Two Godly and notable sermons preached by the excellent and famous clerk, master John…Tvvo Godly and notable sermons preached by the excellent and famous clarke, master Iohn…

Thus have we learned out of the text of saint Paul, all that which I have touched. And therefore let us learn, not to separate that which the holy ghost hath conjoined. Furthermore let us note, that saint Paul here by the way of comparison, would amplify the grace which God hath showed to the world sithens the coming of our lord Jesus ⟨image 46⟩Christ. As though he would say, that¹ the ancient fathers had not this advantage, for that Jesus Christ appeared not unto them as unto us. True it is,² they had the same faith, and the inheritance of heaven was common to them as unto us, in that god revealed unto them his grace, as well as unto us, but not in such measure. For³ they saw Christ afar of, and as it were in a shadow, as saint Paul saith, under the figures of the law. There was the veil of the temple, which was so stretched forth that⁴ the Jews could not approach to the material sanctuary. But now that the veil of the temple is broken, we may approach to the majesty of our god We come unto heaven with ⟨image 47⟩full privilege, and then immediately we have the lively image of god, wherein dwelleth all the perfection of glory. To be short:⁵ we have the body, where as the fathers had but the shadow only, as saint Paul speaketh to the Colossians. Now then we are thereby warned, that if the fathers of old had such constancy and invincible zeal, to⁶ endure and abide in the afflictions of the Son of god, being as yet not revealed to the world as at this day, shall we not be of to faint a courage, if we be not inflamed with a more fervent zeal? The ancient fathers did fully resolve them selves, to bear the afflictions of Jesus Christ, as it is said in the eleventh chapter to the Hebrews. For it is not ⟨image 47⟩