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A64073 A sermon preach'd before the Queen, at White-Hall March xxiii, 1693/4 / by John Tyler ... Tyler, John, d. 1724. 1694 (1694) Wing T3560; ESTC R20921 8,947 26

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grapes of thorns and figs of thistles These Hopes then are warranted by him who cannot mock or deceive us And hence 't is that as our Hopes are stronger so are we more careful in purifying our selves so likewise the more careful we are in purifying our selves the more chearful and vigorous will our Hopes be 4. We must either set a purifying our selves or lay by our hopes of a happy Immortality in the Vision of God This Blessed fight and our purifying are annex'd inseparably He that hath this hope doth purify himself he that doth not purify himself doth in effect renounce all his hopes and makes it impossible for him ever to see God but he must be driven from his presence and all that is defirable for ever Behold the choice is now before us We must either renounce our Hopes or our Vices And if we part with these sure and certain these sweet and Heavenly Hopes what is it we take up with in lieu of them Is it the present gains and pleasures of Sin and that too only because they are present Let us never forget that what is now present will not continue so long for this World and the Lusts thereof will pass away as a shadow but what is now future will be shortly present with us and continue so too for ever If then poor and momentany things look so considerable and tempting only because they are now present what a dream and delusion will they appear to us when they are gone And how transcendently glorious will the fight of God be when being in it self the height of all possible Blessedness that becomes present also and that a Joy and Glory too never to be taken from us Surely he makes a choice like a Child or Fool that prefers a few Comfits or trifles in hand before the reversion of a great and ample Inheritance And he makes one far more foolish who for any transitory satisfaction parts with his Interest in an Inheritance not only superlatively excellent in it self but which too never fadeth away Such a one outdoes Esau in his improvident as well as prophane impatience who for one Dish of meat sold his Birthright The object of our hope is future but the hope it self is present This very Hope far surpasseth all our other present Possessions 'T is the sweetest part of our Prosperity 'T is an Anchor in all our Adversity In short it yields a better income of Content and Peace than all the present World is able to do According to what the Apostle teaches us when speaking of God he says Whom having not seen ye love in whom though now you see him not believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of Glory 1 Peter 1.8 Let 's never suffer this fair Hope to be torn from us let 's never think any thing too much to do or suffer to secure and increase it Let it be our daily work in the strength thereof to purify our selves and then doubtless we that see darkly shall see Face to Face and our Hope will be swallowed up in the Beatific Vision I conclude all in the Words of a Collect of Our Church God of his Infinite Mercy grant that by Patience and Comfort of his Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed Hope of Everlasting Life which he has given us in his Son Jesus Christ. To whom c. FINIS Books Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard THE Archbishop of York's Thanksgiving Sermon before the King and Queen at Whitehall Nov. 12. 1693. The Archbishop of York's Sermon About the Government of the Thoughts before the King and Queen at Whitehall March 4. 1693 4. Dr. Hooper's Sermon before the King and Queen at Whitehall Jan. 14. 1693 4. Mr. Young's Sermon at Salisbury July 30. 1693. Concerning the Wisdom of Fearing God Published at the Request of the Lawyers The Interest of England Consider'd in an Essay upon Wooll with some Remarks upon the Conceptions of Sir Josiah Child The true Conduct of Persons of Quality Translated out of French A Treatise relating to the Worship of God divided into Six Sections By John Templer D. D. A Discourse concerning the Nature of Man both in his Natural and Political Capacity With an Examination of some of Mr. Hobb's Opinions relating thereunto By James Lowde Rector of Setrington in Yorkshire T. Burnetii Archaeologia Philosophica sive Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus 4to The Faith and Practice of a Church of England Man The Fourth Edition 12.