not thou have a little patience he for the fruits of the Earth but thou for the joyes of Heaven He upon meer probabilities but thou upon infallible certainties He for a Crop of Corn but thou for a Crown of Glory Were he but sure that every Corn would bear a Crow how plentifully would he sowe how joyfully would he wait Why such is thy harvest As sure as the Summer delights do follow the Winters severities as sure as the wisht-for Harvest doth follow the toilsome and costly Seeds-time so sure shall thy Lord return and bring thy reward with him Revel 22.12 Therefore my soul love and long for the approaching Jubile and wait all the daies of my appointed time until my change shall come O blessed state that my Lord hath translated me into O happy change that he hath made I was a stranger and he took me in and made me an heir and preferred me from the Dunghill to the Throne and from a Hewer of wood and Drawer of water to attend his Court and know his Counsels and do his pleasure Happy am I that ever I was born to partake of this endless dignity Hebr. 12.22,23,24 O my Lord it is no little thing thou hast given me in hand I am already come to mount Zion and 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 unto the Spirits of Just men made perfect and unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant and unto the blood of sprinkling Gal. 4.6 Luke 5.20 My heart reviveth as Jacobs when I behold the tokens which thou hast sent me the spirit of Adoption the pardon of my sins my patent for Heaven the chain of thy Graces the Son of thy Bosome and the New Testament in his blood 1 Cor. 11.25 Luk. 12.32 Cant. 1.10 Joh. 3.16 Joh. 14.21,23 and the Letters of his love My Lord hath said that he will love me and manifest himself unto me and that the Father will love me and both will come unto me and make their abode in me But is it true indeed Will the Lord dwel on Earth Or if he will shal so foul a Stable so unclean a Stye as my heart hath been shal this be the place that the Lord of life will take up his lodging and keep his Court in Will he indeed come with all his Train of Graces and live and walk in me How can these things be But he hath said it and I do and I will believe it Psal 31.19 Yet all this is but the earnest of what is to come Oh how great is thy goodness laid up for them that fear thee Yet a little while and my warfare shal be accomplished and the Heavens must receive me till the time of the restitution of all things 2 Pet. 1.14 It is but for a short term that I shal dwel in this dirty flesh in an earthen Tabernacle Joh. 12.26 My Lord hath shewed me that where he is there shal his servant be Now the living is tyed to the dead and my Soul is a Stage of strife and a Field of war 1 Cor. 13.10 But t is but a little moment and that which is perfect shal come perfect Holiness and perfect Peace eternal Serenity and a Serene Eternity O my sins Rev. 21.27 I am going where you cannot come where no unclean thing shal enter nor any thing that defileth Methinks I see all my Afflictions and Temptations all mine infirmities and corruptions falling off me as Elijah's Mantle at his translation O my Soul dost thou not see the Chariots of fire and the Horses of fire come to take thee up Luk. 16.22 Be thou as poor as Lazarus yet God will not disdain to send a Party of Angels to conduct thee home How canst thou doubt of ready reception who hast such a friend in Court who will lead thee with boldness into his Fathers presence Gen. 45.16 If there were Joy in Pharaoh's Court when it was said Joseph's Brethren are come surely it will be welcom newes in Heaven when it s told Jesus his Brethren are come My Soul fear not to enter though the Lord be clothed with Terrour and Majesty For thy Redeemer will procure thee favour and plead thy right Joh. 16.27 I am sure of welcom for the Father himself loveth me I have tasted and tryed his love Luke 15. and when I had played the wicked Prodigal yet he despised not my Raggs but fell on my neck and kissed me and Heaven it self made merry over me Much more will he receive me gladly and let out his loves upon me when presented to him by his Son in his perfect likeness as a fit Object for his everlasting delight Fear not O my Soul as if thou wert going to a strange place Why Heaven is thy Countrey and thy home wilt thou doubt of leave or fear of welcome when it is thine own home Why my Soul thou wast born from above and here is thy Kindred and thy Fathers House and therefore thou shalt surely be admitted And then shall I see the glorious preparations of Eternal Love and the blissful Mansions of the Heavenly Inhabitants Doubtless it shal be thus These are not sick-mens Dreams or childrens hopes