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spirit_n	behold_v	glory_n	lord_n	7,688	5	4.9645	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60351	A sermon preached (May 16. 1680.) at the funeral of Mr Tho. Gilson, late minister of the Gospel. By Samuel Slater, minister of the Gospel.	Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.	1680 (1680)	Wing S3971; ESTC R222774	26,962	50

there is many a gracious visit loving embrace sweet and comfortable intercourse but in heaven you shall be with him after another manner than ever you were in all your lives before Lord said the penitent Thief remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom To day saith our Saviour shalt thou be with me in Paradice not only in Paradice but with me in Paradice and indeed this is the sweetest flower in that Garden this is the best and choicest part of the happiness above the repróach of Christ was by Moses counted greater riches than the Treasures of Egypt What then is the presence and bosome of Christ to depart from him is the worst ingredient in wicked mens misery to be with him is the Crown and completion of good mens felicity 3. Being where Christ is doth comprehe●… it ●…joyment of happiness together with him God ●…fied Christ with his own self and he will glorifie the Saints with Christ as the wife partakes in all the riches and honours and advancements of her husband so doth the Believer in the glory and preferments of Christ the o●…l of gladness the Spirit and Grace poured out upon him descends to all his members the lowest and meanest of them so shall the glory they shall so be in Christ's company as to be suited to it he shall not be ashamed to own them and call them Bretheren he shall be the King they the Courtiers he shall shine as the Sun they as the Stars he shall shine with his own beams they with light communicated and derived from him Solomon sat cloathed with Glory and Majesty and the Queen did stand at his right hand in Gold of Ophir Psal. 45. 9. The very bodies of the Saints which were made of dust and are become vile by reason of sin shall then be made like unto Christ's own most glorious body the sights whlch Believers have now of Christ are transforming sights by them grace is begun and improved as 2 Cor. 3. 18. We all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the spirit of the Lord. Yet these are but transient sights and as in a glass what then will be the issue and product of that full view which they shall have in heaven what a blessed glorious change will that make upon them they shall see God and enjoy him too and be like him Christs glory will be theirs as his members and every one of them shall have such a personal glory as that he shall see no reason to envy another 4. Being where Christ is doth carry along with it unspeakable delight so that the glorified is not only pleased and satisfied but also filled with amazement and wonder at the Divine love and goodness Oh that God should ever do so much for him Psal. 16. 11. In thy presence is fulness of joy and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore Christ finds fulness of joy in the glorious presence of his Father and so do the Saints in the glorious presence of Christ. The presence of the Creatures doth afford no more than an empty scanty fading joy and indeed what else can be expected from empty enjoyments But the presence of God in Heaven affords a fulness of joy such as cannot enter into them but they must into it Well done good and faithful servant enter thou into thy Masters joy Joy unspeakable and full of glory is the off-spring of faith what is that then which is caus'd by sight What! it is such a joy as fills the soul up to the brim nay more such as doth even swallow it up surround and encompass it as an huge vast Ocean doth a little vessel cast into it In that state the Saints are enlarged to their utmost and yet they find the joys and delights there are above and beyond their capacities they cannot contain but must admire them Oh how doth the released soul stand and gaze how is it wrapt up into a kind of extasie as soon a●… ever it enters into the gates of that City and treads upon the golden street transparent as glass and there beholds what delights what feasts what glories the great God hath prepared for them that love him 5. Lastly this being with Christ doth import an unchangable state an eternity of duration His servants shall not only be with him but they shall be always with him This world is full of Vicissitudes the changes are rung every day Changes and wars are upon me said poor Job And David cried out Thou hast lifted me up and cast me down Christians do you not find it so in respect of your spiritual condition Here are meetings and parting 's approaches and recesses comfortable visits and mournful withdrawings too short communion but long absence Sometimes the gracious enamoured soul triumphs it skip●… and leaps for joy He is come I he is come but then again he sits down mourning as a Turtle alone and weeping crys out with the be-nighted deserted Spouse I sec●… him but I cannot find him I call him but he gives me n●… answer But there is there will be no such thing in Heaven 1 Thes. 4. 7. We shall meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Ever without end and without intermission we shall so be with him as never to be without him never from him But what is the reason os all this why shall Christs servants thus be where he is I will tell you in a few things 1. The relation which is between Christ and them call●… for it Christ is their Master and they his servants and should not servants follow and wait upon their Lord●… Christ is their King and they his Courtiers and should no●… Courtiers Favourites wait upon their Prince They are his children whom his soul travelled for yea he died i●… travel and should they not live with their Father They ar●… here espoused to him and at the day of the Resurrectio●… they shall be married to him at that day shall be th●… solemnization of the Nuptials and should not they cohabi●… with their Husband Nay the Church is his Body and all true Believers are his members and certainly they should not be separated from their Head Christ hat●… been graciously pleased to take upon himself all relation●… to his people and those do not only call for utmost dearness but likewise for all possible nearness as relation doth call for cohabitation so cohabitation doth maintain and uphold affection in its life and vigour And so 2. Christ and his people are united in most intire affection they love most dearly their hearts are knit one unto the other there is no such love in the world as that which Christ bears to them and which they again bear to him The love of Jacob to Rachel and that of Jonathan to David though it passed the love of women was cold as ice if compared