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             A short description of the blessed place and state of the saints above in a discourse upon the words of Our Blessed Saviour, John XIV, 2, in my father's house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you / by William Bates.
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           A
           SHORT
           DESCRIPTION
           OF
           THE
           Blessed
           Place
           and
           State
           OF
           THE
           Saints
           Above
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Discourse
           upon
           the
           Words
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ;
        
         
           
             John
             xiv
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             In
             my
             Father's
             House
             are
             many
             Mansions
             ;
             if
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             told
             you
             :
             I
             go
             to
             prepare
             a
             Place
             for
             you
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             BATES
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           London
           ;
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             D.
          
           for
           
             I.
             Robinson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Lion
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Churh-yard
           .
           M.DC.LXXXVII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           the
           privilege
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           
             that
             Life
             and
             Immortality
             are
             brought
             to
             Light
             in
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           The
           Heathen
           World
           sat
           in
           Darkness
           ,
           was
           secure
           in
           Misery
           :
           As
           one
           that
           sleeps
           is
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           Scenes
           of
           Fancy
           ;
           he
           Dreams
           of
           Treasures
           of
           Gold
           ,
           of
           Gardens
           ,
           of
           Feasts
           ,
           and
           thinks
           the
           painted
           Appearances
           ,
           the
           superficial
           
           Colours
           of
           Good
           to
           be
           Realities
           :
           thus
           whilst
           Reason
           was
           darkned
           by
           Sense
           ,
           the
           World
           was
           content
           with
           pleasant
           Delusions
           .
           Who
           amongst
           the
           many
           pretenders
           to
           Wisdom
           ,
           had
           a
           convincing
           knowledg
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Eternity
           to
           come
           ?
           Who
           had
           a
           glimpse
           of
           that
           Happiness
           that
           results
           from
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           in
           Glory
           ?
           This
           Instruction
           so
           refreshing
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           darkned
           with
           Sorrows
           here
           ,
           comes
           from
           the
           School
           of
           Heaven
           :
           as
           the
           Sun
           revives
           us
           by
           its
           
           chearful
           Appearance
           ,
           and
           affords
           that
           Light
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           were
           impossible
           to
           behold
           it
           .
        
         
           During
           the
           Legal
           Dispensation
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Mist
           upon
           the
           Future
           State.
           The
           notice
           of
           Eternal
           Things
           was
           a
           Twilight
           mixt
           with
           Shadows
           .
           The
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Glory
           was
           reserv'd
           till
           our
           Saviour's
           appearing
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           purchas'd
           it
           with
           the
           dearest
           price
           ,
           and
           offers
           it
           upon
           such
           gracious
           Terms
           ,
           
           that
           whosoever
           sincerely
           desires
           and
           seeks
           ,
           shall
           obtain
           it
           ;
           and
           none
           shall
           be
           depriv'd
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           wilful
           and
           guilty
           neglect
           .
           It
           might
           be
           expected
           that
           such
           a
           Proposal
           were
           sufficient
           to
           engage
           Men
           with
           all
           their
           Active
           Powers
           to
           secure
           such
           a
           precious
           Interest
           ,
           when
           indeed
           their
           best
           Endeavours
           and
           most
           zealous
           Affections
           are
           too
           slight
           and
           faint
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           that
           excellent
           Happiness
           .
           Are
           not
           the
           first
           Notions
           of
           
           Things
           that
           are
           written
           in
           our
           Brests
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           us
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           for
           ever
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           what
           suddenly
           passes
           away
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           necessary
           in
           Matters
           of
           Temporal
           Concernment
           ,
           to
           use
           strong
           Arguments
           to
           perswade
           us
           rather
           to
           chuse
           a
           Treasure
           that
           will
           enrich
           us
           for
           our
           Lives
           ,
           than
           what
           will
           purchase
           food
           only
           for
           a
           day
           ?
           Yet
           't
           is
           strange
           to
           amazement
           ,
           that
           in
           Things
           of
           Infinite
           Weight
           &
           Consequence
           
           that
           respect
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           trivial
           Things
           that
           respect
           the
           Body
           ,
           Men
           make
           as
           preposterous
           a
           Judgment
           and
           Choice
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           irreconcilable
           Enemies
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           obstinately
           averse
           from
           their
           own
           Happiness
           .
           The
           Life
           to
           come
           extends
           beyond
           all
           possible
           Number
           of
           Ages
           ;
           the
           Felicity
           is
           so
           compleat
           and
           sure
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           Evil
           shall
           never
           eclipse
           it
           :
           The
           Soul
           shall
           be
           in
           a
           state
           of
           highest
           Perfection
           and
           
           Joy
           ;
           the
           Vnderstanding
           illuminated
           with
           perfect
           Knowledg
           ,
           with
           no
           more
           study
           ,
           than
           opening
           the
           Eye
           and
           fixing
           it
           on
           the
           Glorious
           Objects
           ,
           the
           Will
           satisfied
           with
           the
           perfect
           Love
           and
           Enjoyment
           of
           the
           Blessed
           God
           :
           The
           Body
           shall
           be
           clothed
           with
           Light
           as
           with
           a
           Garment
           ,
           and
           shine
           with
           a
           Beauty
           that
           never
           disflourishes
           and
           decays
           ;
           the
           innumerable
           Assembly
           of
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           always
           affords
           new
           and
           inestimable
           Delights
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           set
           in
           comparison
           against
           
           this
           transcendent
           Felicity
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           The
           poor
           despicable
           vanishing
           Life
           on
           Earth
           :
           whose
           Pleasures
           are
           so
           shallow
           and
           empty
           ,
           that
           they
           can't
           satisfy
           the
           Senses
           ,
           much
           less
           our
           noble
           and
           comprehensive
           Faculties
           :
           whose
           Griefs
           are
           sometimes
           so
           heavy
           and
           oppressing
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Comforts
           of
           the
           World
           are
           no
           more
           effectual
           to
           relieve
           the
           Soul
           labouring
           under
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           sounding
           of
           Brass
           ,
           and
           the
           tinckling
           of
           Cymbals
           ,
           
           usually
           done
           by
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           were
           to
           free
           the
           Moon
           from
           its
           dark
           Eclipse
           ,
           which
           they
           fancied
           to
           labour
           in
           extremity
           .
           Yet
           the
           petty
           Preferments
           ,
           the
           deceitful
           Riches
           ,
           the
           vain
           Pleasures
           here
           are
           chosen
           ,
           and
           ambitiously
           and
           eagerly
           persued
           ,
           and
           the
           infinite
           everlasting
           Happiness
           hereafter
           undervalued
           and
           rejected
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Wonder
           ceases
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           doth
           not
           see
           in
           the
           clearest
           Day
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           He
           is
           blind
           :
           so
           Carnal
           Men
           
           are
           without
           Faith
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Internal
           Light
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           stedfastly
           believe
           the
           Reality
           of
           the
           Divine
           World
           ,
           tho
           so
           clearly
           open'd
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           They
           are
           under
           so
           strong
           a
           Delusion
           and
           Error
           of
           Sensuality
           ,
           that
           they
           vilify
           a
           Spiritual
           Happiness
           ,
           a
           Glorious
           Futurity
           ,
           and
           present
           sensible
           Things
           ,
           of
           no
           price
           in
           comparison
           ,
           have
           the
           highest
           place
           in
           their
           Esteem
           and
           Affections
           .
           The
           proper
           Means
           to
           recover
           Man
           from
           his
           woful
           
           Folly
           ,
           are
           unceasing
           fervent
           Prayers
           ,
           That
           
             the
             God
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Father
             of
             Glory
             ,
             may
             give
             unto
             them
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             Revelation
             in
             the
             knowledg
             of
             him
             :
             The
             Eyes
             of
             their
             Understandings
             being
             inlightned
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             know
             what
             is
             the
             Hope
             of
             his
             Calling
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Riches
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Inheritance
             in
             the
             Saints
             :
          
           and
           to
           represent
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           to
           
           their
           considerate
           Minds
           ,
           that
           their
           Interest
           and
           Duty
           ,
           with
           united
           Efficacy
           ,
           may
           over-rule
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           turn
           the
           Stream
           of
           their
           Indeavours
           into
           the
           right
           Channel
           ;
           that
           the
           judicious
           Comparison
           between
           Objects
           so
           vastly
           differing
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           governing
           Principle
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
           All
           Things
           are
           vain
           and
           transient
           ,
           within
           the
           Confines
           of
           Time
           ;
           all
           Things
           stable
           and
           solid
           in
           the
           Territories
           of
           Eternity
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               JOHN
               XIV
               .
               I.
               
            
             
               In
               my
               Father's
               House
               are
               many
               Mansions
               ;
               if
               it
               were
               not
               so
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               told
               you
               :
               I
               go
               to
               prepare
               a
               Place
               for
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           OUR
           blessed
           Saviour
           in
           the
           words
           ,
           applies
           Heavenly
           Comfort
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           to
           support
           their
           drooping
           Spirits
           in
           his
           absence
           from
           them
           :
           He
           foretold
           his
           departure
           ;
           
           
             Little
             Children
             ,
             yet
             a
             little
             while
             I
             am
             with
             you
             .
             Ye
             shall
             seek
             me
             :
             and
             as
             I
             said
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             whither
             I
             go
             ,
             ye
             cannot
             come
             :
             so
             now
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             .
          
           This
           tenderly
           affected
           their
           Hearts
           :
           But
           that
           their
           Sorrow
           might
           not
           flow
           into
           Despair
           ,
           he
           assures
           them
           ,
           that
           
           their
           Separation
           should
           not
           be
           final
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           the
           singular
           Privilege
           of
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           
           that
           
             he
             should
             follow
             him
             hereafter
          
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           were
           Rooms
           reserved
           in
           Heaven
           for
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           He
           would
           return
           and
           receive
           them
           to
           Himself
           .
           This
           Consolation
           He
           addresses
           to
           them
           in
           a
           very
           affectionate
           manner
           ,
           
           
             Let
             not
             your
             Hearts
             be
             troubled
             :
          
           No
           Work
           is
           more
           Divine
           ,
           none
           more
           proper
           and
           delightful
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           than
           to
           comfort
           the
           afflicted
           Spirits
           of
           his
           People
           .
           He
           directs
           them
           ,
           
             Ye
             believe
             in
             God
             ,
             believe
             also
             in
             me
             .
          
           God
           is
           the
           Supreme
           Object
           of
           Faith
           ,
           his
           unchangeable
           Love
           and
           Faithfulness
           ,
           with
           his
           infinite
           Power
           in
           the
           accomplishing
           his
           Promises
           ,
           is
           the
           Security
           of
           Believers
           .
           Christ
           ,
           as
           Mediator
           between
           God
           and
           guilty
           Creatures
           ,
           is
           the
           immediate
           Object
           of
           our
           Faith
           ;
           for
           he
           restores
           us
           to
           the
           Favour
           of
           God
           ,
           therefore
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
           we
           believe
           in
           God
           by
           him
           .
           After
           this
           Preface
           to
           calm
           the
           unquiet
           
           Agitations
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           more
           receptive
           of
           comfort
           ,
           he
           proposeth
           to
           them
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           blessed
           Doctrine
           ;
           
             In
             my
             Father's
             House
             are
             many
             Mansions
             ,
          
           capable
           to
           receive
           all
           his
           Disciples
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Gives
           them
           an
           infallible
           assurance
           of
           it
           .
           1.
           
           From
           his
           inviolate
           Love
           and
           Truth
           ,
           
             If
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             told
             you
             .
          
           2.
           
           That
           his
           going
           away
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           reign
           alone
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Glory
           ,
           
             but
             to
             prepare
             a
             place
             for
             them
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Point
           that
           I
           shall
           discourse
           of
           from
           these
           words
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
           There
           is
           a
           blessed
           Place
           Above
           prepared
           for
           all
           the
           faithful
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           ,
           wherein
           they
           shall
           be
           glorified
           with
           him
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           managing
           this
           Argument
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           represent
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           this
           Place
           specified
           by
           his
           Father's
           
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           state
           of
           Felicity
           that
           is
           inseparable
           from
           all
           that
           dwell
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           the
           infallible
           Assurance
           we
           have
           of
           obtaining
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Excellencies
           of
           this
           Place
           may
           be
           argued
           from
           the
           Maker
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           its
           Attributes
           specified
           in
           Scripture
           .
           
           First
           ,
           God
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           artificial
           Builder
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           to
           signify
           a
           correspondent
           Excellency
           in
           the
           Work
           to
           the
           Divine
           Maker
           .
           All
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           have
           a
           Divine
           Impression
           of
           his
           Power
           and
           Providence
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           are
           more
           conspicuous
           Characters
           of
           his
           Perfections
           :
           For
           the
           wise
           Author
           of
           all
           Things
           ,
           hath
           ordered
           their
           several
           degrees
           of
           Excellence
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           various
           Art
           of
           adorning
           them
           ,
           suitable
           to
           the
           End
           for
           which
           they
           were
           design'd
           .
           Now
           the
           supreme
           Heaven
           was
           made
           to
           be
           the
           Temple
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           wherein
           he
           would
           diffuse
           the
           richest
           Beams
           of
           his
           Goodness
           and
           
           Glory
           to
           his
           chosen
           Servants
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           is
           a
           most
           noble
           Work
           of
           his
           Omnipotent
           Hand
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           two
           Remarks
           to
           be
           made
           in
           its
           Creation
           ,
           from
           whence
           we
           may
           infer
           its
           peculiar
           Excellency
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           'T
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Creation
           .
           Amongst
           intellectual
           Beings
           ,
           the
           Angels
           are
           the
           First-Born
           of
           God's
           Power
           ;
           and
           in
           Natural
           and
           Divine
           Prerogatives
           excel
           Men.
           From
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Excellency
           of
           any
           praise-worthy
           Quality
           in
           Men
           ,
           is
           set
           forth
           by
           a
           resemblance
           of
           the
           Angels
           .
           Excellent
           Wisdom
           in
           
             David
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             like
             an
             Angel
             of
             God.
          
           Excellent
           Eloquence
           by
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           is
           stiled
           
             the
             Tongues
             of
             Angels
          
           .
           Heroick
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           excellent
           Holiness
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           
             The
             House
             of
          
           David
           
             shall
             be
             as
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           is
           highest
           in
           any
           kind
           of
           Perfection
           ,
           is
           the
           Rule
           and
           Measure
           of
           the
           degrees
           of
           that
           Perfection
           .
           And
           thus
           in
           forming
           the
           material
           
           World
           ,
           the
           supreme
           Heaven
           hath
           the
           precedence
           in
           order
           and
           dignity
           ,
           before
           all
           the
           other
           Parts
           of
           it
           ▪
           Indeed
           Moses
           only
           recites
           particularly
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           visible
           World
           ;
           and
           by
           what
           gradations
           this
           great
           Fabrick
           with
           all
           its
           Furniture
           was
           compleated
           :
           And
           the
           History
           of
           that
           is
           instructive
           of
           the
           Creation
           of
           invisible
           Things
           ,
           which
           is
           expresly
           specified
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           Paradise
           was
           first
           made
           ,
           and
           then
           Man
           created
           to
           be
           the
           Inhabitant
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           we
           may
           infer
           ,
           that
           the
           highest
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Seat
           of
           the
           Angels
           ,
           was
           made
           before
           they
           were
           created
           .
           Now
           the
           Angels
           (
           we
           are
           inform'd
           by
           Divine
           Revelation
           )
           were
           present
           when
           the
           
             Foundations
             of
             the
             Earth
             were
             laid
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             God
             stretched
             his
             Line
             upon
             it
             :
             Then
             the
             Morning
             Stars
             sang
             together
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             shouted
             for
             joy
             .
          
           They
           saw
           the
           rising
           World
           ,
           the
           variety
           and
           beauty
           of
           its
           Frame
           ,
           the
           admirable
           Order
           that
           distinguishes
           
           and
           unites
           its
           Parts
           ,
           that
           all
           Things
           were
           divinely
           done
           ,
           and
           transported
           with
           wonder
           and
           joy
           celebrated
           the
           praises
           of
           the
           Creator
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Supreme
           Heaven
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           God's
           immediat
           Creation
           .
           The
           Earth
           with
           all
           its
           Ornaments
           was
           form'd
           of
           preexistent
           Matter
           :
           the
           Chaos
           ,
           a
           confused
           Mass
           ,
           was
           the
           Embrio
           of
           the
           sublunary
           World
           :
           but
           the
           Supreme
           Heaven
           is
           his
           more
           immediate
           and
           exquisit
           Workmanship
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           its
           Being
           and
           Perfection
           at
           once
           .
           You
           may
           illustrate
           this
           by
           the
           Account
           is
           given
           by
           Moses
           of
           the
           Creation
           of
           Man
           ;
           
             God
             made
             Man
             of
             the
             Dust
             of
             the
             Ground
             .
          
           
           His
           Body
           derives
           its
           Birth
           from
           the
           low
           Element
           ;
           and
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Creator
           is
           wonderful
           in
           the
           artificial
           structure
           of
           it
           :
           'T
           is
           added
           ,
           
             God
             breathed
             into
             his
             Nostrils
             the
             Breath
             of
             Life
          
           ;
           and
           
             Man
             became
             a
             living
             Soul.
          
           The
           Earth
           enters
           into
           the
           composition
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           but
           his
           Soul
           was
           inspired
           by
           
           the
           Breath
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           his
           Divine
           Power
           immediately
           created
           ;
           and
           in
           nobility
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           its
           spiritual
           Endowments
           ,
           incomparably
           excels
           the
           Body
           .
           And
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           though
           not
           a
           spiritual
           Substance
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           purity
           of
           its
           Nature
           ,
           far
           transcends
           whatever
           was
           form'd
           of
           gross
           Matter
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           premis'd
           ,
           I
           will
           now
           consider
           what
           the
           Scripture
           reveals
           to
           us
           of
           that
           place
           that
           is
           eminently
           the
           House
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Amplitude
           of
           it
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             The
             Way
             is
             narrow
             ,
             and
             the
             Gate
             strait
             that
             leads
             to
             it
             ,
          
           to
           excite
           our
           diligence
           ;
           but
           there
           
             are
             many
             Mansions
          
           in
           the
           Celestial
           Pallace
           to
           encourage
           our
           Hopes
           .
           'T
           is
           therefore
           call'd
           
             a
             City
             ,
             a
             Kingdom
          
           .
           If
           we
           look
           up
           to
           the
           shining
           Sky
           ,
           wherein
           are
           the
           Sun
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           computation
           of
           late
           *
           Astronomers
           ,
           some
           thousands
           of
           times
           exceeds
           the
           Earth
           in
           its
           magnitude
           ;
           and
           innumerable
           Stars
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           
           that
           greatness
           ,
           that
           they
           eighty
           times
           exceed
           this
           Globe
           of
           Earth
           ;
           tho
           to
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           therefore
           incredulous
           ,
           they
           are
           judged
           to
           be
           as
           they
           appear
           ,
           (
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           unmeasurable
           distance
           between
           the
           Firmament
           and
           us
           )
           but
           glistering
           points
           of
           Light
           :
           our
           Minds
           will
           be
           tir'd
           and
           lost
           in
           taking
           measures
           of
           that
           that
           seemeth
           boundless
           :
           and
           this
           vast
           Expansion
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           glorious
           Luminaries
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           Portal
           of
           the
           House
           of
           God.
           Therefore
           Solomon
           ,
           setting
           forth
           the
           boundless
           Greatness
           of
           God
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             Behold
             the
             Heaven
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Heaven
             of
             Heavens
             cannot
             contain
             him
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           neither
           the
           Airy
           nor
           Ethereal
           Heaven
           ,
           nor
           the
           Supreme
           Heaven
           that
           encompasses
           and
           exceeds
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           spacious
           Pallace
           ,
           becoming
           the
           Divine
           Maker's
           Greatness
           ,
           the
           Image
           of
           his
           Immensity
           :
           and
           the
           State
           of
           Felicity
           there
           is
           answerable
           .
           The
           blessed
           God
           ,
           in
           whom
           there
           is
           an
           eternal
           Union
           of
           all
           Perfections
           ,
           
           perfections
           ,
           
             is
             all
             in
             all
             to
             his
             People
             .
          
