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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41543	A fair prospect shewing clearly the difference between things that are seen & things that are not seen, in a sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable Lady Judith Barrington at Knebworth in Hertfordshire / by Tho. Goodwin ...	Goodwin, Thomas, d. 1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing G1270B; ESTC R40911	26,888	78

For our light affliction which is but for a moment work for us a far more exceeding eterna● weight of glory No translation ca● reach the height of the Apostles Rhetoricke in those expressions fo● Afflicton there is glory for ligh● affliction a weight of Glory fo● Momentany affliction an exceedin● Eternal weight of Glory Concer●ing Paul's afflictions we may read little Martyrology of them 2. Cor● 11. 23 24 c. In stripes above measure in prisons frequent in Deaths oft of the Jewes five times received I forty stripes save one Thrice was I beaten with rods once was I stoned thrice I suffered ship-wrake anight and a day have I been in the deep in journeying often in peril of waters in perill of Robbers c. One of these Gospel-chaines would feel very heavy to us yet Paul makes light of them all setting against them An exceeding Eternal weight of Glory which they work for him A farther support in his sufferings he and his Fellow-sufferers had from the Consideration laid down in my Text We look not at things which are seen but at things which are not seen q. d. we set not much by the things of this world we reckon little upon them we aime not at them for they are all but Temporal The object of our desires aimes and endeavours are things not seen which are Eternal The Text may be called a pair of Scripture Scales or Balances in which may be observed 1. The Commodities weighed they are things which are seen and things which are not seen 2. The great Difference appearing betwixt them upon the weight of them the superpondinm of things not seen Things that are seen being weighed are found very light very vanities they are but {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} for a season for a while so the word is elsewhere translated Bu● things that are not seen they weig●● very heavy they are all Eternal Eternity makes every thing weighty whether it be Glory or Misery 〈◊〉 the verse foregoing my Text w● have {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} An Eternal weight of Glory 3. The right improvement to b● made of this knowledg of the difference between things that are see● and things that are not seen implye● in that word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} which signifi● so to look as the Archer at the 〈◊〉 he aims at we make not these worldly things that are seen our aime 〈◊〉 catch not at them we linger no● after them we trouble not our selve● much about them our aimes ar● higher we look at things that are not seen that are Eternal Many profitable Lessons might be learnt out of the words as Christian Religion teacheth us to know and believe things that are not seen Our Christian faith makes evident to us things not seen Some things we know by sence as the Sun shining and fire burning others by reason as the Creation of the world but our Christian Religion hath revealed to our knowledg such things as neither the eye of sense nor Reason have seen Our lowstatured dwarfe-understandings by the help of Scripture-Revelation have been advanced to some Discovery of things Eternal Christianity calls the mind off from poring on those low trivial objects of perishing things that are seen and employes it in the Contemplation and study of things Eternal Christianity puts men upon making it their great Business to look after things eternal we Christians we Beleevers look at things that are not seen 't is not {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} but {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} we do not only look on them by intellectual speculations but we look at and after them affectionately and practically in our dayly endeavours and intentions This is to be a Christia● to purpose to be dayly busy abou● things Eternal This is indeed Christians calling Christians shoul● be mainly skilful about things eternal and mainly painful about thing eternal Things of this life temporal things should be your {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} your by-business you should 〈◊〉 them as if you did them not use 〈◊〉 world as if you used it not the wor● should be served only with God Leavings it should have but the fragments of thy time and the fragments of thy affections things eternal should in all things have precedence and preheminence He tha● believes not things eternal is an in fidel but he that believes them ye● lookes not after them is worse the an Infidel yet alas how full 〈◊〉 all streets of such men that arraking all kennels and scrapin● Dunghils turning over every ston● for worldly pelfe gathering things temporal but scattering things eternal eternal ●ad immortal Souls Think of it Christians things eternal are worth your looking after and if you would walk worthy of the Name whereby you are called you must sequester your selves from the world leave the looking after it to men of this world of whom you shall hear more anon whose calling it is whose portion it is do you devote and dedicate your selves chiefly to the care of things eternal But I come to a third Observation which I chiefly intend to handle at this time It is Eternity makes the great difference between things that are seen and things that are not seen The things of this life are but for a season but the things of the life to come are eternal If the good things and evil things of this life and the life to come were to be compared and weighed one against the other many other differences would appear to give the things of the life to come precedence But that which mainly infinitely indeed casts the Scale makes the things of the life to come to preponderate is this word Eternity they are all eternal eternally good or eternally evil you do but weigh a grain of sand against a huge Mountain a drop of water against the whole Ocean or a pins head against the whole globe of heaven and earth that weigh a temporal good against an eternal good or a temporal evil against an eternal evil I 'l speak a little to three particulars for the better clearing up this Doctrine 1. What is meant here by things seen and things not seen 2. What by Temporal and Eternal 3. What are those things not seen eternal which Christians are to look after 1. Things seen and not seen what are they Man you all know Consists of two parts a Carnal part and a Spiritual a Body and Soul Flesh and Spirit an Earthen vessel and a Spiritual Treasure a Candle and a Lanthorn a plain Cabinet and a Rich Treasure The Body one part of Man is visible the Soul being a Spirit is invisible According to this double part of man one of which may be seen the other cannot be seen all things which concern man may be divided either into suchthings as maybe seen or as may not be seen The things which immediately concern the body whether