his earthly Glory and Dignity and did mightily bear up his soul in the midst of sufferings Yea further let me tell you this very Consideration was a great support even unto our Saviour Christ himself under all his afflictions and a great comfort to him in all his sufferings therefore we are exhorted to consider his example and to make him our pattern in this very particular Heb. 12.2 3. where the Apostle bids us Look unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our Faith who for the JOY that was set before him endured the Cross and despised the shame and is now set down at the right hand of the Throne of God Mark The JOY that was set before him and the Crown that was laid up for him was that which did exceedingly bear up his Soul to endure the Cross and carry him forth to despise the Shame for he knew that though he was attended with sorrows here on Earth yet there was joy enough in Heaven to make him amends for all And though he was now cloathed with shame and reproach yet he should shortly be cloathed with Glory and Majesty in his Fathers Kingdom and for his Cross he should receive a Heavenly Crown Therefore he willingly bore the Cross and patiently underwent the Reproach knowing that this Glorious Reward would largely requite him for all his Troubles Therefore sayes the Apostle Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds When we are surrounded with Sorrow and compassed about with Troubles let 's remember our Heavenly Portion where we shall have fulness of joy and pleasures for ever and when we are attended with crosses and several calamities then let 's remember our Crown of Glory reserved for us in our Fathers Kingdom Let us in all things consider the example of Jesus Christ and be sure to follow his steps and then we shall be sure to partake of the same encouragement and be in a better capacity to run with patience the Race that is set before us Thus much for the third Use by way of Encouragement But Fourthly by way of Exhortation this may serve to exhort us to three things First Seeing it is so That the Lord hath so much tender love and respect for his People as to provide and prepare a Kingdom for them Oh! then let us be exhorted to increase and abound in our love one towards another Let us be sure to continue stedfast in Brotherly Love and to abound in Christian charity one towards another as becomes the Elect of God for if the Lord himself have such Bowels of Love and Affection for them as to honour them with a Crown and Kingdom how much more should we have Bowels of Love and affection one towards another for whom this Kingdom is provided And if the Lord himself tender his People as the Apple of his Eye and count them worthy of Eternal Glory Oh! how may this engage us to be tender one towards another and count one another worthy of respect and love yea it may engage us to manifest abundance of tender love and cordial affection even to the meanest and poorest of the Lords People yea though they be never so contemptible in the eyes of the World and never so mean and low in their earthly stations yet let us be tender towards them and embrace them in love and let us account them honourable and esteem them lovely for they are all Heirs of a Glorious Kingdom and they are all the dearly Beloved of the Lord Therefore this may engage us to love one another and this may engage us to be exceeding careful of each others welfare Therefore sayes the Apostle 1 Joh. 4.11 Beloved if God so loved us how ought we to love one another If the Lord himself hath so much love for us as to make us heirs of life and glory how should this enjoyn us to endeavour to exceed in our love one towards another and to abound in our affections towards all Saints Oh! let us take heed of slighting and contemning one another and let us take heed of scorning and setting at nought even the very poorest and meanest of Gods Jewels But let all those that truly fear the Lord be dear and precious to us though they are never so vile and ridiculous in the account of the World for they are all lovely in the sight of God and they are all precious in the eyes of the Lord and we are all his Children by faith in Jesus Christ therefore let us live in unity and love like Brethren Let us get and maintain an affection suitable to our Spiritual Relation and be sure to discharge a tender duty one towards another for we are all Children of one Father and we are all fed from one Fountain and we all belong to one Family and we are all Heirs to one Kingdom Therefore let us take heed of dividing in our Love and of difference in Affection seeing we are all one in Spiritual Relation and all concern'd in one Portion and