           The
           Sun
           in
           its
           brightness
           may
           be
           as
           truly
           included
           in
           a
           Spark
           ,
           as
           the
           Divine
           Excellencies
           be
           measur'd
           by
           created
           Contemplation
           .
           There
           is
           an
           infinite
           variety
           in
           the
           Supreme
           Good
           ,
           that
           makes
           it
           always
           rare
           and
           new
           in
           the
           fruition
           .
           The
           universal
           Love
           ,
           and
           universal
           Fulness
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           exceedingly
           satisfies
           all
           the
           Desires
           ,
           and
           perpetuates
           the
           Delights
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           He
           stiles
           himself
           ,
           in
           the
           gracious
           Covenant
           with
           his
           People
           ,
           
             I
             am
             God
             Alsufficient
             ;
             walk
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             be
             perfect
             .
          
           He
           is
           sufficient
           in
           all
           things
           that
           are
           requisite
           ,
           to
           the
           compleat
           Felicity
           of
           the
           most
           comprehensive
           Spirits
           ;
           and
           is
           sufficient
           to
           make
           all
           that
           innumerable
           Company
           of
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           ,
           as
           happy
           as
           one
           Person
           .
           
             God
             is
             Light
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Emanations
           of
           his
           Goodness
           are
           sensibly
           represented
           by
           it
           .
           Heaven
           is
           call'd
           ,
           
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             Light.
          
           As
           the
           Sun
           (
           his
           Almoner
           )
           diffuses
           
           its
           Light
           and
           Heat
           so
           generally
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           indifferently
           enjoys
           it
           without
           prejudice
           to
           others
           .
           As
           the
           Sun
           streams
           forth
           in
           Rays
           every
           moment
           ,
           yet
           (
           which
           is
           a
           perpetual
           Miracle
           in
           Nature
           )
           without
           the
           least
           diminution
           of
           his
           Lustre
           and
           Efficacy
           :
           thus
           the
           Son
           of
           Righteousness
           dispences
           his
           influences
           of
           Knowledg
           ,
           and
           Love
           ,
           and
           Joy
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           blessed
           Assembly
           above
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           universal
           Happiness
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           entire
           Happiness
           of
           every
           Saint
           .
           God
           is
           an
           inexhaustible
           Fountain
           of
           Felicity
           :
           
           As
           he
           that
           drinks
           of
           a
           living
           Spring
           ,
           (
           tho
           inflam'd
           with
           thirst
           )
           yet
           leaves
           it
           flowing
           and
           full
           as
           before
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           refresh
           a
           thousand
           Men
           without
           being
           dry
           :
           
           thus
           God
           is
           able
           to
           make
           many
           Worlds
           happy
           .
           An
           earthly
           Inheritance
           is
           either
           entirely
           and
           peculiarly
           the
           first
           Born's
           ,
           or
           is
           lessen'd
           by
           division
           :
           
           but
           all
           
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
          
           have
           the
           dignity
           of
           
             the
             first
             born
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             are
             Heirs
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           an
           
           undivided
           Inheritance
           .
           Our
           Heavenly
           Father
           verifies
           to
           every
           Saint
           ,
           what
           the
           Father
           in
           the
           Parable
           said
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           
             All
             that
             I
             have
             is
             thine
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           stability
           and
           firmness
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Apostle
           
             saith
             ,
             'T
             is
             a
             City
             that
             hath
             Foundations
             ,
             whose
             Builder
             and
             Maker
             is
             God.
          
           Cities
           that
           are
           raised
           by
           the
           greatest
           Kings
           ,
           who
           are
           corruptible
           ,
           and
           mortal
           ,
           are
           so
           slitely
           built
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           consum'd
           by
           Fire
           ,
           batter'd
           by
           Storms
           ,
           and
           without
           external
           Violence
           ,
           yet
           from
           an
           inward
           principle
           of
           Decay
           ,
           sink
           into
           Ruins
           :
           but
           Heaven
           is
           the
           
             City
             of
             the
             living
             God
          
           ,
           the
           Seat
           of
           his
           eternal
           Empire
           .
           This
           present
           World
           is
           like
           a
           Tent
           pitcht
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Church
           is
           sojourning
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           :
           the
           most
           solid
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           
           the
           visible
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Earth
           ,
           shall
           perish
           ,
           either
           by
           an
           entire
           Consumption
           ,
           or
           their
           ruin
           shall
           terminate
           in
           a
           renovation
           to
           a
           better
           State.
           But
           the
           third
           Heaven
           is
           above
           the
           dominion
           of
           the
           Elements
           ,
           
           exempted
           from
           all
           changes
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           remains
           .
           'T
           is
           
             an
             inheritance
             incorruptible
             ,
             undefiled
             ,
             and
             fades
             not
             away
             :
          
           The
           integrity
           ,
           purity
           ,
           and
           glory
           of
           it
           are
           always
           the
           same
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           habitation
           of
           God's
           Throne
           ,
           
           He
           
             sits
             in
             Heaven
          
           secure
           from
           all
           the
           tumultuous
           Conspiracies
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           derides
           their
           impious
           Attempts
           ,
           against
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           Church
           .
           His
           Throne
           is
           unshaken
           there
           ,
           notwithstanding
           things
           below
           are
           turn'd
           about
           in
           a
           vertiginous
           Circle
           .
           And
           as
           the
           House
           ,
           so
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           their
           felicity
           ,
           are
           eternal
           .
           
             Glory
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Immortality
             ,
             
             are
             the
             Reward
             of
             all
             that
             patiently
             continue
             in
             well-doing
             .
          
           Our
           Saviour
           assures
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
             Because
             I
             live
             ,
             ye
             shall
             live
             also
             .
             He
             tasted
             Death
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             swallowed
             it
             up
             in
             Victory
             .
          
           He
           declar'd
           in
           Vision
           to
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             Behold
          
           ,
           
           
             I
             am
             alive
             for
             evermore
          
           .
           The
           Lord
           of
           Life
           will
           uphold
           the
           Saints
           in
           that
           blessed
           State
           for
           ever
           :
           They
           shall
           never
           fall
           
           out
           of
           the
           Arms
           and
           Bosom
           of
           a
           gracious
           God.
           He
           will
           never
           withdraw
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           never
           forfeit
           it
           :
           for
           Sin
           is
           from
           the
           perverseness
           of
           the
           Will
           ,
           and
           disorder
           of
           the
           Affections
           ,
           join'd
           with
           some
           error
           of
           the
           Mind
           .
           But
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           Glory
           ,
           and
           full
           enjoyment
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Understanding
           is
           so
           perfectly
           illuminated
           ,
           the
           Will
           and
           the
           Affections
           so
           exceedingly
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           they
           should
           apprehend
           erroneously
           ,
           or
           desire
           irregularly
           .
        
         
           This
           glorious
           Advantage
           the
           redeemed
           Saints
           have
           (
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           who
           
             obtain'd
             eternal
             Redemption
             for
             them
          
           )
           above
           the
           Grace
           given
           to
           Angels
           and
           Man
           in
           the
           first
           Creation
           .
           
           The
           Angels
           were
           upon
           trial
           of
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           not
           in
           a
           determin'd
           state
           of
           Felicity
           .
           Their
           first
           declination
           of
           Love
           and
           Subjection
           ,
           was
           a
           downfal
           from
           their
           blessed
           Habitation
           .
           Woful
           change
           !
           how
           unlike
           themselves
           in
           their
           original
           Purity
           ,
           
           and
           Glory
           ?
           An
           unparallel'd
           Example
           of
           the
           frailty
           of
           the
           Creature
           that
           forsakes
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Divine
           Severity
           .
           Man
           did
           but
           stand
           in
           Paradise
           for
           a
           little
           while
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           ruinous
           fall
           with
           all
           his
           Progeny
           .
           But
           the
           glorified
           
             Saints
             actually
             sit
             with
             Christ
             in
             Heavenly
             Places
             ,
          
           and
           enjoy
           an
           unchangeable
           happy
           State.
           The
           felicity
           Above
           is
           permanent
           ,
           as
           the
           everlasting
           Object
           that
           produces
           and
           preserves
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           everlasting
           Soul
           wherein
           it
           dwells
           .
           Blessed
           Security
           !
           how
           triumphantly
           do
           the
           glorified
           in
           Heaven
           sing
           ,
           
             This
             God
             is
             our
             God
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Earthly
           Relations
           ,
           how
           near
           soever
           ,
           determine
           in
           Death
           ;
           and
           the
           sorrow
           of
           losing
           them
           ,
           is
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           delightful
           enjoying
           them
           .
           But
           the
           Heavenly
           Relation
           between
           God
           and
           the
           Saints
           ,
           is
           as
           everlasting
           ,
           as
           the
           Object
           on
           which
           't
           is
           fixt
           :
           This
           God
           in
           whom
           are
           all
           amiable
           Excellencies
           ,
           all
           Sweetness
           and
           Beauty
           to
           feed
           Desires
           and
           Delights
           ,
           is
           our
           
           God
           in
           strict
           propriety
           ,
           in
           the
           dearest
           and
           most
           reviving
           fruition
           for
           ever
           .
           Their
           Happiness
           is
           crown'd
           with
           Eternity
           .
           This
           is
           so
           real
           an
           accession
           to
           their
           Felicity
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           entire
           assurance
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           state
           of
           Blessedness
           were
           incompleat
           ;
           the
           least
           jealousie
           of
           losing
           it
           ,
           would
           disturb
           their
           peaceful
           fruition
           ,
           and
           joyful
           tranquillity
           in
           Heaven
           :
           For
           as
           Hope
           in
           Misery
           allays
           Sorrow
           ,
           so
           fear
           in
           Happiness
           lessens
           Joy.
           The
           apprehension
           of
           losing
           such
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           would
           cause
           torment
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           contrary
           state
           ,
           reprobate
           Sinners
           that
           are
           in
           Hell
           ,
           under
           an
           utter
           impossibility
           of
           deliverance
           ,
           are
           rack'd
           and
           tortur'd
           by
           absolute
           despair
           :
           So
           the
           Blessed
           Above
           ,
           that
           enjoy
           the
           Beatifick
           Vision
           ,
           by
           the
           infallible
           assurance
           of
           its
           perpetuity
           ,
           are
           fill'd
           with
           a
           Joy
           unspeakable
           and
           glorious
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Sanctity
           of
           this
           blessed
           House
           .
           'T
           is
           separate
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           in
           its
           sublime
           Situation
           ,
           
           and
           its
           unparallel'd
           Excellencies
           .
           Sanctity
           of
           Place
           is
           Relative
           ,
           and
           is
           founded
           ,
           either
           upon
           the
           manifestation
           of
           God's
           special
           Presence
           ,
           or
           consecration
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Service
           .
           'T
           is
           consistent
           with
           the
           Divine
           Immensity
           ,
           to
           be
           differently
           present
           in
           several
           places
           :
           as
           the
           Soul
           is
           in
           another
           manner
           present
           in
           the
           Head
           ,
           where
           it
           performs
           its
           noblest
           Operations
           ,
           than
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           and
           upon
           any
           special
           appearance
           of
           God
           ,
           a
           Place
           is
           Sacred
           .
           Thus
           when
           Moses
           approach'd
           to
           see
           the
           Flaming
           Bush
           ,
           he
           was
           enjoin'd
           ,
           
             Do
             not
             come
             near
             hither
          
           ;
           
           
             pluck
             off
             thy
             Shoes
             from
             off
             thy
             Feet
             ,
             the
             place
             where
             thou
             standest
             is
             Holy
             Ground
             .
          
           The
           visible
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           sanctified
           the
           Place
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           humble
           outward
           Reverence
           was
           due
           ,
           a
           Sign
           and
           Effect
           of
           the
           internal
           Respect
           that
           is
           owing
           to
           his
           most
           adorable
           Majesty
           .
           The
           sanctity
           of
           that
           Place
           ,
           was
           an
           extraordinary
           Relation
           ,
           and
           ceas'd
           
           upon
           the
           vanishing
           of
           the
           Flame
           ,
           the
           sign
           of
           God's
           Presence
           .
           There
           is
           also
           a
           Relative
           Sanctity
           ,
           by
           the
           Consecration
           of
           Time
           or
           Place
           for
           Holy
           Uses
           .
           Thus
           the
           Seventh
           Day
           ,
           upon
           the
           finishing
           the
           Creation
           ,
           was
           hallowed
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           set
           apart
           as
           the
           first
           Fruits
           of
           Days
           for
           his
           Service
           ,
           and
           applied
           to
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           that
           Man
           might
           more
           entirely
           exercise
           his
           Mind
           in
           admiring
           and
           praising
           the
           Creator
           ,
           whose
           Glory
           was
           visible
           in
           his
           Works
           .
           And
           in
           both
           these
           respects
           ,
           the
           Temple
           of
           of
           Hierusalem
           was
           Holy
           ,
           as
           being
           appropriated
           to
           God's
           Service
           by
           his
           own
           Election
           and
           Appointment
           ;
           and
           being
           the
           place
           wherein
           he
           exhibited
           his
           Presence
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           .
           Solomon
           expresseth
           this
           as
           the
           End
           of
           building
           the
           Temple
           ,
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Tyre
           ,
           desiring
           his
           Assistance
           ;
           
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             build
             an
             House
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             my
             God
             ,
             to
             dedicate
             it
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             burn
             before
             him
             sweet
             Incense
             ,
             and
             for
             
             the
             continual
             Shewbread
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             burnt-Offerings
             morning
             and
             evening
             ,
             on
             the
             Sabbaths
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             new
             Moons
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             solemn
             Feasts
             of
             the
             Lord
             our
             God.
          
           And
           we
           read
           ,
           at
           the
           Dedication
           of
           
           Solomon's
           Temple
           ,
           that
           a
           suddain
           thick
           Cloud
           obscur'd
           the
           Air
           ,
           a
           sign
           of
           God's
           descending
           and
           acceptance
           ,
           whose
           invisible
           Majesty
           was
           veiled
           under
           it
           :
           and
           whether
           from
           that
           Sacred
           Darkness
           ,
           or
           fear
           at
           the
           unexpected
           Miracle
           ,
           
           the
           Priests
           could
           not
           minister
           because
           of
           the
           Cloud
           .
           The
           Sacrifices
           ,
           Musick
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Temple-Service
           was
           interrupted
           .
           But
           the
           Temple
           built
           with
           Hands
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           pompous
           Service
           ,
           was
           but
           an
           imperfect
           mutable
           Shadow
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Temple
          
           Above
           ,
           
           where
           God
           exhibits
           his
           Sacred
           Presence
           ,
           not
           in
           a
           dark
           Vapour
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           richest
           Beams
           of
           Glory
           ,
           and
           wherein
           that
           most
           pure
           Spirit
           is
           worship'd
           in
           Spirit
           and
           Truth
           for
           ever
           .
           The
           Saints
           are
           
             a
             Royal
             Priesthood
             to
             God
          
           ,
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Eminency
           ,
           
           and
           separation
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           :
           They
           now
           offer
           up
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Praise
           ,
           and
           the
           sacred
           Incense
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           infinitely
           more
           pleasing
           to
           God
           than
           all
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           precious
           Gums
           ,
           and
           Aromatick
           Spices
           ,
           that
           with
           their
           sweet
           Smoak
           perfum'd
           the
           Temple
           .
           But
           
             in
             the
             Holy
             of
             Holies
             Above
             ,
             (
             where
             no
             defiled
             thing
             can
             enter
             )
          
           they
           perform
           Divine
           Service
           in
           a
           Divine
           manner
           .
           The
           perfect
           Rest
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           
           is
           
             a
             Sabbath's
             Rest
          
           ,
           wherein
           our
           fervent
           Affections
           ,
           the
           Springs
           of
           Activity
           ,
           are
           in
           their
           powerful
           Exercise
           upon
           God.
           Here
           our
           faint
           Earth
           clogs
           our
           ascending
           Affections
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           the
           tender
           Indulgence
           of
           our
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           that
           
             when
             the
             Spirit
             is
             willing
             ,
             tho
             the
             Flesh
             be
             weak
             ,
          
           he
           pardons
           and
           accepts
           us
           .
           But
           there
           our
           Bodies
           become
           Spiritual
           ,
           qualified
           for
           the
           Exercises
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Powers
           are
           in
           a
           holy
           Heat
           and
           Rapture
           ,
           admiring
           and
           praising
           the
           
           blessed
           God.
           Here
           the
           Saints
           often
           retire
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           worship
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           in
           their
           Closets
           ;
           and
           the
           secrecy
           of
           the
           Duty
           ,
           is
           an
           Argument
           of
           the
           Sincerity
           .
           They
           with
           more
           freedom
           pour
           forth
           their
           Souls
           into
           his
           Bosom
           ,
           and
           he
           insinuates
           the
           gracious
           acceptance
           of
           their
           Requests
           :
           But
           the
           noblest
           elevation
           of
           the
           Affections
           ,
           is
           in
           communion
           with
           all
           the
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           above
           .
           The
           ardent
           Seraphims
           were
           inflamed
           ,
           crying
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           
           
             Holy
             ,
             Holy
             ,
             Holy
             is
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             the
             whole
             Earth
             is
             full
             of
             his
             Glory
             .
          
           Here
           there
           must
           be
           some
           interval
           between
           the
           solemn
           Acts
           of
           Worship
           ,
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           present
           State
           require
           it
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Heavenly
           Sanctuary
           ,
           't
           is
           their
           continual
           work
           and
           delight
           to
           celebrate
           the
           high
           Praises
           of
           God
           :
           
             They
             are
             before
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             serve
             him
             day
             and
             night
             in
             his
             Temple
             .
          