The living God cannot deceive me and may not I certainly promise my self what the Lord hath promised me I will sooner think that all my senses are deluded and what I see and feel and taste is but a fancy then think that the living God will deceive me or that his unchangeable Covenant will fail 1 Joh. 3.2 Now I am a son of God but it doth not yet appear what I shal be but this I know I shal be like him and see him as he is I know it shal be thus Why what security should I ask of God He hath given me all the assurance in the world And though the word of God be enough yet he willing to shew more abundantly to the Heits of Promise the immutability of his Counsel confirmed it by an Oath Heb. 6.17 that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye I might have strong consolation O unreasonable Unbelief What shal not the Oath of a God put an end to thy strife O my God I am satisfied it is enough Now I may be bold without presumption and boast without Pride And will no more call my Duty Arrogance nor my Faith a Fancy O my Soul There is but a short life betwixt thee and Glory where holy Angels and glorified Saints shal be mine onely Associates and Love and Praise mine onely employment Job 38.7 Methinks I hear already how the Morning-stars sing together and all the sons of God shout for joy O that I could come in for one But it was said unto me I should rest yet for a little
thy food thy clothing thy friend thy life to thee All this he hath said to thee in this one word I am thy God and hereupon thou mayest say I have no husband and yet I am no widow my maker is mine husband I have no father nor friend and yet I am neither fatherless nor friendless my God is both my father and my friend I have no childe but is not he better to me than ten children I have no house but yet I have an home I have made the most high mine habitation I am left alone but yet I am not alone my God is good company for me with him I can walk with him I can take sweet counsel finde sweet repose at my lying down at my rising up whilest I am in the house as I walk by the way my God is ever with me with him I travel I dwell I lodge I live and shall live for ever 2. Live up to your priviledge Live according to your rank and quality according to your riches laid up for you in God The rich men of this world live like rich men they sort themselves with persons of their own quality attend on the Courts of Princes are employed about the magnalia regum you may read their estates in the whole way of their life they wear them on their backs spread their Tables with them fill their bellies with them they live sumptuously and fare delicately Christians feed not on ashes or husks you have better meat you have milk and honey marrow and fatness the hidden manna the bread that comes down from heaven the water of life you have blessed priviledges precious promises lively hopes living comforts glorious joyes the fountain of life to feed your souls upon come eat O friends drink yea drink abundantly O my beloved out-fare the rich man Luke 16. who fared deliciously every day you have enough to maintain it let every day be a gaudy day a feast-day with you Let your clothing be according to your feeding Be clothed with the Sun put on the Lord Jesus The King's Daughter is and so let all the King's Sons be all glorious within let their clothing be of wrought gold Be clothed with humility put on love bowels of compassion gentleness meekness put on the garments of salvation Let your company and converse be according to your clothing Live amongst the excellent amongst the generation of the just Get you up to the General Assembly and Church of the first-born to that innumerable company of Angels and the Spirits of just men made perfect Live in the Courts of the great King behold his face wait at his Throne bear his name shew forth his vertues set forth his praises advance his honour uphold his Interest let vile persons and vile wayes be contemned in your eyes be of more raised spirits than to be companions with them Disce ex hac parte sanctam superbiam scito te illis esse meliorem Regard not their societies nor their scorns their Euge's or their Apage's their flatteries or their frowns rejoyce not with their joyes fear not their fear care not their care feed not on their dainties get you up from among them to your Country to your City where no unclean thing can enter or annoy Live by faith in the power of the Spirit in the beauty of holiness in the hope of the Gospel in the joy of your God in the magnificence and yet the humility of the children of the great King 3. Their Sun He will discover and make manifest to them the riches and glory of their Portion He hath