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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02880	Heauens ioy, or, Heauen begun vpon earth Wherein there is discouered more plainely than euer formerly. The happy and surpassing glorious estate of a iustified person, or a saint on earth. Also that greater happinesse at the day of iudgement. And a small tast of that greatest and most glorious estate prepared for vs in the highest heauens. Also the writer will bee ready to defend what is here written against all opposers whatsoeuer.	Traske, John, d. ca. 1638, attributed name.	1616 (1616)	STC 13019; ESTC S118657	50,366	168

glorified Saints and blessed Patriarches holy Prophets glorious Apostles triumphing Martyrs chast Virgins louing Angels Where I shall haue plentie without want health without sicknesse honour without disgrace peace without trouble strength without weakenesse courage without feare loue without hatred ioy without sorrow light without darknesse beautie without deformity safety without danger knowledge without ignorance life without death all good without any euill Yea this blessednes is so great that the more I conceiue of it the shorter I come to comprehend it Yea if it were possible that the glory and excellency of the meanest Saint in heauen were to bee knowen vnto the Sons of men it would rauish them so as that there would remaine no spirit in them so wonderfully would it astonish and amaze them oh how blessed then is my condition may a child of God say That of one so poore I shall be so inriched of base I should become so honourable of despised so respected of deformed so beautifull so oppressed persecuted and afflicted so free so glorious and triumphant a Conquerour And am not I then in a most blessed condition hath not God dealt richly with me by whose spirit I am perswaded firmely of such Happinesse of which I haue already tasted aboundantly yea my present condition if there were no other I would not exchaunge with the Crownes of all the Kings in the world so bountifully hath God dealt with mee yet I must confesse that the time was I could not conceiue of Happinesse at all in this Life which now I so plentifully enioy and so surely hold as that I knowe all the powers of Hell shall neuer preuaile against me oh how hard a thing was it to mee in former times in blind times of my Ignorance to be mooued to Repentance it was exceeding harsh vnto me but now blessed be God I am so well acquainted with the rich inheritance of the Saints in light that if Repentance were againe to bee taken vp though it were a thousand tlmes more difficult then it was yet could I vndergoe it for the happinesse which I doe already enioy how much more for that fulnesse of happinesse which I shall enioy in the Heauens Neither doe I any longer meruaile as I haue done why the Saints haue so willingly vndergone such sharpe and fiery trials as they haue done yea haue gloried in them and accounted it all Ioy when they haue fallen into diuers trials or why the Prophets and Apostles and other Preachers of Righteousnesse before and since haue cryed so earnestly for Repentance and doe daily prouoke to repent and turne vnto God For surely they haue knowen and do know perfectly that such a blessed condition will followe not onely in this Life but in that which is to come And to conclude let me be heard amongst my Countreymen Sticke not at Repentance what if it fill your hearts with sorrow your head with care your eyes with teares your chambers with complaints yet I know and you shall finde a recompence euen here yea and a full reward hereafter The Lord open our eyes that we may see and our eares that wee may heare and our hearts that we may vnderstand for certainely this is trueth which is here laide downe for the God of trueth hath spoken it in his owne wordes And so desiring a blessing vpon your reading as I found vpon my selfe writing in that God made me an able Minister of the truth ● faithfull disposer of what I know ●d doe yet vnderstand for your ●d and desiring that the Church ●y be built vp the Gospell flo●ish that Sathan may be disaduantaged our aduersaries conuerted trueth maintained loue euery where encreased I doe ende ascribing to our God all glory honor power praise thanksgiuing might maiestie wisedome riches and dominion by Iesus Christ now and for euermore FINIS

of the Hypocrite and of the child of God Though the Hypocrite triumph and reioyce yet he is neuer at quiet But the childe of God hath also Peace and Rest A third difference is this the Ioy of the Hypocrite lifts him vp as before Though his excellency mount vp to the Heauens and his head reatch vnto the Cloudes n Iob. 20.6 This doeth plainely shew the exaltation of Hypocrites in their reioycing and triumph yea these are so exalted that they despise others which our blessed Lord obserued and discouered by a parable where it is written That he spake this parable to certaine men which trusted in themselues that they were righteous and despised others Two men went vp into the Temple to Pray the one a Pharisee the other a Publicane The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himselfe God I thanke thee that I am not as other men are o Luc. 18.9.10.11 Thus doe Hypocrites exalt themselues and are lifted vp with Capernaum to Heauen though they shall come down to Hell p Mat. 11.23 Hee is so caried away with the Loue of himselfe that hee basely accounteth of other But the Ioy of the Saints is neuer seuered from meekenesse and lowlinesse q Gal. 5.22.23 They are all clothed with humilitie r 1. Pet. 5.5 For these haue learned not to reioyce in themselues but in the Lord as it is written Reioyce in the Lord alway and againe I say reioyce let your Moderation be knowen vnto all men the Lord is at hand yea the same minde is in them which was also in Christ Iesus who being in the forme of God thought it no robbery to be equall with God but made himselfe of no reputation and tooke vpon him the forme of a seruant and was made in the likenesse of men And being found in fashion as a man he humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto Death euen to the Death of the Crosse ſ Phil. 4.4.5 So those that reioyce with exceeding great ioy when they saw that the Lambe had preuailed to open the Booke with seuen seales we reade that they fell downe before the Lambe t Reuel 5.8 And this is another manifest difference betweene the Hypocrites Ioy and the Ioy of the Saints The Hypocrites Ioy makes him proude and lifts him vp and causeth him to despise others The Ioy of the Saints doth humble him yea cast him downe before the Lord and is alwayes accompanied with Humilitie A fourth difference is this That the Ioy of the Hypocrite holdes not out in persecution as it is plaine where it is written Those on the Rocke are such which when they heare receiue the word with Ioy and these haue no roote which for a while beleeue and in time of Temptation fal away u Luc. 8.13 But Matthew writeth thus Hee that receiueth the seede in stony places the same is he which heareth the word and anone with Ioy receiueth it yet hath hee no roote in himselfe but dureth for a while for when Tribulation or Affliction ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended a Mat. 13.20.27 Whereas the Ioy of the childe of God that is indeed iustified by Faith in the blood of Christ doth increase in tribulation yea euen in the greatest trials such doe glory as it is written We glory in Tribulation b Rom. 5.3 And Iames also biddeth vs To account it all Ioy when wee fall into diuers Temptations c Iam. 1.2 Also Peter speaketh of this Ioy where speaking of manifold Temptations yet wee reioyce greatly in them all in the consideration of the liuely Hope and neuer fading inheritance which wee beleeue is laide vp for vs and shall be reuealed in the last time d 1. Pet. 1.5.6 We are as sorrowfull yet alway reioycing e 2. Cor. 6.10 This appeareth plainely in the examples of such Redeemed ones As the blessed Apostles when they were beaten departed from the Counsell reioycing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for Christs name f Act. 5.41 So Paul and Silas when they were cruelly beaten and had receiued many stripes and were cast into prison yea thrust into the inner prison and their feete made fast in the stockes yet at midnight they prayed and sang praises vnto God so loude that the prisoners heard them g Act. 16.22.33.24.25 Thus hauing laid down some differences betweene the Ioy of Hypocrites and of the Saints as that their Ioy is but for a moment ours is euerlasting their Ioy doth exalt and lift them vp ours doth humble and cast vs downe theirs is seuered from Peace and Rest ours accompanied with them both theirs failes them when tribulation commeth ours holdes out nay which is more encreaseth in the most sharpe and fiery Trials And by this the false Ioy of the Hypocrite being discouered the true Ioy of the Saints is clearely seene Which Ioy doth so comfort them as that it is truely saide of them That the voyce of reioycing and saluation is in the dwellings of the Righteous h Ps 118.15 These are euer singing making melody in their hearts vnto the Lord. Speaking to themselues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs i Ephes 5.19 singing with Grace in their hearts vnto the Lord k Col. 3.16 So we read of the hūdred fourty foure thousand that were with the Lambe on mount Sion that they had the voyces of harpers harping with harpes and they sang as it were a new song before the Throne and before the foure Beastes and the Elders and no man could heare that song but the hundred fourty and ●ure thousand which were neuer ●edeemed from the Earth l Reuel 14.1.2.3 Also ●hen the Lambe had taken the ●ooke out of the hand of him that ●te vpon the Throne hauing also ●reuailed to open the seuen seales ●hereof wee reade that the foure ●eastes and the foure and twentie ●lders fell down before the Lambe ●auing euery one of them harpes ●nd golden Vials full of Odours which are the Prayers of Saintes And they sung a new song saying Thou art worthy to take the Booke ●nd to open the Seales therof for thou vast slaine and hast Redeemed vs ●o God by thy blood out of euery ●indred and tongue and people and nation And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests and we shall reigne on earth m Reu. 5.8 Also Iohn saith I saw as it were a Sea of Glasse mingled with fire and them that had got●en the victory ouer the Beast and ouer his Image and ouer his mark● and ouer the number of his Nam● stand on the Sea of Glasse hauin● the Harpes of God And they sing th● Song of Moses the seruant of God and the song of the Lambe saying Great and maruellous are thy worke Lord God Almighty Iust and true are thy wayes thou King of Saints who shall not feare thee O Lord an● glorifie thy Name for thou onely ar● holy for