seeing we are all travelling towards one Country and all journying towards one Land Oh! let us take heed that we do not quarrel and fall out by the way but rather let us like honest Travellers love and pitty one another and comfort and encourage one another and bear one anothers burden and help one another forward in our progress towards Heaven that so we may manifest our selves to be the Children of God and the Disciples of Christ by our love and affection one towards another and that we may make it appear to the world that we are living Christians by our love to Christians and that we are Born of God by our love to his Begotten for sayes the Apostle 1 Joh. 3.14 We know that we have passed from Death to Life because we love the Brethren for he that loveth not his Brother abideth in Death Mark He that hath not love and affection towards his Christian Brethren it is an evident sign that he is in a state of Death and that he is very unfit to stand as a Member in the Church of Christ for he is of no more use there than a rotten Branch in a fruitful Tree or a wooden legg in a mans Body which stands only for an outward shew but hath no life in it to refresh the Body and if all the members of the Body should be afflicted with grief yet still that would feel no pain nor would not at all be sensible of the Bodies sufferings and the reason is because it 's a dead member and wants the life that maintains and feeds the Body even so it is with a professed Christian that wants love to his Brethren he can hear of the afflictions of his Brethren and not at all be troubled and he can understand that his Brethren are in great want and misery and have no sympathy nor fellow-feeling with them in their condition and the reason is because he is
a dead member and wants that spiritual life that feeds and maintains the power of Godliness in the Soul for if he be acquainted with the Spiritual Birth and if his Soul be alive for God he cannot be without love to his Brethren Therefore sayes the Apostle in another place Beloved let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth his Brother is Born of God and is acquainted with the Lord. Therefore let this Doctrine of the Kingdom perswade us to continue and abound in this fruit of the Spirit and seeing we profess our selves to be all Partners in one Kingdom let us be all Partners together in Love and Affection Thus much for the first word of Exhortation But again Secondly 2. If it be so that the Lord hath provided and prepared a Kingdom for his People and will one day Crown them with Eternal Glory Oh! then let us be exhorted to bless and praise the Lord for his goodness towards us and to magnifie his Glorious Name for this his unspeakable Love Oh! the exceeding Riches of his Grace in this very particular doth mightily engage us to celebrate his praise to the utmost of our power both in word and action Oh! how are we bound to set forth his Glory and to magnifie his Mercy and to speak well of his Goodness for this his tender respect to his People yea all his Attributes shines and shews themselves beautifully in the accomplishment of this our great and wonderful Priviledge and loudly calls for a thankful Return at our hands Oh! how are we engaged to the Lord for his Goodness and how are we bound to praise him for his rich Grace To consider that we even such poor Creatures as we even when we were in a lost perishing state lay polluted in our Blood in an undone Condition that then the Lord should vouchsafe to cast his Eye upon us and pitty us and manifest his Love and Goodness so far unto our Souls as to find out a way for our Recovery and to bring about our Redemption by the death of his own Son and to put us into a capacity of Salvation that we might be honoured with the Dignity of Adoption and enabled to call him Father through faith in his only Begotten That so we might be partakers of a Heavenly Glorious and Unmoveable Kingdom Oh! what unspeakable Love and excellent Kindness is this Oh! what rich Grace and infinite Mercy is here extended to our Souls How do we stand engaged to the Lord for his infinite Goodness Pray let 's consider how it is in natural Cases If in case that we were poor and miserable and wanted relief and comfort for our outward Man and could not tell where nor which way to find any succour And now if a rich Man that hath fulness about him should take our Condition into consideration and meerly out of Love and Pitty towards us should hand forth Relief and Comfort to us and plentifully supply all our Wants and put us into a happy Condition and after all this make us Heirs of a Rich Inheritance Oh! how should we be engaged to esteem such a