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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42153	Abraham's prospect Being a sermon preached at the funeral of Mr John Williams, late vicar of Devinnocke, in the parish-church of Llanspithid in the county of Brecon, on the 12th day of June, 1680. By Owen Griffith.	Griffith, Owen.	1681 (1681)	Wing G2018B; ESTC R218703	21,276	27

Foundation sufficient to underprop and secure it for ever so that we shall not need to be troubled with Anaxagoras his conceit that Heaven was made of stones and would one day fall upon mens heads 1. Christs Merit and Purchase this is one and a sure foundation for other foundation can no man lay than that that is laid Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 3.11 He is the chief corner stone Eph. 2.20 only by Christ is there such a place as Heaven and such a state as Salvation attainable for believers No created righteousness is able to support it self from ruin Angels are mutable Creatures created with a natural blessedness from which some did and all might have fallen now that the good Angels are immutable they owe it to Christ by whom they received a blessedness supernatural which by Creation they had not For though he be not properly a Redeemer or a Mediator of Attonement yet as some Divines say is he a Confirmer and supporter of Angels of him therefore the whole family in Heaven and earth is named Eph. 3.15 and by him hath God reconciled to himself all things whether they be things in heaven or things in earth Col. 1.21 As the Angels fell so man in innocency standing upon the foundation of his own righteousness that proved rotten and deceitful and the building of his happiness rear'd upon it was beaten down with the violent storm of the very first Temptation But the happiness of Heaven will be firm and certain because founded upon Christs perfect righteousness not the creatures changeable will and variable obedience He that bought us at so dear a rate will not trust us with our selves any more and our happiness shall be not in our own hands but in the safe keeping of a faithful Creator and most merciful Redeemer And oh with what kisses of love shall we embrace and hug those wounds by which he purchased the possession of that Inheritance for us with what ravishment of affections shall we sound forth that Song of Triumph and Thanksgiving to our Deliverer Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honour and riches and wisdom and strengh and glory Rev. 5.12 for he was slain and hath redeemed us to God by his bloud out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation ver 9. The other I shall mention is 2. Gods free love and goodness whereby he hath designed for believers an eternal Well-being in glory before they had a temporary being in Nature from the Abyss of everlastingness had he thoughts of kindness towards us and even then did lay contrivances of Bliss for us who since we were deserved nothing but damnation These are the everlasting arms that are underneath the Saints in glory Deut. 33.27 It is in this hand even of Gods love that the Souls of the righteous are Wisd 3.1 out of which none shall be able to pluck them Joh. 10.29 If once these arms impale us neither sin nor hell shall get us thence for ever The Sanctuary is inviolable the rock impregnable and we safely lock'd up to eternity So safe that they who would pass from hence cannot saith the Gospel Luk. 16.26 None certainly can be ever willing to lose that happiness or to have it suspended for a moment yet upon supposal that they could be willing and have a mind to exchange places they shall not be able the gulf of God's irreversible decree and kindness towards them is fixed and they shall never be able to alter it So that as the Bee sucks and satiates her self with the sweetness of the flower or as the child lies at the breast sucking and inclosed within the careful and tender arms of the loving mother so shall the happy Soul securely feed on the deliciousness of God's love with whom there will never be any variableness or shadow of changing And this assurance of the perpetuity of this happiness is that which heightens it Every moment will be sweeter to us in that we shall never be disquieted with the thought that our condition as happy as it is will have an end which thought like Gall and Wormwood poured into those rivers of pleasures would imbitter and allay the lusciousness of them to our taste And this assurance is built on this principal foundation of Gods love and immutable purpose which standeth fast 2 Tim. 2.19 and hath this Seal the Lord knoweth who are his he knoweth them so as to approve of them and preserve them in that happiness of Soul and body to all eternity which he himself hath ordained for them and doth conferr upon them and this leads to the second particular by which the excellency of this City is described and that is 2. It s Architect and Author whose builder and maker is God Every work receives its estimate and value from the skilfulness and reputation of the Author Any picture drawn by the hand of an ingenious Apelles or any piece of Sculpture carved by an inspired Bezaliel or Aholiab will affect the heart and command the eye into the greatest diligence and curiosity of observation Solomons Temple was a magnificent building The expence was great David having prepared 100000 Talents of Gold and 1000000 Talents of Silver besides Brass and iron without weight 1 Chr. 22.14 The labourers were many 17000 besides Overseers with Hiram and cunning Artificers 2 Chr. 2.14 The time spent in building was long 7 years notwithstanding all that help and preparation All which contributed to render it certainly a most admirable and glorious structure But here behold a more glorious than Solomons whose builder is God He doth not only say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whole maker that word being more general and appliable to the whole Creation but also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whose Artist ad excellentiam operis refertur Zanchius which sets forth in a peculiar manner the excellency and beauty of this work Indeed any immediate work of God is stupendous and requires our wonder What a rare Fabrick is that great house we now dwell in which is of his making How is the floor dressed with herbs and flowers and trees and watered with Rivers and Springs and Seas what a rich Canopy is hung over the heads of Worms The visible heavens are the Sieling of this house and the Stars like golden Studs or sparkling Diamonds adorn that Sieling How vast and pleasant a building admirably beautified with astonishing workmanship in every part and fitted not only for our necessities but delight If we view mans body the mansion of his Soul what mysteries of the divine skill are to be found in the narrow compass thereof it is not a rude lump or mass of clay thrust together but a piece of so rare an Architecture and composed with so much curiosity and exactness that no hand but Gods could make any thing to equal it and the most curious piles in the world are but heaps compared unto it If Nature hath so much beauty in it how beautiful a thing