granted them himself for their portion and he will reveal and make manifest to them what a portion he is He will make manifest both their blessedness they shall enjoy in him and the way to it and also the dangers that lye in the way Psal 84.11 The Lord God is a Sun The Sun is the light of the world it discovers it self and all things else We cannot see the glory of the Sun but by its own light the Moon the Stars the Firmament and all this lower World would all disappear if the Sun withdrew its light beauty and deformity safety and danger the right way and the wrong are all brought to view by the light of the Sun the Sun-light makes the day night is spread over the world when the Sun is set God is glorious but who would be ever the wiser did not this glory shine Psal 36.9 In thy light we shall see light Why is the glorious God apprehended understood admired by so few amongst the sons of men why he is out of sight the Sun is not risen upon them nor shines unto them they have Moon-light or Star-light some dimmer reflections of this glory at second hand from the creatures but they see not the Sun What 's the reason that truth and falshood good and evil substances and shaddows things perishing and things permanent are no better distinguished VVhat 's the reason that men are so mistaken and misguided in their judgements in their choice in their way That they are at such a loss such wanderers from their bliss what 's the reason that mens own sparks the light of their own fires their candle-light or torch-light their fleshly imaginations their carnal prosperity their pleasures their ease their earthly glory and their carnal joyes that hence flash up to them are so ador'd and admir'd by them Oh they see not the Sun God is out of sight and thence are all their dotages and foolish mistakes and miscarriages God will be a Sun to his Saints their Sun Thy Sun shall no more go down They shall have both the propriety and the comfort of this glorious Sun he will shew them his face he will cause his glory to appear he will lead them into himself by his own beams he will shew them their end and the means the goal and their way to it he will shew them the good part and the right path good and evil duties and sins realities and delusions helps and hindrances dangers and advantages their snares and their succours will all be discovered to them by the light of the Lord. Hearken thou poor and dark soul that hast chosen but thou knowest not what that art going but thou knowest not whither that art wandring and stumbling on but thou carest not how that complainest thou canst not see thou canst not value thou canst not be affected with all the glory and joy of the invisible world that findest thy husks and thy trash to be a greater pleasure to thee than all the riches of immortality that wouldest fain mind and chuse and love and relish and seek God and things above but thou canst not thou seest so little of the beauty of them that they do not entice thine heart after them and when thou art seeking thou art at a loss and in the dark as to the way that thou shouldest take Hearken soul thy God calls to thee Come
for eyes They that see pitty the blinde Wee have a little Sister that hath no breasts wee have a poor Brother yea a world of them that have no eyes What shall we do for our poor brethren in the day that they shall bee spoken for Oh! bee eyes to thy blinde bee a light to thy dark souls let them that dwell in darkness see thy great light Sinners those whom you persecute do thus pitty do thus pray for you Lord that their eyes might bee opened will you say Amen to their prayers or will you say Lord regard not their word wee desire not the knowledge of thy waies Christians bee marvels You that have seen marvellous things bee marvellous persons set the world a wondring for some thing Let your light shine let the light which hath shined into your hearts shine forth in all your paths let the Spirit of Light within you bee a Spirit of Glory resting upon you Once you were darkness but now are yee light in the Lord Walk as Children of the light Bee yee holy harmless the Children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked Generation amongst whom yee shine as lights in the World Beclouded Christian thou goest on bemoaning and bewailing thy self complaining that thou art still blinde the light hath shined into thy darkness but thy darkness comprehendeth it not thine eye is yet but tender at least and thou canst see but little but little of Christ the Sun is but as a sparke to thee but little of sin that Mountain looks yet but as a Mole hill It is neither clear nor dark neither night nor perfect day thou hopeedst that long e're this