CHAP.2t3. 494 Corq.6. Heb.tt.a6. Balsa/sr; 'Chri(hglorie (hall (hint out in full brrght- nes at his re- Bond appea ring Matth.a ç.g t. ial SpivDr TÔL 4rVillg /VT:. s.The(l:r.te, Culoft.; 4. Commentaric vjonthe fame thing alto teachech theApofile, when he comparethall our works of mercy to afowing,and draweth vs tocart the ere of our mindes vpon our haruet, that as we WOuld wi(h that co be either more fparing , or more liberali, fo to di(perfe our (cede. And herein the holyGhoil fauo- reth our infirmitie, whowell knowing how .forceable the expeEtatioh of gaine in earthly things is to holdmen in labours and crane's , giueth vs leaue in heeuenly things to-doe the like. vfs. Who(oeuer then is an negligent meditator of this appearing of Chrift, arippeth himfelfeof a fpeciail proppe both ofhis faith , and the liuely fruits of it: in want of which helpe,the be(t would goe but faintly forward. IfMof s himfelfe was enabled to fuffer reproach withGods people,becaufe he lookedfor therecompenceofreward : and if Dauid had faintsd,vnleffe he hadhoped to fee thegoodnet ofthe Lord in the landoftheli- ning; what (hould we weaklings cxpeét other then to fall downe right neuer to rife againe,witiout inch a flay aswhereby chef worthies fup ported themfelues. Let no man fay, we are Chriflians,and firong, and (hould ferue God for himfelfe : fo fay I ; end yet fo were thefe much more;and fo were thebeleeuers to whom the ApoftIe writ,neuertheleffe it had not bin laic for them tohaue refafed fo merciful! an incitemenr,as is the hope of the recompence ofreward. Doar. 3. It may be hence alto noted, when is the time that the glo- rie ofIefus Chria (hail thine out in full brightneffe, namely, the timeof this his fecond appearing, for then he fhallfit vpon the throneofhieglory: and then !hall we fee the Sonne of man comming in the clouds, with power andgreet glorie: for he (hall be glorious both in his owne perfon, as before we heard; as allo in his whole adminifiration ofiullice againfi the wicked, vpon whom he (hall get himfelfe a greater name then he did vpon Pharaoh and his hoft,or all the wicked Princes & people that euer hued , who for the glorie which (hall Thine about him , Thal! call for the hills to cover rhem,and the mountaines to opprefl'e them. He (hall bec glorious alto to his Saints, when they (ball behold him that was betray- ed, (pitted on, condemned, crucified betweene two theeues, dead and buried,tobe (o exceeding aduanced aboue men &Angels,andaboue all that can euer enter into their hearts. Finally , he (hail be glorious , yea nserxeilous in his Saints;whowhen Chrifi their life füall appeare,fhai al- toappears with himinglorie it (hall be merucilous to them , whoa little before were fo afflióted,abufed,contemned,and perfecuted,tofee them- (clues fo fuddenly toatcaine that fulneffe ofglory,which their tie neuer (awe before, nor the hearts could before euer conceiue; to fee their foules cloathed with fuch righteoufneffe asGod himfelfe delighteth it(; and their vile bodies changed, arrayed with immorralitie, andmade likf
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