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96a Of the ¡oyes o f heaaen. 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; and fach as is the heauenly yldam, fisch are they alfo that are heauenly.And as we haue borne theimage of the earthly, fo fhall we heare the image of theheauenly. And in ano- a a.Cor. ;.r8. ther place he affirmeth,that d we all behold,as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord with openface,and are changed into the firme tmage,fromglory to glory, as bythefpiritof the Lord. Anda- Col. ;.4. gainehe faith,that when eChrifl,uhicbis our life/hallappeare, we Ihallappearelbithhim in glory. But moll plainely in the E- 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 like vnto hie glorious body,according to the working,whereby he Le able to fu6- due all things to himfelfe. And with him agreed) the teflimo- nie of the Apoffle John, as being both guided by the fame &tlohn ;.5. fpirit; gWeknow(faithhe) that when he fhallappearc,lbeefhall belske vnto him. And as this is confirmed with plentifull te- flimonies,fo it ffandeth with good reafon ; for feeing lefus Chrifi is our head,and we the members ofhisbody,dccorum and comlineffe requireth, that wee fhould beeconformable and like vnto him ; for ill would it befeeme a glorious head, to haue an inglorious bodie, and not to haue the refi of the members futable with it in maieffie and perfe &ion. Now if we further inquire, what is the glorie of the bodic of Chria 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 in his chiefe ftrength; and yet this was but a glimpfe of his glory, fuch as this bleffed Apoffle was capa- ble of in this fraile condition, and could behold with his weake fight ; and therefore our Sauiour himfelfe further Mattb.16s7. faith,that at the 'aft iudgemenr, the Sonne of man [hallcome in the glorie of his Father. In comparifon of whole fhining brightneffe,and moff glorious maieflie, the Sunne is but a fhadow,yea groffe and palpable darkeneffe. Seeing therfore Chriff fhall be like vnto his father, and we like vnto Chriff, how beautifull and glorious fhal we be at the day of his blef- fed appearing ?Now if we would know bywhat meanes our earthly bodies Thal be made thus beautifull, and full of glo- rious