Sermons, Sermon 3
THE THIRD SERMON.
II. COR. CHAP. V.
verse 9 Where…ore alſo we couet, that both, dwelling at home, and remoouing from home, wee may bee acceptable to Him.
verse 10 For we must all appeare before the judgement ſeate of CHRIST, that eueryevery man may receiue the things which are done in his bodie, according to that that he hath done, whether it be good or euill.
verse 11 Knowing, therefore, that terrour of the LORD, wee perſwade men, and wee are made manifest vntounto GOD and I trust alſo that wee are made manifest in your conſciences.
WEe hauehave hearde, Brethren, theſe dayes paſt, the remedie that the Apoſtle ſetteth downe againſt this temporall death, & the diſſolution of the body. In a worde, it is a full aſſurance and perſwaſion of the heart, that when we are dead, concerning the body, yet we ſhall liue againe, and ſhall receiue at the handes of God a more glorious body than euer this bodie was. It is an harde matter to get this aſſurance, for the duplicate page duplicate page naturall reaſon of man cannot, nor will not perſwade him, that hee once beeing dead, the bodie beeing diſſolued in aſhes, that euer that bodie ſhall bee recouered againe. Therefore, the Apoſtle bringeth in three argumentes of this aſſurance: The firſt is the earneſt deſire that the Godly hauehave in this life to be glorified: It is a thing impoſſible that this deſire can bee in vaine: Hee that giueth thee a deſire of glorie and ſighing for it. He muſt giuegive▪ thee the life and glorie that is deſired and ſighed for: For otherwiſe Hee would neuer giuegive thee grace to ſigh once for this life and glorie except Hee were purpoſed to put thee in poſſeſſion of that glorie one day. The ſecond argument is taken from our regen…ration, or the end of our regeneration. GOD is Hee that maketh vsus of new againe, after we were diſmaide by the fall of Adam, Hee createth vsus of newe againe, to this ende, that wee ſhould liue the firſt creation. It ended indeede, and wee hauehave loſt the right thereof, euen in the firſt creation. Wee were created to liue euerlaſtingly, yet wee died. But the ſecond creation in IESUS will neuer breake: but as in him wee are renewed to life, liue ſhall wee in the Heauens euerlaſtingly, it can neuer faile. Peter ſaith in his firſt epiſt. chap. 1. verſ. 3. Wee are regenerate againe into that liuely hope.
The third argument is the Spirit of CHRIST, whereby GOD worketh in vsus both the deſire and regeneration: hauing once giuen vsus that Spirit, He taketh Him not from vsus againe, but letteth Him dwell in ſoule and bodie, to bee an earneſtpennie in vsus, aſſuring vsus He ſhal neuer leaue vsus, till the whole promiſes in CHRIST be fulfilled to vsus. And therfore He is called the Spirit of trueth. (Iohan. 15. 26. Notwithſtanding, of all this confidēce and aſſurance, vnderunder-propped with theſe three pillers, Deſire, Regeneration, and the Spirit, the Apoſtle hath not full contentation of heart, and the reaſon is, becauſe he ſeeth not the LORD. Hee is yet wandring as a pilgrime in this world, & hath not gotten that joyfull countenance of CHRIST, in the which countenance is onelie ſacietie of pleaſures: For aſſure you, the faithfull heart ſhall neuer hauehave contentation till it ſee CHRIST. Therefore, to attaine to this thing, and to get the full ſatisfactiō of the heart, he maketh choiſe of death and remouing out of the bodie: hee preferreth it to all grace that can be had in this life. Hee preferreth it to that confidence and aſſurance▪ and to all other graces that hee can hauehave in this bodie, that he might go vp to that preſence of CHRIST. Thus farre wee hauehave ſpoken hitherto.
Now to come to the text that we hauehave preſently read. The Apoſtle conſidering that ſight that once we ſhall ſee, and that preſence that once wee ſhall hauehave of ye LORD IESVS, which he hath not gottē nor will not get, till the time it pleaſe the LORD to call on him: (and none of vsus will get it, albeit wee woulde neuer ſo faine, till that the LORD call on vsus) he ſheweth, therefore, what he will do till that time come that he get that preſence, an… how hee will bee occupied liuing here in this pilgrimage, what will bee his ſtudie and care in lif… and death: Therefore (ſaith hee) alſo we couet, that ba… dwelling at home, and remoouing from home, we may b… acceptable to Him. There is his care in the mean… time. All my care, would he ſay, ſo long as I liue i… this earth, ſhall be, to bee acceptable to my Lord, to whom I goe, that I may be the welcomer when I come.
