into that heavenly city; what solemnities were then instituted in the glorious paradise, how magnificently was he entertained by those celestial citizens? what a delightful spectacle was it, to see men accompanied with angels, to go in procession, and to sit upon those seats, which for many thousand years were vacant. But a most ravishing joy it was, to behold the sacred humanity of Jesus Christ, for transcending all others, to sit at the right hand of his eternal Father.
All these things are worthy of thy attentive consideration, that thou mayest learn, that the labors thou dost undergo for the love of God, are not spent in vain, therefore, he that humbled himself under all creatures, it was requisite that he should be exalted above all, that the lovers of true glory may trace this path, they must expect if they desire to be above all, that first they be subject to all, even their inferiors.
