like the glorious body of Christ There we shall do the will of God perfectlie In heaven there is no sin nor temptation to sin no not so much as a vain thought or an idle word And as there is no sin so there is no Satan There shall be no more need of Sermons nor Sacraments nor Prayers But the whole work of the Saints in heaven will be to sing Praises and Hallelujahs to God for ever and ever Thirdlie in Heaven there is fulnesse of joy Rivers of pleasures at Gods Right hand and that for evermore Psalm 16.11 And those Rivers of pleasures shall flow in and from the presence of God himself as the Fountain of all those joies which have infinitenesse and eternitie in them without the least dram of sorrow For God shall then wipe away all tears from our eyes and there shall be no more sorrow Rev. 21.4 The Rivers of the Saints joy in Heaven as they are without bank so they are without bottom Our Masters joy will then be so great that we his Servants shall not be able to contain it There is nothing in Heaven but what is matter of joy our Fathers house our Inheâ—â—tance our Kingdome our Crown and Glory our sight of Gods Face That is an excellenâ— speech of David Thou shalt make me saith he full of joy with shy Countenance Heaven is boundlesse yea a bottomlesse Ocean of joy an happinesse the society of blessed Angels at glorified Saints In a word the joies of Heaveâ— far exceeds all the joies that can be thought oâ—â— upon earth Not onely the joy of Marriagâ—â— and the joy of Harvest but also they joy of Faitâ—â— and the joy of Ordinances which are all swaâ—â—lowed up by this great Ocean of joy Nothinâ— can disturb or diminish the joies of the Saints 〈◊〉 Heaven Fourthly as there is fulnesse of joy in Heaven so there is excellency of glory Perfection of glory shall be the Saints Robes In Heaven they shall shine as the Stars for ever and ever Dan. 12.5 In the one and twentieth of the Revelations St. John speaking of the new Jerusalem exactly describes the glory thereof It is Citty whose walls are Jasper and the streâ—â—pure Gold clear as Christal whose foundation are of precious Stones and the gates thereof 〈◊〉 Pearles And if this new Jerusalem the Church of God here below be so glorious how exceeding glorious then is that heavenly Jerusalem which is above Heaven as one saith is the Palace of the King of Glory the Presence chamber of the great God whose Presence it is that makes Heaven to be Heaven There indeed would be no Heaven if God Himself were not there In Heaven God makes His Glory visible both to Saints and Angels Thence it is called a Crown of Glory an eternal weight of Glory Glory shall then and there cover the Saints all over from top to toe both within and without their Souls shall there be made glorious in knowledge wisdom and understanding and their bodies shall be made like the glorious Body of Christ The bodies of the Saints in Heaven shall be free from all necessities of nature as food and raiment sleep and the like In Heaven there shall be no need of these things Secondly in Heaven the bodies of the Saints shall be freed from all natural infirmities and deformities sicknesse diseases pains or such like bodily infirmities There shall be no Cripples no Blinde nor Diseased ones in Heaven Heaven is an healthful Countrie there is no sicknesse nor death no poverty nor disgrace in Heaven Our bodies shall be cloathed in Heaven with life and immortality by Christ Christ will there change our vile bodies and make them like His glorious Body Phil. 2.21 Did Moses face shine when he beheld but the glorie of Gods out-side Did Stephens face shinâ— with Angelicall splendor or brightnesse hoâ—â—â— gloriouslie then shall the glorious bodies of thâ—â— Saints shine when they shall stand before the Lord of Glorie The Saints then shall be aâ—â— the Psalmist expresses it All glorious within their cloathing shall be all wrought gold Thâ—â— glorie which Gods People shall see and enjoy iâ—â— Heaven will infinitely oblidge them to spenâ—â— eternity there Take a little view a foretastâ— as it were of the Saints glorie in Heaven First it is great an exceeding excessive and eternall weight of glory as Saint Paul expresses 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 4.17 The glory of Heaven is the glorâ—â— of glories joy unspeakable and full of glories unuâ—terable and unconceiveable Therefore it called Glory to be revealed Rom. 8.18 Sâ—â— a little the greatnesse of this heavenly glories these two things First the vessels that taâ—â— it Secondly the resemblance that sets it forth The vessels that take in this glorie are the souâ— and bodies of Saints whom the Apostle call Vessels of mercy prepared unto glory