to the E P H E S I A N S. That the Ge11ttles fhould be added to the Church, therein wa. Godexceeding-~ ly glorified. So it is fa id in the ACls, when they faw that God had g1ven Repm- Ser.X VIf. tartce to the Gmtito, rhm thrygtonjied God, And though m malong app!Jca· .........-v---..J r on both to the 'Jew and Gemile, he reckoneth apart lomethmg of the one and f~mcthing of the other, that are in common to be applied to bot~ ;.yet in his aplication ne diflin~'tly mentwneth, to the prat(e of h1<glory. .~o m the :conc!u– ~on of his appl1cation to the .'Jew,. in the 12th verfe,. To the pratfe of h11glor!: So in the conclufion of lJis apphcatroo to the Gmttte, m the 14th verfe. As it referreth thus to the Perfons ~ that God lhould have glory:for con– vening the Gemites, rurning them : fo hkewtfe .rt referreth to the fJ>ecral bene• fits he had mentioned. He had mentwned the1r 6duvl1lg 1 he had mennoned their beingfentedup, ,and havmg the Holy GhoJ1 as an Earnell of theJr lnhentance to thepratfe of htsglory, fanh he. · Ev~ry new benefit fhould have to the praife of his glory added to it in our hearts. Doll thou believe? Live to the praife of his glory. Hall thou A!furance added to thy Faith, and a being fealed by the hofy Sptrit of Promtft? There is a further expectation, that thou fl10uldell be to the prmfe of htfglor)' ; for God hath in that, l if thou beell fealed) glorified thee, for to that it hath reference, He that is fealed up to the day of fatvatiOit, and hath ;oy tmfpeakabte mtd glo– riotu, that bath his heart filled with it; he hath not only the Spi>·it of' Grace, but (as the Apoftle faith, 1Pet.4.14-) he hath the Spirit of Glory re(/i11g on him, He hath the beginnings of Glory in his heart, therefore it is exp~ctcd that he 010uld live much more to God's glory. It is the exprciiion of Ptter, in that 1 Pet. I. g. (as by the coherence appeareth, and as I have 01ewed already,) that thofe which are filled wah;oy ttnfpraka6te and glortotts, (whtch are the words·• jufi betore) do receive the end of their Faith; they do receive it at prefent, they have part of their wages; they are partly in Heaven, efpecially at the time when they have it. Tl1erefore if God glorifie them, it is expetted much more. of fuch, that they fhould live to his glory. And Self-love in thefe is fecured, it is' provided for, which ufeth to bulll~ in thofe which want aifurance; but God hath quieted and fecured that pnnctple m thee,that now thou mull lay out all for God's glory. Or elfe in the !all place, Vnto the prmfe of' hisglory, may have relation (and fo Pifcator carries it, and there is none of thefe references but it is to be taken in}to the redemption of thepurchafedpof[ejJio11. There is a purchafed po!fe.fli•tl tu the praife of hisglory; God hath appointed us and fealed us up unto it. My Brethren, Why hath God appointed an Inheritance, a Heavm to his Chil– dren? Itistothepraifeof hisglory. God will be glorified in nothing more than in the greatnefs of that Glory, which he belloweth upon his Children at lafr. How great therefore fhal! their glory be, whenas the utmoll Glory of G0d, the utmoll praife of his glory, of his manilellative Glory, ( for that is meant by the praife of his Glory; Glory is his elfential Glory, theprai(eof .it is the manifella. tion of his Glory,) when this muft arife out of his glorified Creatures? We !hall by this fee how glorious a God he is, by feein~ how glorious and happy he can make Creatures to be. In 2 Thef!.2.14, he fatth there, that we aN ordained tmto the obtaining, ""'"'""!'"'• of theglory of the Lord .'Jej11s Chn(l. The words may be read (as in the Original they are, and Interpreters read the~) either to the obtammg Glory rn Chnft, or elfe to the obtammgthe fame Glory Jefus Chrifi bath: and e1therof both argue thts Glory to be mfimtely glorious. 2 Thtjfr. ro. Whm he/halt come (faJth he) to beg!orijitd i11 his Saittts a11d to 6e admired i11 .all them that 6~1ieve. This fame pu.rchafed polfeiiion i; is to the pratfe of his gtor)'· Then WJJI Jefus ~hnll ?e man~felled how glorious he is; but where and how1 In them that belteve; m fhewmg how glorious he call make them to be. SE, R..
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