thy scales would have fallen off the vail would have been removed but they abide upon thee thou waitest for light but behold obscurity for brightness but thou walkest in darkness thou goest on adding darkness to darkness the darkness of sorrow to the dimness of sight Thou fearest that the Gospel is hid from thee thou doubtest 't is still night because 't is not yet noon with thee But hearken as little as thou seest of Christ doest thou see so much that thou prizest and lovest and cleavest to him above all as little as thou seest of sin doest thou see so much that thou loathest and shunnest it above all things doest thou walke in that little light thou hast dost thou love long wait cry for the light Send forth thy light and thy truth lift up the light of thy countenance Sun of Righteousness shine upon mee why are the wheels of thy Chariots so long a coming when Lord Make haste my Beloved O might I once see thy face as the Sun looking over the Mountains Is this thy voice are these the breathings of thy soul Bee of good comfort these are the glimmerings and groanings of that Holy Spirit within thee which hath already delivered thee from darkness and will bring thee forth into his marvellous light thou shalt know if thou follow on to know the Lord. Arise shine thy light is come the Glory of the Lord is risen upon thee Though yet as to thy sense it bee neither clear nor dark neither night nor perfect day in the evening there shall bee light 2 As a Spirit of Holiness and Sanctification hee is given as an Holy Spirit and as a Sanctifying Spirit therefore Sanctification is called the Sanctification of the Spirit 2 Thes 2.13 he comes to change us into his own nature to make us partakers of his holiness hee is a Refiner's fire and Fullers sope Mal. 3.2 to purge and work and wash off the filth and corruption of our natures What it is said hee shall bee to the Church Isa 4.4 A Spirit of Judgement and a Spirit of Burning to wash away the filth of the Daughters of Zion and to purge the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof a Spirit of Judgement that is in the Rulers of Israel stirring them up to do Justice and execute Judgement that so the guilt of blood may bee taken away Isa 32.15,16 and a Spirit of Burning that is in the hearts of the people of Israel to consume and destroying the inward lusts of their hearts that no more such wickedness bee committed amongst them This hee is to every Saint A Spirit of Judgement to give Sentence against their Lusts to condemn them to the fire these must bee cast out to the fire with them away with them get yee hence yee Sons of the Bond-woman you may not bee Heirs with the Sons of the Free-woman The Spirit of the Lord first discovers and convinces of sin judges betwixt light and darkness grace and sin and then gives sentence away with these Lusts they may not bee suffered to live A Spirit of Burning to execute the sentence to consume them in the fire The Spirit of Sanctification is a spirit of Mortification Rom. 8.13 If yee through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body It is the Spirit that kills the Flesh profiteth nothing The Spirit implants the Soul into Christ gives it an Interest in his death brings it under the influence of his death Christus crucifixus est Christus crucifigens 'T is the death of Christ that is the death of sin these Theeves are Crucified with him Rom. 6.6 Our old man is Crucified with Christ that the body of sin might bee destroyed that henceforth wee should no longer serve sin Hell knew not what they did when they Crucified Christ Death with all its Armies were put to death with him The Spirit raises up another party in the soul a party against a party an army against an army brings Grace in to take up arms against sin Grace doth not onely fight against sinne but is in the very nature of it the death of sinne as the Generation of a new is the Corruption of the old form Humility is pride dead meekness is sinful passion and frowardnesse dead patience is impatience slain The Spirit excites and stirs up the soul against sin sets it a praying against it the Spirit of Grace is a Spirit of Supplication fetches down Hail-stones and Thunder bolts from Heaven to destroy these Amorites sets a watch against it presses the soul to deal wisely with it to keep it low by cutting off all provision from the flesh restraining and keeping it short of all those fleshly objects which would keep it in heart and so it 's starved to death It is true our greatest wisdome watchfulness abstinence self-denial and all external means alone will fall short of killing one lust it is the Spirit that killeth without it the flesh profiteth nothing all external attempts for the mortification of the flesh are but a fleshly mortification but if yee through the Spirit do mortifie pray in the Spirit watch in the Spirit curbe and keep short and keep under this body still taking in the assistance of the Spirit then it shall dye Christian thou livest in a weary Land and thou hast but a weary
