1168 Ephefians,Chap.r. VERA. Doti,4: rfe Y. He who bath called you to his eternall kingdome, after yeehove fufereda while,firengthenjou,fiablifh yeu,r Pet.S. From his expofition of the hope to which we arecalled, obferve firft,that the inheritance, kept for us, is abundantly glorious : This word (riches) fet before any thing, Both fignifie the abundant meafure of that to which it is annexed : oh the riches ofthe wifdome of God! Rom, t 1. The ílate we are in,is much different from that which is referved for us, Efay 64. The things arewonderfuK which Godwill workefor his, z Cor.4. We are palling through this vale of mifery, to an excellent eternall weight ofglory. An Heire apparant inhis mothers wombe, or childe- hood,hath nothing, to the glory whichhe commeth to have whennow he fwayeth the fcepter, and fitteth in the throne ofhis majeflie ; fo it is with us ; that we have now, is nothing to the gloryofthat which (hall in the !aft time be manifefted. The inheritance ofa Kingdome bath an- nexed to it great glory; as for example ; Solomons Kingdome, when the Queene of Sheba did obferve it, her fpirit failed through aflonifh- ment ; What was his kingdome , in comparifon 'of this eternal! one, to which we are called e He had royallapparell wherewith hewas cloa. thed ; and to fee a King in his richeft roabes, as fay in his Parliament roabes, is a fight fomewhat glorious; nevertheleffe, the Lillie (as our Saviour fpeaketh) doth exceed all that Art can fet them out with : but the Saints(hall Thine asthe Sunne, and be cloathed as itwere with light it felfe, as was fhowne in Chrift his transfiguration : He had afumptu ous palace, but not tobecompared with thole eternal! manfions in the third heavens, prepared for us:He was accompanied with the Peeres of his kingdome ; but we Thall have the prefence of God himfelfe, Chrift, the fpirit, Angels. Finally, he had amoft magnificentprovifion for his rable,but not like theManna,not like that true treeoflife,which we (hall feed ofinthe Paradife ofour God. Wherefore let this draw up our hearts. Riches andglory, what doe they not withmorta!! men e but alas, thefe worldly riches and glorious dignities, are but piélures, not having the fubftance of that they (how for: Men will fue upon their knees to recoverfmall inheritances on earth. While time laftethleek this inheritance ; Let us think whata heart-break it is to aman, when he doth find that by force default, he hath forfeited forceearthly matters,whichhe might have held, hadhe been wary; but what agriefe and confufion will this caufe, whenmen (hall fee, that through carelefneffe, they have loft an everlafting inheri- tance ofglory, which they might haveatttained e There is but one life betwixt usand poffeffìon , why (hould we be fonegligentas we are e Thepoore childrenofGod mutt hence comfort themfelves,thatGod hath thus exalted them, and not envy worldly men their full effares in this prefent world:Heires areglad to borrow trifles with Servants fome- time,while theyare under government: fo God doth holdhis Children low for a while, in this prefent life. Againe, why fhould we envythem, feeing they have but a (fate of life granted them in this moft remote and utmoft part ofour inheritance e Will a Child think muchaParent should
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