was, who exalted him, and that is here set downe, when it is said, God hath highly exalted him. Christ then ha∣uing humbled himselfe, and beene obedient euen vnto the death, God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the hea∣uenly places. So Dauid had said long before, saying, Th•••• shalt not leaue my soule in graue, neither shalt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. Which Peter auoucheth to be spoken of God raising vp Iesus from the dead: To this likewise giue all the Scriptures witnesse, that God raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead: the Father by the Sonne, and the Sonne by the eternall Spirit that was within him. Here then is our comfort, that he who hath loosed the sorrowes of Christ his death, and raised him vp by his power, will also giue a good end vnto all our troubles, and raise vs vp also by Iesus, and set vs with him Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord deliuereth him out of all. And if it be so, that thou see not the fruit of this promise in this life, but goest to thy graue in mourning vnde•• the crosse, yet know this, that hee which hath raised vp the Lord Iesus, shall raise thee vp also by Iesus, and set thee with him, and there wipe all teares from thine eyes, and couer thee with the garment of gladnesse. But withall let mee giue you this caueat; Let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a theefe, or as an euill do••r, or as a busie body in other mens matters: But if any man suffer as a Christian, pouertie, sicknesse, persecution, imprisonment, or what crosse else soeuer, let him not be ashame••, but let him glorifie God in this behalfe. For Christ hath also suf∣fered once for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that hee might bring vs vnto God, and God for our momentanie and light afflictions in that day will giue vs an eternall weight of glory. Wherefore, as the Apostle doth, so I exhort you, Let him that suffereth, what crosse soeuer it be, according to the will of God, commit his soule to God in well-doing, as vnto a faithfull Creator, and hee that loosed the sorrowes of death from Christ, shall giue in his good time a good end to all his troubles. And thus much touching the second point, to wit, who exalted him. It followeth:
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