But had he no glory at all, before he had finished his sufferings? Indeed during the time of his humiliation, which was all his life long, whilst he bare the infirmity of our natures, and the punishment due to the same, the great happiness belonging to him, was smothered in some sort, that it did not so appear, neither was the ⟨p. 313⟩time for the full manifesting thereof yet come: Howbeit, even then he did not obscurely make overture of it many ways: For first, in that weakness of his flesh, he gave so lively tokens of his glory, that the fApostle feareth not to say even then, When he was manifested in the flesh, he was justified in the Spirit. And gPETER calleth him a man approved of God, by the excellent Deeds, and miracles, and signs which God had done by him. Which, as hJohn noteth, were to manifest his glory. In regard whereof he saith, iWe saw his glory, as the glory of the only begotten Son of God. But yet sometimes more gloriously then at other, he was pleased in an extraordinary manner to reveal it, as in his Transfiguring upon the Mount, when khis face shined as the Sun, and his garments were made white as the light: In his lwhipping of the Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple: In his mcausing of them that came to apprehend him, only by the power of his Word, to fall unto the ground, &c. yea, in the very midst of all his sufferings, and even upon the Cross it self, how did his glory shine? taking upon him to ndispose of Paradise, the kingdom of heaven, at his pleasure, and making heaven and earth, the living, and the dead, to work together for the celebrating of his greatness. When the Sun ashamed of their doings opulled in his beams, and refused to give them Light; when at phis voice and the noise of his roaring, the Earth trembled and shook, the Vale of the Temple rent a sunder from the top unto the bottom; Rocks flew in pieces, the Graves were opened, and the Bodies of many dead Saints did arise; when he wrung out of the qCenturions mouth a confession of his person, and made the rhands of Pilate imbrued with his blood, to be the instruments of the publishing of his Office, and to lift up the Standard of his praise to all people, Latins, Greeks, and Hebrews, that not without just cause, doth the sApostle say, that He spoiled Principalities and ⟨p. 326⟩Powers, and led them in open show, triumphing upon the Cross.
But had he no glorie at all, before he had finished his sufferings? Indeed during the time of his humiliation, which was all his life long, whilest he bare the infirmity of our natures, and the punishment due to the same, the great happinesse belonging to him, was smothered in some sort, that it did not so appeare, neyther was the ⟨p. 313⟩time for the full manifesting thereof yet come: Howbeit, euen then he did not obscurely make ouerture of it many wayes: For first, in that weakenesse of his flesh, he gaue so liuely tokens of his glorie, that the fApostle feareth not to say euen then, When he was manifested in the flesh, he was iustified in the Spirit. And gPETER calleth him a man approued of God, by the excellent Deedes, and miracles, and signes which God had done by him. Which, as hIohn noteth, were to manifest his glorie. In regard whereof he saith, iWee saw his glorie, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of God. But yet sometimes more gloriously then at other, he was pleased in an extraordinary manner to reueale it, as in his Transfiguring vpon the Mount, when khis face shined as the Sunne, and his garments were made white as the light: In his lwhipping of the Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple: In his mcausing of them that came to apprehend him, onely by the power of his Word, to fall vnto the ground, &c. yea, in the very midst of all his sufferings, and euen vpon the Crosse it selfe, how did his glorie shine? taking vpon him to ndispose of Paradise, the kingdome of heauen, at his pleasure, and making heauen and earth, the liuing, and the dead, to worke together for the celebrating of his greatnesse. When the Sunne ashamed of their doings opulled in his beames, and refused to giue them Light; when at p
- f1. Tim. 3. 16.
- gActs 2. 22.
- hJohn 2. 11.Iohn 2. 11.
- iJohn 1. 14Iohn 1. 14
- kMatth. 17. 2.
- lJohn 2. 15.Iohn 2. 15.
- mJohn 18. 6.Iohn 18. 6.
- nLuk. 23. 42, 43.
- oMatth. 27. 45
- pMatth. 27. 50, 51, 52.
- qMatth 27. 54
- rJohn 19. 19, 20, 21, 22.