Courtesie as this And how should we be engaged to prize such a wonderful Kindness Oh! how would this bind us to acknowledge his Love and draw forth our hearts with thankfulness towards him Or else if we did not almost every one would be ready to condemn us for our Ingratitude And besides we should even give our Friend just occasion to cast us out of his favour and take our Inheritance from us Well but now the Lord hath done abundance more for us than all this and he hath extended his Love towards us in a wonderful manner even beyond comparison yea he hath done that for us that all the men in the World and all the Angels in Heaven could never have done by their greatest power and he hath provided and prepared such a Rich and Glorious Portion for us as all the World is not comparable thereunto Oh! then consider how are we bound to prize and esteem this infinite Kindness of God and thankfully to acknowledge his unspeakable Love And how are we bound to bless the Lord for his Goodness and to shew forth the Praises of him who hath thus called us out of Darkness into his marvellous Light Therefore seeing the Lord hath been so much enlarged in his Love and Goodness towards us Oh! let us endeavour to be enlarged in our thankfulness towards him lest we give him occasion to withdraw his Love from us for our gross Ingratitude and deprive us of our Portion for our ill improvement of his great Love Therefore you shall find that the Apostle himself makes this use of this very particular 1 Pet. 1.3 4. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant Mercy hath Begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead to an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled which fadeth not away reserved in Heaven for us Mark The consideration of Gods Goodness manifested in our hope of Glory and the consideration of our reserved Inheritance is that which doth here occasion him to bless and praise the Lord and exceedingly draws forth his spirit with thankfulness towards him and causeth him to acknowledge and admire his abundant Mercy towards us who hath Begotten us to a lively hope of such a Heavenly Inheritance Therefore saith the Apostle Paul Col. 1.12 13. We do not cease to give thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light who hath delivered us from the power of Darkness and hath translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son Oh! therefore let the consideration of our Heavenly Portion dwell upon our hearts and exceedingly draw forth our souls with thankfulness towards our Heavenly Father and let us mightily endeavour to set forth the Praise and Glory of him who hath provided and prepared such an Excellent Kingdom for his People Thus much for the second word of Exhortation I shall now come to the Third and last word of Exhortation and so conclude 3. Seeing the Lord hath provided and prepared such a Glorious and Heavenly Kingdom for his People Oh! then let all those that professe an Interest in this Kingdom walk worthy of God who hath called us to such a Glorious Inheritance Let the consideration thereof mightily engage us to a Holy and a Heavenly Conversation Oh! let us be sure to walk suitably and answerably to such an Honourable and Heavenly Profession as becomes those that are Heirs of a Kingdom and as becomes those that have an Interest in such an unspeakable Portion Oh! let 's consider what a Glorious Profession we bear and what a Heavenly work we are called unto and let us be sure to walk so as that we may honour our Profession with a suitable Conversation and answer the end of our
shall be like unto Jesus Christ in Splendour and Beauty Their Bodies shall be cloathed with glory and Majesty like unto the Body of Jesus Christ As Christ is Glorious and Beautiful so shall the Saints be Glorious and Beautiful and as Christ is fair and comely so shall the Saints be fair and comely and as Christ is pleasant and altogether Lovely so shall the Saints be pleasant and altogether Lovely and there shall be no spot of Deformity in them nor no Infirmity nor Blemish upon them But they shall shine in Beauty like the brightness of the Firmament and exceed the Stars in Lustre and Purity Here 's another Excellent Priviledge and a lovely Branch of heavenly Happiness wonderful to consider of and Marvellous pleasant will it be to enjoy the same It 's counted a great Honour and a high Priviledge amongst the People of the World to be but a little Adorned with Earthly Beauty or to have but a comely Face Garnished with a little Natural Brightness yea many times it is so highly esteemed and counted such a Rare Priviledge as it makes many Persons proud and high-minded Because