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Arabia
             the
             Happy
          
           ,
           burn
           ,
           for
           their
           common
           uses
           ,
           those
           Aromatick
           
           Trees
           ,
           that
           produce
           Myrrh
           and
           precious
           Balm
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Sacred
           Incense
           was
           compounded
           :
           And
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           because
           those
           Trees
           grow
           common
           in
           their
           Country
           ,
           that
           is
           open
           to
           the
           most
           favourable
           Aspects
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           the
           strongest
           heat
           of
           the
           Sun
           :
           But
           to
           our
           Countries
           ,
           how
           little
           of
           those
           rich
           Perfumes
           are
           brought
           .
           And
           such
           is
           the
           Comparison
           between
           the
           Praises
           of
           the
           Angels
           and
           the
           glorified
           Saints
           ,
           and
           ours
           here
           below
           .
           They
           are
           always
           in
           the
           noblest
           Work
           ,
           excited
           by
           the
           highest
           Motives
           .
           They
           are
           always
           under
           the
           direct
           Beams
           of
           God's
           Favour
           ,
           which
           are
           vigorously
           reflected
           in
           their
           Praises
           .
           All
           their
           Felicity
           is
           ,
           to
           contemplate
           his
           excellent
           Perfections
           ,
           all
           their
           Pleasure
           to
           love
           him
           ,
           all
           their
           Glory
           to
           obey
           him
           .
           Their
           affectionate
           Praises
           are
           renewed
           without
           intermission
           ,
           because
           the
           Divine
           Favours
           are
           renewed
           every
           moment
           .
           There
           is
           a
           perpetual
           circulation
           
           of
           Graces
           from
           the
           blessed
           Creator
           ,
           and
           Thanksgivings
           from
           the
           happy
           Creature
           .
           All
           their
           joyful
           Affections
           ,
           all
           their
           solemn
           Thoughts
           and
           Reflections
           are
           terminated
           in
           that
           great
           and
           glorious
           Object
           .
           The
           Prophet
           declares
           their
           holy
           Employment
           ;
           
             They
             continually
             speak
             of
             the
             glorious
             Honour
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             wondrous
             Works
             :
             They
             speak
             of
             the
             Might
             of
             his
             terrible
             Acts
             ;
             and
             they
             declare
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             sing
             of
             his
             Righteousness
             .
             The
             Lord
             is
             gracious
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             compassion
             ;
             slow
             to
             anger
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             Mercy
             .
             The
             Lord
             is
             good
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             his
             tender
             Mercies
             are
             over
             all
             his
             Works
             .
             All
             thy
             Works
             praise
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             thy
             Saints
             bless
             thee
             .
             They
             speak
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             thy
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             talk
             of
             thy
             Power
             .
             Thy
             Kingdom
             is
             an
             everlasting
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             thy
             Dominion
             endures
             through
             all
             Generations
             .
          
           They
           never
           cease
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           admire
           ,
           and
           therefore
           never
           cease
           to
           praise
           him
           .
           Their
           
           Hearts
           are
           eternally
           inflam'd
           ,
           and
           their
           Mouths
           eternally
           open'd
           to
           glorify
           him
           .
           But
           with
           the
           highest
           veneration
           they
           adore
           his
           Mercy
           ;
           that
           Perfection
           that
           is
           the
           special
           Glory
           &
           the
           dearest
           delight
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           which
           is
           the
           supreme
           of
           all
           the
           glorious
           Attributes
           in
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           the
           principal
           Argument
           of
           their
           Praises
           .
           
             They
             sing
             of
             the
             Mercies
             of
             the
             Lord
             for
             ever
          
           ;
           that
           Mercy
           that
           chose
           them
           from
           Everlasting
           ;
           that
           Mercy
           that
           in
           such
           an
           admirable
           manner
           conducted
           them
           through
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           never
           left
           them
           ,
           but
           most
           wisely
           order'd
           all
           things
           below
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           future
           Happiness
           ;
           that
           Mercy
           that
           crowns
           them
           with
           Life
           and
           Immortality
           ,
           when
           the
           reprobate
           World
           feel
           the
           most
           terrible
           Effects
           of
           revenging
           Justice
           .
           We
           read
           of
           the
           Jews
           after
           their
           Captivity
           ,
           upon
           their
           finishing
           the
           Temple
           ,
           that
           with
           a
           transport
           of
           Joy
           ,
           they
           cried
           ,
           
             Grace
             !
             Grace
          
           !
           
           when
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           shall
           have
           finish'd
           it
           ,
           with
           what
           a
           sweet
           consent
           shall
           we
           celebrate
           his
           sacred
           Praises
           !
           Mercy
           upon
           Mercy
           ,
           all
           is
           Mercy
           .
           Happy
           Exercise
           !
           Heaven
           is
           a
           State
           of
           Joy
           and
           Thankfulness
           .
           
             Blessed
             are
             those
             that
             are
             in
             thy
             house
             they
             always
             praise
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           delightfulness
           of
           this
           Place
           .
           'T
           is
           call'd
           Paradise
           by
           our
           Saviour
           .
           He
           promises
           the
           penitent
           Thief
           ,
           the
           Companion
           of
           his
           Cross
           ,
           
             To
             day
             shalt
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             Paradise
             .
          
           Paradise
           was
           a
           Garden
           planted
           by
           immortal
           Hands
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Habitation
           of
           Adam
           in
           his
           state
           of
           original
           Righteousness
           ,
           when
           the
           Favourite
           of
           Heaven
           :
           it
           was
           the
           Beauty
           and
           Delight
           ,
           the
           Flower
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           with
           abundance
           ,
           and
           variety
           ,
           exceedingly
           satisfied
           all
           the
           desires
           of
           Life
           :
           't
           was
           water'd
           with
           four
           Rivers
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           always
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           fruitful
           .
           But
           the
           Celestial
           Paradise
           as
           much
           excels
           it
           in
           Beauty
           and
           Pleasantness
           ,
           as
           in
           its
           
           sublime
           situation
           :
           and
           the
           joyful
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Soul
           in
           communion
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           Society
           there
           ,
           infinitely
           excels
           all
           the
           innocent
           Delights
           of
           the
           natural
           Life
           .
           Heaven
           is
           a
           state
           of
           pure
           ,
           full
           ,
           and
           unfading
           Joy.
           The
           Joy
           of
           the
           Blessed
           is
           not
           mixt
           with
           things
           that
           may
           corrupt
           its
           excellence
           .
           There
           is
           an
           absolute
           exemption
           from
           all
           Evils
           .
           
             God
             shall
             wipe
             away
             all
             tears
             from
             their
             eyes
             :
             and
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             more
             death
             ,
             neither
             sorrow
             ,
             nor
             crying
             ;
             neither
             shall
             there
             be
             any
             more
             pain
             .
          
           The
           Joy
           is
           full
           ;
           'T
           is
           call'd
           
             our
             Master's
             Joy.
          
           Great
           God
           ,
           how
           ineffable
           is
           that
           Joy
           !
           'T
           is
           the
           richest
           Reward
           infinite
           Bounty
           can
           give
           to
           faithful
           Servants
           .
           As
           
             being
             made
             like
             to
             Christ
             in
             Glory
             ,
          
           
           implies
           a
           divine
           and
           full
           Perfection
           :
           so
           the
           
             entering
             into
             his
             Joy
          
           ,
           implies
           the
           most
           accomplisht
           and
           incomprehensible
           Felicity
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           permanent
           Joy
           that
           none
           shall
           take
           from
           the
           Blessed
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           promises
           his
           
           Disciples
           .
           Here
           below
           ,
           suppose
           a
           Person
           encompast
           with
           all
           the
           Good
           Things
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           this
           Felicity
           is
           neither
           without
           Defects
           ,
           nor
           without
           Dependance
           upon
           Casual
           Things
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           never
           compleatly
           happy
           ,
           but
           only
           less
           miserable
           :
           and
           tho
           he
           lives
           long
           in
           Prosperity
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           tenor
           of
           Health
           to
           enjoy
           it
           ;
           yet
           ,
           as
           the
           clearest
           Evening
           is
           presently
           follow'd
           by
           Night
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           vigorous
           old
           Age
           is
           certainly
           attended
           with
           Death
           ,
           that
           extinguishes
           all
           sensual
           pleasures
           .
           But
           in
           the
           
             Presence
             of
             God
             is
             fulness
             of
             Joy
             ;
             at
             his
             Right
             Hand
             are
             Pleasures
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           To
           explain
           this
           more
           particularly
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           Knowledg
           ,
           Love
           ,
           and
           Joy
           ,
           are
           the
           Perfections
           and
           Felicity
           of
           immortal
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           are
           correspondent
           to
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           Objects
           upon
           which
           they
           are
           fixt
           ,
           and
           the
           capacity
           of
           the
           Faculties
           that
           are
           exercis'd
           ,
           and
           the
           degrees
           of
           Satisfaction
           communicated
           to
           
           them
           .
           Now
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           our
           noblest
           Faculties
           ,
           the
           Understanding
           and
           Will
           ,
           are
           rais'd
           and
           enlarg'd
           ,
           and
           entirely
           united
           to
           the
           best
           Objects
           .
           What
           conception
           can
           we
           frame
           of
           Joy
           for
           an
           intellectual
           Creature
           ,
           so
           full
           and
           satisfying
           ,
           as
           the
           clear
           Vision
           of
           God
           invested
           with
           all
           his
           attractive
           Attributes
           ,
           his
           glorious
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           in
           perfect
           loving
           the
           most
           lovely
           Object
           ,
           and
           being
           perfectly
           lov'd
           by
           him
           ?
           When
           the
           Soul
           freed
           from
           this
           mortal
           muddy
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           the
           Mind
           clear'd
           from
           all
           terrene
           Images
           ,
           convey'd
           by
           the
           Channels
           of
           the
           Senses
           ,
           sees
           
             God
             Face
             to
             Face
          
           ;
           how
           is
           it
           ravish'd
           with
           wonder
           and
           love
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           most
           amiable
           Excellencies
           ?
           How
           pure
           a
           Joy
           is
           infus'd
           to
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           fills
           all
           its
           Desires
           ?
           How
           permanent
           ,
           like
           the
           everlasting
           Spring
           from
           whence
           it
           flows
           ?
           The
           Psalmist
           inspir'd
           with
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           breaks
           forth
           in
           an
           Holy
           Extasy
           ;
           
           
             How
             blessed
             is
             that
             Man
             
             whom
             thou
             chusest
             ,
             and
             causest
             to
             approach
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             dwell
             in
             thy
             Courts
             ?
             We
             shall
             be
             satisfied
             with
             the
             goodness
             of
             thy
             House
             ,
             even
             of
             thy
             Holy
             Temple
             .
          
           Admirable
           Blessedness
           !
           dear
           Felicity
           !
           The
           same
           Heavenly
           Saint
           expresses
           his
           esteem
           and
           affection
           ;
           
             How
             excellent
             is
             thy
             loving
             kindness
             ,
             O
             Lord
             !
          
           
           
             They
             shall
             be
             abundantly
             satisfied
             with
             the
             fatness
             of
             thy
             House
             :
             and
             thou
             shalt
             make
             them
             drink
             of
             the
             River
             of
             thy
             Pleasure
             .
          
           Here
           we
           
             do
             but
             taste
             and
             see
             how
             good
             the
             Lord
             is
          
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           so
           powerful
           a
           Cordial
           ,
           as
           gloriously
           supports
           the
           Saints
           under
           the
           heaviest
           Sufferings
           .
           But
           Heaven
           is
           the
           Element
           of
           Joy.
           Here
           a
           glancing
           sight
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           how
           reviving
           is
           it
           ?
           A
           living
           Vein
           of
           Light
           ,
           
           from
           his
           favourable
           Countenance
           ,
           pierc'd
           into
           the
           miserable
           Dungeon
           where
           Paul
           and
           Silas
           were
           chain'd
           ,
           and
           rais'd
           their
           Spirits
           to
           that
           Heavenly
           pitch
           ,
           that
           they
           sang
           
             Praises
             to
             God
          
           :
           the
           illustrious
           reflection
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           
           
             lightned
             them
             at
             Midnight
          
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           gloss
           of
           Joy
           upon
           them
           .
           But
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           those
           most
           divine
           and
           amiable
           Titles
           ,
           that
           
             God
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             is
             Love
             ,
          
           are
           most
           fully
           exhibited
           ,
           and
           experimentally
           understood
           by
           the
           Saints
           .
           
             They
             see
             him
             as
             he
             is
             ,
          
           in
           his
           essential
           Glory
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           secret
           Treasures
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           in
           his
           Works
           of
           Wonder
           are
           unfolded
           ,
           and
           the
           sweetest
           Manifestations
           of
           his
           Love
           are
           given
           to
           them
           .
           That
           which
           the
           Prophet
           declares
           of
           God's
           tender
           Affections
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           is
           verified
           in
           the
           most
           excellent
           manner
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             thy
             God
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             thee
             is
             Mighty
             :
          
           
           
             he
             will
             save
             ,
             he
             will
             rejoice
             over
             thee
             with
             joy
             :
             he
             will
             rest
             in
             his
             Love
             ,
             he
             will
             joy
             over
             thee
             with
             singing
             .
          
           That
           the
           blessed
           God
           is
           well
           pleased
           in
           the
           glorified
           Saints
           ,
           is
           the
           supreme
           degree
           of
           their
           Felicity
           .
           How
           joyful
           a
           Complacency
           arises
           from
           the
           Communion
           with
           the
           blessed
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           the
           Saints
           in
           
           Heaven
           ?
           Love
           is
           the
           first
           Fountain
           of
           Joy
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           intense
           ,
           the
           more
           ravishing
           is
           the
           Fruition
           .
           The
           Love
           of
           Christ
           to
           them
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           from
           Eternity
           he
           was
           infinitely
           pleas'd
           in
           the
           thoughts
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ;
           
           
             His
             Delights
             were
             with
             the
             Sons
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           before
           they
           delighted
           in
           him
           .
           If
           the
           Design
           of
           that
           blessed
           Work
           was
           so
           pleasing
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           Accomplishment
           ?
           The
           Evangelical
           Prophet
           declares
           ,
           
           
             He
             shall
             see
             of
             the
             travel
             of
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             be
             satisfied
             .
          
           And
           the
           Love
           of
           the
           Saints
           to
           Christ
           ,
           is
           a
           correspondent
           Affection
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           utmost
           Capacity
           .
           All
           the
           Affections
           that
           were
           scatter'd
           here
           below
           ,
           are
           concenter'd
           in
           him
           ,
           
           for
           he
           infinitely
           deserves
           their
           Love
           ,
           having
           ransom'd
           them
           with
           the
           dearest
           Price
           ,
           and
           purchas'd
           for
           them
           an
           everlasting
           Inheritance
           .
           He
           lov'd
           them
           in
           their
           foul
           deformity
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           superinduce
           a
           Divine
           Beauty
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           prepare
           them
           
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           himself
           .
           He
           is
           now
           their
           Desire
           ,
           and
           in
           Heaven
           where
           he
           appears
           in
           all
           his
           Brightness
           and
           Beauty
           ,
           their
           everlasting
           Delight
           .
           We
           may
           conceive
           a
           little
           of
           their
           ravishing
           Communion
           ,
           by
           the
           Language
           of
           Divine
           Love
           ,
           between
           Christ
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Song
             of
             Solomon
          
           ,
           and
           their
           harmonious
           Affections
           exprest
           in
           the
           most
           endearing
           manner
           ;
           
             Open
             to
             me
             my
             Love
             ,
             my
             Dove
             ,
             my
             Vndefiled
             :
          
           And
           the
           inflam'd
           Spouse
           ,
           in
           a
           high
           and
           delightful
           rapture
           ,
           breaks
           forth
           ;
           
             I
             am
             my
             Beloved's
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             mine
             .
          
           If
           a
           Propriety
           and
           Interest
           in
           him
           ,
           be
           productive
           of
           such
           a
           pure
           Joy
           ,
           what
           will
           the
           everlasting
           Fruition
           be
           ?
           The
           Scripture
           represents
           it
           by
           a
           Marriage-Feast
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           compleat
           resemblance
           of
           that
           spiritual
           Joy.
           Thus
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Heaven
           are
           introduc'd
           ,
           speaking
           ;
           
             Give
             Honour
             to
             him
             ;
             for
             the
             Marriage
             of
             the
             Lamb
             is
             come
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             his
             Wife
             hath
             made
             her self
             ready
             .
          
           What
           Union
           !
           
           what
           Joy
           !
           How
           will
           the
           Saints
           rejoice
           in
           God
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           the
           view
           of
           the
           surprising
           Wonders
           of
           his
           Love
           ?
           The
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           another
           accession
           to
           the
           Joys
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           innumerable
           Company
           of
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           that
           live
           in
           perfect
           Concord
           ,
           inviolable
           Love
           ,
           the
           sweetest
           Content
           ,
           and
           joyful
           Complacency
           .
           Society
           is
           a
           principal
           Ingredient
           of
           Joy.
           What
           exultation
           of
           Joy
           will
           there
           be
           ,
           when
           the
           whole
           Family
           of
           Heaven
           shall
           meet
           together
           in
           their
           Father's
           House
           ?
           We
           may
           conjecture
           how
           the
           Angels
           are
           affected
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           what
           is
           recorded
           concerning
           their
           appearance
           at
           the
           Birth
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           
             There
             was
             a
             multitude
             of
             the
             heavenly
             Host
             praising
             God
             ;
             saying
             ,
             Glory
             be
             to
             God
             on
             High
             ,
             on
             Earth
             Peace
             ,
             good
             Will
             towards
             Men.
          
           'T
           is
           the
           first
           time
           since
           the
           Fall
           of
           Man
           ,
           that
           we
           hear
           of
           the
           Angels
           Song
           :
           
           They
           were
           commission'd
           to
           punish
           rebellious
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           appear'd
           with
           flaming
           Swords
           ,
           the
           Instruments
           of
           revenging
           Wrath.
           But
           when
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           became
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           ,
           they
           appear'd
           with
           Harps
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           with
           Praise
           and
           Joy
           ,
           celebrating
           his
           Mercy
           .
           They
           foresaw
           that
           Peace
           on
           Earth
           would
           end
           in
           the
           Glory
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           the
           Ruins
           of
           their
           Celestial
           Country
           ,
           would
           be
           repair'd
           by
           our
           Salvation
           .
           And
           the
           glorified
           Saints
           are
           all
           Companions
           in
           the
           same
           Joy
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Blessedness
           .
           For
           never
           was
           there
           such
           a
           transforming
           of
           one
           Lover
           into
           another
           here
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           :
           They
           are
           all
           animated
           by
           the
           same
           Divine
           Spirit
           ;
           their
           Thoughts
           and
           Inclinations
           are
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           highest
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           felicity
           of
           one
           another
           .
           Behold
           ,
           how
           good
           ,
           and
           how
           pleasant
           
           is
           it
           for
           Brethren
           to
           dwell
           for
           ever
           in
           Unity
           !
           Briefly
           ,
           we
           find
           that
           sensible
           Joy
           is
           in
           its
           elevation
           in
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Harvest
           and
           Vintage
           ,
           and
           after
           Victory
           ;
           when
           the
           Blessings
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           precious
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Hopes
           of
           our
           Labours
           ,
           and
           the
           Support
           and
           Comfort
           of
           the
           present
           Life
           are
           received
           ,
           an
           universal
           Joy
           fills
           the
           Country
           .
           Now
           
             Light
             is
             sown
             for
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             and
             Joy
             for
             the
             upright
             in
             Heart
             .
             'T
             is
             sown
             in
             Tears
             ,
             but
             reapt
             with
             Exultation
             .
          
