A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto

4. He will have it known that tho' he uses instruments, he needs them not. 'Tis a piece of Divine Royalty and Magnificence, that when he hath prepared, & polished, such an utensil, so as to be capable of great service, he can lay it by, without loss.

4. He will have it known that tho' he uses instruments, he needs them not. 'Tis a piece of Divine Royalty and Magnificence, that when he hath prepared, & polish'd, such an utensile, so as to be capable of great service, he can lay it by, without loss.

5. They that are most qualified to be of greatest use in this ⟨p. 126⟩World, are thereby also the more capable of blessedness in the other. 'Tis owing to his most munificent bounty, that he may vouchsafe to reward sincere intentions, as highly as great services. He took David's having it in his Heart to build him an House, as kindly as Solomon's building him one. And as much magnifies himself in testifying his acceptance of such as he discharges from his Service here, at the third hour, as of them whom he engages not in it, till the eleventh.

6. Of their early Piety he makes great present use in this World, testifying his acceptance of their works, generally in his word, and particularly by the reputation he procures to them in the minds and consciences, of such as were best able to judge, and even of ⟨p. 127⟩all that knew them, which may be truly accounted a Divine testimony, both in respect of the object, which hath on it a Divine impress, and speaks the self recommending power of true goodness, which is the Image of God, and in respect of the subject, shows the Dominion God hath over minds, engaging not only good Men to behold with complacency of such pleasant, blooming goodness, correspondent to their own; but even bad Men to approve in these others, what they entertain not in themselves. The same things are accepted with God,