CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

1. Because God himself makes all his own actions to the glory of his Name; The end of Creation, of Redemption, of Christs coming into the world; All these were ordered by God for his own glory, so that as the work was imposed on Christ, which he was to aim at, was also required by God; Had it been possible (for we may suppose impossibilities for illustration sake) for Christ, to ⟨p. 117⟩have procured our salvation for other ends then to glorify God, it had been sin in him, for if God be so jealous of his glory that he will not have it attributed to any other beside himself, how much would his jealousy have been provoked if this matter wherein his glory is most visible, should have been given to any other, Gods glory then is the supreme and universal end to which all are to subordinate themselves.

1. Because God himself makes all his own actions to the glory of his Name; The end of Creation, of Redemption, of Christs coming into the world; All these were ordered by God for his own glory, so that as the work was imposed on Christ, which he was to aim at, was also required by God; Had it been possible (for we may suppose impossibilities for illustration sake) for Christ, to ⟨p. 117⟩have procured our salvation for other ends then to glorifie God, it had been sinne in him, for if God be so jealous of his glory that he will not have it attributed to any other beside himself, how much would his jealousie have been provoked if this matter wherein his glory is most visible, should have been given to any other, Gods glory then is the supreme and universal end to which all are to subordinate themselves.

2. The glory of God is more noble and hath greater worth in it then any thing else; Therefore that which is most noble must be the end, as the less noble the means; Seeing then the glory of God is of infinite excellency, even like God himself, no wonder if Christ did refer our Salvation to that most high end, and by this we are to see that it's our duty to prize the glory of God above our salvation, for our salvation is but the good of a creature, but the glory of God is infinite even as God himself; We are to judge of and rejoice in the glory of God as more excellent then our own happiness, yet this is not so to be understood as if a man were to be willing to be damned that God might be honoured, For it's our duty to will our salvation, we are to seek for immortality and glory, and