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

¹In the third place let us consider how this glory earnestly prayed for will be a cordial against all temptations, will be a reviving to the dry bones in all afflictions, yea, our whole life in all the changes of it is to be maintained and supported by this hope of glory: It's as necessary the Meditation of this is, as the very air we live in, as we cannot breath without it, so neither can we live without this hope, so that the things we hope for in heaven should be the bread we feed on, the treasure we enrich our selves by, And

¹In the third place let us consider how this glory earnestly praied for will be a cordiall against all temptations, will be a reviving to the dry bones in all afflictions, yea, our whole life in all the changes of it is to be maintained and supported by this hope of glory: It's as necessary the Meditation of this is, as the very air we live in, as we cannot breath without it, so neither can we live without this hope, so that the things we hope for in heaven should be the bread we feed on, the treasure we inrich our selves by, And

1. 1III. The third part of the doctrine That this glory prayed for will be a cordial against all affliction. BecauseIII. The third part of the doctrine That this glory praied for will be a cordial against all affliction. Because

1. Because this glory with God is an universal medicine to all our diseases; It's a full treasury for all our wants;¹ The Pool of Bethesda was only for one kind of mercy, he that being diseased stepped in, was healed of his bodily infirmity, but it did not cure all other grievances, it did not make a poor man rich, nor a grieved man cheerful, or a mortal man immortal, but eternal glory doth all things, Thou art a Lazarus in soul and body, all over full of sores; Thou wantest all soul-mercies, and all body-mercies, here is glory that will do all for thee, This is the Ocean, other are but shelves; This is the Sun, other are