Cit<^ir. z. r 3. vl Commetatarie vpos the 480 j we will firlf giue the meaning ofthewords, and then ra ife the points of inßruétion. spec pro re Fcrfl,by hope is meant the thing hoped, by an vfualI forme of fpcach, tperar.- .moon. adiuná. that is both Chrifl himfelfe P P 3, rincí all as the words next following ex- pound ; as alto with him life, faluation , freedome from finne, and mi- ferie,perfe&ion of glorieand immortality : the branches of this erpofì. tion are prooned by twoplaces ofScriptore, the former, r. Tim. i. a. where left's Chriß is called eta- hope : the latter, Eph.r.t S. that yee may Eldredhere knowwhat the hopeû ofhis cssiing:and what the riches ofhùg!oriau in/ic.. whytocaticd. ritance ti in the Saints. BleiTed hop e, i.becaufe Chrifi cawhope is for euer a bleffed in himfelfe,and beflowerofall bleflïna to his Church z thefru- ition ofour hopeputteth vs inpoffeífìon of abfolute bleffednes: for it (hall both put an end to all the hinderances ofthe blefiednesofthe god- ly,and conferre perfect bleffedneflè in greatell mealure,andendles con - tinuance: Peeing it bringethvs to the perfect knowledge and fight of God,who is ble(fednes it felfe,to the fight and fellowfhipof his bltffed Sonne;to the fccietyofthe bleffed angels and Saints :and refloreth vs to the integrity ofour own nature with immortalitic,that there maybe no 3 ende ofour bleffedncs. 3.all our prefent bleffednes dependeth vpon the happy accomplifhment ofit: for were we without this hope, we were of all men moll miferable. vfnd appearingofthe glorie ] By a metonymie of the adiun&, for thegloriotraappearing , a forme of (peach verse vfuall among the He- brews: not that Chrifl is not now euery way glorious in himlelle,but in that he (hall then manifeft his glory : for then his glorie (hall breake out Diñcrentro( Ch as thefunne when hefhallfitin the :borneof his maieftie. And here we n4s fir(( and , fcc.mdcom. muß note, how theApoßle oppofeth this fecond commie; of Ch riff °1°E' vntohis former ; that was the appearingof grace , thisof glorie: that was in humilitie, for he came meekely riding on the colt ofan affe ; but this (hall be in power, when he (hall ride vpon thewings of the winds, and make the clouds his charriot : that was to teach righreoufheffe,but this to remunerate it:that to be like a feruant,to be fudged and condem- ned for finne,this todeclare himfelfe the Sonne, towhom all incipient iscommittedby the Father: Now indeed his maieflie, and greacnesis troden down and contemned,& the gloryofthe world exaiteth it felfe abovehis; but then (hall all vani(hing glorie melt before him , when he (hall appeare in loch brightneffe, as (hall obfcure the brightnet'e of the lunne,yea make it fall from hcauen ; and in fuch glorie as neither the tongue can vtter,nor themindofman can conceiue, called in the Scrip- ture, theglorie ofhis Father, that is, fuch as is proper to the Father, to himfelfe,and thebleffed (pirit, and not to any creature communicable. 2. This
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