Yet, Brethren, becauſe the words are weightie, eueryevery word would be weighed: We couet, ſaith hee, there is the firſt worde, and in the firſt language this word importeth not onelyonly a common deſire, but an ambition: So by this word he vttereth that he is griedy of honour, and ambitious: for there i… an holy ambition that is lawfull, that is requiſite, that is needefull in eueryevery Chriſtian man, euen in the pureſt man that is. But to come to the honour which he coueteth: We couet (ſaith he) that we may be acceptable: There is the honour, to be acceptable, to bee counted and liked of. The worldlie man that hunteth after the honour of the worlde, he deſireth to be eſteemed of, to bee had in admiration, and to be in grace. So is it with the man of God the honour which he deſireth is eſteematiō, he would be accounted of, hee would bee in grace and good liking, and if it were poſsible, he would be eſteemed aboue all the men in the world: but whome would hee hauehave to eſteeme of him? The worldly ambitious man would bee accounted of by men, hee hath no regarde of GODS eſtimation of him, hee would hauehave the Prince accounting of him aboue all Courtiers: hee would hauehave the people accounting much of him. But the man of GOD, that hath this holie ambition and griedineſſe of honour, hee careth not for the account and eſtimation of men, neither ſeeketh his praiſe of men, but of GOD, and CHRIST, with whom hee muſt dwell after this life: hee deſireth in this pilgrimage, to bee aſſured, that CHRIST hath a liking of him, that after this life hee may reigne with CHRIST as a king for euer: That is his honour.
To goe forward in the wordes: When ſeeketh hee to bee acceptable to CHRIST? at what time? There is two times: One time of liuing, and another time of dying: A time when the ſoule dwelleth in the bodie, and another time when ſhee flitteth. The ambitious holie man ſeeketh to bee acceptable to the LORD at both theſe times, both dwelling at home, and flitting from home. All the honour of the worldlie man is in this life, and whilſt the ſoule is dwelling in this bodie: But once laide downe in his bedde, and let death aſſaile him, there hee layeth downe his honour: and if yee tell him of the honour which hee was ſeeking, hee will ſpitte at it. But the godly man, if euer he was griedy of honour in this life, in the houre of his death he is griedier thereof, and the nearer death, the griedier of the honour of CHRIST: hee can hauehave no contentation in heart, till hee know his ſoule is acceptable to that LORD whom to hee is going. As for the meanes whereby hee ſeeketh to come to this honour, ye will heare of them in the next verſe hereafter.
This ſame Apoſtle (2. Timoth. 2. 15.) ſetteth them downe alſo: when hee hath deſired Timothi… to ſtudie to approoue himſelfe to GOD, immediately hee ſubjoyneth, If thou wouldeſt bee approoued, bee a worke-man: thou wilt not get this acceptation by driuing ouer thy life in idleneſſe, or ſluggiſhneſſe: let eueryevery man, in whatſoeuer eſtate, bee a worke-man. The worldly man is clyming to his honour by vnlawfull meanes, by flatterie, by falſhood, &c. but it endeth in miſerie. But the godly mā, let him ſeek to be approued by the King of kings, being a faithfull worke-man in his calling, & diligent therein. There is the meane of thine acceptation in this life. In thy dying, & when all thy ſenſes, thy tongue, thine hand, and all faileth th…e and art not able to worke, yet ſuffer with patience, and ſet thine heart patiently to ſuffer death, that in thy dying GOD may be glorified, and ſo thou mayeſt conſecrate both death & life to Him.
Marke heere a leſſon. Paul of before he maketh a choiſe to go & dwell with Chriſt: he would faine hauehave bene dead: but here is another deſire, which muſt goe before that, and thou muſt hauehave the like deſire, before thou deſire to flit out of this bodie and to bee with CHRIST. Firſt deſire, whilſt thou art in this bodie, to bee acceptable to Him, and then deſire to flit, otherwiſe not: for certainely, if thou die, before thou bee acceptable to GOD in thy life, thou ſhalt not bee welcome to Him, and he ſhal be the moſt terrible ſight to thee that euer thou ſaw: I ſhall neuer deſire to ſee Him when I die, if I deſire not to bee acceptable to Him firſt in life and death. Therefore, ſtudie by a faithfull diſcharge of thy duetie heere on earth, to bee acceptable to thy LORD, beguile not thy ſelfe.
