Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

$56 Oft%ie joys ofbeauen. i$lqualities toruchat the Mutt J hall bee equalltintothe Angels, wed are the wherewith our fount; of God, &c. And the Apofde telleth vs, that ourmor- adorn(hall be tallmu1T put on immortality. Sob the fame reafon they mud adorned i ar p y Y imrnortaatie, needs be incorruptible :for as he fpeaketh in the fame chap- and agilay. ter; our bodies arefotone in corrupt ion, and railedin incorrnp- Luk.no.;6. Lion : and againe, our corruptible mull put onincorruption. r,Corrs.g3. unto this wee may adde their agility, and their quicke, vecf.,s. Y q nimble, and light motion ; for being glorified, they areper- fealy ruled by the foule,and yceld vnto it ready feruice, not being now hindred by their might or fluggifhneffe,from the prefent performing ofany a&ion wherein it will imploy them : fo as they fhall bee able to afcend, as well as defcend; as we fee in the example ofour Sauieur, afcending into hea- Al.n.9. uen in the fight of his Apofiles ; and to moue from place to place with incredible fwiftneffe, not being at all hindred by Augufì.dere. their waight. For if( as one faith) Iead,which naturally fin- furcctZ.corpo keth to the bottome asfooneas it iscafi into the Water,may rum. Serm,ç, b the art of the workeman bee made in fuch a forme, thin, !OIL 10. SCUD. Y 47y hpllow,and like aboate,that it wil fwim and flote aloft; Thal . wethinke that God cannot giue that ability to ourbodie that the workeman to the lead? And if the water which is naturallyheauie, can be madefo thin and fubtill, that it hang gethin the aire, and iscaried about ;with the wind; how much more maya glorified body, quickened by Gods fpi- rit, be freed from it dull heauineffe, and haue power to of cend,and to moue which way the foule pleafeth to guide it? Againe;we fee by experience, that the heauier a bodyis,the flower it naturally is, and vnfit for motion, and the lighter itis,.the more fwift and nimble,; and yet who feeth not, that a mans body which is leane and weake, though it be light,. yetmoueth flowly;and that his bodywho kin good liking, firong and vigorous, though it bee more heauie,isquicke and fwift in motion ? If therefore health can worke this great difference,and make that which is heauie to be canned byanother,light to be caried by it felfe; cuco as the want tbereofmaketh that heauieto it Celle, which is light unto a- . nocher ; how muchmore Thal this be effedled by immortali- ty, and the quickening venue of Godspowerfullfpirit?But whether