from falling by the presence of his Grace till he present them faultless before the presence of his Glory O its good being with Christ any where Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest and causest thy flocks to rest at noon Where thou feedest yea where thou art whether feeding or fasting whether rejoycing or mourning where thou causest thy flocks to rest at noon yea and where thou sufferest thy flocks to be scattered in the night Where thy flocks are thou art not far away tell mee where thou feedest tell mee where thou art My beloved that feedeth among the lillies feedeth sometimes among the thorns When his love is a lilly among thorns there hee feedeth Hee feedeth among the thorns he feedeth with his sheep he feedeth with his Lambs where ever they feed when darkness and desolation and devils and death feed upon them even then he feedeth them and takes his feeding with them O where ever my Lord is there let my lot fall Let me dwell amongst the thorns so my dwelling be with my Lord amongst the lillies Let me wander amongst the mountains whilest he is with me telling all my wandrings Let me be scourged so he will wash my stripes let me weep so he will wipe off my tears I would not want wounds whilest I have such oyl to pour in Come all yee thieves and robbers I fear you not my dear Samaritan comes by come yee bulls of Bashan yee boars of the forest let my beloved kiss mee with the kisses of his mouth and I regard it not though you kick me with the heel O my Lord bring me where thou feedest let me live in thy face let me feel thy smiles upon my heart let me love thee tell me thou lovest me remembrest pittiest acceptest takest care for me and then chuse my condition my dwelling and entertainment for me Fainting Christian lift up thine eyes comfort thine heart here 's that thou fearest and tormentest thy self withall Here is the inside of that formidable cross the light side of those dark clouds the sunny side of that shady thorny hedge that so wounds and afflicts thine heart Fear not bee strong and of a good courage Thou still sayest woe is me I can find no such thing Ah Lord God doth he not speak parables O that I were assured it might be thus with me why art thou in Covenant believe and all is thine I believe and therefore have I spoken believe and thou shalt see the salvation of God as sure as the cross is thine all the comforts of the cross are setled upon thee Read over all the gracious words thou hast before thine eyes view over all the instances of suffering Saints that have gone before thee on whom these good words have been made good in conspicuous increases of divine grace in the signal discoveries of divine love in the clearest and fullest revelation of divine glory in the intimate sense of the divine presence quickning enlarging encouraging supporting their spirits in the darkest dens in the sharpest conflicts with reproaches mockings bonds banishments torments and deaths and know that all these things are written for thy learning that thou through patience and comfort of the Scriptures maist have hope Read over Isa 51. Hearken to mee yee that follow after righteousness yee that seek the Lord look unto the Rock whence ye are hewen and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged for the Lord shall comfort Zion hee will comfort all her wast places hee will make her wildernesse like Eden and all her desarts like the Garden of the Lord joy and gladness shall bee found therein thanksgiving and the voice of melody lift up your eyes to the Heavens c. Verse 7 8 12 13. Hearken unto me ye that know righteousness the people in whose heart is my Law fear yee not the reproach of men neither bee ye afraid of their revilings for the Moth shall eat them up like a Garment and the worm shall eat them like wool but my Righteousness shall bee for ever and my salvation from Generation to Generation I even I am hee that comforteth you who art thou that thou shouldest bee afraid of a man that shall dye and of the Son of man which shall bee made as grass and forgettest the Lord thy maker that hath stretched forth the heavens and layd the foundations of the earth and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressour as if he were ready to destroy and where is the fury of the oppressour I even I am he c. and where is the fury of the oppressour where is the fury of