Learne againe heere. When hee hath made a choiſe to goe and dwell with the LORD, hee deſireth that hee may liue a godly life heere firſt: then the leſſon is, A godly life heere is a too-looke to that life which wee ſhall hauehave in CHRIST, which maketh a faithfull Pilgrime deſire to bee with CHRIST. It is an eaſie thing to hauehave an eye to the life to come, if thou ſtudie to liue well in this life. And on the other part, it is the hope of that life and glory to come, and an eye to Heauen that maketh a Pilgrime to liue well in this life: where this eye to Heauen is not, there is no good life. Wherefore ſhould we ſpeake further? Alas! theſe euill liues of men, theſe murthers, adulteries, thefts, tell vsus plainely, there is no ſight of Heauen, nor regarde of the life to come. Thou that paſſeſt thy time, taking thy pleaſure in the diſpleaſing of GOD, teſtifieſt, that thine eye was neuer on Heauen, that the eye of thy ſoule was neuer lifted vp aboue thy bodie, and aſſure thy ſelfe, if thou liue on ſo, thou ſhalt neuer ſee Heauen.
Now in the next verſe, hee ſubjoyneth another argument, moouing him to bee ambitious to bee with that LORD of life. The firſt argument was, becauſe hee was to dwell with that LORD in Heauen. The ſecond is, that terrible Iudgement that all fleſh ſhall ſee, except they endeuour themſelues to ſerue GOD in this life: For (ſaieth hee) wee must all appeare before the Iudgement-ſeate of CHRIST. Learne a leſſon of the pith of this argument. As there is a force in the hope of the life to come, ſo there is a force in the feare of a terrible Iudgement, to mooue a man to liue well here. Looke howe needefull the one is to cauſe thee to liue well in this life▪ as needefull alſo is the other. Hope of life is needful, feare of judgemēt is needful: what ſhould be the cauſe of this? knoweſt thou not thy nature, how backward & froward it is? ſo that except thou be pricked forward with terrors of judgement, thou wilt neuer addreſſe thy ſelfe to Heauen, but wilt linguer & ſit downe by the way.
Brethren, There are two things in Heauen, and two thinges in earth, both ſeruing to mooue vsus to liue well heere in this life: In Heauen there is two ſeates, one of Grace, which is called, the Throne of grace: The other a ſeate of Iudgement, a Tribunall: Fie on all tribunals in the earth, in reſpect of that Heauenly Tribunall! The Throne of grace is ſpoken of to the Hebrewes, Chapt. 4. verſ. 16. Let vsus goe boldly to the Throne of grace that wee may get merciemercy. But this will not ſuffice, except the Tribunall of judgement be alſo before thee, to draw thee forward: both muſt bee before thee: and as thou lookeſt to the Throne of grace with the one eye, ſo look to the Throne of judgement with the other eye. There are alſo in like maner two thinges in earth, to draw thee forward: The one, the Goſpell of grace, The other, the Law threatning judgement. The Goſpel drawing thee louinglie to GOD, the Lawe threatning thee to goe forwarde, or elſe thou ſhalt die. The Goſpell gently alluring thee forwarde, promiſing that thou ſhalt get life: The Lawe ſtanding about the Goſpell as a fire, to terrifie thee, and if thou goe out of the right way, it will burne thee. It will not bee the Goſpell alone that will ſerue the turne. Indeede, if there were no canker in thee, the Goſpell would ſerue the turne: but in reſpect of this wicked canker in thy nature, thou muſt be threatned with the Lawe. Seeſt thou not thy nature? fairnes will not ſerue the turne, thou muſt be pulled forward by the haire, or elſe thou wilt fall into damnation. Take me away the rebukes of the Law, if thou bee a king or a Monarch, it is but a dead Goſpel to thee, ſuch is the corrupt nature of man: Take away the canker of the nature of man, I ſhall ſpeake nothing of the Lawe: but as long as this canker remaineth▪ the Law muſt threaten all, from the king to the begger. I were a falſe Doctor, if I vſed not the threatning of the Lawe to rebuke this canker of nature. Who is more holie than Paule was? He▪ looking vp to Heauen, ſeeing the MercieMercy-ſeate, likewiſe ſeeth the Iudgement-ſeate, and if hee had not ſeene the Iudgement-ſeate, and beene terrified therewith, hee ſhoulde neuer