to the E P H E S I AN S. :J 83 was capable to bear the wrath of his Father without defperation, and-al~I~fi~u~ci~, ~- - ~ c'rcum(lances cut off. he indured all th is, (for Hdlts le!s than the )OY ol Heaven,) J'er. xxn, ~nd what joy was it ;hat he endured all this for? . 'P':Ie m1ght have bee.n glori()US ~ in t1eaven, as he was rhe Son of God, without It, for 1t was Ius ng :t the hrfi moment, that he Jhoufd be made fielh , a nght that could not be token tram h.m. It was but the glory of the Mediator/hip, t hat made Inm endure all thiS, It was but an additional glory,yer fo great It was as It upheld h,s foul to endure theCrofs, and to defpife the fhame, and to bear with all the cOntradtd:wns ot ftnners, ami to be ob.edtcnt all his life. 1will not (land urging other places upon you, Therefore we[<ti11t 11ot, (faith the Apoflle, '2 Cor, 4·) becau{e w e look 11pim thtngs th,tt arf etimal, rmd 1101 up011 tbmgs that are temporal. Therefore we are always cou{idf!Jt, (faith he in the )lb. Chapter following,) 6ecaufe we h<~ve an boufe WJth God 11ot rl1<1de wJth htmds, blltetemal iuthe Heavms. In the 1 Cor. '5· 58. when he had fpoken of the glory of the Saints after the Refurred:ton , he exhorrerh them there to all holinefs, Therefore my bfloved Brethrm be.;·e always Jledj,if/ abotmdwg i11 the work of the Lord, forafmuch M you k11ow that ) 'OilY labour ts tJot 111 v.mt i11 the Lord. If this be the reward of it faith he, it will not be in vain; you have good wages, and he that giveth good wages, will look to have his work done well; it.is an inference that he maks from the glory he wtll befiow upon the Samrs nfrer the J;efurrdl:ion,read the whole Chapter. . There is bur two men we read ol betide our Lord and Saviour Chrift that had a– ny more eminent knowledge of Heaven than other men. The one wasPaut,rhe other was l>1o(es. Pattl knew what was the nches of that glory, for he was wrapt up to the third heavens, you read of it 2 Cor .. 12, And God vouchfafed M ofes that priviledge to fee his glory; therefore thetr grace wrought more rhan an) man's we ever read of: It fo much quickned the heart ofP,Ju! that I faith he I that have been in Heaven, I could be contenttd tobe accurfed from Chrift fo; the glory of God, and for the converfton of my Brethren. And Mofts who had feeo his glory, ( whic~ one would have thought would have made him fo much the more to deftre it,) Blot me out of the book of /Jfe faith he, It enlarged his heart fo much the more to the glory of God. I can afcribe theJe large difpofttions of fpirit to notr ing elfe, but that God took the one up to the Mount, and !hewed him his glory, and rook the other up to the third Heavens. So t hat there is no confiderarion almofi that will have more working and powerful etfed:s upon rhc Souls of men,tomake t~1em holy,than the knowledge of Heaven hath. As Iikewife Ph,/.~· 18. Mrmywalk (faith he,) M thofe that are EuemiestotheCrofr of Chrtj/, whofe end I' drflr11tlJo1t, whofe Godu thnr belly, who mi11d earthly things; but oil the contrary faith he,our converfatiotl u m Heavm,jrom wbence we look for the Saviour, .the Lord Jefiu Chrij/, who/bflll chrwge our vile bodies that it may.6e fajhio1ud !1ke to hisglorious 6ody. That will make a man heaven– ly minded, if he look for the Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrifl, and the glory that is to come, Therefore doth the Apoftle pray here that they may know wha t is rhe nches ofthat glory of his Inheritance. And fo much now tor the ufe tha t the knowledge of Heaven is unto believers, and fo I have done wirh rhe fecond par– ticular the Apoftle prayeth for. I am behind hand in one debt to you. I .flipped over that firft part of Paul's Prayer, the Tules he gtveth God m the begmning of his Prayer. 1muft pay this debt. I wtll therefore do It bnelly. I therefore choo!e to bring it in here, afret that I had fpokeA of Heaven and the glory thereof, becaufe thofe Titles do agree With the particular matter of bts prayer more efpecially. . · The Tules he gtverh to God when he prays to him for rhefe Ephejims for theie great thmgs IS, as he u the Father of Glory cmd the God of Chn(l. M,Ikmg mm• tron of yott m my Prayers, ( latth he,) that the Godof otJr Lord .7eftts Chri(/; '!"d the Father of glory woulddo{o and (ofor ) 'Otl. The manner of the Apoflles ts this in all their prayers, to give fuch fiiles and titles to God as was futable to the matter that they prayed for.Paul here he prayeth for knowledge, fpiritual know. ledge ofglorious things, he prayeth that they may know what is the riches of rl'w! glory of his Inheritance,& all this to be befiowed upon them in & through Chrifl;• 0 o therefore
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