First for the soul here in this life The whole worâ—â— is not able to fill or satisfie one souls The soâ—â— is capable of more then the whole world is abâ—â— to give it But the glory of Heaven thâ—â— will fill all the souls of all the Saints brim-full Wâ—â— read of some Saints that they live their full â—aies They had as it were their ballyful of â—his life but in the life to come all the Saints â—hall be filled full of Glory Secondly for â—he bodies of the Saints though they are Vessels of lesse quantity then the soul yet the world 〈◊〉 not able to fill or satisfie the body to the full â—â—s to instance in the Eye and the Ear those â—â—ttle Members of our Bodie We use to say of â—ome that their Eye is bigger then their Belâ—â—le The little Eye at one glance can take into 〈◊〉 more then half the world And what abundance of noise and found will the Ear receive at â—â—nce The Eye is not satisfied as the Wiseman saith Eccles 1.8 with seeing nor the â—â—ar with hearing Those little members of our â—ody are either clogged or tyred out before â—hey can be filled or satisfied with those things â—ut not only the souls but even the bodies of The Saints in Heaven shall be filled top-full of Glory from the crown of their heads to the sole of their feet In Heaven the everlasting doors of our souls shall alwayes stand wide open to receive the glory of Christ in the streams thereof and then shall Christ the King of Glory come in â—nd dwell with them for ever Secondly the greatnesse of the Saints Glory in Heaven may further appear by the resemblances that sets it forth First the glory of Kings upon their Coronation day That greatly sets forth and illustrates the greatnesse of Saints Glory in Heaven For in Heaven Saints shall all be crowned Kings and shâ—â— reign as Kings for ever in Glory They shall herit the Kingdom as our Saviour saith Mâ—â— 25.34 prepared for them from the foundation the World 2. The Glory of the Stars that also resemâ—â— the Glory of the Saints in Heaven One Star fereth from
another in Glory 1 Cor. 15.41 the very bodies of the Saints in heaven shall 〈◊〉 shine all the Glory of all the Stars Yea the 〈◊〉 Glory of the Sun it self which out shiner all Glory of the Stars See what our Saviour saâ—â— Mat. 13.23 Then shall the Righteous shine foâ—â— as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father 3. The Glory of the glorious Angels thâ—â— another resemblance of the Saints in Gloâ—â— the Glory of the Angels that far exeeds all Glory of all the Stars yea and all the Kings Monarchs of the world But the Saints in Hâ—â—ven shall be like unto the very Angels Mâ—â— 22.30 Or as St. Luke hath it Luk 20. Equal to the Angles in Glory 4. The Glory of Christ Himself who is Lâ—â— of Glory that resembles and sets forth the Glâ—â— of the Saints When Christ comes to be gloriâ—â— in his Saints at the last day then shall the Saiâ—â— appear with Christ in Glory Christ is the Gloâ—â— â—f the Saints here and Christ will be the Glory of the Saints hereafter Christ will then put His Glory upon them and they shall shine with the Glory thereof Then they shall be like Him as St. â—â—ohn saith 1 John 3.2 For we shall see him as he is Then the bodies of the Saints which have lien â—â—n the dust shall arise and put on beautifull garâ—â—ents even the Robes of Glory Christ will then change their vile bodies and make them like to â—is glorious body The Saints shall be made conâ—â—mable to Christ in Glory Is not then the Glory of the Saints in Heaven exceeding great You â—â—e it is a King-like a Star-like a Saint-like an â—â—ngel-like yea a Christ-like Glory Secondly the Glory of Heaven is solid subtantial and weighty the Apostle 2 Cor. 4.17 â—â—lls it an exceeding eternall weight of Glory â—â—'s like to precious things as Gold and Crowns â—â—e more weighty they are the more worth is in â—â—em Hence the Original word sighifies both Weight and Glory Whereas on the contrary â—orldly glory that 's light and frothy having no â—â—bstance nor reality in them they are only shadows that appear and then vanish away A fashion as the Apostle calls it 1 Cor. 7.31 that passeth â—way It is like a Picture that hath only shape and colour but no life meer fantasie a sound and no more Thirdly Heavenly Glory that is permanent and durable it is lasting Yea an eveâ—ing glory It is perpetuall it shall never nor decay But worldly honour and glory thâ—â— transitory inconstant perishing and passing way like a feather in the air it is only seen blown away with the wind 1 Pet. 1.24 the glory of man is as the flower of the graâ—â— in the morning it flourishes but in the eveâ—â— it is cut down and withered Fourthly the Glory of Heaven is