           We
           gather
           the
           Fruits
           of
           Blessedness
           from
           Thorns
           ,
           Poverty
           ,
           and
           Mourning
           ,
           Hunger
           ,
           and
           Thirst
           ,
           and
           Persecution
           :
           and
           this
           gives
           the
           more
           lively
           tincture
           to
           our
           Joy.
           The
           Joy
           of
           Victory
           is
           transporting
           ,
           and
           that
           always
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           Danger
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Enemies
           subdu'd
           ,
           and
           the
           rich
           Spoils
           taken
           from
           them
           .
           Now
           when
           our
           Spiritual
           Enemies
           ,
           so
           numerous
           ,
           
           so
           powerful
           and
           irreconcileable
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           Sin
           ,
           Satan
           ,
           Death
           ,
           are
           utterly
           broken
           ,
           how
           triumphant
           a
           Joy
           follows
           ?
           
           The
           Historian
           relating
           that
           most
           glorious
           Triumph
           at
           Rome
           ,
           when
           Pyrrhus
           ,
           their
           proud
           and
           potent
           Enemy
           was
           expell'd
           from
           Italy
           ,
           observes
           ,
           That
           of
           all
           the
           Show
           ,
           no
           part
           was
           more
           joyful
           ,
           than
           to
           see
           the
           Elephants
           that
           had
           been
           so
           terrible
           ,
           and
           carried
           Towers
           on
           their
           Backs
           ,
           to
           be
           subdued
           and
           led
           in
           Triumph
           .
           Thus
           how
           joyful
           is
           it
           to
           see
           the
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           infernal
           Legions
           ,
           not
           without
           the
           tormenting
           sense
           of
           their
           Captivity
           ,
           bruised
           under
           our
           Feet
           !
           to
           see
           the
           humane
           Nature
           of
           Christ
           rais'd
           to
           the
           highest
           honour
           to
           which
           that
           rebellious
           Spirit
           did
           proudly
           aspire
           .
           O
           how
           delightful
           a
           Spectacle
           !
           All
           the
           Saints
           will
           cast
           their
           Crowns
           before
           the
           Throne
           ,
           
           and
           sing
           the
           Praises
           of
           their
           victorious
           Deliverer
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Glory
           of
           this
           Place
           is
           discovered
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
           The
           
             Father
             of
             Christ
             is
             the
             God
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             Father
             of
             Glory
          
           ;
           and
           Heaven
           is
           his
           lofty
           and
           glorious
           Throne
           ,
           becoming
           his
           Excellent
           Majesty
           and
           Universal
           Dominion
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             prepared
             his
             Throne
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             his
             Kingdom
             ruleth
             over
             all
             .
          
           Glory
           in
           its
           first
           Notion
           signifies
           the
           brightness
           and
           lustre
           of
           Light
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           metaphorically
           imports
           Excellency
           in
           any
           Kind
           .
           Thus
           the
           Divine
           Perfections
           are
           exprest
           ,
           God
           
             is
             Glorious
             in
             Holiness
             ,
             glorious
             in
             Power
             :
          
           and
           the
           Joy
           of
           Believers
           is
           call'd
           
             unspeakable
             and
             glorious
          
           .
           Heaven
           is
           set
           forth
           as
           glorious
           in
           a
           transcendent
           manner
           ;
           't
           is
           call'd
           ,
           the
           
             Excellent
             Glory
          
           ;
           from
           whence
           a
           Voice
           came
           to
           the
           Apostles
           in
           that
           Holy
           Mount
           ,
           declaring
           Christ
           to
           be
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           :
           So
           
           't
           is
           call'd
           ,
           
             The
             richly
             glorious
             Inheritance
             ;
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             Light.
          
           When
           the
           Sun
           rises
           in
           its
           brightness
           ,
           a
           Deluge
           of
           Gold
           overflows
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           adorns
           the
           Universe
           :
           but
           this
           is
           but
           a
           Shadow
           of
           the
           inherent
           Glory
           of
           the
           highest
           Heaven
           .
           'T
           was
           prepar'd
           by
           God
           
             for
             the
             House
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
           We
           reade
           of
           the
           vast
           preparations
           made
           by
           two
           great
           Kings
           for
           the
           building
           the
           Temple
           at
           Hierusalem
           :
           such
           sums
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           that
           would
           empty
           all
           the
           Treasuries
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           were
           it
           not
           recorded
           in
           Sacred
           Scripture
           ,
           it
           would
           exceed
           belief
           .
           The
           number
           of
           the
           Workmen
           were
           seventy
           thousand
           ,
           employ'd
           seven
           Years
           without
           intermission
           ;
           the
           Materials
           were
           very
           rich
           and
           splendid
           ,
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Cedar
           ,
           and
           precious
           Stones
           :
           and
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           Architecture
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           no
           humane
           
           Art
           can
           equal
           :
           for
           it
           was
           model'd
           by
           the
           Divine
           Mind
           ;
           and
           the
           delineation
           of
           its
           Parts
           was
           sent
           to
           David
           by
           an
           Angel.
           But
           what
           are
           the
           Preparations
           of
           Earthly
           Kings
           ,
           to
           the
           Preparation
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           what
           is
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Temple
           made
           with
           Hands
           ,
           to
           that
           admirable
           Fabrick
           that
           receiv'd
           its
           Being
           and
           Perfection
           immediately
           from
           God
           ?
           We
           reade
           of
           the
           
             New
             Hierusalem
          
           ,
           the
           Type
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Foundations
             were
             precious
             Stones
             ,
             the
             Gates
             were
             intire
             Pearls
             ,
             the
             Streets
             pure
             Gold
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             transparent
             Glass
             .
          
           The
           Expressions
           are
           in
           condescendance
           to
           our
           Capacities
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           faint
           resemblance
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           Hierusalem
           above
           .
           In
           the
           Vision
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Esay
           ,
           the
           Seraphims
           cried
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           
             Holy
             ,
             Holy
             ,
             Holy
             ,
             Lord
             God
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             the
             whole
             Earth
             is
             full
             of
             thy
             Glory
             .
          
           
           'T
           is
           a
           Theatre
           of
           innumerable
           Wonders
           divinely
           deck'd
           ,
           
           and
           the
           wise
           discerning
           
           Observer
           ,
           admires
           and
           praises
           God's
           Power
           and
           Providence
           so
           clearly
           manifested
           in
           it
           :
           For
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Work
           is
           answerable
           to
           the
           Art
           of
           the
           Maker
           ;
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Maker
           results
           from
           the
           Excellence
           of
           the
           Work.
           But
           what
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           in
           comparing
           the
           Legal
           and
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           ,
           
             That
             if
             that
             which
             was
             done
             away
             ,
             was
             glorious
             ,
             much
             more
             that
             which
             remains
             is
             glorious
          
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           degree
           of
           eminence
           as
           to
           obscure
           the
           other
           ,
           may
           justly
           be
           applied
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           appearing
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           Heaven
           :
           for
           if
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           lowest
           stage
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Habitation
           of
           Brute
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           continued
           only
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           hath
           so
           much
           Glory
           in
           it
           ,
           what
           an
           excellent
           Glory
           is
           in
           the
           Supreme
           Heavens
           ,
           the
           native
           Habitation
           of
           the
           Angels
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           to
           continue
           for
           ever
           ?
           The
           Earth
           since
           Man's
           Rebellion
           ,
           
           doth
           not
           remain
           in
           its
           Primitive
           State
           ,
           but
           hath
           lost
           much
           of
           its
           Beauty
           and
           Usefulness
           .
           At
           first
           it
           was
           intirely
           suitable
           to
           the
           rich
           Goodness
           of
           the
           Creator
           ;
           now
           terrible
           mixtures
           of
           his
           Justice
           appear
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           it
           :
           Barrenness
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           Thorns
           and
           Thistles
           ,
           the
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Curse
           for
           Sin
           ;
           Malignant
           Influences
           ,
           and
           Storms
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           Tempests
           in
           the
           Sea
           ,
           Inundations
           of
           Water
           ;
           and
           how
           many
           Diseases
           are
           fatally
           natural
           to
           our
           Bodies
           ?
           But
           the
           highest
           Heaven
           remains
           in
           its
           original
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           pure
           Integrity
           .
           The
           Earth
           is
           now
           the
           Habitation
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           where
           they
           oppress
           his
           faithful
           Servants
           by
           their
           bold
           Injuries
           :
           but
           Heaven
           is
           the
           Habitation
           of
           his
           Saints
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           Place
           becoming
           the
           Majesty
           and
           Magnificence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Love
           to
           his
           chosen
           Friends
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Patriarchs
           ,
           whose
           
           Desires
           and
           Hopes
           were
           not
           centred
           in
           that
           Earthly
           Canaan
           ,
           tho
           flowing
           with
           Milk
           and
           Hony
           ;
           but
           
             they
             desir'd
             a
             better
             Country
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             a
             Heavenly
             ;
             wherefore
             God
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             a
             City
             .
          
           To
           be
           stiled
           our
           God
           ,
           is
           a
           Title
           of
           the
           richest
           value
           ,
           and
           implies
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Perfections
           of
           the
           Deity
           are
           to
           make
           us
           happy
           .
           It
           had
           been
           a
           reflection
           upon
           his
           Greatness
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           only
           given
           to
           the
           Patriarchs
           a
           Portion
           in
           this
           World.
           But
           Heaven
           is
           a
           Place
           and
           State
           of
           Felicity
           becoming
           his
           Infinite
           Majesty
           ,
           his
           special
           Love
           ,
           and
           eternal
           Duration
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           Observation
           of
           Tertullian
           ,
           
           That
           God
           who
           made
           other
           Things
           by
           command
           ,
           by
           the
           omnipotent
           Umpire
           of
           his
           Will
           ,
           appli'd
           himself
           with
           Counsel
           to
           form
           the
           Body
           of
           Adam
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           original
           Model
           of
           all
           Perfections
           that
           
           a
           humane
           Body
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           beauty
           of
           Aspect
           without
           ,
           and
           the
           artificial
           order
           of
           the
           Parts
           within
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           was
           ,
           Love
           drew
           the
           Lineaments
           .
           Thus
           Love
           ,
           the
           Queen
           of
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           ,
           employ'd
           infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           almighty
           Power
           ,
           to
           build
           this
           Celestial
           City
           for
           the
           reception
           of
           his
           chosen
           Favourites
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Glory
           dwells
           there
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           .
           
             The
             Heaven
             ,
             even
             the
             Heavens
             are
             the
             Lord's
             ;
             but
             the
             Earth
             hath
             he
             given
             to
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
          
           By
           Right
           and
           Dominion
           ,
           
             the
             Earth
             is
             the
             Lord's
             ,
             and
             the
             Fulness
             thereof
             ,
          
           and
           the
           possession
           of
           it
           is
           from
           his
           Bounty
           to
           Men
           ;
           but
           Heaven
           is
           reserv'd
           for
           himself
           ,
           the
           Place
           of
           his
           glorious
           Residence
           .
           As
           a
           Prince
           that
           hath
           many
           Houses
           ,
           gives
           some
           for
           to
           be
           inhabited
           by
           his
           Servants
           ,
           but
           the
           Imperial
           Palace
           is
           kept
           for
           his
           own
           Dwelling
           ;
           God
           manifests
           himself
           
           there
           in
           the
           most
           refulgent
           manner
           .
           All
           the
           Perfections
           of
           the
           Glorious
           Deity
           are
           reveal'd
           to
           the
           Saints
           in
           their
           purity
           and
           radiancy
           .
           The
           Divine
           Presence
           is
           the
           Supreme
           Glory
           of
           Heaven
           .
           The
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           there
           crown'd
           with
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Divine
           Empire
           .
           This
           Glory
           is
           the
           Reward
           of
           his
           meritorious
           Obedience
           and
           Sufferings
           .
           He
           was
           made
           a
           Subject
           and
           a
           Servant
           ,
           and
           endur'd
           the
           most
           ignominious
           cruel
           Death
           to
           satisfy
           God's
           injur'd
           Justice
           .
           What
           hath
           not
           the
           Son
           done
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Father
           ?
           He
           lost
           his
           Life
           rather
           than
           his
           Obedience
           :
           And
           what
           will
           not
           the
           Father
           do
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Son
           ?
           What
           Recompence
           is
           correspondent
           to
           such
           astonishing
           Humiliation
           ?
           Our
           Saviour
           in
           his
           last
           solemn
           Prayer
           with
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           addresses
           himself
           to
           God
           :
           
             I
             have
             glorified
             thee
             on
             Earth
          
           ;
           
           
             I
             have
             finish'd
             
             the
             Work
             thou
             gavest
             me
             to
             do
             .
             And
             now
             ,
             O
             Father
             ,
             glorify
             me
             with
             thy Self
             ,
             with
             the
             Glory
             I
             had
             with
             thee
             before
             the
             World
             was
             .
          
           The
           Father
           was
           so
           highly
           honour'd
           by
           Christ
           ,
           that
           to
           satisfy
           his
           infinite
           Love
           towards
           him
           ,
           he
           hath
           dignified
           him
           with
           a
           Name
           and
           State
           ,
           that
           transcends
           all
           created
           Glory
           .
           He
           is
           the
           Lord
           of
           Angels
           ,
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           sits
           at
           the
           right
           Hand
           of
           Majesty
           on
           high
           .
           In
           Heaven
           he
           appears
           in
           his
           triumphant
           Glory
           ,
           of
           which
           in
           the
           Transfiguration
           there
           was
           a
           transient
           glimpse
           ,
           when
           his
           Face
           did
           shine
           as
           the
           Sun
           ,
           but
           allayed
           and
           moderated
           ,
           that
           his
           Disciples
           might
           sustain
           his
           Presence
           .
           There
           the
           Angels
           ,
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Celestical
           Court
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           bright
           Orders
           encompass
           the
           Throne
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           humblest
           Homage
           to
           him
           .
           The
           Saints
           appear
           there
           in
           their
           Robes
           of
           Glory
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           
           transform'd
           into
           the
           glorious
           likeness
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           :
           Their
           Souls
           radiant
           with
           pure
           unspotted
           Holiness
           ,
           shine
           through
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           as
           Sun-beams
           transmitted
           through
           Chrystal
           .
           They
           all
           reign
           in
           Soveraign
           State
           for
           ever
           .
           It
           becomes
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           all
           God's
           Subjects
           should
           be
           Kings
           ;
           and
           the
           highest
           Principality
           on
           Earth
           ,
           is
           but
           servitude
           compar'd
           with
           the
           Royalty
           enjoy'd
           by
           the
           Saints
           above
           :
           For
           how
           often
           are
           the
           mightiest
           Monarchs
           on
           Earth
           in
           perfect
           bondage
           to
           their
           lawless
           Passions
           ,
           and
           the
           Soul
           in
           dull
           captivity
           to
           the
           sensual
           Appetites
           ?
           How
           often
           are
           the
           strongest
           Empires
           dissolv'd
           and
           ruin'd
           ?
           But
           the
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           by
           obeying
           God
           ,
           reign
           triumphantly
           :
           no
           Passions
           ,
           no
           Fears
           ,
           no
           Desires
           resist
           their
           Will
           ;
           nothing
           is
           able
           to
           trouble
           the
           sincere
           Delight
           ,
           the
           perfect
           Tranquillity
           of
           their
           State.
           They
           
           in
           their
           several
           degrees
           of
           Glory
           ,
           shine
           like
           the
           Stars
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           To
           sum
           up
           all
           ;
           What
           is
           promised
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           fulfill'd
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           
           
             The
             Sun
             shall
             be
             no
             more
             thy
             Light
             by
             Day
             ,
             nor
             the
             Moon
             by
             Night
             ;
             but
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             thy
             everlasting
             Light
             ,
             and
             thy
             God
             thy
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           represent
           that
           luminous
           Palace
           ,
           and
           the
           bright
           Inhabitants
           :
           but
           how
           short
           is
           the
           description
           of
           the
           glorious
           Realities
           ,
           all
           humane
           Words
           are
           too
           weak
           and
           narrow
           to
           express
           it
           as
           it
           is
           .
           The
           Glory
           and
           Joy
           of
           that
           blessed
           State
           are
           unspeakable
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           a
           Spectator
           thereof
           ,
           certifies
           .
           And
           't
           is
           observable
           that
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           expresses
           the
           greatest
           Things
           ,
           by
           low
           familiar
           Terms
           and
           Resemblances
           ;
           as
           he
           tells
           his
           Faithful
           Disciples
           ,
           they
           shall
           eat
           and
           drink
           at
           his
           
           Table
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           In
           his
           Promises
           of
           Rewards
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           his
           intention
           meerly
           to
           make
           a
           show
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           but
           to
           declare
           his
           Love
           :
           Like
           a
           God
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           magnify
           the
           Favours
           he
           will
           bestow
           ,
           but
           leaves
           it
           to
           their
           Spirits
           to
           conceive
           what
           becomes
           Almighty
           Goodness
           to
           bestow
           on
           his
           Servants
           .
           In
           the
           plainest
           manner
           of
           promising
           the
           Reward
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           clear
           Character
           of
           the
           excellent
           Greatness
           of
           the
           Giver
           and
           his
           Gifts
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           consider
           the
           infallible
           Assurance
           we
           have
           of
           this
           blessed
           Place
           and
           State.
           This
           is
           built
           on
           our
           Saviour's
           Love
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           Truth
           ;
           and
           his
           going
           to
           prepare
           that
           Blessedness
           for
           them
           .
           He
           saith
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
             Otherwise
             I
             would
             have
             told
             you
          
           ;
           implying
           ,
           that
           his
           Affection
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           make
           it
           impossible
           that
           he
           should
           deceive
           them
           with
           
           an
           empty
           Promise
           of
           future
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           His
           Love
           secures
           them
           .
           He
           would
           never
           have
           chosen
           them
           to
           be
           the
           Companions
           of
           his
           Cross
           ,
           never
           have
           expos'd
           them
           as
           Sheep
           among
           Wolves
           ,
           to
           suffer
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           them
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           reign
           alone
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Love
           is
           a
           benevolent
           affection
           rising
           in
           the
           Breast
           ,
           and
           expressing
           it self
           in
           real
           Benefits
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Lover
           ,
           and
           the
           Wants
           or
           the
           Capacity
           of
           the
           Person
           beloved
           :
           and
           the
           more
           intense
           the
           Affection
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           evident
           and
           noble
           effects
           of
           Kindness
           will
           proceed
           from
           it
           .
           All
           the
           most
           liberal
           Expressions
           ,
           without
           real
           performance
           ,
           are
           but
           a
           vain
           pageant
           of
           Friendship
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           Love
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           sincere
           ,
           but
           in
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           eminence
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           safely
           rely
           upon
           his
           Promises
           .
           His
           pure
           
           Love
           ,
           was
           the
           motive
           of
           selecting
           them
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           dignifying
           them
           with
           the
           endearing
           title
           of
           his
           Friends
           .
           His
           Conversation
           with
           them
           was
           infinitely
           sweet
           ,
           a
           Miracle
           of
           Benignity
           :
           and
           that
           glorious
           performance
           of
           his
           Love
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           Believers
           ,
           in
           leaving
           Heaven
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           is
           the
           strongest
           assurance
           that
           he
           will
           bring
           them
           to
           his
           Father's
           House
           above
           .
           'T
           is
           represented
           as
           the
           peculiar
           Glory
           of
           Theodosius
           ,
           
           that
           he
           seated
           Majesty
           and
           Love
           in
           the
           same
           Throne
           :
           for
           Love
           unites
           and
           conforms
           Persons
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           Peers
           :
           and
           it
           seems
           too
           low
           a
           submission
           for
           a
           Soveraign
           to
           descend
           from
           his
           Throne
           to
           a
           kind
           of
           equality
           with
           a
           Subject
           ,
           or
           too
           high
           an
           exaltation
           to
           assume
           a
           private
           Person
           into
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           affection
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           him
           as
           himself
           ;
           yet
           such
           was
           the
           condescension
           of
           that
           
           great
           and
           amiable
           Emperor
           .
           But
           how
           distant
           is
           the
           greatest
           Monarch
           in
           the
           World
           from
           the
           Eternal
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           ?
           Love
           brought
           him
           down
           from
           his
           Throne
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           ador'd
           by
           the
           Angels
           ,
           and
           united
           him
           to
           our
           nature
           in
           our
           lowly
           state
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           raising
           us
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           uniting
           us
           to
           himself
           in
           Glory
           .
           Love
           unvaluable
           and
           incomparable
           !
           If
           Solomon
           ,
           upon
           God's
           descending
           in
           a
           Cloud
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           was
           surpriz'd
           with
           heavenly
           astonishment
           ;
           
             But
             will
             God
             indeed
             dwell
             on
             Earth
             ?
          
           with
           infinite
           more
           cause
           have
           we
           ,
           considering
           the
           incarnation
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Will
             God
             indeed
             dwell
             on
             Earth
             ?
          
