C A t'.ç. OfVvifedemc, eyc. 543 Wce come now to the meafure or quantitie of thefe good things, albeit not infinite, yet wonderful! , fuch as noman knoweth but God , and hce o that Both enjoy o kV64.4. thetn,which is the third benefit that we haue by Chriil, abode that which was in Adam, who Tacking that fweet coniunaion , which wee haue with Chrifl, fromwhom, as fromour Head, his owne veryBlcfledneffe is deriucd downe vnto vs, could not haue the good things that were in him, to be fo great and excellent. In the meafure of our happincfl'e two things are to be obferued : The one, proper to this eflate, that the ful- nieffe of it, after the lafl Iodgement , exceedeth that which our foules,feparated from our bodies,had before: for when the Soulcs of the Martyrs flame for the Word ofGod , and the teflimonie of lefus , (ifat the lea(l you vnderfiand that place of the Saules deccafed) cry, Flaw long ,OLord , holyand true! Wilt not thou itrd?Je and a- uenäe our bloodof the inhabitants of the Earth e%nd zt Waé anfevered them , that they mush reff a awhile , till the number of their feliow-feru:wts and brethren bee f lledvp; whichfhouldbe killedas n ell as they: it fheweth that their full refl is not yet accompltfhed. To this purpofe it fer- ueth, that the general' Iudgernent ofall the dead, is ter- med, A time o fgiuin;; a reward to Godsfcruants the P'ro- pbcts,and to the Saints, and to allthatfeare his ATamc: As not hauing yet the full reward that is promifed in that Day ; whereunto Gods children lift vp their head, as to the top and perfection of all their comfort. Hereafter (faithPAvr,) is laydvpfor me aCrowne ofGlarie,wh.ich God the righteous budge will render in that Day. And the Prophet DA V I D, ',when dawake, that is, rife from the dead in the Refurrc&ionof the righteous, (hallbe f9tif fedwith thy likerrfc. 10 i3 alfo referreth our full per+ fecion vnto that time, Whc, hee (that is,Chriß) flr;llbr. sanifesed, zee(hall be like vnto him. And hither ter:deth the. fpecch of the Apofile,. That his Spirit may beefared M m z ire,
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