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THE CHURCHES GLORY SHEWED FORTH IN A SERMON . Preached at the HAGHE . Before their Majesties THE KING & QUEENE . of Bohemia .

By J. E. Preacher to the Company of English Merchant Adventurers in Hamburgh .

Ecclesiae non jungitur qui ab Evangelio separatur . Cypr. de lapsis .
TO HER MAIESTIE THE QUEENE OF BOHEMIA . &c.

MAny commend the Churches glory , but few imitate it , because they never truly knewe it ; somewhat they have read , & heard of it but never truly saw it , for with carnall eyes they behold her spirituall beauty & cannot discerne it . An ignorant person looking on the picture of Helena drawne by Zeuxes , sayd , that she seemed not to him to be so fayre . Nicomachus , the Pamter answered him , Take my eyes & you will Sume meos oculos & De am judicabis . thinke her a Goddesse . The best way to judge of the Churches glory is to get it , & within our hearts to feele it , a a Rev. 2. 17. none knowes the new Name that Christ writes on his , but he that receives it Whosoever hath once felt within him , the excellent & unspeake able benefit of the pardon of his sinnes , peace of conscience , joy in the holy Ghost , power of fayth , quiet fruit of patience , comfort of obedience yea the sweetnesse of the very teares of repentante , with other parts of the Churches ornaments , will say with Peter when he saw but part of Christs glory in his transfiguration b b Mat. 17. 4. It is good being heere & with the c c Rev. 12. 1. Woman in the Revelation , cloathed with the Sun , viz Christs righteousnesse , tread the Moone , viz all earthly changeable gloryes under feet .

And though your Majestie knowes more of the Churches glory by your inward feeling of it , then I can discover , yet in all dutifull acknowledgment of your Majesties favours & gracious countenance of my Ministerie , with an hearty desire to doe your Majestie any good service , were it but to bring Pinnes to the Temple , in the least to further your spirituall dressing & glory , I am bold to present to your Majesties view this small treatise of the Churches glory . And what you were pleased once to heare ( being called by your command to preach ) vouchafe I humbly desire now to reade . Being confident of your Majesties gracious acceptance hereof for the matter sake , ( though not set forth with shew of wordes , which the truth needes not , the Churches glory being sufficient of it selfe to commend it , playne worke being best & most in use , & curious wrought plate not regarded , ) I commend your Majestie to God & to the word of his d d Act. 20. 32. grace which is able to build you up & to give you an inheritance among all them that are sanctified , e e 1. Pet. 1. 4. an inheritance incorruptible , & undefiled , that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you .

Your Majesties most obliged Chaplaine . JER: EL-BOROUGH .
THE CHURCHES GLORY . Psal. 45. v. 13. The kings daughter is all glorious within .

IT is uncertaine , who made this Psalme , but certaine that he was a Prophet & holy man : for S. Peter a a 2. Pet. 1. 20 tells us that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretaetion , but holy men of God spake as they were inspired by the holy Ghost .

It is also certaine , that it was made concerning Kinge Solomon & his Queene , to set forth the glory of his kingdome .

But most certaine , that the authour looked higher then Solomon , & his Queene , & chiefly intended by them , & their outward great worldly glory , to expresse the inward & spirituall farre greater glory of Christ & his Church ; for neither Solomon or his Queene in all their glory were clothed like one of these . And that this was the Prophets scope appeares by some sayings in this Psalme which cannot be attributed to Solomon but to Christ : as b b v. 6. Thy throne O God is for ever & ever for though Kinges in the word of God are called c c Psa. 82. 6. 2. Thes 2 , 4. Gods ( in respect of their office , not their nature for d d Psa. 82. 7. they shall dye like men ) yet this word heere , God , is spoken of the sonne of God , as appeares plainly , Hebr. 1. 8. Unto the sonne he sayth , Thy throne O God is for ever & ever as also Solomons throne was not for ever but Christs .

Moreover it is e e v. 16. sayd In stead of thy fathers shal be thy children whom thou mayst make princes in all the earth : but this is not true of Solomon , for Rehoboam his heire was so farre from enlarging his dominion on earth , that he lost the greatest part of his fathers kingdome , neither reade wee that any of the rest of his children ever attayned to that Kingly glory their father had : but this is true of Christ & his Church for in stead of the fathers , Abraham Isaack & Jacob &c. they had children Peter , John , Paul , & other Apostles , who spiritually overcame al nations by the preaching of the Gospell ; so whereas Christ set up his throne only in Judaea in his life time as Kinge of the Jewes these children enlarged his dominions to the uttermost parts of the earth . And since the f f Mat. 12. 42. Queene of the South came from the uttermost parts of the earth to behold the glory of Kinge Solomon , let us also come with our best attentions to behold the glory of the King of Solomon , & his Queene , for behold greater then Solomon or his Queene are heere .

