but poor work of it he will be quickly weary of his work it s the Hope of a good Crop that makes the Husbandman Labour hard in Seed time he Plows and Soweth in Hope and its Hope that Spurs him on and encourageth him in his Work So it is the Hope of Glory that carries a Christian through his Work Acts 24.16 Herein do I exercise my self says Paul Wherein was it that he was so diligent in Religious Exercises why it was in Hopes of a joyful Resurrection ver 15. I have Hope towards God of the joyful Resurrection of the Just And in Hope thereof I endeavour to be of that number exercising my self in works of Holiness and Righteousness 1 Cor. 15. last Abound in the Works of the Lord forasmuch as you know that your Labour is not in vain in the Lord q. d. You know your Labour shall be rewarded and live in Hope of Glory and is it for you to Loiter No no your Hopes of Glory is given you to help on your Labour that you may abound in the Works of the Lord. 2. To help us in our Warfare for it fortifies the Soul and is as needful as Arms are for Souldiers We are all Souldiers under Christ the Captain of our Salvation and fight against his Enemies And this Hope is one of our spiritual Weapons It 's our Helmet 1 Thess 5.8 Put on for a helmet the hope of Salvation It hath both the Use and Force of a Helmet As a Helmet saves the Head and Heart and stands betwixt them and danger So our Hope of Glory doth in the time of Temptation stand betwixt the Soul and the danger and put by the strokes of the Temptation When the Soul is assaulted its Answer to the Temptation is No no if I yeild I shall dash my Hope of Glory God hath promised Glory to such as hold out against Temptations and I live in Hope of Glory and prize my Hope of Glory and will not for the Pleasures of Sin that are but for a moment hazzard the loss of this Glory I am Christs Souldier and shall I fight against my own Captain and him with whom I hope to live in Glory away Satan it s not for one that lives in Hope of Glory and finds and feels the sweetness thereof in his own Soul to have any fellowship with the unfruitful works of Darkness 3. To help us in our Wants for it fits us for supplies We are needy Creatures alway in want and God hath made plentiful provision for the supply of our wants if we hope in him and promised such to supply all their need according to his Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus Psa 31. last Be of good Courage and he shall strengthen your hearts all ye that hope in the Lord Though ye be weak and need strengthening and lie under heavey Burthens and want strength to bear them yet be of good Courage God will strengthen your hearts Psal 147 12. The Lord takes pleasure in those that hope in his mercy And are they the Objects of his Delight then surely he will look after them and take notice of their needs and give them seasonable supplies and hear and answer the Prayers that they put up for these supplies Such as pray in hope are sure to speed for hope redownds much to the Glory of God It implies an acknowledment of his faithfulness and alsufficiency and it puts the Soul in a waiting Frame and meets mercy with a thankful Heart and therefore God doth take Pleasure in such and in shewing mercy to such Now lay these things together and you will see both what hope God expects from you and why you are to exercise Hope and of what use this precious Grace is God expects that your hope be of the right kind a still and stedfast Hope a lively and lasting Hope grounded upon the indwelling of Christ in the Soul and his faithfulness in his Promises made to such Souls and such a hope as this is a mighty great help to the Soul both in its Work in its Warfare and in all its Wants And now I proceed to the Proof of the Doctrine 3 Quest How doth it appear that Christ in us is our Hope of Glory Answ Though few mind it yet all shall know at the great Day that this Doctrine is a great Truth and if we will submit our judgments to the Standard of Truth the infallible Word of God it will convince us and clearly inform us that it 's Christ in us that is our Hope of Glory 1. The Provisoes we find in the Acts of Oblivion recorded in the Word exempt all such from mercy as receive not Christ by Faith into their Souls and so excludes them from all Hope of Glory There are Acts of Grace in the Gospel that grant pardon and promise Glory to all penitent Believers that receive Christ by Faith into their Souls and consent and submit to his Scepter And upon these Acts of Grace our Hope of Glory is built as upon a Foundation But these Acts of Grace have Provisoes that exempt out of mercy and favour such as continue in impenitence and unbelief and in disobedience to the Gospel and tell such that it is in vain for them whilst such to Hope for Glory But in that Estate they can expect no mercy for God hath exempted them in the Acts of Grace 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Be not deceived nither fornicators nor Idolaters c. shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven Glory is promised to some but gross Sinners are exempted The Apostle thus Treats the Corinthians If any amongst you lead wicked Lives and hope to go to Heaven in their Sins be it known to them that they are deceived they do but deceive themselves by thus hoping