!!art If. i 7t {ion, gtorifi,ation and intt":rcdlion of o~r Lord~ to kh?w h~s Kingdom, Laws, and Governrnem, and bts J udgcrnent, Wtth htil Rewards and punifhments ; to know the !ancbfying works of the Holy Ghofi:, by which we are prepared for ever! ailing life , and to know chat life (though but by faith) for which we arc here prepared, how high and pleafant a, thing is this ! If it be pleafant to know the conrfe of muure, in thofe hir,her puts· that areabove the vulgar reach, what is it to know the God of N ~ture, and the erne nfeotnd Endof N 11ture 1 Wliat high Lhings .dorh the poore!l Chrifiian know ? He knoweth the things that .are invifible. . Think not that failh is fo voidof Eviaet~ce as not to deferve the name of KrJOwledge : We K»ow the things which we do lre– ./ieve. _Nicodemm co~;tld fay from the Evidence of Mirac/u, Joh. 3. 2. lVe k._n9w thAt thou 111r1 11. Teacher come from God: for na man could Jo -thefe miracles th.tt thou doft, except God be with him.] Job. 9. 29. We Je.now tb.r~t God JPak.! tt~ Mofes,] fay the Jews. We ~no-w that (he Scripture ceHimony is true, 'J()h. 2 I. 24. 2 Cor·.). I. We k._noW (evenby believing) that if this earth!] houfe of our tPebernae/e were dij[rilved, we have a buildin_g of G9d, anh~~.Jfenotm.ttdg with h,mdJ, ttern~tl in the heaven! J I Job. 3· 2. We k..now that when we foal/ appear, we foal/ be lik! him, for We foa!t fu him ~t~ he is J Joh. 14. 20. At that daJ Je foalt k..nv-w Jhatlaminmy Father,andyou in me, and Jit(spu] We ~now that no Whore"!@nt,er ~r fuch like /halt i,.herit ettrnal life, Eph. S· S· l'Vek._nowthat(}urLah~urilnotinwain i»th.# Lml, I Cor. I). )8. ManyfuchpaffagesofScripture reU us, that Faith is a cerrain Knowledge,and that lnvifi~/e th-i»gs revealed bJ God, are certainly k_nown. We k.,.now what SaiHts and Angels are mw do– ing in the hightfi heavens: for God hub trJ!d us. We k,.11ow the mort high and glorious things revealed by God, which we never fctw. And is not the Plell[ure of{uch k,zzowledge greatC'r then d1e Pleafure of all the wealth, the honour and fenfual enjoy– mems in this world ! I d~arfi almo!l: reter the cafe to one of you t hat are moft befooledbyyour own fenfuality. If you could go tomon:ow and meet witb afoul fromHcl-lven, or with ~n vlngel, that could tell you what bceomes offouls, and what is done in ano .:. ther world, Would you not rather goe to fuch a conference, then . go as far to a drinking, or a bowling, or forne fuch recreation ? ' I t hi nk youwould, if it were but to fatisfie y~:mr curiofity and - dejirc
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