hauehave gotten a ſight of that MercieMercy-ſeate: ſo muſt it bee with vsus, wee muſt ſee that Iudgement-ſeate, as well as that MercieMercy-ſeate. This is wonderfull: Hee was euen nowe ſpeaking of CHRIST as a ſweete LORD, and faine would bee at Him, and nowe againe hee ſetteth Him vp as a Iudge to terrifie men. Is this the LORD, at whom he would bee? Who deſireth to appeare before a terrible Iudge? Who hath life and death in his handes? Take heede: this is Paules meaning: The LORD IESVS Hee is both terrible to men, and joyous to men, and Hee muſt bee both joyous and mercifull indeede, to thee who endeuoureth thy ſelfe to pleaſe Him in this life: Terrible to them who endeuoureth them not to pleaſe Him in this life. Wouldeſt thou hauehave Him mercifull to thee, ſtudie then to liue well ſerue Him ſincerely in thy calling. Wilt thou hauehave Him terrible to thee, thou ſhalt indeede finde Him terrible to thee, and thou ſhalt ſhake & tremble at His countenance, in caſe thou ſeeke not to pleaſe Him in this life. And this ſhall bee the firſt ſight that euer the wicked, who deſired not to pleaſe Him in this life, ſhall get of Him. Heauen and Hell are thought jeſts & mocks now adayes: & this Tribunall is not looked too, but certainely thou muſt appeare, either before the Throne of MercieMercy, or the Tribunal of Iudgement.
Yet to goe forward in the wordes: I ſhall only touch them, without diſcourſing on that generall judgement. Then firſt heere to let you ſee the terribleneſſe of that judgement, there is an Appearance whereof Eſaias, in his 45. Chapter, and the 23. verſe thereof, and Paule, Roman. 14. 11. ſpeaketh: As I liue (ſaieth the LORD) all knees ſhall how to Mee, and all thinges ſhall confeſſe Mee to bee GOD. There is the reuerence that ſhall bee at that appearance, all kinges in the earth ſhall bow their knees: & the tongue that would not ſpeake in this earth to GODS glory ſhall then bee compelled to ſpeake to His glorie. Then there is firſt an appearance: Secondly an neceſſitie, Thou muſt appeare: Thirdly, an vniuerſalitie, all ſhall appear, without exception, all ſhall be called and all muſt anſwere, Hic ſum, I AM HEERE: None ſhall bee away, man nor womā, rich nor poore, from Adam the firſt man, to the laſt man borne on the earth. Then fourthly. The ſeate before the which this appearance muſt bee, is a Tribunall: the Iudge is CHRIST, IEHOVAH, GOD not man onelyonly: all knees ſhall bow to Him as GOD, and not only to CHRIST as GOD, but to CHRIST in our nature, as man, he ſhall ſit as a glorious Iudge, as it is ſaide, Iohn, 5. 22. The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgement to the Sonne. And as there ſhall bee one appearance of all, ſo there muſt be one receiuing: none ſhall appeare but ſomething they ſhall receiue. What ſhall bee receiued? A reward of thy actions and doinges in thy bodie, which rewarde ſhall appertaine to the bodie as well as to the ſoule, becauſe thou didſt them in the bodie. As to the qualitie of the rewarde, it is proportionall to that which thou haſt done in the bodie, bee it good or euill: if it bee good, thou ſhalt bee rewarded with glorie: if euill, thou ſhalt bee rewarded with ignominie and ſhame.
To inſiſt ſomething vponupon the laſt wordes, becauſe the Papiſtes ſticke to them, and thinke they hauehave an aduantage of this place: when they heare that euerie one ſhall receiue according to the thinges which they hauehave done in the fleſh, incontinent they conclude, ERGO, workes merites. I anſwere, Euill workes indeede merite damnation, and damnation ſhall bee thy portion for them, if thou bee out of IESVS: but good workes hauehave no merite: in all thy good workes there is no deſeruing, althogh they were ten thouſand more than they are. There is force enough in an euill work to condemne thee, but in a thouſand good workes no force to ſaue. The Apoſtle ſaieth not heere, They ſhall receiue a rewarde for that which they hauehave done, but according as they hauehave done: hee ſaieth not Propter, making workes a cauſe, but Secundum, that is, according to the teſtification of the works. But to leaue the larger inſiſting in this, as more pertinent to another place, and to come to our purpoſe.