such shall not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven if they live and dye in their Sins they live and die without an Interest in Christ and shall be shut out of Heaven but if any have been such and are changed and converted from Sin to Christ let such live in Hope of Glory Such as do continue in a State of Sin and are neither Justified nor Sanctified do vainly expect to be Glorified 2. The Promises that we find in the said Acts of Grace and the persons to whom these Promises are made do prove the truth of this Doctrine We find a grant of mercy in the Acts of Grace and Christ promising to Save some from the Wrath to come and to receive them into Glory But who are the Persons concerned in this Grant that are the subjects of this Grace and to whom the Promise is made it is not to all Sinners nor to Sinners as Sinners but to Penitent Sinners to such Sinners and to all such and to none but such as come to Christ in the path of the Promise with penitent Hearts and accept of him upon his own Terms and receive him by Faith into their Souls to dwell with them by his Grace and Spirit and reign
cordial compliance with the Rules of the Gospel and herein follow your own Consent and not the custom of others Remember your Consent is to the Vitals of your Religion and your Compliance is your indispensible Duty and let not the Example of selfish men misguide you in your work Your Compliance must carry a correspondence with your Consent and a conformity to Christ your Saviour and if the Angry World frown at you for your preciseness be not discouraged Christ himself endured such contradiction of Sinners mind you your work and let your compliance be such as is blameless and set light by the Censures of such as are Strangers to sure and certain Hope of Glory Let your main care be that your Compliance be according to the Gospel and in compliance with Christ and your Christian Consent 1. Close with Christ coming up to the Terms that you have consented to Set your selves as in his Presence and renew your Baptismal Covenant Renounce the World the Devil and the Flesh and devote your selves to Christ and to his Service with penitent Hearts for your by-past Breaches of your Covenant and importunate Prayers for help from Heaven and Strength to keep close unto God for time to come Thus espouse your selves to Christ in Covenant with full purpose of Heart to be faithful therein 2. Choose a faithful Guide for your Souls to help you in your work and quicken you in your Duty The Lord that best knows your Need hath appointed by his standing Ordinance such Guides in his Church and Blessed be his Name hath provided such for you and require you to honour and obey them and to attend upon their Ministry and by his Blessing upon their Labours and your faithful endeavours in the right use of his Ordinances administred by them your Souls may come to be built up in the holy Faith and so strengthened in believing as to live in sure and certain Hope of Glory 3. Cherish your good beginnings with secret Devotions and daily Supplications for the Spirit of Adoption Secret Prayer is a great help against secret Sins and when put up by a broken and contrite Spirit then it is a special means for the obtaining sure and certain Hopes of Glory Under the secret Humiliations of the Soul before the Lord the Lord oft visits the Soul in kindness and Communicates unto it such hints of his Love as strengthen Hope and give assurance of Glory Oh make Conscience of Secret Prayer and make it your daily Practise and be serious and devout therein and you will at last arrive at the Haven of Rest for so Christ giveth the Soul of his Beloved rest rest from it's fears and doubts and quiets it with sure and certain Hopes of Glory 4. Chear up your Souls with such Tokens of Love as you receive from Christ in your Compliance with him If you be cordial in your Compliance and sincere in your Obedience you will find that your Labour is not in vain Psal 19.11 In keeping his Commandments there is great Reward Not only for keeping them but in keeping them It 's in keeping them that Gods People have fellowship with the Trinity It 's in keeping them that they receive new supplies of Grace and Mercy and such manifestations of Gods Love as fill their Souls with high Hopes of Glory Be then encouraged to carry on your Compliance with Christ and that with care and faithfulness 'till you attain to sure and certain Hope of Glory 4. Vse Of Caution To prevent mistakes and misapprehensions about this Doctrine I shall conclude with some Cautions 1 Caution Take heed of concluding against your selves that because your hopes of Glory are so low and doubtful and not sure and certain hopes that therefore you live without Christ in the World and have no hope nor any ground of Hope of Glory I would not discourage any Babe in Christ nor encrease the doubts of poor doubting Souls and therefore leave with you this Caution And that you may avoid this Snare shall lay down some Propositions to clear up your understanding in this matter 1. Proposition It 's the manifestation of Christs Presence in the Soul that breeds and feeds our Hope of Glory and when this manifestation is obscure the Souls Hope of Glory must need be dim and doubtful 1 Cor. 2.12 We have received the Spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given us of God Here Paul distinguisheth betwixt Mercies freely given us of God and the manifestation of the giving them to the Soul Many have Grace and Mercy given but know it not The Spirit first gives Grace and afterwards gives the Soul to know and understand that it hath Grace given to it Now though Grace lie in the Soul yet the Soul seeth it not nor doth it know the Grace that it hath received till the Spirit of God make it known to the Soul and when the Spirit makes it known to the Soul then the Manifestation of it to the Soul puts the Soul into a hopeful condition and it hopes for Glory Now if hope of Glory depends upon the Manifestation of Grace to the Soul then there may be Grace and yet little or no hope Because there may be Grace not manifested but yet unknown to the Soul So that none can unfaint themselves or others from doubts about Grace 2 Proposition It 's the Manner and Method of God in his Dealings with his People sometimes to withhold sure and certain hope of Glory from them a long time for gracious Ends and Purposes that tend to their great advantage as 1. To put a great Value upon the Mercy that it may be more precious and welcome when it comes like Health after Sickness when they lye long under the want of it they see the worth of it and so come to have a higher esteem of it and to prize it more when they have it 2. To prove and exercise their Faith and Patience in waiting and their Obedience in seeking after it under such long delays of giving it God delights to see his People shewing their sincerity under their Trials 3. To preseve it for a more opportune season Physitians reserve their Cordials against fainting Fits and so doth God his Comforts Sure and Certain Hopes of Glory is a rich Cordial and he oft delays the giving of it till he sees a fainting fit approaching and then to support the Soul under a Crisis or under a Qualm he gives it 4. To prevent Pride and Unthankfulness He keeps the Soul under delays of Mercy to humble it that it may bear it humbly and entertain it thankfully 2 Caution Take heed of Complaining for want of high hopes for the Fault lies in your selves Lam. 3.39 Wherefore doth a living man complain a man for the punishment of his sins Your want of High Hope is pena damni a punishment of loss you loose much Comfort by it But it s the punishment of your sin 1 You
that ever were conferred upon the Churches of Christ and have that Scripture much in my mind Ezek. 20.37 38. I will cause you to pass under the Rod and will bring you into the bond of the Covenant And I will purge out from amongst you the Rebels and them that transgress against me These Rebels must be purged out that oppose the work of the Lord and hinder what he is about to do for his people And we must be brought again into the Bond of the Covenant and pass under the Rod in order to this great Mercy and this Rod therefore is not to be feared nor to weaken but to heighten our hope And I am not wholly without hope that I my self tho' aged may yet live to see the storm over Now 67. and the Rebels thereby purged out and the Bond of the Covenant renewed and the People of God united and the Kingdom of Christ advanced and his faithful Ambassadors promoted in such a method of Providence as shall add such Lustre to the Mercy and such clear Evidence that it is the Lords work that the very Enemies thereof shall be put to perpetual Silence And I entreat my Brethren and all that fear the Lord to hope in the Lord not only for glory but for great and glorious things from God as the return of many Prayers of Faith and the issue of all the great things that our good God hath already wrought for us The sins of the Nation cannot hinder the accomplishment of absolute promises The promise of the Messiah was an absolute promise and though its accomplishment was long delayed yet in the fulness of the appointed time he came and the degenerated state of the Church could not hinder it The Promise of the Deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt was an absolute Promise and fulfilled exactly notwithstanding the great sins that then abounded Provoking sins cannot nullifie nor frustrate absolute Promises Now the Promises of the Downfall of Antichrist and of the Calling of the Jews and of the fullness of the Gentiles are absolute promises yet unfulfilled and the time though concealed from us yet cannot be afar off Isa 10.25 Yet a very little time and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction Gods anger towards his People ends in the destroying of their Enemies Hag. 2.3 Though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry The accomplishment of absolute Promises tarry till the appointed time of their accomplishment and then it surely comes and will not tarry Satan sinners nor sin abounding can cause it to tarry any longer Isa 46. last It shall not be far off and my salvation shall not taâ—ry and I will place salvation in Sion for Israel my Glory Salvation is provided for and placed near to the Church of Christ ready to come forth at the appointed time till then it must tarry in its appointed place and then it shall not tarry then sin may abound but though sin abound then yet it shall not tarry The Interest of Christ in the world I confess is very