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A52375	Godly adversity far better than wicked prosperity, or, The rage of the wicked, should not hinder the race of the Godly being a few comfortable reasons or encouragements against the fear and terrour of man : very seasonable & sutable [sic] for the consideration of God's people in this day of tryal, to fortifie them against all troubles and oppositions whatsoever : together with a heavenly discourse concerning the saints in their kingdom, wherein is discovered the excellency of the kingdom itself, and the wonderful glory and happiness of the saints in their heavenly habitation / by Edward Noble ...	Noble, Edward.	1661 (1661)	Wing N1197; ESTC R4611	58,130	70

shall be like unto Jesus Christ in Splendour and Beauty Their Bodies shall be cloathed with glory and Majesty like unto the Body of Jesus Christ As Christ is Glorious and Beautiful so shall the Saints be Glorious and Beautiful and as Christ is fair and comely so shall the Saints be fair and comely and as Christ is pleasant and altogether Lovely so shall the Saints be pleasant and altogether Lovely and there shall be no spot of Deformity in them nor no Infirmity nor Blemish upon them But they shall shine in Beauty like the brightness of the Firmament and exceed the Stars in Lustre and Purity Here 's another Excellent Priviledge and a lovely Branch of heavenly Happiness wonderful to consider of and Marvellous pleasant will it be to enjoy the same It 's counted a great Honour and a high Priviledge amongst the People of the World to be but a little Adorned with Earthly Beauty or to have but a comely Face Garnished with a little Natural Brightness yea many times it is so highly esteemed and counted such a Rare Priviledge as it makes many Persons proud and high-minded Because of their Earthly Beauty and because of a comely Face but alas this is nothing in comparison of that Glory and Beauty which the Saints shall be Adorned withall when they enjoy this Heavenly Kingdom this is not worthy to be named in comparison of that Purity and Comeliness which shall be the Saints Portion in their Fathers Kingdom they shall have greater Honour than to be Adorned with Earthly Beauty and Natural Comeliness for they shall be Adorned with Heavenly Beauty and cloathed with Celestial Majesty yea they shall be Equal unto the Angels for Splendour and like unto Jesus Christ for Glory Therefore sayes the Apostle Phil. 3.20 21. Our Conversation is in Heaven from whence also we look for our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile Bodies that they may be fashionod like unto his GLORIOUS Body according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself Though now they are vile bodies attended with earthly corruption yet then they shall be precious Bodies attended with Heavenly GLORY though now they are defiled Bodies attended with many Infirmities yet then they shall be Lovely Bodies attended with perfect Purity and mightily Adorned with Excellent Beauty Therefore says Christ Mat. 13.43 Then shall the Righteous SHINE forth as the SUN in the Kingdom of their Father Mark here 's glorious Beauty and wonderful Brightness Here 's Eminent Purity and Heavenly Splendour the Righteous shall Shine like the SUN in the Kingdom of their Father even whilst others are weeping and wailing in a Furnace of Fire Oh what unspeakable Glory and Excellent Majesty is here prepared for poor despised contemptible Creatures Oh! how happy and blessed will all those be that shall be counted worthy of this Kingdom and Glory All the Pleasure and Glory on Earth is not worthy to be compared with one Branch of this Heavenly Happiness All the Honour and Beauty under the Sun is not able to Parrallel the least Glimpse of this Heavenly Glory See one notable Text more for this and so I shall leave this Particular and proceed to another 1 Joh. 3.2 Where the Apostle is giving a short discovery of the Honour and Dignity of the Saints both here and hereafter Beloved saith he now we are the Sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be Mark Though we have so much Honour and Dignity conferred upon us now at present as to be called the Sons of God and though the Lord is pleased to extend his goodness so far towards us now at present as to make us his Children by the Spirit of Adoption yet it doth not yet appear what we shall be and yet this is such a wonderful Priviledge as it makes the Apostle exceedingly Admire at the Consideration thereof Crying out BEHOLD what MANNER of Love is THIS that we should be called the Sons of God! He was mightily filled with Admiration to consider of this wonderful Dignity but yet for all this it doth not yet appear what we shall be for we know that when he shall appear we shall be LIKE him Mark we shall be like unto Jesus Christ Blessed as he is Blessed Beautiful as he is Beautiful Glorious as he is Glorious Every way Adorned with Heavenly Happiness like unto Jesus Christ This is also another Excellent Priviledge or a fourth Branch of that Happiness which the Saints shall be made partakers of in this Glorious Kingdom Fifthly Another is this 5. They shall have wonderful Glorious Company and blessed Society they shall be continually honoured with Heavenly Company and blessed with Glorious Companions The meanest and worst of their Companions shall be Blessed and glorious Angels Though now it may be they are so much despised by the World as that they are not counted worthy to dwell in the Society of wicked Men yet they are so much honoured by the Lord as that they shall one Day be counted worthy to dwell in the Society of Blessed Angels and THEY shall be their meanest Companions This is another Glorious Priviledge excellent Dignity for the People of God in this Heavenly Kingdom they shall never have cause to complain of their Company nor never have cause to be weary of their Society for their meanest Company shall be glorious Angels and their worst Society shall be Heavenly Spirits And indeed this is a Priviledge which is very acceptable and delightful unto God's People and highly esteemed and much to be desired amongst good men now upon earth I mean godly Society for indeed those that truly fear God do count it a great Priviledge to enjoy the Society of good People and would reckon it a great Happiness to be wholly and altogether freed from evil company that they might alwayes enjoy the Society of godly People Therefore saith David Psal 16.3 My goodness extendeth not only unto thee O Lord but unto thy Saints and excellent ones in whom is all my DELIGHT But now in this Heavenly Kingdom they shall not only have the Society of Saints and enjoy Communion one with another without any mixture of Evil But they shall also enjoy it with God and fellowship with Jesus Christ and have the Society of blessed and glorious Angels Therefore saith the Apostle Heb. 12.22 23. Ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the Heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable Company of ANGELS to the general Assembly and Church of the First-born and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect Here 's Glorious Company and Heavenly Society here 's pleasant Companions and beautiful Partners here 's honourable Equals and lovely Objects and all to attend the People of God to encrease their Happiness in their Father's Kingdom So that this is also another excellent Priviledge or a fifth Branch of that Happiness

