VE R.;<1:. Ephefianr,Chap. r. z.Our loveMall asa flame rife up ro God. When the waterwhichrun- neth in any channels is brought intoone, it maketh a little Sea : When all our felfelove, love ofwife, children , earthly things, yea offrnful lufts,is turned all into the loveof God, then doubtleffegreat and glori- ous (hall be our love. 3. Our joybreaketh forth in praife, who isable to utter,when here it is unfpeakeable fometime andglorious The glory ofthe body frill be fuch,that it shall fhine as the Sun in the firmament, both fro in theglory about ir,and the gloriousfpirit within it;as aLantern fhinerh from the Candle within it : For the things we thall poffefs,they are ina word al things, theworld to come,thenew heavens,and the new earth; & the creature being a little thing,we (hall poffeffe God himfelfe, inChriff, as our hufband and all- fuffictent portion. For the VCe,fiat we fee, that heaven commeth to us freely, did we left. deferve ir, and in effrd,pay for it,it were purchafe,not inheritance; but it is not faid frmply an inheritance, but fuch anone as is affìgnedus by lot; for this word feemeth to refpeéf that divifion of Canaan to the twelve Tribes, whofe feverall feateswere by lot defigned : Now ifour inheritaneecommeth by lot, then it is not our own induftry,but the Di- vine difpofition,which worketh all inall in it. This fhould caufe us to rejoyce: O if men have fmall things befall them inearth, their hearts are foone rayfed to rejoyce in them ; yea, in the vaine pleafures of this life, how are the hearts ofmen filledwith gladneffe, who yet hang downe the head all amort while thefe things are pipede Ah alas ! there are toomany who tafte their pottage, like E- faro,hetter then there birth- right. O let us be afhamed, that in thefe out- ward royes, which are but like the finkingofa childes rattle, that in thefeour hearts fhould be tickled,and with the matter oftheirfree-hold in heaven, fhould not be moved. This fhould make us rejoyce when wee are made heavy with divers temptations, r Pet. t. fo theydid in thole Apofkolique times; but the hidden light ofthis ftaris notfo difcer- ned by us who live in this dayofontward profperity. This fhould ffirre us up toaffe& thefe things,andbe defirous ofthem, ip 7. the creature groaneth in kinde, waitingwhen this our inheritance thall be given us. What dead births are we who lie in thewombeofthe , Church militant,never offering to breake forth into theheavenly liber- ty c Children are fo atfefted to their earthly inheritances, that they fometime praclifeagainft their ovine parents,affeéking over-timely pof- feflïon. Great purchafers, if theymake a purchafe in the remotefl parts, are not well till they have feene it ; fo fhould we beaffeeted toward our inheritance:Whybath God given us the fink fruitseeven as the Spies did' brim; tothe Ifraelites fomeofthe fruits of Canaan to make them longg» after ir, and delire to be poffeffed offogood a land: fodoth the Lord' give us,to the like end, the firft fruits of theSpirit,to make us defire and long after the fulneffethereof. Finally, fee the feareweare towalkewith upon this confideration, ril. Hebr. 12. Thegreater thingwe expeékfrom any, themoremuff be our obfervancietoward them, andendeavour in allthings topleafe them. Now II9
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