The Parts of this Psalme are two .

The 1. concerning Solomon . this is the literal sense . The 2. concerning his Zueene . The 1. concerning Christ . this is the mystical sense . The 2. concerning his Church .

Solomon is comended for is g g v. 2. beauty . fairer then the children of men . for his h h ibid. eloquence , for his i i v. 3. power .

for his vertues of truth , meekenesse , k k v. 4. righteousnesse . For his l l v. 8. riches in his costly garments . his ivory palaces .

All which were but types of the farre exceeding spirituall beauty , eloquence , power , graces , & riches . of Christ . For m m Cant. 5. 10 he is white & ruddie the chiefest among ten thousand n n Ioh. 7. 46. never man spake like him ; o o Mat. 28. 18 all Power in heaven & earth is given him : p p Ioh. 14 6. hee is the way & the truth : wee must Learne of him for he is q q Matt. 11. 29 meeke & lowly : his name is the Lord our r r Ier. 23. 6. righteousnesse ; hee is perfumed with s s Cant. 3. 6. myrrhe & frankinsence & all powders of the merchants : heaven is t t Is. 66. 1. his throne & the earth his footstoole .

Happie woman may some thincke that hath such a husband as Solomon more happie soule that hath Christ .

Solomons Queene is 1. instructed 2 comended

Instructed , u u v. 10. to forget her owne people & Kinge Pharaoh her fathers house & the reasons hereof are three . 1. for then the w w v. 11. Kinge her husband will desire her beauty & love her .

2. Hee is her Lord & shee must worship him , in respecting him more then her father , & be ruled by him .

3. though she leaves the glory of Kinge Pharaohs court , yet shee enjoyes the glory of Kinge Solomons , & shall live in as great honour & magnificent pompe as ever she formerly did , for the daughter x x v. 12. of Tyre & the rich among the people shall intreat her favour . So the Church of the Gentiles ( of which this Gentile Queene might be a Type ) must forsake the idolatry , & superstitious vanities in which shee was brought up , & embrace the true fayth of the Gospel , & the right manner of worshipping God , as her Lord & husband Jesus Christ would have her doe , who will then delight in her , & her condition shal be more honourable then ever before , for y y Isa. 49. 23. Kings shal be her nursing fathers , & Queenes her nursing mothers , they shal bowe downe to her with their faces , toward the earth .

Commended , in the words of the text . Her commendation is layed out . 1. by her relation , the Kinges daughter . 2. by her qualification , shee is glorious . 3. by the amplification of her glory First in respect of the universality , all glorious .

Secondly in respect of the sincerity , within .

The Kinges daughter is all glorious within .

By the Kinge is literally meant Pharaoh Kinge of Egypt , by his daughter , Solomons Queene , for he z z 1. Kings 3. 1. married Pharaohs daughter .

But mystically by the Kinge , is meant God , by his daughter , the Church , the spouse of Christ : which sense being chiefly intended ( as J have formerly shewed ) by the authour of this Psalme , J will also follow , in the handling of these wordes .

Tbe King .

That God is a King I thinke none will denye it , except Athiests that denie God though too many in their rebellious deedes seeme not to acknowledge it . King David sayes he is a a a Psa. 95. 3. great God & a great King above all Gods . not as other Kings of particular countries , but a great King over b b Psal. 47. 2. all the earth . King Nebuchadnezzar confesses him of a truth to be a c c Dan. 2. 47. Lord of Kings yea the King of heaven . other Kings are borne , or d d 4. 37. made Kings , but hee is an e e 1. Tim. 1. 10. aeternal King , others are subordinate , for by him f f Prov. 8. 15. Kings reigne but he is a supreame & absolute King , others mortal , but he an g g 1. Tim. 1. immortall & h h Ier. 10. 10. everlasting King . He hath made all thinges in heaven , and earth , he governes all , & when he please he can destroy all , therefore ye is Kinge of all .

The consideration whereof serves for an instruction to Kings on earth to feare this King of heaven & earth , who hath made them Kings on earth , who can make them Kings in heaven , who can make them no Kings on earth for those i i Dan. 4. 37 that walke in pride hee is able to abase even him who was a k k 2. 37. King of Kings , Nebuchadnezzar , who was driven from men among the beasts of the field to l l 4. 32. eate grasse as oxen till he knew that the most high ruleth in the kingdomes of men ; therefor m m Ier. 10. 7. who would not feare thee O King of nations . Bee wise then O the Kings be instructed ye that are judges of the earth ( is the counsell of a n n Ps. 2. 10. 11. King ) & this is that they should learne to serve the Lord in feare , for the o o Pro. 9. 10. feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisdome .

It is good counsell that S Bernard gave the p p Lewis 7. French King , that he should remember that God his Creatour gave him that great & honourable charge , not to governe after his owne pleasure , but for Gods honour , to whom he was to give an account whensoever God should demaund it . L' historie de France , par Seigneur du Haillan . p. 692. S. Paul q q Col , 4. 1. counsells masters to give their servants what is just , & oequal , because they also have a master in heaven , & for the same reason should Kings ( whose name in Latin r r Reges a recte agendo vocati ideoq recte faciendo regis nomen tuetur , peccando amittit lib. de sum . bon: Isidore thincks to be from wel doing ) governe their subjects with justice & equity for they also have a King in heaven .

Secondly , this shoud teach us all to feare & obey this great King : the s s Pro. 16. 14. wrath of a King is as messengers of death how much more is the wrath of the King of Kings ; We feare them that can kill the bodye , much more is he to be t t Mat. 10. 28. feared that can destroy body & soule in hell wee feare Kings on earth because of their power , much more should wee feare him from whom Kings have u u Rom. 13. 1. all their power , for the powers are of God S. w w 1. Pet. 2. 17 Peter bids us feare God & honour the King Some honour the King for their owne honours & preferments , but the true ground of honour to Kings on earth is the feare of the King of heaven , who hath so commaunded . And of such as dishonour Kings , much more of such as seeke to depose & murther them we may truly say there is no feare of God before their eyes , neyther are they Peters successours : their not honouring the King proceedes from their not fearing God , & so being faithlesse to one King , they will never be faithfull to the other . It is then wisdome in Kings not to commaund their subjects against God , yea to command them to serve , & feare God & keepe his Lawes , forthen they will honour the King & keepe his Lawes : but if Kings in their commands obey not God as good subjects , they teach their subjects to disobey them , for it is better to obey God then man , & the command is to x x Pro. 24. 21 Aquo secun dus , post quem primus Tert. apol. c. 30. feare God & the King , first God & then the King ; God is called the King y y Ier. 48. 15. the Lord of hoasts because all the creatures are his subjects and souldiers , he sayeth to one goe & he goeth , to another doe this & he doeth it , to the sunne stand stil , or goe back , to the sea be dry land , to the earth open , & they doe so , z z Psa. 148. 8. the fire , hayle , snow & vapours fulfill his word & since all the creatures as good subjects yeild obedience to their Kinge , it is a shame that men should fayle in their duty especially such who in their baptisme have taken the vowe of allegiance : and since not only other creatures but even Kings on earth obey this King of heaven & earth , their example should moove other men to this duty to feare God their King ; who prefers his Courtiers to be Kings in heaven , but all such as will not have him to reigne over them though a a Rev. 6. 15. Kings of the earth & great men , rich men , chiefe captaines & mighty men shall hide themselves in dennes & in the rocks of the mountaines , & say to the rocks & the mountaines Fall on us & hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne . King Alexander had two friends , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one loved him as Alexander , the other loved him as king , Let us doe both , love him who is our God & so feare him for b b Hos. 3. 5. his goodnesse , love him who is our king & so feare him for his pover .

Daughter .

SEcondly by the Kings daughter Filiae Regis , animae fidelis . Hier. in Loc. is meant the Church , or the faithfull . All creatures are this kings subjects but the faithfull have a neerer relation to him , in being his daughters & sonnes , for c c 2. Cor. 6. 18 I wil be a father unto you & ye shal be my sonnes & daughters sayth the Lord almighty : so that it may be alike truly sayd that faithfull men are his daughters & faithfull women his sonnes , for there is no respect of persons with God , there is neither Jew or Greeke King or subject , rich or poore , d d Gal. 3. 28. male or female , but are all one in Christ Jesus . Wee knowe not Christ any more after the flesh sayth e e 1. Cor. 5. 16. S. Paul , neyther doth Christ knowe us after the flesh , for f f Mat. 12. 50. who soever shal doe the will of his father which is in heaven , the same is his brother his sister & mother : therefore the Church of Rome to little purpose applyes the latter part of this Psalme concerning the Kings daughter & her honourable women to their g g Mollerus in loc. Nunnes at their consecration , since it belongs to men as wel as women to the maried as the unmarried even to the whole Church of what nation , sexe or condition soever they be : but the prophet in allusion to Solomons Queene heere termes them daughters ; who in other places are called the h h Matt. 5. 9. Rom. 5. 2. 8. 14. sonnes of God .