the oppressour where is it not rather is it not in the house and in the field is it not in the City and in the Villages is it not upon my Cattel upon my Purse upon my body upon my Children upon my friends where is not the fury of the oppressour I but when thou remembrest the Lord thy maker the Oath the Promise and Covenant of God the Presence Protection and Comfort of thy God when thou remembrest this then where is the fury of the Oppressour CHAP. V. The Angels of Light in the Covenant 5. THe Angels of Light are in the Covenant Heb. 1.14 are they not all Ministring Spirits sent forth for them who shall bee Heirs of Salvation Whilest our Lord himself was sent down to Minister behold his servants are to bee ministred unto the Angels are made their Ministers Psal 91.11 Hee shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy waies they have received a charge and they have great advantages for the keeping the charge of the Lord. 1. They are mighty Psal 103.20 Bless the Lord yee his Angels that excel in strength an Angel is more than an Armie what slaughters have the Angels made in the Armies of the Aliens an hundred fourscore and five thousand Assyrians are slain by one Angel of the Lord when encamped against Judah Isa 37.36 It is hard service indeed that is too hard for an Angel 2 They are numerous there are great multitudes of them Psal 68.17 Thousands of Angels a multitude of the Heavenly Host Luke 2.13 An Angel is more than an army but what then are an Army of Angels 3. They are faithful They can do much for the Saints but will they do it yes they are faithful They do the Commandements of God Psal 103.20 God bids them keep and they are faithful they will keep his sheep wee are taught to pray that the will of God may bee done on earth as it is in Heaven that men may bee faithful as the Angels of God 4. They are Favourites they behold the face of God they dwell in his presence they are admitted to stand before his Throne they can bee heard they have favour in Heaven and therefore such power on earth Mat. 18.10 Take heed yee despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you that in Heaven
be your Advocate to endite your prayers and make intercession for you and shal fill your mouths with the Arguments that he knows will prevail with me n n Rom. 8.26.27 He shal be Oyl to your Wheels and Strength to your Ancles Wine to your Hearts and Marrow to your Bones and Wind to your Sails He shal witness your Adoption o o Rom. 8.16 He shal seal you up to the day of Redemption and be to you the earnest of your Inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession p p Eph. 4.30 and 13,14 2 Cor. 1.22 He giveth all things with himself both present and to come And as I give you my self so much more all things with my self q q Rom 8.32 Earth and Heaven Life and Death things present and things to come r r 1 Cor. 3.22 Things present ours Things present are yours Lo I give you Calebs blessing The upper Springs and the neather Springs I will bless you with all Spiritual blessings in Heavenly places in Christ Å¿ Å¿ Eph. 1.3 The upper springs or blessings spiritual as Adoption Access Audience Peace Perseverance c. To you pertaineth the Adoption and the Glory and the Covenants and the Service of God and the Promises t t Rom. 9.4 To you will I give the white Stone and the new Name u u Rev. 2.17 access into my presence w w Eph. 3.12 the acceptation of your Persons x x Eph. 1.6 the audience of your Prayers y y 1 Joh. 5.14,15 Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you z z Joh. 14.27 I will undertake for your perseverance and keep you to the end and then will crown mine own gift with eternal life a a Jer. 32.40 Joh. 10 28,29 1 Pet. 1.5 Phil. 1.6 I have made you heirs of God and co-heirs with your Lord Jesus Christ and you shal inherit all things b b Ro. 8.17 Rev. 21.7 I have granted you mine Angels for your Guardians The Protection of his Angels The Courtiers of Heaven shal attend upon you they shal be all ministring spirits for your good c c Heb. 1.14 Behold I have given them charge over you upon their fidelity to look after you and as the tender Nurse to bear you in their arms and to keep you from coming to any hurt d d Psal 91.11,12 These shal be as the careful Shepherds to watch over my Flock by night and to encamp round about my Fold e e Psal 34.7 The Inspection of his Ministers My Ministers I give for your Guides f f Eph 4.11 Paul Apollos Cephas all are yours g g 1 Cor. 3.22 I am alwaies with them and they shal be alwaies with you to the end of the world h h Matt. 28 20. Eph. 4.13 You shal have Pastours after mine own heart i i Jer. 3.15 and 23.4 and this shal be my Covenant with you that my Spirit