satisfy and contenting They that enjoy it shall fire no more But for worldly glory they have most of it still desire more but the Sâ—â— in Heaven shall have as much of Glory as 〈◊〉 can hold yes more then their hearts can 〈◊〉 or desire All the Saints in Heaven shall 〈◊〉 We are rich and are full we have all anâ—â— bound 1. In Heaven there is plenty of weaâ—â— peace and safety rest and reward Plenty wealth without want The Treasures of â—â—â—ven cannot be corrupted There is no moth rust nor thieves to steal them away Heaven Treasures can never fail they are like the dows Oyl they increase upon the Saints Tâ—â— are bags that wax not old unsearchable rich Ephes 3 8. The Gold of Glory can never beâ—â— or summed up Secondly in Heaven then plenty of peace without trouble safety with danger triumph without war There all enemies shall cease our bodily enemies shall â—â—e be reconciled unto us And the enemies â—â—ur souls shall be all cast into the lake of fire brimstone In Heaven there is no bloody â—â—n to kill a righteous Abel No luxurious Soâ—â—ites to vex a righteous Lot No Ishmael off No Shimri to curse No Esau to terriâ—â—â— No Rabshekah to rail No Herod to perseâ—â— the people of God No Judas to betray a our In Heaven there is peace not for tearm â—ats but for ever and ever Thirdly in â—â—ven there is plenty of rest without weariness â—e is no work to do but what is pure delight only work of the Saints in Glory will be to 〈◊〉 Praises and Hallelujahs to God for ever and 〈◊〉 Heaven will be a place of ease and rest to wearie There remaineth a rest for the â—â—â—ple of God Heb. 8.9 'T is possible they may â—yred as it were here with doing the work God or wearied with suffering persecutions the sake of Christ But there remaineth a rest them hereafter O what a sweet expression is 〈◊〉 Art thou troubled and turmoil'd here thou it have rest hereafter Blessed are the dead â—â—th die in the Lord said the Spirit they rest â—â—â—m their labours and their works do follow â—â—â—m Rev. 14.13 Fourthly in Heaven there is â—â—nty of reward Do you here suffer for righteousness sake great is your reward in heaven saith our Saviour Mat. 5.10 Do you suffer for Christ here you shall reign with Christ hereafter glory The light afflictions of a Saint here we work for him an exceeding and eternall weigâ—â— of glory hereafter Upon this account our blessed Saviour calls on us to rejoyce in our sufferings Mat. 5.12 Rejoice saith he and be exceeding glade for great is your reward in heaven What we suffer for God we suffer for the Kingdom of God and upon that score the Saints aâ—â— said to be counted worthy of the kingom of Goâ—â— 2 Thes 1.5 The sufferings of this life are nâ—â— worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be in the life to come Do you labour hard heâ—â— for God and his cause do you spend and aâ—â—â— you spent in his service perhaps you may be buâ— poorly requited by men O but consider heaven is a large recompense of everlasting reward It said of Moses Heb. 11. That he chose rather suffer afflictions with the people of God then enjoy the pleasures the seeming pleasures of siâ—â—â— for a season For indeed they are but seeming pleasures which continue but for a season Anâ—â—â— counted the reproach of Christ greater riches themâ—â— all the honours of Egypt For saith the Apostleâ—â— He had respect to the recompense of reward Moses could see glory to come through all the sufferings of this life Heaven is our great Lorâ— and Masters joy where all his faithfull servant shall be received and rewarded to all eternity Fifthly In Heaven there is good company blessed society God and Christ and the holy Spirit Millions of millions of blessed Saints and glorious Angels Then shall the Saints be gathered to their Father yea to their fathers and â—â—iends who are gone to Heaven before them And is it not a happiness think you to be among our friends do you not think that time well â—ent here which you spend in
in it And Death and Hell that is the grave delivered up the dead which were in them And they were judged every man according to their works And whosoever was not found written in the Lambs book of life was cast into the lake of fire There 's the event of this judgement to the wicked But what successe the Righteous shall there have he sets down in Chap 21. Verse 3. Behold saith he the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God And God shall wipe all tears from their eyes And there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor cursing neither shall there be any more pain He that overcometh shall inherit all thingâ—… and I will be his God and he shall be 〈◊〉 â—…on A blessed priviledge indeed