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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42085	Discourses upon several divine subjects by Tho. Gregory ...	Gregory, Thomas, 1668 or 9-1706.	1696 (1696)	Wing G1932; ESTC R7592	108,242	264

so neither is our purchas'd Inheritance of so trifling and inconsiderable a value The Liberty of the Sons of God is an Eternal Emancipation from Sin and Misery from the Sollicitations of our Senses the Importunities of Satan and from all the Disadvantages and Incumbrances of this mortal State Have you seen the Cedars or the Fir-Trees which from a little Seed rise so high and spread their Branches so wide Just so will it fare with Man in the State of Regeneration infinitely beyond his present Self will his Perfections be Here the Corruptible Body presseth down the Soul and the Earthly Tabernacle weighs down the Mind which otherwise would muse of many things But there will our Spirits to their endless Joy and Comfort find their Garments lighter this unweildy Clog of Flesh and Blood being made fit to serve them in their briskest Motions and even to vye with the swiftest Seraph that flies in the Regions of Light and Glory Here though we sometimes travel with Vigour and Alacrity in the way that leads to Sion yet in an instant such Fogs and Vapours rise from our terrene and sensual Affections as cast a cold Damp over all our Faculties and make us heartless and unactive as the Earth we tread on But there we shall be all Life and Spirit and Wing entirely freed from the Vicissitudes of Mortality and bath our active and sprightly Plumes in the Silver Streams of Eternal Joy and Delight Here Satan sometimes mixeth himself among the Children of God and many enter into the Choirs of the Saints who know not how to chant their ravishing Melody the Songs of Sion But in the Blessed Consort above every Soul will be harmonious and skilfully contribute its part to the full Musick of Heaven The glorious Company of the Apostles the goodly Fellowship of the Prophets the noble Army of Martyrs together with the several Orders of glorious Angels will stand about the Throne with one Heart and one Voice giving glory to him who sits thereupon and to the Lamb for ever and ever They shall wear Crowns on their Heads more bright and glittering than those of the Mightiest Oppressors and those immortal Palms they shall carry in their hands declare That Death is Swallowed up in victory They shall no longer stand behind the Wall of Partition nor be debarr'd by a thick House of Clay from beholding the ultimate Object of their Love and Praise but all intervening Obstacles and Impediments shall be remov'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal 84.7 and that Summum Bonum that Fountain of Life and Blessedness that Primitive and Original Beauty the God of Gods himself appear in his Essential Lustre and Brightness to every one of them in Sion In short 'T is in vain to attempt the painting of this Blessed State by Rhetorical Colours no Words no Thoughts can reach it yea the bold licentious Metaphors even of Poets themselves fall infinitely short of its Greatness and Excellency Eye hath not seen says St. Paul nor ear heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him Now then can we think this Blessed State design'd for them that are at Ease in Sion who rest in the Notional Considerations of the Goodness of their Maker and therefore lie securely dissolv'd in the softest Caresses of Luxury and Voluptuousness No. We must be conformable to our Lord in the Likeness of his Death before we can be so in the Likeness of his Resurrection We must crucifie the Old Man and utterly abolish the whole Body of Sin and by our constant and uniform Practice of an Universal Righteousness strive to enter in at the strait Gate We must labour with all our Might to make our Calling and Election sure and press with all possible Vehemence towards the Mark for the prize of the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus If these Corruptible Crowns the fading momentary Honours of this Life if I say the transient Favour of a Prince and the vain uncertain Plaudite's and Hosanna's of the Crowd cannot be justly atchiev'd without Toll and Labour then surely we cannot expect that these immortal Honours the Approbation of God himself the Applause of his Holy Angels and the Crown of Immortality can be obtain'd at a cheaper Rate This were to prostitute the Divine Favours to vilifie the Pearl of Price and insufferably to debase that Glory which cannot be comprehended but by the Circle of Eternity Nothing then but Constancy and Perseverance can crown the Christian Hero and set on his Head an immortal Diadem Be faithful unto the End saith our Lord and I will give thee the Crown of Life and again To him that overcometh I will grant to sit down with me on my Throne even as I also overcame and am sat down with my Father on his Throne Lift up the Hands then that hang down and strengthen the feeble Knees Behold Thy Saviour holds out to thee a Crown of Glory and invites thee to partake of his immortal Joys He calls thee to the blissful Choir of Angels and to the glorious Society of Just Men made perfect who following him in White Robes do nothing but sing and love to all Eternity Alas could we but hear some Echoes of those Songs wherewith they make the Paradise of God the Place of his happy Residence the Seat of his Eternal Empire the Heaven of Heavens continually resound some Remains of those Voices that Symphony and Joy wherewith the Saints above triumph in the Praises and solemn Adoration of the King of Spirits how would they inflame our Desires to be join'd with them O how amiable should we think those Dwellings of the Lord of Hosts Our Souls would most passionately desire and long to enter into the Courts of the Lord and to go and sing with those glorious Beings the Praises of the Living God We should choose rather to be Door-Keepers the very meanest Persons of all that Blessed Company in the House of God than to enjoy for ever the utmost Liberality of Created Nature in the Tents of Wickedness We should think nothing too much to part with for that Blessed Inheritance but readily sell all that we have for that Pearl of Price that inestimable Treasure those solid and substantial Glories of the Kingdom of Heaven In a word we should chearfully follow the Patriarchs Prophets Apostles Martyrs and Confessors through all the Stages of Mortification and Self-denial most gladly encount'ring all the Tribulations Hardships and Difficulties the World or Satan can bring upon us that we might at last attain to that ineffable Glory But Lastly I come to represent to you the Reasonableness of the Exhortation contain'd in the Text from the Consideration of the exceeding Brevity or Shortness of the Time we are allow'd to work in Man is like a thing of nought says the Psalmist his time passeth away like a Shadow that necessarily disappears when the Sun leaves our Horizon and