of their Earthly Beauty and because of a comely Face but alas this is nothing in comparison of that Glory and Beauty which the Saints shall be Adorned withall when they enjoy this Heavenly Kingdom this is not worthy to be named in comparison of that Purity and Comeliness which shall be the Saints Portion in their Fathers Kingdom they shall have greater Honour than to be Adorned with Earthly Beauty and Natural Comeliness for they shall be Adorned with Heavenly Beauty and cloathed with Celestial Majesty yea they shall be Equal unto the Angels for Splendour and like unto Jesus Christ for Glory Therefore sayes the Apostle Phil. 3.20 21. Our Conversation is in Heaven from whence also we look for our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile Bodies that they may be fashionod like unto his GLORIOUS Body according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself Though now they are vile bodies attended with earthly corruption yet then they shall be precious Bodies attended with Heavenly GLORY though now they are defiled Bodies attended with many Infirmities yet then they shall be Lovely Bodies attended with perfect Purity and mightily Adorned with Excellent Beauty Therefore says Christ Mat. 13.43 Then shall the Righteous SHINE forth as the SUN in the Kingdom of their Father Mark here 's glorious Beauty and wonderful Brightness Here 's Eminent Purity and Heavenly Splendour the Righteous shall Shine like the SUN in the Kingdom of their Father even whilst others are weeping and wailing in a Furnace of Fire Oh what unspeakable Glory and Excellent Majesty is here prepared for poor despised contemptible Creatures Oh! how happy and blessed will all those be that shall be counted worthy of this Kingdom and Glory All the Pleasure and Glory on Earth is not worthy to be compared with one Branch of this Heavenly Happiness All the Honour and Beauty under the Sun is not able to Parrallel the least Glimpse of this Heavenly Glory See one notable Text more for this and so I shall leave this Particular and proceed to another 1 Joh. 3.2 Where the Apostle is giving a short discovery of the Honour and Dignity of the Saints both here and hereafter Beloved saith he now we are the Sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be Mark Though we have so much Honour and Dignity conferred upon us now at present as to be called the Sons of God and though the Lord is pleased to extend his goodness so far towards us now at present as to make us his Children by the Spirit of Adoption yet it doth not yet appear what we shall be and yet this is such a wonderful Priviledge as it makes the Apostle exceedingly Admire at the Consideration thereof Crying out BEHOLD what MANNER of Love is THIS that we should be called the Sons of God! He was mightily filled with Admiration to consider of this wonderful Dignity but yet for all this it doth not yet appear what we shall be for we know that when he shall appear we shall be LIKE him Mark we shall be like unto Jesus Christ Blessed as he is Blessed Beautiful as he is Beautiful Glorious as he is Glorious Every way Adorned with Heavenly Happiness like unto Jesus Christ This is also another Excellent Priviledge or a fourth Branch of that Happiness which the Saints shall be made partakers of in this Glorious Kingdom Fifthly Another is this 5. They shall have wonderful Glorious Company and blessed Society they shall be continually honoured with Heavenly Company and blessed with Glorious Companions The meanest and worst of their Companions shall be Blessed and glorious Angels Though now it may be they are so much despised by the World as that they are not counted worthy to dwell in the Society of wicked Men yet they are so much honoured by the Lord as that they shall one Day be counted worthy to dwell in the Society of Blessed Angels and THEY shall be their meanest Companions This is another Glorious Priviledge excellent Dignity for the People of God in this Heavenly Kingdom they shall never have cause to complain of their Company nor never have cause to be weary of their Society for their meanest Company shall be glorious Angels and their worst Society shall be Heavenly Spirits And indeed this is a Priviledge which is very acceptable and delightful unto God's People and highly esteemed and much to be desired amongst good men now upon earth I mean godly Society for indeed those that truly fear God do count it a great Priviledge to enjoy the Society of good People and would reckon it a great Happiness to be wholly and altogether freed from evil company that they might alwayes enjoy the Society of godly People Therefore saith David Psal 16.3 My goodness extendeth not only unto thee O Lord but unto thy Saints and excellent ones in whom is all my DELIGHT But now in this Heavenly Kingdom they shall not only have the Society of Saints and enjoy Communion one with another without any mixture of Evil But they shall also enjoy it with God and fellowship with Jesus Christ and have the Society of blessed and glorious Angels Therefore saith the Apostle Heb. 12.22 23. Ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the Heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable Company of ANGELS to the general Assembly and Church of the First-born and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect Here 's Glorious Company and Heavenly Society here 's pleasant Companions and beautiful Partners here 's honourable Equals and lovely Objects and all to attend the People of God to encrease their Happiness in their Father's Kingdom So that this is also another excellent Priviledge or a fifth Branch of that Happiness
receive a Glorious Portion from the hands of our Heavenly Father which will be no less than a Crown and Kingdom See another Glorious Testimony for the Truth of this Proposition in Luke 22.28 29 30. Says Christ there to his Disciples Ye are they which have continued with me in my Temptations As much as if he should say you are they which have been with me in all my Troubles and have followed me faithfully in all my Sufferings and have Travelled with me in a difficult path and now for your Comfort and Encouragement here 's a promise for you to make you amends for all your Tryals I 'le see that you shall be sufficiently requited for every thing that you have lost in my service Therefore take notice That I appoint unto you a Kingdom even as my Father hath appointed unto me And you shall eat and drink at my Table in my Kingdom and sit upon Thrones Judging the twelve Tribes of Israel Thus you see what Honour and Dignity what Glory and Majesty the poor despised Saints of God shall one Day have conferred upon them and what an Eminent Portion they shall one Day receive from the hands of their Heavenly Father therefore Here they have no continuing City But they seek one to come Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a City Therefore I shall conclude the proof of this Proposition with that saying of the Apostle Jam. 2.5 where he speaks thus Hearken my beloved Brethren Hath not God chosen the poor of this World rich in Faith and Heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him Though they are poor in this World yet they are rich in Faith and Heirs of a Kingdom and though now it may be they are Branded and Stigmatised with filthy names and called Phanaticks and Schismaticks and Hereticks and the like yet they shall one day appear to be the Jewels of God and all Nations shall call them Blessed in a delightful Land and they shall dwell with God in his heavenly habitation For this we know when our Earthly Tabernacle is dissolved we shall have a Building of God an house not made with hands Eternal in the Heavens Mal. 3.12 2 Cor. 5.1 So much shall suffice for the proof of this Proposition viz. That Gods People shall one Day Receive Possesse and enjoy a Kingdom I shall now come to speak a few words concerning the Excellency of this Kingdom and endeavour to shew you in some measure what manner of Kingdom this will be that shall one Day be the Portion of Gods People First That Kingdom which God will one Day give unto his People It is a Heavenly Kingdom It is not an Earthly corruptible Kingdom Adorned with worldly Vanities But it is a Heavenly Incorruptible Kingdom Adorned with Celestial Majesty It is not a mean contemptible Kingdom attended with Earthly corruption But it is a High and Lofty Kingdom filled with Heavenly Beauty It is not an ordinary Kingdom to be found here upon Earth But it is an Extraordinary Kingdom reserved now in Heaven It is such a Kingdom as all the Kingdoms on Earth and all the Monarchs in the World are not worthy to be compared nor put in the Ballance with it Therefore this is one thing which may in a great measure Demonstrate the Excellency of this Kingdom It is such a Heavenly Portion as that all the Earth is not able to afford such a precious Jewel See what the Scripture sayes concerning this Kingdom in this very particular 2 Tim. 4.18 Sayes the Apostle there The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his HEAVENLY Kingdom Mark he will preserve me not onely unto his Kingdom but unto his HEAVENLY Kingdom An excellent Kingdom of a Heavenly Nature nothing on Earth comparable thereunto Therefore sayes Christ also Mat. 5.3 10 12. Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Blessed are they which are Persecuted for Righteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven So that it is not onely a Kingdom but a Kingdom of Heaven it is not onely a Reward but a Reward in Heaven it is not onely a Jerusalem but a Heavenly Jerusalem Heb. 12.22 It is not onely a Country but a Heavenly Country Heb. 11.16 It is not onely a Building but a Building in the Heavens 2 Cor. 5.1 A City which hath Foundations whose Builder and Maker is God Heb. 11.10 So that this is the first thing that bespeaks the Excellency of this Kingdom It is a Heavenly Kingdom A Portion which this World is not able to afford 2. It is a Gloriom Kingdom or a Kingdom of Glory It is not onely a Heavenly Kingdom But a Glorious Heavenly Kingdom or a Heavenly Glorious Kingdom It is not a Kingdom mixt with worldly pollutions but it is a Kingdom filled with Heavenly Glory It is not a vile Kingdom attended with shame and dishonour But it is a pretious Kingdom full of Honour and Glory It is such a Kingdom as all the Kingdoms on Earth are not worthy to be compared with it for Glory and Beauty there 's no Kingdom on Earth so Glorious out it 's mixt with some shame and contempt But the Saints Kingdom is altogether lovely cloathed with Glory and Majesty there is no Kingdom on Earth so Beautiful but it 's mixt with some silthiness and Deformity but the Saints Kingdom is altogether comely full of Spendour and Beauty there is no Kingdom on Earth so pleasant but it 's mixt with some filth and corruption but the Saints Kingdom is altogether pure full of Excellent Brightness Oh the Excellency and Purity of this Kingdom Oh the Glory and Dignity of this Kingdom who is sufficient to expresse the Majesty and Beauty of this Kingdom The tongue of Men and Angels is not able to speak forth the fulness thereof But now to prove That it is such a Glorious Kingdom see first that saying of the Apostle 1 Thes 2.11 12. You know says Paul how we exhorted and charged every one of you That you would walk worthy of God who hath called you unto his Kingdom and GLORY Mark he hath not onely called you to his Kingdom but to his Kingdom and GLORY that is to say to that Glory which is in that Kingdom which plainly shews it is a GLORIOUS Kingdom And further it appears that the greatest Glory and the greatest Excellency that this World can afford is not worthy to be compared with the GLORY of this Kingdom For the Spirit of God in Scripture doth frequently call the greatest Glory and the greatest Honour of this World But vanity and vexation of Spirit and it 's of no Esteem in the account count of God and good Men but the Apostle Paul in this Text Reckons it a great Priviledge and a wonderful happiness to have an Interest in this Kingdom
and GLORY Therefore he strictly charged them to walk worthy or sutable to that great Love of God which had graciously called them to such a GLORIOUS Kingdom And further saith he in another place Rom. 8.18 I Reckon that the Sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the GLORY which shall be revealed There will be such Inestimable Glory revealed in and for the Saints when they enjoy this Kingdom as there is nothing comparable thereunto there is nothing here below worth the naming in comparison thereof Therefore sayes he in another place 2 Cor 4.17 Our Light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and Eternal weight of GLORY So that this is also another thing which doth very much Demonstrate the Excellency of this Kingdom It is not onely a Heavenly Kingdom but a Heavenly Kingdom of GLORY And there is a Crown of Glory in it laid up for all the Little Flock of Christ 1 Pet. 5.1 3 4. verses 3. Lastly It is an unmoveable Kingdom or a Kingdom which cannot be moved It is such a Kingdom as can never be shaken nor moved by all the Powers on Earth nor it can never be thrown down nor destroyed by all the strength in the World All the Force and Violence that men and Devils can use against it can never shake nor move the Foundation of this Kingdom It far exceeds all the Kingdoms on Earth in this particular also For alas all the Kingdoms on Earth are Changeable and Mutable and are very subject to be subdued and destroyed by Power and strength But the Saints Kingdom is Unchangeable and Immutable an Inheritance which fadeth not away Alas the Kingdoms of this World are at no certainty they are often altering and changing in their affairs Sometimes to one thing and sometimes to another sometimes High and sometimes Low sometimes Rich and sometimes Poor sometimes Gaining and sometimes Losing sometimes Peace and sometimes War sometimes Prosperity and sometimes Adversity Alwayes Ebbing and Flowing Rising and Falling Changing