The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

So as the shameful and ignominious Cross was, contrary to its nature, so altered and changed by Christs Divine Power, that it served now for a Trophy, and Monument of his Victory, being as a Chariot, wherein he rode more glorious, then any Emperor or Potentate of the World, in the middest of his greatest Triumph, and had all the enemies of our Salvation, Satan, Sin, Hell, and Condemnation led after him, chained and fast bound with all their weapons pulled from them, as men taken captives.

So as the shamefull and ignominious Crosse was, contrary to its nature, so altered and changed by Christs Diuine Power, that it serued now for a Trophee, and Monument of his Victorie, being as a Chariot, wherein he rode more glorious, then any Emperour or Potentate of the World, in the middest of his greatest Triumph, and had all the enemies of our Saluation, Satan, Sinne, Hell, and Condemnation led after him, chayned and fast bound with all their weapons pulled from them, as men taken captiues.

But this Glory of his afterwards shined forth most¹ clearly in four steps or degrees.

But this Glorie of his afterwards shined foorth most¹ cleerely in foure steps or degrees.

1. 1were in soul or body apart, or jointly in them both: In soul, he went to Heaven presently after death.were in soule or bodie apart, or ioyntly in them both: In soule, he went to Heauen presently after death.