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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03582	A sermon preached in Paules Church in London and published for the instruction and consolation of all that are heauie harted, for the wofull time of God his generall visitation, both in the citie and in the countrie: and fit for the comfort of Gods children at all times.	Hooke, Christopher.	1603 (1603)	STC 13703; ESTC S116953	25,361	70

higher and ioynt heires with Christ which is the highest steppe in the ladder of Iacob And this high prerogatiue of bein● not onely a son but an heire of God a heire annexed with Christ is else-where oftē set forth as where it is said We shal raigne with Christ as 2. Tim. 12. if we suffer with him wee shall also raigne with him And where it is said that we shal inherit the kingdome as Luke 12.32 Feare not little flocke for it is your fathers pleasure to giue you the kingdome And Mat. 25. Come ye blessed of my father possesse the kingdome prepared for you from before the foundations of the Worlde And to his Disciples Luc. 21.29 I appoynt you a kingdome as my Father appoynted me and more generally to all Reue. 3.21 To him that ouercommeth will I graunt to sitte with me in my throne euen as I ouercame and sitte with my Father in his Throne The Kingdome of Heauen is Gauell-kinde Lande where-in all the sonnes are indifferently heires yea where the daughters haue like portion with the Sonnes which both magnifyeth highly the mercie of God and ministreth consolation and comfort to him or her that is most base and despised in this worlde when they consider that the time wil come when with the best they shall be fellow heires and be set on a Throne together with them And the more comfort it shall minister vnto al and make this our aduancement to be the Sonnes of God beyond all measure glorious if wee consider what maner of kingdome it is whereof we are made the vndoubted heires It is the kingdome of Heauen beloued whereof God maketh all his sonnes and daughters heires Luc. 12.32 Our Sauiour Christ calleth it that kingdome by excellencie as a kingdome that surpasseth all kingdomes S. Peter calleth it an inheritance immortall 1. Pet. 1.4 inuisible vndefiled neuer fading reserued in heauen for vs The authour of the Epistle vnto the Hebrewes calleth it a kingdome which cannot be shaken Heb. 12.28 Reuol 21.19 21 The beautie and glorie of this kingdome is set foorth in the Reuelation vnder the name of the new Citie Ierusalem where the foundations of the walls are said to bee garnished with pretious stones The gates of the Citie to bee of Pearle the streetes of the Citie to be pure golde expressing by these things which are of the greatest price and excellencie with vs the beautie and the glorie of that kingdome which cannot be expressed The ioyes of this Kingdome are such as eye hath not séene eare hath not heard which the hart of mā is not able to conceiue 1. Pet. 5.4 for we shal there receiue that crowne of glory which shall neuer fade Yea as S. Paule calleth it a far most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie 2. Cor. 4.17 But of all this glory were it farre more if more could be if one alone should bee partaker euen as the Philosophers puts the case or if he should haue such partners and fellowes as this world for the most part in these daies affoordeth as would be readie to deceiue and to dispossesse him of all or continually by their naughtines vexe him 2. Pet. 2 6 as the Sodomites did the soule of righteous Lot and the daughters of Heth Esaus wifes Gen. 27.40 were a griefe of heart to Isaac and to Rebeccah If I say it should thus fall out with vs in the kingdome of heauen the comfort thereof would be but litle as mingled with so bitter a gall But to increase our comfort in this respect the Scripture sheweth that we shal not be there alone or mixed with enuious deceitfull or otherwise wicked wretches but we shall haue the companie of innumerable Angels Ieb 12.22 and of the spirits of iust and perfect men and of Iesus the mediatour of the New Testament And as for Enchanters whoremongers murtherers Idolaters lyers and generally all Malecontents and euill disposed persons they shall be shut out Reue. 21.27 For none vncleane thing shall enter in at the gates of this citie to deminish the ioyes or to pollute the glorie thereof The exercise of Gods children in this Citie shall not bee Plough or Cart or planting or grafting or buying and selling and traffiquing by Sea or by Lande it shall not be Hauking or Hunting much lesse dicing and carding or any such other like profane recreations but it shall be a continuall singing of Allelu-iah Reu. 19 4 Reue. 7.12 prayse and glorie and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might bee vnto our God for euermore No diseases either plague or pestilence shall be in this kingdome no infirmities either in bodie or in soule shall eclipse the ioyes and the glorie thereof For all teares shall there be wiped from all faces Reuel 21.4 there shall be neither hunger or thirst or heate or colde neither death any more And what more can be added to expresse the height of that glorie the vnspeakable ioyes of that heauenly kingdome whereof wee are heires apparant that are the children of God Non mihi si centum linguae sint oraque centum ferrea vox c. Not if I had an hundreth tongues and an hundreth mouthes and a voice so strong as Iron were I able to descipher in the perfection the least ioye and glorie of this celestiall inheritance Oh that as Moyses standing on mount Pisgah beholding the land of Canaan Deut 3.27 in the length and breadth thereof or as the Apostles in mount Thabor Matt. 17.2 séeing the brightnesse and splendure of the Lorde Iesus when he was transfigured or as S. Stephen seeing the heauens open Act. 7.56 behelde the glorie of God and Iesus standing at his right hand Or as S. Paule transported into the third heauen 2. Cor. 12.4 saw heard things ineffable So it would please God to open the eies of our vnderstanding and mindes whereby we might haue if not a perfect sight yet a glimpse of this heauenly kingdome that so wee might be throughly rauished with a loue and a desire thereof If in our greatest heauines the newes of some great inheritance that is befalne vs or of some smaller matter lifteth vp our heads and driueth all sorrowes from our hearts should not this newes which is brought vnto vs of such a glorious kingdome in the middest of all our extremities and distresses reliue our dead spirits raise vp our heads that hang downe What should be the cause that we should be so much addicted to the one and so litle affected to the other Is it because the kingdome wee bring you tidings of is an heauenly and not an earthly kingdome Doe wee not in the Fable iustly condemne Aesops Cocke of méere folly for preferring a Barlie corne to a pretious Pearle And is not Esau iustly called by the authour of the Epistle to the Hebrewes Heb. 12.16 prophane for that hee regarded a messe of Potage