Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	eternal_a	glory_n	immortality_n	1,513	5	10.0609	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93931	A second champion, or, Companion to truth: Wherein is shewed these particulars, or tenets. 1 Of miracles. 2 The reasons wherefore so few imbrace the gospell. 3 Of the first covenant, and the second covenant. 4 Of the father and the son. 5 Of Heaven. 6 Of Hell. 7 Of Glory. 8 Of faith. 9 Of the resurrection, and the eternall judgement. 10 Of visible worship. 11 A postscript. By Richard Stookes preacher of the Gospell	Stooks, Richard, fl. 1651-1652.	1650 (1650)	Wing S5740cA; ESTC R231910	98,234	235

and this is the aggravation of all that there will be no end of their sorrow no time of releasment no more hope of mercy no more offers of grace never to look for any releasment no ease of their punishment no comfort in their sorrow no hope of ever having liberty or to come out of those torments but shall abide the wrath of God for ever so long as God is God so long shall his wrath be out against sin and sinners even for ever and ever Then will the Lord show how great an enemy he is to sin and all those that joyn with sin when he shall set the decree for ever against sin and sinners to be tormented in the flames of his wrath and in the fire of his anger from everlasting to everlasting and thus you see that there is a condemnation and those that will not believe the truth of this I shall leave them to their owne conscience and the great Judge CHAP. VII Of Glory THere is some conceive there is fulnesse of glory in this life but to such I shall say with Paul That if we had our portion onely in this life we were of all men most miserable And therefore I shall endeavour to speake a word or two of glory and shew you some reason wherefore we are not in fulnesse of glory and shew you what it is to be in fulnesse of glory To be in the fulnesse of glory is to injoy the fore-parts or face and presence of God and Christ with all the Saints and those glorious Angels to be in their presence and to reigne with them for ever in glory and so saith the Apostle When Christ who is our life shall appeare then shall we appeare with him in glory Col. 3. 4. And therefore we hope for the glory of God Rom. 5. 2. that we may be glorified together with him Rom. 8. 17. For when the chiefe Shepheard shall appeare then shall we receive a Crowne of glory that fadeth not away 1 Pet. 5. 4. And now I shall come to Reasons 1 We are not in the fulnesse of glory in this life because we injoy but his back-parts not his fore-parts we doe not injoy his presence where he is in glory with his Angels for we are not able to apprehend his glory here much lesse to be in it or injoy it in this life for wee are not in the presence of God and those glorious Angels in heaven we injoy but his back-parts here in his footstoole his fore-parts and glory is in the Throne and cannot be seen with mortall eyes Secondly there is a vaile over our eies we see but darkly as through a glasse we are not able to behold his face and presence nor to behold his glory we see him yet but through the promises we doe not injoy him as he his his glory would rather affright then comfort us in this mortall estate should these mortall eies of ours behold the glory of the Angels much lesse the God of glory for now we see but darkly as through a glasse but then shall we see him face to face 1 Cor. 13. Thirdly Wee knew but in part and understand his glory but in part but when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall bee done away and we shall know him as he is and know all men as we are knowne of God which cannot be in this life to know God and his Saints in glory and therefore there is not fulnesse of glory in this life knowing so little of God and so few of his Saints Fourthly we seek for glory by patient continuance in well-doing that we might inherit the promises now if we were in fulnesse of glory we need not seek for it if wee had it But we are seeking for glory and honour and immortality with eternall life and therefore it doth appear we have it not Rom. 2. 3. Fifthly we hope for this fulnesse of glory and therefore we do not injoy it for if we did what need we hope for it Rom. 5. 2. And Christ in us the hope of glory now if we had it what need we hope our hope were at an end if we had the thing we hope for to wit fulnesse of glory but you see we have it not and therefore we hope for it as not having yet received it 6 The eie hath not seen nor the ear hath not heard nor since the beginning of the world hath it not been heard nor none besides God doth know what he hath prepared for them that wait for him Esa 644. And if wee have not yet seen nor heard it how then doe we ●njoy it and if we are not able to conceive of the glory how then can we bee in it and if none but God know it then how can we know it Seventhly The Apostle Paul had as much of the Spirit of God as any man except the Son himselfe and as glorious injoyments of God being taken up into the third heavens and saw glory unspeakable which he was not able to utter nor expresse and yet hee saith If we had our glory only in this life we were of all men most miserable for he looked for a more glorious injoyment then hee could injoy in this life as you may see 1 Cor. 15. 19. Eightly The Apostle saith he was ready to be offered up and the time of his departure was at hand he had fought a good fight and had finished his course had kept the faith and henceforth was laid up for him a Crowne of righteousnesse or glory and for all them that love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 6 7 8. And the Prophet David saith Oh how great is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee Ps 31. 19. whereby you may see it is not in this life it is laid up for a better life in a better Kingdome where we shall be capable to receive it Ninthly The good Apostle tells you hee did so run that he might obtaine for he tell you that hee had not yet attained neithe● was he perfect but this he did hee forg●● those things that were past for he did not dote upon his former goodnesse but was pressing forward towards the marke or prize of glory that was set before him 2 Cor. 9. Phil. 3. for he that is constant to death shall receive a Crowne of life or glory Rev 2. 10. And thus you see the Apostle was so farre from being puffed up with fulnesse of glory in this life that he tells us he is not the man that doth injoy fulnesse of glory for he was striving for it to make it sure to him in this life and so to wait for it in a better life and in a better Kingdome that he was in hope to injoy Tenthly The Apostle saith I desire to depart hence and to go to Christ which is best of all Phil. 1. 23. whereby it doth appeare that there is not fulnesse of glory in this life