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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62392	The faithful souldier's reward, or, A glimpse of the saints happiness discovered in two sermons, occasioned by the death of that truly vertuous and religious gentle woman, Mrs. Katherine Disney : the former preached at Kirkstead, the place of her last abode here upon the earth, on the 18th day of May, 1690, being the Lord's Day, and the latter at Swinderly, near Lincoln, where she was interr'd the Tuesday following / by William Scoffin.	Scoffin, William, 1655?-1732.	1692 (1692)	Wing S933; ESTC R11432	41,514	126

thou art Known and Love as thou art Beloved of Him O Blessed Condition indeed With what raised Affections will the Faithful serve God when once they arrive to this State of Perfection How will they contemplate his incomparable Excellencies And how joyfully then will they sing forth his Praises They 'l never cease to love and admire and therefore never cease to praise their God Their Hearts will be there eternally enflamed and their Mouths eternally opened to glorify him But with the highest Veneration they 'l adore his Goodness and sing aloud of his Mercy Psal 59.16 I will sing of thy Power O Lord saith David yea I will sing aloud of thy Mercy And again saith he in another Place I will sing of the Mercies of the Lord for ever Psal 89.1 'T is certain that the glorify'd Saints in Heaven will have such a Sense of God's Mercy and Love as shall fill their Mouths with Eternal Praises Ezek. 16.6 8. Joh. 3.16 chap. 6.44 Jer. 31.3 O how will they admire and adore that Love that pitied them in their lost Estate when no Eye pitied them That Love that provided a Redeemer for them and in time brought them to close with him That Love that in such an admirable manner conducted them through the World and ordered all things here below to their Spiritual and Eternal Advantage Yea and they 'l always be under the Beams of his Love which will be vigorously reflected in their joyful Praises It will there be the highest Felicity to contemplate his most excellent Perfections their greatest Pleasure to love and please him and their highest Honour to glorify him They 'l there be employed in the noblest Work and excited by the highest Motives I will speak of the glorious Honour of thy Majesty and of thy wondrous Works saith David Psal 145.5 And again They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great Goodness and shall sing of thy Righteousness Ver. 7. Now if the Saints while here on Earth do thus love and praise and adore the Lord how much more when they come into Heaven Their affectionate Praises will there be renewed without any let or intermission because the Divine Favours are there renewed every Moment O Blessed and Glorious Employment indeed Who would not strive to be thus employed All thy Works shall praise thee Psal 145.10 11. O Lord and thy Saints shall bless thee They shall speak of the Glory of thy Kingdom and talk of thy Power Ver. 13. Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and thy Dominion endureth throughout all Generations O help us to love and praise thee now that we may be more fitted for Eternal Praises 2. The glorify'd Saints and Angels will be a Believer's everlasting Companions And what a blessed Society will this be and how much will it add to our Happiness 'T is comfortable to meet with the Saints of God now though it be but in a Mourning-Duty but most sure it is their Communion there will be quite another thing For then they 'l be perfectly and eternally freed from all their Infirmities and Weaknesses Heb. 12.23 Now alas their many Infirmities do much hinder the pleasure of their Society but most delightful then will their Company be Here their Affections are flat and low and they are often dull and out of frame but in Heaven it will be otherwise There we shall have the most raised Affections and shall always be in a serious Frame And this will indear us to one another and will make our Communion most pleasing and delightful David esteemed the Saints of God the most excellent Persons upon Earth Psal 16.3 119.63 Psal 15.4 1 Joh. 3.14 and declared that in the Society of them he took the greatest Delight And this indeed is the true Character of a Heaven-born Citizen of Zion He is one that greatly loves and delights in the Company and Society of the Saints The Wicked desire not their Society and shall therefore be eternally separated from it but the Faithful do greatly love and value it and therefore shall eternally enjoy it 3. The Faithful shall then see the Face and enjoy the Presence of their Glorious Redeemer Joh. 17.24 Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my Glory which thou hast given me for thou lovedst me before the Foundation of the World Phil. 1.23 The Souls of the Faithful shall be with Christ immediately after Death and both Body and Soul shall be with him at the General Resurrection Joh. 14.2 3. In my Father's House are many Mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also At Death Luk. 16.22 Christ sends his Angels to conduct the Soul to Heaven But at the general Resurrection he will come himself in Person and will fetch us thither in State which will make our Access to Heaven the more glorious He will then come to lead his Flock to their everlasting Fold to present his Bride unto God Eph. 5.27 decked and apparelled with Glory And O what a glorious Sight will it be to see Christ and his Followers with Crowns on their Heads To see their triumphant Entrance into those everlasting Mansions and the Angels welcoming them with Shouts of Joy And then to see Christ on his Throne of Glory and they themselves placed round about him beholding him there with open Face in his greatest Splendour and Dignity What a Soul-enravishing Sight will this be Happy are thy Men 2 Chron. 9.7 and happy are these thy Servants which stand continually before thee and hear thy Wisdom said the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon But O how much more happy will they be who shall stand before Christ and see his Glory Why thus shall his Faithful Servants do Joh. 12.26 If any Man serve me let him follow me and where I am there shall also my Servant be if any Man serve me him will my Father honour It will be an Honour and Happiness indeed to be ever in the Presence of their glorious Redeemer and there to be glorified with him What Comfort and Encouragement doth this afford to the Faithful Souldiers of Christ To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my Throne even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his Throne Rev. 3.21 O how should this animate and encourage us against the Spiritual Enemies of our Souls If we now fight couragiously under Christ's Banner we shall one Day be crowned with Glory and Honour And this assuredly will make amends for all that we can do or suffer for him Moses was well assured of it and therefore esteemed Reproaches for Christ Heb. 11.26 above all the Treasures in Egypt for he had respect