but what remains for the wicked See what follows in the eight Verse The fearfull and unbelieving the abominable and murtherers whoremongers sorcerers and idolaters and all lyars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone A most dreadfull Scripture the Lord awaken every secure sinner and give them hearts to consider these things before it be too late For as the Prophet Malachy faith Mal. 4.1 The day cometh that shall burn as an Oven and all the proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day cometh that shall burn them up saith the Lord Hosts that it shall leave them neither root nor branch Then shall they call upon the mountains to cover them and â—pon the â—â—lls to fall upon them to hide them from the fierceness of the wrath of God O consider this all you that forget God lest he tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver you Secondly if there be such mansions of Glory for Believers hereafter I note from hence the desperate folly and madnesse of all those who neglect or despise their own salvation Ye will not come to me saith our Saviour Joh. 5.40 that ye might have life This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evil Christ and salvation is freely offered to all in the Gospel Christ invites all to come Ho every one that thirsteth come to the waters Isa 55.1 Rev. 22.17 The Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that is athirst come and whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely And as Christ invites all to come so he receives all that doth come He that comes to me I will in no wayes cast him out saith our Saviour Joh. 6.37 What think you sinners of these Scriptures will ye come to Christ and accept of life and salvation or will ye wilfully cast away your own souls for ever You see here Christ offers himself to you freely if you will but receive him Come unto me saith our Saviour Mat. 11.28 all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will refresh you What 〈…〉 of the 〈…〉 will ye come 〈…〉 and be saved 〈…〉 you be so deâ—peratly mad as to destroy your own most precious and immortall souls When I behold the lives of most men my very heart trembles to think what will everlastingly become of their precious souls all the care they take is for their bodies how does money come in and how they shall get riches but they never consider how it goes with their souls Ah sinners are your bodies everlasting Is this world everlasting Can any thing but heaven make you happy Are not your souls everlasting will ye rather cast away your souls then leave your lusts for sin and you must part orelse heaven and your souls will never meet He that doth not leave his sins on this side the grave by Repentance shall find 〈◊〉 sins to meet him on the other side the gravel 〈◊〉 condemn him If you live in your sins ye shaâ— die in your sins Yea die everlastinglie for you sins Sinners I beseech you consider are yoâ— fit to die are you fit to live in another world are you prepared for heaven If not let me teâ—â— you you are fit for nothing but hell and hellâ— prepared for you Sinners what do you do What do you mean to do are you yet a sleep Alâ— Lord what a harvest will hell have in these sin full daies What preparations do men make so heaven Are not they that were filthie filthiâ— stâ—ll What men were that they are still Thougâ— God is every day tumbling men into their graves yet no man mends his pace for heaven Sinners you hear all this but can you bear all this Leâ— me give you two or three properties of a man fitted for hell and I beseech you try and examinâ— your own souls by them The first propertie of a man fitted for hell iâ— Obduration A stone you know is fitted to descend it is its propertie to fall downwards Hardnesse makes fitnesse The way to Hell is from burning to burning from a seared Conscience to a damned soul A second propertie of a man fitted for wrath is alienation estrangednesse to God speaks fitness to wrath and it is a sign that the Soul is fitted for utter darknesse There are but two steps to death first the sinner saith he will have no fellowship with God And secondlie God saith he shall have no fellowship with him Now is the sinner judged now fit for hell then judge ye the Execution onlie is wanting And the Devil is not usuallie backward to perform his office The sinner is upon the Gallows as it were he wants but turning off unlesse Christ steps in with a reprieve that soul is utterlie lost A third propertie of a man fiâ—ted for Hell is Prophanenesse Prophanenesse is the badge of a wicked person Wickednesse in the life speaks out a cursed soul You may know what Countrie men are of by their Language By their