Jesus Christ as God is the only i i Heb. 1. 2. sonne of God by natural generation , as man , the only sonne of God by k k Luk. 1. 35. personal union , the l l Iob. 38 7 Angels , m m Luk. 3. 38. Gen. 1. 26. Adam & Eve & in them all men & women are the sonnes of God by creation after Gods image in righteousnesse & holinesse , but men being in honour through their fall in Adam lost this image & honourable condition of being the sonnes of God , & are now by nature the n n Eph. 2. 3. children of wrath , & sonnes of iniquitye : but God out of his love to man sent his owne sonne o o Heb. 1. 3. ( who is the expresse image of his person ) to be man , to restore man to the image of God in being the sonnes of God , for p p Ioh. 1. 12. to as many as received him to them he gave this honour to bee the sonnes of God , even to them that beleeve in his name & so the faithfull only are restored to this honourable estate of being sonnes & daughters to the King of heaven , for q q Gal. 3. 26. wee are all the sonnes of God by faith in Jesus Christ .

The Church then is the Kings daughter in law by the grace of adoption in a spiritual union by fayth being married to the Kings sonne .

When Sauls servants communed with David to take in marriage the Kings daughter , David answers r r 1. Sa. 18. 23. Seemeth it a light thinge to bee a Kings sonne in law : but I may say , seemeth it a light thing to bee the King of Kings daughter in law : It was a great honour wherewith God magnified the blessed Virgin to be the foelicius eum corde quam carne gestavit . Aug. de S. Virg. c. 3. mother of a King , of God , but a greater happinesse to her that she was a daughter of the King her God : Is it a great honour to bee borne of earthly Kings , & not a greater to be borne of a heavenly King ? If all worldly honours of Kingly Parentage , Kingly marriage , Kingly magnificene , alliance , beauty , wit , eloquence , courage , or what soever else may be of higher esteeme added heereto , be layed all together in balance with this only honour to be the Kings daughter , they wil be founde too light even lighter then vanitye , in respect of this spiritual dignity ; this is that crownes all the rest , & let us so esteeme of it as the best flower in our garland .

Cease then , cease blind , old , doting world to judge them the ofscowring of the world who are the happiest people therein , and though thou naturall man perceive not the things of God , yet the time shall come when in anguishe of heart thou shalt say s s Wisd 5. this is he whom we had sometime in derision , wee fooles , accounted his life madnesse & his end to be without honour , how is he now numbred among the children of God & his lot among the saints .

And as this makes , for the Churches honour so it affoordes her comfort ; for is she the Kings daughter , she shal then never want any thinge that is fitting or good for her . A good Kings care is to provide for all his subjects much more for his owne children : God causes his sunne to shine on the wicked but the hottest beames of his favour shal reflect on the righteous : this King that hath so much loved us when we were his enemies as to give his owne Sonne to be married to us , how shall he not with him give us all thinges being reconciled & made his daughters : Kings on earth may want power & cannot helpe , may want love & will not helpe , may want life for they are mortal , & though they have both power & will yet helpe not , put not then your trust in princes sayth the t t Ps. 146. 3. Psalmist nor in the sonne of man in whom is no helpe , his breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth & in that day his thoughts perish ; but the Kings daughters helpe is in the name of the Lord who hath made heaven & earth ; hee is the King of Kings & can helpe , a loving father & will helpe , an eternall King & the living God , & can at all times when he sees fitting , helpe ; when u u Psal. 27. 10 father & mother forsake then the Lord taketh us up , & though Abraham be ignorant of us & Israell acknowledge us not yet thou art our w w Isa. 63. 16. father our redeemer , thy name is from everlasting . The King may indeed suffer his daughter sometimes to be troubled , like the woman in the x x Rev. 12. 14 Revelation forced by the Dragon to fly into the wildernesse , but even there , where little hope of food is she shal be nourished , & finde a place from the face of the serpent ; but if she should find none there , yet in y y Ioh. 14. 2. her fathers house are many mansions , & the Kings sonne her husband is gone before to provide a place for her . The Churh may want sometimes what she desires but never what God knowes good , & though the King denye his daughter one thinge , he may give her a better ; And though she be a Queene married to the Kings sonne , it is fitting she acknowledge her father , & the King may suffer her to want because he would have her come to him , for he is the King & wil be sought to & great reason he should , Because she is the Kings daughter she Lookes the King should looke after her & so sets still & does not stirre up her selfe to take hold of the King , nor call upon him with that humility , fayth , fervency & constancy she ought to doe ; which if she would doe , & so dispatch her prayers as extraordinary Embassadours to the King of heaven , she should receive a gracious answere z z Isa. 54. 11. oh thou afflicted , tossed with tempest & not comforted , the Lord a a 6. hath called thee à woman forsaken & grieved in spirit , for a moment have I forsaken thee , but with great mercies will I gather thee , in a little wrath I hid my face from thee , but with everlasting kindnesse will I have mercy on thee : Let the Church then with Queene Hester goe in to the King , he will hold out the scepter of his grace , & the devises of wicked Hamans shal be brought on their owne heads b b Ps. 122. 6. Pray then for the peace of Ierusalem ( for she is the Kings daughter ) they shall prosper that love thee , Peace bee within thy walls & prosperity within thy palaces ; c c Isa. 63. 19. Looke downe from heaven wee beseech thee O King of heaven behold from the habitation of thy holynesse & of thy glory , & for the glory of thy name suffer not men on earth to doe thee this dishonour to abuse thy daughter ; where is thy Zeale & thy strength , the sounding of thy bowels & of thy mercies are they restrayned O thou who hast the hearts of Kings in thy hands , put into the hearts of the Kings of the earth to hate the whore that is drunck with the blood of thy saints .

