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342 Of thevnnitieofivorldlynobititie. ling feruice, not for feruice feare, either of his hea uie curie pronounced in his Iaw,or ofhis feareful punilhméts denoun- ced again(! fin,ei ther refpeaing this life or the life to come ; but out of a free and generousdiflnofition, becaufe weeloue him,who bath loued vs firft, and thinke nothing too much which we can do for his glory,who hath not thought the life of his deareff fon, too;deare forvs,but hath freely given it for ourredemption and faluacion; wheras worldly nobility hath no fuchpriuiledge, fecing it neither conferreth vnto vs the confidence offons , nor freethvsfrom the flaui(h feare offer- cants.For notwithflanding all this worldly glory, men may quake with feare,when God fheweth the leatt fign ofhispo. werfullprefencc,andeither vtterly neglel the duties ofhis feruice, or performe themfecurely with careleffe negleet,or §.Se6i.tg. with great terror and trouble of mind. Tb.rtthe riui- The advancements allo offpirituall nobility are ten chou. kdes opiri- fand times more excellent then chafe which belong to that aremu nobility which is world( bythis we Rand in the prefence of rm t chgree- Y Y P P tzrthen of that ces, by that in the prefence of the glorious king of heauen which is and earth ; by this we haue oft the fauour of earthly kings, *aridly. by that wehaue alwaies the fauour ofrhe king of glory: by this we haue earthly reuenewes which are but 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 ofGod himfelfe: by this we are chief feruants to the great monarches of the world, by that wee 'oho la 5. become chicle feruants of the great monarch of heaven and earth; yea we become a 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 oncly Connes, but alto heires,not ofan earthly inheritance,but of an heauenly kiugdome, immortal' and vndefiled ; in regard whereofthe r.Pet.t.9, fcriptures glue vs the titles not ouely of nobility, but alto of p'.t.e,& royaltie, and affirme direëtly that wee are made of' God throughChrif,not only great officers ofhis heauenly court, but all() kings who fhall reigne with him in all by and glo- ry. And therefore as much as a fon excelleth a feruant, hea- sien earth, and God himfelfe mortal( princes; fo much more we