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Secondly, as the glory of the world is darkened by ¹having respect to this glorious recompense of reward, so all the evils of the world are wonderfully lessened: You know what the Apostle says, in Rom. 8. 18. ²That the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us: As we use to say, It is not to be named the same day, not to be reckoned with the glory that shall be revealed in us: A Father upon that place hath a notable gloss, says he, Sufferings are not to be compared & looked upon, in respect, first of the punishment that we have deserved, which is passed by, and pardoned; and then not to be compared and reckoned with the present grace and comfort that Gods people have here: But then much less is to be compared and reckoned with the weight of glory that is to come, that is promised to us. And so in 2 Cor. 4. 17, 18. While we look at things that are eternal, not temporal, this light affliction; all is but light, and nothing in comparison: What is it for one to have a rainy ⟨p. 610⟩day, who is going to take possession of a Crown? there is no man would be much sensible of a little cold in his head, if it were uncovered a while to have a Crown of gold put on. I have read of a foolish woman that was afraid her Son should get cold by putting off his night-cap to have a Crown set upon his head; but no wise man would much consider the cold he should get in his head upon that ground: Great things swallow up small things, and great joys will swallow up small evils; there is no comparison between the evil we suffer here, and the glory that is to come; What is a drop of vinegar put into an Ocean of sweet wine? it is not so much as taken notice of; here when a man receives a great good, he is not affected with lesser evils: As for example in Saul, when Saul had the Kingdom, some did despise him, 1 Samuel 10. 27. but Saul held his peace; he was not troubled at that, though he was a man afterward froward enough; he thought, this good of the Kingdom is enough to take away the apprehension of any evil in being despised; what though a company of poor people despise me, and speak against me when as I have the Kingdom, and am anointed of God, and have this dignity put upon me? A man that knows any thing of his own worth, and that God hath bestowed much upon him;