Arise o Lord God of our salvation , smite thine enemies in the hinder parts & put them to perpetual reproach . Oh d d 64 9. remember not our iniquities for ever neyther he wroth very sore , behold , see we beseech thee we are thy people . & thus much for the Queenes comfort

Thirdly this also teaches the Church her duty , for is shee the Kings daughter let her then behave her selfe like a daughter to so great a King & shew forth in her conversation the e e 1. Pet. 2. 9. vertues of him that hath called her out of darknesse into his marveilous light & walke as a child of light , be holy as the King is holy , be mercifull as her heavenly father is mercifull , abhorre sinne as a base thinge & sinfull wicked persons as unworthy the company & countenance of the Kings daughter . Psa. 101. 7.

It is an abhomination to Kings to commit wickednesse , f f Prov. 16. 12 sayth Solomon , so is it also to Kings sonnes & daughters , who as they are above others in state , so they should be higher in their vertuous behaviour as King Saul g g 1. Sam. 10. 23. higher by the head & shoulders then the rest of the people .

h h v. 9. When Samuel had annoyuted Saul King it is sayd that God gave him another heart , a heart befitting a King , & to great persons God gives heroick spirits to doe great thinges , but to his owne children he gives his owne spirit , so there is another spirit in them then in the world , for as i i Rom. 8. 14. many as are led by the spirit of God , are the sonnes of God , now the fruit of k k Gal. 5. 22. the spirit is love , joy , peace , long suffering gentlenesse , fayth , meekenesse , temperance : Bet ye there fore followers of God as deare children , & walke in Love as God hath loved us , but l l Ephc. 5. 1. all uncleanesse or covetousuesse , let it not be once named among you as becommeth Saints , or the Kings daughters . Thus farre of the relation , the Kings daughter .

Glorious .

SEcondly , is to bee considered her qualification , she is glorious .

Glorious in being gracious .

First because grace is true glory , & therefore the saints are called the m m Psa. 16. 3. excellent ones upon earth & by the prophet n n Isa. 4. 5. Isaiah the glory

2. Ly because her graces are as so many tokens of Gods grace & love to her in which she glories , for let o o 1 Cor. 1. 31 him that gloryes glory in the Lord ; a wife glories in shewing others her rings , jewels , & costly apparrel , not only for the value of the thinges , but also for that her husband gave them , which she thereforealso esteemes of & will keepe as evidences of her husbands love .

3. Ly , because her graces are the way to eternal glory , for p p Heb. 12. without holynesse no man shall see the Lord .

The Church is glorious in that she is the Kings daughter by her spirituall adoption , but glorious also in her justification & her sanctification . The q q Ioh. 8. non generis dignitate , sed morum nobilitate jnnotescere debemus . dist. 40 c. 3. ex Greg. qui genus suum jactat , aliena laudat . sen. H. F. In 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 80. impres. Ha. noviae . Jewes gloryed that they were Abrahams children yet did not the workes of Abraham : and many glory in their noble birth , who are inglorious in a wicked life , their birth cannot affoord them so much glory , as their life begets disgrace ; the glory of their birth is anothers prayse , but their gracelesse life is their owne shame . It is true that our late King of blessed memory relates , that for the most part a vertuous ( civill & morall ) life followes a noble birth , & wee see many times that none are so base & rude in their carriage as such of meane & rude parentage : But it is true that S. Paul r r 1. Cor. 1. 26 sayes that not many wisemen after the flesh nor many mighty , nor many noble are called , for God hath chosen the foolish thinges of the world to confound the wise , & the weake things to confound the mighty ; & base things of this world , that no flesh should glory in his presence : but such as are glorious in the flesh by a noble birth , being called by God are farr more glorious in their new birth & gracious spirituall life ; there may bee then a natural noble birth , but an ignoble life , but whosoever is truly ennobled with the glory of a spiritual birth , is also glorious in a gracious life .

Whereby , examination may be had who is the Kings daughter : Justification & sanctification are evident signes & fruits of our adoption , If a man gloryes he hath the Philosophers stone , yet goes in raggs , wee will not easily beleeve him , neyther him that sayes he is the child of God & lives in sinne , for hee that s s 1. Ioh. 3. 9. 10. is borne of God sinneth not , ( not willingly going on in a sinfull course without repentance ) & in this the children of God are manifest & the children of the divel , who soever doth not righteousnesse is not of God .