Fruits ye shall know them When mens words and works are the Language of Hell what need any further inquirie what Countrie men or to what place they belong You may read Hell in their very faces The tree is known by his fruit saith our Saviour Mat. 7.20 Mens lives foreshew what their ends are like to be As the Tree falls so it lyes As sinners live so they usuallie die Every mans life lively bespeaks what they are and what they shall be hereafter If men will go on in the broad way of sin you know where their journies end will be Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction Mat. 7.13 I know not what lives you live but to be sure you may either spell Heaven or Hell in them If ye would know the frame of your souls then view your lives your souls breath out themselves either into the bosom of God or the Devils and into whose bosom you breath out your souls here in this life into that bosom you will certainly bâ—eath
I do to inherit eternall life O that you ever you that hear me this day would â—ow also come running unto Christ saying What shall we do to partake of these glorious â—hings here revealed Methinks those things â—hould greatly incourage you all old and young â—â—ich and poor now to get an interest in Christ â—ou that are poor and have but little in this world consider there are as great things in â—he world to come for you as for others The â—â—oorest Beggar shall have as great a portion in â—he world to come as the greatest Prince Nothing in this world can satisfie a chils of God â—ll the glory of the world it s but the portion of Reprobate and will a Reprobates portion â—erve you will a Dogs portion satisfie you I â—ccount all things in the world saith the Apoâ—le but as dung Phil. 3.4 There are other â—hings to be sought after See what our Saviour â—aith Mat. 6.33 Seek ye first the king dome of â—eaven and the righteousnesse thereof let that 〈◊〉 your first indeavour Strive to enter in at the strait gate though the passage benever so straâ—â—â—â— yet if it be the way to glory strive to enter 〈◊〉 thereat Consider God hath given you Nâ—â—tures capable of such glorious things as 〈◊〉 are God might have made you bruit Beaâ—â— and then there had been an end of you 〈◊〉 God hath made you creatures capable of 〈◊〉 highest excellency and therefore being of 〈◊〉 a Nature it highly concerns you to seek afâ—â— such things as may give satisfaction to youâ— souls Men live as if they were capable of 〈◊〉 things else but meat and drink and cloaths if there were no higher things which conceâ—â— our souls hereafter The heathens could 〈◊〉 lieve that man was created for greater thing then these here below and if we who have 〈◊〉 great and glorious things revealed to us in 〈◊〉 Gospel shall we neglect the looking after then how just shall our condemnation be For 〈◊〉 shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2.3 I come now to the second Point and that 〈◊〉 this That Christs Ascension was to preparâ—â— place for Believers I go to prepare a place 〈◊〉 you As Christ came down from heaven to 〈◊〉 for sinner so Christ ascended up to Heaven that believing sinners might live with him henâ—â— after Had not Christ ascended into Heaven He had not finisht the work of our redemption and indeed the great support of a Child of God 〈◊〉 yes in his consideration It 's Christ that died yea rather that is risen again and now sits at the right hand of God making intercession for us Rom. 8.34 Father I will saith Christ John 17.24 that those whom thou hast given â—â—me may be with me where I am If Christ be not risen saith the Apostle then is our preaching vain and our Faith is vain and we are yet in our sins But as sureas Christ died so the Apostle proves 1 Cor. 15. that he rose again and ascended up into heaven That 's an excellent Scripture Rom. 4.25 He was delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification Our blessed Saviour first appearing to Mary Magdalen after his Resurrection presently sends her to his Disciples with the joyfull news of his Ascension John 20.17 Go to my Brethren and say unto them I ascend to my Father and your Father to my God and your God O how joyfull is the consideration of Christs Ascension to a Child of God Now may a Child of God say he hath a friend in the Court and a friend in the Court we use to say is betcer then a penny in the purse Every Believer hath Christ for his friend in the Court of Heaven and that 's more worth to them then thousands of gold and silver Christ is in heaven pleading the cause for Believers If any man sin saith the Apostle 1 Ioh. 2.2 we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ righteous And it is good for Believers 〈◊〉 Jesus