Weigh the wordes, for euerie worde is a worde of weight, importing a terrible Iudgement, an Appearing, a neceſſitie of appearing, an vniuerſall appearing without exception, no reſpect of perſons, of the king, more than of the begger, no mitigation of the ſeueritie of the Iudge, &c. CHRIST will hauehave no mitigation, but if thou bee a reprobate, thou wilt bee handled ſeuerelie, albeit thou bee a king. The judgement then, being ſo terrible, the Iudge, CHRIST, muſt alſo bee terrible: And ſo the Apoſtle ſaieth, Knowing, therefore, that terrour of the LORD, &c.
And all this is to learne euerie ſoule, not ſo to preſume of the merciemercy of CHRIST, that thou ſhalt thinke to finde Him mercifull in that daye, except that thou haſt ſtudied to bee acceptable vntounto Him in this life, and canſt ſay, LORD, I EMPLOY MY SELFE IN SERVING THEE. Away with that preſumption of merciemercy, which maketh the lowne, when hee is mu…thering and committing adulterie, to ſay, GOD is mercifull. Hauing ſet downe the terrible Iudgement, hee concludeth what he will doe in his owne perſon. Is the judgement and Iudge ſo terrible? I will bee wiſe: the LORD giuegive vsus this wiſedome. Knowing (ſaith Paul) that terrour of the LORD I will do my duetie in this life. My duetie is to preach, to bring men to the faith in CHRIST: I will walke in the diſcharge of that duetie night and day. Hee ſaith, Knowing perfectlie that terrour of the LORD: It is not a blinde terrour that will make a man to doe his duetie in this life, but it is the knowledge of a Tribunall: to belieue that there is a Iudge and a Tribunall in Heauen, and that there is a moſt terrible day abyding. And if a mā belieued that there is a Tribunall in Heauen, a terrible Iudge ſitting there to take account of his doinges in earth, for all the worlde hee would not offende that GOD: but this cannot ſinke in the heart of man: Hee will ſay, there is a generall judgement, but this is from the mouth onelyonly, and not from the heart: and ſurely, as long as a man continueth in ſinne, albeit hee ſhould ſweare that there is a Tribunall. it is a token hee knoweth it not. The wordes of judgement auaile nothing: it is the belieuing, and ſure knowledge that there is a judgement, and a terrible Iudge to ſinners in Heauen, that doth the turne. Therefore, ſeeke perſwaſion, and looke to that Article of thy Creede, that the Iudge ſhall come, and take account both of the quicke & the dead: Belieue it, and then it ſhall draw thee to liue a godly life. Knowing, therefore, that terrour of the LORD, wee perſwade men, or cauſe them belieue. Hee ſaieth not, I goe to play the part of a king, or of a politicke man, I am buſie in this or that turne that appertaineth not to my calling: No, but according to my calling, I preach the Goſpell, to perſwade men to belieue in CHRIST, that they may bee ſaued. To ſpeake the trueth, it is not thy labouring and doing in any other mans calling, that will profite thee, but thou art ordained by GOD to doe thy duetie in thine owne calling: and when the account of thy deedes ſhall bee taken in that Great day, hee ſhall not ſay, what haſt thou done in another mans calling? but, what haſt thou done in thine owne? I made thee a Miniſter, howe haſt thou traueled in that vocation? Therefore I ſaye, as euerie man would bee readie to giuegive an account of his doinges, let euerie man bee diligent in his owne vocation, ſeeking the glorie of GOD therein.
Nowe it might hauehave beene ſaide to Paul, Thou boaſteſt much of thy doing and preaching: but looke with what ſinceritie thou haſt beene occupied, and with what vprightneſſe of heart thou haſt beene preaching in thy life time? He anſwereth, and firſt hee taketh GOD to bee witneſſe of the ſinceritie of his heart in diſcharging his Miniſterie: and then hee taketh the Corinthians, among whome hee had traueled, to bee witneſſe alſo of his ſinceritie. As for GOD, hee ſaieth, We are made manifest vntounto GOD: And as for men, I trust alſo I am made manifest in your conſciences. Hee taketh firſt GOD to bee witneſſe, who knoweth the heart, and then the Corinthians, who ſawe his actions.
