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A65287 The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson. Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. 1654 (1654) Wing W1113; ESTC R27057 106,135 340

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reigne then surely the Church of God should not be militant upon earth but triumphant But behold the honour of the Saints they shall be all Kings though I say not in this life all Christs Subjects are Kings therefore you read of 1. Their Royal ●obe Revel 6. v. 11. 2. Their Throne Revel 3 v. 21. To him that overcomes I will give him to sit upon my Fathers throne Perhaps here he had but a poor thatched house but there a Throne 3. Their Crown In this world the Saints weare a crown of Thornes but there a crown of Glory and this crown hath two Properties 1. It is Incorruptible 1 Pet. 5.4 it fades not away it doth not wither but after millions of years is as bright and flourishing as at the first dayes wearing eternity is a flower of the Saints crown 2. It is unmixed it hath no cares woven into it Kings crowns are so weighty in regard of the cares and sorrowes appendant that often they make their head ake Cyrus the Persian King was wont to say Did men but know the cares which he sustained under an Imperiall crown he thought no man would stoop to take it up The Crown Royall though it may be made of pure gold yet it is mixt mettal but the Saints Crown in glory is without mixture it is not mingled with care of keeping or feare of losing oh then let us be willing to suffer for Christ if we beare the Crosse we shall wear the Crown A second Part of the Saints honour is they shall sit with Jesus Christ when he judgeth the world Know ye not that the Saints shall judge the world The Saints shall sit with Christ in Judicature as the Justice of Peace with the Judge the Saints are Christs Assessors they shall be with him upon the Bench applauding his righteous sentence O what a glorious Tribunal will that be here the world judgeth the Saints but there the Saints shall judge the world 3. They shall sit nearer the Throne then the Angels the Angels are noble and sublime Spirits but Christ having taken our flesh the knot being tied between the Divine and Humane Nature in the Virgins womb we shall be ennobled with greater honour then the Angels the Angels are Christs friends but not his brethren we are flesh of his flesh He is not ashamed to call them brethren and surely Christ will see them of the blood royall advanced To what Angels hath Christ said Ye are my brethren This honour have all his Saints As the Saints robes in glory shal be brighter then the Angels their 's being only the righteousnesse of creatures but these having upon them the Righteousness of God So their dignity shall be greater O infinite here we are prisoners at bar but there Favourites at Court the Saints shall sit down in glory above the Angels SECT IV. The fourth Priviledge of being with Christ. THe next priviledge is Joy This joy of the Saints proceeds from Union when our union with Christ is perfect then our joy shall be full Rev. 21.4 And God shall wipe away all tears and there shall be no more sorrow 1. There shall be no weeping Jesus Christ hath provided a Spunge to wipe off the tears of the Saints Here the Spouse is in Sable it being a time of absence from her Husband But in heaven Christ will take away the Spouses mourning he will pull off all her black and bloody robes and will cloath her in white robes Revel 7.13 White as it is an Embleme of the Saints purity so it is a type of their joy heaven should not be heaven if there were weeping there hell indeed is called a place of weeping they that would not shed a teare for their sinnes while they lived shall have weeping enough but we never read of weeping in heaven Christ will take downe our harps from the Willows there he will call for his Heralds and trumpeters the Angels those blessed Quiristers shall sing the divine anthems of praise an● the Saints shall joyne in that heavenly Consort If it were possible that any teares could be shed when we are with Christ they should be the teares of joy as sometimes we have seene a man weepe for exessive joy Christ will turne all our water there into wine 2. There shall be no sorrow one smile from Christs face will make us forget all our afflictions sorrow is a cloud gathered in the heart upon the apprehension of some evil and weeping is the cloud of griefe dropping into raine but in heaven the Sun of righteousness shall shine so bright that there shall not be the least interposition of any cloud there shall be no sorrow there nor any thing to breed it there shall be no sin to humble heaven is such a pure soile that the Viper of sin will not breed there there shall be no Devil to tempt the old Serpent is cast out of the heavenly Paradise There shall be no Enemy to molest When Israel had conquered Canaan yet they could not get rid of all the Canaanites they would live among them But the Canaanites would dwell in that land But when we are with Christ we shall never be troubled with Canaanites more In that day I may allude to that of the Prophet there shall be no more the Canaanite dwell in the house of the Lord God will keep the heavenly Paradise with a flaming Sword that none shall come neere to hurt Upon all that glory shall be a defence There shall be nothing to breed sorrow in heaven There are two things that usually raise the clouds of sorrow and both shall be removed when we are with Christ. 1. The frownes of great men how ambitious are men of the Princes smile but alas that quickly sets in a cloud and then their comforts are in the wain they are sad but when we are with Christ we shall have a perpetual smile from God the Saints shall never be out of favour Jesus Christ is the great favorite at Court and as long as God smiles upon Christ so long he will smile upon the Saints they having on Christs beauty and being part of Christ. 2. The losse of deare friends a friend imparts secrets friendship is the marriage of affections it makes two become one spirit David and Ionathan tooke sweete counsel together their heart was knit in one now here is the grief when this precious knot must be untyed but be of good cheare if thy friend belong to the election after thou hast parted with thy sinnes thou shalt meet with him and never part If thy friend be wicked though he were thy friend on earth thou wilt cease to be his friend in heaven The pious wife shall not complaine she hath lost her husband nor the religious Parent that he hath lost his childe all relations are infinitely made up in Christ as the whole constellation in the Sunne that great Lamp of Heaven When a man comes to