           For
           what
           was
           the
           appearance
           of
           a
           Vapour
           that
           might
           be
           easily
           dispell'd
           ,
           to
           the
           coming
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           Fulness
           of
           the
           Godhead
           
           dwelt
           substantially
           ?
           What
           is
           so
           worthy
           of
           reverence
           and
           admiration
           ?
           New
           Things
           suspend
           the
           actings
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           glorious
           Things
           overwhelm
           the
           Faculty
           ;
           and
           never
           was
           there
           so
           rare
           and
           excelling
           an
           Object
           .
           This
           so
           signal
           and
           amazing
           Effect
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Love
           ,
           gives
           assurance
           to
           Christians
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           take
           them
           to
           an
           everlasting
           Communion
           with
           himself
           in
           Glory
           .
           As
           't
           is
           more
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           live
           with
           a
           private
           Person
           in
           a
           Cottage
           with
           complacency
           ,
           than
           to
           receive
           that
           Person
           into
           his
           Court
           ,
           and
           invest
           him
           with
           Honour
           .
           The
           Love
           of
           our
           Saviour
           never
           abated
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           in
           view
           of
           Death
           ,
           with
           its
           troops
           of
           Terrors
           ,
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Having
             lov'd
             his
             own
             ,
             he
             lov'd
             them
             to
             the
             end
             .
          
           And
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           to
           a
           Heavenly
           Life
           ,
           he
           exprest
           the
           same
           dear
           affection
           ,
           
             Go
             to
             my
             Brethren
          
           !
           a
           stile
           as
           high
           as
           Love
           can
           rise
           .
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           further
           considerable
           what
           was
           touch'd
           on
           before
           ,
           that
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           ,
           besides
           the
           common
           Calamities
           of
           Mankind
           wherein
           they
           are
           involv'd
           ,
           are
           for
           his
           Truth
           and
           Cause
           expos'd
           to
           Indignities
           and
           Injuries
           of
           all
           kinds
           and
           degrees
           ,
           which
           the
           malice
           of
           Satan
           and
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           the
           perverted
           World
           ,
           can
           fasten
           upon
           them
           .
           The
           complaint
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           old
           is
           often
           renew'd
           ,
           
             For
             thy
             sake
             we
             are
             killed
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ;
             we
             are
             accounted
             as
             Sheep
             for
             the
             Slaughter
             .
          
           And
           can
           the
           Love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           so
           tender
           ,
           so
           compassionate
           ,
           that
           the
           Love
           of
           a
           Mother
           to
           a
           sucking
           Infant
           is
           not
           an
           adequate
           representation
           of
           it
           ;
           can
           such
           Love
           let
           the
           Saints
           be
           separated
           from
           him
           for
           ever
           ?
           Then
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           expression
           ,
           
             If
             in
             this
             Life
             only
             we
             have
             hope
             in
             Christ
             ,
             we
             are
             of
             all
             Men
             most
             miserable
             .
          
        
         
         
           (
           2.
           )
           His
           Truth
           gives
           an
           infallible
           assurance
           that
           we
           shall
           be
           receiv'd
           with
           him
           in
           Glory
           .
           He
           declares
           his
           own
           Titles
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             Way
             ,
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             .
          
           If
           Truth
           it self
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           deserves
           our
           intire
           trust
           ,
           we
           may
           rest
           upon
           his
           Promises
           ,
           who
           values
           his
           Word
           more
           than
           the
           World.
           
           The
           Pillars
           of
           Heaven
           shall
           fall
           ,
           and
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Earth
           be
           overthrown
           ,
           before
           one
           tittle
           of
           his
           Words
           shall
           be
           without
           a
           full
           accomplishment
           .
           
             If
             any
             Man
             serves
             me
          
           ,
           
           
             let
             him
             follow
             me
             ;
             and
             where
             I
             am
             ,
             there
             shall
             my
             Servant
             be
             .
          
           'T
           is
           his
           most
           gracious
           Promise
           to
           encourage
           Obedience
           :
           and
           he
           assures
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
             If
             I
             go
             away
             ,
             and
             prepare
             a
             place
             for
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             again
             ,
             and
             receive
             you
             unto
             my self
             ;
             that
             where
             I
             am
             ,
             there
             ye
             may
             be
             also
             .
          
           To
           shew
           the
           validity
           of
           Christ's
           Promise
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           the
           unchangeable
           Perfections
           of
           God's
           
           Nature
           are
           the
           Foundation
           of
           his
           unchangeable
           Councils
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           the
           unchangeableness
           of
           his
           Promises
           is
           justly
           inferr'd
           .
           The
           Decrees
           of
           God
           are
           engraven
           with
           the
           point
           of
           a
           Diamond
           ,
           and
           are
           unretractible
           .
           
             The
             Counsel
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             stand
             :
          
           for
           such
           is
           the
           perfection
           of
           his
           Knowledg
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           never
           be
           surpriz'd
           by
           any
           sudden
           unforeseen
           Event
           that
           should
           induce
           a
           change
           of
           his
           Will
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           his
           Omnipotence
           ,
           that
           he
           gives
           an
           infallible
           accomplishment
           to
           his
           Decrees
           :
           
             and
             his
             Word
             endures
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
           The
           immutability
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           gives
           firmness
           to
           his
           Counsels
           ;
           and
           the
           fidelity
           of
           his
           Nature
           to
           his
           Promises
           .
           
             In
             him
             there
             is
             no
             variableness
             ,
             nor
             shadow
             of
             change
             :
             and
             he
             is
             God
             that
             cannot
             ly
             :
          
           He
           reveals
           himself
           by
           his
           Name
           Jehova
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           to
           signify
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           same
           in
           performing
           ,
           as
           in
           promising
           .
           Now
           Jesus
           
           Christ
           his
           Son
           is
           equal
           to
           the
           Father
           in
           all
           essential
           Perfections
           .
           He
           stiles
           himself
           
             the
             Amen
             ,
             the
             true
             and
             faithful
             Witness
             :
          
           If
           he
           deceive
           his
           Servants
           with
           a
           false
           expectation
           of
           a
           joyful
           glorious
           State
           hereafter
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           blemish
           to
           his
           unspotted
           Holiness
           ,
           an
           eternal
           reflection
           upon
           his
           inviolate
           Truth
           .
           'T
           is
           therefore
           a
           faithful
           Saying
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           all
           acceptation
           ,
           That
           where
           Christ
           is
           in
           Glory
           ,
           there
           shall
           his
           Servants
           be
           with
           him
           ,
           otherwise
           
             he
             would
             have
             told
             them
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           are
           to
           consider
           the
           other
           firm
           ground
           of
           assurance
           in
           our
           Saviour's
           next
           words
           :
           
             I
             go
             to
             prepare
             a
             place
             for
             you
             .
          
           This
           specially
           respects
           his
           Ascension
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           it
           supposes
           his
           Death
           .
           He
           purchas'd
           Heaven
           by
           his
           Death
           :
           He
           prepares
           it
           by
           his
           Ascension
           .
           His
           Blood
           shed
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           pleaded
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           
           gives
           to
           Believers
           a
           right
           to
           it
           here
           ,
           and
           actual
           possession
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           His
           obedient
           Sufferings
           are
           the
           price
           of
           this
           glorious
           Inheritance
           .
           In
           our
           Guilty
           State
           ,
           Heaven
           is
           as
           inaccessible
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           Paradise
           was
           to
           Adam
           after
           his
           expulsion
           ,
           when
           guarded
           by
           a
           Cherubim
           with
           a
           flaming
           Sword.
           For
           neither
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           nor
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           would
           permit
           that
           an
           unpardon'd
           Sinner
           should
           be
           receiv'd
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           The
           Justice
           of
           God
           doth
           not
           infringe
           his
           rich
           Goodness
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           may
           bestow
           upon
           an
           innocent
           Creature
           the
           most
           excellent
           Blessings
           ,
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           his
           Bounty
           .
           If
           Adam
           had
           persever'd
           in
           his
           Duty
           ,
           God
           might
           have
           translated
           him
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           that
           happy
           change
           had
           been
           a
           free
           Favour
           :
           for
           his
           Obedince
           had
           not
           been
           comparable
           to
           the
           Glory
           that
           shall
           be
           revealed
           in
           the
           Saints
           .
           
           But
           Justice
           sets
           up
           a
           Legal
           Barr
           against
           the
           Guilty
           ;
           they
           are
           excluded
           from
           the
           Heavenly
           Glory
           .
           The
           Creature
           must
           be
           intirely
           innocent
           ,
           or
           graciously
           pardon'd
           ,
           to
           be
           capable
           of
           enjoying
           that
           Supreme
           Happiness
           .
           When
           the
           guilt
           of
           Sin
           is
           abolish'd
           ,
           it
           hath
           no
           malignant
           Power
           ,
           either
           to
           subject
           us
           to
           Evil
           ,
           or
           deprive
           us
           of
           Good.
           Now
           our
           Saviour
           by
           Satisfying
           the
           Injur'd
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           hath
           wash'd
           away
           our
           Sins
           in
           his
           Blood
           ;
           and
           hath
           infinitely
           pleas'd
           God
           ,
           that
           we
           obtain
           by
           him
           ,
           not
           only
           redemption
           from
           Hell
           ,
           
           but
           the
           possession
           of
           Heaven
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Design
           of
           God's
           Love
           ,
           in
           giving
           his
           
             only
             begotten
             Son
             ,
             that
             whoever
             believes
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             everlasting
             Life
             .
          
           Accordingly
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
           
             That
             being
             justified
             by
             his
             Grace
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             we
             should
             be
             made
             Heirs
             of
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           And
           by
           the
           gracious
           unalterable
           
           tenour
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           these
           great
           Benefits
           are
           inseparable
           ;
           it
           being
           equally
           impossible
           that
           an
           unpardon'd
           Sinner
           should
           enter
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           that
           a
           pardon'd
           Sinner
           should
           be
           excluded
           .
           The
           Connexion
           is
           indissolvable
           ;
           
             Whom
             he
             justifies
          
           ,
           
           
             them
             he
             glorifies
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           't
           is
           more
           easily
           credible
           ,
           that
           a
           pardon'd
           Sinner
           should
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           glorious
           Presence
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           that
           a
           guilty
           Sinner
           should
           be
           reconciled
           to
           him
           .
           As
           supposing
           the
           revival
           of
           a
           Phoenix
           from
           its
           Ashes
           ,
           't
           is
           more
           easily
           conceivable
           that
           it
           should
           take
           its
           flight
           upwards
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           natural
           Motion
           of
           a
           living
           Bird
           ,
           than
           that
           it
           should
           be
           restor'd
           to
           Life
           in
           such
           a
           miraculous
           manner
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           Heaven
           is
           a
           free
           Gift
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           dearly
           bought
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           't
           is
           
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
          
           He
           had
           a
           double
           Title
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           the
           
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           was
           Heir
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ;
           this
           Title
           is
           incommunicably
           his
           own
           :
           and
           he
           acquir'd
           it
           by
           his
           meritorious
           Sufferings
           :
           This
           he
           imparts
           to
           Believers
           ,
           
             who
             enter
             into
             Heaven
             by
             the
             new
             and
             living
             Way
             ,
             which
             he
             consecrated
             for
             them
             through
             his
             Flesh.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           to
           prepare
           a
           Place
           for
           us
           .
           The
           Actions
           of
           our
           Saviour
           may
           be
           considered
           two
           ways
           ;
           either
           as
           terminated
           in
           himself
           ,
           or
           with
           a
           relative
           respect
           to
           Believers
           ,
           as
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           His
           Resurrection
           was
           not
           meerly
           Personal
           ,
           but
           hath
           an
           operative
           Force
           in
           raising
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           his
           Mystical
           Body
           :
           As
           
           David's
           subduing
           Goliah
           ,
           was
           not
           his
           own
           personal
           Victory
           simply
           ,
           but
           was
           extended
           in
           its
           happy
           Consequences
           to
           all
           his
           Nation
           :
           for
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           their
           Champion
           ,
           the
           Army
           of
           Israel
           overcame
           the
           
           Philistims
           .
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           hath
           broken
           the
           Dominion
           of
           Death
           ;
           and
           by
           virtue
           of
           his
           Conquest
           ,
           the
           Grave
           shall
           restore
           the
           Saints
           at
           the
           general
           Resurrection
           .
           And
           his
           Ascension
           was
           not
           a
           personal
           Act
           purely
           to
           obtain
           his
           own
           Right
           ;
           but
           as
           our
           Forerunner
           he
           is
           enter'd
           for
           us
           into
           Heaven
           .
           As
           the
           High
           Priest
           in
           his
           majestick
           mysterious
           Habit
           ,
           with
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           upon
           his
           Breast
           ,
           enter'd
           into
           the
           Holy
           of
           Holies
           ;
           so
           Jesus
           Christ
           enter'd
           into
           the
           Eternal
           Sanctuary
           as
           our
           Representer
           ,
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           it
           for
           us
           .
           The
           Language
           of
           Despair
           is
           silenc'd
           for
           ever
           .
           
             Who
             shall
             ascend
             up
             to
             Heaven
             to
             raise
             us
             thither
             ?
          
           Christ
           is
           lifted
           up
           to
           the
           highest
           Glory
           ,
           and
           will
           draw
           all
           his
           People
           after
           him
           .
           The
           first
           Adam
           was
           from
           the
           Earth
           ,
           Earthly
           ;
           but
           Christ
           is
           the
           Lord
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           is
           
           return'd
           to
           Heaven
           :
           and
           shall
           Earth
           destroy
           what
           Heaven
           cannot
           restore
           ?
           The
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           
             Believers
             sit
             with
             Christ
             in
             Heavenly
             Places
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           Head
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Society
           ,
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           his
           Promise
           is
           exprest
           ,
           
             To
             him
             that
             overcomes
             ,
             will
             I
             grant
             personally
             to
             sit
             with
             me
             in
             my
             Throne
             ,
             even
             as
             I
             also
             am
             set
             down
             with
             my
             Father
             in
             his
             Throne
             .
          
           After
           victorious
           Obedience
           ,
           the
           Saints
           shall
           be
           taken
           into
           Soveraign
           Alliance
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           reign
           for
           ever
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           his
           excellent
           Merit
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           our
           glorious
           Hope
           :
           and
           his
           prevailing
           Intercession
           introduces
           us
           into
           actual
           Possession
           .
           He
           that
           purchas'd
           Heaven
           ,
           disposes
           of
           it
           by
           his
           last
           Will
           ;
           thus
           he
           addrest
           to
           his
           Father
           immediately
           before
           his
           Death
           ;
           
             Father
             ,
             I
             will
             that
             those
             whom
             thou
             hast
             given
             me
             ,
             be
             with
             me
             where
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             my
             Glory
             :
          
           And
           he
           has
           Power
           
           to
           accomplish
           his
           own
           Testament
           .
           What
           he
           hath
           done
           already
           for
           Believers
           is
           an
           uncontroulable
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           invincible
           Assurance
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           promised
           .
           There
           is
           a
           vaster
           distance
           between
           the
           Deity
           and
           Misery
           ,
           than
           between
           Man
           and
           the
           Heavenly
           Glory
           .
           For
           the
           Sun
           to
           go
           backwards
           ten
           Degrees
           ,
           was
           miraculous
           and
           astonishing
           ;
           but
           to
           ascend
           the
           Horizon
           ,
           is
           according
           to
           natural
           Order
           .
           The
           abasement
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           stupendious
           ,
           but
           his
           advancement
           to
           the
           highest
           Glory
           is
           most
           becoming
           his
           Divine
           Relation
           ,
           and
           infinitely
           due
           to
           his
           exuberant
           Merits
           ,
           and
           a
           firm
           Foundation
           of
           Hope
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           redeemed
           Saints
           
             shall
             be
             where
             he
             is
          
           ,
           and
           be
           conform'd
           to
           him
           in
           all
           supernatural
           Divine
           Excellencies
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           
           
             The
             Application
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             LET
             us
             adore
             the
             unconceivable
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             prepar'd
             such
             a
             Place
             of
             Joy
             ,
             and
             Glory
             for
             his
             Children
             when
             they
             leave
             the
             World.
             The
             Father
             prepar'd
             it
             in
             his
             Decree
             from
             Eternity
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             creating
             Power
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
             :
             and
             we
             are
             assur'd
             't
             is
             such
             a
             Place
             and
             State
             ,
             as
             fully
             answers
             the
             Design
             of
             God's
             Love
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             reasonable
             Creature
             as
             happy
             as
             't
             is
             capable
             to
             be
             .
             When
             Man
             was
             turn'd
             Rebel
             against
             his
             Creator
             ,
             when
             so
             chang'd
             from
             the
             Divine
             Resemblance
             imprest
             at
             first
             upon
             him
             ,
             into
             the
             disgraceful
             
               likeness
               of
               the
               Beasts
               that
               perish
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Psalmist
             justly
             reproaches
             him
             ;
             then
             to
             pardon
             us
             ,
             and
             prefer
             us
             ;
             to
             restore
             us
             to
             his
             
             Favour
             ,
             and
             Image
             ,
             and
             the
             nearest
             communion
             with
             himself
             in
             his
             Palace
             above
             ,
             is
             such
             an
             astonishing
             Mercy
             as
             is
             only
             proper
             to
             
               God
               who
               is
               Love.
            