and I knowe my selfe to be in Christ by that I am a newe creature And when I take a viewe of my Folly and ignorance how brutish I haue beene it doeth euen couer mee with blushing and shame and when withall I doe call to minde what aboundance of wisedome I haue obtained since Christ became my wisedome yea when I consider Gods wonderfull liberalitie in opening to me his treasury of wisedome and knowledge and bidding mee aske what I will this doeth many times amaze me and wonderfully astonish mee that so vile a person as I am should bee trusted with Treasures of such value and Pearles of such price I doe thinke thus with my selfe what am I that I should be so regarded as that my mouth should be made a Well of Life my lippes should know what is acceptable that they should feede many and that other should seeke the Lawe at my mouth That such Wisedome and Spirit should be giuen me that all mine aduersaries should not be able to gainsay or resist oh blessed be my God for euermore oh let my tongue neuer cease to sound foorth his prayses and to tell of his louing kindnesse from day to day And when I looke without me me thinkes the Communion of Saints doeth rauish me the feruent Loue which we haue amongst our selues whereas I was once a companion of Murderers such I meane as vnaduisedly would breake out into anger wrath and rage disclose secrets breake couenants carry tales to shedde blood amongst whom though I sometimes blessed my selfe yet was my condition fearefull for I could expect nothing but death euery day such was the vncertaintie of any staiednesse in their familiaritie But now I am a Companion of the Sonnes of Peace All my Familiars are Peacemakers wee are one an others Keepers Many wholesome exhortations Louing instructions and Amiable reprooffes doe passe betweene vs. Manie are the feruent Prayers we put vp one for another yea all that wee haue we account not our owne in one anothers necessitie Our Loue is not in word and in Tongue but in deed and in Truth It is continually increased and doeth daily Flourish Oh what comfort is it to meete in great Assemblies in the time of Peace to heare the Word break Bread togither and to ioyne in heartie prayers and praises to our louing Father Also I now doe plainly see that we haue more with vs then against vs For I was wont to consider of the multitude of wicked men in the world and how they bandie themselues and conspire against the Saintes but now I see their attempts are exceeding weake for wee haue our Seate on high and are compassed round with a Wall of Fyre yea the Angels of God as Chariots of Fire and Horses of Fyre doe compasse vs round continually Yea they also beholde our Fathers face in Heauen readie to execute vengeance on our aduersaryes and to beare vs in theyr hands that wee hurt not our foote against a stone Besides all this the Creatures were at enmitie with me the Sunne Moone and Starres in theyr courses the Earth would haue swallowed the Water drowned the Fire consumed me yea the Winde would haue throwne downe Trees and Houses vpon mee the very stones of the Fielde were at oddes with mee the Beasts Fowles and Creaping things at variance The Corne Wine and Oyle these did as it were disdaine or refuse to yeeld me strength whereas now on the contrarie the sweete Familiaritie which is betweene vs is exceeding great The Sunne will not hurt me by day nor the Moone by night the Heauens doe as it were smyle vpon mee the Fire warmes me the water yeelds me moysture the Earth habitation the Ayre refreshing What shall I say Mee thinkes I see the Fire comming from Heauen the Water preparing the Earth opening wide her mouth the Ayre threatning yea all the Creatures mustering themselues and in continuall readinesse to execute vengeance vpon such as shal euer dare to touch me for hurt And all these are accompanyed with aboundance of all necessaries for my selfe and my children and whereas before I was in continuall want in the midst of plenty and euer caring for more though I had enough Now haue I abundance of all thinges with gteat Contentment that hundred fold gaine by Godlinesse yea I can truely say I can be abased and I can abounde I haue learned in what estate so euer therewith to be content Yea I know that I shall neuer want any thing that is good neyther shall my children beg their bread And when to this I can adde the sure continuance of this estate and doe knowe that I shall neuer be remoued neither is my estate subiect to Change but I shall increase not decrease growe not dye goe forwards not backwards flourish decay and that I am in Christ as stable firme and vnmooueable as God is stable firme and vnmooueable this doeth so rauish me with comfort that it drawes teares from mine eyes I cannot but reioyce exceedingly And yet further when I thinke on my estate to come at that day which will be a dreadfull day to the wicked I finde that all this which I haue cald to minde is very little yea scarse a handfull of the whole sand of the Sea in comparison of that blessednesse then to bee receiued Then when our glorious Lord the Lord of Glory shall descend from Heauen with a shout with the voyce of an Arch-angell and which the Trumpe of God when hee shall come most gloriously in his owne Glory his fathers Glory and the Glory of all his holy and mightie Angels attended with tenne thousands of his Saints in flaming fire to be glorified in them When he shal sit vpon the throne of his Glory and all nations shall bee gathered before him and he shal seperate them one from another as the shepherd diuideth his sheepe from the Goates and hauing set the sheepe on his right hand then shall this King of Glory say vnto them on his right hand Come yee blessed of my Father inherite the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundations of the world Then shall I with the rest of Gods redeemed ones passe away with great triumph and in a glorious manner enter those heauenly Mansions to take possession of my euerlasting habitation There I shall see God face to face Yea I shall know him euen as I am knowen Then shall I be like him for I shall see him as he is And when this my corruptible body hath put on Incorruption and this Mortall bopy hath put on immortalitie then shal be fully and perfectly brought to passe for mee and all the elect that which before was truely beleeued That death is swallowed vp in victory And will not this bee a wonderfull and most glorious estate when I shall shine foorth as the Sunne in his greatest glitter and most glorious brightnesse when I shall bee as the Angels in Heauen alwaies beholding the face God Where I shall haue no companions but