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B13585	The saints hope, and infalliblenes thereof. or Two sermons preached before the English companie at Middelb. about the moneth of October, 1608. Written by Mr. Iohne Forbes, at the earnest request of the hearers, and now published by them for the generall instruction and comfort of all Gods children	Forbes, John, 1568?-1634.	1610 (1610)	STC 11134; ESTC S115118	69,305	128

doth keepe the very Devills in chaines vnder darknes But whereto Iud. 6. vnto the condemnation of the great day sayeth Iude. Even so also doeth he preserve the wicked from many evills in this lyfe but all that keeping is no comfort seeing they are kept as beastes for the slaughter vnto the day of wrath and manifestation of the iust iudgement of God But here is the comfort of the Saints that God keepeth them vnto salvation because he keepeth them by his power through faith And this also serveth to confirme vs in the assurance of inioying this lyfe because it is both for vs that the Lord keepeth it and it is vnto vs that hee keepeth vs. That it is impossible to frustrate vs of it though all the world should bee against vs. That same which the Apostle before did call a lively hope and an inheritance immortall c. that same doth hee call nowe salvation to teach vs that our inheritance is salvation and that salvation is our inheritance For no man can bee Gods heire but he must inherite life and none can inherite lyfe but hee must bee the heire of GOD and Coheire with Christ This for the surety of this lyfe to the hope wherof the Lord our God begetteth vs. Now the last poynt is cōcerning the manifestation of this salvation Touching the which there is three things to be marked First that this salvation is alreadie prepared Secōdlie that it is to be revealed And thirdlie the time of the revealing of it is the last day To come to the first it is not to be thought that our salvation is not yet readie Salvation is now prepared although we be not yet in possessiō of it Indeed before the cōming of Christ in the flesh salvatiō was not prepared nor made readie for vs. For Christ was the high Priest of good things to come Heb. 9.10.11 his time is called the time of Reformation for the way to the most holy place was not yet opened whyle as yet the first tabernacle was standing neither was that sacrifice offered that doth purge our cōsciences from dead workes to serve the living God and wherby eternall redemption is purchased Neither was our forerūner entred in before vs into the heavens for vs to prepare a place for vs in purifying the heavenly things themselves with his owne sacrifice For the Lawe had but the shadow of good things to come and not the verie Image of the things But nowe since our Passeover is offered and our Advocat entred into the heavens and crowned with glorie and honour in the flesh so taking possession in his very manhood of this inheritance immortall vndefiled and which withereth not Now I say saluation is made readie Neither is it holden back from vs nor we from it because it is not yet prepared but because the time is not yet come in the which we must receyve it Heb. 11.39.40 For as the Fathers received not the promise God providing a better thing for vs that they without vs should not be made perfite even so now we receive not the inheritance prepared God providing a better thing for the Saints yet to be borne vnto the end of the world that we without them should not be made perfite For they receyved not by Moses the promised Messias least they only should have bin saved not the Gētiles also Therefore did he not come vnto the end of that dispensation at which time the Gentiles also were to bee called God persuading Iaphet to dwell in the tentes of Sem even so now though Christ be made a light to the Gētiles aswel as to the Iewes and salvatiō vnto the endes of the world that he hath alreadie finished the works and purchased salvation yet doe we not receive it vntill all those for whō it is prepared be made readie aswell as we In the Revelation the soules of them which are killed for the word of God and for the testimonie which they mainteyned when they cried with a loude voyce saying Revel 6.10 11. How long Lord which art holy and true doest not thou iudge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth It was answered to them That they should rest for a little season vntill their fellow servaunts and their brethren that should be killed even as they were fulfilled For both the full vengeance of the wicked and full glorification and redemption of the Saints is delayed vntill the number both of the wicked and redeemed bee fulfilled This serveth to comfort vs whē we know that our salvation is not now to be prepared to be purchased as yet but that it is readie and prepared already So that if we were ready for it it is ready for vs. There is no lett therefore in our salvation why we enioy it not for it is ready prepared even as a bryd ready for her bridgrome but we are not yet readie because we wante yet a nūber of those with whom we must enioy it who with vs must enioy it For it is not kept for me alone nor for vs of this age alone or for vs of this or that Natiō alone but it is kept for vs al who belong to Iesus Christ as members of his bodie which must bee completed and accomplished in all the members not one wanting before it put on the glorie of the head Next saith the Apostle It is prepared to be revealed or shewed This yet serveth to increase our ioy It was doubtles a forcible argument that Christ vsed to ease the hearts of the Apostles Salvation shal be revealed and settle them from the griefe and trouble conceaved at the newes of his departing from them when hee tolde them That he did goe to prepare a place for them but it doubled their ioye Iohn 14.2 ●● when he added That he would come againe and receive them vnto himself that where he is they might be also So doubtles it is with vs. It is no smal matter of Consolation when we know that salvation is prepared for vs by Iesus Christ in the heavens but it doeth much more glad our heartes when it is tolde vs that this salvation of ours which now is hid from our eyes shal be shewed to vs that wee may see it with our eyes Simeon with al the rest of the faithfull reioyced in the promise made to them of the Messias But Simeon had this more then the rest that he had this promise that hee should not see death before hee had seene the annoynted of the Lord therefore as all did die with ioy sufficient in the promise of his comming yet Simeon behoved to have more ioy in his death when he said Lord now lettest thou thy servaunt depart in peace according to thy worde For my eyes have seene thy salvation No surely it were no comfort to vs to know that there is salvation in the heavens if we were secluded for ever from seeing that