And from hence also we may Fax mentis honestae gloria S. Ital. Phil. 3. bee exhorted to seeke for this the truest glory . Some glory in their sinnes , whose glory is in their shame some glory in their riches & worldly honours , but this world passeth away & the glory of it , some glory in their fine cloathes , but all this is vayne glory , & too often keepes man from attayning true glory ; how can ye beleeve sayth Christ t t Ioh. 5. 44. that receive honour one of another & seeke not the honour that cometh from God only , whose hearts & time is taken up wholy in an ambitious affecting honour from men , can spare no time to seeke after the true honour from God , they that too much love the prayse of men , too little care for the prayse of God ; Bad people Nullarum fere pretiosior cultus est , quam quarum pudor vilis est . Cyp. de hab. virg. may weare good cloathes , & base minded men step up to worldly honour & glory , but the Kings daughter only is truly glorious in being gratious . Let that argument moove us which comonly preveyles every where , & that is the fashion Let your u u 1. Pet. 3. 4. adorning then be in the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible , even the ornament of an humble , meeke , & quiet spirit which is in the sight of God great of price , put on by the hand of fayth the fine w w Rev. 19. 8. linnen which is the righteousnesse of the saints , cover your heads with the feare of God hang at your eares , wind about your wrests , I meane your hearts the precious jewell of Gods word more x x Psa. 19. 10. worth then thousands of gold silver & choisest pearles , girt about your loynes the y y Eph. 6. 14. girdle of truth , shoo your z z v. 15. feet with the preparation of the Gospell of peace , wash hands & face I meane your soules in the blood of Christ , for be they never so high coloured , were your sinnes as a a Isai. 1. 18. red as scarlet they shal be as white as snow , For this is the Kings daughters cloathing of wrought gold , this her rayment of needle worke , this is the Queenes fashion , she will never change it , but live & dye in it , & I pray God give us all grace to follow it , & then shall the King have pleasure in our beauty , And when the glory of al earthly Kings & kingdomes shall cease & be brought to nothing , then shall the Kings daughter appeare in her glory , for we are b b 1. Ioh. 1. 18. now the sonnes of God , but it doeth not yet appeare what we shal be , but we know that when the King our husband Jesus Christ our saviour shall appeare with all the glory of heaven & earth that we shal be like him & c c Col. 3. 4. Rev. 21. 2. appeare with him in glory , thus prepared as a bride adorned for her husband , cloathed with the glory of God in a kingdom of glory , crowned with an incorruptible crowne of glory , to which let us d d Rom. 8. 18. account all the momentary light afflictions of this world not worthy to be compared , but go on from grace to grace from glory to glory e e 5. 2. rejoycing in the hope of the glory of God .

Allglorious .

THe third thinge to be considered , is the amplification of this glory : & First by the universalitie of it , all glorious .

First by the grace of justification for Christs blood cleanseth her from f f 1. Ioh. 1. 7. all her sinnes , & so God seeth no iniquitye , because he does not g g Psa. 32. impute it to her , her iniquities are forgiven , her sinnes covered , & the absolute perfect righteousnesse of Jesus Christ is h h Rom. 4. to her , & in this respect Christ sayes of her thou art i i Cant. 4. 7. all faire my Love & there is no spot in thee .

Secondly , by the graces of sanctification , wherewith her whole person in all the faculties of her soule , & members of her body , is adorned , her understanding enlightned with saving knowledge , so that with open k k 2. Cor. 3. 18 face she beholds the glory of God & is changed into the same image from glory to glory , her will being conformed to Gods will , her affections rightly ordered , her love , feare , joy , & hope set on other objects , contayned within the limits of due moderation , her outward senses & members of her body l l Rom. 6. 13 instruments of righteousnesse unto God , & in this respect also all glorious : For as by sinne the whole person is corrupted , so by grace the whole person , even in m m 1. Th. 5. 23. soule , spirit , & body , is sanctified ; the old man is cast of with his workes & beggerly rags , & the new man is put on , which after God is created in righteousnesse & true holynesse ; he hath respect to n n Ps. 119. 6. 3. all Gods commandements & does no iniquitye & though in this life the Kings daughter be not so glorious , as to bee perfectly sanctified in full measure through the reliques of sinne in her , though forgiven , yet is she in some measure sanctified in perfectio graduum & partium . all the faculties of soule & members of her body , & so perfectly sanctified , & in this sense I dare affirme universalitie of grace ; for where the flesh is , there is the spirit also , & this spirit of sanctification striveth against corruption ; thus though she bee black yet is she o o Cant. 1. 5. comely , but heere after when the body of sinne shal be destroyed , & all teares wiped from her eyes she shal be all p p Eph. 5. 27. glorious without any spot or wrinckle , holy without blemish .