             And
             the
             Love
             of
             our
             Redeemer
             is
             equally
             admirable
             ;
             when
             we
             were
             expell'd
             Paradise
             ,
             he
             makes
             a
             reentry
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             intercepts
             the
             stroke
             of
             the
             flaming
             Sword
             that
             had
             destroy'd
             us
             .
             We
             neither
             know
             the
             depth
             of
             our
             Misery
             from
             whence
             we
             are
             freed
             ,
             nor
             the
             heighth
             of
             Glory
             to
             which
             we
             are
             rais'd
             by
             our
             Redeemer
             .
             In
             what
             Heart
             but
             that
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             could
             ever
             such
             compassion
             and
             charity
             be
             conceiv'd
             ?
             He
             took
             our
             Flesh
             to
             Heaven
             to
             prepare
             it
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             interchangeably
             left
             his
             Spirit
             on
             Earth
             to
             prepare
             us
             for
             Heaven
             .
             How
             just
             is
             the
             solemn
             and
             terrible
             denunciation
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               He
               that
               loves
               not
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               Anathema
               ,
               Maranatha
               .
            
             
             And
             how
             are
             we
             obliged
             to
             God
             for
             the
             blessed
             and
             glorious
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             infinitely
             excels
             all
             humane
             Books
             in
             the
             matter
             it
             contains
             ,
             the
             everlasting
             Happiness
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             certain
             way
             to
             obtain
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             conveying
             those
             great
             and
             Sacred
             Truths
             by
             Divine
             Revelation
             ?
             And
             what
             an
             Argument
             of
             thankfulness
             is
             it
             to
             consider
             the
             distinguishing
             Grace
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             when
             the
             most
             are
             so
             blind
             in
             the
             clear
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             discover
             the
             lustre
             of
             the
             Pearl
             of
             Price
             ,
             and
             so
             immers'd
             in
             Vanities
             as
             to
             disrelish
             Heavenly
             Joys
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             inlighten
             the
             Eyes
             of
             our
             Mind
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             know
             
               what
               is
               the
               Hope
               of
               his
               Calling
               ,
               and
               what
               the
               Riches
               of
               the
               Glory
               of
               his
               Inheritance
               in
               the
               Saints
               .
            
             The
             number
             of
             Fools
             that
             understand
             not
             the
             Price
             that
             is
             put
             into
             their
             Hands
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             the
             
             truly
             Wise
             ,
             is
             greater
             than
             of
             common
             Stones
             that
             lie
             in
             the
             Mire
             of
             the
             Streets
             ,
             to
             precious
             Stones
             of
             the
             highest
             value
             ,
             Diamonds
             and
             Rubies
             :
             
               How
               affectionately
               should
               we
               give
               thanks
               to
               the
               Father
               who
               has
               made
               us
               meet
               for
               the
               Inheritance
               of
               the
               Saints
               in
               Light.
            
             But
             we
             have
             such
             Allays
             by
             the
             Relicks
             of
             Carnality
             ,
             that
             without
             the
             Heavenly
             Spirit
             's
             inspiring
             our
             cold
             Earth
             ,
             we
             shall
             never
             be
             ardent
             and
             lively
             in
             the
             Praises
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Benefactor
             .
             Even
             David
             himself
             was
             fain
             to
             call
             upon
             his
             Soul
             with
             repeated
             fervency
             ,
             and
             excite
             every
             Faculty
             within
             him
             ,
             
               to
               bless
               the
               Lord
               ,
               who
               had
               forgiven
               his
               Iniquities
               ,
               and
               redeem'd
               his
               Life
               from
               destraction
               ,
               and
               crown'd
               him
               with
               loving
               Kindness
               ,
               and
               tender
               Mercies
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             From
             hence
             we
             may
             infer
             the
             great
             Guilt
             of
             Unbelievers
             in
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ;
             and
             such
             
             are
             all
             those
             who
             implicitly
             despise
             and
             reject
             Heaven
             for
             the
             present
             World.
             This
             will
             aggravate
             the
             Sin
             and
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Carnal
             and
             Worldly
             ,
             that
             they
             despise
             such
             glorious
             Realities
             for
             empty
             Vanities
             .
             Desperate
             Gamesters
             ,
             that
             venture
             a
             Kingdom
             at
             every
             Throw
             !
             What
             blindness
             of
             Mind
             ,
             or
             rather
             perversness
             of
             Heart
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             Men
             pursue
             with
             their
             best
             strength
             and
             desires
             ,
             the
             fading
             and
             false
             World
             ,
             and
             slight
             Heaven
             an
             inestimable
             and
             everlasting
             Treasure
             .
             Certainly
             when
             Death
             shall
             open
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             chang'd
             thoughts
             of
             Things
             .
             'T
             is
             related
             by
             a
             wise
             Historian
             ,
             
             That
             a
             Citizen
             pleaded
             his
             own
             Cause
             of
             great
             moment
             before
             Philip
             King
             of
             Macedon
             ,
             who
             slept
             during
             the
             Plea
             ;
             and
             a
             little
             after
             pass'd
             an
             unrighteous
             Judgment
             against
             him
             ;
             the
             injur'd
             Person
             reply'd
             ,
             I
             appeal
             
             from
             your
             Sentence
             .
             A
             word
             that
             seem'd
             so
             presumptuous
             to
             an
             Independent
             Soveraign
             ,
             that
             with
             indignation
             the
             King
             asked
             him
             ,
             To
             whom
             he
             appeal'd
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             From
             the
             King
             sleeping
             ,
             to
             the
             King
             waking
             .
             Thus
             Men
             who
             are
             led
             by
             Sense
             ,
             are
             asleep
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Cause
             of
             infinite
             Concernment
             ,
             eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             is
             faithfully
             pleaded
             by
             the
             Advocates
             of
             their
             Souls
             ;
             and
             they
             determine
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Flesh
             against
             the
             Spirit
             :
             but
             their
             waking
             Thoughts
             will
             discover
             the
             unrighteousness
             of
             their
             carnal
             Judgment
             .
             In
             the
             next
             State
             how
             will
             they
             with
             restless
             Anguish
             remember
             their
             foolish
             Bargain
             ,
             to
             exchange
             an
             everlasting
             Treasure
             for
             fading
             Toys
             ?
             We
             may
             a
             little
             conjecture
             the
             Torments
             of
             the
             Damn'd
             ,
             by
             the
             Terrors
             of
             the
             Dying
             ;
             then
             the
             enlightned
             guilty
             Conscience
             makes
             them
             cry
             out
             ,
             O
             that
             we
             
             had
             been
             wise
             ,
             so
             to
             use
             the
             World
             that
             we
             might
             enjoy
             God!
             O
             that
             we
             had
             been
             so
             careful
             to
             have
             obtain'd
             an
             Interest
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             been
             to
             gain
             the
             Earth
             !
             Then
             the
             stinging
             Remorse
             begins
             that
             shall
             never
             end
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Let
             us
             make
             it
             our
             fixed
             Aim
             ,
             our
             zealous
             constant
             Endeavour
             to
             secure
             our
             Title
             to
             this
             heavenly
             Inheritance
             .
             Let
             Eternity
             be
             our
             Counseller
             ,
             and
             guide
             our
             Choice
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             build
             our
             Felicity
             on
             the
             Sand
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             Rock
             that
             cannot
             be
             shaken
             .
             Such
             is
             the
             excellent
             Goodness
             of
             God
             reveal'd
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             every
             Person
             that
             sincerely
             and
             regularly
             seeks
             Heaven
             ,
             shall
             obtain
             it
             ,
             and
             no
             Person
             shall
             be
             depriv'd
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             for
             his
             wilful
             neglect
             .
             Now
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             ,
             who
             open'd
             the
             Eternal
             Kingdom
             ,
             has
             declar'd
             to
             us
             upon
             what
             terms
             it
             may
             be
             obtain'd
             ,
             
             in
             his
             conference
             with
             Nicodemus
             ;
             
             
               Verily
               ,
               verily
               I
               say
               unto
               thee
               ,
               Except
               a
               Man
               be
               born
               again
               ,
               he
               cannot
               see
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
            
             Natural
             Birth
             ,
             and
             Accomplishments
             ,
             tho
             never
             so
             high
             and
             noble
             ,
             are
             of
             no
             advantage
             there
             .
             The
             degeneracy
             of
             Man
             from
             his
             Primitive
             Holiness
             ,
             makes
             him
             both
             unworthy
             and
             uncapable
             of
             having
             a
             right
             or
             possession
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             without
             a
             Divine
             Change
             ,
             a
             Spiritual
             Regeneration
             .
             The
             supernatural
             Inheritance
             is
             annext
             to
             the
             being
             born
             of
             God
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             receiving
             a
             Principle
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             Actions
             suitable
             to
             the
             Life
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             universal
             Holiness
             and
             Righteousness
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             a
             ground
             of
             Title
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             a
             natural
             alliance
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Father
             of
             Spirits
             in
             the
             first
             Creation
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             be
             his
             Off-spring
             by
             a
             new
             and
             more
             excellent
             Creation
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             Saviour's
             words
             ,
             
             
               That
               which
               is
               born
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               Spirit
               .
               We
               must
               be
               renewed
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               our
               Minds
               ,
            
             spiritualiz'd
             in
             our
             Affections
             ,
             before
             we
             can
             obtain
             an
             interest
             in
             his
             Love
             ,
             which
             was
             forfeited
             by
             our
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             consequently
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             .
             Adoption
             into
             God's
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             Line
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             is
             always
             in
             conjunction
             with
             the
             renovation
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             and
             Image
             in
             us
             .
             The
             Holy
             Spirit
             witnesses
             with
             our
             Spirits
             ,
             
               that
               we
               are
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               :
            
             but
             his
             witnessing
             is
             always
             consequent
             to
             his
             working
             in
             us
             those
             Graces
             that
             constitute
             us
             to
             be
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             :
             an
             humble
             Fear
             to
             offend
             him
             ,
             a
             Care
             to
             please
             him
             ,
             a
             Zeal
             for
             his
             Glory
             ,
             delight
             in
             Communion
             with
             him
             ,
             resignation
             to
             his
             Will
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             trust
             on
             his
             Fatherly
             Love
             ,
             and
             a
             desire
             to
             be
             in
             his
             Blessed
             Presence
             .
             By
             the
             discovery
             of
             these
             filial
             Affections
             ,
             our
             Divine
             
             Relation
             is
             made
             sure
             .
             The
             Apostle
             infers
             ,
             
               If
               Sons
               ,
               then
               Heirs
            
             .
             Holiness
             is
             the
             infallible
             Evidence
             of
             Election
             ;
             for
             
               the
               Vessels
               of
               Mercy
               are
               prepar'd
               by
               Holiness
               for
               Glory
            
             ;
             the
             Seal
             of
             Adoption
             ,
             whereby
             God's
             Children
             are
             distinguish'd
             from
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             
               the
               Earnest
               of
               their
               Inheritance
            
             for
             Heaven
             ,
             
             is
             a
             blissful
             State
             of
             Purity
             ;
             and
             the
             Graces
             with
             the
             Comforts
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             are
             the
             beginnings
             of
             it
             here
             .
             'T
             is
             further
             to
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             our
             right
             in
             the
             Heavenly
             Inheritance
             ,
             depends
             upon
             our
             union
             with
             Christ.
             He
             instates
             his
             Members
             in
             the
             same
             Relation
             with
             himself
             to
             God.
             Thus
             he
             declares
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             
               I
               ascend
               to
               my
               Father
               ,
               and
               your
               Father
               ,
               to
               my
               God
               ,
               and
               your
               God.
            
             Christ's
             Relation
             hath
             precedency
             in
             Point
             of
             Dignity
             and
             Causality
             ;
             and
             he
             derives
             a
             Right
             to
             us
             in
             his
             Father's
             House
             :
             
               We
               are
               Coheirs
               with
               
               Christ.
            
             Now
             't
             is
             universally
             and
             necessarily
             true
             what
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             
               Whoever
               is
               in
               Christ
               ,
               is
               a
               new
               Creature
               .
            
             For
             our
             vital
             Union
             with
             him
             ,
             is
             by
             the
             Sanctifying
             Spirit
             on
             Christ's
             part
             ;
             and
             by
             Faith
             and
             Love
             on
             our
             part
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             
               Without
               Holiness
               no
               Man
               shall
               see
               God.
            
             The
             Exclusion
             is
             absolute
             and
             universal
             of
             all
             unsanctified
             Persons
             .
             'T
             is
             impossible
             God
             should
             admit
             them
             into
             Heaven
             ;
             for
             the
             Rights
             of
             Justice
             are
             inviolable
             :
             we
             must
             come
             to
             Christ's
             Tribunal
             before
             we
             come
             to
             his
             Throne
             :
             
             We
             must
             
               come
               to
               God
               the
               Judg
               of
               all
               ,
               before
               we
               are
               admitted
               into
               the
               number
               of
               Just
               Men
               made
               perfect
               .
            
             According
             to
             our
             Works
             the
             Reward
             will
             be
             :
             and
             Men
             are
             uncapable
             of
             enjoying
             Heaven
             without
             Holiness
             .
             The
             Wisdom
             of
             God
             appears
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             various
             sorts
             of
             Creatures
             live
             in
             the
             Elements
             from
             which
             they
             were
             produc'd
             ,
             and
             have
             
             Natures
             suitable
             to
             the
             Places
             of
             their
             Residence
             .
             The
             Beasts
             that
             were
             form'd
             from
             the
             Earth
             ,
             walk
             and
             rest
             there
             :
             the
             Birds
             and
             Fishes
             that
             were
             produc'd
             out
             of
             the
             Waters
             ,
             the
             one
             sort
             flies
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             rarefied
             Water
             ;
             the
             other
             swim
             in
             Water
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             thickest
             Air
             ;
             and
             that
             Wisdom
             more
             evidently
             appears
             in
             suiting
             the
             everlasting
             States
             of
             Men
             to
             their
             moral
             Dispositions
             .
             
               Thus
               we
               must
               be
               born
               from
               above
               ,
            
             
             if
             we
             would
             joyfully
             live
             above
             .
             The
             Apostle
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               cannot
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             The
             natural
             Body
             must
             be
             spiritualiz'd
             and
             invested
             with
             Celestial
             Qualities
             ,
             before
             it
             can
             enter
             into
             that
             Glorious
             Place
             :
             and
             the
             Reason
             is
             more
             strong
             ,
             that
             earthly
             sensual
             Souls
             can
             never
             enter
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             there
             being
             an
             absolute
             Contrariety
             ,
             and
             Opposition
             between
             the
             habitual
             constitution
             of
             such
             ,
             
             and
             that
             place
             and
             state
             :
             they
             must
             be
             Holy
             and
             Heavenly
             ,
             to
             be
             prepar'd
             for
             the
             Divine
             Presence
             ,
             and
             to
             converse
             with
             the
             purified
             Assembly
             Above
             ;
             
               'till
               they
               are
               wrought
               for
               that
               blessed
               End
               ,
            
             
             cleansed
             ,
             and
             purified
             ,
             and
             endued
             with
             Holy
             Qualities
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             
               made
               meet
               ,
               they
               cannot
               possess
               the
               Inheritance
               of
               the
               Saints
               in
               Light.
            
             How
             vain
             and
             impossible
             are
             the
             hopes
             of
             unrenewed
             Sinners
             ?
             The
             Presence
             and
             Conversation
             of
             the
             Saints
             is
             now
             an
             offence
             to
             them
             ,
             damps
             their
             carnal
             Jollity
             and
             wild
             Mirth
             ,
             for
             it
             upbraids
             their
             neglect
             of
             Serious
             Religion
             .
             How
             fearful
             will
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             be
             to
             them
             ?
             If
             the
             unpurg'd
             Eye
             cannot
             bear
             the
             Light
             of
             a
             Candle
             ,
             how
             will
             it
             sustain
             the
             glorious
             Light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ?
             The
             Lord's
             Day
             ,
             in
             its
             Sacred
             employment
             ,
             is
             their
             burden
             ;
             how
             can
             they
             expect
             to
             enjoy
             an
             everlasting
             Sabbath
             Above
             ?
             
             How
             can
             there
             be
             a
             lively
             Hope
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             implies
             perfection
             of
             Holiness
             ,
             when
             they
             neither
             seriously
             desire
             ,
             nor
             endeavour
             to
             be
             Holy
             ?
             They
             may
             have
             a
             Cobweb
             Hope
             that
             will
             be
             swept
             away
             ,
             but
             Hope
             that
             is
             as
             an
             Anchor
             to
             secure
             the
             Soul
             ,
             hath
             always
             a
             purifying
             influence
             on
             the
             Heart
             and
             Life
             .
             
             
               Whoever
               hath
               this
               Hope
               of
               being
            
             like
             to
             Christ
             in
             Glory
             ,
             
               purifies
               himself
               even
               as
               he
               is
               pure
               .
            
             In
             short
             ,
             as
             the
             Jews
             had
             a
             carnal
             conceit
             of
             the
             Messias
             ,
             and
             transform'd
             him
             into
             a
             temporal
             Prince
             coming
             with
             Pomp
             and
             Splendor
             ,
             to
             free
             their
             Nation
             from
             Bondage
             ,
             and
             exalt
             it
             to
             the
             highest
             Dominion
             in
             the
             World
             :
             and
             this
             Conceit
             so
             strongly
             possest
             them
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             was
             Holy
             ,
             Harmless
             ,
             and
             Undefiled
             ,
             and
             separate
             from
             Sinners
             ,
             appear'd
             in
             an
             humble
             state
             to
             reform
             and
             save
             Mankind
             ,
             they
             rejected
             him
             :
             
             Thus
             the
             unregenerate
             have
             a
             carnal
             conceit
             of
             Heaven
             :
             They
             can
             only
             fancy
             it
             as
             a
             place
             of
             visible
             Glory
             ,
             and
             a
             Sanctuary
             and
             Refuge
             from
             the
             Torments
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             Notion
             desire
             it
             ;
             but
             as
             the
             Place
             wherein
             that
             Holy
             God
             is
             enjoyed
             and
             glorified
             by
             the
             Saints
             ,
             they
             cannot
             desire
             nor
             delight
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             From
             hence
             we
             should
             be
             induc'd
             to
             regulate
             our
             Minds
             ,
             Affections
             ,
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             becoming
             our
             present
             State
             and
             future
             Hopes
             .
             Our
             Father's
             House
             ,
             our
             Everlasting
             Home
             is
             Above
             ,
             and
             here
             we
             are
             Strangers
             in
             Condition
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             so
             in
             Disposition
             to
             present
             Things
             .
             This
             should
             lessen
             our
             Esteem
             ,
             our
             Desires
             and
             Delights
             ,
             and
             moderate
             our
             Endeavours
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             present
             World.
             'T
             is
             the
             wise
             and
             earnest
             counsel
             of
             St.
             