which is upon you and my words which I have put into your mouth shal not depart out of your mouth nor the mouth of your seed nor of your seeds seed saith the Lord from henceforth and for ever k k Esay 59.21 The Rod of his Discipline In short All my Officers shal be for the profiting and perfecting of you l l Eph. 4.12 All mine Ordinances shal be for edifying and saving of you m m Act. 20.32 Rom. 1.16 The very severities of my house Admonitions Censures c. And the whole Discipline of my Family shal be for preventing of your infection curing of corruption procuring your salvation n n 1 Cor. 5.5,6,7 Matt. 18.15 The light of his Word My WORD have I ordained for converting your souls enlightning your eyes rejoycing your hearts cautioning you of your dangers cleansing your defilements and conforming you to mine Image o o Psal 19 7,8,9,11 Eph. 5 26. 2 Cor. 3.18 To you I commit the Oracles of God p p Rom. 3.2 Here you shal be furnished against Temptations q q Matt. 4.4,7 Eph. 6.17 hence you shal be comforted under Distresses and afflictio s. r r Psal 119 92,93 Here you shal finde my whole Counsel Å¿ Å¿ Act. 20.27 This shal instruct you in your way correct you in your wandrings direct you into the truths to be believed detect to you the errours to be rejected t t 2 Tim. 3.16 Psal 119.105 The pledges of his Sacraments My Sacraments I give you as the Pledges of my love You shal freely claim them they are childrens bread Lo I have given them as Seals to certifie all that I have here promised you u u Rom. 4.11 and when these sacred signes are delivered unto you then know and remember and consider in your hearts that I therein plight you my troth and set to my hand and do thereby ratifie and confirm every Article of these Indentures and do actually deliver into your own hands this glorious Charter with all its Immunities and Priviledges as your own for ever w w 1 Cor. 11.25 Gen. 17.10 The Nether-springs or Mercies Temporal And having sowed to you so largely in Spiritual blessings shal you not much more reap the Temporal Be you not of doubtful mind all these things shal be added unto you x x Luk. 12.29,31 The supply of his Creatures My creatures I grant for your servants and supplies y y Psal 8.3 to the end Heaven and Earth shal minister to you All the stars in their courses shal serve you and if need be shal fight for you z z Jud. 5.20 And I will make my Covenant for you with the Beasts of the field and with the fouls of Heaven and you shall be in league with the stones of the field and all shal be at peace with you a a Job 5.23 Hos 2.18 I will undertake for all your necessities Do I feed the Fowles and clothe the grass and do you think I will neglect my children b b Matt. 6.25 to the end I hear the young Ravens when they cry shal I not much more fulfil the desires of them that fear me c c Psal 145 19. with the 147.9 Fear not you shal be sure to want no good thing d d Psal 34. ver 10. and you would not your selves desire riches pleasures or preferment to your hurt I will give meat to them that fear me I wil be ever mindful of my Covenant e e Psal 111 5. The Cooperation of his Providences My Providences shal cooperate to your good f f Rom. 8.28 The cross winds shal blow you the sooner and swifter into your Harbour Yâ—u shal be preferred when you seem most debased and then be greatest gainers when you seem to be deepest losers and most effectually promote your good when you seem most to
deny it g g 2 Cor. 4.17 Mark 10.29 Phil. 1.29 Things to come ours Things to come are yours the Perfecting of your souls the Redemption of your bodies the Consummation of your bliss At death in Glorification Initiate When you have glorified me for a while on Earth and finished the work I have given you to do you shal be caught up into Paradise and rest from your Labours and your works shal follow you h h Rev. 14.13 Luke 23.43 The Convoy of Angels I will send of mine own Life-guard to conduct home your departing souls i i Luk. 16.22 and receive you among the spirits of just men made perfect k k Heb. 12.23 And you shal look back upon Pharaoh and all his Host and see your enemies dead upon the Shore Redemption from all Afflictions and Corruptions Then shal be your Redemption from all your Afflictions and all your Corruptions l l Luk. â—1 28 Eph. 4 30. The thorn in the flesh taken out The thorn in the flesh shal be pulled out and the hour of temptation shal be over and the Tempter for ever out of work The sweat wiped off from our browes The sweat shal be wiped off from your browes and the day of cooling and refreshing shal come and you shal sit you down for ever under my shadow m m Acts 3.19 Heb 4.9 For the Lamb that is in the midst of the Throne