By the consideration whereof we may discerne true grace from counterfeit . Herod will heare John gladly & doe many glorious good things , but he will not part with Herodias , & this blemishes ye rest , & discovers him to be of base Polan birth , & no true Israelite : many glory of their good intentions , & that they meane as wel as the best , yet their mouths are full of rotten communication , & so we may know the tree by the fruit to be of no good kind : others , glory of their good deeds , but their thoughts are free , their hearts full of uncleanesse , malice , & covetousnesse . It is ordinary with many , in much vehemency to inveigh against , & to handle roughly the sinne , they are not subject to , but their beloved sinne must not be touched , they are as tender of it as a King of his prerogative , whoso touches it hurts it ; the chiefe Priests & Pharises will not q q Ioh. 18. 28. enter the common hall lest they be defiled , behold their conscience ; but scruple not to defile their Soules in shedding innocent blood , behold their basenesse . they tythe also r r Matt. 23. 23 eummin & mint , but neglect judgment , mercy & faith , the greater things of the Law : but the Kings daughter is more generous she is all glorious , in hating all sinne , & willing to all good how beautiful are thy feet O princes daughter , if therefore thou art not all glorious thou art not truly glorious , if there be not grace in every part , no true grace in any part , no true friend of Christs that does not ( in his willing & ready endeavours ) what soever he commandeth , neither doth he truly hate Ioh. 15. 14. any one sinne that hates not every sinne , nor his obedience sound in any good he does , that is not willing to every good , for this universality of obedience is true graces evidence . It is an honourable qu'il aimeroit mieux mourir que faire une meschant acte . S. du Haillan p. 987. report that History gives of the French King that he often sayd , he had rather dye , then doe any wicked thing .

Let us then as many as would seeme to bee , or rather have the comfortable assurance to be the children of God , cleanse our selves from all filthinesse both of flesh & s s 2. Cor. 7. 1. spirit , & perfect our holinesse in the feare of God . A little leaven , leavens the whole lumpe , a sparke of fire may burne a whole Towne , one flye corrupt a whole boxe of precious oyntment , one spot blemish a faire picture , & one sinne given way too blemish the Soules glory . Men are carefull to have their apparrel sutable , ( for it is ridiculous to see one cloathed in velvet breeches & a canvas doublet ) let it be our care to sute our Soules with the variety of heavenly graces , not to plough with an Oxe & an Asse , to serve God & Baal , to hold with the hare & run with the hounds for if it be glorious to be good in some thinges , it is more glorious to be good in all thinges : he that is t t Rev. 22. 11. filthy let him be filthy still the dog will to his vomit & the swine to the mire ; but he that is righteous let him be righteous still , & he that is holy let him be holy still , behold the King , the bridegroome comes quickly , & his reward is with him to give every man according to his workes : hold fast what thou hast that none take thy u u Rev. 3. 11. crown from thee , & goe on with undaunted courage & setled resolution in the all glorious pathes of grace , & the Lord bee with thee , his grace wil be sufficient for thee till thou come to thy race end & be with the Lord : & he that hath blessed the with w w Eph. 1. 3. all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ heere , will blesse thee with all eternall blessings in heavenly places with Christ heereafter ; thus shal be done to the man whom the King wil honour .

Within .

SEcondly , this glory is amplified by the sinceritie of it . Within Not outward ( say some ) as the glory of earthly Kings & Queenes in riches , worldly honours , & other outward pompe , temporal magnificence , for this is the whores dressing in purple & scarlet x x Rev. 17. 4. decked with gold & pretious stones , but the Churches glory is inward in the purity of doctrine , right administration of the Sacraments , & Ecclesiastical discipline , & the spiritual ornament of heavenly graces , which glory is befitting the Church as daughter & spouse to such Kings as have no carnal eyes to looke on & love her for any outward respects though never so glorious . True ; the Churches best glory is inward , & that is her only beauty for which the King Loves her & delights in her ; she is more glorious in her golden Priests then golden cups , in being rich in fayth & good works then rich in the world ; but the outward glory is not to be neglected when it pleases God to give it , only we are to be cautionate that the outward doe not allure our eyes & take up our hearts more then the in ward . She that hath the outward only without the inward is the whore . She that hath the inward , without the outward is the Kings daughter & a true Church , but where is both inward & outward it is an addition to that Churches glory . The poverty & from thence the contempt & from thence the confusion & miserable disorder of some Churches , where like Jeroboams priests the meanest of the people even hospitall children ( for the most part , ) are made Pastours , ( which is not a nations glory but shame in so contemptible ( though it should not be a ministery ) may cause us to blesse God for his mercyes to our English Church both in her inward & outward glory . The voyce might have bin as truely uttered , that poyson was poured into the Church , when the livings were taken away , as when great revenues given , she had once too much , now in many places too little : I have often Wondered at the most grosse & almost heathenish , common , ignorance , & from thence prophanesse of some poople ; which I conceived to proceede through want of able Preachers , which proceeds through want of sufficient maintenance , which makes so many weavers & Taylours to become y y That cannot speake Latin Dutch Clearkes ( as they say ) in their Churches ; & I am sure this is a deformity , not a glory , in reformed Churches .

