P Aals 26.9, Phil.t.a9. Aals 5.41, C H A-P 4n Er°po/átion vpon the fecond Vex, 5. Rather the Kingdome ofGlory;thateternal] beatitude, which (lands in the deere vifion and fruition of the God- head ; becaufe its made confequent to the ïafl lodgement. The ;sat prefixed to dQye7£ I apprehend added át 147â- xr, s: yec euen fuffer. Not onely belieue, and in hope to atchieue, as the tw fue 'Tribes, p ferne God iniantl, but e- uen fuffer. It r fomething to beleeue, more to labour, yet more to fuf- ferfor the Kingdome of god. To you it's iuen not onely to beleeue, but alfo, but euen gtofuffer for t'ie Wamefake of 1 Chri/l. Apofiles thought the Lord highly honored them aboue the ordinarie,when her counted them worthy to fuf fer rebuke. for his .Z\La ne. I thinke Schoolemen fay true, there is hureola c/llartyrum, fuperiour to that of Virgins. e1 f crowne of righteoufneJfe there is to all that loue his ap- pearing; but a crownet vpon that crowne, belonging to them who fuffer extremitie for the hope fake of the refur- reelion. Doe not all füffer? Ref# rAll, queflionleffe, who will linegod y in Chrifl lefeu; yet not all in like meafure Not the Saw, as Efay, nor the Gridiron, as Laurence, nor the Axe,as John Baptifl ; nor the Sword,as Paul; nor the Gib- bet, as Peter ;,nor the Fire, as our home Martyrs. 1 God refpe&s our Infirmitie. 2 Hath one difcipline for hi Ti- rones,another for his Veterani, his beaten Souldiers. But confider, the leaf} Reproach augments our glorie. Euery teare is not noted onely, and kept in the bottle, but made as varnifh, to adde to our claritie and glorious fplendour. No drop of our blond, but wins vs a riuer of glorie : effu- ficn of it, the whole ocean,of Beatitude. Oh wed`eixor,woe vnto vs : we cowards and daflards,fo ouer-timorous, as to decline our glorie,whereof our fore fathers were fo ambitious; whereto God himfelfe giues vs fuch edge,in his át4ncrsofcommendation. Why,vpon noife of our but looking into Spline, are we fo deiedled ? as to begin already to halt betwixt the two opinions, or to refolue of Neutralitie, or Ambidextrie; or to bend our felues to the preuailing fide? fuppofe the worfl.Scorne we
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