Luke — Chapter 20
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Verse 35
35. Shal be counted worthie.) To be worthie of heauen, or to deserue and merite it. This truth and Speach that good men be worthy of Heauen, is according to the Scriptures, and signifieth that mans workes done by Christs grace do condignely or worthily deserue eternal ioy: As Sap. 3 God proued them, and found them worthy of himself: and Mat. 10. He that loueth his father more then me, is not worthy of me. and Colos. 1, That you may walke worthy of God: and most plainly Apoc. 3. They shal walke with me in white, because they are worthy: as of Christ (c. 1) Thou art worthie, o Lord, to receiue glorie &c. And that, to be counted worthie, and to be worthie, is here al one, it is plaine, by the *Greeke word, which S. Paul vseth so, as the Aduersaries owne **English Testaments do testifie, reading thus Hebre. 10. Of how much sorer punishment shal he be worthie, which &c. And it must needes signifie, because men for sinnes are not only counted, but are indeed worthie of punishment, as themselues do grant. They doe greatly therfore forget themselues, and are ignorant in the Scriptures, and know not the force nor the value of the grace of God, which doth not only make our labours grateful to God, but worthie of the reward which he hath prouided for such as loue him. See the Annot. 2 Thess. 1,5. *καταξιωθῆναι. αξιωθῆναι. **The new Testament. an. 1580.
Verse 36
36. Equal to Angels.)The dignitie of Saints. Saints of our kind, now in their soules, and after their resurrection in body and soule together, shal be in al things equal to Angels: and for degree of blisse, many Saints of greater merit shal be aboue diuers Angels: as S. Iohn Baptist, the Apostles, and others, and our B. Lady aboue al the orders of holy Spirits in dignitie and blisse: & no maruel, our nature by Christ being so highly exalted aboue al Angels.