Cbap.2.Se6i'.9 Looking rm·t61-rfw. EccidV.Pan.V 923 above, yea to form and frame our converfations co wardslleaven. 4· Let us wait fort~e appearing ofJefus Chrift, our convcr- . [arion is in heaven, ( fa1th the Apo~lle) fr(m whence alfo we /o(f{_Pb1l.po. "' forth~ S~tviour t~t Lord Je(m Chnfl. Where a man~ converfation is there h1s expedatwns may be, and where h1s expeCl:ationsa;e, therea mansconverfationis, and will be; ifwe expect ere long that the _Lord Jefus will appear in glory, and that we {hall fee him not With other, but w1th thefe fame eyes, the very waiting for the~e things wi~l help ~ur ronverfation to be heaven.ward. Certamly the day 1s a commg, when Jefus ChriH: {hall come with his Angels in his glory, and then fuall the bo• dies of the Saints {hinc gloriouOy before the face ofGod, and Jefus Chrifl:: 0 the wonder of this day! the glory ofChrift fball then darken the glory of the Sonne and Moon, and Stars but my body (hall not be darkned, but rather it fball fbine iik~ the glorious body ofChrift Jefus; if a candle fuould be raifed to have fo much luftreand beauty, as if you fbould put it into the rr.~dft ofthe Sun, yet it would fuine, you would think it a ftrange kind of light; furel'' it fuall be fo with the bodies of . saints , for though they are put into the midft of the glory ·of God and ofhis Son Jefus Chrift, yet their bodies {ball fhine in beauty and luftre there, now did we believe this, and wait for · itev,ery day, how would it change us? how would it work us te an heavenly converfation? I have a di[eafed and lumpifh body, 111nd my body hinders me in every duty ofGods worjhip, but within 11 whJle (hrift will come in his gl&ry, and then he will maf?t my body lik§ unto hi& glorious body, fo that I fhall be able to look_ upon the face ofGod, a~ to be exercifedin holy dutin to all eternity 'l¥ithout n(Mrineffe, without inurmiffion: I have many things here that trouble my mind11nd fpirit, 11nd that hinder me in my converfe wiPh hravmand heavenly things; but w_ithin a whit~ Chrift wilt appear with hu mJghty Angels, to be admtredof hu Satnt J , and then fball Jfit as 1111_ affeffor on t~e Throne, wi:h Jefus Ch.rift to judge the world, .a~a thm lba/1 I Lzvefor ever wsth htm, to be where he u, a11d enJoy all he htu, yea all tJ;at he bath purchafed for me by his blood; oh le~ me wait for thu ! let me lookJor it every day ! God hath but a l~tde wor/z.for me here on earth, and when tbi!t is done , this jh11ll be my conditicn. Chriftians l if but every day we would Bbbbbb<. work
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