2--~6 _I!St:Jnt4t~Bruu: Part-If. mind, and the Love ofGod,and felf. deny_a.l, andholy obedience, are Heaven-marks infallible, as cm~as che Gofpel, and written by the fame hand_as the Gofpel was,-I mean by theSpirit ofGod lllm~elf : If a voxce f~om Heaven iliould fpeak now of any per– fon m the Congregauon, ar.d fay, [ Thu m·an foflll raign in. He a~ vm for ever] would it not bean Honour above all your worldly -.Hon0t:1rs ? W~y Holinefs is Gods Image, a_nd the Spirit is the earneft of our mheritance~ and beareth wimefS with our fpirits.$ that we are the fons of God, and we have the promife, and feals, . ~nd oath of God for our confirmed cercainty ; yea and t?e Knowledge of God in Chrifi is the beginning of eternal life , rehn 17. 3. and what would we have more ? The prefeace of Chriil: i~ a !ittle of his Glory upon .the Mount, tranfported ~he three Dlfc1ples : And the glympfe of the Glory of God wluch Mofes faw, did make his face fhine that the Ifraelites could not behold it. The approaches of the Saints to God in holy Worfhip , here on earth, are exceedingHonourable, becaufe they partici– pate of heaven, and it is upward thatthey look: I Chron. I 6.27.. l G/r;ry and HoJtJour are inhis prcfcnce: {1-reng_th ~~tnd gl~:dnefs. are i~ h~place.]The foul that is beholding Godby faith~and converfing With the Heavenly inhabitants, is .quite above all earrhly things·: and as Angels are more honoerabJe then men, and Heaven then Earth, fo are Belie~ers that converfe in Heaven with Angels, yea with Chrifi h1mfdf by faith, more honourable then terreH:rial farnal men. Bat the great Honour is behind; y~t near at hand ; when the promifed Crown is fet upon their heads : 0 mark the Honour that is promifed tbemby theLord of truth. The foul it felf be~ fote the ~efurteetionofthebody, fhall b-e with Chrift, Phi!. Ii23. ,Evc.npre[emwiththCL&rd,2Cor.5.1.8.John12.26. [If any man ferve me, let himfollow me, and where I am, t here fh.qfl al/o n<J {crv:~nt be.] And at the Refurrecbon Chrifi that h~th loved the Church and ga-ye himfelf f"r it, that he might fanDifie and de.znfeit- wilt prefent it to hinp[df •1 gloriom Chwch , not hflving j}ot or wrir~kfe, or ~myjHch thin%,, but thdt 'it foould be holy ,.anawithout 6lemifo, Eph. S. 25, 26 . W1l1 they not b:: Honourable even in the eyes of the ungodly world, when they hear the fen. tcncc of their Lord, [Come ye blrjfed of wry Father, inherit the .Kingdom prepared for )OU frorn the foundation of the "r,Jorld, Mar. ·25· 34.] and verf.23. [Emgr thouintHbe [oyof thy L~rd: j - - · .. [ Wbm
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