low and many of the Reformed Churches near to ruin Ps 12.5 But for the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him Mans extremity is Gods opportunity to shew mercy in And to me the low estate of the Churches is an Encouragment as it is demonstrative that the appointed time draws nigh which is usually such a time as will add a great Lustre to the Deliverance Now I expect that storm to arise that will fall upon the Enemies of Christ lead forth the workers of iniquity that peace may be upon Sion by the removal of the Disturbers of her peace And because it will be terrible it concerns us all to strengthen our Souls against the Fears and Terrors that must needs accompany it with high hopes of Glory and also of a good Issue Let us make God our Refuge and in him let us hope Though it darken the sky that no light appear yet let us trust in the Name of the Lord and stay our selves upon our God Isa 50.10 Let us mind our then present duty and stick close to the Lord our God in hope that he will bring Light out of Darkness and turn all to the furtherance of the Gospel Let us humble our selves for our sins and the sins of the Land but let us not despair because of sin but live in Expectation of the Accomplishment of the Promises both for this Life and the Life to come Let us wait for a good Issue and let us wait in Hope Let us quit our selves like men like men of Courage like men that live in hopes of Glory Let us be strong in the Lord relying on him for Support and Comfort and Supplies of all our need in that needful time of Trouble Let us not hang down the Head as men without hope nor give any cause by our Fears and Despondencies to the Enemies of Christ to triumph over us But let us fly to the Promises and set Faith and Hope on work that by our Faith we may further the work of the Lord Let us pray in Faith then and not give way to the evil heart of Unbelief And as a help herein let us make use of that Catalogue of Promises and Experiences that is annexed to this small Treatise It hath been by me this many years and I have met with many great Troubles and have used it all along with advantage and now send it abroad for the good of others The Prayer of Paul for the Romans shall be my Conclusion Rom. 15.13 Now the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost Amen Amen THE APPENDIX THE Promises of GOD Verified in the Experiences of the Godly Collected by A. B. for his private Use and now Published for the Benefit of others God is not Man that he should tell a Lye Experience doth his Promise verifie When of Experience I did take a View I found his Promises faithful and true Thy faithfulness O Lord I do adore And pray that I may doubt of it no more LONDON Printed in the Year 1694. THE PREFACE to the Catalogue WHen I drew up this Catalogue of Promises and Experiences for my own private Use I prefixt this Preface to stir up my self to the Exercise of Faith in the Promises and not then intending to make them publick I made use of a Treatise wrote against Fear by that Pious and Excellent Divine Mr Flavel Methodizing and adding Meditations of my own and thereby modelling it into a suitable form for my own Use and have continued it and Published it for the good of others and hereby give the World notice thereof to do Justice to that Famous Man and to free my self from the Censure of such as may
in the Promise 2. You must close with the Promise and accept of it with its Condition annexed striving for the Qualifications upon which the Obligation of the Promise dependeth and acting those Graces so strongly that you may be satisfied in your selves that the Habits of those Graces are within you and then the Door of the Promise will stand open to you and you may enter into it with satisfaction upon all occasions The more clearly Grace darteth forth its Beams in your Souls the more manifest will your interest in the promises appear 7. The Faithfulness of God in his promises serves to convince us of the wretchedness of such as have no Interest in the Promises Alas alas what will formal Hypocrites do in an evil day whether will they fly for refuge if they run to the promise it will afford them no succour not because the Promise faileth but because it belongs not to them They are none of the Heirs of the promise The promise is the Heritage of the Righteous Faithful is he that hath promised But to these he hath made no promises his Threatnings not his Promises belong unto them It s no wonder that formal Hypocrites fall from their profession in a time of Persecution they being not under the promises but under danger of being left to themselves for imprisoning the Truth in unrighteousness 2 Thes 2.10 Such as receive not the Love of the Truth shall be given up to strong Delusions Godliness is profitable to all things having the Promise of this Life and the Life that is to come The promises appertain to Godliness and neither the promises of this life nor of the life to come belong to ungodliness The Godly are the Children of the Promise but the ungodly the Children of Wrath and have nothing to do with the promise And how woful is their condition that have no Interest in the promises 8. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to comfort Christians under all the evils that may befal them in this wicked World They may comfort themselves 1. In the fullness of the Promise There is a supply of all their wants laid up for them in the Promise and whatsoever they need they may fetch from the Fountain of the Promise want they Comfort or Council Support or Strength these and much more are laid up for them in the Promises 2. They may also comfort themselves in the Faithfulness of the Promises They are firm and infallible Promises and can deceive none that rely upon them Suppose they fall into Poverty God hath promised not to suffer them to lack and to repair their Losses and faithful is he that hath promised Suppose they be cast into Prison God hath promised them his Presenee Power Peace and his Spirit and these will turn a Prison into a Pallace and faithful is he that hath promised Suppose they be put to Death in the cause of the Gospel it doth but hasten them to Heaven and God hath promised to be with them in the fire and to reward them with a more weighty Crown of Glory and faithful is he that hath promised Suppose through the violence of a Temptation they be overcome and fall into some hainous sin they shall not die in that sin but recover by renewed Repentance for God hath promised to heal their backsliding and faithful is he that hath promised 9. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to encourage us to Constancy and Stedfastness in the profession of the Faith The Promises are faithful Friends to such faithful Servants as are not only in the Faith and stedfast in the Faith but also stedfast in the open Profession of their Faith How do the Promises embolden animate and encourage them to Constancy and Perseverance in this their Profession in stormy and perilous times Heb. 10.23 Let us hold fast our profession without wavering faithful is he that hath promised And is he faithful that hath promised then why should we waver and let go our profession of our Faith Is not Gods Faithfulness a strong Encouragement to us to stick close to our Profession Surely it is for it answers all objections that carnal reason objects aganst stedfastness in our Profession and assures us of all supplies that we stand in need of to help us to hold fast our Profession without wavering 1. It answers all Objections that Carnal Reason objects against this stedfastness in our Profession Doth carnal reason object Poverty saying if thou stick now in such times as these to thy profession thou wilt be undone and bring thy self and thy Family to Beggary The Answer is The Earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof he feeds the Fowls of the Air and provided Manna for the Israelites in the Wilderness and he hath promised that there shall be no lack to them that fear him Ps 34.9 and faithful is he that hath promised Doth carnal reason object impotency and disability saying alas thou art a weak frail and fearful Creature and wilt never be able to hold out and hold fast thy profession to the end of the storm the Severities of unreasonable Men and the Cruelties they will expose thee to will prove too hard for thee it s to no purpose to strive against so violent a stream better yield at first than to stand out a while and then be forced to a dishonorable Retreat The Answer is this When my flesh and my heart faileth me God is the strength of my Heart Though I am weak yet God is strong and he hath promised to be my Shield and Refuge and faithful is he that hath promised When Paul was in Trouble God stood by him and strengthned him 2 Tim. 4.16 Heb. 11.34 And in the primitive Persecutions the Christians out of weakness were made strong why then should I be discouraged I will trust to Gods Faithfulness which never failed Doth carnal reason object the perfidiousness of Friends saying all will forsake you and frown on you and you will have none to stand by you and to look after you in your troubles The Answer is I have a faithful Friend that hath promised to stick close to me that can and will help me The Lord of Host hath promised to be with me and to help me and faithful is he that hath promised He was faithful to Paul and to Jacob and to Joseph and though they had many and great troubles and their worldly Friends failed them yet he befriended them all along and why should I distrust so faithful a Friend that never falsified his promise thus the Faithfulness of God answers all carnal objections And 2. It assures as of all sorts of supplies that we stand in need of to help us to hold fast our profession without wavering Phil. 4.19 My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ He shall do it saith Paul And how could Paul assure of all necessary supplies why he knew that God was engaged by
