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Ephefians
,Chap
.r.
VERA.
Doti,4:
rfe
Y.
He
who
bath
called
you to his
eternall kingdome, after
yee
hove
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
are
wonderfuK which Godwill worke
for
his,
z
Cor.4.
We
are palling
through
this vale
of
mifery, to
an
excellent
eternall
weight
ofglory.
An Heire apparant
in
his
mothers wombe, or
childe-
hood,hath nothing,
to
the glory which
he
commeth
to have whennow
he fwayeth
the
fcepter,
and
fitteth
in
the throne
of
his
majeflie
;
fo
it
is
with
us
;
that
we have
now,
is
nothing
to the
glory
of
that 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
as
the Sunne,
and
be cloathed
as it
were
with
light
it
felfe,
as
was
fhowne
in
Chrift
his
transfiguration
:
He had
a
fumptu
ous
palace,
but not to
be
compared 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
a
moft magnificentprovifion
for
his
rable,but not
like
theManna,not
like
that
true tree
oflife,which
we
(hall
feed
ofin
the Paradife
of
our
God.
Wherefore
let this draw up our hearts. Riches and
glory, what
doe
they not with
morta!! 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 lafteth
leek
this inheritance
;
Let
us
think what
a
heart-break
it
is
to
a
man,
when
he
doth
find
that
by force default,
he
hath forfeited force
earthly matters,which
he
might
have
held,
had
he
been
wary;
but what
a
griefe and confufion will this caufe,
when
men
(hall
fee,
that through
carelefneffe,
they
have loft
an
everlafting
inheri-
tance
ofglory,
which they might have
atttained
e
There
is
but one
life
betwixt us
and poffeffìon
,
why
(hould we
be
fo
negligent
as
we
are
e
The
poore children
of
God
mutt hence
comfort themfelves,that
God
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 they
are
under government:
fo
God doth hold
his
Children
low for
a
while,
in
this prefent life. Againe, why fhould we envy
them,
feeing
they
have
but
a
(fate
of
life
granted them
in
this moft
remote
and
utmoft part
of
our inheritance
e
Will
a
Child
think much
a
Parent
should