VER.!!. Ephefians,Ghapa. Ii7 of; For theydid expeét in heaven their redeemer, on whom they had beleeved for forgivenefTe of finne and life : Evenas foules now expel the refurreftionof the body, the fecund appearanceof Chrift to judge- ment ; in regard of which thingsthey are not perfeéted. Now' hence followed a want ofmuch light and joy, which on the fight ofChrift, God.man,entring :the heavens,did redound unto them : as we in heaven now have not the fulneffeof joy which then we fhall have, whenwe fee the accomplifhment of the things weexpo& While the Fathersdoe fet out this imperfeEtion oftheir eftate;the Papifts have fancied their Limber,which never entred into their : hearts. The Vfeof this doctrine is, firft to confutefilch Academical! doub- I rte r. ting fpirits,who will ^ot fay where theywere, I meane the foules of the fathers beforeChrifts afcenfion : Certainely, unlefl"e we will be asfruit- full in multiplying Heavens, as the Papift is in his Hels; we mull graunt them received into one onely receptacle of bleffcd perfeLed fpirits. Againe,it fheweth thevanityofthe Popifh Lirabus andPurgatory; z: theyarewell feenein Hell whocan tell you all the ftories and chambers ofit foexa&ly ; the truth is, they are Marcionitesin this point, whodid hold that the fathers had refrefhing and eafe frompaine, butnot falva Lion ; and the reward ofthemwas not in heaven. Secondly,we fee,to toour comforts,whitber we !hall be takenwhen Tye 2. this life is ended ; this Tabernaclediffolved,we (hall haveanother, not made with hands,in the heavens.Aske, faith God toChrift, 1 wißgive' thee the nationsfar thineinheritance. What did Chrift aske a lob. r7. Fa. ther,where! am,t herelet theft be, that they may fee theglory thanhafigiven rue :TheTheefe went from the crofte toheaven, to Chrifts Kingdome, whichwasa lhort oneif it were in Limbus,whichwas to be brokenup within a few homes fpace. Thisfhould make us defireto be diffolved, feeing we (hall prefently be with Chrift in heaven :Should wehave waited for admittanceinto heaven,as longasfor the refurreâion ofour bodies,there were notthat comfort;butto fly forthwith to thofebiefred manfions, how willing fhould it make us to depart Who is it doth not willingly bid farewell tohis fmoakie Inne, when he knoweth that he (hall come to his own= houfe, every way contentfull Thirdly, feeing heavenmuff finde us when we leave this earth, let usfend our treafure before us.This earth is but Gods Nurcery,in which God cloth fethis tender plants,not that theyfhould grow hereftill, but that he may tranfplant them inhis time, and fet them in heavenly Para- dire , where they !hall abide forever.Wbythen feeing oureternal! man- lion is there, what fhould we treafure here below? Men care notfor furnifhing things they mutt leave quickly, they fend all before tothe places wherein they meane for theirtimes tomake abode. In whom alfa we have been chufen to, or obtained, an inheritance. Now VERSE -II. hecommeth to the thirdbleing, even our Glorification. Having laide downe our Juftiflcation,verfe 7. and our vocation,verfe 8.p.r o. he doth fet downe thisthird before mentioned, in this z r. and rz. verles. We are
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