344 I C II A P.4. ...in Expofition vpon the firfl V RR. 17. y i 1'et,t.4. 4,ti vnchangea6le and euerlaling. That inh:ritaxce Y is bzcor- , ritptible, vndeflied, and that faeleth not arpg. That life is 1 euerlailing ; that Sabbath a is perpetsiall, tharg/ory is eter- nail ; that ioy lafts for euerroore. There be three things eminent in the I+ lte of glory, a. boue that of Gods children in this life. Fiat, pei-feetion. Secondly,perperuity.Thirdly, immutability. We ice now b I Com3.1a. but in a glaire, imperEealy ; b.thenfice to face ; wee haue c Roin,S.s3. d 2. cor.1.2,24 now c the fill- fruits, onely of the jpirit, the d car el? penny of our redemption ; then the full rneatUre, according to the meafure of fuch creatures. We haue now peat:cot Confcience ; but alas, how of- ten interrupted with vnfpeakable honour ? Now re- ioyce wee with e ioy viirpeakrable, andglorioui ; but times fall out, as with Daniel, that we need pray, f Aefioring the ioy of the Lords fa/nation. There is peace, without trou- ble; ioy without forrow ; Falix ficuritae ;,ri'cura fcelici- ta i. , faith Bernard.: fcelix aternitat, aterna falscitas, faith Attgufline.. Herewith g folace wee our (clues in all affliaions,-yea, though they feerne to threaten vs with death. his a bieí . fed change wee make by dying in the Lord, or for him. Giue hopelefi men leaue to tremble at death, 1phofi Onion is in this li f e. Let Gods children Pealed with his Spirit, lift vp their heads for joy, in their di lfolution : as Simeon rings his Nunc dinoittis, qua(i neceffitate quadam tenerettir in hác via non voluntate ; faith-Jimbroft. Secondly, Learn e to moderate moiirning for the dead, though neuer Co neare, that dye in the Lord. Ltigeatur mortum,fedille quern gehenna ftifcipit, quern tartarus dew,. rat, in ei;e4 PC01.14 aternus ignhr a § fiat , faith Ilierome , inten- ding to put meafure t0.2 mothers furrow. Thirdly, h LOto, and long for ; and i hafien veto theft. cond appearing ofChri I I. . Fourthly, Know hence, that the miferable eflate of the damned in Hell,is alfo vnchangcable and euerlafting. Jr was z D21,1Z.Z. a tjai,6,..z3. k * Axbrof.de bi-
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