               Peter
               ,
               Dearly
               beloved
               Brethren
               ,
               I
               
               beseech
               you
               ,
               as
               Pilgrims
               and
               Strangers
               ,
               abstain
               from
               fleshly
               Lusts
               ,
               that
               war
               against
               the
               Soul.
            
             Sensual
             Lusts
             darken
             the
             Mind
             ,
             that
             it
             doth
             not
             rightly
             value
             Things
             ,
             nor
             make
             judicious
             Comparisons
             between
             superficial
             fleeting
             Things
             of
             Time
             ,
             and
             the
             sure
             and
             solid
             good
             Things
             of
             Eternity
             .
             The
             lower
             Appetites
             are
             not
             capable
             nor
             careful
             to
             obtain
             a
             Spiritual
             and
             Future
             Happiness
             ,
             but
             intensely
             applied
             to
             what
             is
             present
             and
             sensible
             .
             But
             the
             serious
             Thoughts
             of
             our
             present
             Tenure
             ,
             how
             frail
             ,
             how
             uncertain
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             next
             State
             how
             unchangeable
             and
             fixt
             ,
             would
             be
             effectual
             to
             frame
             our
             Hearts
             that
             we
             may
             manage
             the
             World
             with
             indifferent
             Affections
             ;
             
               To
               rejoice
               in
               it
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               rejoiced
               not
               ;
               to
               buy
               as
               if
               we
               possessed
               not
               ;
               to
               use
               it
               so
               as
               not
               to
               abuse
               it
               .
            
             How
             doth
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Saints
             under
             
             the
             Law
             upbraid
             our
             Infidelity
             .
             They
             had
             not
             so
             clear
             a
             revelation
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             State
             ,
             yet
             they
             
               confest
               they
               were
               Pilgrims
               and
               Strangers
               on
               Earth
               ,
               and
               desir'd
               a
               better
               Country
               .
            
             And
             David
             not
             only
             when
             he
             was
             as
             a
             Patridg
             chas'd
             upon
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             but
             when
             seated
             on
             the
             Royal
             Throne
             ,
             acknowledges
             ,
             
               We
               are
               Strangers
               ,
               as
               all
               our
               Fathers
               were
            
             ;
             and
             his
             Affections
             were
             accordingly
             weaned
             from
             the
             World.
             Was
             ever
             Passenger
             so
             foolish
             ,
             that
             being
             to
             pass
             over
             a
             narrow
             Strait
             of
             the
             Sea
             of
             a
             days
             sayling
             ,
             makes
             Provisions
             for
             a
             Voyage
             of
             a
             Year
             ?
             or
             that
             will
             be
             at
             great
             cost
             to
             paint
             an
             Inn
             ,
             and
             adorn
             it
             with
             rich
             Furniture
             ,
             where
             he
             is
             to
             lodge
             but
             a
             Night
             ?
             'T
             is
             incomparably
             more
             reproachful
             folly
             ,
             to
             spend
             the
             best
             of
             our
             Time
             ,
             and
             Strength
             ,
             and
             Spirits
             for
             the
             gaining
             the
             present
             World
             ,
             
             as
             if
             we
             were
             to
             continue
             here
             for
             ever
             .
             How
             many
             are
             sensual
             ,
             and
             secure
             in
             their
             earthly
             Enjoyments
             ,
             'till
             as
             the
             rich
             Voluptuary
             ,
             that
             was
             cloth'd
             in
             Purple
             ,
             and
             far'd
             deliciously
             every
             day
             ,
             they
             unexpectedly
             die
             ,
             and
             irrecoverably
             drop
             into
             Hell.
             Just
             like
             a
             Traveller
             ,
             that
             lays
             himself
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             some
             Trees
             in
             his
             way
             Home
             ,
             and
             sleeps
             till
             the
             Night
             with
             its
             Darkness
             and
             Dangers
             surprizes
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             destroyed
             by
             Robbers
             or
             wild
             Beasts
             .
             How
             plain
             and
             necessary
             a
             Lesson
             is
             the
             vanity
             and
             shortness
             of
             the
             present
             Life
             ?
             but
             how
             few
             effectually
             learn
             it
             ?
             The
             Psalmist
             addresses
             himself
             to
             God
             for
             Instruction
             ;
             
               So
               teach
               us
               to
               number
               our
               Days
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               apply
               our
               Hearts
               unto
               Wisdom
               .
            
             Let
             Men
             fancy
             what
             they
             please
             of
             their
             Tenure
             here
             ,
             they
             are
             
               but
               Strangers
               ,
               and
               have
               
               no
               continuing
               City
               here
            
             ;
             and
             the
             consequent
             Duty
             is
             most
             clearly
             and
             strongly
             urged
             by
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               Let
               them
               seek
               one
               to
               come
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             Let
             our
             Conversation
             be
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             whilst
             we
             are
             upon
             the
             Earth
             .
             Every
             Thing
             in
             Nature
             ,
             hath
             a
             tendency
             to
             its
             Original
             and
             Perfection
             .
             Rivers
             that
             come
             from
             the
             Sea
             ,
             are
             in
             a
             living
             Motion
             returning
             thither
             ;
             If
             you
             stop
             their
             Course
             ,
             and
             confine
             them
             ,
             though
             in
             Receptacles
             of
             Marble
             ,
             they
             corrupt
             and
             die
             .
             The
             Divine
             Nature
             in
             the
             Saints
             hath
             a
             strong
             tendency
             to
             Heaven
             from
             whence
             it
             came
             ,
             and
             raiseth
             the
             Soul
             by
             solemn
             Thoughts
             ,
             and
             ardent
             Desires
             ,
             to
             that
             Blessed
             Place
             .
             A
             Philosopher
             that
             was
             ask'd
             of
             what
             Country
             he
             was
             ;
             replied
             ,
             He
             was
             a
             Citizen
             of
             the
             World.
             The
             Scripture
             corrects
             
             the
             Language
             ,
             and
             teaches
             us
             that
             we
             are
             Citizens
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             we
             are
             passing
             to
             the
             Jerusalem
             Above
             ,
             the
             
               Land
               of
               Promise
               ,
               the
               true
               Land
               of
               the
               Living
               :
            
             and
             all
             our
             Aims
             and
             Endeavours
             should
             have
             a
             final
             respect
             thither
             .
             
               Our
               Hearts
               should
               be
               where
               our
               Treasure
               is
               .
            
             How
             joyful
             ,
             how
             advantagious
             is
             a
             Heavenly
             Conversation
             ?
             The
             serious
             and
             believing
             Contemplation
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             is
             a
             temperate
             Extasy
             ,
             and
             brings
             the
             Soul
             into
             the
             Divine
             Presence
             :
             anticipates
             the
             Joy
             of
             it
             by
             a
             sweet
             foretast
             ,
             by
             a
             supernatural
             elevation
             of
             Mind
             :
             by
             frequent
             lively
             Thoughts
             of
             our
             Glorious
             Inheritance
             ,
             we
             gradually
             enter
             into
             it
             :
             the
             prospect
             of
             that
             causes
             in
             the
             Saints
             ,
             a
             Holy
             Contempt
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             not
             worthy
             our
             Ambition
             and
             Diligence
             :
             it
             causes
             such
             a
             self-denial
             from
             the
             inviting
             temptatations
             
             of
             Sense
             ,
             that
             Men
             ,
             whose
             Portion
             is
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             are
             forc'd
             to
             admire
             their
             restraint
             from
             those
             Objects
             that
             ravish
             Carnal
             Hearts
             .
             A
             Heavenly
             Christian
             will
             improve
             sensible
             Things
             for
             spiritual
             Ends
             ;
             as
             Feathers
             that
             have
             a
             natural
             Weight
             inclining
             to
             the
             Center
             ,
             yet
             planted
             in
             the
             Wings
             of
             a
             Bird
             ,
             by
             a
             living
             Motion
             ,
             carry
             it
             aloft
             in
             the
             free
             Air.
             Our
             rising
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             is
             an
             Emblem
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             from
             the
             Grave
             ,
             to
             behold
             the
             bright
             Day
             of
             Eternity
             .
             All
             the
             Refreshments
             and
             Comforts
             of
             the
             present
             Life
             ,
             should
             be
             an
             advantage
             to
             raise
             our
             Minds
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Supreme
             Good
             ,
             whose
             Fulness
             eminently
             contains
             all
             Good
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             exceeds
             all
             our
             Expectations
             .
             Heavenly
             Love
             will
             dry
             up
             the
             Vanity
             of
             our
             Thoughts
             and
             Affections
             ,
             and
             
             rescue
             the
             Mind
             from
             the
             prostitution
             to
             sensible
             Things
             ,
             and
             most
             pleasantly
             exercise
             it
             upon
             Things
             Above
             .
             Love
             between
             Friends
             is
             maintain'd
             by
             immediate
             Converse
             ,
             or
             by
             Letters
             ,
             when
             absent
             :
             thus
             is
             Love
             between
             God
             and
             the
             Soul
             :
             And
             if
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             himself
             his
             own
             Blessedness
             ,
             his
             own
             Kingdom
             and
             Glory
             ,
             yet
             is
             pleas'd
             in
             his
             gracious
             Communications
             to
             his
             Children
             on
             Earth
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             should
             they
             by
             frequent
             and
             affectionate
             Duties
             ,
             address
             to
             him
             who
             is
             their
             eternal
             lnfinite
             Good.
             Thus
             they
             are
             acquainted
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             a
             sweet
             Peace
             ,
             and
             obtain
             an
             humble
             Confidence
             of
             appearing
             before
             him
             in
             his
             Holy
             and
             Glorious
             Habitation
             :
             whereas
             those
             who
             live
             without
             God
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             justly
             fearful
             of
             Death
             ;
             for
             then
             the
             Spirit
             returns
             to
             God
             
             that
             gave
             it
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             let
             us
             with
             zealous
             Affections
             ,
             and
             persevering
             Diligence
             prepare
             our selves
             for
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Society
             of
             Blessed
             Spirits
             in
             our
             Father's
             House
             :
             
               Let
               us
               always
               abound
               in
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               knowing
               our
               Labour
               is
               not
               in
               vain
               :
            
             Let
             us
             join
             Works
             of
             Charity
             with
             Works
             of
             Piety
             ;
             employ
             the
             fading
             Riches
             of
             the
             World
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             the
             Saints
             ;
             that
             as
             our
             Saviour
             Promises
             
               when
               we
               shall
               fail
            
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             Hour
             of
             Death
             our
             
               Flesh
               and
               Hearts
               shall
               fail
               us
               ,
            
             and
             our
             Souls
             be
             dislodged
             from
             our
             Earthly
             Tabernacles
             ,
             
             we
             
               may
               be
               received
               into
               Eternal
               Habitations
               .
            
             The
             Everlasting
             Judg
             ,
             that
             dispenses
             Rewards
             and
             Punishments
             ,
             has
             acquainted
             us
             with
             the
             Rule
             of
             Judgment
             at
             the
             last
             Day
             :
             Those
             who
             mercifully
             relieve
             him
             in
             his
             Members
             ,
             shall
             
             
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Glory
            
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             neglect
             that
             Duty
             ,
             shall
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             .
             Though
             many
             who
             are
             wretchedly
             careless
             of
             doing
             Good
             according
             to
             their
             Ability
             ,
             now
             satisfy
             themselves
             that
             they
             are
             not
             injurious
             to
             others
             :
             Yet
             it
             will
             be
             a
             small
             mitigation
             of
             their
             Sentence
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             condemn'd
             ,
             not
             for
             the
             Defect
             of
             Justice
             ,
             but
             of
             Charity
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Let
             the
             belief
             that
             there
             are
             Mansions
             of
             Rest
             and
             Joy
             prepar'd
             for
             the
             Saints
             in
             their
             Father's
             House
             ,
             gloriously
             support
             them
             under
             their
             heaviest
             Troubles
             here
             .
             This
             World
             is
             the
             Devil's
             Circuit
             ,
             wherein
             he
             is
             alwayes
             ranging
             about
             seeking
             to
             devour
             :
             The
             pleasant
             Things
             of
             the
             World
             are
             his
             Temptations
             to
             ensnare
             the
             Carnal
             ;
             the
             Men
             of
             the
             World
             are
             his
             Instruments
             to
             
             oppress
             the
             Saints
             ;
             and
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             Restraints
             of
             the
             Divine
             Power
             ,
             what
             Desolations
             would
             be
             made
             in
             God's
             Heritage
             ?
             
             'T
             was
             a
             strange
             and
             barbarous
             Custom
             among
             the
             Persians
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             for
             five
             days
             the
             Empire
             was
             left
             without
             Government
             .
             And
             as
             upon
             removing
             the
             Stone
             from
             the
             Fabulous
             Cave
             of
             Aeolus
             ,
             the
             Winds
             broke
             out
             in
             their
             fury
             :
             so
             by
             taking
             away
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Laws
             ,
             licence
             was
             given
             to
             all
             Licentiousness
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             was
             in
             mortal
             Paroxisms
             .
             All
             were
             in
             Arms
             ,
             some
             to
             do
             Injuries
             ,
             others
             to
             revenge
             them
             :
             the
             Chastity
             of
             none
             was
             secure
             ,
             but
             conceal'd
             ,
             nor
             the
             Estates
             of
             any
             but
             defended
             :
             the
             Bridle
             of
             Fear
             was
             taken
             off
             ,
             no
             Wickedness
             but
             was
             boldly
             committed
             ,
             or
             attempted
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             
             became
             a
             Field
             of
             Bloody
             War.
             But
             when
             the
             new
             King
             was
             proclaim'd
             ,
             all
             things
             were
             immediately
             reduc'd
             to
             Order
             ,
             that
             the
             Advantage
             of
             Government
             might
             be
             set
             off
             by
             the
             experimental
             Confusions
             and
             Mischiefs
             of
             Anarchy
             .
             But
             if
             God
             left
             the
             perverted
             World
             ,
             and
             Satan
             the
             Prince
             of
             it
             ,
             one
             day
             to
             their
             rage
             against
             his
             People
             ,
             did
             he
             not
             shut
             
               it
               in
               with
               Doors
               ,
               and
               Bars
               ,
            
             as
             he
             doth
             the
             impetuous
             Ocean
             ;
             so
             swelling
             and
             diffusive
             is
             their
             Malignity
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             ,
             like
             the
             Deluge
             ,
             drown
             all
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             Remnant
             of
             the
             Saints
             would
             be
             left
             .
             Yet
             God
             wisely
             permits
             many
             Temporal
             Evils
             to
             be
             inflicted
             on
             his
             Servants
             by
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             for
             the
             tryal
             of
             their
             Fidelity
             ,
             and
             their
             noble
             Resolution
             to
             glorify
             him
             whatever
             they
             suffer
             for
             his
             sake
             .
             And
             it
             becomes
             them
             ,
             with
             an
             
             undisturb'd
             serenity
             of
             Mind
             ,
             and
             harmony
             of
             Affections
             ,
             with
             an
             invincible
             Patience
             ,
             to
             bear
             all
             the
             Scorn
             and
             Contempt
             ,
             all
             the
             Malice
             ,
             and
             Fury
             to
             which
             they
             are
             expos'd
             upon
             a
             Christian
             account
             .
             Let
             them
             remember
             
               they
               are
               Strangers
               and
               Sojourners
               here
               ,
            
             and
             live
             by
             other
             Laws
             than
             the
             World
             doth
             ,
             which
             causes
             their
             hatred
             :
             But
             in
             their
             Father's
             House
             there
             will
             be
             perfect
             Rest.
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             who
             had
             experience
             of
             both
             in
             a
             singular
             manner
             ,
             declares
             ,
             
               I
               reckon
               that
               the
               Sufferings
               of
               the
               present
               State
               ,
               are
               not
               worthy
               to
               be
               compar'd
               ,
               to
               the
               Glory
               that
               shall
               be
               reveal'd
               in
               us
               .
            
             In
             that
             State
             of
             pure
             Felicity
             ,
             there
             are
             no
             remains
             of
             Afflicting
             Evils
             ;
             all
             is
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Joy
             ,
             and
             Glory
             .
          
           
             Seneca
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             when
             an
             Exile
             ,
             and
             confin'd
             to
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Corsica
             ,
             entertain'd
             
             himself
             with
             the
             contemplation
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             
             and
             the
             bright
             Luminaries
             ,
             in
             their
             various
             but
             regular
             Motions
             :
             Thus
             when
             banish'd
             from
             the
             Court
             and
             City
             ,
             he
             dwelt
             amongst
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             casting
             his
             Eyes
             down
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             despis'd
             all
             Humane
             Greatness
             and
             Possessions
             ,
             (
             that
             are
             so
             vainly
             magnified
             by
             figurative
             Flatteries
             )
             as
             we
             do
             a
             grain
             of
             Sand.
             Did
             Philosophy
             inspire
             him
             with
             such
             Principles
             of
             Patience
             and
             Fortitude
             ?
             yet
             it
             ascended
             no
             higher
             than
             the
             visible
             Heavens
             .
             How
             much
             more
             should
             Faith
             that
             raises
             a
             Christian
             ,
             by
             high
             and
             steady
             Thoughts
             ,
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Heaven
             where
             the
             Divine
             Glory
             shines
             ,
             comfort
             him
             in
             all
             the
             
             Troubles
             of
             this
             World.
             Add
             further
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             an
             excellent
             Preservative
             from
             Envy
             and
             Fretfulness
             at
             the
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             to
             consider
             that
             their
             Felicity
             is
             as
             transient
             and
             vanishing
             as
             the
             Trouble
             of
             the
             Saints
             :
             
             
               I
               have
               seen
               the
               Wicked
               in
               great
               Power
               ,
               and
               spreading
               himself
               like
               a
               green
               Bay
               Tree
               :
               yet
               he
               pass'd
               away
               ,
               and
               lo
               ,
               he
               was
               not
               :
               yea
               ,
               I
               sought
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               could
               not
               be
               found
               .
            
             All
             the
             Riches
             ,
             and
             Greatness
             ,
             and
             Pleasures
             of
             the
             World
             are
             weighed
             ,
             number'd
             ,
             and
             measur'd
             by
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             and
             found
             to
             be
             as
             light
             and
             fading
             as
             Vanity
             .
             
               Naked
               they
               came
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               naked
               they
               must
               go
               out
            
             ;
             and
             how
             much
             more
             tormenting
             will
             it
             be
             to
             be
             stript
             of
             all
             their
             Enjoyments
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             sorrowful
             will
             they
             be
             to
             go
             from
             their
             great
             Possessions
             ,
             than
             for
             one
             that
             leaves
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             never
             
             had
             them
             ?
             Their
             Hopes
             are
             like
             the
             giving
             up
             of
             the
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             expire
             with
             their
             Breath
             for
             ever
             .
             
