhall change our vile body, that it maybe f aJhioned likevntohie gloriousbody,according to theworking,whereby heLe able tofu6- due all things to himfelfe. And with him agreed) the teflimo- nieof the Apoffle John, asbeing both guided by the fame &tlohn ;.5. fpirit; gWeknow(faithhe) that whenhe fhallappearc,lbeefhall belske vntohim. And as this is confirmed withplentifull te- flimonies,fo it ffandeth with good reafon ; for feeing lefus Chrifi isour head,andwe themembers ofhisbody,dccorum and comlinefferequireth, that wee fhouldbeeconformable and like vnto him ; for ill would it befeemea glorious head, to haue an inglorious bodie, and not tohaue the refi of the membersfutable with it in maieffie and perfe&ion. Now if we further inquire, what is the glorie of the bodic ofChria ourhead, the Apoffle John, who did behold it but through Apoc.r,i G. thefe dim fpe&acles ofmortalitie,wil tel vs, that hisfacefhone as the Sunne fbineth inhis chiefeftrength; and yet this was but aglimpfe ofhis glory, fuch as this bleffed Apoffle was capa- ble ofin this fraile condition, and could behold with his weake fight ; and therefore our Sauiour himfelfe further Mattb.16s7. faith,thatat the 'aft iudgemenr,the Sonne ofman [hallcome in theglorie of his Father. In comparifon of whole fhining brightneffe,and moff glorious maieflie, the Sunne is but a fhadow,yeagroffe andpalpable darkeneffe. Seeing therfore Chriff fhall be like vntohis father, and we like vnto Chriff, howbeautifull andglorious fhal we be at the day ofhisblef- fed appearing ?Now ifwe would know bywhat meanes our earthly bodies Thal bemade thus beautifull, and full ofglo- rious
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