544 -The fécondBooke of Diuinitie, CHAP. j'. p Retal. 3,1t, in the Jay of the LORD IESVS CHRIST. The fecotd is , that beflde the Happineffe common to them 211, there are Come which (hall haue ioy abtue their fellowes : Not that this atgueth any want in thofe that;haue leffe ; for though all receiue not a like trea- fure, yet all (hall bee full ; As a Veffell.contayning a Gallon , is as full for the bigneffe , as that which con- tayneth ten. And this difference groweth from the dicers meafure ofFaith, whichGod in this life doth indue vs with : for Faith as wee heard before , is that which ioyneth vs to Chrifi: And as our Faith groweth,fo are we moredeep- ly and fiamely rooted and built in him : The greater therefore that our Faith is , the neerer and the firaighter is our coniun`.'tion with Chrie; and the neerer wee are knit to him , the greater our glorie and excellencie muff bee. And becaufe out Faith is difcerned by the fruits ; great faith , many fruits ; fmall faith, few fruits : thereof it is , that for the moil. part wee fee the meafure of Hap_ pinefhe afcribed to the multitude and qualitie of the fruits, I. Cor. 3.8. Emery one (hall receiue his owneproper reward ,according to his owne proper-labour, Fhilrp.4.1y. I delire a f uit that may aboundinyour account. To giue a tafle of tome that arenoted in the Scrip- ture thus to excell, though it hold not in eueryparticht- lar perlon, yet generally chele forts and eflates are ob- ferued : Fire, Thofe that intrut others fhallfhine as the 6riht- neff'e of the Firmament, and thofe that iujhfie many : that is are the good Inflruments of God to bring men to Chrifl,fhallbe as theflarres, Dan. i 2.3. Secondly,The Mailer- builder that planteth and lay_ eth the foundation, (hall haue greater glorie then }lee that watereth and bnildeth thereupon, I.Cor.3.8,Io. Thirdly , The Martyr(hall be made a P Pillar in the Temple ofGod, andpreferred before other. The
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