               I
               went
               into
               the
               Sanctuary
            
             ,
             
             
               saith
               the
               troubled
               Saint
               ,
               then
               understood
               I
               their
               End
               :
            
             The
             End
             of
             their
             Felicity
             ,
             and
             the
             Miseries
             of
             the
             Righteous
             .
             Besides
             the
             Evils
             suffer'd
             for
             Righteousness-sake
             ,
             there
             are
             innumerable
             Sorrows
             that
             befal
             the
             Saints
             here
             .
             How
             many
             afflicting
             Diseases
             ,
             sad
             Occurrences
             ,
             vexing
             Passions
             harras
             them
             ?
             Some
             Afflictions
             are
             so
             wounding
             to
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             no
             Balm
             that
             growns
             on
             Earth
             can
             heal
             .
             But
             the
             lively
             Hope
             of
             Heaven
             is
             an
             Universal
             Cure
             for
             all
             their
             Troubles
             .
             Let
             the
             mourning
             Christian
             consider
             the
             wise
             Providence
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             orders
             all
             Events
             ,
             and
             believe
             his
             Love
             in
             sending
             ,
             and
             his
             End
             in
             all
             their
             Afflictions
             .
             Such
             is
             the
             Divine
             Power
             that
             God
             could
             immediately
             free
             us
             from
             all
             Troubles
             ,
             
             as
             easily
             ,
             as
             turn
             the
             Wind
             from
             a
             blasting
             Quarter
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             to
             the
             most
             Benign
             and
             Refreshing
             .
             Are
             we
             pain'd
             with
             Diseases
             ?
             he
             can
             more
             easily
             change
             the
             Tone
             of
             Nature
             in
             a
             sickly
             Body
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             healthy
             ;
             than
             one
             can
             change
             the
             stop
             in
             an
             Organ
             that
             presently
             alters
             the
             sound
             :
             but
             his
             Love
             dispenses
             bitter
             Things
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             are
             necessary
             for
             our
             Spiritual
             and
             Everlasting
             Good.
             His
             End
             is
             to
             prepare
             us
             for
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             is
             prepared
             for
             us
             .
             The
             Apostle
             declares
             ,
             
               He
               that
               hath
               wrought
               us
               for
               the
               self-same
               thing
               ,
               is
               God
               :
            
             that
             is
             ,
             made
             us
             fit
             for
             the
             Heavenly
             Glory
             .
             The
             Divine
             disposal
             of
             Things
             here
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
             has
             a
             certain
             Order
             to
             their
             Eternal
             State.
             He
             purgeth
             out
             our
             vicious
             guilty
             Affections
             to
             the
             World
             by
             sharp
             Physick
             ,
             that
             our
             Hopes
             of
             Heaven
             may
             be
             more
             pure
             and
             vigorous
             ,
             more
             
             actuated
             by
             serious
             Thoughts
             and
             intense
             Desires
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             feel
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             
             Psalmist's
             Expression
             ,
             
               O
               when
               shall
               we
               come
               and
               appear
               before
               God!
               
            
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             Art
             thou
             in
             the
             Vale
             of
             Tears
             ,
             languishing
             in
             Sorrow
             ,
             and
             dying
             every
             Day
             ?
             by
             Faith
             ascend
             to
             
               the
               Mountains
               of
               Spices
            
             ,
             the
             Blessed
             Place
             Above
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             find
             the
             Comforts
             of
             God
             to
             revive
             and
             delight
             thy
             Soul.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Let
             this
             reconcile
             Death
             to
             us
             .
             The
             Pale
             Horse
             is
             sent
             to
             bring
             us
             to
             our
             Father's
             House
             .
             The
             Apostle
             expresses
             the
             true
             Christian
             Temper
             :
             
             
               In
               this
               we
               groan
               earnestly
               ,
               desiring
               to
               be
               clothed
               with
               our
               House
               that
               is
               from
               Heaven
               :
               And
               we
               are
               willing
               rather
               to
               be
               absent
               from
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               present
               with
               the
               Lord.
            
             Every
             Saint
             in
             the
             present
             World
             is
             both
             a
             Prison
             and
             a
             Captive
             :
             his
             
             Soul
             is
             detain'd
             from
             the
             glorious
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             confinement
             to
             his
             Body
             .
             Therefore
             methinks
             he
             should
             not
             merely
             be
             content
             to
             die
             out
             of
             the
             Necessity
             of
             Nature
             ,
             when
             he
             can
             live
             no
             longer
             ,
             but
             desire
             the
             happy
             removal
             ,
             and
             say
             with
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             
               I
               rejoic'd
               when
               they
               said
               to
               me
               ,
               Let
               us
               go
               into
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Lord.
            
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             Nature
             will
             recoile
             ,
             and
             the
             extinguishing
             the
             present
             Life
             ,
             with
             all
             its
             sensible
             pleasant
             Operations
             ,
             is
             uneasy
             to
             us
             :
             but
             as
             when
             the
             Candles
             are
             put
             out
             ,
             the
             Sun
             rises
             in
             its
             brightness
             ,
             so
             when
             the
             Natural
             Life
             ceases
             ,
             the
             Spiritual
             Life
             springs
             forth
             in
             its
             Oriency
             and
             Glory
             :
             
               When
               the
               Earthly
               Tabernacle
               is
               dissolv'd
               ,
               the
               naked
               separate
               Soul
               shall
               be
               received
               into
               a
               Building
               not
               made
               with
               Hands
               ,
               Eternal
               in
               the
               Heavens
               .
            
             Our
             joyful
             Affections
             ,
             in
             leaving
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             ascending
             
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             should
             be
             in
             some
             manner
             suitable
             to
             our
             reception
             there
             .
             What
             a
             joyful
             Welcome
             will
             entertain
             us
             from
             God
             himself
             ?
             Our
             Saviour
             comforted
             his
             Disciples
             with
             a
             Heavenly
             Valediction
             ,
             
               I
               go
               to
               my
               Father
               ,
               and
               your
               Father
               ;
               to
               my
               God
               ,
               and
               your
               God.
            
             The
             Gracious
             Relation
             sweetens
             the
             Glorious
             .
             He
             that
             joyfully
             receives
             the
             rebellious
             ,
             but
             penitent
             Son
             to
             Grace
             ,
             will
             joyfully
             receive
             his
             obedient
             Sons
             to
             Glory
             .
             He
             that
             now
             receives
             their
             Prayers
             with
             the
             Affection
             of
             a
             Father
             ,
             will
             receive
             their
             Persons
             with
             the
             dearest
             Expressions
             of
             Love.
             His
             Fatherly
             Providence
             watch'd
             over
             them
             in
             the
             Way
             ,
             and
             will
             triumphantly
             bring
             them
             Home
             .
             Here
             many
             Blessed
             Testimonies
             of
             God's
             Love
             are
             given
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
             that
             produce
             such
             a
             spiritual
             sweetness
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             they
             esteem
             his
             loving
             Kindness
             
             as
             better
             than
             Life
             ,
             more
             worth
             than
             all
             the
             World
             ;
             but
             the
             full
             revealing
             of
             his
             Love
             is
             only
             in
             Heaven
             .
             And
             as
             a
             Child
             knows
             by
             Experience
             the
             Love
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             but
             the
             Degrees
             and
             Strength
             of
             his
             Affection
             he
             does
             not
             understand
             till
             arrived
             at
             mature
             Age
             ,
             and
             sees
             the
             Inheritance
             his
             Father
             enstates
             upon
             him
             .
             Thus
             in
             Heaven
             only
             the
             Saints
             shall
             know
             the
             excellent
             and
             perfect
             Love
             of
             God
             to
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             possess'd
             of
             that
             Glorious
             Kingdom
             ,
             his
             most
             free
             and
             rich
             Gift
             ,
             which
             transcends
             all
             their
             present
             Thoughts
             .
             And
             our
             blessed
             Redeemer
             ,
             that
             by
             so
             many
             Titles
             has
             an
             Interest
             in
             us
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             contented
             in
             his
             own
             Personal
             Glory
             ,
             without
             our
             partaking
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             by
             his
             Resurrection
             open'd
             the
             Grave
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Ascension
             open'd
             Heaven
             for
             us
             ;
             how
             dearly
             will
             he
             receive
             us
             ?
             He
             esteems
             
             Believers
             to
             
               be
               his
               Joy
               and
               Crown
            
             ,
             and
             with
             an
             extasy
             of
             Affection
             will
             present
             them
             to
             his
             Father
             ;
             
               Behold
               I
               ,
               and
               the
               Children
               that
               God
               has
               given
               me
               .
            
             The
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             Above
             overflow
             with
             Joy
             ;
             when
             the
             Soul
             ,
             as
             a
             pure
             Spark
             freed
             from
             its
             Ashes
             ,
             ascends
             to
             the
             Element
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             how
             joyfully
             is
             it
             entertain'd
             by
             that
             Glorious
             Assembly
             ?
             The
             Angels
             that
             rejoice
             at
             the
             Conversion
             of
             a
             Sinner
             ,
             will
             much
             more
             at
             the
             Glorification
             of
             a
             Saint
             ;
             and
             the
             Saints
             have
             a
             new
             accession
             to
             their
             Joy
             ,
             upon
             the
             reception
             of
             any
             of
             their
             Brethren
             to
             that
             State
             of
             Felicity
             .
          
           
             The
             Saints
             of
             all
             Ages
             may
             be
             resembled
             to
             a
             Fleet
             of
             Merchant-men
             that
             are
             bound
             for
             the
             same
             Port
             ,
             some
             arrive
             sooner
             ,
             others
             later
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             time
             of
             their
             setting
             out
             :
             but
             those
             who
             arrive
             first
             ,
             how
             do
             they
             welcome
             their
             Friends
             that
             
             come
             safely
             afterwards
             ?
             An
             imperfect
             resemblance
             how
             dearly
             and
             joyfully
             the
             Saints
             that
             are
             gone
             before
             us
             welcome
             those
             who
             arrive
             in
             Heaven
             every
             day
             ,
             knowing
             the
             dangerous
             Seas
             they
             have
             past
             through
             ,
             where
             so
             many
             have
             been
             cast
             away
             and
             lost
             for
             ever
             .
             All
             Heaven
             is
             in
             Musick
             ,
             celebrating
             the
             Praises
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             expressing
             their
             joyful
             sense
             ,
             when
             a
             Victorious
             Saint
             is
             come
             to
             receive
             his
             Reward
             .
             How
             does
             this
             Consideration
             upbraid
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             so
             unwilling
             to
             be
             dissolv'd
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             with
             our
             best
             Friends
             in
             the
             best
             Place
             ?
             that
             our
             Tears
             and
             Sorrows
             for
             leaving
             the
             Earthly
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             the
             low
             Comforts
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             should
             continue
             till
             we
             come
             to
             the
             Gate
             of
             Heaven
             ?
             How
             can
             we
             be
             content
             with
             the
             Imperfections
             of
             the
             present
             State
             ?
             Here
             we
             are
             as
             distant
             from
             compleat
             
             Happiness
             ,
             as
             the
             highest
             Heaven
             is
             from
             the
             Earth
             .
             Where
             is
             our
             Faith
             in
             the
             Promises
             of
             God
             ?
             Where
             is
             our
             Love
             to
             our
             Redeemer
             and
             our
             Souls
             ?
             The
             lothness
             of
             a
             Sincere
             Christian
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             be
             with
             Christ
             ,
             is
             a
             deflection
             from
             his
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             This
             should
             refresh
             our
             Sorrows
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             our
             dearest
             Friends
             that
             die
             in
             the
             Lord.
             Here
             is
             a
             mournful
             parting
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             laid
             in
             the
             cold
             ,
             dark
             and
             silent
             Mansions
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             when
             those
             whom
             we
             lov'd
             as
             our
             own
             Souls
             ,
             are
             finally
             separated
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             see
             their
             Faces
             no
             more
             .
             And
             as
             one
             that
             is
             directed
             by
             the
             Light
             of
             a
             Torch
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             is
             more
             sensible
             of
             the
             Darkness
             ,
             than
             if
             he
             had
             not
             been
             inlightned
             by
             it
             :
             So
             when
             those
             dear
             Friends
             are
             taken
             away
             ,
             whose
             Conversation
             was
             the
             Light
             and
             Joy
             of
             our
             
             Lives
             ,
             we
             are
             more
             darkned
             with
             Sorrow
             ,
             than
             if
             we
             had
             never
             injoy'd
             them
             .
             But
             if
             we
             duly
             consider
             Things
             ,
             there
             is
             more
             reason
             of
             Joy
             ,
             than
             Sorrow
             ,
             at
             the
             departure
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
             Our
             Saviour
             tells
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             that
             were
             mourning
             for
             his
             signifying
             that
             he
             must
             go
             away
             ,
             
               If
               ye
               loved
               me
               ,
               ye
               would
               rejoyce
               ,
               because
               I
               say
               I
               must
               go
               to
               my
               Father
               to
               reign
               with
               him
               in
               Soveraign
               Glory
               .
            
             Sincere
             Love
             will
             make
             us
             more
             to
             rejoice
             in
             their
             Gain
             ,
             than
             to
             grieve
             for
             our
             Loss
             .
             Especially
             considering
             within
             a
             little
             while
             we
             shall
             be
             inseparably
             united
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Glory
             ,
             where
             Love
             reigns
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Some
           Books
           lately
           Printed
           for
           
             Jonathan
             Robinson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Golden
           Lion
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
        
         
           A
           Second
           Volume
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           on
           Mat.
           25.
           
           John
           17.
           
           Rom.
           6
           ,
           and
           8
           th
           Chapters
           ,
           &c.
           
           Preached
           by
           the
           late
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           
             Tho.
             Manton
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           In
           two
           Parts
           .
        
         
           The
           vanity
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           with
           other
           Sermons
           .
           By
           
             Ezekiel
             Hopkins
          
           ,
           now
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           London-Derry
           in
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           A
           Paraphrase
           ,
           with
           Notes
           and
           a
           Preface
           ,
           on
           the
           6
           th
           of
           St.
           John
           ,
           shewing
           that
           there
           is
           neither
           Good
           Reason
           ,
           nor
           Sufficient
           Authority
           ,
           to
           suppose
           that
           the
           Eucharist
           is
           discoursed
           of
           in
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           infer
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Grotius
           his
           Arguments
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           rendred
           into
           plain
           English
           Verse
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           on
           1
           John
           5.4
           .
           [
           
             This
             is
             the
             Victory
             over
             the
             World
             ,
             even
             our
             Faith.
          
           ]
           Preached
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           
             &c.
             July
          
           18.
           1686.
           
           By
           
             James
             Fen
          
           ,
           M.
           A.
           and
           Vicar
           of
           Goudhurst
           in
           Kent
           .
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           
             Bosom
             Sins
          
           .
           A
           Sermon
           (
           on
           Psal.
           18.23
           .
           )
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           
             &c.
             Octob.
          
           10.
           1686.
           
           By
           
             Peter
             Newcome
          
           ,
           M.A.
           and
           Vicar
           of
           Alderham
           in
           Hertfordshire
           .
        
         
           The
           present
           State
           of
           the
           
             Ottoman
             Empire
          
           ;
           containing
           the
           Maxims
           of
           the
           Turkish
           Polity
           ;
           the
           most
           material
           Points
           of
           the
           Mahometan
           Religion
           ;
           their
           Military
           Discipline
           :
           With
           an
           exact
           computation
           of
           their
           Forces
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land.
           By
           Sir
           
             Paul
             Rycaut
          
           Knight
           .
        
         
           A
           Compleat
           Journey
           through
           Italy
           ;
           Containing
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           Description
           of
           the
           chief
           Towns
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           Monasteries
           ,
           &c.
           By
           
             R.
             Lassell
          
           Gent.
           
        
         
           The
           Great
           Evil
           of
           Health-Drinking
           ;
           or
           a
           Discourse
           wherein
           the
           Original
           ,
           Evil
           ,
           and
           Mischief
           of
           drinking
           of
           Healths
           are
           discovered
           and
           detected
           :
           With
           Remedies
           and
           Antidotes
           against
           it
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           prevent
           the
           sad
           Consequents
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Best
             Fence
             against
             Popery
          
           ;
           or
           a
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Affairs
           ,
           being
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Papists
           Objections
           against
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           by
           a
           Learned
           Divine
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26807-e220
           
             Ch.
             13.33
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             36.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             19.1
             .
          
           
             1
             Peter
             1.21
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Heb.
             11.10
             
          
           
             Job
             38.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             *
             Mr.
             Boyle
             ,
             
               Of
               the
               high
               Veneration
               Man's
               Intellect
               ows
               to
               God
               ,
            
             &c.
             p.
             11.
             
          
           
             Quantumlibet
             capacem
             ventrem
             afferat
             Fons
             vincit
             sitientem
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             102.
             2
             
             Peter
             Chap.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.12
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             3.5
             .
          
           
             2
             Chr.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             2
             Chr.
             5.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             11.4
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             6.3
             .
          
           
             3
             Joh.
             3.2
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             65.4
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             36.8
             .
          
           
             Acts
             16.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Zeph.
             3.17
             
          
           
             Prov.
             8.31
             
          
           
             Isa.
             53.11
             .
          
           
             Omnia
             suspiria
             in
             Christo
             anhelent
             .
             Ille
             unus
             pulcherrimus
             qui
             foedos
             dilexit
             ,
             ut
             pulchros
             faceret
             ,
             desideretur
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             19.7
             .
          
           
             Sed
             nihil
             libentius
             populus
             Romanus
             aspexit
             ,
             quam
             illas
             quas
             timuerat
             cum
             turribus
             suis
             bestias
             ,
             quae
             non
             sine
             sensu
             captivitatis
             submissis
             cervicibus
             victores
             equos
             sequebantur
             .
             Flor.
             lib.
             1.
             c.
             18.
             
          
           
             Obstupescit
             obruiturque
             miraculis
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Totum
             Deum
             occupatum
             ,
             &
             deditum
             manu
             ,
             opere
             ,
             consilio
             ,
             sapientiâ
             .
             Amor
             dictabat
             lineamenta
             .
          
           
             John
             17.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             60.19
             .
          
           
             Amicitiae
             nomen
             privatum
             non
             solum
             intra
             aulam
             vocasti
             ,
             sed
             indutam
             auro
             ,
             gemmisque
             redimitam
             solio
             recepisti
             .
             
               Lat.
               Pacat
               .
               paneg
            
             .
             ad
             Theod.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             
          
           
             John
             12.26
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.25
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             9.12
             .
          
           
             Titus
             3.7
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.30
             .
          
           
             Plut.
             
          
           
             John
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.5
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.23
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             3.3
             .
          
           
             Luke
             16.9
             .
          
           
             Sext
             Empirie
             cont
             .
             Mathem
             .
          
           
             Dum
             oculi
             mei
             ab
             illo
             Spectaculo
             cujus
             insatiabiles
             sunt
             ,
             non
             abducantur
             ,
             dum
             mihi
             lunam
             ,
             solemque
             intueri
             liceat
             ,
             dum
             caeteris
             inhaerere
             Syderibus
             ,
             &
             dum
             cum
             his
             sim
             ,
             &
             Coelestibus
             qua
             homini
             fas
             est
             miscear
             ,
             dum
             animam
             ad
             cognitarum
             rerum
             conspectum
             tendentem
             in
             sublimi
             semper
             habeam
             ,
             quantum
             refert
             mea
             quid
             calcem
             ?
             Consol.
             ad
             Hier.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             37.35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             73.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.