Then, Brethren, it is not enough for a Miniſter, that preacheth CHRIST as Paule doeth, for to perſwade men to belieue in CHRIST, to ſpeake outwardlie to men, as I am now ſpeaking to you, but hee muſt looke in the meane time, that inwardlie his heart be ſet vponupon GOD, that is, looke that he approoue his heart in ſinceritie to GOD, who ſeeth the heart. Men marke the wordes that come out of the mouth, but GOD marketh the ſinceritie of the heart, to ſee with what ſinceritie the man ſpeaketh. This that I ſpeake of Paul in his calling, I meane of all other men in their callings. Doeſt thou anie thing outwardlie to men, looke that thou doe it inwardlie in thine heart, with ſinceritie to GOD, otherwiſe thou loſeſt all thy trauell, albeit it were neuer ſo good in the preſence of men. Of this it followeth, al theſe are but vaine voyces, to ſtand vp and ſay, I hauehave done this thing or that thing. To ſpeake to men, who knowe not the heart, except in the meane time, as thou art ſpeaking vntounto men, thou mayeſt draw the LORD to bee witneſſe (as Paule doeth) to the ſinceritie of thine heart, and may ſay, I hauehave beene traueiling, with what ſinceritie the LORD knoweth: that which I hauehave done, I hauehave done it in ſinceritie: not being content to call GOD onelie to bee witneſſe, he turneth him to the Corinthians, and he appealeth their conſciences to beare recorde of his ſinceritie in his doing, and hee ſaieth, As for you, Corinthians (ſpeaking ſparingly) I trust. &c. Hee was aſſured of GODS teſtimonie, but hee truſted, that the Corinthians alſo would beare him recorde, that hee had traneiled truelie: Hee ſaieth, in your conſciences. It is to bee marked, that he appealeth to their conſciences, not their mouthes, but their conſciences: for the mouth of man will giuegive one teſtimonie, but the conſcience will giuegive another: And when the conſcience will bee ſaying, the man hath ſpoken truelie and in ſinceritie, the mouth in the meane time will bee backebiting him, and the conſcience will ſay, thou lyeſt mouth. Speake, therefore, euer according to conſcience for if thy conſcience ſpeak one thing, and thy mouth another, thou ſhalt bee challenged of a lye. It is true indeede, men knowe not the heart of man, as when a Miniſter is ſpeaking, yee cannot judge of his heart, the LORD judgeth it, yet a faithfull and ſincere man, hee will vtter ſometime the inwarde ſinceritie of his heart in his wordes and deedes, that all that ſeeth and heareth him, will looke in therethorowe, and ſee the inwarde ſinceritie of the heart, and giuegive an outward confeſſion of it.
Now, Brethren, then in this example of Paule, yee hauehave ſuch a proteſtation, as the faithfull Paſtor ſhoulde make in the houre of his death, and which ſhould be his teſtament. There is two things in his Miniſterie, the outwarde ſpeaking, and the inwarde ſinceritie of the heart. If hee would proteſt of his faithfulneſſe, looke that hee proteſt as PAVLE did: Firſt outwardly, I hauehave vſed all diligence in diſcharging all the outward partes of my calling, I hauehave kept nothing abacke: and then inwardly, As for my ſinceritie, Firſt I take GOD to bee witneſſe, who knoweth and onelyonly ſeeth mine heart, with what ſinceritie I hauehave ſpoken, and then I take you to witneſſe, that hauehave beene conuerſant with mee, ſo farre as yee can knowe the inwarde ſinceritie of mine heart, by my liuing and outwarde actions. Woulde to GOD wee coulde hauehave this ſinceritie. And I praye the LORD graunt mee this ſinceritie: and I beſeech Him, that as Hee hath beene with mee ſince the beginning of my Miniſterie, ſo Hee would neuer leaue mee, vntill the time I finiſh my courſe with joye. to His glorie, and comfort of His CHVRCH, through IESVS CHRIST our LORD,
To whome, with the FATHER, and the Holie GHOST, bee all Honour, Praiſe, and Glorie, both now and euermore, So bee it.