Part It~. ASaint or~ Brute: ~~-§)1 hope, :~nd for whichwe. run, and wait:, and fuffer. I~ God be true, and his Gofpel true, then Heaven fhall be the Portton of the fanclfied. But if it were otherwife, then we would confefs their hopes otre vain : Heaven is O'li1r Ric~es, or we have no~e . . There . have we laid up all our Hopes; and m thefe Hores we wtllltve and die, as knowing they· will not m1ike us a!hamed. Rom. 5. 5. & : 9· 3 ~· I {ohn 2. 28. Webeh!ve that we Dull live with Cbrd): in glory, andfbineMftarsi1$ the Firmament of our F.1ttJtr; and be made lik._e to the v1ngds of God, and !hall fee his f:ace, and praife his n~me, and live in his everlafling Love and Joy; For all this he hirnfclf hath promifed m. I The(. 4· I 7. I 8. D ,r,v. I 2. 3. M fi t. · 13.43. Lr:tk.: zo 36. Rev.22.4. M.a.25 .-2 1. . And now, poor woridling, what is all your G.tin and Richcsin cornparifon of th~ \eafi of thefe? Do you think in your judge– ments-that there is 01ny comparifon ! Or rather doth not fin and the world even brutifie ·you, and make you lay by- the u fe of ym:r reafon, and live as if you knew not what you know? Your Trelfi– fure is <:ll vifible, when our.ris unfan, and therefore I may bid ycu ' bring it forrh, and let us fee it , whether indeed it be be[ter r.ben the Treafure of the Saints: Let m fee w~ut tbar is thu is better then God, and cverlafling glory ! What! is J ii tt~e flefhly cafe : or mirth? a little meat, and drink, and plearure ? a little more money, or fpace of ground to ufe then your neighbot.Hs have ; :-,re thefe the things that you will changeCor Heaven ·, and prefer ·· before the Lord tbatmade you? 0 poor mif~rable finners ! 'Are · you not rold t ha~ you have your good things here 1but what will you have bereafce r when this is gone? Luk,: 16. 25. When your wealth is gone, and your mirth is gone, your f9tD_~-are immo.rtal, and therefore ·your mifery and horrour will-continee, ~and never– be gone. · As the weahh of the godly is within them, ;qnd ~~~o11tthc · rt?ach of their enemies, and furer then yours , fo is it the more · durable, even everlafl:ing ·: When all ymu Riches are upon the : wing, even ready tO be gone, and leave you in forrow, when ' youare moil bighly nlu ing them, you ·have it now, but ic is gone · · to morrow. [ ~1 ndwh..zt uthe Hope of the Hypocrite though he · h:1 th gained, whm God tt:·~eth away his foul [ Will God hear his cry · when trouble comerh upon him ? { l) b 27. 8, 9·' Let the words of Cbri\1: decide the Controverfie, if indeed you take him ·for your · ]udge. [ Ma't. 16. 24, 25, 26, 27. if any man wilt come 4ter · me, J(t him deny _hirnfelf, 11nd trlk! up his Crofs ~ o<~nd f~tlo1'V me : · 9 g.. l) !~~/· 6 ..
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