Christ is in heaven pleading their cause wâ—â— God so it is good for them that he is there 〈◊〉 senting and perfuming all their Prayers to 〈◊〉 the Father Whatsoever it is that we want that may do us good Christ is ready to begâ—â— us of His Father Father saith Christ these may friends and for them I have shed my bloâ—â— therefore O Father I will that they may with me to behold my glory That is an excelâ—â— Scripture Heb. 7.25 Wherefore he is able 〈◊〉 to save to the uttermost those that come unto 〈◊〉 by him seing he ever liveth to make intercesâ—â— for them Is it so then that Christ Ascension was prepare a place for Believers then this short encourage Believers to be willing to do or 〈◊〉 any thing here for Christ What was that made the Saint suffer so joyfully 〈◊〉 Christ was it not this the assurance of God love in Christ to them What was it that 〈◊〉 up Iobs spirit so patiently under all his suffâ—â—ings I know saith he though worms destâ—â— my body yet my Redeemer liveth and I shâ—â—â— see Him with these eyes We know saith the Apostle 2 Cor. 5.1 if our earthly house of this bernaâ—er nalce were dissolved we have a building of Jod an house not made with hands etrnall in the heavens The assurance of heaven will make as willing to do or suffer any thing for Christ There is that in heaven that will abundantly reâ—ompence and make good all our losses on earth O Christians I beseech you consider you can 〈◊〉 either do too much or suffer too much for the getting of heaven The Apostles were as great sufferers for the Kingdom of Heaven as ever any were and yet what account did they make of it We reckon say they that the suffering of this present world are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us Rom. 8.18 If we suffer with Christ we shall also reign with Christ 2 Tim. 2.12 A third point I noted was this That Christ wil come again and receive Believers to Himself The point is clear from the words themselves I will come again and receive you But a little to illustrate the Point I shall endeavour to shew you by Scripture that it is so And secondly how it is so First that it is so that Christ will come again see that positive Scripture in Acts 1.10 And while they looked stedfastly into heaven behold two men stood by them in white apparel which also said Ye men of Galileo why stand ye here gazing up into heaven his same Iesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye haâ—â— seen him go into heaven Here is the point yâ—â— see confirmed by Scripture and that by 〈◊〉 mouths of Angles As sure as Christ is gone heaven and as sure as he now fitteth at Goâ— right hand in Heaven so sure will he come gain at the last day and receive Believers 〈◊〉
Himself And then how Christ will come 〈◊〉 shall come in power and great glory Matth. 〈◊〉 30. And secondly He will come suddenâ—â— even as a thief in the night First he shâ—â— come in power irresistible power against sâ—â—ners I beseech you sinners consider you 〈◊〉 not be able to stand when He appears for as 〈◊〉 is all powerfull in himself so will He come atâ—â—ded with an innumerable company of gloriâ—â— Saints and Angels Behold saith Jude 〈◊〉 Lord commeth with ten thousand of His Saiâ—â— to execute judgement upon all and to conviâ—â— all 1 Thes 1.7 8 9. The Lord Jesus shall 〈◊〉 revealed from heaven with his mighty Angles 〈◊〉 flamming fire taking vengeance on them thâ—â— know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Loâ—â— Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlaâ—â—ing destruction from the presence of the Lord aâ—â— from the glory of His power Though God bâ—â— long suffering towards sinners yet will he noâ—â— always suffer sinners to go unpunished The Soâ—â— of man shall come in His glory all the holy Angels with him Mat. 25.31 And second lie he shal â—ome suddenlie and swiftlie Swiftlie even as the â—â—ightning And suddenlie as a thief in the night 〈◊〉 Pet. 3. Those scoffers there mocked and scofâ—â—ed at the doctrine of Christs comming to judgement But saith the Apostle in the ninth verse Though the Lord be long suffering yet he is not â—â—ack concerning his promise But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night Though sinners may think Christ long yet they shall find him sure The comming of Christ will be sudden to sinners in two respects Sudden in regard of their expectation He will come before they look for Him and sudden in regard of their unpreparednesse Christ will come to sinners before they are ready for Him they will be then to seek for Oyl in their Lamps Christ as one saith though he hath leaden feet yet he hath iron hands though God be long ere he does strike yet when He doth strike He will