who shall deliver me from the body of this Death I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7.24 In all these things we are more then Conquerours through him that loved us Rom. 8.37 Joseph refused to ly with his Mistress saying how can I do this great sin and sin against God Gen. 39.8 We are bound to give thanks to God alway for you Because your faith groweth exceedingly 2 Thes 1.3 The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more to the perfect day Prov. 4.18 Which Gospel is come unto you as it is in all the world and bringeth forth fruit as it doth also in you Col. 1.6 Tenthly Promises of the Presence of God and of his Spirit Fear not for I am with thee I am thy God I will strengthen thee yea I will help thee yea I will uphold thee Isa 41.10 Fear not O Israel thou art mine when thou passest through the waters I will be with thee they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest thro' the fire thou shalt not be burnt Isa 43. beg Be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Heb. 13.5 If a man love me he will keep my words and my father will love him and we will come to him and make our abode with him John 14.23 Turn you at my reproof behold I will pour out my Spirit into you Prov. 1.23 It is convenient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come but if I depart I will send him to you John 16.7 If ye being evil know how to give good Gifts to to your Children how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him Luke 11.13 I will pray to the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you John 14.16 18. Experiences of the Presence of the Spirit of God Though I walk through the valley of the shaddow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me Psa 23.4 Joseph was sold into Egypt but the Lord was with Joseph and he shewed him mercy Gen. 39.21 Lo I see four men loose walking in the midst of the fire and they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the son God Dan. 3.25 Solomon was strengthened in his Kingdom and the Lord his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly 2 Chron. 1.1 Hereby we know that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his Spirit 1 John 4.3 God which knoweth the hearts bear them witness viz. the Gentiles giving them his spirit even as he did to us Acts 15.8 The Holy Ghost fell on them which heard the word Acts 10.44 Barnabas was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith Acts 11.24 The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost Acts 13. last Eleventhly Promises of Perseverance I will make an Everlasting Covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear into their hearts that they shall not depart from me Jer. 32.40 I will give them everlasting Life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10.28 One thing is needful Mary hath chosen the better part which shall never be taken from her Luke 10. last Who will confirm you to the end that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1.8 I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ faithful is he that hath called you who will also do it 1 Thess 5.23 24. The Gifts and calling of God are without repentance Rom. 11.29 Being confident of this thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ Phil. 1.6 Experiences of Perseverance The high places were not removed nevertheless Asa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days 1 King 15.14 I have fought the good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness 2 Tim. 4.7 8. Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for I have seen thy salvation Luke 2.29 The house built upon the rock though the rain descended and the flood came and the winds blew yet kept his standing Mat. 7. lat These all dyed in the faith Heb. 11.13 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation 1 Pet. 1.5 I have been young and now am old yet have not seen the righteous forsaken Psal 37.25 My flesh and my heart faileth me but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever Psal 73.26 Twelfthly Promises of the Possession of Heaven Fear not little flock it is your Fathers good will to give a Kingdom Luke 12.32 Eye hath not seen ear hath not heard nor hath it entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor. 2.9 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of Life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him James 1.12 When the chief shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a Crown of Glory that faideth not way 1 Pet. 5.4 Fear none of these things which thou shalt suffer ye shall have tribulation 10 days be faithful unto death and I will give thee a Crown of Life Rev. 2.10 You have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting Life Rom. 6.22 Of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance for ye serve the Lord Christ Col. 3.24 Experiences of the Possession of Heaven Be ye followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the Promises Heb. 6.12 Lazarus dyed and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom Luke 16.2 Then talked with him two men which were Moses and Elias who appeared in glory Luke 9.30.21 The Spirits of just men made perfect Heb. 12.23 Heaven is called the inheritance of the Saints because they do inherit it Col. 1.12 A Song of Praise THe World 's a toy let me imploy My Soul in higher things Than upon those that create woes And carry cruel Stings My Fears are great Sorrow my Meat And humane Faith is gone On Pilgrimage for in this Age Amongst us there is none Thy faithfulness O God I bless And cannot but admire That Love is cold and yet behold None warm it at this Fire But O my Soul do not condole But Triumph thou in Praise Greatly rejoice with Hearts and Voice Let Joy thy Spirits raise Mind not the Rod rejoice in God That never failed thee Thou knowest this faithful he is And so will ever be Thou hast been Low and