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Now brethren, the reasons why God will reward the Saints in this part, are, First, because humane bodies, as well as humane souls, have an hypostatical union with the second person of the Trinity; and therefore God rejoices to raise humane bodies, as well as humane souls unto happiness. Secondly, Christ suffered so much in his body; therefore God will glorify the bodies of the Saints. Thirdly, our bodies are part of the members of Christ; our bodies are joined in a mystical union with Jesus Christ. Fourthly, our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost, and God will glorify his own temples. Fifthly, our bodies are in part sanctified as well as our souls, and therefore shall also be glorified. Lastly, our bodies shall be glorified, for the further terror and ¹confusion of the damned; because they in their bodies ²shall see the glory of the Saints, and be confounded. ³Here you see a way to get your bodies in a blessed condition: here is a stir for clothing of our bodies, but there shall be a clothing with immortality: you that have sickly and weak bodies, remember this, you shall one day receive your bodies in another manner then you have them now. Eusebius tells us of one of the children of the Maccabees that were put to death for the profession of the truth; when they ⟨p. 520⟩cut off his members, says he, I have received these from Heaven, and now I do give them unto the God of Heaven, and I hope I shall have them again: Let us be willing to put our bodies to pain; if our bodies suffer hunger, or thirst, or nakedness, or be tired, or suffer Imprisonment, or any violence be offered to our bodies in the cause of God, What great matter ⁴is it? we shall receive our bodies in another manner. The overcoming of the flesh is the destruction of it, but the overcoming the flesh, is the glory of it.

Now brethren, the reasons why God will reward the Saints in this part, are, First, because humane bodies, as well as humane souls, have an hypostatical union with the second person of the Trinity; and therefore God rejoyces to raise humane bodies, as well as humane souls unto happiness. Secondly, Christ suffered so much in his body; therefore God will glorifie the bodies of the Saints. Thirdly, our bodies are part of the members of Christ; our bodies are joyned in a mystical union with Jesus Christ. Fourthly, our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost, and God will glorifie his own temples. Fifthly, our bodies are in part sanctified as well as our souls, and therefore shall also be glorified. Lastly, our bodies shall be glorified, for the further terror and