to theE PH E S lAN S. 279 the wicltedeft of men, to t~e- ungodlieft of men; He givtth Kitzgdo;,s (faith~ lie) to the bafrfl of men; fo 1t1s ':pan. 4- 17. Nay, and tbe Dev1l h•mfelf 1s the Str. X:lq, King of this World, and he hath all the things ~ere.. He u~dtrtook _to give. the~ Kingdoms of th~ ~orld, and the glory of them. to Chnft, H; IS the Pnnce that ruleth in the A1r; the god of the World; carneth all before h1m. Now raife_ilp your thoughts,~ath God given fuch .~World as this is, and all the glory of 1t to h1s worft Enem1es; to the very Devils themfelves, that were wodhipped for about Four hundred years by all the World! and had all the glory and riches of Jt.? What bath he referved then for the Samts? What .muft. be the ricbN of the glory ·uf his l11heritance in the Saitzts; whom God loveth, whom he loveth from evei'lafting: when they fuall be rriade perfed:ly glorious without [pot a11dwrilzkl~; glorious fo, :is Ood can ;fully delight in them, and they delight in him? What will be tht richts uf the glory of his ltzbtritance in the Saints? . And fo now I have done with opening this, t9 lhe{\. you from all the .Argu– J;Ilents the Text afforcleth, what the riches uj the glory of Heavmls. I have kept meeHy to what the Text faith; and I have made this Vow with my fel f, lf I tneetwitqHeavenina Scripture, I willfpeakof itfofarasthat Scripture lhall give me fcope to ao; ~or noSubjed:wiU quicken th~. heart ofmore, than td 11/Ct!?. lay open the rzchts of Gqds,mtrcy, and the nches themfelves; Glor.J·, and the - unfearchable richts of Chrijf;
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