the Truth upon the Earth and take the Tribulations of the Gospel chearfully and joyfully yea we shall make our very Enemies admire at us if we have but a right spirit upon this account when they shall see and take notice how we are troubled on every side and how we are Persecuted and Afflicted and trampled under foot and yet we are chearful and full of Courage and not at all daunted nor terrified at it They must needs think there is more than ordinary in our Profession and so by that means God is exceedingly glorified and his Truth admired by his Enemies though possibly they may still obstinately and willingly oppose it yet notwithstanding they shall by this means be left without excuse and the power of the Truth shall witness against them to the praise and glory of God and to the peace and comfort of our own Souls Therefore saith the Apostle 1 Pet. 4.14 If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are ye for the Spirit of Glory resteth upon you On their part he is evil spoken of but on your part he is glorified There is also a notable passage of our Saviour Christ concerning Peter John 21.18 19. Verily verily saith Christ unto Peter when thou wast young thou girdest thy self and walkest whither thou wouldst but when thou shalt be old thou shalt stretch forth thy hands and another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldst not This spake he signifying by what death he should GLORIFIE God So that it seems those that have so much Courage as to suffer chearfully for the Name of Christ and to lay down their lives for the sake of Christ their Death and Sufferings will tend much to the Glory of God and to the Eternal Blisse and Happiness of their own Souls Therefore when our Enemies shall threaten us and command us to speak nor preach no more in the Name of Jesus nor Meet any more to Worship God in his own way Let us with Peter and John ask them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye And let us tell them plainly to their faces That we must obey God rather than Men Therefore we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard and we cannot but practise the things which we have learned and received in Command from Jesus Christ There are two notable and very remarkable Examples worthy of our Consideration which I shall briefly urge for our Encouragement in this matter The one is concerning the three Children in Dan. 3.16 17 18. Oh! that there were but such a spirit amongst the People of God now in this day of Sions bleeding Well but let us a little consider how they behaved themselves the King had made a Decree and given forth Command That all People should fall down and Worship the Golden Image which he he had set up and whosoever would not should the same hour be cast into the midst of a Burning fiery Furnace Well but Shadrach Meshach and Abednego they broke his Decree and disobeyed his Command and was not at all afraid of his fury nor terrified at the punishment and when they were called to an account before the King for this their Disobedience to his Decree he proffered them Pardon upon condition of their now complying But if not they must expect to feel the effects of his Rage and Fury in the Fiery Furnace and who is that God that should deliver them out of his hands Well now it is come to this with them they must either Turn or Burn they must either Bow to the Image or be Burnt in the Fire they must either conform with their Bodies to the Kings Command or else expose their Bodies to the Burning Flames Well and how did they behave themselves in this Case See the story and you shall find it at large Shadrach Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the King O Nebuchadnezzar we are not careful to answer thee in this matter If it be so our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the Burning Fiery Furnace and he will deliver us out of thine hand O King But now Herein consists chiefly the Excellency of their Spirit in the next words therefore mark But if not whether God will deliver us or no Yet be it known unto thee O King that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the Golden Image which thou hast set up Here 's an admirable Spirit for the service of God full of Confidence and Resolution for the Glory of the true and living God As much as if they should say If it be so O King do thy worst we matter it not our God whom we serve is able to deliver us and he will deliver us from thy Rage and Cruelty O King therefore we are not careful to answer thee in the Business And further we testifie unto thee O King that whether he will deliver us or not deliver us whether we Burn or not Burn come Life or come Death yet we would have thee to know O King that we will not serve thy Gods nor we will not worship the Golden Image which thou hast set up Oh therefore now let us endeavour to bear upon our hearts the Example of these three Famous Children or rather Champions of the most High God That we may through their example be provoked and Encouraged to hold fast the Name and Faith of Jesus Christ even in the worst Condition that may befall us that so being Faithfull unto Death we may receive the Crown of Life and sit with Christ in his Throne and Kingdom Another Example that I shall take notice of for our Consideration and Encouragement is concerning Paul in Acts 21.13 which indeed is very Remarkable and worthy of our observation and practise Paul it seems had some Work to do for God at Jerusalem and was much pressed in Spirit to go and bear witness to the Name of Jesus there But it seems before he went he was foretold in a Figure how he should Suffer when he came there and how he should be delivered into the hands of Persecutors for there was a certain Prophet named Agabus came down from Judea and when he was come among the Disciples he took Pauls Girdle and bound his own hands and Feet with it and Prophesied in the Spirit that so the Jews at Jerusalem should bind the Man that owed that Girdle and should deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles And when the Disciples heard that they began to perswade him and earnestly entreat him not to go to Jerusalem and laid before him the Consideration of his Sufferings thinking to prevent him of his Journey Well but what doth Paul do in this Case Doth he neglect the Work of the Lord to avoid his Sufferings Doth he forbear to go because of Danger No it s almost Death to him to think of forbearing and leaving the Work of the Lord undone at