Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	face_n	moses_n	shine_v	2,681	5	9.0852	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28624	A tossed ship making to safe harbor, or, A word in season to a sinking kingdome wherein Englands case and cure, her burthens and comforts, her pressures and duties are opened and applyed : in diverse sermons preached upon the publick dayes of humiliation, out of that propheticall history, Matth. 14, 22 to 28 / by Samuel Bolton ...	Bolton, Samuel, 1606-1654.	1644 (1644)	Wing B3527; ESTC R4171	146,323	320

should they have stayed till Christ had dismissed them the ship might have been gone And therefore while Christ was sending the multitude away he constrained his Disciples to take the opportunity and go before him The words may be considered as a reason of Christs stay behinde and of sending the Disciples before But yet that which is expressed was the least of the reasons wherefore Christ dismissed them You may see greater reasons than that in the history 1. Because he would goe to pray 2. Because hee would now exercise the graces of his Disciples alone 3. Because he had a purpose to discover his divine power in their deliverance But this may be one while he sent the multitude away Doct. That though a bare command of God be sufficient to challenge our obedience to it yet so graciously doth God often condescend to our weaknesse as to give us a reason of imposing of it It was so here hee doth not onely command his Disciples to goe before him but gives them a reason why he doth Indeed when God commands it is the reason of reasons to obey because God commands The commands of God though they may bee above reason yet they are not contrary to right reason The obedience of faith is farre above reason but it is not against reason because it is all reason to believe what God saith and to obey what God commands In obedience to man we are to look for a reason of obedience or a rule of obedience which is according to right reason It is to put off man and to divest our selves of reason to obey against reason As the Pope who commanded the Monk to goe and water a dry stake for three yeares together morning and evening * Abrahamus a patria egredi justus paret licet quonam iturus esset ignoraret Chem. Caeca obedientia is proper to God alone not that our obedience is a blinde obedience but sometimes wee are to follow him blind-fold It is said of Abraham Gen. 12.1 that he went knew not whither God calls he comes and shuts his eyes and goes by Gods light he followes God as the blind man doth his guide mens commands are subject to bee scanned whether they bee according to the supream rule the Law of God or in Common-wealths governed by Lawes whether they be according to Lawes a Mandata Dei non adrationis nostrae examen revecanda Chem. Discamus nos simplie obedientia Dei mandatis parere absque nostrae rationis examine But Gods commands must not be scanned here we must obey because God commands 2. Ioh. 7. What ever he bids you to doe doe If Abraham had examined that act of obedience viz. The sacrificing of his sonne either by rule the Law or by reason or by the principles of nature they would all have cryed downe that act of Abrahams It is true the case was extrordinary and it was alone for tryall too God doth not command such things as are contrary to his Law his revealed will or right reason yet he commands such things as are contrary to corrupt reason and above right reason and therefore his commands are not to be scanned it is our reason and the reason of reasons to obey c Pareamus itaque mandatis Dei licet illorum ratio nobis non constet sufficit enim ea ipsi c●nstare nos commendat obedientia quae in oculis Dei melior quamvictimae 1 Sam. 15.22 because God hath commanded But there is something more observeable from these words while he sent the multitude away Mark the order first Christ refresheth them and after dismisseth them First he feeds them and then he sends them away And the word seems to import something of consequence a Marcus verbo ut tur in dimissione populi quod usurpatur de iis qui valedicunt alicui 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 valdico 18 Acts 21. 2 Cor. 2.13 Mark useth a word which signifies valediction or taking leave with one It may be he did pray with them blesse them b Illos dimittit blandis verbis eo contentus quod in praesenti corum illicitum conatum represhslet Chem. or exhort them or instruct them in the nature of his Kingdome for these would have made him a King as Iohn hath it 6. Ioh. Something extraordinary there was Whence this Doctr. None come to Christ or have to doe with him but hee ever sends them better away He refreshed their bodies here and that was the least any had they did all eate and were filled 20 v. Nay hee refreshed their soules that was the benefit many had When Moses had been communing with God his face shone God stamps a glory upon those who doe converse with him The Jewes said of Peter he lookes like one of those who had bin with Iesus The bloud loseth nothing by comming to the heart it sends it away with spirits God makes every one better who have to doe with him To whom comming as to a living stone you also as living stones are built up 1 Pet. 2.4 Vse It speaks incouragement to us to have much to doe with God to love converse with him you shall have something left upon your spirits worth your labour Indeed there is reward in the work there is fruit in the labour The Rabbins say Every good worke is meat in the mouth f Praemmium ante praemium there is reward in the labour But that is not all the fruit you shall finde you shall not onely finde fruit in the worke but fruit of the worke either you shall bee dismissed more humbled more quickned or more comforted some impressions of glory God doth use to stamp upon the spirits of them who have beene conversing with him something he leaves upon their souls worth owning 2 Cor. 3. c. 2 Cor. 3.18 While looking upon him and beholding as in a glasse the glory of the Lord we are changed into the same image from glory to glory It may bee you may see little you may discerne of little in the time there may be the acting of many corruptions much deadnesse coldnesse formality may discover it selfe yet some impressions will bee left upon our spirits afterward which perhaps you were not aware of in the time If God doe not discover himselfe to you yet if God do further discover your selves to your selves it is worth the while of wayting upon God It is good to be in Gods way the blind man found this to be true who lying in the way where Christ came was cured of his blindnes and recovered his sight It is good to lye at the poole side though thou stay thirty eight yeares and receives no benefit as thou thinkst yet a Christ will come at last and work thy cure Though the Miller is not able to command a winde yet hee will set his Mill and spread his Sayles that if a wind come he may have the benefit of it