30 1 ephefians,Chap.t. V E R.3, r1/4. z. This fhould ftirre upour hearts heaven-ward, for whereour chiefe treafure is, fhouldnot our hearts be there with it ? Were Land fallenus by the deathofany,in the remoteft (hireofEngland,we would notthink much ofgoing to fee,and takepofheflïonofit: Thus it (!couldbe here,we fbould ftrive while onearth, to get alarge entrance into this heavenly Kingdome,whilewe are here on earth. Vf. 3. Dill. This confidered, is agreat ground ofpatience : We fee men on the way, will content themfelves with forty lodging, and paffeby littledif- eafements ; for they know that once at home,they (hall take their cafe, and want no contentments : Here we have many wants fpirituall, weare incountred with many difficulties ; but at our home, in the heavens, we have all kindeof bleffings referved for us ; See, Heb. t o. They endured with joy, the ,oiling oftheirgoads, knowing that in heaven they hada more enduring fubflance, Again,that hefaith,[ All,iritralbdefsings.]Wemaynote,how liberally God dealeth with his children:Togive us any bleffrngs,were mercy,for Donaff+iritrtafia: we have juftly forfeited them all; Togive us fpirituall bleffings is more; dú li4tctcr. but thus togive us all kinde offpirituall bleffings ; yea, asyou heard in i v,,,,.p.,_ the laft Doctrine, tomakeevery bleffing, after a fortfpirituall,this is his ffhoNe/aniti- exceeding bountifulneffe:Heehathgiven usall things that pertaine to life f a , que **stab- eternal!, in theworld to come, and to livegodlily in this prefent world, I Pet. z. r. Wefee great men onearth, doe not onely give their Heires efcfaAtrtóla- nonenera /'bt earthly bleffings, but all kinde ofearthlybleffings, dignity, offices, they conßaate 4aami_ take them wives,beftow on them houfe,land,mony,every thing aboun- wt onespeuo dantly;thusBothour heavenly Father in things fpirituall.To underftand "`f"'''`t'J' cáß. it more fully;know thefefpirituall benefits areeternal!. I meane given us foreternity, or, in time performed to us.The firft are ourElection, Pre - deftination,ofwhich hereafter. Now thefegiven us in time aredouble,fuchas we havefor the prefent, fuch asare kept tobe revealed hereafter,s Pet.1.3.Thefe whichwe have for the prefent,are Pcfitive, fuch as doeconferre force good thing upon us;or Privative,fuch as keepe evill from us.Gods pofftiv a fpirituall bene- firs are inward or outward : Inward, all illuminations, infpirations, gifts ofthe fpirit, all moving and confirming of Grace once received : Out- ward blefïings, Word,Sacraments,occafions outwardly moving us to good, all the giftsofgrace in others, by which we are edified, theyare our fpirituall bleffings whom they profit,not theirs onely inwhom they are received : In a word,everything which is madetofurther our falva. tion, is made in this regard a fpirituall outwardbleffing tovs. Now thePrivative bkffings,in not letting temptations come,not come in fuch ftrength,in putting them by, in defeating the effefk whichother- wife they would have,they are aboveall canbe fpoken or cöprehended. The bleffings tobe revealed in the laft time, which refped both the foule and body, for that (hall be madefpirituall, theyare fuch as never eye faw, nor careheard:And though wehave themnot inpoffeffion,yet they are ours; we are bleffed with them, thoughwee are not yet poffcffed ofthem; as an heire bath right to his lands,during his Ward- fhip.
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