But I thinke by the Churches glory , Within , to be meant the sincerity of her glory : She is glorious because gracious ( as I have already shewed ) which is her spiritual glory , but this glory is not in outward shewes & ostentation only before men , which , were hypocrisy , but in private also , which argues the uprightnesse & sincenity of her heart before God ; Solomons Queene not only put on her glorious cloathing of wrought gold , & her costly rayment when she came publiquely before the King , or abroad in the view of the people , but within also , in private , in her closet , or bedchamber when she was alone she wore such glorious cloathing as her ordinary , dayly apparrell : so the Kings daughter , viz. the Church , is all glorious , viz. gracious , not only in the publique assemblies before men , but also when she is alone in private , she adornes her Soule with heavenly meditations , fervent prayer , fayth in gods promises &c. yea the more private , the more glad & careful is she in the exercise of spiritual duties , as having more fit oportunity & liberty to decke up her soule . What she seemes to bee in her life , she is the same in her heart , & the same at home in private , that Is. 63. 8. she is abroad in publique , she will not lye , glorious , yea all glorious without , glorious & all glorious within , goes forth & comes home ( Cato like eodem vultu ) with the same countenance , the same in all places , like her selfe glorious .

Which condemnes the hypocrisy of many , making a great shew of outward devotion , having only the outside of religion , but no true inward affection to goodnesse , nor private practice of pietie , z z Matt. 7. 5. face-takers as the Syriack termes them , taking only the face of goodnesse , & that abroad , but put it off in private . The Pharisee is more carefull to wash his hands before meat , then his heart , the outside then , the inside of the cup : he will give a a Matt. 6. almes , fast , & pray , one would think him right bred & borne of God , but in giving almes he sounds a trumpet , in his fasts he disfigures his face , & he prayes , but in the Temple & corners of the streets to be seene of men ; there is neyther pietie in his prayers , humility in his fasts , or charitie in his almes , but all done for his owne vayne glory , nothing to Gods glory , all done out of love to humane prayses , not of any love to those heavenly graces , & this you may perceive if you follow him home , in private hee is another man , does none of these , nor thincks of these but abroad : like some women too carefull & curious to trimme up them selves when they goe forth , but none more carelesse & sluttish when they are at home , or like some men , that regard not what course & foule linnen they weare next their shinne , so they have over it a halfe shirt of fine linnen to bee seene , or to use our Saviours comparison like b b Mat. 23. 27 painted sepulchres , faire without , rotten within .

But beloved I am perswaded better thinges of you , & such as accompany salvation . It is our duty to be good abroad , & to shew our fayth by our good workes ; we have no cause to be ashamed of goodnesse , it is the Queenes glory , lest Christ be ashamed of us , our good workes must shine before men , that they may glorifie our father in heaven , but let us take heed we doe not good only to bee seene of men : Pray , fast , give almes with other duties of pietie to God & charitie to man in publique with the whole Church , but forget not to doe these at home , for remember , the Kings daughter is all glorious within , not excluding her glory without , including her glory within , for shee is both : & as I shewed before , universaly glorious in all parts , so sincerely glorious in all places , at all times , but indeed more glorious within then without .

When she is abroad , she sometimes forbeares to shew forth her glory , to avoyd suspicion of vayne glory & hypocrisy , but when she comes home , & enters into her chamber , where none but God sees her , she unmaskes her face , layes open her beauty & casts abroad all the brightnesse of her glory , in powring out her soule with more freedome & zeale in her prayers & other glorious good duties , to make amends for that restraynt in publique . Psa. 39. 1. 2.

The King her father , the King her husband sees her in secret , beholds her carriage , heares her prayers & putts her teares in a bottle , will reward her openly & bring forth her righteousnesse as the c c Ps. 37. 6. light ; And when all vayne glorious hypocrites relying on their outward devotions , shal be cast out into outward darknesse where is weeping & gnashing of teeth , then shall the Kings daughter who is all glorious within , be received within the kingdome of glory & d d Mat. 13. 43 shine forth as the Sunne in the Kingdome of her father .

Consider what hath bin sayd , & the Lord give you understanding in all thinges .