be sure â—â—o strike home Yet a little while and He that â—â—sh all come will come and will not tarry Now the use which I shall make of this point shall be onely this Will Christ come again and receive Believers then let me exhore you all to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ Would you be received by Christ into glory then I beseech you labour to receive Christ â—nto your souls by believing If Christ do not live in you by faith here you shall never 〈◊〉 with Christ in glory hereafter It is unbeâ—â— that is the soul-damning sin He that believe not is condemned already Iohn 3.18 He that â—â—lieveth shall he saved but he that believeth 〈◊〉 shall be damned Mark 16.16 He that believâ—â— on the Son hath everlasting life But he tâ—â— believeth not the Son shall not see life but 〈◊〉 wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 36. Another Use which I must make of this poiâ—â— might be this To comfort and encourage 〈◊〉 people of God in all their sufferings and lossâ—â— Art thou in poverty Doth the world frown 〈◊〉 thee Are thy afflictions and losses many aâ—â— great Let not your hearts be troubled Châ—â—â— is gone to prepare a place for you and Châ—â— will come again and receive you Therefore 〈◊〉 not discouraged What though you meet wâ—â— many rubs and stops in your way Yet you mâ—â— be sure to get to glory at the last Consider thâ— through many tribulations we must enter iâ—â— the Kingdom of Heaven The fourth and last Observation which I oâ—â— served was this That those Mansions of Gloâ—â— prepared by Christ for Believers in Heaven wâ—â— abundantly recompense and make good all thâ— Losses and all the Crosses which Believers mâ—â— here meet withall in the world Let not yoâ—â— hearts be troubled in my Fathers house are mâ—â— â—â—y mansions Sell all saith our Saviour and follow me thou shalt have treasure in heaven For further prosecution of this usefull Point I shall proceed to handle it first doctrinallie and then Applicatorilie And for the Doctrinal part I shall endeavour to shew you first what those Mansions of glorie are which are laid up for Believers And secondlie what those losses are which Believers may here meet withall And â—â—hen lastly how those Mansions of glorie do make good the losses and crosses which Believers meet with in the world And to begin with the first what those Mansions of glorie are which are â—aid up for Believers in heaven And all that â—â—an be said of this will be but as it were the lighting of a Candle to the Sun For it comes infiâ—â—telie short of the skill either of men or Angels â—â—o expresse as the Apostle saith Eyes hath not â—â—een ear hath not heard neither hath it entred inâ—â— the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor. 〈◊〉 9. The glorie of the glorified Saints in heaâ—â—en is so exceeding glorious that it is not posâ—â—ble for all the tongues of men or Angels to exâ—â—ess it But by the way to give you some glimpâ—â—s of this most excellent glorie consider a little â—â—hese following particulars First in heaven we shall have the everlasting â—â—refence of God Himself there we shall see God as He is not by faith but by sight cleaâ—â— and fullie I shall see him saith holy Jâ—â—â— with these eyes Now we see as it were througâ—â— glasse darkly but there we shall see God facâ—â— face We shall see Him as we are seen Thâ—â— and there we shall be ever with the Lord as 〈◊〉 Apostle hath it 1 Thess 4.17 We shall enjoy Gâ—â— in heaven freely and fully without let or inâ—â—ruption Though the Saints may possiblie mâ—â—â— with many and great impediments and him rances in the way unto Heaven yet in Heaâ— there shall be nothing to hinder or interâ—â— their joy It is possible that a Child of Gâ—â—â— may have his skin pulled over his ears as soâ—â— of the Apostles had in their way unto Heaâ—â— yet being gotten into Heaven nothing shall 〈◊〉 lest or trouble them at all What an unspeâ—â—able inconceiveable comfort will it be Chriâ—â—ans to have and enjoy the presence of 〈◊〉 God who is all and hath all and will be eâ—â—lastinglie all in all to His people for ever Whâ—â— having not seen saith the Apostle we sire to love In whom believing we rejoice wâ—â— joy unspeakable and full of glory And if 〈◊〉 fight of Gods presence by faith be so gloriâ— what then will be full fruition and enjâ—â—ment of God Himself be O! unspeakables 〈◊〉 full of glorie A second thing which I would speak to 〈◊〉 indeed I must but speak to it is the perfection of grace that shall be enjoyed in heaven O Christians when ye come to heaven then ye come to full age in heaven The spirits of just men shal be made perfect and the bodies of the Saints shal be made glorious even