and Turning from one thing to another Till many times Kings are even weary of their Kingdoms And again in the Kingdoms of this World things are so Mutable and subject to Change that it 's possible a man may be a King to day and a Beggar to morrow a man may be upon the Throne to day and upon the Dunghil to morrow a man may be in great Honour to day and in great Reproach to morrow yea a man may be a Ruler to day and over-ruled himself to morrow so variable and changable are even the best things of this life By which means all things here below are but vanity and vexation of spirit But now it is not so in the Saints Kingdom it 's altogether Unmovable and Unchangable there 's nothing can alter or change the Excellency of that Kingdom there 's nothing can stain the Glory nor diminish the Beauty of that Kingdom but as it is a Heavenly Kingdom now so it will be a Heavenly Kingdom for EVER and as it is a Glorious Kingdom now so it will be a Glorious Kingdom for Ever and as it is full of Beauty and Majesty now so it will be full of Beauty and Majesty for EVER So that this is also another thing which doth exceedingly proclaim the Excellency of this Kingdom Therefore saith the Apostle Heb. 12.28 Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be MOVED let us hold fast Grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with Reverence and godly Fear Mark not only a Kingdom but a Kingdom which CANNOT be MOVED not only a Building but an ETERNAL Building 2 Cor. 5.1 not only a City but a City which hath FOUNDATIONS whose Builder and Maker is God Heb. 11.10 not only an Inheritance but an INCORRUPTIBLE Inheritance which fadeth not away 1 Pet. 1.4 So that these three things seriously considered do exceedingly discover the unspeakable Excellency of that Kingdom which the Saints and People of God shall one day receive for their Reward and Portion First It is a HEAVENLY Kingdom Secondly It is a GLORIOUS Kingdom Thirdly It is an UNMOVABLE Kingdom Which being put together make a HEAVENLY GLORIOUS UNMOVABLE Kingdom An excellent Habitation an appointed Portion a precious Reward for the People of God So much shall suffice concerning the Excellency of this Kingdom it self I shall now come to speak something concerning the Priviledges of God's People in this Kingdom and endeavour to give you a glimpse or a Discovery of that Glory and Happiness which the Saints shall be made partakers of in this Heavenly Glorious Unmovable Kingdom The Happiness and Priviledges of God's People in this Kingdom consist in these two general Heads First A Freedome from all Evill Secondly An Enjoyment of all Good But more particularly First They shall be all Righteous and without Sin they shall be altogether pure and without spot they shall be altogether clean and without Corruption they shall be altogether Holy and without Pollution This is a glorious State and one excellent Priviledge that the Saints shall be made partakers of in this Heavenly Kingdom They shall be wholly freed from Sin and Iniquity and put out of a Capacity of ever Sinning more Oh! this is a blessed Priviledge indeed and much to be desired and longed after Oh! saith many a gracious Soul If I were but altogether free from Sin and Iniquity I should think my self in a happy Condition indeed Oh! If I were but in such a State as that I could never Sin against God what a blessed Condition should I be in But this is such a Condition as cannot be attained on this side the Grave this is such a Priviledge as cannot be found in an Earthly Pilgrimage for alas now we are subject to Sin every day and lyable to fall into Iniquity every hour and many Temptations offer themselves unto us and spread themselves before us and many times occasion us to Sin against the Lord and endanger the destruction of our Souls But now when the Saints enjoy this Kingdom they shall be altogether free from Sin and Iniquity and perfectly Pure and Undefiled before the Lord And all Temptations and all occasions of Sin shall be wholly removed and taken away and they shall never be in a Capacity to Sin any more against the Lord but they shall be all a Tree of Righteousness planted by the pure hand of the Lord And there shall be no more Curse but the Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it and his Servants shall Reign and serve him for Ever and Ever Revel 22.3 5. See also Revel 14.5 And in their mouth was found no guile for they are WITHOUT FAULT before the Throne of God There 's nothing of GUILT to be laid to their Charge there 's nothing of BLAME to be found amongst them there 's none can accuse them of any FAULT But they are altogether RIGHTEOUS without SIN and they shall inherit the