55.6 Chap.6. 4 Coonmentarie vpoos Mack.zo.sz. fhall beeaficr for them of Sodom and Gomorrha at thedyof judgement,then for themof Capernaum. Secondly, that there arc tundrie degrees ofglorie and fclicitie in beauen,propertio.. nailto mensworks for all men doe not lowahke , neitherare their workcs equall ; but haue fundriedegrees of goodnes in ç them , and therefore there arc anfwerable degrees of glorie wherewith they are to be crowned. This truth is taught die- where more plainly, as Dan. I t. 3. They that be /èj7ia/1Jie ad 41 thebrightnes ofthefirmstment: and theythat tune fMny to righ-1 teottfises,AallAisle as the flarresforesermore.Th r fore as there to is a greater brightnes in the flare , then in the firmament ; fo there (hall be greaterglorie in one then inanother. r. Cor. 3.8. everyman Aall-receiste his reward, according to hisowne labour, therefore (icing all mens labours are not alike , their reward fhall not be alike. This is further confirmed by the parable of I; the talents,Luk.19. where themallet ofthe feruants clothpro. portionatehiswages to their workc , making him that had gai- nedwith his talent, flue talents,ruler ouer flue cities , him that hadgained ten,ruleronce tame. And whereas it may be laid, that all the labourers in the vineyard, reclined an etluall re- to waid,narnely,a pennic ; as well as thole that wrought but an houre,orthofethat bare theburden,and bateofthe day. I an- fwer,it is trueoferenttallglorie , all the cleft fhall haue cquall glOrietbut it is not true ofaccidental/ g,lorie,thercin all (hall not cquall.Take fundrie vegels ofdinershive& , and raft them 2$ into the fea,all will be filled-with water, thoughforne recciue a greiter quantitie,others a lefle:So,all (ball haue fulneffe glo- rie ;-that is,the fame effentiall glorie : though in refpeft of acci. dental/glorie, fame (hall haue more,and tome leite. Secondly, the feopc ofthe parable is not to fhewe the equalitieof glorie, 3o in the worldCocomii;but that they whichare firft called,ought notto otter their brethren,which arcnotas yet called,fce. ingthcy maybe preferred before them,or(at theloft) madee. quail with them. It remaincth therefore for a conclufron,that there (hall be degrees ofglorie inheauen , as thereare degrees 3f oftormentshi hell,and that as mens labours differ ingoodnes, fo their rewards-fhallbédifferent in greatneffe.Nowe mens la- bows differ ingoodneffe,threcwaies; in the4rniet , in thequint- titie,and in the ralstie.ln thekind;in thatfome arcmore noble in their kinde , forne more bale ; as to cure themaladies of the foule \
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