shal feed you and lead you to the living Fountains of waters n n Rev. 7.17 The tears wiped away from our eyes The tears shal be wiped away from your eyes and there shal be no more sorrow nor crying neither shal there be any more pain for the former things are passed away and behold I make all things new o o Rev. 21.4,5 I will change Marah into Naomi and the cup of sorrow into the cup of salvation and the bread and water of affliction into the wine of eternal consolation p p Joh 16.20.21,22 Luk. 6.21 You shal take down your Harps from the Willows and I will turn your tears into Pearls and your penitential Psalms into songs of Deliverance You shal change your Ichabods into Hosanna's and your Ejahs of sorrow into Hallelujahs of Joy q q Rev. 19.1,4,6 The Cross taken off from our backs The cross shal be taken off from your backs you shal come out of your great Tribulations and wash your Robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb and you shal be before the Throne of God and serve him night and day in his Temple and he that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among you and you shal hunger no more and thirst no more neither shal the sun light upon you nor any heat r r Rev. 7.14,15,16 The load taken off from our consciences The load shal be taken off from your Consciences Sins nor doubts shal no more defile you nor distress you Å¿ Å¿ Rev. 21.27 and Heb. 12.23 I will make an end of sin and knock off the Fetters of your corruptions and you shal be a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but Holy and without blemish t t Eph. 5.27 Rev. 7.9.13,14 The souls admission into the chamber of Presence and Vision of God Thus shal you be brought to the King all glorious in raiment of Needle-work and clothing of Gold with gladness and rejoycing shal you be brought and enter into the Kings Palace u u Psa 45.9,13,14,15 So shal the beloved of the Lord dwel safely by him and you shal stand continually before him and behold the beauty of the Lord. and hear his Wisdom w w 1 Cor. 13,12 Then will I open in you an everlasting spring of joy and you shal break forth into singing and never cease more nor rest day nor night saying Holy holy holy x x Rev. 4.8 Ps 16.11 Thus shal the grand Enemy expire with your breath and the body of death be put off with your dying bodie and the day of your death shall be the birth-day of your glory y y Phi. i. 23 Lu. 23.43 Have faith in God z z Mark 11.22 Wait but a little and sorrow shall cease and sin be no more At the Resurrection in Glorification consummate Redemption compleat And then a little longer and death shall be no more a a Rev. 20 14. and 21.4 but your last enemy shall be destroyed and your victory compleated b b 1 Cor. 15.26 The Return of the Redeemer Yet a little while and he that shall come will come and you also shall appear with him in glory c c Heb. 10 37. Col. 3.4 This same Jesus which is taken from you into Heaven d d Act. 1.11 shall so come as he went up into Heaven and when he cometh he will receive you to himself that where he is there you may be also e e Ioh. 14.3 Behold his sign he cometh in the clouds of Heaven with Power great Glory every eye shal see him and all the Tribes of the Earth shal mourn because of him f f Rev. 1.7 Mat. 24.30 but you shal lift up your heads because the day of your Redemption draweth nigh g g Luke 21.28 The raising of the body Then shal he sound his Trump h h 1 Cor. 15.52 1 Thes 4.16 and make you to hear his voice in your dust i i Ioh. 5.28 and shal send his mighty Angels to gather you from the four winds of heaven k k Mat. 24.31 who shal carry you in the triumphant Chariot of the Clouds to meet your Lord l l 1 Thes 4.17 and you shal be prepared for him and presented to him as a Bride adorned for her Husband m m Rev. 2.2 And as you have borne the Image of the Earthly so shal you bear the Image of the Heavenly n n 1 Cor. 15.49 Full conformity both in body and soul to our glorified Saviour and you shal be fully conformed both in body and spirit to your glorious head o o Phil. 3.21 Heb. 12.23 Then shal he confess you before his Angels p p Rev. 3.5 Publick Approbation and Absolution and you shal receive your open Absolution before all flesh and be owned approved and applauded in the Publick audience of the general Assembly q q Mat. 10.32 and 26 32,34,35 c. Solemn Espousals And you shal be with all Royal solemnities espoused unto the King of glory in the presence of all his shining Courtiers r r Rev. 19.7,8 2 Cor. 4.14 Mat. 25.31 to the envy and gnashing and terror of your Adversaries Å¿ Å¿ Luk. 13.28 The Coâ—ovation and Enthronement of the Saints Their sitting in judgment upâ—n the World So shal your Lord with his own